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DRACONIPTERIS Hiibner. 



Plate XLI, fig. 4. 



c? . General characters: Head prominent, front rather narrow, not full and convex; eyes 

 larger than usual; the front no wider than one of the eyes, as in Eusyssaura Jionesta. Antennae 

 well pectinated to the tips, joints short, numerous, but a single pair of pectinations to a joint; 

 pectinations moderately ciliated, cilia very fine. 



Palpi very large, ascending, reaching quite far beyond the front, as in E. honesta, broad 

 and rounded at end; second joint long, third short and small, fairly distinct though depressed. 

 Maxilla? distinct, rolled up, united at base. 



Fore wing with costa much arched on outer half, apex much produced ; outer edge differs 

 from E. honesta in being deeply scalloped, and so unevenly as to be ragged and irregular like a 

 frayed leaf edge; in middle of whig a large prominent jagged tooth, 

 behind which the edge is deeply excavated, and on this part of the 

 edge three uneven teeth. 



Hind wing broad, outer edge with two teeth behind the angular 

 apex, the outer edge not quite so full and rounded as in E. honesta. 

 Abdomen scarcely reaching beyond the middle of inner edge of wing. 



Markings as in E. honesta, general color like that of a dry leaf, 

 but with three dark spots near inner angle. fig. 34. Apex of the anterior wing of 



Two forms [examined]. D. angulata (Cramer) is paler and SEw.""*" Mi ° eene shales °' 

 smaller (expanse 60 mm.), but markings above and beneath and 



outer edge of fore wings are identical with those of D. mirabilis (Stoll). (Expanse 74 mm.) They 

 are probably seasonal forms. 



Length of fore wing, 3 angulata, 29 mm. ; mirabilis, 37 mm. 

 Width of fore wing, <y angulata, 17 mm.; mirabilis, 21 mm. 

 Length of hind wing, s angulata, 23 mm. ; mirabilis, 28 mm. 

 Width of hind wing, $ angulata, 17 mm.; mirabilis, 21 mm. 



D. angulata from the Am,azons; D. mirabilis, Peru (Staudinger, Dyar collection) ; Demerara 

 (British Museum, Walker). 



[D. angulata is the type of Teratopteris Hiibner.] 



[fossil satukniidje.] 



[No fossil Saturniidse have been described, but we have obtained in the Miocene shales at 

 Florissant, Colo., what appears to be the apex of the anterior wing of a large saturniid; the 

 venation corresponding very well, so far as preserved, with that of a similar area in the wing of 

 such a species as Attacus dohertyi. The fragment, which is about 33 mm. long, is figured here- 

 with. It may be known as Attacus? fossilis, new species.] 



BRAHMMW2E. 



BRAHMAEA JAPONICA Butler. 

 Plate XXXIV. 



A number of pupae from Japan of this interesting monogeneric type were obtained by 

 purchase, and Mr. Joutel kindly mated the moths, thus obtaining a supply of the eggs, from 

 wliich the larva? were reared by him and myself in all stages. The eggs were laid in April, and 

 the larvae hatched April 27, while I received tham alive (four examples) April 28. They fed on 

 the privet and lilac, and throve well in Providence on the latter plant. 



Eggs. — Rather high, somewhat conical, with a broad, flattened base and the apex a little 

 depressed. It thus differs from the somewhat flattened eggs of Ceratocampidae, and from the 

 ovo-cylindrical eggs of the Saturniidae; apparently presenting striking family differences. The 

 shell is seen under a strong lens to be finely pitted. 



