AEGERIADiE. 
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costa, 11 from middle. Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, cilia \ ; 
with cubital pecten ; 2 from |, 3 and 4 short-stalked from angle, 
5-7 tolerably parallel. 
Allied to Copromorplia and Sisyrovena, but differs from all genera 
of the family in the bipectinated antennae. 
Aegidomorpha psammodina, n. sp. 
<3 . 30 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, sides of crown mixed grey 
and dark grey. Palpi pale greyish-ochreous sprinkled dark fuscous. 
Antennal pectinations 3. Thorax whitish-ochreous slightly sprinkled 
brownish. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa slightly arched, 
more strongly towards rounded-obtuse apex, termen slightly rounded, 
rather oblique ; pale ochreous, tinged greyish towards costa, with 
irregular dark fuscous irroration along veins, increase of this appears 
to form an undefined darker cloud towards costa from about '4- to 4, 
and a similar rather curved transverse cloud beyond |, with 
a tornal patch of darker suffusion: cilia whitish-ochreous suffused 
fuscons irroration. Hindwings scales somewhat roughened along 
veins ; light grey, slightly iridescent; cilia pale greyish mixed grey. 
China, Szechwan, Mt. Omei, 4500 feet, August ( Franck ) ; 1 ex. 
AEGERIADiE. 
Pseudalcathoe aspetura, n. sp. 
2 . 34 mm. Head, thorax purple-bronzy-blackish. Palpi dark 
purple-blue-fuscous. Antennae dark blue-fuscous, apical third pale 
ochreous. Abdomen dark purplish-indigo, a silvery-white ventral 
band on 5, apical process 20 mm., ovipositor short, exposed. Legs 
blue-blackish. Forewings narrow, much dilated posteriorly, costa 
moderately arched towards apex, termen obliquely rounded ; deep 
indigo-blue ; an elongate hyaline space beneath cell before ^ : cilia 
purple. Hindwings deep greenish-blue; a hyaline subbasal band, 
veins on it dark green-blue ; cilia purple. 
Kenia, Nairobi, April (Van Someren ); 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
Aegeria aericincta Meyr. 
c S . 21 mm. Palpi in front white. Abdomen without yellowish 
rings. Otherwise as in $ • 
Aegeria nautica, n. sp. 
(3. 17 mm. Head metallic-green-blackish, face dark purple- 
fuscous, sides white, neck yellow. Palpi yellow, posteriorly black. 
Antennae black. Thorax black, posterior edge yellow, collar metallic- 
green-blackish, base and inner edge of tegulae yellow. Abdomen 
indigo-black, segments 2-6 w T ith slender pale yellow apical rings, 
interrupted centrally except on 2, anal tuft deep blue, a whitish 
line on lateral edge. Forewings hyaline, posteriorly with violet 
tinge ; veins, moderate costal and slender dorsal streaks, a narrow 
