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The antennae of the females (I have seen no male) are 26-jointed, 

 each joint after the second producing only a pair of rays, arising close 

 to the base of the joint. The palpi are also as long as the head and 

 deflexed, with the terminal joint long and pendulous. In these re- 

 spects it will be necessary to separate this insect at least subgene- 

 rically from the other Saturnice ; it may therefore be advisable to use 

 Hiibner's subgeneric name Eudcemonia for it. 



Section C. 



Sp. 13. Sattjrnia Epimethea. S.alis anticis subfalcatis ; sub- 

 fuscis striga communi subapicali obscura extus pallide gviseo 

 marginata ; macula minuta mediana triangulari vitrea ; posticis 

 acute angulato-caudatis, ocello magna medio fulvo iride nigra an- 

 nulo puniceo cinereoque cincta, margine antico alarum obscuriori. 

 Expans. alar, antic, unc. 5-6. 

 Hab. in Guinea. In Mus. Britann, 



Syn. Phalcena Attacus Epimethea, Drury, vol. ii. pi. 13. fig. 1 ; 

 Fab. Ent. Syst. iii.a. p.414; Gmel. Linn. Syst. Nat. 2404 ; Cramer, 

 Ins. t. 176 A ; Oliv. Enc. Me'th. v. 29. 



The antennae of the male are rather small, with only 34 rays on 

 each side, thirteen of the apical joints being destitute of rays. The 

 palpi are small and distinct, rather dependent, but not extending be- 

 yond the hairs of the face. 



Sp. 14. Saturnia Alcinoe, Cramer. S. alis anticis falcatis 

 rufo-badiis ; anticis costa lata alba, striga communi recta trans- 

 versa prope basin, fascia lata alba pone medium in qua striga 

 recta fusca; anticis macula mediana vitrea subquadrata, pos- 

 ticis ocello ovali pupilla vitrea, iride lata fulva, annulo nigra 

 circumdata. 

 Expans. alar, antic, circ. unc. 6. 



Syn. B. Alcinoe, Cramer, pi. 322 A. B. Caffraria, StoU, Suppl. 

 Cram. pi. 31. fig. 2 & 2 e. Saturnia Caffra, Boisduval in Dele- 

 gorgue, Voy. dans I'Afriq. Austr. ii. p. 601. 



Hab. in Caffraria, Amazoolu. In Mus. Britann. 

 The palpi are distinct and slender, but do not extend beyond the 

 hairs of the clypeus. The antennae of the males have 54 rays on 

 each side, the two basal rays of each joint converging inwardly and 

 being bent more obliquely, so that the tips of the rays form four 

 distinct rows ; all the rays are moreover set on more obliquely than 

 in the typical species. The antennae of the female are moderately 

 pectinated, the two apical rays of each joint being almost obliterated. 

 A beautiful figure of this species is given in Mr. Angas's plate of 

 Zoolu Moths, fig. 15. 



Sp. 15. Saturnia Alinda, Drury. S. alis rufo-brunneis mar- 

 gine externo satur'atiori strigisque variis undulatis obscuris 

 p7'cesertim pone medium, mactda semiovali mediana vitrea, pos- 

 ticis ocello magno pupilla vitrea iride fulva annulo nigro cincta. 



Expans. alar, antic, unc. 7|. 



Hab. Sierra Leone. 



