284 BEUTENMULLER, MONOGRAPH OF THE SESIID^E. 



Female. — Head and antennae black, palpi and collar yellow. Thorax black, with a yellow band 

 across the posterior portion and a few yellow hairs at the posterior end of the patagia. Abdomen 

 black, with a yellow band on the second, fourth, and sixth segments, and a trace of another yellow 

 band on the fifth segment. Anal tuft black, yellow at the sides above. Legs yellow and black, 

 femora black, tibiae yellow with a black band, tarsi yellow. Fore wings violet brown, marked with 

 orange in the usual transparent parts ; discal mark orange outside. Underside of wings brighter 

 than above, the intronervular spaces being bright golden orange. Hind wings transparent, with a 

 violet brown border, underside bright orange along the costa. 



Expanse : 18 mm. 



Habitat. — G e o r gi a . 



Type : One female. Coll. F. Tepper, Agricul. College, Michigan. 



Allied to S. ruttlans, but it has the transparent areas of the fore wings 

 almost filled with golden brown and the transverse mark is reddish orange 

 outside. The male and early stages are not known. 



Sesia bassiformis {Walker). 



Plate XXXI, Fig. 3, Male ; Plate XXXIII, Fig. 4, Female. 



ALgeria bassiformis Walker, Cat. Lepid. Brit. Mus. Pt. VIII, 1856, p. 39 ; Beutenmuller, Bull. 



Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. V, 1893, p. 24. 

 Trochilium bassiformis Morris, Synop. Lepid. N. Am. 1862, p. 331. 



Sesia bassiformis Boisduval, Suites a Buffon, Nat. Hist. Lepid. Het. I, 1874^.434; Beuten- 

 muller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. VIII, 1896, p. 133 ; ibid. Vol. IX, 1897, p. 219. 

 Trochilium lustrans Grote, Can. Ent. Vol. XII, 1880, p. 213. 

 sEgeria lustrans Grote, New Check List N. Am. Moths, 1882, p. 12 ; Weed, Am. Nat. Vol. 



XXIII, 1889, pi. xliii, Fig. 6; Kelltcott, Can. Ent. Vol. XXIV, 1892, p. 46. 

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



Vol. IV, 1892, p. 173 ; ibid. Vol. V, 1893, p. 25 ; ibid. Vol. VI, 1894, p. 92. 

 ^TLgeria consimilis Hy. Edwards, Papilio, Vol. I, 1881, p. 194; Grote, New Check List N. Am. 



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

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

 Algeria bollii Hy. Edwards, Papilio, Vol. I, 1881, p. 191 ; Grote, New Check List N. Am. Moths, 



1882, p. 12. 

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

 Ageria eupatorii Hy. Edwards, Papilio, Vol. I, 1881, p. 195; Grote, New Check List N. Am. 



Moths, 1882, p. 20; Beutenmuller, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sc. Vol. V, 1890, p. 205 ; Bull. 



Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. IV, 1892, p. 173. 

 Sesia eupatorii Sunn, List Lepid. N. Am. 1891, p. 20. 

 Algeria sexfasciata Hy. Edwards, Papilio, Vol. I, 1881, p. 193 ; Grote, New Check List N. Am. 



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

 Sesia sexfasciata Smith, List Lepid. N. Am. 189 1, p. 20. 

 Algeria infirma Hy. Edwards, Papilio, Vol. I, 1881, p. 195 ; Grote, New Check List N. Am. 



Moths, 1882, p. 12 ; Beutenmuller, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sc. Vol. V, 1890, p. 205. 

 Sesia infirma Smith, List. Lepid. N. Am. 189 1, p. 20. 

 Algeria imitata Hy. Edwards, Papilio, Vol. I, 188 1, p. 196 ; Grote, New Check List N. Am. Moths, 



1882, p. 12. 

 Sesia imitata Smith, List Lepid. N. Am. 189 1, p. 20; Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



Vol. VIII, 1896, p. 133. 



Male. — Head metallic bronzy black, orbits white, collar and palpi yellow. Antennas 



