1260 
MYRMECOSPHECIA. By B. Zukowsky. 
eucheripen- 
nis. 
moulti. 
B. eucheripennis Bsd. Head and antennae rusty brown. Thorax unicoloured iron-brown. Abdomen 
violettish black, all the segments edged with rust-brown, the two first yellow behind, at the base of the ab¬ 
domen there is also yellow colouring. Feet bright rusty red, the anterior parts black. Forewing transparent, 
broadly brown outside, the margins as well as the discal vein brown, the latter lighter outside, bordered with 
rust-colour. Hindwing transparent with a narrow blackish margin and blackish veins. 30 mm. Mexico. 
42. Genus: Ilyrniecosphecfa Le Cerf. 
Head small, not convex. Palpi short, thick, the first joint below with a hair-tuft. Antennae short, 
scarcely longer than the thorax, below in the middle set with hair-shaped scales. Eyes small. Proboscis well 
developed. Body thick and strong, abdomen cylindrical-conical, anal tuft small. Wings long and stretched, the 
cell of the forewing therefore also very long, occupying three quarters of the wing. Vein 1 obsolete, 2 absent, 
3 from the interior angle of the cell, 4 nearer to 3 than to 5, 7 and 8 not stalked, arising from the upper angle 
of the cell. 9 and 10 at equal distances, 11 separated far from 10. Hindwing: la absent, 2 and 3 very near together 
and separated far from 4, 4 arises from the interior angle of the cell, 5 from the discocellular angle, 6 absent, 
7 placed obliquely to 5. Type: M. Le Moulti Le Cerf. 
M. Le Moulti Le Cerf (180 g). Head and palpi black, the 3rd joint below black. Antennae black, reddish 
at the ends. Collar, thorax and abdomen bronze black, abdomen reflecting, except the three first segments 
which are without lustre, their sides being covered with reddish scales. Vent-rum bronze black, the 4th segment 
white beneath. All the legs bronze black, the femora whitish inside. Forewing black, feebly rust-coloured in 
the cell, the exterior third transparent, the margins and fringe black. Hindwing transparent, veins and margins 
very finely black, short black fringes. 32 mm. 1 French Guiana. June. Superficially similar to A. ovinia 
(178 h) and S. manoba (185 d). 
Alphabetical List 
of the original descriptions of the forms of the American Aegeriidae. 
* signifies that the form is also figured at the place quoted. 
acerni Syn. Clem. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1860 p. 14. 
acerrubi Syn. Engelh. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. 20 p. 64. 
achillae Syn. Hy. Edw. Papilio 1 p. 203. 
admiranda Par. Hy. Edw. Papilio 2 p. 54. 
aequalis Syn. Wkr. List Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. 31 (Suppl. 1) p. 9. 
aerosa Syn. Zuk. Seitz, Macrolep. 6, p. 1236. * 
albiealcarata Syn. Bunn. Descr. Rep. Argent. 5, p. 361. 
albicornis Syn. Hy. Edw. Papilio 1, p. 201. 
albociliata Syn. Engelh. Brooklyn. Ent. Soc. 20, p. 67. 
allotriocliora Aeger. Zuk. Seitz, Macrolep. 6, p. 1245. * 
alomyaeformis Aeger. Zuk. Seitz, Macrolep. 6, p. 1245. * 
alopecura Sine. Zuk. Seitz, Macrolep. 6, p. 1258. * 
altera Ale. Zuk. Seitz, Macrolep. 6, p. 1247. * 
amerieana Syn. Beut. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 8, p. 136. 
angarides Con. Meyr. Exotic Micr. 2, p. 443. 
animosa Syn. Hy. Edw. Papilio 3, p. 156. 
anomaliformis Syn. Wkr. List Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. 8, p. 47, 
n. 82. 
antliracipeniiis Syn. Bsd. Hist. Nat. Lep. Het. 1, 1874. 
apicalis Syn. Wkr. List Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. 31 (suppl. 1), p. 8. 
apiformis Aeg. Clerck, Icon. Ins. rar. 1759. * 
arcangelii Mel. Giac. Anal. Soc. Argent. 72, p. 29. 
arctica Syn. Beut. Canad. Ent. 32, p. 208. 
argentifrons Tirista Wkr. List Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. 31 (Suppl. 1), 
p. 22. 
arizonae Syn. Beut. Journ. New York Ent. Soc. 6, p. 240. 
