Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 3Drury, Dru
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Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 3
Drury, Dru
Insects -- Pictorial works
SYN. Papilio (Pleb. Urb.) Helops, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
Hesperia (U.) Ennius, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 337. _No._ 283.
_Enc. Méth._ ix. 749. _No._ 54. _Donovan Ins. Ind._ II. _pl._ 3. _fig._
1.
HABITAT: Brazil, "Rio Janeiro, Mr. Bonifas, 1775" (_Drury's_ MSS.). "In
Indiis" (_Fabr._). India (_Donovan_).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black. Head, thorax, and abdomen greenish brown.
Anterior wings very dark brown, but next the body lighter, and having
four diaphanous spots of different shapes on each wing; and also two
yellow triangular ones, situated at the middle of the posterior edges.
Posterior wings nearly black, with a large yellow patch on the middle of
the wings, and two other yellow spots at the abdominal corners.
_Under Side._ Palpi ash-coloured. Legs yellow-brown. Breast and abdomen
brown. Anterior wings dark brown, the lower parts along the posterior
edges being lighter coloured; the diaphanous spots conspicuous, and the
tips prettily tinged with red-brown. Posterior wings dark brown, the
middle being occupied by a large silver white patch; the edges next the
abdominal corners yellow, the other parts of the wings marked by paler
and different coloured tints. Margins of the wings entire.
PLATE XXXIV.
[Illustration]
SATURNIA LUCINA.
Plate XXXIV. fig. 1.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Nocturna. FAMILY: Bombycidæ, _Steph._
GENUS. SATURNIA, _Schrank._ Attacus, _Germ._ Phalæna (Attacus), _Drury_.
SATURNIA LUCINA. Alis albido-griseis fusco multi-rivulosis, strigis
undulatis submarginalibus, anticis maculis nonnullis mediis ocelloque
parvo apicali nigris. (Expans. Alar. 6 unc. 9 lin.)
SYN. Phalæna (Attacus) Lucina, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3. _Oliv. Enc. Méth._
5. 31. 27.
HABITAT: "Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1775" (_Drury's_ MSS.).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ yellow and pectinated. Thorax and abdomen brown.
Wings russet-brown and cream-colour, disposed in a great variety of
different shaped marks. Anterior wings next the body with a number of
angulated lines following each other in a regular succession; the middle
being composed of another succession of undulated lines crossing the
wings from the anterior to the posterior edges: a black oval spot is
placed at the tips, and a row of different sized oval marks runs along
the external {46}edges. Posterior wings next the body dark brown, the
middle and bottom having a series of undulated lines crossing them in
regular succession from the anterior to the abdominal edges, while a row
of light and dark oval marks is placed along the external edges.
_Under Side._ Palpi brown. Legs cream-coloured. Breast, sides, and
abdomen brown. Tongue not observed. Wings differing but slightly from the
upper side; the general manner of marking being still preserved here. On
the upper part of the posterior wings, next the body, is a triangular
cream spot, the inner space being brown. Margins of the wings entire.
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