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CATALOGUE OF 
This species differs much from the typical form of Conopia , 
and somewhat approaches Pyropteron . 
a. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 
79. .ZEgeeia Geliformis. 
Mas. Nigra ; capitis latera antica alba ; antenna subtus ferru- 
ginea ; abdomen rufum , basi nigrum; fasciculus apicalis 
cyaneo-niger , basi rufus ; alee anticce cyaneo-nigrce , posticce 
limpidee apice margineque postico nigricantibus . 
Male. Black. Head white on each side in front. Palpi 
almost bare; third joint lanceolate, rather less than half the length 
of the second. Antennae bluish black, simple, ferruginous beneath 
and slightly thicker towards the tips, about twice the length of the 
thorax. Abdomen red, black at the base ; apical tuft bluish black, 
red towards the base. . Fore wings bluish black. Hind wings lim- 
pid, with blackish tips and hind borders. Length of the body 
3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 
a . United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 
South America. 
80. Algeria Myemos^epennis. 
Mas. Cyaneo-nigra ; caput apud oculos argenteum ; palpi albi , 
nigro vittati ; thorax flavo quadrivittatus ; metathorax fla- 
vus ; abdominis segmenta marginibus posticis flavis ; tibice 
tarsique albido fasciata ; alee limpidee , anticce apice fas ciaque 
cyaneo-nigris. 
Male. Bluish black. Head silvery white in front about the 
eyes. Palpi white, striped with black. Antennae pubescent be- 
neath, thickened towards the tips, rather less than twice the length 
of the thorax, which has two yellow stripes on each side. Metatho- 
rax yellow. Abdomen with a yellow band on the hind border 
of each segment ; apical tuft rather long. Tibiae and tarsi with 
whitish bands. Wings limpid, with short ciliae. Fore wings bluish 
black along the costa and at the tips, and across the tip of the discal 
areolet. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 
a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 
