56 CATALOGUE OF 



South Africa. 



100. jEgeria Doleriformis. 



Mas. Nigra ; caput antice album ; palpi flavi, subtus albi ; 

 antennce rufescentes, pectinatce ; thorax rufo bivittatus, antice 

 flavo hirtus ; abdominis segmenta Jtavo fasciata ; pedes luteo 

 vittati ; alee limpidce, anticce margine postico apiceque rufis, 

 striga discali nigra rufo marginata. 



Male. Black. Head white in front and with white hairs 

 behind. Palpi pale yellow, white beneath, thickly pilose towards 

 the base; third joint full half the length of the second. Antenna* 

 reddish, filiform, rather stout, moderately pectinated, a little longer 

 than the thorax. Thorax with yellow hairs in front and with a red 

 stripe on each side. Abdominal segments with yellow bands ; 

 basal band interrupted ; apical tuft luteous at the tip. Femora and 

 tibia? with luteous stripes; tarsi luteous. Wings limpid ; veins and 

 ciliae reddish, the latter with black tips. Fore wings red along the 

 hind border and at the tips, and with a transverse black discal mark, 

 which is bordered on the outer side with red. Length of the body 

 5 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



101. jEgeria Mesochoriformis. 



Mas. Viridis; antennee fulvee, subclavatee, apice nigra; thorax 

 vittis duabus pallidis ; pectus pallidum ; abdomen fasciis pal- 

 lidis ; fasciculus apicalis pilis perpaucis lateralibus albis ; 

 alee limpidce, anticce apice fasciaque aurato-purpureis. 



Male. Dark green. Antennae tawny, subclavate, with two 

 rows of very short bristles, black at the tips, very much longer than 

 the thorax. Thorax with two pale stripes. Pectus pale. Abdomen 

 with pale bands. Apical tuft with very few white hairs on each 

 side. Wings limpid, with purplish cilia?. Fore wings with the tips 

 and the usual band gilded purplish. Length of the body 4 lines; 

 of the wings 8 lines. 



Port Natal, In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



