CATALOGUE OF 



JSgeria PLUMIPES. 



Foeni. Atra, latissima, sublux nigro-purpurea ; caput anlice 

 argenteum ; palpi erecti, aryenteo-albi, apice atri ; antennce 

 subtus suborhracece ; pedes robusti, cyanei aid purpurei, libiis 

 posticis nigro fimbriatis apice flavo fasciculatis, tarsis auratis ; 

 alee vitrece, fimbria purpurascente ; anticce apud marginem 

 interior em lurida?, costa lineaque transversa purpureis. 



Female. Deep black, very broad, blackish purple beneath. 

 Head silvery in front. Palpi erect, slender, silvery while, except 

 towards the tips, hardly rising higher than the vertex ; second joint 

 slightly curved ; third lanceolate, nearly half the length of the 

 second. Antennae slender, dull ochraceous beneath. Abdomen 

 hardly twice the length of the thorax, narrower towards tbe tip. 

 Legs blue or purple, short, stout, squamous; hind tibiae fringed 

 with black, adorned at the tips with a very dense penicillate pale 

 yellow tuft ; tarsi gilded. Wings limpid ; fringe purplish. Fore 

 wings with a lutid tinge along most of the interior border; costa 

 and transverse line purple. Length of the body 3^ lines; of the 

 wings 8 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Mgeiua apicalis. 



Fcem. Viridis, purpnreo cupreogue varia ; palpi ascendentes, 

 anlice albi ; tarsi subtus sordide albidi ; alee fimbria purpu- 

 rascente; anticce nigro purpurea apice alboc, posticce strigis 

 duabtis posticis nigro purpureis. 



Female. Metallic-green, squamous, varied with purple and 

 with cupreous. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi ascending, 

 slightly oblique, rising as high as the vertex, pure white in front; 

 third joint lanceolate, hardly one-third of the length of the second. 

 Antennas slightly thicker towards the tips. Legs squamous, rather 

 long ; tarsi dingy whitish beneath. Wings with a purplish fringe. 

 Fore wings blackish purple, white and with white veins towards the 

 tips. Hind vviugs with two blackish purple streaks extending from 

 the base ; one costal ; the other ou the interior border, excavated at 

 the base. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Nanta. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



