﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1815 



Genus CALDUBA. 



Mas, Corpus vix robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi parvi, 

 ascendentes; articulus 3us conicus, brevissimus. Antennae subcre- 

 nulatee, corporis diinidio longiores. Thorax Icevis. Abdomen coni- 

 cum, alas posticas vix superans; fasciculus apicalis parvus. Pedes 

 graciles, nudi ; tibiee anticae subtus pilosae, postica? calcaribus lon- 

 gissimis. Alae breviusculae, latiusculae ; anticas apud costam recta?, 

 apice subrectangulatae, margioe exteriore vix oblique. 



3fale. Body hardly stout. Proboscis short. Palpi small, 

 ascending ; third joint conical, little more than one-fourth of the 

 length of the second. Antennge finely crenulated, more than half 

 the length of the body. Thorax smooth. Abdomen conical, hardly 

 extending beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft small. Legs slender, 

 bare, excepting the fore tibiae, which are pilose beneath ; spurs very 

 long. Wings rather short and broad. Fore wings straight along 

 the costa, almost rectangular at the tips, hardly oblique along the 

 exterior border. 



1. Calduba oijtenta. 



Mas. Cervina, subtus alba; abdomen fuscum^ segmentis albo 

 maryinatis ; alee anlicce extus subobscuriores, lineis iiUeriore 

 et exteriore pallldioribus, hac denticulaia, ilia recta non ob" 

 liqua^ tinea submaryinali nigricante denticulata^ striga brevi 

 discali vitrea ; posticce obscure fusccB, macula discali semi- 

 hyalina pallide cinerea, 



Male, Fawn-colour, white beneath. Abdomen brown ; tip 

 and hind borders of the segments white. Fore wings slightly 

 darker exteriorly ; interior and exterior lines paler, the former 

 straight and upright, the latter irregularly denticulated ; subraargi- 

 nal line blackish, denticulated ; a short vitreous discal streak, ter- 

 minating in a black mark at each end ; under side blackish brown, 

 with the exterior part paler, white at the base and with a large ob- 

 long whitish spot adjoining the vitreous streak. Hind wings dark 

 brown, with a pale cinereous semihyaline discal spot ; fringe white 

 hindward ; under side white, with a broad brown marginal band. 

 Length of the body ^\ lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a, Ceylon. Presented by E. Terapleton, Esq. 



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 For Genus BIULA read BULIA. 



