46 CATALOGUE OF 



This species differs much from the typical form of Conopia, 

 and somewhat approaches Pyropteron, 



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



79. 2Egekia Geliformis. 



Mas. Nigra; capitis latera antica alba ; antenna subtus ferru- 

 ginece ; abdomen rufum, basi nigrum ; fasciculus apicalis 

 cyaneo-niger, basi rufus ; alee anticce cyaneo-nigrce, posticce 

 limpidce apice margineque postico nigricantibus . 



Male. Black. Head white on each side in front. Palpi 

 almost bare; third joint lanceolate, rather less than half the length 

 of the second. Antennae bluish black, simple, ferruginous beneath 

 and slightly thicker towards the tips, about twice the length of the 

 thorax. Abdomen red, black at the base ; apical tuft bluish black, 

 red towards the base. Fore wings bluish black. Hind wings lim- 

 pid, with blackish tips and hind borders. Length of the body 

 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



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



South America. 



80. iEGERIA Myhmos^epennis. 



Mas. Cyaneo-nigra ; caput apud oculos argenteum ; palpi albi, 

 nigro vittati ; thorax fiavo quadrivittatus ; metathorax fla- 

 vus ; abdominis segmenta marginibus posticis fiavis ; tibice 

 tarsique albido fasciata ; alee limpidce, anticce apice fas ciaque 

 cyaneo-nigris. 



Male. Bluish black. Head silvery white in front about the 

 eyes. Palpi white, striped with black. Antenna? pubescent be- 

 neath, thickened towards the tips, rather less thau twice the length 

 of the thorax, which has two yellow stripes on each side. Metatho- 

 rax yellow. Abdomen with a yellow band on the hind border 

 of each segment ; apical tuft rather long. Tibiae and tarsi with 

 whitish bands. Wings limpid, with short ciliae. Fore wings bluish 

 black along the costa and at the tips, and across the tip of the discal 

 areolet. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



