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CATALOGUE OF 
Female. Bluish black. Head silvery about the eyes. Palpi 
whitish beneath. Antennae slender, somewhat thicker towards the 
tips, very much longer than the thorax. Hind borders of the abdo- 
minal segments whitish; apical tuft gilded. Legs with silvery 
white bands ; fore coxae silvery. Wings limpid ; ciliae, costa and 
band of the fore wings purplish black. Length of the body 3 lines ; 
of the wings 5 lines. 
a. Para. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
92. Algeria Peltastiformis. 
Foem. Nigra ; caput antice argenteum, postice Jlavo hirtum ; 
palpi lutei , subtus basi nigro hirti ; antennae clavatoe, subtus 
ferrugineae ; pectus Jlavo quadrinotatum ; abdominis seg- 
menta Jlavo marginata ; femora Jlavo strigata ; tibiae tarsique 
antica lutea ; tibiae intermediae Jlavo fasciatae , posticae basi 
apiceque Jlavo pilosae ; aloe hyalinoe, subluridae. 
Female. Black. Head silvery in front, with yellow hairs 
behind. Palpi luteous, stout, ascending, acuminated, with black 
hairs at the base ; third joint lanceolate, less than half the length of 
the second. Antennas clavate, ferruginous and pubescent beneath, 
hardly longer than the thorax. Pectus with a yellow mark on each 
side in front, and another at the base of each fore wing. Abdomi- 
nal segments with yellow hind borders ; apical tuft with some yel- 
low hairs on each side beneath. Femora with yellow streaks ; fore 
tibiae and fore tarsi luteous ; middle tibiae with a yellow band ; hind 
tibiae with yellow hairs at the base and at the tips, and with a white 
mark beneath between the spurs. Wings limpid, with a slight 
lurid tinge ; ciliae short. Fore wings with the second inferior vein 
a little nearer to the first than to the third ; third much nearer to 
the fourth than to the second ; second superior vein forked before 
half its length. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 8 
lines. 
a. Villa Nova. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
93. Algeria Ceropaliformis. 
Mas. Nigricans ; caput antice albidum ; palpi albidi ; antennae 
setacece , dense pectinatae ; pectus albidum ; abdomen ferru- 
gineum ; pedes ferruginei , femoribus anlicis albidis , tibiis 
posterioribus densissime ciliatis ; aloe limpidae , anticce apud 
costam ferrugineae. 
