26 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Body slender, nearly linear. Proboscis long, stout. 

 Antennae a little longer than the fore wings, with a thick short 

 fringe along nearly two-thirds of the length from the base. Abdo- 

 men extending for nearly its whole length beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs short, stout, smooth ; hind tibia? slightly incrassated, with two 

 long stout apical spurs. Wings narrow. Fore wings opaque, 

 rounded at the tips. Hind wings vitreous. 



This genus seems to connect the JEgeriida with the Gelechidce, 



Aeauzona basalis. 



Mas. Nigro-cuprea ; antenna fascia lata alba; thorax ochraceo 

 bivittatus ; pectus et abdomen subtus alba; tibice posticcB 

 ochraceo fas ciatce ; ala> anticce striga basali ochracea ; posticce 

 vitrei, venis fimuriaque nigris. 



Male. Blackish cupreous. Antenna? with a broad white band 

 above on the basal half of the slender part. Thorax with an och- 

 raceous stripe on each side. Pectus white. Abdomen white 

 beneath. Hind tibiae with an ochraceons band. Fore wings with 

 a short ochraceous basal streak. Hind wings vitreous, colourless ; 

 veins and fringe black ; the latter rather long. Length of the body 

 3^ lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Fam. SPHINGID^E. 



Genus SESIA. 



Sesia satyeinieoemis. 

 satyriniformis, Hb. f. 453. 

 North America. 



Sesia yenata. 



venata, Feld. Sitz. Akad. Wiss. xliii. 29. 

 Amboina. 



Genus MACROGLOSSA. 



Maceoglossa Nycteeis. 



Nycteris, Kir. HugeVs Kaschmir, iv. 2, 458, pi. 19, f. 5 — volucris, 

 Cat. Lep. Bet, 2nd Ser. 94. 



