white edging to the band within ; hindwings crossed by lire 

 veins over the transparent disc, beneath witli a yellow band 

 at anal angle. June-July. Eastern and Middle States, Can. 

 Rarer than the other species. 



Subgenus Haemorrhagia. Gr. 



The thorax is more produced in front than in the first 

 groups and the body stouter, colors claret red and olive. 



Thy she. Fabr. (Pelasgm Cram.). Forewings with 

 the border claret brown or red. without apical stain ; cell 

 of primaries with a bar in middle ; edge within of terminal 

 band dentate. Can., southwardly. May to Aug. Larra on 

 Viburnum. A dimorphic form, Uniformis, G. a. R., has the 

 band even : the larva is described by Edwards and Eliot. 



ISiiffaloensis. G. a. R. Smaller than the preceding; 

 the cell has the bar fused with median vein ; margin of 

 terminal band even. Larva on Viburnum (Reinecke). June. 

 New York. Considered by some writers not distinct from 

 preceding, but the young stages have not been compared. 

 Prof. Lintner describes the larva and considers the species 

 distinct. 



N. B. This genus is incorrectl}' called "Sesia" bj r some 

 Authors, a name belonging to a different group as used by 

 German writers and approved by Fernald. It is also merged 

 with Macro<i~lossa, the type of which is stcllatarum and a 

 number of Old World forms ; against this practice I have 

 protested from the very first of my studies. 



Lepiscsia. Grote. 



Head somewhat sunken into the short and square thorax ; 

 the evenly margined wings are entirely scaled. Primaries 

 with eleven veins, somewhat centrally depressed on costa 

 Legs comparatively long and slender; fore tibiae spinose. 

 Flight diurnal. Larva unknown. 



Flavofasciata. Barnst. Head and thorax pale yellow, 

 palpi black, yellowish beneath ; abdomen black, first segment 



