7(3 CATALOGUE OF 



Wings narrow, with vitreous spots. Fore wings straight in front, 

 rounded at the tips, very oblique along the exterior border. Hind 

 wings not denticulated. Male, — Abdomen with a tuft at the tip. 



This genus connects the JEgeriidce with the Pyralites, and 

 much resembles Desmia (Westw. Mag. Zool. 1831), which seems to 

 be verv nearly allied to the JEgeriidce. See Botys bicolor, Swainson, 

 Zool. Illustr. ii. pi. 77 and Drury, 111. Exot. Ins. ii. 9, pi. 6, f. 1. 



1. Aena exteema. 



Mas et foem. Cupreo-nigra ; caput apud oculos album ; palpi 

 subtus albi ; antenna apice albce ; abdomen albo bifasciatum ; 

 pedes albo fasciati ; alee maculis duabus vitreis guttoque api~ 

 call alba. 



Male and female. Cupreous-black. Head white about the 

 eyes. Palpi white beneath. Antennae with white tips. Abdomen 

 with a white band at the base, and another a little beyond the 

 middle. Legs with white bands. Each wing with two white hya- 

 line discal spots and a white apical dot. Length of the body 

 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



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



Tribe SPHINGII. 

 See p. 2, 1st Series. 



Fam. SPHINGID.E. 



A. Abdomen apice fasciculatum. 



A. Alee anticae margine exteriore integro. 



a. Ala? hyalinee. - 1. Sesia, Fabr. 



b. Alee opacae, vestitae. - -2. Maceoglossa, Ocks. 



B. Alae anticae margine exteriore exciso. 

 a. Thorax non cristatus. 



a. Antennae clavatae. - - 3. Proseepinus, H'ubn. 



b. Antennae non clavatae. 



i. Alas anticae argenteo non signatae. 



* Caput non conicum. - 4. Thyeeus, Swains. 



** Caput conicum. 



f Alae anticae margine interiore vix exciso. 



I Alee margine vix indentato. 5. Peeigonia, Bdisd. 

 X\. Alae margine sat indentato. 6. Temnoea, Walk. 



