34 

 Pvramus. It was not precisely the same as it appeared to us from an inspection of the 

 specimen in the Cabinet of Mr. Drury." Making due allowance for Donovan's over-charged 

 colouring, there is still considerable difference between the figures of Drury and Donovan ; 

 in the former the fore-wings being almost entirely red on the under side, whilst in the latter, 

 the upper side of same wings is red, except at the tips. In both these particulars, as will 

 at once be seen from the above quotation of Fabricius, Drury's figure perfectly agrees with 

 the character given of Yeats's specimen ; whilst Donovan's differs in each respect. The 

 female of this species is destitute of the purple gloss on the upper surface of the wings, and 

 the red band does not run into the posterior pair. 



SATURNIA PH^DUSA. 



Plate XXIV. and XXV. 



Order; Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: Bomhycidse, Steph. 



Genus. Satu rhi a., Schrank. Attacm, Gertn. Phala^na (Attacus), Brury. 



Saturn lA Ph^dusa. Alis griseo-fuscis, anticis strigis tribus transversis saturatioribus maculaque-parvft trian- 

 gulari fenestrata media; posticis obscurioribus ocello magno nigro, margine earneo-rufo cincto. 

 (Expans. Alar. 7 unc. 9 lin.) 



Syn. Phalfpna (Attacus) Phsedusa, Drm-y, App. vol. 3. 



Bombyx Saturnus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 111. I. p. 409. Oliv. Enc. MHh. 5. •11. 11. 



Habitat ; Sierra Leone (Drury). " In Indiis" (Fabricius). 



Upjjer Side. Plate XXIV. AntenriBe broad in the middle and strongly pectinated, tenninating in a 

 point botii at the base and extremity, the latter being hke a thread. Head dark brown. The neck 

 surrounded with a white collar. Thorax and abdomen greyish clay-coloured. Anterior wings the same, 

 but towards their extremities becoming darker ; the tips are angulated, and the edges a little scolloped ; 

 a dark line rises near the tips, which running across the wings ends near the middle of the posterior 

 edt^es, but is there much fainter than at the tips. A small triangular transparent spot is situate near 

 the centre of these wings, about three-eighths of an inch from the anterior edges. Posterior wings a 

 little scolloped, being the same colour with the anterior next the abdomen, but darker towards the 

 external edges. In the middle of these wings is a large eye, the pupil being black like velvet, surrounded 

 with a narrow circle of a dark orange, round which is another cream-coloured circle, and this likewise is 

 surrounded by a large border of a fine red-brown. 



Under Side. Plate XXV. Tongue not noticed. Thighs of the fore legs dark brown, the other legs 

 lighter. Breast and abdomen light clay-coloured. Anterior wings the same, being next the body paler than 

 towards the extremities ; along the external edges is a pale indented border, running from the tips to 

 the lower corners. Two dark brown spots are placed next the transparent one mentioned in the 

 preceding description, and the dark line there mentioned is conspicuous on this side. Posterior wings 

 coloured as the anterior, becoming darker towards the external edges. A pale indented border runs 

 along the external edges, similar to that on the anterior wings. On the middle of these wings are four 

 dark brown spots, two small and two large, being placed opposite to the eyes observed on the upper 

 side ; and just below them a dark line runs across from the upper corners to the middle of the abdominal 

 edges. 



