3IO BEUTENMULLER, MONOGRAPH OF THE SESIID^E. 



Sesia sapygseformis {Walker). 



Plate XXXII, Fig. 7, Male. 



jEgeria sapygceformis Walker, Cat. Lepid. Brit. Mus. Pt. VIII, 1856, p. 45 ; Hy. Edwards, Papilio, 



Vol. I, 1881, p. 207. 

 Trochilium sapygceformis Morris, Synop. Lepid. N. Am. 1862, p. ^ZZ- 

 Sesia sapygceformis Boisduval, Suites a Buffon, Nat. Hist. Lepid. Het. I, 1874, p. 440. 

 Pyrrhotcenia sapygceformis Grote, New Check List N. Am. Moths, 1882, p. 12 ; Beutenmuller, 



Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. VIII, 1896, p. 146. 



Male. — Head and antennae black, palpi red, black outside, basally ; collar red. Thorax black 

 with a red transverse mark posteriorly and a red patch on each side beneath. Abdomen with the 

 first three segments black, remaining ones bright red above and below. Anal tuft black. Legs 

 red and black ; tibiae with broad red band. Fore wings blue black, purplish outwardly, with 

 a red streak basally beneath which there is a transparent streak. Underside red to about the 

 middle of the wing, outwardly same as the upper. Hind wings transparent, outer margin violet 

 black, rather broad at the apex. Underside same as upper. 



Female. — Same as the male in color and marking, but has only the three last segments red 

 instead of four as in the male. 



Expanse: Male and female, 17-19 mm. 



Habitat. — Florida. 



Type : One male. Coll. British Museum. 



Sesia animosa {Hy. Edw.). 



Plate XXXI, Fig. 29, Male, and Fig. 30, Female. 



Pyrrhotcenia animosa Hy. Edwards, Papilio, Vol. Ill, 1883, p. 156 ; Ent. Am. Vol. Ill, 1888, p. 

 224; Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. IV, 1892, p. 175 ; ibid. Vol. VIII, 

 1896, p. 146. 



Male. — Head and antennae blue black, palpi red, tip black ; sometimes mixed with black 

 hairs. Abdomen bronzy black, patagia tipped with red behind and a spot of the same color on 

 each side beneath. Abdomen bronzy black, last segment red and the three preceding segments red 

 laterally. Anal tuft red, black on each side. Legs green black. Fore wings metallic green black 

 with a red streak on the inner margin. Underside same as the upper. Hind wings transparent, 

 margin brown black. Underside same as the upper. 



Female. — Head, thorax, legs, and fore wings same as in the male. Hind wings opaque, bright 

 metallic green or blue above and below. Abdomen with the last three segments red at the sides ; 

 the last segment wanting the red above. Anal tuft wholly black. 



Expanse : Male and female, 16-20 mm. 



Habitat. — Arizona. 



Type : Male and female. Coll. B. Neumoegen, Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sciences. 



Sesia pyralidiformis {Walker). 



Plate XXXII, Fig. 18, Female. 



SEgeria pyralidiformis Walker, Cat. Lepid. Brit. Mus. Pt. VIII, 1856, p. 44 ; Hy. Edwards, 



Papilio, Vol. I, 1881, p. 207. 

 Trochilium pyralidiformis Morris, Synop. Lepid. N. Am. 1862, p. ^^. 

 Sesia pyralidiformis Boisduval, Suites a Buffon, Nat. Hist. Lepid. Het. I, 1874, p. 439. 



