LEPIDOPTEBA HETEROCEKA. 45 



76. ^Egeria SC1TULA. 



Purpurea -nigra ; caput argenteo tomentosum ; palpi, prothorax, 

 tegularum margines, pectoris latera, abdominis fascia angusta 

 basalis, macula dorsalis fasciaque media lata, fasciculi apica- 

 lis later a, coxce anterior es, tibice tarsique aurato-flava ; alee 

 limpidce marginibus aurato-flavis, antica? fascia purpureo- 

 nigra, apice purpureo-nigro lineis aurato-fiavis ornato. 



iEgeria scitula, Harris, Amer. Journ. Sci. xxxvi. 



Massachusetts. 



77. JSgeria Pyri. 



Purpureo-nigra ; palpi subtus, pro thorax, tegularum margines, 

 pectoris latera, abdominis linea basalis transversa, fascice dua? 

 (antica angusta, postica lata), dimidiumque posticum subtus, 

 fasciculi apicalis latera pedesque aurato-flava ; ala limpidce, 

 marginibus necnon anticarum fascia apiceque purpureo-nigris, 

 hac strigis ceneo-flavis. 



iEgeria Pyri, Harris, New Engl. Farmer, ix. 2 ; Amer. Journ. Sci. 

 xxxvi. 



United States. 



Group CONOPIA. 



78. NIGERIA Sapyg^eformxs. 



Mas. Cyaneo-nigra ; caput rufo hirtum ; palpi rufi, basi supra 

 nigri ; antennce subtus serratce et pubescentes ; abdomen fasciis 

 duabus, posteriore latissima, rufis ; tibice anterior es fulvce, pos- 

 ticce apice rufce ; tarsi testacei ; alee anticce purpureo-cyanece, 

 strigis discalibus duabus una rufa alteraque limpida ; postica 

 limpida. 



Male. Bluish black. Head with red hairs behind. Palpi 

 red, black above towards the base. Antenna? serrated and pubes- 

 cent beneath, very much shorter than those of the European Conopice. 

 Abdomen with a slight red band at the base ; segments from the 

 fifth to the eighth red ; apical tuft blue. Anterior tibia? tawny ; 

 hind tibia? with red tips ; tarsi mostly testaceous. Wings with cu- 

 preous cilia?. Fore wings blue, purple towards the tips, with a red 

 discal streak, behind which there is a limpid streak. Hind wings 

 limpid. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



