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transparent spaces filled with sordid white ; underside sordid white, except the discal mark, nervules, 

 apex, and posterior margin, which are black. Hind wings transparent, margin very narrow, black. 



Expanse : 20 mm. 



Habitat. — Texas. 



Type : One male. Coll. B. Neumoegen, Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sciences. 



The usual transparent areas of the fore wings are filled with white in this 

 species, and the margins of the wings are very broad. The abdomen has four 

 very narrow white bands. The female and early stages are unknown, and the 

 type is the only specimen known to exist in collections. 



Sesia novaroensis {Hy. Edw.). 



Plate XXXI, Fig. 14, Female. 



s£geria novaroensis Hy. Edwards, Papilio, Vol. I, 1881, p. 199 ; Grote, New Check List N. Am. 



Moths, 1882, p. 12 ; Bp;utenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. IV, 1892, p. 172. 

 Sesia novaroensis Smith, List Lepid. N. Am. 1891, p. 20 ; Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist. Vol. VIII, 1896, p. 133. 



Male. — Head, palpi, and collar rich orange red. Antennae black. Thorax black, with the 

 patagia and a large spot at the posterior portion rich orange red ; underside of thorax wholly 

 orange. Abdomen black, with a broad orange red band on the posterior end of each segment, 

 except the last. Anal tuft orange red. Abdomen beneath wholly orange red. Legs orange red 

 with black bands. Fore wings transparent, narrow, opalescent, with bluish black borders and 

 prominent discal mark. Underside like above, but orange basally. Hind wings transparent, discal 

 mark slight and with narrow bluish black margin ; underside same as above. 



Female. — Similar to the male, but the hind tibiae and tarsi are dusky. 



Expanse : Male, 30-34 mm. ; female, 35 mm. 



Habitat. — California, Washington. 



Type : Two females. Coll. Hy. Edwards, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



This species may be known at a glance by its large size, narrow black mar- 

 gins of the wings, and orange bands on the abdomen. Early stages unknown. 



Sesia rubrofascia {Hy. Edw.). 



Plate XXXIII, Fig. 6, Male. 



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

 Moths, 1882, p. 12 ; Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. VIU, 1896, p. 134. 



Male. — Head, palpi, thorax, and antennae black with a slight metallic lustre. Abdomen black 

 with the fourth and fifth segments wholly red. Anal tuft black. Legs black, tarsi sordid white. 

 Fore wings transparent with the opaque parts purplish black ; costal and inner margins very narrow. 

 The discal mark is very long, both its edges being almost straight, outer part of wing very broad, 

 thus leaving only a rather small, subquadrate outer transparent area ; basal transparent area broad 

 and long. Beneath the fore wings are somewhat brighter than above. Hind wings transparent with 

 a very narrow purplish black outer border. 



Expanse : 20 mm. 



Habitat. — Georgia. 



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



