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CATALOGUE OF 
4. Sesia RUFICAUDIS. 
Cervina ; caput apud antenna et subtus albidum , fascia antica 
fusca ; abdomen rubram , basi cervinum , marginibus poslicis 
nigris , maculis lateralibus testaceis ; fasciculus apicalis rufus , 
pilis lateralibus nigris ; ala limpida , marginibus et an - 
ticarum apicibus late rubris , antica sttiga discali nigricante. 
Var. /3. Abdomen fascia postica lata interrupta cervina. 
Sesia ruficaudis, Kirby , FWrc. Hor. y4mer. iv. 303. 
This is probably a mere variety of $. Thysbe. 
Fawn-colour. Head whitish about the antennas and beneath 
with a brown band in front. Pectus testaceous. Abdomen deep 
red, fawn-colour at the base, with testaceous spots along each side ; 
hind borders of the segments black; apical tuft red, with some 
black hairs on each side. Wings limpid, deep red at the base, and 
with broad deep red borders. Fore wings deep red at the tips, and 
with a blackish discal streak. Length of the body 9 — 12 lines • of 
the wings 18—24 lines. 
a. United States. 
b. Trenton Falls, New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 
c. Orilla, West Canada. From Mr. Bush s collection. 
5. Sesia Thysbe. 
Cervina ; caput subtus et pectus testacea ; caput fascia antica 
nigra ; abdomen triente media vittaque posteriore rubris , ma- 
culis lateralibus testaceis ; fasciculus apicalis rufus , triente 
later ali utrinque supra nigra ; ala limpida , basi margini- 
busque late rubris , antica basi cervino suffusa , apicibus stri - 
gaque discali rubris. 
Sphinx Thysbe, Fabr. Syst. Ent. 548, 4; Sp. Ins. ii. 155, 10; 
Mant. Ins. ii. 99, 10 ; Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2388, 100. 
Sesia Thysbe, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 1, 301, 10. 
Sphinx Pelasgus, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. 93, pi. 248, f. B. 
Sesia Pelasgus, Harris , ^4m^r. Journ. Sci. xxxvi. 
Sesia Cimbiciformis, Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Haust. i. 135, 3. 
a, b. Massachusetts. Presented by E. Douhleday, Esq. 
c, d. United States. From Mr. Milne’s collection. 
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