52 CATALOGUE OF 



Female. Bluish black. Head silvery about the eyes. Palpi 

 whitish beneath. Antennae slender, somewhat thicker towards the 

 tips, very much longer than the thorax. Hind borders of the abdo- 

 minal segments whitish; apical tuft gilded. Legs with silvery 

 white bands ; fore coxae silvery. Wings limpid ; ciliae, costa and 

 band of the fore wings purplish black. Length of the body 3 lines ; 

 of the wings 5 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



92. -ZEgekia Peltastiformis. 



Fceni. Nigra ; caput antice argenteum, postice Jlavo kirtum ; 

 palpi luiei, sublus basi nigro hirti ; antennce clavatce, subtus 

 ferrugineee ; pectus jlavo quadrinotatum ; abdominis seg- 

 menta Jlavo marginata ; femora Jlavo strigata ; tibice tarsique 

 antica lutea ; tibiae intermedice Jlavo fasciatce, posticce basi 

 apiceque Jlavo pilosce ; alee hyalince, subluridce. 



Female. Black. Head silvery in front, with yellow hairs 

 behind. Palpi luteous, stout, ascending, acuminated, with black 

 hairs at the base ; third joint lanceolate, less than half the length of 

 the second. Antennae clavate, ferruginous and pubescent beneath, 

 hardly longer than the thorax. Pectus with a yellow mark on each 

 side in front, and another at the base of each fore wing. Abdomi- 

 nal segments with yellow hind borders ; apical tuft with some yel- 

 low hairs on each side beneath. Femora with yellow streaks ; fore 

 tibiae and fore tarsi luteous ; middle tibiae with a yellow band ; hind 

 tibiae with yellow hairs at the base and at the tips, and with a white 

 mark beneath between the spurs. Wings limpid, with a slight 

 lurid tinge ; ciliae short. Fore wings with the second inferior vein 

 a little nearer to the first than to the third ; third much nearer to 

 the fourth than to the second ; second superior vein forked before 

 half its length. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 8 

 lines. 



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



93. iEGEMA Ceropaliformis. 



Mas. Nigricans ; caput antice albidum ; palpi albidi ; antenna; 

 setacece, dense pectinatce ; pectus albidum ; abdomen ferru- 

 gineum ; pedes ferruginei, femoribus anticis albidis, tibiis 

 posterioribus densissime ciliatis ; alee limpida, antica apud 

 costam ferrugineee. 



