SATURNIA MYLITTA. Alis cervino-fulvis, strigâ ferrugineâ submarginali
ocelloque fenestrato, in medio lineâ diviso. (Expans. Alar. 6 unc. 3
lin.)
SYN. Phalæna (Attacus) Mylitta, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2. _Oliv. Enc.
Méth._ 5. 26. 9. _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. 411. _No._ 11. _Gmel. Linn.
S. N._ 2403. 463.
Phalæna Paphia, _Cramer_, _t._ 146. _f._ A.
HABITAT: Bengal.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ pectinated, reddish fox-coloured. Neck grey. Thorax
and abdomen greyish yellow. Wings reddish fox-coloured, having a round
transparent eye in the middle of each; those in the superior being
largest. These eyes are encircled with a narrow yellow edging, then with
a greyish band, and lastly with a narrow black line; the transparent
pupil appearing as if a fine hair crossed it. The anterior edges of the
superior wings have a grey margin from the shoulders almost to the tips,
where the reddish colour is paler than on the rest of the wing. A narrow
dark line begins near the tips, and runs along the external edges to the
lower corners, which is continued along the external edges of the
posterior wings to the abdominal corners. On these wings a faint arched
line of a dark colour is observable over each eye.
_Under Side._ Breast, feet, and abdomen grey. The wings greyish brown;
eyes appearing as on the upper side. A faint dark-coloured bar, beginning
at the anterior edges of the anterior wings, and running across the lower
parts of the eyes, is continued along the posterior ones; where it
crosses the middle of the eyes, and ends at the abdominal edges below the
body. All the wings are entire; the superior ones being arched, or hooked
at the tips.