In the present issue, the second part of the list of papers concerning Saturniidae, published during 1996–1997, is given. This list was compiled also with the help of Mr T. Bouyer, Dr S. Naumann, Dr R. S. Peigler and Dr D. Wiggins. News on additional papers are welcome!

• Abós Castél, F.-P. (1997): Lepidopteros del Parque Nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido (Aragón, España). Aportación al conocimiento de la mariposas de habito crepuscolar y nocturno. — Alexanor 19 (4) [1996]: 461–474.

On a record of Actias isabellae (as Graellsia isabelae).

• Blázquez, A., Martín-Díaz, J., Hernández-Roldán, J., & M. A. Nieto (1997): Nuevos datos sobre la fauna macroheteróceros de la provincia de Cáceres (España) (Insecta: Lepidoptera). — Shilap Revta. lepid. 25 (98): 121–138.
 
On a record of Saturnia pavonia.

• Cifuentes, J. (1996): Los Bombycoidea de Navarra (España) (I): Familias Lasiocampidae, Saturniidae y Endromidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera). — Shilap Revta. lepid. 24 (96): 347–358.
 
On some records of Actias isabellae (as G. isabelae), S. pyri, S. pavonia and A. tau.

• Mikát, M., & L. Maršik (1997): Contribution to the knowledge of fauna of butterflies (Lepidoptera) of protected area “Na Plachtê” (Hradec Králové, Czech Republic). — Acta Musei Reginaehradecensis, s.A., 25: 163–192.
 
On a record of S. pavonia.

• Potts, P. M., & P. Waring (1997): A search for Reddish buff moth Acosmetia caliginosa (Hübner) in Spain and France, May 1995, with records of other Lepidoptera seen. — Bull. Amateur Entomol. Soc. 56 (411): 41–55.

Some records on neartic Saturniidae are included in the News of the Lepidopterists’ Society Vol. 39, n. 2.

• Collins, M. M., Britten, H. B., & V. Rivers (1996): Allozyme analysis of a known hybrid zone between Hyalophora euryalus and H. columbia gloveri (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) in the Californian Sierra Nevada. — J. Res. Lepid. 32 (1993): 79–88.

• Ross, D. W. (1996): Phenology of Pandora moth (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) adult emergence and egg eclosion in central Oregon. — Pan-Pac. Ent. 72 (1): 1–4.

• Scholtens, B. G., & W. H. Wagner Jr. (1997): An example of clinal variation in eastern North American buckmoths (Saturniidae: Hemileuca). — J. Lepid. Soc. 51 (1): 47–56.

• Racheli, L. (1997): On the second known specimen of Rachesa adusta (Rothschild, 1907) from Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae, Ceratocampinae). — Atalanta 28 (1/2): 147–148.

• Racheli, L., & M. C. Callegari (1997): A new record of Paradaemonia ruschii from Peru with additions and corrections to the list of the Saturniidae of Loreto (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). — Atalanta 28 (1/2): 149–151.

• Racheli, L., & T. Racheli (1997): Further notes on the Saturniidae of Ecuador (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae). — Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, N.F., 18 (2/3): 173–180.

• Racheli, L., & R. Vinciguerra (1997): Description of the female of Automeris themis Dognin, 1919. — Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, N.F., 18 (2/3): 307–310.

• Roy, P. (1996): Notes on the Silkmoth Rearer’s Handbook. — Bull. Amateur Entomol. Soc. 55 (404): 29.

• Nässig, W. A., & C. H. Schulze (1997): Eine bisher unbekannte braune Weibchenform bei Antheraea (Antheraea) helferi borneensis Moore, 1892 von Borneo (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). — Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, N.F., 18 (2/3): 149–155.

On the first record of a brown female form of Antheraea (A.) helferi borneensis from Borneo.

• Naumann, S., & U. Paukstadt (1997): Eine neue Unterart von Cricula trifenestrata (Helfer, 1837) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) von Pulau Peleng im Banggai-Archipel, Indonesien. — Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, N.F., 18 (2/3): 195–204.

  Cricula trifenestrata banggaiensis n. ssp. from the Indonesian island Pulau Peleng, Banggai Archipelago is described and figured.

• Paukstadt, L. H., & U. Paukstadt (1997): Die Präimaginalstadien von Attacus crameri C. Felder 1861 von Ambon, Indonesien (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). — Entomol. Z. 107 (10): 437–447.
 
The preimaginal instars of Attacus crameri are described and figured for the first time.

