GYNANISA. lOl 



various colour.-:. Tlie oval })upil is l)lack, but the part furthest 

 removed from the body is denuded of scales, and would be 

 vitreous were not the under side of the wrings clothed with 

 scales ; this is surrounded hy a narrow fulvous iris, then black, 

 then a broader oval of dirty clay-colour, then a narrow oval of 

 pale flesh-colour, then a broad rich claret oval ring ; between 

 this and the base of the wing is first a bar of flesh-colour, 

 then black shaded into claret ; towards the extremity of the 

 wing the claret is succeeded by a half-ring of flesh-colour, then 

 a narrow one of black, then of pale buff stone-colour, and 

 another moderately broad of grey speckled with black. Tlie 

 thorax is dark and rich brown colour, with two white bands 

 across the neck, and two across the extremity of the thorax 

 whitish ; the abdomen is buff, with black dots. The margin of 

 the hind-wings is scalloped and their external angle is consider- 

 ably produced beyond the hind angle of the fore-wings. The 

 under surface of the wings of this magnificent moth is by no 

 means equa.l to the upper side in the beauty of the markings, 

 all the wings being of a very pale buffish-white with dark 

 speckles; the fore-wings are marked nearly as on the upper 

 side, but the hind-wings have only a very small eye in the 

 centre, having a black pupil with a fulvous orbit surrounded 

 by a slender black circle ; immediately connected with the 

 posterior part of this eye is a curved row of brown arches, 

 between which and the apex of the wings is another and more 

 slightly marked series of black scallops. The palpi are 

 distinct, forming a small brown muzzle, but they are visible 

 from above ; they, as well as the rest of the head, are brown. 

 The spiral tongue appears to be wanting, the antennae are 

 slightly bipectinated, being gradually more slender from about 

 one-third of the distance from the base to the apex. The legs 

 are short." 



The typical female specimen from which Westwood's 



