1272 CATALOGUE OF 



Africa. 



4. Saturnia Apollonia. 



Alee pallide fuscce albo jlavoque variee ; anticce fascia subapicali 

 jiava extus fusca ; posticce albce strigis duabus fuscis pone 

 medium, exteriore fiavo intus marginata ; omnes ocello nigro 

 in medio subvitreo iride alba ; anticce etiam annulo flavo 

 cincto ; corpus album, thoracis macula media fusca, 



Saturnia Apollonia, Westw. Proc. ZooL Soc. Lond. 1 849, 47, 1 0. 

 Phalaena-Bombyx Attacus Apollonia, Cram, Pap. Exot. iii. 97, pi. 



250, f. A. 

 Bombyx Apollonia, Oliv. Enc. Meth. Ins. v. 31, 28, pi. 70, f. 4. 

 Henioche Apollonia, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. (Phalcenee Verce Hercece 



Speciosce), 157 ', 1639. 

 — , Angas, PL Lepid. Zoolu Country. 



" Male. Antennae fulvous, short ; the pectinations forming an 

 elongate ovate outline, pointed at the tip, with only thirty-eight 

 rays on each side, four being emitted from each joint. The rays lie 

 flat, and several of the terminal joints are destitute of rays. 

 Female. — Antennae twenty-four jointed, the pectinations forming a 

 much narrower oval outline than in the male; the pectinations of 

 the basal part being short, each joint emitting four rays, of which 

 the apical pair is not above half the length of the basal ones." — 

 Westw. 



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



b. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 



c. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 



5. Saturnia atlantica. 



Caput et thorax fuscescentia, aniice alba, postice albo rubrcque 

 annulata ; abdomen supra fulvum albo annulatum, subtus 

 albido subcinerascens, lateribus utrinque b-rubescente macv- 

 latis ; antennce flavce ; alee anticce cinerascentes, antice sub- 

 tilissime albo maculatce, postice fusco -cinerascentes, fulvescenie 

 tnarginatce, in medio fortiter nigro lunatce, oculo nigrescente, 

 pupilla lunulata, translucente irideque fiava, hac intus rubro 

 bilunulata ; basi fusca, vitta transversa angustata antice rufo 

 tincta, posticeque sat fortiter denticulata ; alee posticce anticis 

 similes, attamen vittis aniice posticeque fuscis, vitta postica 

 fortiter denticulata. 



