BULLETIN OF TILL BROOKLYN ENT. six'. 



2. Sesia flavipes, sp. nov. 



Expanse, rf 1 inch; 9 17 lines. Head: Crown black, eyes edged 

 in front with yellow, palpi pilose, erect, yellow. Antennae pectinate 

 in $, ciliate, hardly longer than the thorax, and almost linear in 9 '■> 

 collar, yellow. Thorax black, with yellow sub-dorsal line on anterior 

 portion, a yellow lateral spot just behind t'te collar, and a larger one 

 just before base of wings. Yellow also behind and beneath base of 

 wings. Abdomen black, with broad yellow band on rear of each seg- 

 ment, more diffuse and epiite covering the last. Anal parts in 9 

 edged underneath with orange. Anal tuft almost wanting. 



Fore-wing < transparent in center. Costa blackish. Costal hand. 

 exterior margin, which is quite broad, and bar crossing transparent 

 space, reddish brown ; posterior edge black ; wing yellowish toward 

 base; veins lightly lined in the transparent portion wit a black. H>'nd 

 wing*: Veins yellowish towards base, becoming black towards exte- 

 rior margin. All fringes black, with reddish tinge at tips of fore- 

 wings. Underneath, more yellowish towards base, and brownish at 

 tips. Marginal band on fore-wings wider. Legs: Coxa' black, fem- 

 ora black, yellow below ; all the rest yellow. 



Two specimens, rf and 9 > taken on different days, each at rest 

 on blackberry leaves, late in September, in Brooklyn, N. Y. 



3. Sesia rubescens, sp. nor. 



Expands 1 inch. Head: Crown black, face and mouth -parts yel- 

 low, palpi long, protruding, pilose, orange yellow ; collar yellow ; an- 

 tennae yellow, ciliated, nearly linear, pointed at end. Thorax black, 

 yellow mark at tegulfe, yelloAV aboxit the base of wings, yellow band 

 along posterior edge. Abdomen black, posterior two-thirds of each 

 segment covered with yellow, except the second from the thorax, 

 which has only a yellow dorsal spot. Anal tuft quite prominent, yel- 

 low. Body almost entirely yellow below. 



Fore-wing* transparent in central space, crossed by a black band. 

 The inner transparent space on its outer margin, and the outer trans- 

 parent space all around, lined with brick red. Veins on outer spot 

 lined with black. Costte, exterior and interior margins, and fringes 

 black. The interior margin has an interior line extending two-thirds 

 of length of wing from base, brick-red. Lfind-wing* transparent, 

 black at base. Discal spot prominent, black, lined with reddish ; 

 veins reddish, especially along the interior margin, where, with a 

 decidedly pinkish shade, it becomes almost confluent over the trans- 

 parent surface. Exterior margin slightly marked with pink; fringe 

 wide, black. Underneath : Cross-band of transparent space and poster 



