PLATE XXIV.

SATURNIA PHÆDUSA.

Plate [XXIV]. and [XXV].

Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: Bombycidæ, Steph.

Genus. Saturnia, Schrank. Attacus, Germ. Phalæna (Attacus), Drury.

Saturnia Phædusa. Alis griseo-fuscis, anticis strigis tribus transversis saturatioribus maculâque-parvà triangulari fenestratâ mediâ; posticis obscurioribus ocello magno nigro, margine carneo-rufo cincto. (Expans. Alar. 7 unc. 9 lin.)

Syn. Phalæna (Attacus) Phædusa, Drury, App. vol. 3.

Bombyx Saturnus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 409. Oliv. Enc. Méth. 5. 27. 11.

Habitat: Sierra Leone (Drury). "In Indiis" (Fabricius).