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bluish black, slightly pectinated. Thorax with a yellow stripe on 

 each side. Hind borders of the abdominal segments yellow. Legs 

 luteous ; femora black ; tibiae with black stripes. Wings limpid. 

 Fore wings purplish black along the costa and at the tips, and with 

 the usual band of the same hue. Length of the body 5 lines ; 

 of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Kedman's collection. 



67. jEgebia tricincta. 



Cyaneo -nigra ; palpi apice Jiavi ; antenna nigra, breves; thorax 

 fascia antica maculisque duabus humeralibus flavis ; abdomen 

 Jiavo trifasciatum ; fasciculus apicalis flavo bivittatus ; tibia 

 posteriores ochraceo fasciata ; tarsi flavi, apice nigri ; aim 

 antica opaca, posticce limpida marginibus fasciaque transversa 

 media nigris. 



iEgeiia tricincta, Harris, Amer. Journ. Sci. xxxvi, 



Massachusetts. 



The two following species may perhaps not belong to the 

 preceding group. 



68. ^Egeria Syringe. 



Fusca ; palpi, antenna, prothor ax, tibia intermedia apud medium 

 tarsique anteriores ferruginea ; pedes postici tibiis apud me- 

 dium tarsisque flavis ; ala antica linea basali limpida, pos- 

 tica limpida marginibus maculaque subcostali fuscis. 



iEgeria Syringa?, Harris, Amer. Journ. Sci. xxxvi. 



Massachusetts. 



69. ^Egeria exitiosa. 



Chalybea. Mas. — Palpi, prothorax, tegularum margines, segmen- 

 torum abdominalium, margines postici, tibiarum fascia dua, 

 tarsi anteriores et fasciculi apicalis later a pallide flava ; ala 

 limpida, antica marginibus fasciaque chalybeis. Foem.— 

 Abdomen croceo late fasciatum ; ala postica limpida, mar- 

 gine antico lato purpureo-nigro. 



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