JEGBEIAD^. 
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Antennae greyish-ochreous, basal fifth rather thickened with rough 
black scales, blue anteriorly, scape fulvous towards base. Thorax 
metallic-brassy, tegulae coppery-purple. Fore wings elongate, dilated, 
termen obliquely rounded ; deep coppery-purple ; a metalliG-brassy 
streak along costa from near base almost to transverse streak; 
dorsal half metallic-brassy from base to transverse streak; a rather 
narrow direct orange antemedian fascia, slightly broader upwards, 
edged on each side by a fine blackish line and then by a strong 
metallic-brassy streak; remainder of wing beyond this strewn 
shining brassy and coppery scales, forming a spot of suffusion 
towards' costa before apex : cilia bronzy-purple, base sprinkled 
brassy. Hindwings bronzy-purple; cilia brassy-whitish, grey at 
base and round apex. 
Philippines, Mindanao, Kolambugan, June ((7. 8. Banks ); 1 ex. 
AEGERIAD^E. 
Tipulomima pyrostoma, Meyr. 
cf. 17 mm. Head purple-blackish, sides of face white, collar 
whitish-yellow. Palpi second joint blackish, posteriorly whitish- 
yellow towards base, rough anterior scales white on terminal joint 
and upper part of second, terminal joint otherwise yellow. Thorax 
purple-blackish, a small transverse posterior mark and inner edge 
of tegulae slenderly yellowish. Abdomen black, pale yellow rings 
on 2, 4, 6, 7, anal tuft blue-black, some yellow-whitish hairs 
beneath. Legs (in both sexes) purple-black, hairs of femora 
beneath and tibial spurs white, middle tibiae red except extremities, 
posterior tibiae mostly red above, tarsi mostly blue-black above 
and red beneath, four basal joints rough-scaled, $ red except base 
of first joint above. Wings as £ , but hindwings without red mark 
on angle of cell. 
Described (supr. p. 372) as an Aegeria from $ only, now cor¬ 
rected ; 2 examples ( $ 5 ) bred from stems of Ipomoea batatas , 
Kampala, Uganda, March, June ( H . Hargreaves ); this second $ 
quite like the first, but somewhat smaller, 22 mm. T . sexualis 
Hamps. from West Africa was bred from the same plant, but is 
specifically distinct. 
Aegeria cyanospira, n. sp. 
<$ . 18 mm. Head dark bluish-grey, collar and sides of face 
white. Palpi white, posteriorly and at base of second joint blackish. 
Antennae brown-red, beneath pale yellowish. Thorax blackish. 
Abdomen blackish, fine pale blue marginal rings on 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 
anal tuft purple-blackish, with two or three white scales on middle 
of each side. Posterior tibiae and basal joint of tarsus with rough 
black scales somewhat mixed crimson. Forewings violet-hyaline, 
veins dark fuscous, slender dark fuscous streaks along dorsum and 
termen, a thicker dark slaty-fuscous streak along costa, suffused 
yol. iii. —-December 1928. 2 h 
