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Calif., on Pinus ponderosa; Pacific Grove, Calif., from P. radiata; Rogue 

 River, Oreg., Scookmuchuck Creek, Idaho, and Missoula, Mont., from 

 P. ponderosa; Clear Water, Mont., from P. contorta; and Butte Falls, 

 Oreg., from Douglas fir. 



VESPAMIMA NOVAROENSIS (Hy. Edwards) 



Aegeria novaroensis Hy. Edwards, Papilio, vol. 1, p. 199, 1881. — Beutenmuller, 



Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 4, p. 172, 1892; vol. 8, p. 133, 1896. 

 Sesia novaroensis Beutenmuller, Mem. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 1, pt. 6, p. 



289, pi. 31, fig. 14 (female), 1901. 

 Parharmonia piceae Dyar, Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, vol. 6, p. 106, 1904. — 



McDuNNouGH, Check list of the Lepidoptera of Canada and the United States 



of America, pt. 2, No. 8764, 1939. 

 Sesia hrunneri BuscK, Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, vol. 16, p. 143, 1914. 

 Synanthedon novaroensis McDunnough, Check list of the Lepidoptera of Canada 



and the United States of America, pt. 2, No. 8713, 1939. 

 Synanthedon brunneri McDunnough, Check list of the Lepidoptera of Canada and 



the United States of America, pt. 2, No. 8714, 1939. 



Male. — Antennae black, pectinations fine. Labial palpus with a short 

 brush, orange, black at the upper sides and on tip. Head black, face and 

 posterior fringe orange. Collar blue-black. Thorax black, patagia and a 

 large spot on the posterior edge orange-red, at wing base and beneath 

 orange. Abdomen lustrous blue-black, segment 1 orange at the sides, seg- 

 ments 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7 contrastingly banded with orange posteriorly and 

 abdomen beneath wholly orange ; anal tuft broad, fan-shaped, black above, 

 orange beneath. Forelegs with coxae orange, femora yellow, tibiae yellow 

 and black ; posterior tibiae rough, orange, black at lower spurs ; tarsi 

 smooth, sordid yellow, Forewing transparent, costa, conspicuous discal 

 mark, veins, and margins lustrous blue-black ; fringes dull black : under- 

 side with costa and margins flushed with orange. Hindwing transparent, 

 margins narrowly black, mixed with orange at base. 



Female. — Antennae simple, black, between middle and terminal part 

 orange. Abdomen black, but broadly banded with deep orange on seg- 

 ments 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6. wholly deep orange beneath ; anal tuft short, blunt, 

 black at base above, orange at tip and beneath. 



Expanse : Male 24 to 30 nmi., female 30 to 34 mm. 



Distribution. — Northern California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Mon- 

 tana, British Columbia. 



Type. — Female, in the American Museum of Natural History. 



Remarks. — Parharmonia piceae Dyar and Sesia hrunneri Busck fall as 

 synonyms under Vespamima novaroensis. S. hrunneri proves conspecific 

 in all details and Dyar's type of piceae, described as having the abdomen 

 black, has been restored to its original coloration through immersion in 

 benzol and exhibits the normal orange annulations. V. novaroensis is 

 primarily a borer in spruce, but pines also are attacked, especially when 

 they occur in association with spruce. Its habits are like those of 



