LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 133 J 



1. Urota Sinope. 



Alee anticce integral, postica breviter caudatce ; anticce fulvo-fusca 

 fasciis duabus albis singula strigam fuscam includente, 

 punctoque parvo ovali media alba; posticce livide pnnicea 

 puncto medio albo fasciaque pone medium alba. 



Saturnia (Urota) Sinope, Westic. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1849, 



60, 32. 

 Saturnia Sinope, Herr.-Schceff. Lep. Exot. Sp. Ser. i. pi. 20, f. 94, 



(1854). 



Female. Pale brown. Abdomen ferruginous. Fore wings 

 hardly pointed, with two double white bands; the first at one- 

 fourth of the length of the wing, angular in front ; the second at 

 three-fourths of the length, hardly curved ; a white discal spot 

 between them. Hind wings slightly angular, with a white discal 

 spot, and a white single middle band which corresponds with the 

 outer band of the fore wings. 



" Male. Wings entire, nearly straight ; veins arranged as in 

 the typical Saturnice. Palpi not perceptible. Antennae rather 

 short, consisting of forty-eight joints, each joint with one short ray 

 on each side ; the rays set on obliquely and directed backwards, the 

 tips of the rays being turned forwards." — Westw. 



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



Genus 24. HENUCHA. 



Corpus robustum. Palpi brevissimi. Antennae pectinata?, 

 apices versus serratae, thorace non longiores ; rami aequales, validi, 

 ciliati, non duplicati. Pedes validi, pilosi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus 

 duobus minutis apicalibus. Alae anticas non latae, plus minusve 

 falcatae, apices versus vitratae, apud costae apicem convexae, margine 

 exteriore plus minusve concavo et obliquo ; posticae latiores, abdo- 

 men plus minusve superantes. Mas. — Antennae latissime pectinatae. 

 Form. — Antennae late pectinatae. 



Henucha, Hubn. Exot. Schmett. 

 Saturnia (Henucha), Westw. 



Body stout. Palpi very short. Antennae not longer than the 

 thorax, deeply or very deeply pectinated, except towards the tips, 

 where they are serrated; branches of equal length, stout, ciliated, 

 not in pairs. Legs stout, pilose ; hind tibiae with two minute apical 

 spurs. Fore wings not broad, more or less falcate, convex towards 

 the tip of the costa, more or less oblique and concave along the 



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