AEGERIADJ3. 
337 
Aegeria monogama, n. sp. 
2 . 19 mm. Head, thorax dark indigo-blue-grey, face metallic 
greyish, sides blue-whitish, sides of pectus orange-yellow. Palpi 
blackish, anteriorly pale yellow. Antennae blackish. Legs dark 
indigo-blue, tibiae ringed white. Abdomen dark indigo-blue, apical 
ring of segment 6 imperfect and reddish above, white below, anal 
tuft red above except on sides. Forewings hyaline, veins fine, 
black, 2 and 3 forming a single streak ; costal area as far as cell 
and vein 9, a narrow bar on transverse vein, and dorsal and 
terminal edge dark fuscous, dorsal edge becoming yellow towards 
base : cilia fuscous. Hindwings hyaline, veins and terminal edge 
finely blackish, cilia fuscous. 
Sierra Leone, Njala, November (E . Hargreaves ) ; 1 ex. (Brit. 
Mus.). 
Aegeria rubripalpis, n. sp. 
cJ. 18 mm. Head blue-blackish on crown, face white, neck 
yellow. Palpi red, base marked blackish. Antennae dull red, apex 
blackish. Thorax indigo-blue-grey (on dorsum rubbed), scales cover¬ 
ing base of wing tinged yellow. Abdomen blue-purplish-grey, an 
apical 3 mllow ring on 1, yellow blotches on sides of back on 2 and 
4, an obscure dorsal streak of ochreous suffusion. Hind tibiae 
purple-blackish, basal half red, tarsi purple-blackish at base and 
above to middle, rest red with apex white. Forewings purple- 
hyaline ; a moderate costal streak and terminal fascia, and narrow 
dorsal streak deep purple, veins black, base and dorsal streak mixed 
red ; a rather broad bar on transverse vein narrower beneath, 
anterior half purple-blackish, posterior red : cilia dark fuscous. 
Hindwings purple-hyaline ; veins and terminal line black; cilia 
dark grey, a patch beneath middle of termen suffused red basalty. 
Sierra Leone, Njala, November (E . Hargreaves ) ; 1 ex. (Brit. 
Mus.). 
Aegeria tetranoma, n. sp. 
<$ . 23 mm. Head dark purplish-fuscous, forehead and collar 
orange-yollow, face white tinged grey centrally. Palpi orange- 
yellow, a black lateral line except towards base. Antennae blackish, 
beneath suffused fulvous-yellow. Thorax indigo-black, a central 
line, margins of tegulee, posterior margin, and pectus orange- 
yellow. Abdomen indigo-black, segments 1-4 with narrow orange- 
yellow apical rings, venter orange-yellow, anal tuft large, dark blue, 
slightly mixed white above and yellow on sides. Legs wholly 
orange-yellow. Forewings iridescent purple-hyaline, dorsal area 
suffused yellow, veins dark fuscous ; costal area dark fuscous as far 
as cell and vein 9, red lines on basal part of 12 and between 9 and 
10 ; transverse vein slightly edged red posteriorly; a narrow 
reddish terminal fascia (hardly ^ of distance to cell) narrowed 
to tornus, with thickened black lines on veins. Hindwings hyaline, 
veins and terminal edge dark fuscous. 
Peru, Iquitos, March ( Parish ) ; 1 ex. 
vol. iv.— December 1932. z 
