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Larva. — Head rounded, scarcely bilobed, flattened before, erect, free; orange 

 brown, a large, diffuse, black patch on the face of each lobe at the height of the 

 apex of the clypeus, a patch over ocelli and last antennal joint black. Setae rather 

 coarse, black; width 3.5 mm. Body moderate, cylindrical, unifonn, not tapering 

 and not humped. Ground color velvety black ; a broad yellowish-white band in the 

 segmental incisures reaching to the line of the feet, joined below the line of the spir- 

 acles to a second short band which begins on the middle of the side and extends 

 downward to a little below the line of the feet. A small, anteriorly situated dot dor- 

 sally on joints 3,4, 9-13, sometimes present also on 8 or 7 and 8, but always smaller 

 on these segments. The band in the incisure 2-3 is somewhat broken and the one in 

 12-13 is narrowed. There is a small dorsal bar representing a band between 13-14, 

 just in front of the anal plate. On joints 5, 6, and 12 the pale bands run a little 

 further ventrally and have a supplementary spot. All feet orange brown, thoracic 

 ones with tips black, the abdominal claspers and tubercle vii black. Cervical shield 

 undifferentiated, black, the anterior edge of joint 2 brown. Anal plate orange brown 

 with a black posterior rim and tubercle each side middle line. Tubercles small, ob- 

 scure ; iv a little below the middle of the spiracle. Setre rather distinct, black. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SESIA. 



By William Beutenmuller. 

 Sesia palmii, sp. nov. 



Head and palpi dark brown ; collar mixed with a little white. Antennse brown 

 black, with a bluish lustre. Thorax dark brown with a broad white stripe on each 

 side. Abdomen dark brown with a bluish lustre, and broad white band at the hind 

 edge of the second segment. Anal tuft dark brown with two white streaks. Under- 

 side of body wholly brown, also the legs. Anal tuft with two short white streaks, 

 not reaching the end. Fore wings opaque, brown with a purplish lustre, and a small 

 white spot composed of scales at the end of the cell. Hind wings opaque, wholly 

 brown. Underside of wings same as above, but the fore wings are marked with whitish 

 along the costal region. Expanse, 28-30 mm. 



Habitat. — Phcenix, Arizona. 



Described from two males. Types, Collection Am. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist., and Charles Palm. The figure is enlarged one fourth. 



