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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Male. Head bronzy black ; palpi white, rarely pale yellow. Antennae 

 blue black, rarely with a white patch before the tip. Thorax bronzy black 

 with a very slight, pale yellow stripe on each side, sometimes absent. 

 Underside of thorax with a very pale yellow spot on each side. Abdomen 

 wholly bronzy black. Anal tuft marked with white beneath. Legs blue 

 black ; tibiae with white tufts ; anterior coxae pure white. Forewings trans- 

 parent, with violet brown borders; costal and inner margins narrow ; outer 

 margin broad, golden yellow between the veins. Discal mark distinct, blue 

 black. Underside scaled with pale yellow. Hind wings transparent with 

 outer margin narrow, violet or blue black. Underside similar to the above. 



Female. Wholly bronzy black with violaceous reflections, except the 

 transparent parts of the wings. The legs with bluish reflection and white 

 tufts on the tibiae. Forewings beneath on the costal margin and discal 

 marked with yellow scales. Antennae always with a prominent white patch 

 before the tip. 



Expanse, male 15-18 mm; female 18-22 mm. BetttenvutUer 



Sesia bolteri Hy. Edw. 



A steel blue clearwing moth with a broad abdominal band and the fore wing tips 

 red, bores willow canes in the larval stage. 



The larvae of this species bore in willow canes. It has been recorded 

 from New York, New Jersey, Illinois and Manitoba. 



Male. Head and thorax deep steel blue black, orbits pure white ; 

 palpi above black, bright orange beneath. Antennae deep steel blue black, 

 with the tip, for one third the length, yellowish on one side. Abdomen 

 deep steel blue black, with the fourth and fifth segments bright scarlet red 

 above and below. Anal tuft blue black tipped with white. Legs blue 

 black, tibiae tufted with white ; tarsi pale yellow. Fore wings transparent, 

 costal and inner border narrow, deep black with a steel blue lustre ; discal 

 mark straight ; outer margin broad and heavily scaled with scarlet or cop- 

 pery red between the black veins; fringes violet brown. Underside brighter 

 than above, costal and inner margin pale yellow. Hind wings transparent, 

 outer margin very narrow, black, fringes violet brown. Underside same as 

 above. 



Female. Larger and more robust than the male. The red on the fore- 

 wings is usually brighter ; the sixth segment is red beneath, and the hind 

 tarsi are bright orange, otherwise same as the male. 



Expanse, inale and female, 12-20 mm. Bcufcniiniller 



