LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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second longer and containing two black points; submarginal line 
brown, nearly straight, whitish-bordered on the outer side ; marginal 
space diffusedly whitish ; marginal points blackish. Hind wings 
cinereous, slightly hyaline; fringe whitish. Length of the body 3 
lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 
a. Colombo, Ceylon. From M. Nietner’s collection. 
Fcem. Corpus cvassum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi por- 
recti, lanceolati, disjuncti, capitis latitudine vix breviores ; articulus 
3us conicus, parvus. Antennae graciles. Abdomen lanceolatum, 
alas posticas superans. Pedes longiusculi, sat graciles. Alae breves, 
sat latae ; anticae acutae, margine exteriore postico perobliquo. 
Female. Body thick. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 
porrect, lanceolate, nearly as long as the breadth of the head, apart 
from each other ; third joint conical, minute. Antennae slender. 
Abdomen lanceolate, extending beyond the hind wings. Legs 
rather long and slender; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings 
short, rather broad. Fore wings acute ; costa straight ; exterior 
border convex, very oblique hindward. 
Fcem. Sordide cinerea ; caput et thorax pallide cervina ; alee 
anticce basi pallide cervince , lineis duabus albidis , la obliqua 
subrecta, 2 a subundulata . 
Female. Dingy cinereous, more dingy beneath. Head, palpi 
and thorax pale fawn-colour. Fore wings pale fawn-colour towards 
the base ; this hue bounded by an oblique nearly straight whitish 
line, which is nearly parallel to an exterior slightly undulating 
whitish line. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 
a. Ceylon. From M. Nietner’s collection. 
Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi 
ascendentes, verticem non superantes ; articulus 2us arcuatus ; 3us 
linearis, apice obtusus, 2o brevior. Antennae robustae, setulosae. 
Pedes laeves, mediocres ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. 
Genus 72. BOSTRA. 
1. Bostra illusella. 
Genus 73. SACATIA 
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