AEGERIA; SPHECIA. By M. Gaede. 
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24 a. Family: Aegerildae. 
1. Genus: Aegerla F. 
Ae apiformis Cl. (Vol. 2, p. 376, pi. 51 a). In the typical form the tibiae and tarsi are uniformly rusty 
brown . _ brumieipes Trti. from Sardinia has middle and hind tibiae and tarsi dark brown outwardly and brunnei v es 
yellowish inwardly. Costa of forewings is slightly darker. 
Ae. yezoensis limps. Antennae brown, yellow on upperside at base. Palpi almost completely yellow. ye~oensis. 
Body dark brown with leaden sheen. Tegulae reddish yellow. The 3rd abdominal segment is yellow, the 
three terminal segments dusted with yellow. Underside red-brown. Tibiae and tarsi yellow-red. Forewings 
hyaline yellowish. Veins and margins brown with silvery sheen, base dark brown. Above the inner margin 
a' coppery brown streak. Disco-cellular diffuse reddish yellow, similarly below costa near apex. Hindwings 
yellowish hyaline, margins narrowly brown. $ 45—48 mm. Japan. 
Ae. molybdoceps Hmps. Antennae dark brown, yellow at base. Palpi yellow, with yellow-red and molybdo- 
black hairs on underside of tip. Body dark brown with leaden gloss. Tegulae with yellow edges on top and 
patagia with yellow inner edges. A yellow belt on 1st segment of abdomen. The 2nd and 3rd segments with 
bright red dusting, 4th segment yellow-red. Underside bright brown, each segment having a yellow-red band. 
Tibiae and tarsi yellow-red, hind tibiae edged at extremities outwardly with fire-red, inwardly with black- 
brown. Eorewings hyaline yellow, veins and margins brownish red with silvery sheen. Disco-cellular a bril¬ 
liant orange-red, similarly a streak near the apex. Apical area a rich brown, before the margin led-biown 
triangles in the interstices between the veins. Hindwings hyaline yellow. $ 40—44 mm. Japan. 
Ae. pistarcha Meyr. Antennae and body blue-black. Palpi yellow with black spot. Tegulae edged pistarcha. 
with yellow. A bold yellow ring on 1st segment of abdomen, the 2nd and 3rd with narrow yellow edges, the 
5t,h and 6th more heavily yellow, the 4th entirely yellow. The terminal half of abdomen yellow on underside. 
Legs yellow and black. Eorewings hyaline, veins and margins black, only the costa orange-red to beyond 
end of cell and the inner margin at base. Also the costa near apex and outwardly of the disco-cellular orange- 
red. The outer half of the marginal area is dull reddish intersected by the black veins. Hindwings hyaline. 
Fringes of both wings dark grey. $ 16 mm. Morocco. 
2. Genus: Spliecia Hbn. 
S. crabroniformis Leivin (Vol. 2, p. 378, pi. 51 a). — incognita Strd. ( WarnecJce) is an aberrative specimen incognita, 
from Thuringia of an albinotic tendency. Antennae are still normal and black, the yellow patches on head 
and abdomen are also normal. The whole body however is a pale olive grey, where normally it is deep black. 
Margins of wings are pale brown, distinctly paler than usual. The legs are approximately as m normal spe¬ 
cimens. _ orophila Zukoiv. is a mountain form and the counterpart to the preceding. It is smaller (27—30 mm orophila, 
against 35—42 mm). All veins and margins of wings are blackish, base of wings slightly reddish. Ground 
colour of abdomen inclines to a greenish yellow. From Sulden (S. Tyrol). 
S. montelli Lofq. is close to crabroniformis (Vol. 2, p. 378, pi. 51a). Head grey-black, collar videh 
yellow. Thorax grey-black. Abdomen darker than in crabroniformis. A brown tuft of hair laterally on 1st 
segment, otherwise segments 1—6 black, the 3rd to 6th segments anteriorly with varyingly wide yellow edges. 
The 7th segment delicately dusted with yellow, anal tuft brownish yellow. Both wings like those of crabrom- 
formis, the disco-cellular on forewings is said to be somewhat nearer the base. All 3 tibiae blackish, the 
hind tibiae with white central band. $ 40—44 mm. Finland. 
montelli. 
