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Syn. Phalcena Attacus Alinda, Drurv, Illustr. iii. pi. 19; Oliv. 

 Enc. Meth. v. p. 26. 10. 



I have not seen a specimen of this species. 



Sp. 16. Saturnia Ph^dusa, Drury. ^S. alls anticis falcatis 

 griseo-fuscis anticis strigis tribus transversis saturatioribiis 

 muculaque parva triangulari mediana vitrea ; posticis oLscu- 

 rioribus ocello maximo pupilla niinuta vitrea, iride lata nigra 

 annulis concentricis anguste sanguinea, pallide pimicea, etfer- 

 riiginea circumcincta. 

 Expans. alar, antic, uuc. 7|. 

 Hab. Sierra Leone. In Mas. Britann. 



Syn. VhalcEna Attacus Phcedusa, Drury, Illustr. iii. pi. 24 & 2.5. 

 Bombyx Saturnus, Fab. Ent. Syst. iii. a. p. 409 ; Oliv. Enc. Me'th. v. 

 27. 11. 



The palpi are short and thin, but distinct. The antennae are 

 short, each joint emitting four rays lying flat. 



The specimen in the British Museum collection is pale russet- 

 coloured beneath with a pinkish bloom, the centre of each wing with 

 a group of brown spots much larger in the hind- than in the fore- 

 wings ; a small brown spot also occurs at the base of the hind-wings. 



Sp. 17. Saturnia Tyrrhena, Westw. (PI. VIII. fig. 1.) 5'. 

 alis anticis falcatis griseo-fuscis basi rubidis, striga vndulata 

 prope basin alteraque lunulata subapicali fuscis, macula parva 

 mediana subtrigona vitrea ; limbo apicaUrvfo; alis posticis rvfa 

 ocello magno ovali nigra pupilla parva vitrea ; striga undata 

 obscuriori, limbo lato pallide griseo-fusco. 

 Expans. alar, antic, unc. 4-5^. 

 Hab. Port Natal. In Mus. Britann. 



The fore-wings are pale greyish-brown, sometimes with a reddish 

 tinge ; they are acute at the tip in both sexes, but the outer margin 

 is considerably more emarginate than in the female ; the base of the 

 wing is red, and near the base is a red, very much angulated striga 

 almost suffused into the ground colour of the wing, and outwardly 

 edged with a slight dusky striga ; across the middle of the wing is a 

 waved but nearly obsolete striga, and in the middle of the wing to- 

 wards the fore-margin is a small subtriangular vitreous spot without 

 any appearance of ocellus ; beyond the middle is a row of reddish 

 arches inwardly slightly edged with a thin dusky line. 



The hind-wings are reddish, with a broad pale greyish-brown border ; 

 in the middle of the wing is a large round black spot, with a very 

 small vitreous lunar spot in the middle, preceded and followed by a 

 slight dusky waved striga. The body above is of the ground colour 

 of the wings, with the hind part of the thorax marked with red. 

 The underside of the body, collar, and spot at the base of the hind- 

 wmgs are white. The head, antennae and legs dark brown. 



The wings beneath are very pale buff, with the centre of each 



marked by a large brown irregular spot, traversed by the pale veins. 



Antennae of the male with 32 rays on each side (four from each 



