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separated from the darker part by a narrow, black, undulated line, similar to one which runs along the 

 external edges from the tips to the lower comers ; near the shoulders are placed two brown spots on 

 each wing, one round, the other squarish. Posterior wings having two narrow, black, undulated lines 

 crossing them, one next the external edges, the other about a quarter of an inch above them ; the latter 

 being edged with white. 



Under Side. Palpi, breast, and sides greyish brown. Tongue spiral. Anterior wings rather lighter 

 than on the upper side ; having a dark undulated line crossing them, near the middle, from the ante- 

 rior to the posterior edges ; near the shoulders are two brown spots, one exactly like a comma, the other 

 round and smaller ; a white streak, edged at the top with brown, is placed near the lower corners ; and 

 along the external edges is a row of faint angulated brown spots placed over each scollop. Posterior 

 wings greyish brown ; having a small, square, brown spot near the shoulders, and a patch of a whitish 

 colour at the upper corners. A dark brown undulated line, edged with white, begins near the middle 

 of the anterior edges, which crossing the wings ends at the extremity of the body ; and along the external 

 edges runs a series of brown spots, placed over each scollop. All the wings are dentated. 



SATURNIA MAIA. 



Plate XXIV. fig. 3. 



Order : Lepkloptera. Section : Nocturna. Family : Bombyciclse, Leach. 



Genus. Saturuia, Schrank. Attacus, Gerniar. Plialsena (.\ttacus), Drury. 



Saturnia Maia. Alls rotundatis nigris ; fascia alba, macula subocellari nigra, ano rufescenti. (Expans. Alar. 



2 unc. 3 lin.) 

 Syn. PhaliEna (Bombyx) Maia, iirHri/, .4/)|). i-oi. 2. Cramer, Ins. 2. tab. 96. Jig. A.. 



Bombyx Proserpina, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 111. \.p. 419. No. 40. Gmel. Linn. S. N. 2407. 480. Abbot &; 



Smith Ins. Georg. pi. i>0. Oliv. Enc. MHh. 5.37. 48. Pal. Bam: Ins. d'.4fr. et d'Ainer. Lep. 



pi. 24./. 2.3. 

 Habitat- 'Hew York (Drury). Georgia. (Abbot). 



Upper Side. Antennae black, and strongly pectinated. Neck ash-coloured. Thorax and abdomen 

 black, the extremity being orange. Wings pellucid. The anterior being black, with a white bar 

 crossing them from the anterior to the posterior edges ; whereon is a semi-eye placed near the former. 

 Posterior wings black, with a broader white bar crossing them from the anterior to the abdominal edges : 

 having near the fonner a black triangular spot thereon. 



Under Side. Palpi and tongue indistinct. Legs and thorax black. Thighs orange. Abdomen 

 grey, having its sides spotted with white ; the extremity orange. Wings coloured as on the upper side, 

 but rather more distinct. The thinness of the wings occasions the colours to be less distinct and clear 

 than in most others of this kind. Margins of the wings entire. 



The caterpillar of this very conspicuous moth feeds upon the red oak (Quercus rubra, 

 Linn.), and other species of the same genus. The caterpillars represented by Abbot are 

 considerably different in colour ; one being dark-coloured, but covered over with minute 

 yellow spots ; and the other yellow, with a slender, dorsal, and two broader lateral black 

 lines. The head is red, and each segment is furnished with a transverse series of tubercles, 



