BEUTENMULLER, MONOGRAPH OF THE SESIID^E. 3°7 



Sesia fragariae (Hy. Edw.). 



Plate XXXII, Fig. 5, Male, and Fig. 6, Female. 



Pyrrhotcenia fragarice Hy. Edwards, Papilio, Vol. I, 1881, p. 202 ; Grote, New Check List N, Am. 



Moths, 1882, p. 12 ; Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. IV, 1892, p. 174 ; ibid. 



Vol. V, 1893, p. 26 ; Vol. VI, 1894, p. 55 ; Vol. VIII, 1896, p. 431. 



Pyrrhotcenia orthccarpi Hy . Edwards, Papilio, Vol. I, 1881, p. 204; Grote, New Check List N. 



Am. Moths, 1882, p. 12 ; Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. IV, 1892, p. 174. 



Male. — Head black with a metallic blue reflection ; palpi red, slightly black outside. Antennae 

 blue black. Collar red in front. Thorax metallic bronze, patagia tipped with red posteriorly. 

 Abdomen bronze with the fourth and last segments red above, sides of abdomen edged with red. 

 Anal tuft red, blue black on each side above. Femora bronze ; tibiae red, bronze at each end ; tarsi 

 bronze, slightly red on one side. Fore wings with margins and discal marks broad, metallic green, 

 and transparent spaces very small ; inner margin bright red to about the middle of the wing. 

 Underside same as above, but the costa and inner margins are red to the discal mark. Hind 

 wings transparent, red along inner margin ; outer margin bronzy brown. 



Female.— Fore wings opaque, metallic green or blue, inner margin orange red, sometimes a 

 minute transparent streak in the cell and two or three between the veins beyond the discal mark. 

 Hind wings opaque or partly so, orange red. Anal tuft wholly orange red. Otherwise similar to 

 the male. 



Expanse: Male, 18 mm. ; female, 15-22 mm. 



Habitat. — Nevada, Utah, Colorado. 



Types : One female ; P. orthocarpi, three males. Coll. Hy. Edwards, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



Nothing is known about the life-history of this species. 



Sesia behrensii (Hy. Edw.). 



Plate XXXII, Fig. i, Female, and Fig. 2, Male. 



Pyrrhotcenia behrensii Hy. Edwards, Papilio, Vol. II, 1882, p. 123 ; Ent. Amer. Vol. Ill, 1888, p. 

 224; Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. IV, 1892, p. 174; ibid. Vol. V, 1892, 

 p. 26 ; Vol. VIII, 1896, p. 143. 

 Pyrrhotcenia elda Hy. Edwards, Ent. Amer. Vol. I, 1885, p. 49 ; ibid. Vol. Ill, 1888, p. 224 , 



Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. IV, 1892, p. 175. 

 Pyrrhotcenia helianthi Hy. Edwards, Papilio, Vol. I, 1881, p. 202 ; Grote, New Check List N. Am. 

 Moths, 1882, p. 12 ; Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. VI, 1894, p. 95. 



Male. — Head black, face with a violet lustre, palpi and collar orange. Antennse black. Thorax 

 metallic blue or green black with a red stripe on the patagia and a patch of the same color on the 

 underside. Legs red ; femora black ; tarsi marked with black. Abdomen metallic green or blue 

 with the last four segments red and a stripe of the same color along the sides of the first three seg- 

 ments. Underside banded with red. Anal tuft red, blue or green black laterally. Fore wings 

 opaque, metallic blue or green black with a red stripe along the inner margin ; underside dull 

 brown black, red along the costa, inner margin, and basally. Hind wings transparent, outer margin 

 violet brown, inner margin and base red. 



Female. — Differs from the male by the following characters : Head with a bunch of red hairs 

 on the crown. Abdomen with the last three segments above, all the segments beneath, and the 

 anal tuft red. Hind wings opaque, bright scarlet red, with outer margin and fringes brown. 



Expanse : Male and female, 18-22 mm. 



Habitat. — California. 



Types : Three males ; P. elda, two females ; P. helianthi, one female. Coll. Hy. Edwards, 

 Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



