ACRÆA GEA. Alis oblongis integerrimis, anticis utrinque fuscis, fasciis
duabus fulvis aut albidis, unâ versus apicem, alterâ connexâ disco
posticarum, his subtùs rufescentibus, basi nigro-punctatis, postea
striatis. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc.)
SYN. Papilio (Hel.) Gea, _Fabr. Spec. Ins._ 2. _p._ 32. _No._ 136.
[male]. _Enc. Méth._ ix. _p._ 238. (Acræa G.)
Papilio (H.) Jodutta, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 175. _No._ 554.
[female].
Papilio (Hel.) Hirce, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
Papilio Epæa, _Cramer_, _pl._ 230. _f._ B.C.
HABITAT: Sierra Leone (_Drury_). "Calabar, in Africa, Capt. Parker, 1771"
(_Drury's_ MSS.).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black. Thorax black, with four white spots on each
side. Abdomen dark orange, spotted on the sides with black, and a black
streak running along the top. Anterior wings fine dark brown, almost
black. A large patch of dark orange is placed at the middle of the
posterior edges, and between that and the tips is a streak of the same
colour, divided into three parts by the tendons of the wings. Near the
body are six round black spots hardly discernible, on one of which,
nearest the body, is a very small white one. Posterior wings near the
body orange, but along the edges black, the space between being covered
with rays, composed of those two colours. Next the body are ten round
black spots, some larger than others, on one of which is a small white
one, as on the upper wings.
_Under Side._ Palpi orange. Thorax black, spotted with white. Legs black
above and white beneath. Abdomen orange. Anterior wings much lighter on
this side than on the upper, the orange-coloured marks being, on this
side, of a dark yellow. All the black spots on this side are more
distinct than on the other, as is that with the small white one on it.
Posterior wings next the body orange, from whence to the edges issue rays
of a dusky yellow and black, there being no black border. The black spots
next the body are also very strong. The edges of the posterior wings are
a little dentated.
NYMPHALIS HOSTILIA.
Plate XXVIII. fig. 5, 6.
ORDER: Lepidoptera, _Linn._ SECTION: Diurna, _Latr._ FAMILY: Nymphalidæ,
_Swainson_.
GENUS. NYMPHALIS, _Latr._ Papilio (Eq. achiv.), _Linn. Drury_. Papilio
Nymphalis, _Fabr._
NYMPHALIS HOSTILIA. Alis dentatis subconcoloribus, fulvis, basi
nigro-maculatis; anticarum apice fusco punctis flavescentibus. (Expans.
Alar. 2 unc. 6 lin.)
SYN. Papilio (Dan. Fest.) Hostilia, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. _Fabr. Ent.
Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 130. _No._ 399.
Nymphalis H., _Latr. God. Enc. Méth._ ix. _p._ 393.
HABITAT: "Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1775" (_Drury's_ MSS.).
{39}_Upper Side._ Antennæ black. Thorax and abdomen dark brown. Anterior
wings next the body dark tawny orange, but next the tips dark brown,
almost black, the darkest part of the wings having several dusky yellow
spots, while the orange part has a number of black ones. Posterior wings
dark orange, and next the body streaked with black, and a black zigzag
border running along the external edges.
_Under Side._ Palpi, neck, legs, and breast pale yellow. Abdomen orange.
Anterior wings much lighter than on the upper side, being, next the body,
cream colour; the part next the tips dark russet. All the spots are very
discernible on this side, the yellow ones being here much lighter.
Posterior wings cream-coloured, having the black border and streaks
equally as strong and discernible as on the upper side. Margins of the
wings entire.
PLATE XXIX.
[Illustration]
SATURNIA ARGUS.
Plate XXIX. fig. 1.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Bombycidæ, _Steph._
GENUS. SATURNIA, _Schrank._ Attacus, _Germ._ Phalæna (Attacus), _Drury_.
SATURNIA ARGUS. Alis pallidè testaceo-albidis punctis ocellaribus
fenestratis numerosis, caudis longissimis. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 5 lin.)
SYN. Bombyx Argus, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 414. _No._ 24.
