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the chocolate division is adorned with a number of black streaks and marks, margined with fine silver 

 white. Posterior wings chocolate, with an indented line of brown-orange placed along the external edges, 

 \ erged at top with black ; these wings are marked with a number of silvery white lines and streaks, placed 

 against each other in different directions. Two small white spots, joined together, are placed on a black- 

 ground at the abdominal corners. 



HESPERIA HELOPS. 



Plate XXXIII. fig. '2, 3. 



Oredr : Lepidoptera. Section: Diunia. Family: HesperMss, Stepli. 



Genus. Hesperia, Fabr Latr.God. Papilio ( Pleb. Urb.). Linn. JJniry, S)'c. 



He.speria Helops. Alis anticis t'uscis inaculis liyalinis (tribus minutis) subapicalibus ; posticis supra flavis, 

 fascia submarginali atra arcuatii, siibtus fuscis disco albo. (Expans. Alar. "2 tino. i* lin.) 



SvN. Papilio (Plcb. Urb.) Helops, Dniri/, App. voL '3. 



Hesperia (U.J Ennius, Fabr. Ent. Si/st. 111. \.p. 337. No. -283. Enc. MHh. ix 749. Nn. 54. Donnntii 

 Ins. Iiid. U.pl. S.Jig. 1. 

 Habitat: Brazil, " Rio Janeiro, iVIr. Bonifas, 177o" {Drury's MSS.). " In Indiis" (Fabr.). India ( Dononiii). 



Upper Side. Antennte black. Head, thorax, and abdomen greenish brown. Anterior wings very 

 <lark brown, but next the body lighter, and having four diaphanous spots of different shapes on each 

 wing ; and also two yellow triangular ones, situated at the middle of the posterior edges. Posterior 

 wings nearly black, with a large yellow patch on the middle of the wings, and two other yellow spots at 

 the abdominal corners. 



Under Side. Palpi ash-coloured. Legs yellow-brown. Breast and abdomen brown. Anterior 

 wings dark brown, the lower parts along the posterior edges being lighter coloured ; the diaphanous spots 

 conspicuous, and the tips prettily tinged with red-brown. Posterior wings dark brown, the middle being 

 occupied by a large silver white patch ; the edges next the abdominal corners yellow, the other parts 

 of the wings marked by paler and different coloured tints. Margins of the wings entire. 



SATURNIA LUCINA. 



Plate XXXIV. fig. 1. 



Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Nocturna. Famii.i : Bomhycidre, Steph. 



Genus. Saturnia, Schran/t. .tttacus, Germ. PhaUvna (.\ttaeus), Driiry. 



Saturia Luci.n.a. Alis albido-griscis fusco iniilti-rivulosis, strigis undulatis submarginalibus, anticis maculis 

 nonuuUis niediisocelloqiie parvo apicali nigris. (Expans. Alar. 6 unc. 9 lin.) 



Syn. Phatena (Attacus ) Lucina, Driiry, App. rol.'i. Oliv.Enc.MHh.^.'iX.-il. 



Habitat : " Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeatbnian, 1775" ( Vniiy's MSS.)- 



Upper Side. Antennae yellow and pectinated. Thorax and abdomen brown. Wings russet-brown 

 and cream-colour, disposed in a great variety of different shaped marks. Anterior wings next the body 

 with a number of angulated lines following each other in a regular succession ; the middle being com- 

 posed of another succession of undulated lines crossing the wings from the anterior to the posterior edges : 

 a black oval spot is placed at the tips, and a row of different sized oval marks runs along the external 



