1240 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Antennae extremely deeply pectinated ; branches of 

 equal length, slender, ciliated, in pairs. Abdomen extending to 

 much beyond half the breadth of the hind wings. Fore wings con- 

 vex towards the tip of the costa, very slightly falcate at the tips, 

 hardly concave along the exterior border ; vitreous spot small, sub- 

 triangular; the sides and angles somewhat rounded. Hind wings 

 with the vitreous spot confined to a line in the black pupil of the 

 ocellus. 



1. Anthefuea Arata. 



Alee fiavce ; anticce apiee acutce basi livide maculatce, medio ocello 

 livido cincto circulo tenui albo, alteroqve purpureo marginato, 

 linea tenui dentata media, strigaque obliqua subundata ; pos- 

 ting ocello magno multiannulato ornatce. 



Saturnia Arata, Westw. Proc. ZooL Soc. Lond. 1849, 41, 3, pi. 7, 

 f. 2. 



" Fore wings nearly alike in both sexes, being but very slightly 

 emarginated in the male, with the tips acute. Palpi short, distinct 

 and broad ; basal joint with scales extending beyond the second 

 joint. Male. — Antennae thirty-two jointed, with forty-eight rays on 

 each side, the two apical rays of each joint being rather shorter than 

 the two basal ones. Female. — Antennae thirty-seven jointed, the 

 rays being about three times as long as the thickness of the 

 antennas, and the two apical rays of each joint being quite short." 

 Westw. 



a. Ashanti. From the Wesleyan Missionary Society's collection. 



b. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



c. d. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



Group 2. 



Mas et Jam. Alae mediocriter longae et lata?, macula vitrea 

 minima aequali ; anticae apud costam subconvexae, non falcatae. 

 Mas. — Antennas latissime pectinatae ; rami duplicati, aequales, gra- 

 ciles, ciliati. Alae posticae abdomen longe superantes. Feem. — 

 Antennae subserratae. Abdomen alas posticas perpaullo superantes. 



Wings moderately long and broad ; vitreous spot very small, 

 of equal size in each wing of both sexes. Fore wings slightly con- 

 vex along the costa, not falcate, but obtusely angular at the tips, 

 almost straight, and rather oblique along the exterior border. 

 Male. — Antennae very deeply pectinated ; branches of eqnal length, 

 slender, ciliated, in pairs. Abdomen hardly stout, extending to 