_Donovan Nat. Repos._ 5. 173. _Oliv. Enc. Méth._ 5. 29. 22.
Phalæna (Bombyx) brachyura, _Cramer Ins._ _tab._ 29. _f._ 1. _Drury_,
_App. vol._ 3.
HABITAT: "Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1775" (_Drury's_ MSS.).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ almost black, and pectinated. The neck and head
flesh-coloured. Thorax ash-coloured. Abdomen pale flesh-coloured. Wings
dingy flesh-coloured, the anterior ones having five or six small
transparent spots situated in the centre of them. The posterior ones
furnished with two long tails about two inches and three-quarters long,
the extremities being cream-coloured, the upper part red-brown; with five
small yellowish round spots, edged with black, placed in the centre of
the wings.
_Under Side._ Palpi brown. Tongue concealed. Legs red-brown. Breast,
sides, and abdomen cream. Wings coloured as on the upper side.
I have adopted the Fabrician specific name, notwithstanding its subsequent
date, that proposed by Cramer being exceedingly inapplicable. Drury states,
on the authority of Mr. Smeathman, that this curious insect was found on
the island of Banana. Its flight is exceedingly slow, and its tails seem
rather to impede it. Mr. Donovan states that several specimens of this
insect had been received from Sierra Leone (which habitat is given by Drury
in the body of his work, but corrected as above in the observations
communicated to him by Mr. Smeathman) and that he is not aware of the
species having occurred in any other part of Africa, neither had he
understood that any other collector since Mr. Smeathman had met with the
species. Of the original specimens a pair belonged to Mr. Drury, which came
into the hands of Mr. Donovan, who also mentions a fine specimen as
existing in the Banksian Cabinet at the Linnæan Society; adding, that some
few other specimens passed into different continental Cabinets, all of
which, however, were those collected by Mr. {40}Smeathman. The late Mr.
Haworth, however, (the sale of whose magnificent collection by public
auction lasted for ten days,) possessed four specimens of this rare moth, a
pair of which were purchased by W. Swainson, Esq., and the remaining pair
by myself.
CALLIMORPHA EPIMENIS.
Plate XXIX. fig. 2.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Nocturna. FAMILY: Arctiidæ.
GENUS. CALLIMORPHA, _Latr._ Phalæna (Noctua), _Drury_.
CALLIMORPHA EPIMENIS. Alis nigris, anticis maculá magná pone medium
albidâ, posticis basi nigris apice fulvis margine atro. (Expans. Alar. 1
unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Phalæna (Noctua) Epimenis, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
HABITAT: "Virginia, Mr. Abbot, 1774" (_Drury's_ MSS.).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black and setaceous. Eyes, head, thorax, abdomen,
and anterior wings black, the latter with a large straw-coloured patch
placed near the ends, and reaching across the wings from the anterior
edges almost to the lower corners. Posterior wings nearly black, with a
large orange-coloured patch, occupying one-third of the wings, and placed
along the external edges.
_Under Side._ Palpi, head, legs, breast, sides, and abdomen, black. Wings
coloured as on the upper side, with the addition of two small
straw-coloured spots placed between the large ones and the shoulders; the
colours being also rather brighter. Margins of the wings entire.
LITHOSIA? INO.
Plate XXIX. fig. 3.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Nocturna. FAMILY: Lithosiidæ, _Steph._
GENUS. LITHOSIA? _Fabr._ Phalæna (Noctua), _Drury_.
LITHOSIA? INO. Alis albidis, anticis punctis duobus humeralibus
maculisque duabus magnis nigris (scil. ante et pone medium); thorace
nigro punctato. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Phalæna (Noctua) Ino, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
HABITAT: "Madras, Mr. Skeene, 1772" (_Drury's_ MSS.).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ brown and setaceous. Head cream-coloured. Neck
black. Thorax and abdomen cream-coloured, the former having some black
spots on it. Anterior wings cream-coloured, with a large triangular black
spot placed at the tips, another on the middle of the wings, extending
across from the anterior edges almost to the lower corners. There are
also two small ones next the shoulders. The external edges have a row of
small black spots placed thereon. Posterior wings cream-coloured,
tinctured with red, with a faint black border, rising at the upper
corners where it is broadest, and running half-way to the abdominal ones,
gradually narrowing.
