LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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length beyond the hind wings. Fore wings beneath and hind wings 
dark purplish cupreous. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 
6 lines, 
a. ? 
4. SAGALASSA ? PERSPICUA. 
Mas. Nigro-cuprea ; antennae validce, simplices ; abdomen alas 
posticas dimidio super ans ; alee anticee macula una , posticce 
duabus discalibus limpidis. 
Male. Blackish cupreous. Antennae stout, simple. Abdomen 
extending for half its length beyond the hind wings. Fore wings 
with a round limpid discal spot. Hind wings with two limpid dis- 
cal spots ; the fore one somewhat elongated, connected with the 
other, which is almost round. Length of the body 3 lines; of the 
wings 5 lines. 
a. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 
Fam. 2. iEGEBIIDiE. 
Statura parva aut mediocris. Corpus saepissime gracile, non- 
nunquam robustum. Ocelli duo, distincti. Proboscis elongata, 
raro obsoleta. Palpi elongati, acuminati, ascendentes. Antennae 
subclavatae aut filiformes, apice subhamatae et attenuatae, saepe pec- 
tinatae. Tibiae calcaribus longissimis. Alas angustae, saepissime 
nudae etlimpidae. Volatus diurnus. Larva vermiformis, decolorata, 
scutellata, in medulla fruticum vel radicum occulte degens. Pupa 
postice spinulosa. 
Sesiariae, Bcisd. Ind. Meth. 41. 
iEgeriidae, Steph. Brit. Ent. Haust. i. 136. 
Phalaenina iEgeriites, Newm. Ent. Mag. ii. 384. 
Trochiliidae, Westw. Humph. Brit. Moths , i. 32. 
A. Alas non maculatas. 
A. Corpus robustum. 
a. Proboscis obsoleta aut brevis. 
a . Pedes postici non dense pilosi. 
i. Alae non metallica. - - 1. Sphecia, Hiibn. 
ii. Alae plus minusve metallicae. 
* Antennae non clavatae. 
f Antennae maris pectinatae. 7. Sannina, Walk. 
ff Antennae maris simplices. 5. Sincara, Walk. 
