FAMILY SATURNIIDAE
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Cricula bornea Watson
Cricula trifenestrata bornea Watson, 1913, Notes Leyden Mus., 35: 182.
Cricula bornea Watson; Holloway, 1981: 123; Allen, 1981: 120.


Cricula bornea
(.65 natural size)


Diagnosis.
This species is slightly smaller than trifenestrata and best distinguished by the asymmetry of the cornuti in the male genitalia, and differences in the processes of the juxta.

Geographical range. Borneo.

Habitat preference. The two specimens seen were both taken in the lowlands. W.A. Nassig has noted further material in the Humboldt Museum, Berlin.

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