BEUTENMULLER, MONOGRAPH OF THE SESIID^E. 285 



black with a bluish lustre. Thorax metallic bronzy black with a distinct yellow line on each side 

 and a small yellow transverse mark posteriorly. Thorax beneath with a yellow spot on each side. 

 Abdomen narrow, slender, violet brown black, with a narrow yellow ring on the first to fourth 

 inclusive, and sixth and seventh segments. Anal tuft large, fan-like, brown black, yellow on each 

 side beneath. Underside of abdomen yellow along the middle. Legs yellow washed with brown 

 on one side. Fore wings transparent, with narrow metallic bronzy borders. Outer border rather 

 broad, with a few yellow rays between the veins ; discal mark straight. Underside washed with 

 yellow. Hind wings transparent, with very narrow, metallic bronzy margin ; underside similar. 

 Female. — Much heavier than the male. Abdomen with only five yellow bands instead of six, 

 one on each of the first to fourth segments and one on the sixth segment, the last two bands are twice 

 as wide as the rest. Anal tuft yellow, with a few brown black hairs. Antennas with a long white 

 patch before the apex. 



Expanse : Male, 18-20 mm. ; female, 22-26 mm. 



Habitat. — New York, Massachusetts, southward to Texas and westward to Nebraska and 

 Colorado. 



Types : Algeria bassiformis. Coll. Brit. Mus. ; A. lustrans, one female ; A. eupatorii, one female ; 

 A. consimilis, one male ; A. sexfasciata, one male. Coll. Hy. Edwards, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. ; 

 A. imitata, one female. Coll. B. Neumoegen, Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sciences. 



A well-marked species, readily known by the golden bronze margins of the 

 fore wings and by the bright yellow bands on the abdomen. The larva lives in 

 the stems of the trumpet-weed {Eupatorium purpureurn). 



Sesia tipuliformis (Clerck). 



Plate XXXI, Fig. 19, Female. 



Sphinx tipuliformis Clerck, Icones Insect. Rariorum, 1759, pi. iv, fig. 1 ; Linne, Fauna Suecia, 2nd 

 Ed. 1761, p. 289; Syst. Nat. 12th Ed. 1766, p. 804; Houttyn, Linnaeus, Nat. Hist. 

 Besch. Dieren, Insect. Vol. XI, 1767, p. 467 ; Sch^effer, Icon. Ins. Ratisbonam, 1767, pi. 

 cxxxv, fig. 56 (no name); Harris, Exp. Eng. Ins. 1776, pi. iii, fig. 8 ; 2nd Ed. 1782, pi. iii., 

 fig. 8 ; DeGeer, Mem. Hist. Ins. Vol. II, 177 r, p. 230, pi. ii, fig. 12 ; Muller, Nat. Syst. 

 Pt. V, 1774, p. 644 ; Denis & Schiffmuller, Schmett. Wien. Geg. 1776, p. 44 ; Gladbach, 

 Europ. Schmett. 1777, p. 60, pi. xxvi, figs. 5-6 ; Gmelin, 13th Ed. Linn. Nat. Syst. Vol. 

 I, 1778, p. 2388; Fuessly, Mag. Liebh. Ent. Vol. I, 1778, pp. 115, 133; Gotze, Abh. 

 Gesch. Insect. Vol. II, 1778, p. 165, pi. ii, fig. 12 ; Esper, 1779, p. 131, pi. xv, fig. 3 ; En- 

 grammelle, Pap. Europ. Vol. Ill, 1782, p. 41, pi. xciv ; Retzius, Gen. et Spec. Insect. 

 1783, p. ^ ; Schrank, Fuessly Neues Mag. Liebh. Ent. Vol. II, 1785, p. 204 ; Vieweg, 

 Verz. Churmark Brandenburg, Schmett. Pt. I, 1789, p. 19; Borkhausen, Nat. Europ. 

 Schmett. Pt. II, 1789, p. 127 ; Rhein. Mag. Naturk. Vol. I, 1793, p. 310 ; de Villers, 

 Linnsei Ent. Faun. Suec. Vol. II, 1789, p. 101 ; Jung, Verz. bek. Schmett. 1781, p. 241 ; 

 Donavan, Nat. Hist. Brit. Ins. Vol. II, 1793, p. 41, pi. Hi, fig. 53 ; Rossi, Mant. Insect. 

 Vol. II, 1794, p. 16 ; Hubner, Sam. Europ. Schmett. Schwarmer, 1796, p. 92, pi. viii, figs. 

 49 and 51 ; Ha worth, Cat. Brit. Lepid. 1802, p. 6 ; Stewart, Elem. Nat. Hist. Vol. II, 

 1802, p. 139 ; ibid. 2nd Ed. 18 17. 



Sesia tipuliformis Fabricius, Syst. Entomol. 1775, p. 549 ; Spec. Insect. Vol. II, 1781, p. 157 ; 

 Mant. Insect. Vol. II, 1787, p. 99; Ent. Syst. Vol. Ill, 1793, p. 382; Gmelin, Linn. 

 Syst. Nat. Vol. I, Pt. V, 1789, p. 2390; Zschach, Mus. Leskeanum, Ent. Syst. Fabricius, 

 1778, p. 96 ; Rossi, Fauna Etrusca, Vol. II, 1790, p. 165 ; Bergstrasser, Epit. Ent. 

 Fabricianae, 1797, p. 147; Schrank, Fauna Boica, Vol. II, 1801, p. 234; Laspeyres, 

 Sesiae Europ. 1801, p. 28 ; Oliver et Latreille, Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat. Vol. IX, 1803, p. 



