LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1767 



»Tauba YENOSELLA. 

 as. Pallide cervina ; fronds et tegularum et segmentorum abdo- 

 minalium margines pallida cinerei ; alee anticcenigro conspersce, 

 lineis duabus venisque pallide cinereis, tinea \a valde angulata % 

 2a submarginali arcuata ; posticce pallide cinerece, linea mar- 

 ginalifusca. 



Male. Pale fawn-colour, tinged with brown beneath. Borders 

 of the front and of the tegula? and hind borders of the abdominal 

 segments pale cinereous. Legs with blackish stripes. Fore wings 

 speckled with black; veins pale cinereous; two pale cinereous lines ; 

 first line antemedial, forming* a deep outward angle; second sub- 

 marginal, curved, parallel to the exterior border. Hind wings pale 

 cinereous, with a brown marginal line. Length of the body 5 lines; 

 of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Ceylon. From M. Nietner's collection. 



Genus BULINA. 



Mas. Corpus sat validum. Proboscis brevissima. Palpi 

 validi, porrecti, lanceolati, subpilosi, capitis latitudine non breviores, 

 articulo 3o parvo. Abdomen alas posticas pauilo superans. Pedes 

 la?ves, sal validi, calcaribus longissimis. Ala? antic* sat angustae, 

 apice subrotundatae, margine exteriore vix obliquo. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Proboscis very short. Palpi 

 j porrect, stout, lanceolate, slightly pilose, full as long as the breadth 

 | of the head ; third joint minute. Abdomen extending a little beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs rather stout, not pilose; spurs very long. 

 Wings rather narrow. Fore wings slightly rouuded at the tips ; ex- 

 terior border hardly oblique. 



1. BULINA SOLITELLA. 



Mas. Pallide stramineo-cinerea ; aloe antica reniformi guttulari 

 guttaque posteriore nigricantibus nonnunquam obsoletis ; pos- 

 ticce pallide cinerece. 



Male. Pale cinereous. Eyes large. Head, thorax and fore 

 •wings with a very slight straw-coloured tinge. Fore wings with the 

 ireuiform mark represented by a minute blackish dot, behind which 



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