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2. MELITTIA Hiibner 



{Trochilium, in part) 



Antennae strongly flattened, with bristles along anterior edge; palpi like those 

 of Memythrus, rather hairy. Hind tibiae and tarsi heavily clothed with hair. 

 Fore wing (fig. 224) with R 5 terminating below apex; hind wing with m-cu long, 

 and set at an angle to base of Cu, so that the lower side of the cell appears curved. 

 Larva boring in Cucurbitaceae ; leaving the burrow to pupate in the ground. 

 Segments not distinctly annulate; tubercles lost, and setae minute. 



The genus also occurs in Africa and India. Some western species are fully 

 scaled. 



1. M. satyriniformis Hiibner. Black with green iridescence; palpi and fore coxae 

 with orange and white markings; fore wing transparent at base; hind wing trans- 

 parent; tibia? and hind metatarsi orange and black; the rest of tarsi black and 

 white. 25-30 mm. (H 46:1.) 



Often injurious to squash, pumpkin, and other Cucurbitaceae; but the imago 

 rarely seen. June to August. 



Generally distributed, New York: Wells, Albany, New York City, Staten Island, 

 Long Island. 



3. P0D0SE8IA Mosehler 

 (Grotea Mosehler, not Cresson) 



Head normal; antennee fusiform and fasciculate in male; normal. Tongue 

 strong; abdomen with a short terminal tuft in both sexes; hind tibiae slightly 

 tufted at the spurs; tarsi extremely long, with rough bristling hair the whole 

 length, becoming erect scales on the metatarsus. Fore wing with R 5 terminating 

 rather above the apex; hind wing with M 3 and Cu^ stalked for a variable distance. 



1. P. syringas Harris. Deep brown, with more or less tawny, especially on palpi. 

 An oblique yellow streak on side of abdomen at base, and a small lateral spot at 

 middle; fore wings with purple iridescence, and often a red streak above R 3 ; hind 

 wing transparent, yellow, with a narrow, diffuse, scaled edge. Tibiae black and 

 orange; tarsi yellow and black. 25-35 mm. {Mgeria, Harris.) (H 46:17.) 



Larva in solid wood of ash and lilac. 



Canada to Colorado and Texas. New York: Albany, Long Island. 



4. SANNINA Walker 



Palpi scaled, somewhat roughly; antennae lightly fasciculate. Tongue moderate. 

 Hind tibia with rough hair, which is longer at the spurs; metatarsus only with 

 rough raised scales like Podosesia. Abdomen of male ending in five pencils, the 

 two lateral short and stout, the middle one slender and easily lost. Wings almost 

 fully scaled (unlike the few Conopias which have nearly the same hind tibiae) ; 

 fore wing with R 5 running to outer margin, normal; hind wing with M 3 and Cu t 

 rather long-stalked; cell short. 



1. S. uroceriformis Walker. Deep blue-black; palpi and base of tegulse some- 

 times orange. Fourth segment of abdomen red dorsally, with a narrow blackish 

 center line. Wings opaque, except for a small transparent area at base between 

 Cu and 3d A of hind wing, the transparent spot in the female divided by a 

 scaled area between 1st A and 2d A. 30 mm. (quinquecaudata Ridings). (H 46:7.) 



Boring in roots of persimmon, well below the ground. 



District of Columbia to Kansas, and south. New York: Albanv. 



