180 Exonn mtckot.epidoptrtia. 



pur])le-fuscou.s costal streak, limited by cell anrl vein 9, containing 

 Hne yellow lines above 11 and 9; a ])lackisli bar on transverse vein, 

 edged yellowish ])osteriorly ; a dull orange yellowish terminal 

 fascia, neural lines thickened on this : cilia grey-yellowisb, greyer 

 tovpards base, a dark fuscous basal line. Hindwings hyaline, veins 

 blackish; terminal and jiosterior part of costal edge very slenderly 

 blackish ; cilia as in forewings. 



Assam, Khasis, August ; one specimen. 



Sesia pentazona, n. sp. 



c? . 20-24 mm. Head purple-blackish, collar ])alo yellowish, 

 sides of face white. Palpi yellow, towards base white beneath. 

 Antennae black, beneath orange except towards apex. Thorax 

 purple-blackish, two oohreous-yellow longitudinal lines. Al)domen 

 blue-black, segments 3-7 with whitish marginal rings broadly 

 expanded beneath, anal tuft mixed orange-reddish on sides. Fore- 

 wings yellowish-hyaline, with strong blue reflections ; veins black; 

 a dark purple fuscous costal streak limited by cell and vein 9, 

 containing partially developed fine red lines above 11 and 9; a 

 black bar on transverse vein, margined red posteriorly; a slender 

 red streak along dorsum, and a suffused red fascia round apex and 

 termen : cilia grey-yellowish, a dark fuscous basal line, Hindwings 

 yellowish-hyaline, veins black, jjartly tinged red ; a slender red 

 border along termen ; cilia grey-yellowish, becoming dark grev 

 towards base, base scaled red. 



Assam, Khasis, April ; two specimens. 



Sesia anisozona, n. sp, 



cJ . 16-17 mm. Head black, sides of face white, collar mixed 

 pale yellowi?h. Palpi pale ochreous-yellow, mixed l)lackon apical 

 half. Antennae black. Thorax black, apex of ])atagia and a 

 sometimes interrupted stripe on each side light yellow. Abdomen 

 black, slender yellow rings on 2 and 7 and a broad one on 4, anal 

 tuft yellow, base and sides black. Forewings liyaline, towards 

 termen with purple reflections ; veins black ; a blackish costal streak 

 limited by cell and vein 9, containing a very flne yellowish line 

 above 11, and continued round apex and as a narrow blackish 

 terminal fascia to tornus ; dorsal edge black marked yellow near 

 base ; a blackish bar on end of cell joining these : cilia dark fuscous, 

 Hindwings liyaline; veins black; terminal edge very slenderly 

 blackish ; cilia dark fuscous. 



Burma, Koni, August {ManJers)-^ two specimens. 



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^ Sesia pyrosoma, n. sp. 



5 . 18 mm. Head fuscous, mixed orange. Palpi orange, 

 towards ])ase whitish. Antenna} dark fuscous. Abdomen reddish- 

 orange, anal tuft dark bluish-fuscous. Forewings dark bluish- 

 fuscous; a reddish-orange basal blotch; a subtriangular hyaline 



