LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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76. Algeria SC1TULA. 
Purpureo- nigra ; caput argenteo tomentosum ; palpi, prothorax , 
tegularum margines , pectoris latera, abdominis fascia angusta 
basalis, macula dorsalis fasciaque media lata, fasciculi apica - 
Us latera , coxce anterior es, tibice tarsique aurato-flava ; ala 
limpida marginibus aurato-jlavis , antica fascia purpureo - 
nigra , apice purpureo-nigro lineis aurato-jlavis ornato. 
Algeria scitula, Harris, Ainer . Journ . Sci . xxxvi. 
Massachusetts. 
77. Algeria Pyri. 
Purpureo-nigra ; palpi subtus, prothorax, tegularum margines, 
pectoris latera, abdominis linea basalis transversa, fascice duce 
{antica angusta , postica lata), dimidiumque posticum subtus, 
fasciculi apicalis latera pedesque aurato-flava ; alee limpidez, 
marginibus necnon anticarum fascia apieeque purpureo-nigris , 
hac strigis ceneo-flavis. 
iEgeria Pyri, Harris, New Engl. Farmer, ix. 2 ; Amer. Journ. Sci . 
xxxvi. 
United States. 
Group CONOPIA. 
78. 2Egeria Sapyg,eformis. 
Mas. Cyaneo-nigra ; caput rufo hirtum ; palpi rufi, basi supra 
nigri ; antennee subtus serratce et pubescentes ; abdomen f asciis 
duabus, posteriore latissima, rufls ; tibice anteriores fulvez, pos- 
ticce apice rufee ; tarsi testacei ; alee anticce purpureo -cyanece, 
strigis discalibus duabus una rufa alteraque limpida ; postica 
limpidce. 
Male. Bluish black. Head with red hairs behind. Palpi 
red, black above towards the base. Antennse serrated and pubes- 
cent beneath, very much shorter than those of the European Conopice . 
Abdomen with a slight red band at the base ; segments from the 
fifth to the eighth red; apical tuft blue. Anterior tibia? tawny; 
hind tibiae with red tips ; tarsi mostly testaceous. Wings with cu- 
preous ciliae. Fore wings blue, purple towards the tips, with a red 
discal streak, behind which there is a limpid streak. Hind wings 
limpid. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 
