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posterior wings are very bright orange-yellow, the outer 

 margin pale violaceous, with the fringe pink. 



Antkercea menippe. 



Saturnia menippe, Westw. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1849, p. 43. n. 6, 

 t. ix. fig. 2. 



Mr. Rothschild {I. c. p. 43) has described a form of this 

 species from Taveta as A. [N.) menippe fumosa, subsp. nov., in 

 which the colour is " smoky brown all over, instead of dull 

 crimson." In Barberton specimens taken at the same time 

 the outer margins of the wings are either pale ochracecus or 

 smoky brown. 



AntkercBa helina. 



Safwuia helina, Westw. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1849, p. 41. n. 4, t. viii. 



fig. 2. 



This species is evidently of a most variable character. 

 Mr. Rothschild (/. c. p. 42) has included the form A. (iV.) 

 Huehneri^ Kirby, as a synonym, and I should have considered 

 the large male^ I now describe as a variety, rather as possessing 

 all the characters of a distinct species, had not a similar 

 aberration occurred with A. cytherea. 



Var. a (c?)- — Larger than the ordinary form, of which I 

 obtained examples at Pretoria. Anterior wings with the 

 transverse fasciae much wider apart. Posterior wings with 

 the ocellated spot on disk, and somewhat widely separated 

 from the submarginal fascia. 



This cannot be considered a seasonal form, having been 

 taken at Pretoria in November, and the normal form of the 

 species on the 30th October. 



Antkercea cytherea. 



Bomhyx cytherea, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. o.')7. n. 5 (1775). 



This variable species, not included in Mr. Rothschild's list 

 of species of the genus {Nudaureli'a, Rothsch.), is well known 

 to vary greatly in hue, as a long series now before me amply 

 testifies. From Pretoria I obtained normal specimens, but 

 also a very large male exhibiting the aberration described in 

 the last species. 



Var. a (c?). — Much larger in size than ordinary forms of 

 the same sex. Anterior wings with the transverse fasciae 

 very much wider apart. Posterior wings with the ocellated 

 spot more removed from the submarginal transverse fascia. 



Taken with typical forms in February at Pretoria. 



