LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEBA. 1253 



Antennae as long as the thorax. Body stout. Wings long, 

 moderately broad ; each with an ocellus. Fore wings convex 

 towards the tip of the costa. Male. — Antennae very deeply pecti- 

 nated ; branches of equal length, ciliated, in pairs, the six apice 

 pairs very short. Abdomen stout, extending to three-fifths of the 

 breadth of the hind wings. Fore wings falcate, concave and very 

 oblique along the exterior border. Female. — Antennae slightly pec- 

 tinated ; branches alternately longer and shorter. Abdomen very 

 stout, extending to beyond two-thirds of the breadth of the hind 

 wings. Fore wings not falcate ; costa less convex than that of the 

 male ; exterior border straight, oblique. 



18. Anthek^ea Helena. 



Rufo-cervina ; thorax antice albidus ; alee testaceo marginatce ; 

 anticce bifasciatce et trimaculatce, apud costam cana', fascia 

 interiore rufescente, exteriore albida mdrginibus fuscescentibus, 

 macula \a subcostali nigra cyaneo marginata, 2a subpurpurea 

 subapicali, 3a rufa apicali, ocello vitreo, purpureo rufo albo 

 fuscoque marginato albidoque fasciato ; posticcs fasciis duabus 

 fuscescentibus, 2a extus albido marginata, ocello luteo extus 

 nigro anticeque cyaneo, gutta centrali vitrea minima. 



Saturnia Helena, White, Ann. and Mag. Nat Hist. xii. 344, 7. 



Reddish fawn-colour, paler beneath. Thorax whitish in front. 

 Wings with testaceous borders. Fore wings hoary along the costa, 

 with a dislocated reddish band near the base, and with a whitish 

 exterior band, which has brownish borders, and extends from near 

 the tips to beyond the middle of the interior border ; ocellus pale 

 red, encircled with white and pale brown, and with a whitish line 

 across the centre, which is vitreous, with a purplish border ; a lilac 

 subapical spot and a red apical spot, the former accompanied 

 towords the costa by a black blue-bordered spot. Hind wings with 

 jan indistinct brownish band near the base, and with a brownish ex- 

 terior band, which has a whitish border on the outer side ; ocellus 

 luteous, with a broad black border, partly bordered with blue in 

 front; vitreous dot very small. Male. — Hind wings darker than 

 the fore wings ; ocellus much larger. Female. — Brown part of the 

 •bands of the wings much darker than that of the male; black sub- 

 apical spot of the fore wings much larger. Length of the body 

 14 — 18 lines ; of the wings 56 — 68 lines. 



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