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two-thirds of the breadth of the hind wings. Fore wings a little 

 more convex along the costa than in the female. Female. — An- 

 tennas minutely serrated. Abdomen stout, extending to five-sixths 

 of the breadth of the hind wings. 



2. Anthem: a Be una. 



Alee anticce flavo-subcinerea, striga subangulata ante, alteraque fere 

 recta pone medium, ocello mediano hyalino fulvo cincto ; pos- 

 ticce rubidce ocello magno vitreo iride fulva nigro drcumdata 

 strigaque subapicali alba, fusco externe marginata. 



Saturnia Belina, Westw. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1849, 41, 4, pi. 8, 

 f. 2. 



" Fore wings nearly alike in both sexes, the outer margin 

 scarcely emarginate. Palpi flattened, short, deflexed. Male. — 

 Antenna? thirty-five jointed, with fifty-six rays on each side, the rays 

 rather long ; the two basal rays of each joint obliquely porrected, so 

 that the rays form four series, instead of all being on the same 

 plane; the six apical joints minute, and not producing rays. 

 Female. — Antennae setaceous, the rays being scarcely visible with- 

 out a lens." — Westw. 



a. Zoolu Country. Presented by G. F. Angas, Esq. 



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



Group 3. 



Corpus robustum. Ala? mediocriter longa? et lata?, macula 

 vitrea oblonga; antica? non falcatae, apud costam vix convexa? ; 

 posticae macula vitrea minore. Mas. — Antennae latissime pecti- 

 natae, apices versus subpectinatae. Ala? posticae abdomen sat longe 

 superantes. Fcem. — Antennae serratae, ramis insequalibus. Ala? 

 posticae abdomen paullo superantes. 



Body stout. Wings moderately long and broad ; vitreous spot 

 oblong, not intersected. Fore wings hardly convex along the costa, 

 not Talcate, but almost rectangular at the tips, rather oblique, and 

 almost straight along the exterior border ; vitreous spot much 

 , larger than that of the hind wings. Male. — Antenna? extremely 

 ! deeply pectinated, except near the tips, where they are very slightly 

 pectinated; branches of equal length, slender, ciliated, in pairs. 

 Abdomen extending to beyond two-thirds of the breadth of the hind 

 wings. Vitreous spot small in the fore wings, very small in the 



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