_Under Side._ Palpi, breast, legs, sides and abdomen cream-coloured.
Wings reddish cream, without any marks; the black marks, &c. on the upper
side being faintly perceived. Margins of the wings entire.
{41}CALLIMORPHA? HELCITA.
Plate XXIX. fig. 4.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Nocturna. FAMILY: Arctiidæ, _Steph._
GENUS. CALLIMORPHA? _Latr._ Phalæna (Noctua), _Drury_.
CALLIMORPHA? HELCITA. Alis testaecis apice nigris, fasciâ maculari albâ.
(Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 5 lin.)
SYN. Papilio (Dan. Cand.) Helcita, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 2. 763. 94.
Phalæna fascelis, _Linn. Mus. Ulr._ 390. _No._ 25.
Phalæna (Noctua) H., _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
Phalæna macularia, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 2. _p._ 140. _No._ 40.
HABITAT: "Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1775" (_Drury's_ MSS.). "In
Indiis" (_Linn._). India (_Fabr._ incorrectly).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black and setaceous. Head, thorax, and abdomen
black, the two last having a row of white spots running along the middle,
and another on each side down to the anus. Wings fine dark red. Almost
half the anterior next the tips being black, with five oval white spots
thereon; three of which being the largest are joined together, the other
two, being small and behind, are at a little distance apart. Posterior
wings with a broad black border running from the upper to the abdominal
corners, whereon are placed eight oval white spots at equal distances,
two, being the outermost, very small and close together.
_Under Side._ Palpi yellow. Tongue spiral. Legs, breast, and sides black,
spotted and streaked with white. Abdomen yellow. Wings coloured and
marked as on the upper side. Margins of the wings entire.
Mr. Smeathman states that this insect is found in the savannahs. It is a
sluggish creature, and easily taken. A specimen of this very rare insect
was sold in the collection of the late Mr. Stothard, on the 18th May, 1835;
and was purchased by Thomas Norris, Esq. M.E.S. at the price of fourteen
shillings.
PLATE XXX.
[Illustration]
NYMPHALIS (CHARAXES) POLLUX.
Plate XXX. fig. 1, 2.
ORDER: Lepidoptera, _Linn._ SECTION: Diurna, _Latr._ FAMILY: Nymphalidæ,
_Swains._
GENUS. NYMPHALIS, _Latr._ Papilio (Nymph. Phal.), _Drury_. (SUBGENUS:
Charaxes, _Boisduval_.)
NYMPHALIS (CHARAXES) POLLUX. Alis supra fulvis, limbo postico latè nigro,
subtus ad basin ferrugineis, annulis fasciâque albis. (Expans. Alar. 3
unc. 9 lin.)
SYN. Papilio Pollux, _Cram._ _pl._ 37. _fig._ C. D. _Herbst. Pap._ _t._
63. _f._ 3. 4.
Papilio (N.) Castor, _Fabr. Gen. Ins. Mant._ _p._ 251. _Donovan Nat.
Repos._ 4. 116.
Papilio (Nymph. Ph.) Camulus, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
HABITAT: "Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1776" (_Drury's_ MSS.).
_Upper Side._ Antennae black. Thorax and abdomen red-brown. Anterior
wings brown-orange, with a small round black spot near the middle, and
another fainter and smaller a little beneath it. Along the anterior edges
are several black marks and patches joining together; these wings are
bordered with black, having along the external edges some small faint
orange-brown spots. Posterior wings corresponding exactly with the
anterior, and furnished with four short tails.
