6 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Deep black. Head silvery white behind and about 

 the eyes. Palpi porrect, slender, silvery beneath, shorter than the 

 breadth of the head ; third joint lanceolate, more than half the 

 length of the second. Antennae short, sm<»oth. Pectus silvery. 

 Abdomen slightly tapering ; apical tuft dark cupreous. Legs 

 slender; tibiae densely tufted along the whole length, especially 

 the hind pair; tarsi silvery white towards the base. Wings limpid ; 

 veins and fringe black. Fore wings with a black Hue across the 

 end of the discal areolet. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 

 6 lines, 



Near JE. panurgiformis, but the abdomen and the legs have 

 no yellow bands. 



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



2EGERTA PULGHR1PENNIS. 



Mas. Obscure ct/anea ; caput antice argenteum ; palpi ascendentes, 

 sublux argentei ; anlennce nigra; abdomen fasciculo apiculi 

 longissimo ; t'tbice anticce sublus cox&que anficce argentece ; 

 tibia posteriores argenteo fasciatce ; tibia: postictq apice fasci- 

 culate; tarsi postici dense fimbriati, apice albi ; ala anticce 

 ct/uwce, basi vitrece, apice purpurea ; posticce vitrece, linca 

 inarginali, fimbria venisque nigris. 



Male. Daik blue, slender. Head silvery white in front and 

 along the hind lander. Palpi lanceolate, obliquely ascending, silvery 

 beneath, not rising higher than the vertex ; third joint lanceolate, 

 hardly half the length of the second. Antennae black. Abdomen 

 nearly thrice longer than the thorax; apical tuft very long Fore 

 coxae si very ; fore tibiae very short, silvery beneath ; posterior tibiae 

 with a silvery band; hind tibiae with tufted lips; anterior tarsi 

 silvery beneath ; hind tarsi densely fringed, white and with a white 

 fringe towards the tips. Fore win^s bright blue, limpid towards 

 the base, mostly purple towards the tips. Hind wings limpid; veins, 

 marginal line and fringe black. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the 

 wings 10 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



jEgERIA RUFICAUD1S. 



Mas. Cyanea, cvpreo purpureoque varia ; caput apud oculos ar- 

 yenteum^ postice aurato-Jlavum ; palpi porrecti, aurato-Jlavi ; 



