ÆGOCERA AMABILIS. Alis anticis rufis, maculis (nigro marginatis)
margineque interno, albidis; posticis fulvis maculâ discoidali margineque
postico nigris. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 6 lin.)
SYN. Phalæna (Noctua) Amabilis, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2.
Ægocera Amabilis, _Boisduval Hist. Nat. Lepid. pl._ 10. B. _f._ 6.
HABITAT: Coast of Guinea.
_Upper Side._ Head brown. Antennæ filiform. Thorax and abdomen yellow
brown. Superior wings fine darkish red, with several yellow spots thereon
of different shapes, each encircled with black; the posterior and
external edges having yellow margins. Posterior wings deep yellow,
inclining to {26}orange, with a black oval spot near the middle of each.
Along the external edges is a black margin, reaching from the upper to
the abdominal corners; the upper edge being scolloped.
_Under Side._ Legs, sides, thorax, and abdomen pale orange. Anterior
wings entirely pale orange and dusky black, without any mixture of red,
&c. Posterior wings as on the upper side; the colours being less
distinct. Margins of the wings entire.