274 BEUTENMULLER, MONOGRAPH OF THE SESIID^E, 



Albuna pyramidalis var. montana {Hy. Edw.). 



Plate XXXII, Fig. 34, Male. 



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

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

 lette, Bull. 43, Agricul. Coll. Colorado, 1898, p. 6. 



Albuna pyramidalis var. montana Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. VI, 1894, p. 90 ; 

 ibid. Vol. VIII, 1896, p. 127. 



dlbana tanaceti Hy. Edwards, Papilio, Vol. I, 1881, p. 188; Grote, New Check List N. Am. 

 Moths, 1882, p. 12 ; Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. IV, 1892, p. 171. 



Similar to the type form, but the legs are yellow, with a narrow black band on the tibiae ; the 

 red on the fore wings is more pronounced and the veins of the hind wings are usually marked with 

 red. The bands on the abdomen are also more prominent. 



Habitat. — Same as that of A. pyramidalis. 



Types: Three females ; A. tanaceti, four females. Coll. Hy. Edwards, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



Albuna pyramidalis var. rubescens (Hulsi). 



Plate XXXIII, Fig. 19, Female. 



Sesia rubescens Hulst, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. Vol. Ill, 1881, p. 76. 



Albuna rubescens Grote, New Check List N. Am. Moths, 1882, p. 12 (as synon. of odyneripennis)\ 



Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. IV, 1892, p. 171. 

 Albuna pyramidalis var. rubescens Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. VI, 1894, p. 90 ; 



ibid. VIII, 1896, p. 127. 



Fe?nale. — Head black between the antennae, face, collar and palpi golden yellow, as are also 

 the stripes and transverse mark on the thorax. Abdomen black, with the second, fourth, fifth, and 

 sixth segments broadly banded with golden yellow above and below ; third segment with a small 

 yellow spot on top and banded with golden yellow beneath. Anal tuft golden yellow, black on 

 each side at the base. Legs golden yellow, femora marked with black. Fore wings with the brown 

 black borders heavily edged with red within. Discal mark heavily marked with red on each side ; 

 underside the red much more prominent than above ; discal mark wholly red. Hind wings with 

 the veins red, and outer border edged within with red ; underside with the red more conspicuous. 



Habitat. — Colorado. 



Type : One female. Coll. Hy. Edwards, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



Albuna pyramidalis var. coloradensis (Hy. Edw.). 



Plate XXXIII, Fig. 12, Female. 



Albuna coloradensis Hy. Edwards, Papilio, Vol. I, 1881, p. 189 ; Grote, New Check List N. 



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

 Albuna pyramidalis var. coloradensis Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. VI, 1894, p. 



90 ; ibid. Vol. VIII, 1896, p. 127. 

 Albuna torva Hy. Edwards, Papilio, Vol. I, 1881, p. 189; Grote, New Check List N. Am. 



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



Male and Female. — Wholly deep black, without any traces of yellow on the body and legs ; 

 sometimes there is a very slight trace of red on the inner margin of the fore wings. 



Habitat. — Same as that of the type form. 



Types : One female ; A. torva, one female ; A. Vancouver ensis, male and female. Coll. Hy. 

 Edwards, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



