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SESIAME. 
SESIA MYOPvEFORMIS. 
Plate V. Figure 5. 
This insect measures from about nine to ten lines, or 
ten and a half across. Male : front wings transparent, 
blackish on the upper and lower edges ; the outer edge 
the same, with a tinge of fine purple or blue-black; the 
central spot or bar blackish also. Hind wings fringed 
with blackish; the head is black, thorax black, body 
black, the last named with one broad red belt on its 
upper part, but white beneath ; the tail-tuft black. In 
the female the ring on the under side is only edged 
with white ; the remainder being black. 
Localities for this species are Hertford, Epping, Kings¬ 
bury, Dublin, Bristol, Lewes, Chelsea, Woolwich, Ripley, 
and other places near London. 
The situations where it is found are gardens and 
orchards, among fruit trees. 
The dates of the appearance of the perfect insect are 
at the end of May, and in June and July. 
The cafcei pillar is to be found in the months of April 
and May. 
It is said to feed on the small stems and twigs of 
the apple tree. 
