BEUTENMULLER, MONOGRAPH OF THE SESIID.E. 31 I 



Carmenta pyralidiformis Hy. Edwards, Papilio, Vol. I, 1881, p. 184 ; Grote, New Check List N. 

 Am. Moths, 1881, p. 12 : Kellicott, Can. Ent. Vol. XXIV, 1892, p. 46 ; Beutenmuller, 

 Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. IV, 1892, p. 175 ; ibid. Vol. VIII, 1896, p. 147. 



Sesia nigella Hulst, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. Vol. Ill, 1881, p. 75 ; Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. 

 Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. IV, 1892, p. 175. 



Male.— Bead purplish, palpi and collar yellow. Thorax purplish black with a very narrow 

 stripe on each side and a yellow mark on each side beneath. Abdomen purplish black, with the 

 fourth segment above yellow, and a yellow ring at the end of the last segment. Anal tuft purplish 

 brown, slightly tipped with yellow on each side. Legs purplish, hind tibiae with a yellow mark ; 

 tarsi pale on one side. Fore wings opaque, shining purple brown, underside marked with yellow 

 basally. Hind wings transparent, with narrow purple brown margin. 



Female.— Same as the male, but the yellow band on the last segment is wanting and the anal 

 tuft is straight, brush-like. 



Expanse : Male, 14-17 mm.; female, 15-20 mm. 



Habitat. — Canada to Texas. 



Type : Female. Coll. British Museum ; S. nigella, one male. Coll. Hy. Edwards, Am. Mus. 

 Nat. Hist. 



Sesia sanborni {Hy. Edw.). 



Plate XXXII, Fig 17, Female. 



Carmenta sanborni Hy. Edwards, Papilio, Vol. I, 1881, p. 185 ; Grote, New Check List N. Am. 

 Moths, 1882, p. 12 ; Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. IV, 1892, p. 175 ; 

 Vol. VIII, 1896, p. 147. 



Female. — Head dull brown ; palpi white with the third joint black. Thorax and abdomen 

 rather dull bronze brown, the latter with a narrow, pale yellow band on the upper side of the second 

 and fourth segments. Anal tuft slight. Legs bronze brown. Fore wings rather dull bronze brown, 

 opaque, outer part with a small white spot. Underside streaked with pale yellow basally. Hind 

 wings transparent, margin and fringes violet brown. 



Expanse : 19 mm. 



Habitat. — Massachusetts. 



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



Sesia ruficornis {Hy. Edw.). 



Plate XXXII, Fig. 35, Female. 



Carmenta ruficornis Hy. Edwards, Papilio, Vol. I, 1881, p. 184 ; Grote, New Check List N. Am. 



Moths, 1882, p. 12 ; Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. VIII, 1896, p. 147. 

 Carmenta minuta Hy. Edwards, Papilio, Vol. I, 1881, p. 185 ; Grote, New Check List N. Am. 



Moths, 1882, p. 12. 



Male. — Head and thorax violaceous, palpi yellow, collar edged with yellow anteriorly, patagia 

 yellow posteriorly. Antennae violaceous rufous beneath. Abdomen violaceous, with a narrow, yel- 

 low band on the second, fourth, and last segments. Anal tuft straight, brush-like. Legs violaceous, 

 with yellow bands. Fore wings opaque, violaceous, with a slight trace of red in the cell and outer 

 part. Underside similar to the above. Hind wings transparent, margin and veins violaceous. 



