SESIAD.E — LITHOSIAD/E. 303 



Family SESIAD^. 



CXCI. Genus SESIA. Fab. 



(424) I. # Sesia ruficaudis. Red-tailed Sesia. 



S. (rvficaudis) olivacea, abdomine segmentis duobus intermediis atris ; sequentibus rufis ; alis nigricantibvs disco hyalinis ,■ 



secundariis basi intus ferrugineis extus luteis. 

 Red-tailed Sesia, olive-coloured ; abdomen with the two intermediate segments black ; the subsequent ones rufous ; wings 



black with a hyaline disk ; secondaries at the base internally ferruginous, externally yellow. 



Sphinx Pelasgus. Cram. Pap. iii, t. ccxlviii, f. b ? 

 Expansion of the wings 2£ inches. 



Taken in Canada by Dr. Bigsby, and in New Jersey by Mr. Drake. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Body yellow-olive, underneath pale-yellow. Antenna? black : primaries reddish-brown, hyaline in 

 the disk, with the hyaline part half divided towards the base with a costal bar, covered with yellow- 

 olive hairs at the base ; underneath the costa, the posterior margin, and the nervures are .dark 

 ferruginous ; there is also a yellow stripe on the inner side of the base : secondaries hyaline in the 

 disk ; base externally and costa yellow ; internally the base is ferruginous ; underneath the dark 

 part of the wing is ferruginous, and the base pale-yellow : two first segments of the abdomen yellow- 

 olive, two next black, the rest ferruginous with pale-yellow lateral spots. 



This species appears to be the American representative of Sesia fuciformis, which it greatly 

 resembles, but differs in the colour of the tail and the base of the secondaries. 



III. NOCTURNA. Lat. 



Family LITHOSIADiE. Lithosiadans. 



CXCII. Genus CALLIMORPHA. Lat. 



(425) 1. * Callimorpha Parthenice. Maiden Calliniorpha. 



C. ( Parthenice J alis primoribus nigris ; rivulis incarnato-paMdis ; secundariis rubris thoraceque maculis quinque nigris. 

 Maiden Callimorpha, primary wings black with pinkish-pale rivulets ; red secondaries and the thorax each with five black 

 spots. 



Expansion of the wings If inch. 



Taken in North America. 