{42}_Under Side._ Palpi yellow, bordered with white. Breast dark brown,
with white streaks. Legs brown. Abdomen red-brown. The ground of the
anterior wings next the body is a light chocolate, which is separated
from a dusky brown border running along the external edges by a white and
orange band, which, being the chief colours on this side, are continued
along the posterior wings. The base is adorned with black streaks,
surrounded with white, placed along the anterior edges, and others of
different forms on the middle of the wings. Along the external edges, on
the dusky border, is placed a row of black triangular spots, which at the
lower corners are doubled. Posterior wings of the same colour as the
anterior, the chocolate ground having a number of small black marks and
streaks, bordered with white, in a very irregular manner. At the lower
corner is placed a dark grey eye, with a black iris and a white
longitudinal streak in the centre, two rows of small black spots, some
being edged with white, of different forms, are also placed along the
dusky border.
We learn, from the observations of Smeathman and Drury, that this is the
insect noticed in the observation upon Charaxes Jason, as possessing
exceedingly strong powers of flight. Vide Vol. I. Pl. 1. fig. 1.
PLATE XXXI.
[Illustration]
NYMPHALIS VARANES.
Plate XXXI. fig. 1, 2.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Nymphalidæ, _Swains._
GENUS. NYMPHALIS, _Latr._ Papilio (Nymph. Gemmat.), _Drury_.
NYMPHALIS VARANES. Alis supra basi albis immaculatis, apice ferrugineis
fulvo et fusco punctatis. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 9 lin.)
SYN. Papilio (N.) Varanes, _Fabr. Sp. Ins._ 2. _p._ 14. _No._ 55.
Papilio (Nymph. Gemm.) Varanes, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
Papilio V., _Cramer_, _pl._ 160. D. E. [male]. _pl._ 388. A. B. [female].
HABITAT: "Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1775" (_Drury's_ MSS.). Caffraria
(_Enc. Méth._). India (_Fabr._ incorrectly).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black. Thorax greenish. Abdomen white, spotted on
the upper part with black. Basal half of the wings ash-coloured, and
bordered with deep red-brown. Anterior wings having a row of six orange
spots along the external edges, and two oval ones near the middle of the
anterior edges; two black spots, shaped like the beards of arrows, are
situated in the centre. Posterior wings angulated and furnished with two
short tails, having a row of five black spots running parallel with the
external edges. Wings not indented.
_Under Side._ Palpi, breast, and legs buff-coloured. Abdomen white. Wings
next the body dark ash-coloured, but along the tips and external edges
darker. A narrow line of a brown colour rises from the posterior edges of
the anterior wings, and, bending towards the tips, is lost in the general
colour of that part of the wings. A row of small faint black spots runs
parallel with the external edges, being situated between them and the
fore-mentioned dark line; the inner divisions of these and the posterior
wings have a number of small black marks, like Hebrew characters,
regularly dispersed on them. Posterior wings with a dark narrow line
rising on the anterior edges, which crosses the wings, meeting below the
abdomen. A small black eye, with a white pupil, is placed near the middle
of the anterior edges, and a row of faint oval dark spots runs parallel
with the external edges, ending at the abdominal corners.
{43}This insect, like the last, flies exceedingly swift, and is observed
sometimes to settle upon human excrement, a peculiar habit which is also
adopted by other species of insects belonging to different orders.
PLATE XXXII.
[Illustration]
PIERIS EUDOXIA.
Plate XXXII. fig. 1, 2.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Papilionidæ, _Leach._
GENUS. PIERIS, _Schrank_. Papilio (Dan. Cand.), _Linn. &c._
PIERIS EUDOXIA. Alis rotundatis, anticis diluté fulvis posticis albis;
omnium limbo communi nigro maculato. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Papilio (Dan. Cand.), _Cramer_, _pl._ 213. _fig._ C. _Herbst. tab._
107. _f._ 1. 2. _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. _p._
199. 620. _Boisduval Hist. Nat. Lepid._ 1. 510. _No._ 105.
Papilio (D. C.) Rhodope, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 196. _No._ 609.
_Donovan Nat. Repos._ 3. _pl._ 86.
HABITAT: "Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1775" (_Drury's_ MSS.).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black. Thorax and abdomen grey-brown. Anterior
wings dark yellow, shaded along the anterior edges with dark brown; a
black border occupies the tips and external edges of these wings, whereon
is a row of dark yellow spots of an oblong form. Posterior wings entirely
white, with a row of black spots placed along the external edges.
