SESIA. 197 



371. Sesia xanthosticta, n. sp. 



c? . Palpi dark above, yellow below ; frons black and surrounded 

 by yellow. Antennae, head, thorax, and abdomen black; abdomen 

 with a yellow dorsal patch on first segment ; a yellow sublateral 

 line. Legs black, with some yellow on femora and tibiae. Pore 

 wing black, with a hyaline patch edged with yellow in the cell ; a 

 yellow patch beyond the cell, the veins crossing it black. Hind 

 wing hyaline, the base and costa slightly yellow ; the veins, outer 

 margins, and cilia black. 



Hah. Kashmir {Leech). Exp. 18 millim. Type in coll. Leech. 



372. Sesia tricincta, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 8; C. 8? S. no. 194. 



S . Brown; the antennae grey at base; the palpi below, collar, 

 streaks at sides of thorax, and basal medial and anal bands of 

 abdomen yellow. Legs brown, tarsi with white bands. Wings 

 opalescent hyaline, with narrow purple-brown borders and disco- 

 cellular bands. 



Hah. Sikhim. Exp. 22 millim. 



*373. Sesia flava, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 8 ; C. 8f S. no. 193. 



Antennae yellow with the tips brown ; palpi, collar, and streaks 

 on vertex and sides of thorax yellow ; abdomen brown, with yellow 

 segmental bands ; anal tuft yellow. Legs yellow, banded with 

 brown. Pore wing hyaline, the base and apex yellowish ; veins 

 and margins narrowly brown. Hind wing hyaline, with the cilia 

 brown. 



Hah. Sikhim. Exp. 17 millim. 



374. Sesia flavicaudata, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 559, pi. 211, fig. 12. 



S . Purple-black ; genae white ; palpi below, collar, and a narrow 

 band on the fifth abdominal segment yellow ; anal tuft orange. 



Fig. 124. — Sesia flavicav data, $. f. 



Legs banded with yellow. Wings hyaline, with the veins, margins, 

 and diseocellular band purple-black, broadly so on fore wing,, 

 narrowly on hind wing. 



Hah. Punduloya, Ceylon. Exp. 17 millim. 



