ACR^A CIRCEIS. 



Plate XVIII. fig. 5, 6. 



Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: Helieoniidse. 

 Genus. Acr,^a, Fahr. Latr. God. Papilio (Helicouii), Fabr. olim. 



ACR^A CiRCEis. Alis oblongis integerrimis ; anticis hyalinis, nervis margineque fuscis, postieis fuscis fascia 

 flavescenti, transversa media, his subtus basi cinereis nigroque punctatis. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc.) 



Syn. Papilio Circeis, Drury, App. vol. 3. Herbst. Pap. tab. S1.fi/. 6. 7. 



Papilio (Parnass.) Mandane, Fabr. Syst. Ent. 111. 1. p. 183. No. .365. Encycl. MHh. ix. p. 239. 29. 

 (Acrsea M.) 

 Habitat : " Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1775" (Brury's MSS.j. 



Upper Side. Antennae black. Thorax and abdomen black, the latter spotted with white. 

 Anterior wings diaphanous, the edges bordered with brown. Posterior wings russet brown, having a 

 broad yellow bar crossing them about the middle of the abdomen, and reaching almost from one upper 

 corner to the other; above the bar, next the body, are a number of black spots. 



U7ider Side. Palpi, legs, and abdomen yellowish. Breast brown. Anterior wings coloured as on the 

 upper side. Posterior wings grey in those parts where they are brown on the upper side ; the yellow bar 

 being fainter, but the black spots stronger, and amounting to ten in number. Margins of the wings entire. 



Here, as in many places elsewhere, I have reverted to Drury's name, which Fahricius 

 unwarrantably changed in the subsequently published Entomologia Systematica, and which 

 in most cases the authors of the Encyclopedic Methodique have adopted. 



SATURNIA ALINDA. 



Plate XIX. 



Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family- : Bomhy cidsa, Steph. 



Genus. Saturnia, 5eArani. Attaciis, Germar. Bombyx p., OcAs. Phalaena (Attaeus), Dntr;/. 



Satdrnia Alinda. Alis rufo-brunneis margine satiiratioribus signisque nonnullis undulatis obscuris, anticis 



macula discoidali fenestratata ; postieis ocello magno centrali. (Expans. Alar. 7 unc. 9 lin.) 

 Syn. Phalasna Attacus Alinda, Drury, App. vol. 3. Olio. Enc. MHh. b.p. 26. 10. (Bombyx A.) 

 Habitat: " Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 177G" fUran/'sMSS.). 



Upper Side. Antennae pectinated. Neck buff-coloured. Thorax and abdomen brownish red, the 

 centre of the fonner being grey. Anterior wings brown-red, darkest along the external edges, with two 

 faint dark indented lines crossing them from the anterior to the posterior edges. A transparent spot is 

 placed near the middle of the wings, about a quarter of an inch from the anterior edges, without any iris 

 of a different colour. Posterior wings brown-red, and darkest along the external edges, having a few 

 faint waved lines. Near the middle is a small transparent spot, edged with buff at the bottom, 

 surrounded by a dark brown border, and which is also encircled by another quite black. 



Under Side. Breast red-brown. Legs, abdomen, and wings entirely of a dark buff. All the faint 

 waved lines, hardly discernible on the other side, are here very conspicuous. Close to the transparent 

 spots, on the anterior wings, are two of a dark brown, and two larger are also placed close to the trans- 

 parent ones in the posterior wings, without any of the circular ones which are on the upper side. Margins 

 of the wings entire. 



