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strigis undulatis submarginalibus, anticis maculis nonnullis me- 
diis ocelloque parvo apicali nigris. 
Expans. alar. antic. unc. 63. 
Hab. Sierra Leone. 
Syn. Phalena Attacus Lucina, Drury, Illustr. iii. pl. 34. fig. 1; 
Oliv. Enc. Méth. v. 31. 
I have not seen any specimen of this insect, the veins of which 
agree rather with Saturnia than Lasiocampa, although the antennz 
seem but narrowly pectinated. 
Sp. 26. Sarurnia Nenia, Westw. (Plate IX. fig. 3.) 8S. alis 
anticis apice rotundatis ; plumbeo-nigris apicibus magis fuscis 
luteoque irroratis striga tenui irregulari nigra obliqua, ante 
medium alteraque minus distincta at magis obliqua, et ad costam 
valde angulata, macula media irregulari albida ; posticis nigri- 
canti-fuscis basi puniceis macula magna media pallide flava. 
Expans. alar. antic. unc. 4}. 
Hab. apud Caput Palmarum (D. Savage). In mus. nostro. 
This curious species has the fore-wings broad, with the fore-margin 
rather suddenly angulated beyond the middle, and with the apical 
margin rounded, the extreme tip forming a small, rounded, slightly 
detached lobe. The general colour of the wing is a dark leaden- 
coloured blackish-brown, slightly irrorated with fulvous scales, espe- 
cially towards the tip of the wing, which is rather paler and more 
varied than the rest. At about one-third from the base runs an ob- 
lique, black, irregular striga, which is followed by another more 
slender and indistinct, and more slanting, being suddenly strongly 
angulated near the costa, where it terminates in a strong black dash. 
Between the strigze is.an ill-defined fulvous-buff patch in the middle 
of the wing. The hind-wings are blackish brown, with the base pink, 
and with a large, very pale yellow patch in the middle. The body is 
blackish brown and slightly irrorated. The abdomen is much swollen 
in the only specimen I have seen. Beneath, the wings are very much 
freckled with grey, black, buff and white, especially beyond the 
middle; the fore-wings have a large patch of rose-pink along the in- 
side at the base, followed at some distance by a rather broad, very y 
pale yellow bar; the hind-wings want the pink colour, but have the 
pale yellow patch as on the upper side. 
The antennze of the female consist of twenty-two joints, emitting 
only a pair of rays from the base of each, the apical pair being indi- 
cated by a very slight serration, followed by about twelve joints at the 
tip which are destitute of rays. The palpi are porrected into a 
short distinct muzzle. 
From these characters it will probably be necessary to form this 
species into a separate subgenus, when the male shall be known. The 
veins of the wings are arranged as in the typical Saturnia. 
Sp. 27. SarurniA Herixa, Westw. (Plate X. fig.3.) 8. alis 
apice undulatis, anticis angulatis brunneo-fulvis valde irroratis, 
medio fulvescenti fascia obliqua fusca abbreviata ; posticis ma- 
cula magna sulphurea, limbo lato fusco, fulvo irrorato. 
