14 CATALOGUE OF 



purplish along the costa and at the tips, and with the usual band of 

 the same hue. Hind wings wiih a dark purplish fringe. Length 

 of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 1 1 lines. 



New Guinea. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



jEgeria clavicornis. 



Mas. Purpurea, cyaneo viridique varia, sat valida ; palpi lutei, 

 basi purpureo-cyanei ; antenna robuslce, clavatce ; thorax 

 margine antico,vittis duabus seutellique apice aurato-flavis ; 

 abdomen aureo-flavo trifaseialum ; pedes luteo fasciati, tibiis 

 posticis apices versus fasciculatis ; aim aniicce cyaneo-pur- 

 purece; posticce vilrece. 



Male. Dark purple, rather stout, varied with blue and green. 

 Palpi luteous, slout, squamous, obliquely ascending, purplish blue 

 at the base, a little shorter than the breadth of the head ; third joint 

 lanceolate, much shorter than the second. Antennae stout, clavate. 

 Thorax gilded yellow in front, and with two slender gilded stripes ; 

 scutellum gilded yellow at the tip. Pectus with a gilded yellow 

 patch on each side. Abdomen with three gilded yellow bands; first 

 band on the third segment, much broader than the second and third 

 bands, which are on the hind borders of the fourth and fifth seg- 

 ments. Fore femora with luteous tips ; middle tibia? luteous, blue 

 at the base, and with a blue streak on the outer side ; hind tibiae 

 luteous, tufted, and with a broad blue band towards the tips; tarsi 

 mostly luteous towards the buse. Wings wiih a purplish cupreous 

 fringe. Fore wings bright bluish purple. Hind wings limpid. 

 Length of the body 6' lines ; of the wings 11 lines. 



Batchian. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus CONOPYGA. 

 Conopyga, Feld. Sitz. Akad. Wiss. xliii. 27. 



Conopyga metallescens. 

 metallescens, Feld. Sitz. Akad. Wiss. xliii. 27. 

 Amboina. 



Genus PSEUDOSESIA. 

 Pseudosesia, Feld. Sitz. Akad. Wins. 1861, xliii. 28. 



