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BEUTENMULLER, MONOGRAPH OF THE SESIID^. 



Calasesia Beutenmuller, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Vol. VII, 1899, p. 256. 



Palpi upturned, with appressed scales, reaching the top of the head ; third joint long, slender. 

 Antennae thickened at apical half to a slender club. Legs scaled ; hind legs with small tufts at the 

 spurs of the tibiae above ; no tarsal tufts. Body tapering to a point ; anal tuft slight, straight. Fore 

 wings with 10 veins ; Cu^-Rj from cell ; R 4 and R 5 coalescing ; Sc from base. Hind wings with 

 vein Cu 2 from cell ; M 3 and Cu x from end of cell ; M g from middle ; Sc and R absent. 



Type : Pyrrhotcenia coccinea Beuten. 



Calasesia coccinea {Beuten.). 



Plate XXXII, Fig. 20, Fkmale. 



Pyrrhotcenia coccinea Beutenmuller, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Vol. VI, 1898, p. 241 ; ibid. Vol. VII, 

 1899, p. 256. 



Female. — Head black, palpi yellow, tip black ; collar narrowly edged with white in front. 

 Thorax and abdomen bronzy black with a metallic reflection. Antennae brown black. Underside 

 of thorax with a scarlet patch on each side. Legs metallic blue black. Fore wings with a bright 

 scarlet red outer border and a round bronzy brown spot at the end of the cell. Hind wings brown. 

 Under-side of fore wings light orange, outer part brown, discal mark much reduced. Hind wings 

 beneath same as above. 



Expanse : 12 mm. 



Habitat. — New Mexico. 



Type : One female. Coll. U. S. Nat. Mus. 



One of the most aberrant species of the family. The fore wings are bright 

 scarlet red with a prominent bronzy brown discal spot. The male and early 

 stages are not known. 



Paranthrene Hilbner. 



Fig. 24. 



Fig. 24. Hind Leg, Head, and Venation of Paranthrene heucherce. 



Paranthrene Hubner, Verz. bek. Schmett. 1816, p. 128 ; Herrick-Schaeffer, Schmett. Europa, 



Vol. II, 1846, p. 58 ; Staudinger, Ent. Zeit. Stettin, Vol. XVII, 1856, p. 334. 

 Zenodoxus Grote & Robinson, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. Vol. II, 1868, p. 184. 



