1276 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 13. PEKISOMENA. 



Corpus sat robustum. Palpi brevissimi. Pedes validi ; tibia? 

 posticae calcaribus duobus minutis apicalibus. Ala mediocriter 

 longae lataeque, non falcatae, apud costam vix convexae, apice angu- 

 latae, margine exteriore subrecto perobliquo. Mas. — Corpus et 

 pedes pilosissima. Antennae latissime pectinatse, corporis dimidio 

 longiores; rami graciles, ciliati, duplicati, aequaliter longi. Alae 

 posticae abdomen dimidio superantes. 



Saturnia, p., Boisd. ; Herr.-Schceff. 



Body moderately stout. Proboscis not visible. Palpi very 

 short. Legs stout; bind tibiae with two minute apical spurs. 

 Wings moderately long and broad, not falcate, hardly convex in 

 front, nearly rectangular at the tips, nearly straight and very 

 oblique along the exterior border ; interior angle distinct, obtuse. 

 Male. — Body and legs very pilose. Antennae extremely deeply pec- 

 tinated, about two-thirds of the length of the body ; branches of 

 equal length, slender, ciliated, in pairs. Abdomen extending to 

 half the breadth of the hind wings. Fore wings less straight along 

 the exterior border than those of the female; second inferior vein 

 more than thrice further from the third than from the first. Hind 

 wings broader in proportion than those of the female. 



Group 1. 



Fcem. Antennae subpectinatae, corporis dimidio breviores ; 

 rami non ciliati nee duplicati. Alae posticae abdomen paullo 

 superantes. 



Female. Antennae slightly pectinated, not half the length of 

 the body; branches single, not ciliated. Abdomen extending to 

 three-fourths of* the breadth of the hind wings. Fore wings with 

 the second inferior vein not twice further from the third than from 

 the first. 



1. Perisomena CjECIGENA. 



Alls nitidis, carneo-flavescentibus, linea transversa, communi 

 sinuata obscuriore, ocello minore haud pupillato. Statura 

 paullo major S. Carpini ; alls ocello cceco notatis, in posticis 

 minore ; margine omnium, antennis, thorace abdomineque fla- 

 vis, subtus pallide carneis, posterioribus maculis duobus nigris. 

 Feeminaa mare differt alls omnibus obscurioribus, lineis satu- 

 ratioribus. 



