LEP1D0PTERA HETEROCERA 



jEgeria JEQUALTS. 



Mas. Cupreo-nigra; caput album, apud oculos fiavum ; palpi 

 oblique ascendentes, cupreo strigati, subtus albi ; antenna aplce 

 subtus flavor ; abdomen gutta antici vittisque quatuor flavis, 

 seg mentis flavo marginatis, fasciculo apicali hmyissimo, mar- 

 ginibus flavis ; tibiae apice, genua et tarwrum articuli npice 

 flava ; alee vitrea, fimbria purpurea ; anticce costa apice linea- 

 que transversa purpureis. 



Male. Cupreous-black. Head white about the eyes. Pro- 

 boscis distinct. Palpi yellow, lanceolate, obliquely ascending, with 

 a cupreous streak on the outer side, white beneath, rising' as high as 

 the vertex; third joint lanceolate, hardly half the leu-Uh of the 

 second. Antennae slighily thicker and yellow beneath towards the 

 tips, minutely pubescent. Thorax with a yellow dot in front, and 

 with two yellow stripes on each side. Pectus with a silvery disk, 

 and with an oblique yellow streak on each side. Abdomen slightly 

 tapering, yellow at the base, and with a narrow yellow band on the 

 hind border of each segment ; apical tuft blackish green, half the 

 length of the abdomen, upper part bordered with yellow on each 

 side, lower part yellow towards the tip. Legs smooth ; knees, band 

 and tips of the tibiae and tips of the joints of the tarsi yellow ; tarsi 

 yellow beneath. Wings limpid ; fringe purple. Fore wings with 

 the costa, the tips and a line across the end of the discal areolet 

 purple. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Allied to A3, rhyssaformis and to 2E. peltastiformis, but differ- 

 ing from both in the long abdominal tuft. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Mgeuix unicolor. 



Mas. Cupreo-nigra; palpi porrecti subtus albidi ; abdomen 

 linearis fasciculo apicali quadrato ; pedes poslici sat robusti ; 

 alee cupreo-nigrce, viridi svffusce. 



Male. Cupreous-black, slender. Proboscis distinct. Palpi 

 porrect, smooth, slender, whitish beneath, nearly as long as the 

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

 length of the second. Antennae smooth, slender, not hooked. Ab- 

 domen linear, about thrice the length of the thorax; apical tuft 

 quadrate. Hind legs rather stout; spurs very long. Wings narrow, 

 tinged with dark green. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 

 8 lines. 



