1236 CATALOGUE OF 



hind tibiae with two very minute apical spurs. Wings very broad, not 

 long. Fore wings very convex in front, very slightly falcate and almost 

 rectangular at the tips, almost straight and very slightly oblique 

 along the exterior border; interior angle rounded; discal areolet 

 closed ; three inferior veins ; second remote from the first and a little 

 more remote from the third. Hind wings much broader than the 

 fore wings, extending far beyond the abdomen ; exterior border 

 convex, forming an almost right angle with the interior border. 

 Male. — Antennae very deeply pectinated ; branches in pairs, ciliated, 

 of equal length. Female. — Antennae deeply pectinated ; branches 

 single, almost bare, rather remote from each other, about twenty-six 

 on each side. 



1. Copaxa Canella. 



Mas et fcem. Cervina; antennce testacece ; thorax antice canus ; 

 alee fascia fusca, macula vitrea medio cri cervino flavo fuscoque 

 marginata ; anticee costa carta, fascia basim versus fusca, 

 striga antica lutea, plaga antica subapicali testacea, fascia ex- 

 teriore undulosa pallida, macula oblonga nigra strigaque alba 

 rufo marginata apicalibus ; posticce fasciis duabus exteriori- 

 bus fuscis unaque submarginali pallida. 



Saturnia Canella, MSS. 



Male. Fawn-colour. Antennae testaceous, very deeply pecti- 

 nated ; the branches in pairs, which are of equal length. Thorax 

 hoary in front. Abdomen paler than the thorax. Wings with a 

 brown band, which extends from near the tips of the fore wings to 

 somewhat before the middle of the interior border of the hind wings ; 

 vitreous spot of moderate size, slightly oblong and transverse, tra- 

 versed by an angular veinlet, encircled by three ringlets ; first 

 ringlet dull fawn-colour, rather broad ; second yellow, third brown, 

 both very narrow. Fore wings with an undulating pale band near 

 the exterior border, and with a brown band near the base ; costa 

 hoary, with a luteous streak behind it near the base, and a larger 

 testaceous space behind it near the tip, where there is an oblong 

 black spot, which emits a white red-bordered streak. Hind wings 

 with two exterior brown bands, of which the inner one is much more 

 undulating than the other ; an indistinct submarginal pale band. 

 Female. — Like the male. Antennae deeply pectinated ; branches 

 single. Length of the body 12 — 14 lines; of the wings 46 — 50 

 lines. 



Var. p. Male. Wings paler, and with the submarginal pale 

 band obsolete. Hind wings with the vitreous spot rather smaller 

 and more oblong. 



