1224 CATALOGUE OF 



2. Samia angulifera. 



Mas et foem. Alee fascia angulosa nigricante intus diffusa extus 

 albido marginata, macula discali albida furcala nigro margi- 

 nata, margine exteriore testaceo tinea undulosa ; anticce vix 

 falcatce, fascia testacea avcuata extus nigro marginata, ocello 

 nigro subapicali intus albo marginato ; posticce maculis elon- 

 gates submarginalibus. Mas. — Fusca. Foem. — Ferruginea 

 aut rufescens. 

 Male and female. Wings with a blackish zigzag band, which 

 extends from much beyond the middle of the costa of the fore wings 

 to three-fourths of the breadth of the interior border of the hind 

 wings; this band is diffuse on the inner side, and is bordered with 

 a diffuse whitish hue on the outer side ; discal spot whitish, forked, 

 with a black border, larger in the fore wings than in the hind wings; 

 exterior border pale testaceous, with an undulating line. Fore 

 wings hardly falcate, with a dull testaceous, curved, outwardly 

 black-bordered band between the base and the discal spot, and with 

 a black subapical ocellus, which is bordered with white on the inner 

 side. Hind wings with a row of elongated spots near the exterior 

 border. Male. — -Brown. Antennee very deeply pectinated ; branches 

 in pairs, which are of equal length. Abdomen extending to much 

 less than half the breadth of the hind wings. Female. — Ferrugi- 

 nous or reddish. Antennae moderately pectinated ; the alternate 

 branches black and rather longer than the others. Abdomen ex- 

 tending to much more than half the breadth of the hind wings. 

 Length of the body 7 — 12 lines ; of the wings 42 — 48 lines. 



a, b. North America. Presented by H. Doubleday, Esq. 



3. Samia Cecropia. 



Alee anticce subfalcatce, postica? rotundatce ; quatuor subcinerece 

 fascia communi fulva maculaque reniformi ocelloque apicali 

 (in aniicis) ornatce. 



Samia Cecropia, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. (Phalcence Sphingoides 



Echidnce Speculares) 156, 1630. 

 Pbalaena-Bombyx Attacus Cecropia, Linn. Syst. Nat. 2, 809,3; 



Mus. Lud. Ulr. 368. Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2401, 3. 



Cram. Pap, Exot. iv. 66, pi. 42, f. A,' B. Abbot and Smith, 



Nat. Hist. Lep. Ins. Georg. pi. 45. 

 Bombyx Cecropia, Fabr. Syst. Ent. 557, 3; Sp. Ins. ii. 167,3; 



Mant. Ins. ii. 108,4; Ent. Syst. iii. 1, 408, 4. Oliv. Enc. 



Mith. Ins. v. 25, 5, pi. 69, f. 3. 



