10 CATALOGUE OF 



The opaque wings and the narrow discal areolet of this species 

 distinguish it from nearly all the other species of the genus. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



South Africa. 



jEgeria ochracea. 



Mas. Lutea, subtus aurato-flava ; antenna nigra, subclavata ; 

 abdomen segmentis purpuras rente nigro rnarginatis, fasciculo 

 apicali rufescente-lutco ; ala vitrece, venis fimbriaque purpu- 

 rascente-cupreis ; anticce apice purpurascente-cuprece. 



Male. Luteous, slender, gilded yellow beneath. Proboscis 

 nearly obsolete. Palpi slender, lanceolate. Antennae black, sub- 

 clavate. Abdomen linear; hind borders of the segments purplish 

 black; tuft reddish luteous. Legs smooih, slender; hind tibiae 

 with long apical spurs. Wings limpid ; veins and fringe purplish 

 cupreous. Fore wings with purplish cupreous tips. Length of the 

 bodv 4 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



This species has some resemblance to JE. dine tifor mis from 

 Pernambuco. 



a, b. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



Asia. 



iEuERIA ALTERNA. 



Mas. Rnbusta, obscure viridis ; caput antice auratum; palpi 

 aurati, suberecti ; antenna robusta ; thorax lateribus scutel- 

 loque aurato-flavis ; abdomen purpureo-cyaneoque varium, 

 fascia abbreviaia, fascia interrupta, Litura posteriure plagaque 

 apicali aurato-flavis ; pedes vulidi, tibiis anticis fimbria lis, 

 tibiis posticis flavo fasciatis, tarns posticis subtus flavis ; alic 

 vitrece, linea marginali fimbria venisque purpureis ; alaantica 

 basi fasciaque obliqua purpureis, spatio exteriore subochraceo, 

 costa viridi ; potticce striga transversa viridi. 



Male. Dark green, squamous, stout. Head pale gilded in 

 front and along the hind border. Palpi pale gdded, nearly vertical, 

 rising a little higher than the head ; second joint pubescent, slightly 

 curved ; third lanceolate, much shorter and more slender than the 

 second. Antennae stout, setose, pubescent. Sides of the thorax 

 and scutellum gilded \ellow. Abdomen linear, varied with purple 