• Paukstadt, U., Paukstadt, L. H., & Y. R. Suhardjono (1997): Antheraea (Antheraea) ranakaensis n.sp. und Antheraea (Antheraea) kelimutuensis n.sp., zwei neue Saturniiden von der Insel Flores, Indonesien (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). — Entomol. Z. 107 (7): 265–276.
 
Two new species, Antheraea (Antheraea) ranakaensis and Antheraea (Antheraea) kelimutuensis, from Indonesia: Flores Is. are described and figured.

• Pickup, M. (1996): Some observation on the pairing and egg-laying habits of the Saturniid moth Dictyoploca [sic] simla Westwood. — Bull. Amateur Entomol. Soc. 55 (407): 184–185.

• Bouyer, T. (1996): Description d’une nouvelle espèce de Maltagorea Bouyer, 1993 (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae). — Bull. Ann. Soc. r. belge Ent. 132: 3–5.

The holotype male of the nominal taxon Perisomena cincta Mabille, 1879 doesn’t agree with Griveaud’s redescription (1962) of Maltagorea cincta (Mabille, 1879) (as Tagoropsis cincta). Therefore Griveaud’s species is here described as Maltagorea griveaudi n. sp.

• Bouyer, T. (1997): Description d’une nouvelle espèce de Saturniidae africain, Holocerina rougeoti n. sp. (Lepidoptera). — Entomologia Africana 2 (1): 2–4, fig. 1.

Holocerina rougeoti n. sp. is decribed. A discussion on the status of the allotype female of Holocerina prosti Rougeot, 1978 is presented.

• Darge, P. (1996): Nouvelles descriptions de Ludiinae du Togo et du Cameroun (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae). — Lambillionea 96 (1): 123–125.

Orthogonioptilum chaminadei n. sp., Orthogonioptilum bernaudi n. sp. and Ludia orinoptena styx n. ssp. are described and figured in colour.

• Latham, P. (1997): Edible caterpillar programme, Bas Zaire. — Bull. Amateur Entomol. Soc. 56: 154–156 + 2 figs.

• Oberprieler, R. G. (1997): Classification of the African Saturniidae. The quest for natural groups and relationships. — Abstracts of the Inaugural Conference on African Lepidoptera, Nairobi & Kakamega, Kenya, 1–8 May 1997.

On the basis of preliminary studies, particulary of the larvae and pupae, five main natural groups of Saturniidae are proposed: Cyrtogonini, Urotini, Bunaeini, Saturniini and Attacini.

• Styles, C. V., & J. D. Skinner (1996): Possible factors contributing to the exclusion of saturniid caterpillars (mopane worms) from a protected area in Botswana. — African J. Ecology 34 (3): 276–283.

• Vuattoux, R. (1997): Argema mimosae Boisduval (Lep.: Attacidae). — Bull. Amateur Entomol. Soc. 56 (412): 92–94.

Some distributional data on A. mimosae and allied species are reported.

• Wiggins, D. A. (1997): Fluctuating asymmetry in Colophospermum mopane leaves and oviposition preference in an African silk moth Imbrasia belina. — Oikos 79: 484–488.

• Beck, A., & A. Schneider (1997): Abnorme Kokonformen bei Eudia pavonia (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). — Entomol. Z. 107 (11): 491–492.

• Chaudhuri, A., & A. K. Sinha (1997): A male-male pairing in the tropical tasar silkmoth, Antheraea mylitta (Saturniidae). — News of the Lepidopterists’ Society 39 (3): 39.

• Chaudhuri, A., Chakraborty, D., & A. K. Sinha (1997): Reproductive adaptations of the tassar silkmoth, Antheraea mylitta (Saturniidae), to emergence season. — J. Lepid. Soc. 51 (2): 187–190.

• Dash, A. K., Mishra, C. S. K., Nayak, B. K., & M. C. Dash (1996): Effect of mating duration on oviposition rate and hatchability of the Indian Tasar Silk Moth Antheraea mylitta (Saturniidae) in different seasons. — J. Res. Lepid. 32 (1993): 75–78.

• Lamour, M. (1996): Some observations on breeding Moon moths (Lepidoptera: Attacidae). Part 1. — Bull. Amateur Entomol. Soc. 55 (406): 135–141.

• Lamour, M. (1996): Some observations on breeding Moon moths (Lepidoptera: Attacidae). Part II. — Bull. Amateur Entomol. Soc. 55 (408): 223–230.

• Schmidt, M. D. (1997): A melanic 5th instar Citheronia regalis. — News of the Lepidopterists’ Society 39 (3): 41, 58.

• Sengupta, A. K., & A. A. Siddiqui (1997): Effects of gene-environment interaction on silk yield in Antheraea mylitta (Saturniidae). — J. Lepid. Soc. 51 (1): 95–97.

