SATURNIA EPIMETHEA. Alis subfuscis strigâ communi subapicali albâ,
posticis acutè angulatis, ocello disci fulvo margine nigro.
SYN. Phalæna (Attacus) Epimethea, _Drury_, _Append. vol._ 2. _Fab. Ent.
Syst._ III. 1. 414. _No._ 23. _Gmel. Linn. S. N._ 2404. 472. _Cramer_,
_Ins._ 15. _tab._ 176. _f._ A. _Oliv. Enc. Méth._ 5. 29. 21.
HABITAT: New Calabar, Coast of Guinea.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ strongly pectinated; the extremities appearing like
threads. Thorax light brown, tinged with red. Abdomen grey brown.
Anterior wings light grey brown, tinged with red at the base; having a
narrow dark-coloured bar verged with grey running from the anterior to
the posterior edges, parallel and at a little distance from the external
margin. Posterior wings grey brown, terminating behind in points like
acute angles; a dark narrow bar, edged with white, crosses these wings
from the upper corners to the abdominal edges, dividing them into two
compartments; in the uppermost of which are placed two eyes, whose
centres are yellow, surrounded with black irides edged with red, and
which also are encircled with ash-coloured rings. Above these eyes the
wings are dark-coloured, almost black; but next the body are of a reddish
hue.
_Under Side._ Legs black. Thorax and abdomen same colour as on the upper
side. Wings nearly the same colour as on the upper side; the bars being
plain and distinct, but the eyes are not observable here.