306 BEUTENMULLER, MONOGRAPH OF THE SESIID^E. 



side. Abdomen brown black, with an orange band on the posterior edge of the second, fourth, 

 sixth, and seventh segments. Middle and hind femora brown black ; tibia and tarsi orange, the 

 former with a black band near the end ; anterior coxae and femora brown black inside, orange 

 outside. Anal tuft black above, orange beneath. Fore wings transparent, costal margin black, 

 fringes brown ; inner margin orange. Basal transparent area long, with the median vein black, 

 continued as a violet streak to the hind angle. Transverse mark orange red. Outer transverse 

 area rather large, rounded, veins black, orange between them at the outer part of wing. Hind 

 wings with the costa narrowly orange, outer margin very narrowly brown black, fringes concolorous. 

 Fore wings beneath washed with golden orange along the costa and inner margin to the transverse 

 mark, otherwise similar to the upper. Hind wings beneath, same as above. 



Female. — Similar to the male in color and markings of the body, but the fore wings are more 

 opaque, and the transparent spaces are much reduced. 

 Expanse : Male and female, 25 mm. 

 Habitat. — Florida. 

 Type : One male. Coll. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



A very distinct species with two very broad stripes and a transverse 

 posterior mark on the thorax. The abdomen is banded with orange and the 

 outer margins of the fore wings are marked with golden orange. 



Sesia praestans {Hy. Bdw.). 



Plate XXXII, Fig. 27, Male. 



ALgeria prcestans Hy. Edwards, Papilio, Vol. II, 1882, p. 98 ; Ent. Amer. Vol. Ill, 1888, p. 224. 

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



Pyrrhotcenia prcestans Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. VIII, 1896, p. 144 ; ibid. Vol. 

 IX, 1897, p. 216. 



Male. — Head black with an orange tuft on the crown ; palpi bright orange ; face with a metallic 

 blue reflection. Thorax bronze black with an orange stripe on each side. Beneath the thorax has 

 an orange patch on each side. Femora bronze black, tibiae deep orange, the posterior pair brightest 

 in color ; tarsi buff yellow. Abdomen bronze black above with the fourth segment coppery red and 

 a narrow band of the same color on the last two segments. Anal tuft coppery red, sides bronze. 

 Fore wings with margins and discal mark bright bronze. The transparent spaces broadly edged 

 with bright fiery red and also along the inner margin ; outer part of wings fiery red between the 

 veins. Hind wings transparent, costa, internal margin, and patch at base of wings bright red ; 

 outer margin bronze. On the underside of wings the markings are repeated but the red shade is 

 more orange, and is diffused over the whole opaque portions of the wings. 



Female. — Similar to the male but the transparent spaces of the fore wings are filled with orange 

 red, and the margins and veins of the hind wings are of the same color. Otherwise like the male. 

 Expanse : Male and female, 23 mm. 

 Habitat. — Washington. 

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



A well-marked species, readily known by its orange color. Earlier stages 

 not known. 



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