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Palpi straight, somewhat hairy. Body tapering, anal tuft straight, slight. Legs rather short 

 with prominent tufts on the tibiae. Antennae plumose in the male, simple and thread-like in the 

 female. Tongue absent. Fore wings with 11 veins ; costa folded downward ; R 4 and R 5 coales- 

 cing. Hind wings with vein Cn 1 from near M 3 before end of cell. Sc + R. 



Since writing the historic review of the generic names of the Sesiidae (antea, 

 p. 223) I find after careful examination that Zenodoxtts does not differ materially 

 from Paranthrene of Europe. 



Synopsis of Species. 



Wings brown, streaked with bright red. 



Abdomen banded with bright orange yellow palmii 



Wings brown, rarely marked with red. 



Abdomen with a pale yellow band on the first and fourth segments maculipes 



Abdomen with the last four segments banded with yellow heucherce 



Wings black, marked with white. 



Abdomen banded with white mexicanus 



Wings gray, concolorous. Hind wings partly transparent. 



Abdomen gray , canescens 



Paranthrene maculipes (G. & R.). 



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

 New Check List N. Am. Moths, 1882, p. 12 ; Beutenmuller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 

 Vol. IV, 1892, p. 175 ; ibid. Vol. VIII, 1896, p. 148. 



Male. — Head bronzy brown ; palpi pale dirty yellow. Thorax bronzy brown above and below. 

 Abdomen purplish brown with a pale yellow band on each of the first and fourth segments. Legs 

 brown, marked with dirty yellow. Fore wings bronzy brown with a few reddish scales. Hind 

 wings bronzy brown, with the tips of the fringes somewhat paler. Underside of wings similar to 

 the upper. 



Female. — Similar to the male. 



Expanse : Male and female, 18-24 mm. 



Habitat. — T ex a s . 



Types : One male. Coll. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. ; one female. Coll. Mus. Comp. Zool., Cam- 

 bridge, Mass. 



May be readily known by the brown wings and two yellow bands on the ab- 

 domen. Nothing is known about its life history. 



Paranthrene heucherae (Hy. Edw.). 



Plate XXXII, Fig. 14, Male. 



Zenodoxus heucherce Hy. Edwards, Papilio, Vol. I, 1881, p. 205 ; Grote, New Check List N. Am. 



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



ibid. Vol. VIII, 1896, p. 148. 

 Zenodoxus potentillcE Hy. Edwards, Papilio, Vol. I, 1881, p. 205 ; Grote, New Check List N. Am. 



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



Vol. VIII, 1896, p. 148. 

 Male. — Head brown, palpi pale yellow, marked with a little black. Antennae pale dirty 

 yellowish, pectinations black. Thorax brown with a few yellow scales. Abdomen with the first 

 and last four segments broadly banded with yellow, the intermediate segments scaled with yellow. 

 Anal tuft black. Legs black with yellow bands. Fore wings bronzy brown, more or less scaled with 

 red. Hind wings opaque, bronzy brown. Underside similar to the upper, washed with yellow. 



