1228 CATALOGUE OF 



1. BlJN^EA ALCINOE. 



Aim anticcB falcatm rufo badim costa lata alba, striga communi 

 recta transversa prope basin, fascia lata alba pone medium in 

 qua striga recta fusca ; anticce macula mediana vitrea sub- 

 quadrata, posticce ocello ovali pupilla vitrea, iride lata fulva, 

 annulo nigro circumdata, macula vitrata in alis anticis 

 magna subquadrata, in posticis minima subrotunda. Alee 

 anticce plus falcatce, apud costam magis convexce, margine ex- 

 teriore vix concavo ; posticce abdomen paullo superantes. Fcem. 

 — Alee anticce margine exteriore recto ; posticce abdomen per- 

 paullo superantes, 



Phalaena-Bombyx Attacus Alcinoe, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 67, pi. 



322, f. A, B. 

 Phalaena-Bombyx Attacus Caffraria, Stoll, Pap. Exot. Suppl. pi. 



31, f. 2. 

 Bombyx Alcinoe, Oliv. Enc. Meth. v. 31, 29. 

 Saturnia Alcinoe, Boisd. Faune Ent. Mad. Bomb, et Maur. Lep. 



88, 1. Westw. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1849, 50, 14. 

 Saturnia Caffra, Boisd. Delaqorgue, Voy. dans I'Afriq. Austr. 71, 



601. 

 Bunaea Caffra, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. (Phalance Sphingoides 



Echidnce Recondentes) 154, 1608. 

 ? Angas Plate Zoolu Moths, f. 15. 



" Palpi distinct, slender, not extending beyond the hairs of the 

 clypeus. Male. — Antennas with fifty -four rays on each side, the two 

 basal rays of each joint converging inwardly, and bein^ 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. Fern. — Antennae moderately pectinated, the two apical 

 rays of each joint almost obliterated/' — Westw. 



Vitreous spot of the fore wings large, subquadrate ; hind side 

 shorter than the fore side ; outer and inner sides concave, especially 

 the former. Vitreous spot of the hind wings nearly round, hardly 

 one-fourth of the size of that of the fore wings. Male. — Abdomen 

 extending to three-fourths of the breadth of the hind wings. Fore 

 wings a little more convex on the costa, more falcate and more 

 acutely angular at the tips than in the female; exterior border very 

 slightly concave. Female. — Abdomen extending to beyond three - 

 fourths of the breadth of the hind wings. Fore wings straight along 

 the exterior border. 



