LEPIDOPTEEA HETEROCEKA. 47 



81. iEGEBIA BUPRESTIEOEMIS. 



Fcem. Cyanea ; capitis latera antica alba ; thorax rufo bivitta- 

 tus ; pectoris latera rufa ; abdomen rufo unifasciatum ; pedes 

 subtus albo tomentosi ; alee antica purpurea, striga basali 

 limpida fasciaque lata diffusa subapicali aurata ; posticce 

 limpida, purpureo marginata. 



Female. Blue. Head white on each side in front. Palpi 

 black, rather long, hardly pilose ; third joint lanceolate, less than 

 half the length of the second. Antennae black, slender, very 

 slightly thickened towards the tips, very much longer than the tho- 

 rax. Thorax with a red stripe on each side. Pectus red on each 

 side. Abdomen with a broad red band towards the base. Legs 

 black, with white tomentum beneath. Fore wings purple, with a 

 limpid basal streak, and with a broad diffuse subapical gilded band. 

 Hind wings limpid, with purple borders. Length of the body 5£ 

 lines ; of the wings 11 lines. 



Valley of the Amazon. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



82. JEgeria Anomalifokmis. 



Mas. Nigro-purpurea ; caput antice argenteum ; palpi fiavi ; 

 antenna lutea, simplices, nonnunquain nigricantes ; thorax 

 fiavo trivittatus ; pectus fiavum ; abdomen fasciis venireque 

 luteis ; pedes lutei ; ala limpida, antica cupreo marginata et 

 fasciata. 



Male. Blackish purple. Head silvery white in front. Palpi 

 yellow, slender, almost bare, extending far beyond the head ; third 

 joint less than half the length of the second. Antennas luteous, 

 slender, simple, slightly thickened towards the tips, nearly twice the 

 length of the thorax. Thorax with three yellow stripes. Pectus 

 yellow. Abdominal segments with luteous hind borders ; under 

 side and apical tuft luteous, the latter long. Legs luteous. Wings 

 limpid, with cupreous ciliae. Fore wings with purplish lustre, cu- 

 preous at the tips and along the borders, and across the tip of 

 the discal areolet. Length of the body 3^ — 5 lines ; of the wings 

 8—9 lines. 



Var. j3. Antennae blackish, luteous in the middle part. 



Var. y. Antennae wholly blackish above. 



a — c. Tapayos. From Mr. Bates' collection. 

 d. Villa Nova. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