_Under Side._ Palpi grey. Breast, legs, and abdomen white. Anterior wings
yellow, but next the body orange-coloured, with a row of triangular black
spots placed along the external edges. Posterior wings white, but orange
next the body, having a row of black round spots placed on the external
edges, corresponding with the anterior wings. Margins of the wings
entire.
PIERIS CHLORIS.
Plate XXXII. fig. 3, 4.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Papilionidæ, _Leach._
GENUS. PIERIS, _Schrank._ Papilio (Dan. Cand.), _Linn. &c._
PIERIS CHLORIS. Alis suboblongis, integerrimis, teneris, albis apice
nigro, subtùs anticis basi calthaceâ, posticis luteo radiatâ, his limbo
latè nigro. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Papilio (D. C.) Chloris, _Fabr. Syst. Ent._ 473. _No._ 129. _Drury_,
_App. vol._ 2. _Herbst._ _tab._ 99. _f._ 1. 4. _Latr. et God. Enc. Méth._
ix. _p._ 160. _Boisduval Hist. Nat. Lepid._ 1. 516.
Papilio Thermopylæ, _Cramer_, _pl._ 207. _fig._ F. G.
HABITAT: "Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1774" (_Drury's_ MSS.).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black. Eyes dark brown. Thorax and abdomen dark
grey. Anterior wings entirely white, with a black patch at the tips, the
anterior edges being also black. Posterior wings also white, with a black
border running along the external edges from the upper to the abdominal
corners.
_Under Side._ Palpi grey. Legs, breast, abdomen, and anterior wings
white; the latter black at their tips, as on the upper side, but next the
body tinged with red. Posterior wings yellow, but one-half next the
external edges is black; and on the upper part, next the body, having a
streak of fine red. Margins of the wings entire.
{44}PIERIS HYPATIA.
Plate XXXII. fig. 5, 6.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Papilionidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. PIERIS, _Schrank._ Papilio (Dan. Cand.), _Linn. &c._
PIERIS HYPATIA. Alis rotundatis integerrimis, suprà nigris, fasciâ albâ
communi sinuatâ, subtus anticis maculâ apicali albidâ, posticis basi
fulvo radiatis. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Pap. (Dan. Cand.) Hypatia, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
Papilio Epaphia, _Cramer_, _pl._ 207. _fig._ D. E.
Pieris Higinia, _Latr. et God. Enc. Méth._ ix. _p._ 135. _No._ 45.
Pieris Saba, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 201. 627. _Latr. God. loc.
cit._ _No._ 46.
Pieris Malatha, _Boisd. Faun. Madagascar_, _pl._ 1. _f._ 4, 5.
Pieris Orbona, _Boisd. loc. cit._ _pl._ 1. _f._ 3.
HABITAT: "Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1775" (_Drury's_ MSS.).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black. Thorax and abdomen black. Anterior wings
sooty black, having a white indented bar rising at the middle of the
anterior edges, which crosses them, and ends on the middle of the
posterior ones; at the tips are two small white spots. Posterior wings
white and black, the upper half being white and the lower one black.
_Under Side._ Palpi, legs, breast, and abdomen white. Anterior wings
tinged with yellow next the body, the white bar being the same on this
side as on the upper; the black colour on this side partaking more of a
brown, and at the tips having a white patch instead of the two spots seen
on the upper side. Posterior wings marked as on the upper side. Margins
of the wings entire.
PLATE XXXIII.
[Illustration]
NYMPHALIS (CHARAXES) EUDOXUS.
Plate XXXIII. fig. 1, 4.
ORDER: Lepidoptera, _Linn._ SECTION: Diurna, _Latr._ FAMILY: Nymphalidæ,
_Swains._
GENUS. NYMPHALIS, _Latr._ Papilio (Nymph. Phal.), _Drury_. (SUBGENUS:
Charaxes, _Boisduval_.)
