LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



South America. 



iEGERIA BASALIS. 



Mas. Aurato-Jlava ; caput apud oculos argenteum; antenna 

 nigra, longa?, robustce, subtus pubescentes; thoracis discus 

 cupreus, vittis tribus luteis ; abdomen subclavatum, supra 

 cupreum, segmentis argenteo marginatis, fasciculo apicali lon- 

 gisshno ex parte nigro, ventre basi argentea fasciculis duobus 

 lateralibus ; pedes longiusculi, sat robusti, femoribus posteri- 

 oribus nigricantibus, tibiis posterioribus basi nigris ; alee 

 vitrea, venis purpureis ; anticce cosia lineaque transversa pur- 

 pureis. Fcem. — Palpi Ion glares ; antennae breviores ; thorax 

 vittis duabus tatis cupreis ; abdomen longi-fusiforme; pedes 

 omnin& aurato-flavi. 



Male. Gilded yellow. Head silvery white in front and about 

 the eyes. Proboscis very short. Palpi smooth, ascending, slightly 

 oblique, rising as high as the vertex ; third joint lanceolate, about 

 half the length of the second. Antennae black, long, stout, minutely 

 pubescent beneath, hooked at the tips. Disk of the thorax cupreous, 

 with three luteous stripes. Abdomen subclavate, purple above; 

 hind borders of the segments silvery ; apical tuft very long, partly 

 black ; under side silvery towards the base, which is slightly tufted 

 on each side. Legs rather long and stout; posterior femora black- 

 ish ; posterior tibiae black at the base. Wings limpid ; veins purple. 

 Fore wings with a purple costa and a purple line across the end of 

 the discal areolet. Female. — Palpi longer. Antenna? shorter. 

 Thorax with two broad cupreous stripes. Abdomen elongate-fusi- 

 form. Legs wholly gilded yellow. Length of the body 6J — 7 lines ; 

 of the wings 12 lines. 



Allied to 2E. anomaliformis and to 2E. dinetiformis, but dis- 

 tinguished from both by its compressed abdomen. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



b. Villa Nova. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



iEGERIA FASCICCLIPES. 



Mas. Atra ; caput apud oculos argenteum ; palpi porrecti, subtus 

 argentei ; pectus argenteum ; abdomen fasciculo apicali 

 obscure cupreo ; tibice dense fasciculate ; tarsi basi argentei ; 

 alee vitrece, venis fimbriaque nigris; anticce linea transversa 

 nigra, 



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