1320 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Body slender. Palpi short, pilose, not extending be- 

 yond the head ; third joint very small. Antennas very deeply pec- 

 tinated, a little longer than the thorax ; branches of equal length, 

 single, ciliated, very slender. Abdomen extending to much less 

 than half the breadth of the hind wings. Legs stout ; hind tibia? 

 with very minute apical spurs. Wings very broad, not long, very 

 thinly clothed with hairs. Fore wings very slightly convex towards 

 the tip of the costa, obtusely angular at the tips, oblique and almost 

 straight along the exterior border ; interior angle rounded; discal 

 areolet closed ; second inferior vein much more than twice further 

 from the third than from the first. Hind wings much broader than 

 the fore wings. 



1. Aphelia Apollinaeis. 



Alee externe rotundatce albce aut testacece venis nigricantibus, an- 

 ticce maculis duabus parvis mediis fiavis fusco cinctis ; apice 

 nigricante striga communi extus dentata cum margine postico 

 parallela, margine fusco nigricante maculis fi avis ornato ; ab- 

 domen album apicibus segmentorum flavidis* serieque dorsali 

 laterali et ventrali punctorum nigrorum ; prothorax margine 

 antico jlavido . 



Saturnia Apollinaris, Boisd. Voy. de Delegorg. dans PAfriq. Austr. 



ii. 601. 

 Saturnia (Aphelia) Apollinaris, Wesiw. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1849, 



61,33. 



" Veins of the fore wings arranged as in the typical Saturnice. 

 Spiral tongue distinct. Palpi distinct, turned upwards, extending 

 rather further than the hairs of the face. Antenna? consisting of 

 about thirty-six joints, bipectinated in both sexes, with only thirty- 

 four rays on each side, each joint, except one or two at the apex, 

 emitting only a pair of rays, which are rather short/' — Wcstw. 



a. Port Natal. From Mr, Argent's collection. 



b. Port Natal. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



c. d. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



Genus 21. RHESCYNTIS. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis latitudine aequalis aut brevior. 

 Palpi validi, pilosi, porrecti, caput paullo superantes ; articulus 3us 

 otyusus, brevissimus. Antenna? thoracis longitudine. Pedes va- 

 lidi, pilosi; tibia? postica? calcaribus duobus apicalibus. Ala? am - 

 pla? ; antica? nonnunquam falcata?, apud costam subconvexa?, apice 



