1S66.] 



MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE GENUS BRAHM^A. 



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Note. — In the markings of the front wings this species seems more 

 nearly allied to B. lucina (Drury). 



The above insect must, I think, be quite distinct from B. certhia ; 

 for, although the figures in Petiver's book are undoubtedly quite out 

 of date, it seems unlikely that any artist in making a representation 

 of a species would go so far out of his way, to make the likeness a 

 bad one, as to neglect characters in the hind which he had not over- 

 looked in the front wings, as, for instance, we find in the figure by 

 Petiver that the submarginal spots, common to the species of this 

 genus, are represented in the front, but not in the hind wings. The 

 numerous other differences will be at once seen by reference to the 

 figures ; and I think, taken in conjunction with the locality in which 

 this species was captured, they fully justify its separation as a species. 



Section 2. 



4. Brahm^a lucina. (Fig. 4.) 



Phalcena attacus lucina, Drury, Illustr. iii. pi. 34. f. I. 



Bombyx lucina, Oliv. Enc. Meth. Ins. v. p. 31. 27. 



Saturnia lucina , W estw . ed. Drury, iii. p. 4o, pi. 34. f. 1 ; Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. Lond. (1849) p. 56. n. 2;>. 



Brahmtea 1 lucina. Walker, List Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. pt. vi. 

 p. 1316. n. 2. 



Hab. Sierra Leone. 



Brahmcea lucina. 



