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72. ^Igeria Emphytiformis. 



Mas. Purpureo-nigra ; caput antice albo hirtum ; palpi subtus 

 pilis fuscis fulvisque dense hirtum ; antennce ferruginece ; 

 thorax maculis tribus fasciaque anticaflavis ; abdominis seg- 

 menta flavo marginata ; fasciculus apicalis pilis nonnullis 

 Jlavis ; pedes flavo-rufi, femoribus nigris, tibiis nigrovittatis ; 

 ala? purpureo-cuprea, anticce apud discum rufo-flavce ; posticce 

 rufo substrigatce basi limpidce. Foem. — Caput flavo margi- 

 natum ; palpi flavi, subtus rufo hirti ; antennce rufce, apice 

 nigricantes ; abdominis fasciculus apicalis luteus, pilis non- 

 nullis lateralibus nigris ; tibia totce rufce ; alee anticce disco 

 posticceque marginibus rufis. 



Male. Purplish black. Head with white hairs in front. 

 Palpi thickly clothed beneath with rather long brown and tawny 

 hairs. Antennae ferruginous. Thorax with a yellow band in front, 

 and with a yellow spot at the base of each fore wing, and one at the 

 tip of the scutellurn. Abdomen with a yellow band on each seg- 

 ment ; apical tuft black, with a few yellow hairs. Legs red, partly 

 yellow; femora black; tibiae with black stripes. Wings purplish 

 cupreous. Fore wings yellow and partly red in the disk, which is 

 interrupted by the usual band. Hind wings slightly streaked with 

 red, limpid towards the base. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the 

 wings 10 lines. Female. — Head yellow in front and along the hind 

 border. Palpi yellow, clothed beneath with reddish hairs. Antennae 

 red, blackish towards the tips. Apical tuft of the abdomen luteous, 

 with a few black hairs on each side. Tibiae wholly red. Fore 

 wings with red disks. Hind wings mostly red along the borders. 



In this species and in 2E. Odyneripennis the antennas of the 

 male are more deeply pectinated than in the European species of 

 the group Bembecia. 



a, b. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



73. JUgeria Hylotomiformis. 



Foem. Obscure ferruginea ; caput pilis flavido-albis ; palpi flavi ; 

 antennce apice nigricantes ; thorax fasciculis duobus laterali- 

 bus flavis; abdomen testaceo varium ; pedes fusci ; alee limpidce, 

 anticce marginibus fasciaque, posticce striga discali, purpureo- 

 cupreis. 



