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on each side beneath. Abdomen black with a dirty white band on the fourth and last segments. 

 Legs black, femora marked with a little white. Fore wings opaque, brown, streaked with white 

 along the inner margin, in the cell and between the veins on the outer part. Underside similar. 

 Hind wings brown above and below. 



Expanse : 19 mm. 



Habitat. — Colorado. 



Types : Two females. Coll. Hy. Edwards, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. fc 



One of the most aberrant species of the genus as far as coloration is con- 

 cerned. The wings are dull brown streaked with sordid white. The male is not 

 known. 



Sesia edwardsii {Beuten.). 



Plate XXXII, Fig. 16, Female. 



Algeria edwardsii Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. VI, 1894, p. 92. 

 Sesia edwardsii Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. VIII, 1896, p. 142. 



Female. — Head black, face white, palpi white with a black stripe outside. Antennas black 

 Thorax black with a very narrow line on each side. Abdomen black with a dirty yellow band on 

 the second and last segments, both extending around the body ; fourth segment dirty yellow above 

 and below ; fifth segment with a dirty yellow band beneath. Anal tuft black, with a yellow line on 

 each side above. Femora black, middle and hind tibiae yellow with a black band at the end ; tarsi 

 yellow and black ; anterior coxae white. Fore wings opaque dull violet, brown black with a few 

 yellow streaks in the cell and beyond the discal mark. Underside similar to the above, but the yel- 

 low is more pronounced. Hind wings dull orange, with the veins, discal mark, and borders violet ; 

 between veins i a and 2 is a transparent brown streak ; underside much brighter than upper. 



Expanse : 24 mm. 



Habitat. — Colorado. 



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



A distinct species with violet brown fore wings, dull orange hind wings, and 

 three yellow bands on the abdomen. The male and early stages are not known. 



Calasesia Beuten. 



Fig. 23. 



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Fig. 23. Hind Leg, Head, and Venation of Calasesia coccinea. 



