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wings quite narrow, and the latter has the margins very broad. Earlier stages 

 unknown. 



Sesia mimuli (Hy. EUw.). 



ALgeria mimuli Hy. Edwards, Papilio, Vol. I, 1881, p. 200 ; Grote, New Check List N. Am. 



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



p. 174. 

 Sesia mimuli Smith, List Lepid. N. Am. 1891, p. 21 ; Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



Vol. VIII, 1896, p. 130. 



Male. — Head black, face white ; palpi sordid white, mixed with a few brown hairs outside. 

 Antennae black. Thorax black, tips of patagia and transverse posterior mark pale dirty yellow. 

 Abdomen black, with six pale, faded yellow bands. Anal tuft black, mixed with faded yellow. 

 Femora black, tibiae and tarsi faded yellow, the former marked with black and white. Fore wings 

 transparent, border of a faded brown color ; discal mark red. Underside pale yellowish, discal 

 mark also yellowish. Hind wings with margin of a faded brown color. Underside with a pale 

 yellowish white line in the margin. 



Expanse : 21 mm. 



Habitat. — Colorado. 



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



Very closely allied to, if not identical with 6". rileyana, from which it differs 

 only in the paler color of the marking on the wings and abdomen. It is without 

 much doubt a climatic variety of 6". rileyana. Only the type' specimen is known 

 to exist in collections. 



Sesia rutilans (Hy. Edw.). 



Plate XXXII, Fig. 22, Male, and Fig. 23, Female. 



Albuna rutilans 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. IV, 1892, p. 172. 

 Algeria rutilans Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. VI, 1894, p. 94. 

 Sesia rutilans Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. VIII, 1896, p. 130 ; ibid. Vol. IX, 



1897, p. 219. 

 Algeria aureola^ Hy. Edwards, Papilio, Vol. I, 1881, p. 184; Grote, New Check List N. Am. 



Moths, 1882, p. 12. 

 Sesia aureola Smith, List Lepid. N. Am. 1891, p. 20. 

 Algeria hemizonce Hy. Edwards, Papilio, Vol. I, 1881, p. 198 ; Grote, New Check List N. Am. 



Moths, 1882, p. 12 ; Rivers, Papilio, Vol. Ill, 1883, p. 26 ; Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus. 



Nat. Hist. Vol. IV, 1892, p. 174. 

 Sesia hemizonce Smith, List Lepid. N. Am. 1891, p. 20; Lugger, 4th Rep. Ent. Agricul. Exp. St. 



Minn. 1898 (1899) p. 64. 

 s^geria lupini Hy. Edwards, Papilio, Vol. I, 1881, p. 192 ; Grote, New Check List N. Am. Moths, 



1882, p. 12 ; Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. IV, 1892, p. 173 ; ibid. Vol. 



V, 1893, p. 24 ; ibid. Vol. VI, 1894, p. 91. 

 Sesia lupini Smith, List Lepid. N. Am. 1891, p. 20. 

 Algeria perplexa Hy. Edwards, Papilio, Vol. I, 1881, p. 192 ; Grote, New Check List N. Am. 



Moths, 1882, p. 12. 



