DIPSOSPHECIA; PODOSESIA. By B. Zukowsky. 
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S. proserpina Drc. Forewing lustrous blackish green. Hindwing dull black, at the base about one proserpina. 
third hyaline. Head, palpi and antennae black. Collar and thorax beneath reddish brown, thorax above and 
legs black. Abdomen absent. 19 mm. Guatemala, San Geronimo. 
S. theobromae Busch , from the Isle of Trinidad, described in Bull. dept, agric. Trinidad 9 (1910) 1911. theobromae. 
The literature dealing with it was not obtainable. 
S. gehleni Coll. Class, Int. Ent. Zeitschr. 16, p. 118, £ (1922) is no Aegeriida, but a Sphingida. Bolivia. Wrongly gehleni. 
ranged in Lep. Catal. Junk. Yol. 31: Aegeriidae. 
S. 0 in [dial e Say, Amer. Ent. 2, p. 42, p. 19 fig. 5 (1825) is not an Aegeriida, but a Syntomida, which mistake is to omphale. 
be pardoned considering the state of entomology at that time. Wrongly ranged in Lep. Catal. Junk. Vol. 31 : Aegeriidae. 
5. Genus: Dipsospltecia Spul. 
Proboscis stunted, otherwise very similar to Synanthedon; veins 11 and 12 of forewing towards the 
costal margin. Type: D. ickneumoniformis F. from Europe. 
D. m Hinipennis Bsd. ( = resplendens Hy. Edw., artemisiae Hy.Edw., senecioides Hy.Edw.) (178 d). mellinipen- 
$: head black, palpi golden yellow, collar in front golden yellow, antennae jet-black, slightly reddish below, 
thorax jet-black with a golden line on each side and a golden transverse band behind. Thorax beneath golden 
yellow. Abdomen black, the 2nd and the last 4 segments with a broad golden band. Anal tuft black, yellow 
beneath. Golden yellow legs with black bands on the tibiae. Forewing transparent, margins, cross-vein 
and veins brownish black with more or less copper red between the veins, especially somewhat behind the 
cross-vein outwardly. The wedge-shaqed area and a spot behind the cross-vein remain transparent. Hind- 
wings transparent with brown narrow distal margins, before them as well as the costa narrowly copper-red. 
similar to the <$, the forewing mostly still more extensively red which sometimes warms into yellow. The 
last 3 segments broadly yellow. Anal tuft yellow, with a black spot in the middle. 22—27 mm. Sierra Nevada, 
California, Durango, Colorado. Regarding the early stages of the beautiful, rather variable insect, the larva is 
reported to live in the wood of Ceanothus thyrsiflorus. The pupa is to be found in the bark. 
D. deipyla Drc. (176 h). Forewing golden yellow hyaline, costal margin and apex brown, apex striated deipyla. 
yellow, discal band brown, outwardly yellowish, inner margin yellow. Hindwing hyaline, veins and fringe 
black. Head and thorax black, patagia and posterior margin yellow, palpi yellow. Antennae black above, 
red-brown below excepting the tips. Abdomen black, all the segments margined with lemon-colour. Anal 
tuft black mixed with white. Beneath the abdomen is quite yellow. Legs pale yellow. 19 mm. Panama, Bugaba, 
at an altitude of 300—500 m. 
D. telecta Le Cerf (176 h). Head black, with yellow hair behind. Face bronze-black, white before the teleda. 
eyes. Palpi reddish yellow, outside with a broad black line on the 2nd and 3rd joints. Antennae thick, black, 
yellowish outside. Collar bronze-coloured, oscillating. Thorax black, covered with fine grey hair, patagia 
broadly yellow, posterior margin with yellow hair, slightly spotted yellow beneath. Abdomen black, all the 
segments except the 1st margined with a bright yellow. Anal tuft black, mixed with yellow in the middle and 
laterally. Ventrum black, the margins of the 4th to 7th segments almost quite yellow. Legs bluish black with 
much yellow. Forewing with a yellow spot at the shoulder, margins and veins blackish brown, distal margin 
pale reddish like the anal margin, the discal vein exhibits an intense red shadow outwards, the hyaline areas 
are well developed. Hindu ing transparent. Veins and margins blackish blue, the discal vein feebly reddish. 
23 mm. Brazil, Caraca. 
6. Genus: I*odosesia Mschlr. 
Palpi erect, extending to the height of the head, with long loose hair on the 1st and 2nd joints, the 
3rd long and bare. Antennae gradually thickened towards the ends, but terminating pointedly, with ciliary 
tufts in the <$, plainer and shorter in the $. Abdomen compressed at the base, anal tuft plain in both sexes. 
Hindlegs very long and set with short hairs. Forewing with 12 veins, 7 and 8 stalked. Hindwing with stalked 
veins 4 and 5, 7 and 8 very long, vein 1 a present, discocellular vein oblique. Type: P. syringae Harris. 
P. syringae Harris (= longipes Mschlr., denudation Osh.) (176 g). Head black, palpi chestnut brown, syringae. 
black beneath. Collar chestnut brown. Antennae reddish, blackish above. Thorax deep brown, reddish at 
the margins. Abdomen black intermixed with reddish, sometimes with a small yellow spot, or even a yellow 
band, on each side of the 4th segment. Femora black, anterior pair of tibiae orange, tarsi yellow; middle and 
hind tibiae black with an orange band, tarsi yellow, the posterior pair above with a black margin. Forewing 
deep brown with a violet reflection, generally with a rusty red streak below the costa out wards. At the base there 
is a short transparent streak, edged with red at the costa and inner margin. Beneath faded yellow and orange. 
Hindwing yellowish transparent, with a blue reflection, veins and margins deep brown, sometimes warming 
into reddish. 25—36 mm. New England and Central States, to the west as far as Colorado, and to the south 
as far as Texas. — The $ deposits her eggs on rough or nodular places in the bark of ashes and Spanish lilac. 
The larvae, soon after emerging, penetrate into the sound wood, where they build long canals of 20—25 cm. 
