SATURMA ISIS. 139 
of the female was published by King in 1836, in a 
a pamphlet of eight pages, published at Berlin, 
4to. He names it Saturnia maja, but as the 
latter term has already been applied by Drury 
to another species, we think it better to retain the 
name by which it was originally designated by 
Mr. "VVestwood. 
The wings measure very nearly six inches in ex- 
panse, and are of a very pale grey colour, especially 
the anterior pair, which are, however, almost en- 
tirely covered with fine black and brown hairs. 
The centre of these wings is ornamented with a 
small oval mark, half of which, towards the body, 
is covered with black scales, and the other half is 
vitreous ; between this and the base is a very 
curved and irregularly dentate fascia crossing the 
wing, and immediately behind the eye is a nearly 
straight slender brown bar. This is succeeded by 
slender black wavy bars, the space between which 
and the apex of the wing is divided as it were into 
three compartments, the first of which is covered 
with small brown patches, the second is paler and 
covered with very fine black speckles, and the 
apical part is much darker, with large black specks. 
The apical margin of the fore wings is slightly 
scolloped ; the hind wings are entirely covered on 
the upper side by a most magnificent eye-like spot, 
surrounded by successive rings of various colours. 
The oval pupil is black, but the part furthest re- 
moved from the body is denuded of scales, and 
would be vitreous, were not the under side of the 
