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less prominent red dash on each side anteriorly. Underside and legs wholly blue black. Abdomen 

 blue black with the fourth and sometimes also the fifth and sixth segments orange red above. Anal 

 pencils blue black. Fore wings opaque, deep blue black without any markings. Hind wings similar 

 in color, but with a small transparent area at the base. Underside of wings same as above. 



Female. — Same as the male, but has only the fourth abdominal segment orange above, and 

 wants the anal pencils. 



Expanse : Male and female, 28-32 mm. 



Habitat. — Virginia to Florida, westward to Kansas and Montana. 



Type: One female. Coll. British Museum. 



Both sexes of this species have opaque wings and very much resemble the 

 female of the common Peach-borer (Sanninoidea exitiosri), owing to the orange 

 fourth abdominal segment and the blue color. The male of S. exitiosa has both 

 wings transparent and lacks the orange on the abdomen, while the female has 

 only the hind wings transparent, except at the base. The larva lives in the 

 centre of the root stalk of the persimmon, at a depth of from 17 to 22 inches 

 below the surface of the ground. 



Podosesia Mbschler. 



Fig. 13. 



Grotea Moschler, Ent. Zeit. Stettin, Vol. XXXVII, 1876, p. 312. (Preoccupied.) 

 Podosesia Moschler, Ent. Zeit. Stett. Vol. XL, 1879, P- 2 4^- 



Palpi upturned, reaching the top of the head, with long loose hairs on the first and second 

 joints, third joint long and bare. Antennae thickened towards the tip, which is pointed ; with 



So *> *». 



Head, Venation, and Hind Leg of Podosesia syringce. 



fascicles of cilia in the male ; simple and shorter in the female. Abdomen constricted at base. 

 Anal tuft very slight, similar in both sexes. At the base of the last segment is a short lateral tuft of 

 hairs. Hind legs very long and clothed with short hairs. Fore wings with 12 veins ; R 4 and R 5 

 stalked. Hind wings with veins M 3 and Cuj stalked. Sc+R very long. Vein srdAj present. 

 Discocellulars oblique. 



Type : Algeria syringce Harris. 



