Z CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Brown. Head, palpi and fore part of the thorax yellow. 

 Palpi squamous, obliquely ascending, not rising higher than the 

 vertex ; third joint elongate-conical, acute, less than one-fourth of 

 the length of the second. Antennae reddish, stout, subclavate, ser- 

 rated. Thorax with a yellow spot on each shoulder. Abdomen 

 yellow, except the first, second and third segments, which have 

 yellow hind borders; hind borders of the ventral segments silvery 

 white. Legs stout, yellowish ; tibiae clothed with short hairs ; hind 

 tibiae with four long stout spurs. Wings hyaline, colourless ; veins 

 tawny. Fore wings purplish from the end of the discal areolet to 

 the tips. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



The hairs of this specimen are worn, and the yellow hue may 

 be more prevalent than it is here described to be. 



a. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



Genus jEGERIA. 

 Europe. 



iEGERlA STIZIFORM1S. 



stiziformis, H.-Sch. Eur. Schm. vi. 47, f. 58. 



iEGERIA GrUNERI. 



Gruneri, Std. St. E. Z. 1856, 198. 



JEgeria fervtda. 

 fervida, Ld. Z. B. V. 1855, 182, pi. 4, f. 10. 



2Egeria sanguinolenta. 



sanguinolenta, Ld. Z. B. V. 1855, 81 — tengyraeformis, H.-Sch. 

 Eur. Schm. vi. 47, f. 59. 



The four preceding species belong to the genus Sciapteron 

 (Staudinger), of which the type is 2E. tabaniformis. 



jEgeria cruentata. 

 cruentata, Mn. Wien. Mis. 1858, 141, pi. 2, f. 3. 



iEGERIA PIFIZIFORMIS. 



pipiziformis, Ld. Z. B. F. 1855, 195, pi. 2, f. 2. 



