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Journal New York Entomological Society. 
[Vol. VI. 
THREE NEW SPECIES OF SESIID9E. 
By William Beutenmuller. 
Sesia tacoma, sp. nov. 
■Male . Plead deep black, palpi yellow above and clothed with long black and 
yellow hair beneath. Collar narrowly yellow in front. Thorax deep black with a 
narrow yellow stripe on the patagiae and a narrow, yellow, transverse mark at the pos¬ 
terior end. Abdomen deep black with a narrow yellow band at the end of the second, 
fourth and sixth segments. Anal tuft black, fan like and mixed with a little yellow 
beneath at the middle. 1 horax beneath with a large yellow patch on each side. 
Femora black with loose scales; tibiae banded with yellow ; tarsi yellow. Anterior 
coxae with a yellow line. Fore wings transparent, brown-black at margins and on the 
veins; space between median vein and inner margin orange-red, also orange-red be¬ 
tween the veins on the outer part of wings and border of the cell. Transverse mark 
large, black and touched with orange-red on each side. Transparent part beyond 
this mark rounded; elongate and triangular in cell. Fringes brown. Hind wings 
wholly transparent and narrowly bordered with violet black ; fringes brown. An¬ 
tennae black. Fore wings beneath largely orange-red except borders and the trans¬ 
verse mark which is much reduced. Hind wing like above, but with an orange line 
in outer border. Expanse, 19-21 mm. 
Female: Head, thorax, legs and abdomen as in the male, but the abdomen is 
heavier with the bands somewhat broader. Palpi wholly yellow. Fore wings with the 
orange-red and heavier, giving them a red appearance with narrow black margins. 
Hind wings with a narrow red margin before the brown fringes. Underside almost 
entirely golden orange-red and narrowly bordered with brown-black outwardly and 
the fringes. Transverse mark red, sometimes with a black center. Hind wings be¬ 
neath similar to the above. Abdomen beneath with three bands at end. Anal tuft 
black, a little yellow beneath. Expanse, 20-22 mm. 
Habitat: 1 $ , Big Horn Mts., Wyoming, July n, 1896 (R. P. 
Currie), Type, U. S. National Museum; 3 6 9, Mt. Ranier, 
6,3°° feet, Washington State, August, on Veratrum viride (C. V. 
Piper). 
Sesia arizonae, sp. nov. 
Head brown black ; collar canary yellow in front ; palpi wholly canary yellow. 
Thorax brown-black with a narrow yellow line on the patagiae. Abdomen blue 
black , first segment yellow and with a yellow band at the ends of the 3—7 segments, 
inclusive, those on the third, fifth and seventh segments twice as broad as the others. 
Anal tuft largely yellow, black at the sides and beneath. Thorax beneath with a 
large yellow patch on each side. Abdomen beneath with the bands repeated or only 
paitly lepeated. femora blue-black ; tibiae banded with yellow, tarsi wholly yellow 
as are also the anterior coxae. Fore wings violet brown, with the usual transparent 
spaces, wholly or partly filled with golden-orange and only slightly transparent be¬ 
yond the golden-orange transverse mark, also streaked with this color between the 
