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Section B. 
Subsection a. 
Sp. 3. Sarurnsa arata, Westw. (PI. VII. fig. 2.) 8S. alis flavis ; 
anticis apice acutis basi livide maculatis, medio ocello livido 
cincto circulo tenui albo, alteroque purpureo marginato, linea 
tenui dentata media, strigaque obliqua subundata, posticis ocello 
magno multi-annulato ornatis. 
Expans. alar. unc. 44-53. 
Hab. Ashantee, Sierra Leone and Port Natal. In Mus. Britann. 
The fore-wings are nearly alike in both sexes, being but very 
slightly emarginated in the male, with the tips acute ; wings rich yel- 
low, with several livid or reddish patches near the base, followed by a 
much-waved livid striga; in the middle of the wing is a moderate- 
sized ocellus, the centre vitreous, outwardly edged with black, sur- 
rounded by a livid ring, and this by a white circle, outside of which 
is a narrow purplish or reddish ring. Connected with the outer edge 
of the ocellus is a slender, very strongly denticulated dark brown line; 
beyond this is a nearly straight purplish brown striga, extending from 
the fore-margin, where it is rather angulated and extending to the 
middle of the inner margin ; beyond this line the outer margin of the 
wing is marked with confluent livid or reddish patches, the margin 
itself being of the same colour except at the tip. 
The hind-wings are more or less tinged with red at the base, fol- 
lowed by an angulated dark denticulated striga arising from the anal 
margin. In the middle of the wing is a large brilliantly coloured 
ocellus ; the pupil is black, with a slender vitreous line towards the 
- base; the iris is livid, outwardly shaded to red, surrounded by a 
slender white circle and this by a red ring. From the inner margin 
of the eye runs a dentated brown line to the anal margin, and behind 
it is a waved or dentated brown striga, the apical portion of the wing 
being coloured as in the fore-wings. The thorax is yellow, with the 
head, collar and legs livid brown. The wings are much less brilliantly 
coloured on the underside, and the great ocellus of the hind-wings is 
almost obliterated. The vitreous part of the ocellus of the fore-wings 
is much smaller in the male than in the female; and the ocellus of the 
hind-wings in the female is much more vividly coloured than in the 
male. 
The antennze of the males are 32-jointed with forty-eight rays on 
each side, the two apical rays of each joint being rather shorter than 
the two basal ones. 
The palpi are short, but distinct and broad; the basal joint with 
scales extending beyond the second joint. The antenne of the female 
are 37-jointed, the rays being about three times as long as the thick- 
ness of the antennze, and the two apical rays of each joint being quite 
short. 
Sp. 4. Sarurnia Bexrna, Westw. (PI. VIII. fig. 2.) 8. alis an- 
ticis flavo-griseis, striga subangulata ante, alteraque fere-reeta 
pone medium ; ocello mediano hyalino fulvo-cineto ; alis pos- 
