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85. /Egeeia Plectiscifobmis. 



Mas. Purpurea ; caput viride, antice album ; -palpi Jiavi ; 

 antenna nigra, subtus ferruginea ; thorax luteo quadrivitta- 

 tus ; abdomen luteo fasciatum ; fasciculus apicalis pilis per- 

 paucis luteis ; pedes lutei, nigro strigati ; alee limpida, an- 

 ticce costa apiceque purpureis luteo strigatis. 



Male. Purple. Head bright green, white in front. Palpi 

 yellow. Antennae black, ferruginous beneath. Thorax with two 

 luteous stripes on each side. Abdomen with a luteous band on the 

 hind border of each segment ; apical tuft with very few luteous 

 hairs. Legs luteous, streaked with black. Wings limpid; cilice 

 very short. Fore wings purplish, with luteous streaks along 

 the costa and at the tips, and with a purplish streak across the tip 

 of the discal areolet. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wingb 8 

 lines. 



a, b. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



86. iEGERIA SciOPHILJEFORMIS. 



Fcem. Purpurea; caput auratum, apud oculos album; palpi 

 nigri, subtus albi ; antenna nigra, basi ferruginea ; thoracis 

 latera fulvescentia ; abdominis segmenta luteo marginata ; 

 pedes tibiis apice tarsisque auratis ; ala limpida, antica apice 

 aurata costa purpurea. 



Female. Dark purple. Head gilded, white about the eyes. 

 Palpi black, white beneath. Antennae black, ferruginous towards 

 the base, a little longer than the thorax, which is somewhat tawny 

 on each side. Hind borders of the abdominal segments and apical 

 tuft pale luteous. Tarsi and tips of the tibiae gilded. Wings lim- 

 pid, with gilded veins. Fore wings purple along the costa and 

 across the tip of the discal areolet, and with gilded tips. Length of 

 the body 4 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



87. vEgeria Ceeceeifoemis. 



Mas et fcem. Purpurea; caput cyaneum, antice argenteum; 

 palpi Jiavi ; antenna subtus fulva ; thorax cyaneo varius ; 

 pectus argenteum ; abdominis segmenta flavo marginata ; fas- 

 ciculus apicalis luteus, pilis nonnullis fuscis ; pedes lutei, 

 coxis femoribusque flavis ; ala limpida, antica apice aurata, 

 costa fascia que purpureis. 



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