GENUS. CALLIMORPHA? _Latr._ Zygæna p. _Fabr._ Phalæna (Bombyx), _Drury_.
CALLIMORPHA FAMULA. Alis albis, dimidio apicali margineque externo
nigris, anticarum maculâ ovali obliquâ albâ, collo fulvo. (Expans. Alar.
2 unc.)
SYN. Phalæna (Bombyx spiriling.) Famula, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2.
HABITAT: Calabar, in the Bight of Benin, Africa.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ long and pectinated. Thorax spiral. Neck
orange-coloured. Thorax and abdomen dusky grey. Anterior wings about half
way from the tips black, but at the base are of a pellucid white; being
surrounded along the anterior edge and part of the posterior with black;
an oblong white spot is placed near the tips on the black part. Posterior
wings black and white; the white entirely surrounded by the black, which
on the anterior and abdominal edges is very narrow.
_Under Side._ Palpi orange-coloured, black at the tips. Neck, breast, and
sides orange. Feet black. Thighs white. Abdomen white, annulated with
dusky grey. Anterior wings as on the upper side, the black parts being of
a russet hue. Posterior wings differ a little, the white part running
down to the middle of the external edges, with a white spot at the upper
corners. Margins of the wings entire.
{23}ODONESTIS? SERVULA.
Plate XI. fig. 4.