1268 CATALOGUE OF 



" No apparent spiral tongue. Palpi distinct, not visible from 

 above. Male. — Antenna considerably elongated, with the rays 

 bent backwards instead of lying flat ; eighty-eight rays on each side 

 of the antennae, the rays extending to the tip, so that the antenna* 

 are composed of about forty-four or forty-six joints. Female. — 

 Wings rather shorter than in the male, not at all emarginate along 

 the apical margin. Antennas setaceous, only slightly bipectinated, 

 being gradually more slender from about one-third of the distance 

 from the base to the apex, each joint emitting four rays, the joint at 

 each point of emission being swollen." — Westw. 



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



c. South Africa. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



d. Cape. From Mr. Drege's collection. 



e,f. South Africa. Presented by G. F. Angas, Esq. 



Genus 11. SATUKNIA. 

 Corpus robustum. Palpi brevissimi. Antennas thorace paullo 

 longiores. Pedes validi, pilosi; tarsi longiusculi ; tibia? posticse 

 calcaribus duobus minutis apicalibus. Alas lata?, plus minus ve 

 elongatae ; ocellus rotundus, striga arcuata vitrea. Alse antics non 

 falcatae, apice rotundatae ; posticae abdomen superantes. Mas. — 

 Antennae latissime pectinatae; rami duplicati, aquales, graciles, 

 ciliati. Fcem.— Antennae mediocriter pectinatae, aut subpectinatae ; 

 rami alterni abbreviate Abdomen crassum. 



Phalaena-Bombyx Attacus, p., Linn.; Cram.; Gmel ; Donov. ; 



Turt. ; Berk. ; Stew. 

 Bombyx, p., Fabr. H'ubn. ; Haw. 

 Phalaena, p., Dey. ; Scop. ; Berk. ; Wilkes. 

 Saturnia, p., Schr. ; Leach. 



Pavonia, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 157 ; Steph. ; Herr.-Schmff. 

 Attacus et Henioehe, Germ. 

 Attachus, p., Latr. 



Body stout. Palpi very short. Antennas a little longer than 

 the thorax. Legs stout, pilose ; tarsi rather long ; hind tibiae with 

 two minute apical spurs. Wings broad, more or less long ; each 

 with a slender curved hyaline streak in the ocellus. Fore wings 

 not falcate, hardly convex along the costa, rounded at the tips, 

 oblique or very oblique along the exterior border ; vein almost twice 

 further from the third than from the first. Hind wings extending 

 more or less beyond the abdomen. Male. — Antennae very deeply 

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