arizonensis Gaea Beut. Canad. Ent. 24, p. 372. 
armas*ata Syn. Ere. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 9, p. 275. 
asema Syn. Zuk. Seitz, Macrolep. 6, p. 1219 * 
asilipennis Par. Bsd. Guerin, Icon. Regne Anim. 2, p. 496. * 
aurantiibasis Cham. Bothsch. Nov. Zool. 18, p. 46. 
aurata Cham. Hy. Edw. Papilio 1, p. 190. 
aureopurpurea Syn. Hy. Edw. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. 3, p. 72. 
auripennis Myrs. Bsd. Hist. Nat. L6p. H4t. 1, p. 433. 
auritincta Syn. Engelh. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. 20, p. 68. 
autremonti Syn. Le Cerf Oberth. Ft. L4p. Comp. 14, p. 312. * 
axiomnemoneuta Lept. Zuk. Seitz, Macrolep. 6, p. 1242. * 
basalis Syn. Wkr. List Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. 31 (Suppl. 1), 
p. 5, 1864. 
bassiformis Syn. Wkr. List Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. 8, p. 39, n. 64. 
behrensi Syn. Hy. Edw. Papilio 2, p. 123. 
benoisti Syn. Le Cerf Et. L6p. Comp. 14, p. 299. * 
bergii Mel. Hy. Edw. Papilio 3, p. 157. 
beutenmiilleri Alb. Skinn. Ent. News 14, p. 126. 
bibio Tel. Ac Cerf Oberth. Et. L6p. Comp. 12, p. 11. * 
blaciformis Syn. Wkr. List Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. 8, p. 55. 
bolteri Syn. Hy. Edw. Papilio 3, p. 155. 
brabanti Mel. Le Cerf Oberth. Et. L6p. Comp. 14, p. 212. * 
brunneri Syn. Basok Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington 16, p. 143. 
buprestiformis Syn. Wkr. List Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. 8, p. 47. 
butleri Mel. Drc. Biol. Centr. Am. Lep. Het. 1, p. 32. * 
caeruleifascia Ichn. Bothsch. Nov. Zool. 18, p. 47. * 
cambyses Sine. Drc. Biol. Centr.-Am. Lep. Het. 1, 1883. * 
candescens Syn. Hy. Ediv. Papilio 2, p. 123. 
canescens Par. Hy. Edio. Papilio 1, p. 205. 
carolinensis Ale. Engelh. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. 20, p. 156. 
castaneae Syn. Busck Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington 15. p. 102. 
caternaulti Syn. Strd. Oberth. Et. Lep. Comp. 14, p. 315. 
caudata Ale. Harr. Amer. Journ. Arts and Sci. 36, p. 311. 
ceraca Syn. Drc. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1893, p. 280. 
cerceriformis Syn. Wkr. List Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. 8, p. 49. 
ceres Syn. Drc. Biol. Centr.-Am. Lep. Het. 1, p. 31. * 
ceropaliformis Syn. Wkr. List Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. 8, p. 52. 
championi Sphec. Drc. Biol. Centr.-Am. Lep. Ilet. 1, p. 29. * 
cliatanayi Pseud. Le Cerf Oberth. Et. L4p. Comp. 12, p. 
14. * 
cbea Syn. Drc. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 7 (4), p. 203. 
chimana Mel. Le Cerf Oberth. Et. L6p. Comp. 12, p. 9. * 
chrysidipennis Syn. Bsd. Ann. Soc. Ent-. Belg. 12, p. 64. 
chrysomelaena Pyr. Le Cerf Oberth. Et. L6p. Comp. 12, p. 
11 . * 
ciliutincariensis Lept. Zuk. Seitz, Macrolep. 6, p. 1243. * 
cladiiformis Syn. Wkr. List Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. 8, p. 51. 
coccinea Calas. Beut. Journ. New York Ent. Soc. 6, p. 241. 
columbica Stem Le Cerf Oberth. Et. L4p. Comp. 14, p. 286. * 
combusta Neosph. Le Cerf Oberth. Et-. L6p. Comp. 12, p. 9. * 
comes Podos. Heinr. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 57, p. 79. 
confusa Sine. Btlr. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 14, p. 408. 
corni Syn. Hy. Edw. Papilio 1, p. 190. 
corporalis Syn. Meyr. Exotic Micr. 3, p. 260. 
