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almost bare, black beneath towards the tips; third joint lanceolate, 

 much more than half the length of the second. Antenna simple, 

 slender, filiform, hardly longer than the thorax. Thorax with a 

 yellow stripe on each side. Abdomen with three yellow bands, one 

 at the base and two about the middle ; apical tuft yellow, blackish 

 at the tip and beneath. Coxae whitish ; fore legs testaceous, their 

 tarsi black, testaceous at the base; hind, legs rather stout; a whitish 

 band across the middle of the tibiae, and another at the base of the 

 tarsus. Wings very narrow. Fore wings purplish cupreous. Hind 

 wings limpid, with purplish cupreous cilia?. Length of the body 4 

 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. North China. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



Country unknown. 



107. iEGEKIA L^TA. 



Mas. Atra ; palpi sat validi ; antennae apices versus albce ; tho- 

 rax albo bivittatus ; pectoris latera alba ; abdomen rufum 

 maculis dorsalibus nigris, basi nigrum maculis duabus albis ; 

 pedes albi, tibiis apice femoribusque cyaneo-nigris ; alee lim- 

 pidcB, anticce apice cupreo-nigrce, striga transversa discali 

 nigra. 



Male. Deep black. Palpi rather stout. Antennae simple, 

 nearly twice the length of the thorax, very slightly thickened towards 

 the tips, white for more than one-third of the length from the tips, 

 which are blackish. Thorax with a white stripe on each side. 

 Pectus white on each side. Abdomen red, with black dorsal spots, 

 which towards the base occupy the whole surface, and contain each 

 a whitish spot. Legs white ; femora and tips of the tibiae bluish 

 black. Wings limpid ; ciliae black and short. Fore wings with 

 cupreous-black tips, and with a black streak across the tip of the 

 discal areolet. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. ? 



108, jEgeria Cryptieqrmis. 



Mas. Nigra ; caput postice fiavo hirtum ; palpi subtus pilosis- 

 simi ; antenna Jilif or mes, subtus serratce et pubescentes ; tibice 

 calcaribus fulvis ; alee limpidce ; anticce apice fuscce, costa 

 fasciaque purpureo-nigris . 



Male. Black. Head behind with yellowish hairs. Palpi very 

 pilose beneath. Antenna? filiform, serrated and pubescent beneath, 



