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BEUTENMULLER, MONOGRAPH OF THE SESIID^E. 



Synopsis of Species. 



Small species (24-34 mm.). 



Abdomen red with black spots along the back. 



Fore wings metallic green satyriniformis. 



Fore wings brown, not metallic snowii. 



Large species (38-45 mm.). 



Hind wings orange in the female ; transparent in the male. 



Abdomen with two segments, yellow above, white beneath gloriosa. 



Abdomen steel blue magnified. 



Hind wings transparent in both sexes. 



Abdomen banded with orange red, pale orange beneath grandis. 



Fig. 8. Head, Hind Leg, and Venation of Melittia satyriniformis. 



Melittia satyriniformis Hubner. 



Plate XXIX, Fig. i, Female. 



Melittia satyriniformis Hubner, Zutrage Exot. Schmett. 1825, p. 17, figs. 453 and 454 ; Boisduval, 

 Suites a Buffon, Nat. Hist. Lepid. Het. Vol. I, 1874, p. 471 ; Druce, Biol. Cent.-Amer. 

 1884, Vol. I, Het. p. 67 ; Beutenmuller, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Vol. V, 1897, pp. 34- 

 35 ; Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. IX, 1897, p. 217 ; ibid. Vol. XII, 1899, p. 149. 



Sesia satyriniformis Walker, Cat. Lepid. Het. Br. Mus. Pt. XXXI, 1864, p. 26. 



Mgeria cucurbitce Harris, New England Farmer, Vol. VII, 1828, p. ^ ; ibid. Vol. XX, 1842, p. 260 ; 

 Am. Journ. Arts and Sciences, Vol. XXXVI, 1839, p. 3T0 ; Ins. Inj. Veget. 1st Edit. 1841, 

 p. 232 ; ibid. 2nd Edit. 1852, p. 253 ; ibid. 3rd Edit. 1862, p. 331 ; ibid. 4th Edit. 1863, 

 p. 330 ; New England Farmer, Vol. XX, 1842, p. 260 ; Am. Agricul. Vol. X, 185 1, pp. 108- 

 109 ; Cresson, Pract. Farmer, 1867, p. 116 ; Scudder, Harris's Corresp. 1869, pp. 161, 285, 

 and 360; Riley, 2nd Rep. Nox. Ins. Mo. 1870, p. 64; Reed, Rep. Ent. Soc. Ontario, 

 1871, pp. 89-90; Thomas, 1st Rep. Nox. Ins. 111. 1878, p. 41; ibid. 2nd Rep. 1877 

 (1878), p. 173 ; Martin, 5th Rep. Nox. Ins. 111. (Thomas) i88r, p. 107 ; Saunders, Ins. 

 Inj. to Fruits, 1883, p. 361 ; ibid. 2nd Edit. 1889, p. 361 ; Kent, Insect Life, Vol. I, 1888, 

 p. 17. 



Melittia cucurbitcB Walker, Gat. Lep. Het. B. Mus. Pt. VIII, 1856, p. 66 ; Packard, Guide Study 

 Ins. 1869, p. 279, and later ed.; Boisduval, Suites a Buffon, Nat. Hist. Lepid. Het. I, 1874, 



