LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1243 



4. Anther^a Hersilia. 



Mas. Alee integrce fiavce fusco subirroratce, striga angulata trans- 

 versa ante medium alteraque ante apicem subundata fuscis, 

 ocello magno mediano vitreo iride lata obscure lutea, linea 

 tenui circulari nigra circumdata ; postica? basi roseo-Jlava?, 

 ocello maximo mediano vitreo circulis concentricis obscure 

 luteo, nigro, late rufo et albo cincto, strigaque subapicali sub- 

 undata f us ca. 

 Saturnia Hersilia, Westiv. Proc. ZooL Soc. Lond. 1847, 42, 5, pi. 9, 

 f. 1. 



" Male. Fore wings entire, slightly rounded along the outer 

 margin. Antennae chestnut-yellow, rather broad ^nd flat, with 

 forty-eight rays on each side, the two apical rays being very short, 

 four rays being produced from each joint." — Westiv. 



a. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



5. Anthers a Menippe. 



Mas. Fusca ; caput apud antennas albidum ; antenna nigri- 

 cantes ; thorax postice roseus ; pectus et abdomen alba ; ala 

 rufa?, albo bifasciatce, margine exteriore cervino, ocello atro 

 papilla vitrea margine albo, subtus cervina, albido variai. 



Saturnia Menippe, Westw. Proc. ZooL Soc. Lond. 1849, 43, 6, pi. 

 9, f. 2. 



Male. Fore wings entire and slightly rounded along the outer 

 margin. Antennae dark brown, rather broad, with fifty-two joints in 

 each, and about 100 rays on each side, extending consequently 

 nearly to the extreme tip. Female. — Antennae nearly resembling 

 those* of the male. 



Male. Body brown. Head whitish about the base of the an- 

 tennae. Antennae blackish, deeply pectinated to the tips ; branches 

 in pairs, which are of equal length. Thorax rosy red hindward. 

 Pectus and abdomen white, the latter extending to beyond one-half 

 the breadth of the hind wings. Legs mostly brown. Wings red, 

 pale fawn-colour along the border, and with two white bands ; first 

 band near the base, more irregular than the second, which is 

 beyond the discal ocellus; the latter is deep black, with a white 

 border, and includes a rather large vitreous spot, which is partly 



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