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SATURNIA MYLITTA. 



PLATE XIV. Fig. 2. 



Phal. (Attacus) Mylitta, Drury's Exot. Ins., vol. i. pi. 5, fig. 1. 

 — Pfcal. Paphia, Cramer, Pap. Exot, pi. 146, fig. A. ; pi. 147, 

 fig. A. B. ; pi. 148, fig. A.— Bombyx Mylitta, Encyc. Meth. 



This species, like several others of its congeners, is 

 liable to considerable variation both in size and 

 colour. The expansion of the wings is usually be- 

 tween five and six inches, although individuals 

 occur exceeding these dimensions (the figure on 

 the plate above referred to is somewhat diminished). 

 The colour of the wings is yellowish-brown, varying 

 a good deal in tint ; each wing with a round tran- 

 sparent ocellus in the centre, those on the fore wings 

 largest, surrounded first by a yellow ring, then a 

 greyish ban$, and lastly a black line, the transpa- 

 rent pupil divided by a fine dark line; the ante- 

 rior margin of the superior wings is grey, the base 

 with two abbreviated light-coloured bands, and a 

 narrow dark streak, commencing near the apical 

 angle, runs across all the wings parallel with the 

 exterior margin and not far from it ; a faint arched 

 black streak is observable over each of the eyes on 

 the under wings. The thorax and abdomen are 