NYMPHALIS (CHARAXES) EUDOXUS. Alis supra fasciâ mediâ maculisque
marginalibus fulvis, subtùs ad basin ferrugineis annulis argenteis;
posticis tantùm fasciâ albâ. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Papilio (Equ. Ach.) Eudoxus, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
Papilio (N.) Eudoxus, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 65. _No._ 203.
_Enc. Méth._ ix. _p._ 352. _No._ 6.
HABITAT: Sierra Leone.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black. Eyes, head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown.
Anterior wings dark chocolate, red-brown at the base; a row of brown
orange-coloured spots is placed on the external edges of these wings,
those next the tips being smallest; a brown-orange bar also rises on the
anterior edges near the tips, and crossing these and the posterior wings
meets at the extremity of the abdomen, increasing in width as it
approaches the abdominal corners. Posterior wings likewise dark
chocolate, but next the body red-brown. Each of them is furnished with
two tails, and has an indented line of brown-orange running along the
external edges, from the upper to the abdominal corners.
_Under Side._ Palpi and breast orange. Feet ash colour. Sides and abdomen
red-brown. One half of the superior wings next the body is chocolate, but
next the external edges brown-orange, with a large black streak at the
lower corners, and three others of different shapes in the middle of the
wings; {45}the chocolate division is adorned with a number of black
streaks and marks, margined with fine silver white. Posterior wings
chocolate, with an indented line of brown-orange placed along the
external edges, verged at top with black; these wings are marked with a
number of silvery white lines and streaks, placed against each other in
different directions. Two small white spots, joined together, are placed
on a black-ground at the abdominal corners.
HESPERIA HELOPS.
Plate XXXIII. fig. 2, 3.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Hesperiidæ, _Steph._
GENUS. HESPERIA, _Fabr. Latr. God._ Papilio (Pleb. Urb.), _Linn. Drury,
&c._
HESPERIA HELOPS. Alis anticis fuscis maculis hyalinis (tribus minutis)
subapicalibus; posticis suprà flavis, fasciâ submarginali atrâ arcuatâ,
subtùs fuscis disco albo. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 2 lin.)
SYN. Papilio (Pleb. Urb.) Helops, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
Hesperia (U.) Ennius, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 337. _No._ 283.
_Enc. Méth._ ix. 749. _No._ 54. _Donovan Ins. Ind._ II. _pl._ 3. _fig._
1.
HABITAT: Brazil, "Rio Janeiro, Mr. Bonifas, 1775" (_Drury's_ MSS.). "In
Indiis" (_Fabr._). India (_Donovan_).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black. Head, thorax, and abdomen greenish brown.
Anterior wings very dark brown, but next the body lighter, and having
four diaphanous spots of different shapes on each wing; and also two
yellow triangular ones, situated at the middle of the posterior edges.
Posterior wings nearly black, with a large yellow patch on the middle of
the wings, and two other yellow spots at the abdominal corners.
_Under Side._ Palpi ash-coloured. Legs yellow-brown. Breast and abdomen
brown. Anterior wings dark brown, the lower parts along the posterior
edges being lighter coloured; the diaphanous spots conspicuous, and the
tips prettily tinged with red-brown. Posterior wings dark brown, the
middle being occupied by a large silver white patch; the edges next the
abdominal corners yellow, the other parts of the wings marked by paler
and different coloured tints. Margins of the wings entire.
PLATE XXXIV.
[Illustration]
SATURNIA LUCINA.
Plate XXXIV. fig. 1.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Nocturna. FAMILY: Bombycidæ, _Steph._
GENUS. SATURNIA, _Schrank._ Attacus, _Germ._ Phalæna (Attacus), _Drury_.
SATURNIA LUCINA. Alis albido-griseis fusco multi-rivulosis, strigis
undulatis submarginalibus, anticis maculis nonnullis mediis ocelloque
parvo apicali nigris. (Expans. Alar. 6 unc. 9 lin.)
SYN. Phalæna (Attacus) Lucina, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. _Oliv. Enc. Méth._
5. 31. 27.
HABITAT: "Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1775" (_Drury's_ MSS.).