ÆGOCERA AMABILIS.
Plate [XIII]. fig. 3.
Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Crepuscularia? Family: Sesiidæ, Steph.
Genus. Ægocera, Latr. Boisduval.
Ægocera Amabilis. Alis anticis rufis, maculis (nigro marginatis) margineque interno, albidis; posticis fulvis maculâ discoidali margineque postico nigris. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 6 lin.)
Syn. Phalæna (Noctua) Amabilis, Drury, App. vol. 2.
Ægocera Amabilis, Boisduval Hist. Nat. Lepid. pl. 10. B. f. 6.
Habitat: Coast of Guinea.
Upper Side. Head brown. Antennæ filiform. Thorax and abdomen yellow brown. Superior wings fine darkish red, with several yellow spots thereon of different shapes, each encircled with black; the posterior and external edges having yellow margins. Posterior wings deep yellow, inclining to orange, with a black oval spot near the middle of each. Along the external edges is a black margin, reaching from the upper to the abdominal corners; the upper edge being scolloped.
Under Side. Legs, sides, thorax, and abdomen pale orange. Anterior wings entirely pale orange and dusky black, without any mixture of red, &c. Posterior wings as on the upper side; the colours being less distinct. Margins of the wings entire.