BEUTENMULLER, MONOGRAPH OF THE SESIID^E. 



27. 



Fore wings very heavily marked with red. 



Abdomen with bright yellow bands. 



Legs orange-yellow , 



Fore wings black, without red. 



Abdomen and legs wholly black 



var 



. rubescens 



var. color adensis 



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2*A 

 Fig. 21. Anal Tuft of Male, Head, Hind Leg, and Venation of Albuna pyramidalis. 



Albuna pyramidalis (Walker). 



Algeria pyramidalis Walker, Cat. Lep. Brit. Mus. Pt. VIII, 1856, p. 40 ; Hv. Edwards, Papilio, 



Vol. I, 1881, p. 206. 

 Trochilium pyramidalis Morris, Synop. Lepid. M. Am. 1862, p. 33 r. 

 Sesia pyramidalis Boisduval, Suites a Buffon, Nat. Hist. Lepid. Het. I, 1874, p. 435. 

 Albuna pyramidalis Grote, New Check List N. Am. Moths, 1882, p. 12; Beutenmuller, Bull. 



Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. VI, 1894, p. 89 ; ibid. Vol. VIII, 1896, p. 127. 

 Algeria hylotomiformis Walker, Cat. Lepid. Brit. Mus. Pt. VIII, 1856, p. 43 ; Hy. Edwards, 



Papilio, Vol I, 1881, p. 207. 

 Sesia hylotomiformis Boisduval, Suites a Buffon, Nat. Hist. Lepid. Het. I, 1874, p. 438. 

 Albuna hylotomiformis Hy. Edwards, Papilio, Vol. I, 1881, p. 186 ; Grote, New Check List N. Am. 



Moths, 1882, p. 12 ; Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. V, 1893, p. 23. 

 Albuna vancouverensis Hy. Edwards, Papilio, Vol. I, 1881, p. 188 ; Grote, Check List N. Am. 



Moths, 1882, p. 12 ; Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. IV, 1892, p. 172. 



Male. — Head black, orbits pale yellow ; palpi yellow, black outside. Thorax black, with the 

 patagia slightly lined with yellow towards the tip ; at the posterior end of the thorax is a transverse 

 yellow line and a small spot of the same color at the base of the fore wings. Collar edged with 

 yellow. Antennae black, ferruginous beneath. Abdomen black, with a pale yellow band on each 

 segment. Anal tuft black. Legs black, tibiae banded with yellow. Fore wings transparent, with 

 broad black borders, discal mark bordered with red on each side ; outer border edged within with 

 red and inner margin to the ^.nal angle also red. Underside with the borders and discal mark suf- 

 fused with red and orange. Hind wings transparent, with discal mark and margin brown black ; 

 underside same as above. 



Female. — Same as the male, but more robust. 



Expanse : Male, 18-25 mm - > female, 18-30 mm. 



Habitat. — Nova Scotia, Canada, Maine to Massachusetts, Northern New York and westward 

 to the Pacific. 



