1244 
SANNINA; SPHECIA. By B. Zukowsky. 
unicolor. 
urocerifor- 
mis. 
verrugo. 
cryptiformis. 
pacifica. 
tibialis. 
dyari. 
anonyma. 
dasypodi- 
formis. 
T. unicolor Wkr. <$: head black, slender. Palpi whitish beneath. Antennae not provided with hooks, 
smooth. Abdomen slender, more than thrice as long as the thorax. Anal tuft quadrangular. Hindlegs strong, 
spurs very long. Wings narrow, strewn with dark green scales, a narrow discal vein. 18 mm. Ega. 
18. Genus: Saiiiiiua Wkr. 
Palpi erect, covered with scales not with hair as far as the height of the head, the 3rd joint long. An¬ 
tennae long, filiform. Hind and middle tibiae covered with short hair. Last segment of the male abdomen 
with four long divaricating brushes proceeding from the base, and a fifth long one at the end of the segment. 
Veins 7 and 8 of forewing stalked. 7 and 8 of hindwing short. Type: S. uroceriformis Wkr. 
S. uroceriformis Wkr. (= uroceripennis Bsd., quinquecaudata Riding-s ) (178 f). Head, palpi and an¬ 
tennae deep bluish black. Thorax deep bluish black with a red lateral stripe. Under surface and legs wool]}' 
bluish black, the 4th segment more rarely, the 5th and 6th above deep orange red, in the $ only the 4 th segment. 
The anal tufts bluish black, absent in the $. Forewing unicoloured bluish black, hindwing the same, though 
with a narrow hyaline area at the base. 18—32 mm. From Virginia to Florida, to the west as far as Kansas 
and Montana. Larva in the roots of the date-plum, 40—50 cm underneath the soil. 
S. verrugo Drc. (178 f). Forewing dark reddish orange, black at the base and apex, fringe of the distal 
margin broad and black. Hindwing somewhat lighter orange, slightly hyaline, fringe black from the apex to 
the anal angle. Head, thorax, abdomen, palpi, antennae and legs glossy black. 38 mm. Mexico, Esperanza. 
Engelhardt presumes verrugo to be the $ of Alcathoe korites. 
S. cryptiformis Wkr. Black, head behind with yellow hair. Antennae filiform, dentate below, very 
much longer than the thorax. Tibiae with brownish yellow spurs. Wings transparent with black purple fringes. 
Distal margin of forevfing brown, costa and transverse band purple black. 20 mm. Patria uncertain, presumably 
South America. The type is a $. Not being mentioned in any fauna, it is quoted here. 
19. Genus : Spliecia Hbn. 
Separated from Aegeria by the invariably present tongue and veins 4 and 5 of hindwing being always 
stalked. Hind tibiae longer and stronger haired than in Aegeria. Type: S. crabroniformis Levoin from Europe. 
S. pacifica Hy. Ediv. (= californicum Neum .) (178 g). Head black. Palpi yellow. Antennae brownish 
black, lighter beneath. Legs yellov r . Thorax deep brown, in front with a yellow line on each side, angularly 
extending hindward. A few r black and yellow hairs between the thorax and abdomen, the shoulcler-spot at 
the origin of the fore wing is likewise yellow. The 1st and 2nd abdominal segments blackish, the 2nd yellowish 
in front, the others beautifully yellow, the 3rd narrowly black in front, the 3rd and 4th dusted over darker, 
though the yellow is well visible. LTnder surface quite yellow. Wings transparent, narrowly margined with 
brownish orange like the discal mark of the forewing. 25—40 mm. Nevada, Montana, California and Washington. 
S. tibialis Harris (= flavitibia Wkr., minimum Neum.) (178 g). head black, orbita, sides, and palpi 
yellow. Antennae black. Thorax brownish black with a very narrow yellow line on each side, passing over 
behind into yellow hair-tufts. A yellow dot at the base of the forewing. The 1st abdominal segment black, 
more or less broadly yellow behind, the 2nd quite black, the 3rd black, yellow behind, the 4th quite blackish 
brown, the others blackish brown with posterior yellow rings. Anal tuft black and yellow. Legs yellow mixed 
with brown. Forewing transparent, veins, discal mark and margins brownish orange or also deep blackish 
brown. Hindwing transparent, otherwise like the forewing. $: stronger than the the yellow markings more 
intense, the yellow lateral lines on the thorax bend round in front forming an angle, so that they meet the yellow 
spot at the base of the forewings. The 1st to 4th abdominal segments as in the <$, the last three segments mostly 
quite golden yellow, the 5th and 6th half yellow, half brown; beneath yellow with narrow brownish black bands, 
except the last segment or also the two last segments which are quite yellow. 30—40 mm. Canada, New Eng¬ 
land* New York, British Columbia, Vancouver, Colorado and California; July, August. — The larva lives in 
the trunks of willows and poplars. — ab. $ dyari Cock. Thorax brownish black, lateral lines in front very broad, 
then very narrow, the posterior dorsal spot very broadly yellow. — var. anonyma Strd. (178 g). Abdomen with 
more yellow, especially the last 3 segments almost entirely yellow. The 1st segment black, the 2nd black, nar¬ 
rowly yellow at the base, the 3rd yellow, narrowly black at the apex, the 4th black, narrowly margined with 
yellow at the base, the 5th and 6th yellow, narrowly black at the apex; apex of abdomen cinnamon brown. 
Las Vegas, New Mexico. Beginning of July. 
S. dasypodiformis Wkr. <$\ black. Palpi yellow beneath, red at the apex. Antennae with black dents. 
Prothorax with a yellow margin. Abdominal segments with yellow bands. Legs dingy yellow, femora mostly 
black, hind tibiae more thickly covered with hair than in the European species. Wings transparent, fringes 
