BEUTENMULLER, MONOGRAPH OF THE SESIID^E. 2%7 



Packard, Am. Nat. Vol. II, 1869, p. 219 ; Buckler, Larva Brit. Butt, and Moths, Vol. II, 

 1887, pp. 49, 128 ; Meyrick, Handb. Brit. Lepid. 1895, p. 565. 



Bembecia tipuliformis Hubner, Verz. bek. Schmett. 1816, p. 129. 



sEgeria tipuliformis Stephens, Brit. Ent. Haust. Vol. I, 1828, p. 142 ; Nora. Brit. Ins. 1829, p. 39 ; 

 Samouelle, Ent. Comp. Brit. Ins. 18 19, p. 397 ; ibid. 1824 ; Norn. Brit. Ent. 1819 ; Ren- 

 nie, Conspect. Brit. Butt, and Moths, 1832, p. 28 ; Doubleday, Ent. Mag. Vol. Ill, 1836, p. 

 385 ; Westwood, Intro. Class. Ins. 1840, p. 372 ; Kirby & Spence, Intro. Ent. 6th Ed. 1843, 

 p. 162 ; Wood, Index Ent. 1839, p. 15, pi. iv, fig. 32 ; ibid. c. 1845 ; ibid. 1854 ; Harris, New 

 Eng. Farm. Vol. V, 1826, p. 1 70 ; Am. Journ. Arts and Sc. Vol. XXXVI, 1838, p. 312 ; Hovey, 

 Mag. Hort. Vol. XVII, 1851, pp. 241-244, fig.; Ins. Inj. Veget. 1841, p. 234; ibid. 1852, 

 255; ibid. 1862, p. 334; ibid. 1863; Walsh, Pract. Ent. Vol. I, 1865, p. 27; Riley, 

 Prairie Farm. 1867, p. 27 ; Am. Encycl. Stoddard, 1883, p. 69 ; Packard, Guide Study 

 Tns. 1869, p. 279 and other edit. ; Lintner, 23rd State Cab. Rep. 1869 (1872), p. 60 ; Ent. 

 Cont. Ill, 1874, p. 179 ; 2nd Rep. Inj. Ins. N. Y. 1885, p. 61 ; Bowles, Can. Ent. Vol. Ill, 

 1871, p. 9; Saunders, Rep. Ent. Soc. Ont. 1871, p. 381; ibid. 1879 (1880), p. 76; 

 Ins. Inj. Fruit, 1883, p. 336 ; ibid. 2nd ed. 1899, p. 336 ; Gott, Rep. Ent. Soc. 

 Ont. 1877, p. 42 ; Cook, Cult, and Count. Gent. 1875, p. 438 ; Proc. Mich. Hort. Soc. 

 1890 (1891), p. 106 ; Treat, Ins. Inj. Fruit, 1881, p. 25 ; Perkins, 4th Rep. Vermont 

 Bd. Agricul. 1877, p. 152 ; ibid. 5th Rep. 1878, p. 26 r ; Hoffmeister, Ann. Rep. Iowa 

 Hort. Soc. 1877 ( l8 7 8 ), P- 2 45 ; Thomas, 1st Rep. Nox. Ins. 111. 1876 (1878), p. 39 ; ibid. 2nd 

 Rep. 1877 (1878), p. 172 ; Martin, 5th Rep. Nox. Ins. 111. Thomas, 18S0 (1881), p. 107 ; 

 Coquillett, 5th. Rep. Nox. Ins. 111. 1880 (1881), p. 151 ; Fuller, Am. Ent. Vol. Ill, 

 1880, p. 93 ; Kellicott, Can. Ent. Vol. XIII, i88r, p. 7 ; ibid. Vol. XXIV, 1892, p. 46 ; 

 Hy. Edwards, Papilio, Vol. II, 1882, p. 56 ; Bethune, Ent. Soc. Ont. 1887 (1888), p. 54, 

 figs. 8 and 9; Hy. Edwards, Ent. Amer. Vol. Ill, 1888, p. 224 ; Weed, Prairie Farm. Vol. 

 LVIII, 1886, p. 233 ; Am. Nat. Vol. XXIII, 1889, p. 1108, pi. xliii, fig. 4; Townsend, 

 Insect Life, Vol. II, 1889, p. 42 ; Hillman, Orch. and Gard. 1889, p. 178 ; Beutenmuller, 

 Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sc. Vol. V, 1890, p. 205 ; Fletcher, Bull. 11, Dept. Agricul. Ottawa, 

 1891, p. 21 ; Fernald, Stand. Nat. Hist. Vol. II, 1884, p. 464 ; Lugger, Ins. Inj. to Small 

 Fruit, p. 7-8 ; Rep. Minn. Hort. Soc. 1890 ; Webster, Trans. Ind. Hort. Soc. 1886 (1887), 

 p. in ; Bruner, Rep. Neb. Hort. Soc. 1891, p. 195. 



Setia tipuliformis Meigen, Syst. Besch. Europ. Schmett. Vol. II, 1830, p. 119, pi. xlii, figs, a 

 and b. 



Male. — Head purplish black, orbits white ; palpi yellow below, black above. Antennae 

 black, yellowish beneath. Collar yellow. Thorax purplish black, with a narrow yellow stripe 

 on each side, and a large yellow patch on each side beneath. Abdomen purplish black, with a 

 narrow yellow ring on the second, fourth, and last two segments. Anal tuft black with a bluish 

 lustre. Legs purplish with two yellow bands on the tibiae, tarsi yellow on one side. Fore wings 

 transparent with golden purple borders, the outer one very broad and marked with golden yellow 

 streaks between the veins. Discal mark broad, black with a purplish lustre. Underside with costal 

 and inner margin golden yellow, discal mark same as above, and the outer golden streaks bright 

 yellow. Hind wings transparent, border purplish. Underside same as above. 



Female. — Same as the male in color, but with three yellow bands on the abdomen instead of 

 four. 



Expanse : Male and female, 15-21 mm. 



Habitat. — Europe, Asia, North America, Australia, and New Zealand. 



Larva. — " Slender, with proportionately small head ; otherwise normal (S. exitiosd). Basal de- 

 pression of clypeus punctiform, no other ; paraclypeal pieces following the outline of clypeus, 

 rounded above and constricted opposite the top of clypeus, not so below; dark brown, shining, 

 smooth, mouth black. Segments with central annulet small, elevated. Cervical shield concolorous, 



