LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



length beyond the hind wings. Fore wings beneath and hind wings 

 dark purplish cupreous. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 

 6 lines. 



4. SAGALASSA ? PERSPICUA. 



Mas. Nigro-cuprea ; antennce validce, simplices ; abdomen alas 

 posticas dimidio superans ; alee anticce macula una, posticce 

 duabus discalibus limpidis. 



Male. Blackish cupreous. Antennae stout, simple. Abdomen 

 extending for half its length beyond the hind wings. Fore wings 

 with a round limpid discal spot. Hind wings with two limpid dis- 

 cal spots ; the fore one somewhat elongated, connected with the 

 other, which is almost round. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the 

 wings 5 lines. 



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Fam. 2. ^GEEIIDJS. 



Statura parva aut mediocris. Corpus saepissiine gracile, non- 

 nunquam robustum. Ocelli duo, distincti. Proboscis elongata, 

 raro obsoleta. Palpi elongati, acuminati, ascendentes. Antennae 

 subclavatae aut filiformes, apice subbamatae et attenuatae, saepe pec- 

 tinatae. Tibiae calcaribus longissimis. Alae angustae, saepissime 

 nudae et limpidae. Volatus diurnus. Larva vermiformis, decolorata, 

 scutellata, in medulla fruticum vel radicum occulte degens. Pupa 

 postice spinulosa. 



Sesiariae, Bcisd. Ind. Meth. 41. 

 iEgeriidae, Steph. Brit. Ent. Haust. i. 136. 

 Phalaenina ^Egeriites, Newm. Ent. Mag. ii. 384. 

 Trochiliidae, Westw. fy Humph. BriL Moths, i. 32. 



A. Alae non maculatae. 

 A. Corpus robustum. 



a. Proboscis obsoleta aut brevis. 

 a. Pedes postici non dense pilosi. 



i. Alae non metallica. - - 1. Sphecia, Hubn. 



ii. Alae plus minusve metallicae. 

 * Antennas non clavatae. 



f Antennae maris pectin atae. 7. Sannina, Walk. 

 ft Antennae maris simplices. 5. Sin car a, Walk. 



