AEGERINA; AEGERIA. By B. Zukowsky. 
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short, blackish coppery, veins rust-coloured; forewing purple black along the costa, the fork of the 2nd upper 
vein shorter than in apiformis. 30 mm. Presumably Central and South America. 
S. championi Drc. (178 h). S'- all the wings hyaline, costal and inner margins black. Discal vein out- championi. 
wardly reddish yellow, the exterior hyaline area and the whole hindwing golden yellow hyaline, fringe and 
veins black. Palpi yellow beneath, reddish at the tips. Antennae red-brown. Thorax black, collar and tegulae 
yellowish. Abdomen black, segments with yellow bands. Legs reddish yellow. similar to <$, but the forewing 
dark brown except an area at the anal angle remaining hyaline. 32—38 mm. Guatemala, near the town. 
20. Genus: Aegerfaa Le Cerj. 
Head small, slightly convex. Palpi erect, the two last joints long and densely haired. Proboscis well 
developed. Antennae rather short, fusiform. Thorax strong. Abdomen of $ slim, of § cylindrical with a rather 
long anal brush. Legs delicate, hindlegs shorter than the abdomen. Forewing long and stretched; vein la short, 
not divided at the base, 2 arises a little before the interior angle, 3 from the latter, 4 equidistant from 3 and 5; 
7 and 8 stalked on % of their length, 9 absent, 10 and 11 very near and parallel. Hindwing: 1 a very 
fine, 2 arises a little before the interior angle of the cell, 3 and 4 on a short stalk, 5 from the angle of the cell, 6 
absent. Type. A. ovinia Drc. 
A. ovinia Drc. (178 h). Forewing bluish black with a hyaline streak along the inner margin. Hindwing ovinia. 
whitish hyaline, veins black, fringes of both wings blackish brown. Head, palpi and antennae black. Thorax 
and abdomen glossy bluish black, the 4th segment broadly edged with pale yellow. Anal tuft broadly black 
with a few grey hairs laterally. Abdomen beneath white. Legs black, with grey bands. 30 mm. Mexico, Coatepec. 
A. mesostenos sp. n. (178 li) is closely allied to ovinia Drc., but smaller, only 20—21 mm. Only the 2nd mesostenos. 
abdominal segment above finely margined with white, beneath broadly light creamy white. Legs black, a few 
white hairs on the joints of the hindlegs, the hind tibiae with 4 long spurs. Otherwise very similar to ovinia. 
Brazil, Viannopolis. March. 1 couple collected by Prof. Seitz. Type: Senckenberg Museum. 
A. vignae Busck. The 2nd palpal joint with a triangular black scale-spot, mixed with yellow, the last vignae. 
joint erect, black with a reddish apex. Antennae gradually thickened with a small hair-pencil at the end. in 
the $ plain, basal halves bluish black and apical halves dark brown, in the reddish brown, dentate below. 
Head dull black with a slight transverse line of yellowish white scales. Thorax dark red-brown, almost black, 
shoulders and behind transversely bordered with yellow. Abdomen strangulated wasp-like near the base, bluish 
black, each segment behind narrowly margined with yellow. Anal tuft bluish black. Forewing with a bluish 
black costal margin, inner margin and discal vein scaled reddish brown, the rest transparent, veins 11 and 10 
absent, 7 and 8 stalked to the costa, 2—6 separated. Hindwing transparent, legs metallic bluish black, spurs 
and posterior margins of each joint yellow. Bahia (Brazil). Larva in the stalks of Vigna sinensis and other 
cultivated Leguminosae. 
A. alomyaeformis sp. n. (178 i). Antennae black, the first joints yellowish, apically brownish; ciliated alomyaefor- 
below in the Head and thorax black, the latter with light yellow stripes on the posterior part of the patagia, 
metathorax slightly light yellow. Abdomen above and beneath with the 1st segment black, powdered with 
rusty brown, the 2nd, 3rd and 4th beautifully rusty brown, the posterior margin of the 4th with a fine light- 
yellow band, the last joints as well as the anal tuft black. Legs rusty brown, hind tibiae with four equal moder¬ 
ately long spurs. Wings as in mesostenos, but the margins browner. 21—22 mm. Brazil. Araraquara and Rio 
Preto (Sao Paulo, Brazil). 1 couple collected by Prof. A. Seitz. Type. Senckenberg Museum. 
A. allotriochora sp. n. (178 i). Antennae, palpi, head and thorax bluish black. The palpi exhibit the allotrio- 
generic peculiarity (the 2nd and 3rd joints strongly haired) immensely developed, so that one might think of 
the presence of biting mouth-organs. Abdomen as in vignae strangulated wasp-like at the base, the 1st segment 
bluish black, the 2nd brown, spotted yellow at the posterior margin, all the others inclusive of the pointed anal 
tuft dingy reddish orange (almost vermilion); beneath the same, only the basal joints are yellowish here. On 
the 5th and 6th segments there are at equal distances four small raised yellowish hair-tufts forming a quadrangle. 
All the legs blackish blue, hind tarsi yellowish and black. Forewing thinly scaled greyish yellow, transparent, 
costal vein dark brown, the inner margin at the base narrowly hyaline like the anal angle, too; a small dingy 
white spot at the costal vein, shortly before the apex. Hindwing transparent, a dark shadow at the costal vein, 
veins black; fringes of all the wings brownish grey. 35 mm. The total impression of the insect is that of a 
wasp owing to the red abdomen, the semihyaline wings, and especially the enormously haired palpi. Brazil. 
Villa Bella. 1 Type. Berlin Zool. Museum. 
21. Genus: Aegeria F. 
Head small, palpi erect, but scarcely reaching to the height of the head, covered with long hair. An¬ 
tennae short and thick, pectinated in the <$, plain in the $. Body strong, cylindrical with a truncate end, A with 
