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SATURNIA ISIS. 
wings clothed with scales ; this is surrounded by a 
narrow fulvous iris, then black, then a broader ova! 
of dirty clay-colour, then a narrow oval of pale 
flesh-colour, then a broad rich claret oval ring; 
between this and the base of the wing is first a 
bar of flesh-colour, then black shaded into claret ; 
towards the extremity of the wing the claret is 
succeeded by a half-ring of flesh-colour, then a 
narrow one of black, then of pale buff stone-colour, 
and another moderately broad of grey speckled 
with black. The thorax is dark and rich brown 
colour, with two white bands across the neck and 
two across the extremity of the thorax whitish ; 
the abdomen is buff, with black dots. The margin 
of the wings is scolloped, and their external angle 
is considerably produced beyond the hind angle of 
the fore wings. The under surface of the wings 
of this magnificent moth is by no means equal to 
the upper side in the beauty of the markings, all 
the wings being of a very pale huffish white with 
dark speckles ; the fore wings are marked nearly 
as on the upper side, but the hind wings have only 
a very small eye in the centre, having a black 
pupil with a fulvous orbit surrounded by a slender 
black circle ; immediately connected with the pos- 
terior part of this eye is a curved row of brown 
arches, between which and the apex of the wings 
is another and more slightly marked series of black 
scollops. 
The palpi are distinct, forming a small brown 
muzzle, but they are not visible from above ; they, 