• Silva, W. D. da, Rocha Campos, A. C. M., Goncalves, L. R. C., Sousa-E-Silva, M. C., Higashi, H. G., Yamagushi, I. K., & E. M. A. Kelen (1996): Development of an antivenom against toxins of Lonomia obliqua caterpillars. — Toxicon 34 (9): 1045–1049.

• Sinha, R. K., Kar, P. K., Srivastava, P. P., & K. Thangavelu (1996): Aminotransferase activity of indian tasar silkworm, Antheraea mylitta Drury (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). — Indian J. Sericulture 35 (1): 24–27.

• Takeda, M., Matsumoto, M., & Y. Tohno (1997): Diapause intensity and ecdysiotroph: Comparisons between two Antheraea species (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) having summer and winter diapause at pupae. — Eur. J. Entomol. 94: 67–73.

• Gardiner, B. (1997): The Copaxa of Mexico and their immature stages (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) by K. L. Wolfe, 1993. — Bull. Amateur Entomol. Soc. 56 (412): 113–114.

• Gardiner, B. (1997): Catalogo de las Famiglia Saturniidae de Mexico by C. R. B. Beutelspacher & M. A. L. Balcazar, 1994. — Bull. Amateur Entomol. Soc. 56 (412): 115–116.

• Owada, M. (1997): The wild silk moths of North America. A natural history of the Saturniidae of the United States and Canada by Tuskes, P. M., Tuttle, J. P., & M. M. Collins, 1996. IX + 250 pp., 30 col. pls. Comstock Publ. Ass., Cornell Univ., Ithaca. — Yadoriga, Lepidopterological Soc. of Japan 170: 24.

• Paukstadt, U. (1997): Wings of Paradise. The great saturniid moths by J. Cody. 1996. XXII + 163 pp., 77 pls. Chapel Hill & London (The Univ. of North Carolina Press). — Entomol. Z. 107 (10): 448.

• Peigler, R. S. (1997): Marvellous Moths of Nepal by M. Allen, 1993. — News of Lep. Soc. 39 (1): 17.

Dr. Richard S. Peigler, 2630 Moss Bluff Street, San Antonio, Texas 78232-4690, U.S.A.

Luigi Racheli, Via Fara Sabina 1, I-00199 Rome, Italy
Stefan Naumann, Potsdamer Strasse 71, D-10785 Berlin, Germany

Automeris falco was described by Jordan (1910) on two males from La Union, Rio Huacamayo, Carabaya, South-East Peru, 2000 ft., December 1904 (G. R. Ockenden). One of these two specimens was designed as Lectotype by Lemaire (1971) in BMNH. The Lectotype was also figured by the latter author and recently in colour by D’Abrera (1995).

When Lemaire (1971) wrote the monograph on the genus Automeris, this species was known only from the type locality and from one record reported by Draudt (1929–1930) from Bogotà, Colombia. This latter specimen is preserved in ZMHU.

Recently, one male of this species from Peru, Madre de Dios, Iñapari, 3. X.1992, J. Morant leg., was examined by the senior author in MJP. Two addional males, one from Bolivia, Beni, Ixiamas, 200 m, 2. X. 1993, T. Decaens leg., and one from Peru, Madre de Dios, Salvation, Rio Alto Madre de Dios, 500 m, III. 1997, respectively are in the collection of the junior author. Herewith, three additonal records of this scarce species are reported in the present notes including also the first record for Bolivia.

The female of A. falco remains unknown.

Ackowledgements: The our thanks are due to Dr. W. Mey, Zoologisches Museum der Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, and to Dr. G. Lamas, Museo de Historia Natural ”Javier Prado”, Lima, who let us examine the collections stored in the Museums.

References

D’Abrera, B. (1995): Saturniidae Mundi. Saturniid Moths of the World. Part I. — Automeris Press, Keltern, 177 pp.

Draudt, M. (1929–1930): 12. Familie: Saturnidae [sic]. — In: A. Seitz (ed.): Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde, Die Amerikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer, 6: 713–827, pls. 101–137, 142; A. Kernen, Stuttgart.

Jordan, K. (1910): New Saturniidae. — Novit. Zool. 17: 470–476.

Lemaire, C. (1971): Révision du genre Automeris Hübner et des genres voisins. Biogéographie, Éthologie, Morphologie, Taxonomie (Lep. Attacidae). — Mém. Mus. nat. Hist. nat. (N.S.), sér. A, Zool., 68: 1–232, Fig. 1–132, pls. 1–29.

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