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and with blue; markings gilded yellow; an abbreviated band on 

 the first segment; a widely interrupted band on the third segment; 

 a small transverse mark on the hind border of the fifth segment, and 

 a patch on the base of the apical tuft, which is long and thick. 

 Legs stout, rather short; fore tibiae with a broad penicillate fringe; 

 posterior femora partly clothed with yellow hairs ; hind tibiae with a 

 yellow band ; hind tarsi mostly pale yellow. Wings limpid ; veins, 

 marginal line and fringe dark purple. Fore wings dark purple 

 towards the base, and with an oblique band of the same hue at the 

 end of the discal areolet; exterior space partly tinged with ochra- 

 ceous ; costa dark green. Hind wings with a dark purple streak 

 across the end of the discal areolet. Length of the body 8 lines ; of 

 the wings 13 lines. 



Somewhat like JE. odyneriformis from Nova Scotia. 



a. South Hindostan. Presented by M. J. Walhouse, Esq. 



ZEgeria cupreipennts. 



Mas. Nigra, latiuscula ; palpi fiavi ; thorax postice et pectus 

 aurata ; abdominis segmenta aurato marginaia, fasciculo 

 apicali apice luteo ; pedes subaurati, tibiis intermediis bifas- 

 ciculatis, tarsis posticis luteis basi svpra nigris ; aim anticce 

 cuprea, linea diseali vitrea ; posticce vitrere, margine exteriore, 

 fimbria venisque iridescentibus. 



Male. Black, rather broad. Palpi yellow, smooth, lanceolate, 

 little longer than half the breadth of the head. Antennae smooth, 

 slender. Thorax along the hind border and pectus with pale gilded 

 scales. Abdomen more than twice the length of the thorax ; hind 

 borders of the segments, and especially that of the fifth segment, 

 gilded ; apical tuft broad, luteous towards the tip in the middle. 

 Legs slender, slightly gilded ; spurs pale ; middle tibiae with two 

 tufts of pale bristles ; hind tarsi luteous, black towards the base 

 above. Fore wings narrow, cupreous, with a limpid line in the 

 interior disk. Hind wings limpid ; veins, fringe and exterior 

 border iridescent. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 

 8 lines. 



More slender than 2E. leiceformis, from which it also differs in 

 the bands and in the apical tuft of the abdomen. 



a. South Hindostan. Presented by M. J. Walhouse, Esq. 



