BEUTENMULLER, MONOGRAPH OF THE SESIIDiE. 297 



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

 Hist. Vol. VIII, 1896, p. 137. 



Male.— Head purplish brown, palpi yellow, tips black ; collar narrowly edged with yellow. 

 Antennae black with a broad white band near the extremity. Thorax purplish brown with a 

 narrow yellow stripe on each side. Abdomen purplish black with a yellow ring on second, third, 

 fifth, and last segments. Anal tuft same color as abdomen. Legs purplish, tarsi yellowish ; anterior 

 coKEe yellow. Fore wings opaque, rich purplish brown, with a bright golden lustre ; outer part with 

 fine yellow streaks between the veins. Underside brighter than upper. Hind wings transparent, 

 margin and fringes purplish brown. Discal mark small. Underside same as upper. 



Expanse : 14 mm. 



Habitat. — Texas. 



Types : One male. Coll. Hy. Edwards, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist ; one male. Coll. Mus. Comp. 

 Zoology, Cambridge, Mass. 



This species may be readily known by its purplish brown, opaque fore 

 wings and three narrow yellow bands on the abdomen. Its life-history is 

 not known. 



Sesia pyri {Harris). 



Plate XXXI, Fig. 16, Female. 



sEgeria pyri Harris, New England Farmer, Vol. IX, 1830, p. 2 ; Am. Journ. Arts and Sciences, 

 Vol. XXXVI, 1839, p. 313 ; Ins. Inj. Veget. 1841, p. 235 ; ibid. 2nd Ed. 1852, p. 256 ; ibid. 

 3rd Ed. 1862, p. 335 ; Harris's Corresp. (Scudder), 1869, p. 361 ; Walker, Cat. Lepid. 

 Brit. Mus. Pt. VIII, 1856, p. 45 ; Packard, Guide Study Insects, 1869, p. 278 (and other 

 editions); Thomas, 1st Rep. Nox. Ins. Illinois, 1876 (1878), p. 40; ibid. 2nd Rep. 1877 

 (1878), p. 170; Stout, Rep. Kansas Hort. Soc. 1879 (1880), p. 88 ; Martin, Thomas's 5th 

 Rep. Nox. Ins. 111. 1880 (1881), p. 107 ; Kellicott, Can. Ent Vol. XIII, 1881, p. 8 ; 

 Grote, Check List N. Am. Moths, 1882, p. 12 ; Weed, Am. Nat. Vol. XXIII, 1889, p. tio8, 

 fig. ; Ins. Life, Vol. IV, 1891, p. 34 ; Saunders, Ins. Inj. to Fruit, 1883, p. 140, fig. 146 ; 

 ibid. 2nd Ed. 1889, p. 140 ; Riley, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. Vol. I, 1888, p. 85 ; Beutenmul- 

 ler, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sc. Vol. V, 1890, p. 204. 



Trochilium pyri Fitch, 3rd Rep. Nox. Ins. N. Y. 1856, p. 349 ; Morris, Synop. Lepid. N. Am. 1862, 

 p. 141. 



Sesia pyri Boisduval, Suites a Buff on, Nat. Hist. Lepid. Het. Vol. I, 1874, p. 440 ; Smith, Cat. Ins. 

 N. J. 1890, p. 289 ; Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus Nat. Hist. Vol. VIII, 1896, p. 139 ; ibid. 

 Vol. IX, 1897, p. 220. 



Algeria kaebeleiKv. Edwards, Papilio, Vol. I, 1881, p. 196 ; Grote, New Check List N. Am. Moths, 

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



Male. — Head black ; palpi yellow beneath, black above ; collar black above, white beneath. 

 Thorax black with a yellow patch on each side beneath. Abdomen black with a narrow yellow ring 

 on the second and fourth segments. Underside of abdomen washed with yellow along the middle. 

 Anal tuft black. Legs blue black, yellow on one side, tibiae and tarsi ringed with yellow ; anterior 

 coxae yellow T . Antennae black, rarely with a white patch before the tips. Fore wings transparent, 

 opalescent, borders purplish black ; costal and inner margins narrow, outer margin broad, discal 

 mark straight. Underside yellow along the costa and inner margin. Hind wings transparent, with 

 very narrow purplish brown borders ; discal mark absent. 



Female. — Antennae with a large clear white patch before the tip. Abdomen with the band on 

 the fourth segment broader, covering the entire segment beneath. On the first and second segments 



