SATURNIA ALINDA.Plate XIX. Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: BombycidÆ, Steph. Genus. Saturnia, Schrank. Attacus, Germar. Bombyx p., Ochs. PhalÆna (Attacus), Drury. Saturnia Alinda. Alis rufo-brunneis margine saturatioribus signisque nonnullis undulatis obscuris, anticis macul discoidali fenestratatÂ; posticis ocello magno centrali. (Expans. Alar. 7 unc. 9 lin.) Syn. PhalÆna Attacus Alinda, Drury, App. vol. 3. Oliv. Enc. MÉth. 5. p. 26. 10. (Bombyx A.) Habitat: "Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1776" (Drury's MSS.). Upper Side. AntennÆ pectinated. Neck buff-coloured. Thorax and abdomen brownish red, the centre of the former being grey. Anterior wings brown-red, darkest along the external edges, with two faint dark indented lines crossing them from the anterior to the posterior edges. A transparent spot is placed near the middle of the wings, about a quarter of an inch from the anterior edges, without any iris of a different colour. Posterior wings brown-red, and darkest along the external edges, having a few faint waved lines. Near the middle is a small transparent spot, edged with buff at the bottom, surrounded by a dark brown border, and which is also encircled by another quite black. Under Side. Breast red-brown. Legs, abdomen, and wings entirely of a dark buff. All the faint waved lines, hardly discernible on the other side, are here very conspicuous. Close to the transparent spots, on the anterior wings, are two of a dark brown, and two larger are also placed close to the transparent ones in the posterior wings, without any of the circular ones which are on the upper side. Margins of the wings entire. |