LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1217 



fifty-eight rays (arranged in double pairs to each joint), with single 

 rays at the tip. Female. — Antennae With fifty-eight long rays (four 

 to each joint), with eight or ten single rays at the tip.'' — Westw. 



Eeddish brown. Antennae tawny. Thorax with a broad white 

 band on the hind border. Abdomen with white bands ; tip white. 

 Wings thickly powdered with white, adorned with an undulating 

 white band, which extends from tw.o-thirds of the length of the 

 costa to two-thirds of the breadth of the hind wings ; it is bordered 

 with dark brown on its inner side, which touches the border of the 

 vitreous spot in the male, but is apart from it in the female ; ex- 

 terior border testaceous. Fore wings with a short white stripe, 

 which proceeds from the hind part of the base to the vitreous spot ; 

 tips fawn-colour, with a zigzag white streak and a deep black spot. 

 Hind wings with a white band, which is near the base, and thence 

 forms a curve along the costa and joins the exterior band ; a row of 

 brown spots along the exterior border. Length of the body 10 — 15 

 lines; of the wings 46—50 lines. 



a, b. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection, 

 i c, d. Zoolu Country. Presented by G. F. Augas, Esq. 



15. Attacus Baumhiria. 



Mas. Coccineo-rufus ; caput supra luteum ; antenna testacece ; 

 abdomen albo fasciatum ; alee albo conspersce, basi fasciaque 

 undulosa albis ; anticce subfalcatce, apice fulvce, striga testacea 

 apicali maculaque nigra rotunda subapieali intus albo margi- 

 nata, margine exteriore testaceo fusco angulatim vittato ; pos~ 

 ticce apud marginem exteriorem lutece et cervina, fascia an- 

 gusta lunulisque rufo-fuscis. 



\ Saturnia Baumhiria, MSS. 



Crimson-red. Head luteous above. Antennae testaceous. 

 Abdomen with white bands, wholly white towards the tip. Wings 

 thickly powdered with white, wholly white towards the base, except- 

 ing in front of the fore wings, adorned with an undulating white 

 band, which extends from two-thirds of the length of the fore wings 

 | to three-fourths of the breadth of the hind wings, and touches the 

 1 outer border of the vitreous spot. Fore wings slightly falcate, 

 tawny towards the tips, with a testaceous apical mark, and a black 

 subapical round spot, which is bordered with white on the inner 

 side ; exterior border testaceous, with a very slender zigzag brown 

 stripe. Hind wings luteous and fawn-colour along the exterior 



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