remarliahle species of Attacus. 9 



have ever been collected, and were captured at Cape York 

 and presented to the Museum ; the $ by the late C. D'Oyley 

 Aplin, Esq., and the $ by F. Jardine, Esq. 



The novel feature in A. Hercules is, of course, the 

 tailed hind wings. In every other respect (including the 

 neuration of the wings) it agrees with the characters of 

 the genus, as given by Walker in the B. M. Catalogues. 

 Whether this peculiarity should be considered of sufficient 

 importance to justify the creation of a ncAv genus for this 

 moth is doubtful. But for the additions to the wings, our 

 insect bears a striking resemblance to A. Atlas. 



