12 CATALOGUE OF 



^GERIA GRAVIS. 



Foem. Picea, crassa, viridi purpureoque varia, caput subtus albo 

 pubescens ; palpi porrecti, subtus albi ; antenna nigra? ; 

 thorax luridus, vittis duabus pieeis, pfagis duabus anticis 

 aurato-jlavis ; abdomen guttis lateralibus et segmentorum 

 marginibus aurato-jlavis ; pedes piceo-fulvi ; ala? antica? 

 purpurea?; postica[ lurido vitrea?, vents purpureis basi pallide 

 jlavis. 



Female. Piceous, very stout, tinged with green and purple. 

 Head bordered with white down behind and beneath. Proboscis 

 short, slender. Palpi porrect, very short, hardly extending beyond 

 the head, with white squamous down beneath ; third joint extremely 

 short. Antenna? black. Thorax lurid, with two piceous stripes; a 

 patch of gilded yellow scales on each side in front. Abdomen nearly 

 linear; hind borders of the second, third, fonrth, fifth and sixth 

 segments gilded yellow ; a gilded yellow dot on each side in front. 

 Legs lawny, smooth, tinged with piceous; spurs very long. Fore 

 wings purple, very narrow. Hind wings hyaline, with a lurid tinge ; 

 veins purple, pale yellow towards the base. Length of the body 

 9 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



Allied to JE. vespipennis, but the wings are much longer. 



a. North China. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 



iEGERIA BICINCTA. 



Mas. Viridis, robusta, purpurea varia ; caput antice argenteum ; 

 palpi ascendentes, auro.to-ftavi, basi nigri ; antenna? robusta?, 

 purpurea; pectus lituris duabus aurato-jlavis; abdomen 

 fasciis duabus aurato-jlavis; tarsi subtus cinerei ; tibia? 

 postica? subpilosce ; ala> antica? purpurea, cyaneo varia ; pos- 

 tica? vitrea?, margine, Jimbria lineaque transversa cyaneis aut 

 purpureis. 



Male. Metallic-green, varied with purple, squamous, stout. 

 Head with short pale yellow hairs behind ; silvery in front. Pro- 

 boscis moderately long. Palpi gilded yellow, pilose, obliquely 

 ascending, not rising higher than the vertex, black towards the base ; 

 third joint bare, lanceolate, about half the length of the second. 

 Antennae stout, purple, subfalcate. Pectus with two gilded yellow 

 marks on each side. Abdomen with two gilded yellow bands ; one 

 near the base, the other beyond the middle. Legs smooth, mode- 



