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85. NIGERIA Plectiscieormis. 
Mas. Purpurea; caput viride, antice album; palpi flavi ; 
antennee nigree, subtus f err ugineee ; thorax luteo guadrivitta - 
tus ; abdomen luteo fasciatum ; fasciculus apicalis pilis per - 
paucis luteis ; pedes lutei , nigro strigati ; alee limpidce , arc- 
ticce costa apicegue purpureis luteo strigatis. 
Male. Purple. Head bright green, white in front. Palpi 
yellow. Antennae black, ferruginous beneath. Thorax with two 
luteous stripes on each side. Abdomen with a luteous band on the 
hind border of each segment ; apical tuft with very fevv luteous 
hairs. Legs luteous, streaked with black. Wings limpid; ciliae 
very short. Fore wings purplish, with luteous streaks along 
the costa and at the tips, and with a purplish streak across the tip 
of the discal areolet. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 8 
lines. 
a, b. Para. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
86. 2Egeria Sciophil^eformis. 
Foem. Purpurea; caput auratum , apud oculos album; palpi 
nigri , subtus albi ; antennee nigree , basi ferruginece ; thoracis 
latera fulvescentice ; abdominis segmenta luteo marginata , 
pedes tibiis apice tarsisgue auratis ; alee limpidce , anticce apice 
auratce costa purpurea. 
Female. Dark purple. Head gilded, white about the eyes. 
Palpi black, white beneath. Antennae black, ferruginous towards 
the base, a little longer than the thorax, which is somewhat tawny 
on each side. Hind borders of the abdominal segments and apical 
tuft pale luteous. Tarsi and tips of the tibiae gilded. Wings lim- 
pid, with gilded veins. Fore wings purple along the costa and 
across the tip of the discal areolet, and with gilded tips. Length of 
the body 4 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 
a. Para. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
87. jFgeria Cerceriformis. 
Mas et foem. Purpurea; caput cyaneum , antice argenteum; 
palpi flavi; antennee subtus fulvee ; thorax cyaneo varius ; 
pectus argenteum ; abdominis segmenta flavo marginata ; fas- 
ciculus apicalis luteus, pilis nonnullis fuscis ; pedes lutei , 
coxis femoribusgue flavis ; alee limpidce , anticce apice auratce , 
costa fasciague purpureis. 
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