GAZALINA; GELASTOCERA. By Dr. K. Grunbeeg. 317 



Eyes naked. Thorax with smooth hair. Abdomen of (J slender and very long, almost extending for one half 

 beyond anal angle of hindwing, ending in a tuft of hair prolonged to a point ; in $ stouter, with tuf fc of hair. Femora 

 and tibiae with dense long hair, especially the fore tibia of (J very densely hairy, appearing broadly spindle- 

 shaped. Hind tibiae with mid- and end-spurs. Forewing long and very narrow, costal margin almost straight, 

 hind margin dilated at the base into a broad triangular lobe, apex slightly rounded in (^, produced into a 

 point in $ ; distal margin strongly receding, not separated from hind margin ; vein 6 free from upper angle of 

 cell, close before it 7, 8, 9 on a common stalk, 10 from cell, immediately beyond base of 7 anastomosing 

 for a longer distance with 8, 9, a short narrow areole being formed. Hindwmg rounded-triangular, costal 

 margin almost straight, veins 6 and 7 stalked, 8 running close along cell for a considerable distance. 



The genus appears to be restricted to South and East Asia; for it seems to me doubtful that the two 

 species described from Africa as Norraca belong here. The genotjrpe, N. longipennis Moore, described from 

 Malacca (Pulo Penang) has remained the only species known from Southern Asia; it occurs also in China. A 

 second species described from East China is presumably identical with it. 



N. longipennis Moore (47 g ?, erroneously named straminea). (= ? retrofusca Joann.). Wings T^aXe longipennis. 

 yellowish brown, with a grey tone and in places, especially in $, with a reddish flush. ^ with an elongate, dif- 

 fuse, whitish spot before apex of cell. Behind the centre a slightly curved row of 8 thin black dots on veins 

 1 — 8 parallel with the margin, beyond it two blackish stripes likewise parallel with margin, very indistinct 

 and composed of single short streaks. South Asia, Ceylon and Malacca, China. N. retrofusca Joann. from Kiang- 

 Nan. — Dr. Sbitz communicates the following observations: The moth rests with the wings close wrapped 

 round the body, the insect thus resembling to some extent a cigar, and holds on to the stalks of bamboo only 

 with the forelegs, the other legs being held close to the body. In this position the msect pendulates in the 

 wind, being so similar in appearance to a yellow blade of bamboo that one recoguises it as an insect only if 

 one touches it. When the bamboo is beaten over an umbrella, the specimen falls down with the wings closed 

 and rolls about in the umbrella. The species flies late at night, the ^J^J coming to the lamp. It may be con- 

 cluded from the special adaptation of the moth to bamboo that this is the food-plant of the caterpillar. 



44. Genus: Ciiazaliua Walk. 



Antennae in ^ with moderately long pectinations to the tip, in $ only dentate. Palpi remarkably small, 

 short, stumpy. Proboscis vestigial. Eyes naked. Thorax with very long hair. Abdomen rather long-hairy, 

 at least in cj, in 9 with a remarkably strong club-shaped anal tuft composed of hairs and scales. Forewing 

 broad, triangular, costal margin almost straight, distal margin moderately oblique and slightly curved, forming 

 a distinct angle with the hind margin; veins 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked together, 6 close to cell, the fork 8,9 exceed- 

 ingly short, close to costal margin, 10 originating between 6 and 7; no areole. Hindwing broad, rounded, 

 Femora and tibiae long-hairy; hind tibiae with very short end-spurs. Himalayas and North India. 



Gazalina has hitherto been united with the Lymantriidae, to which the genus bears an evident resem- 

 blance in facies. The woolly body, the thick anal tuft of the $ and the white colouring of the wings appear 

 to point to a relationship with the Lymantriids, quite apart from the reduced palpi and the absence of the 

 proboscis. However, a glance at the neuration proves that the genus is not allied to the Lymantriids, but 

 must be placed with the Notodonts. 



P. apsara Moore (= nervosa i^eW.) (48d). Thorax and wings white, the latter with a silky gloss, antennae, apsara. 

 frons, legs and abdomen black-brown, the thick club-shaped anal tiift of $ bright glossy golden; veins in the 

 distal half of forewing black. North- Western Himalayas and North India. — In the North-Indian venosata Walk, venosala. 

 the entire veins of the forewing and those of the hindwing at least in the costal half blackish. 



P. chrysolopha Koll. (= antica Walk., chordigera Feld.) (48 e, d). Differs from apsara in the markings chrysolopha. 

 of the forewing, which bears, besides the black veins, 3 black transverse lines, one basal, the second prediscal 

 and the third discal, the last running in the direction of the discocellular vein. Abdomen of (J more extended 

 yellowish at the incision than in aspara. — ■ Kashmir, North-Western Himalayas to Sikkim. 



45. Genus: Oelastoeera Butt. 



The affinities of this genus are still entirely unknown. One Japanese species has been described. An- 

 tenna of cJ with long pectinations to ^s, the rest only with very short cilia. Palpi slightly extending above 

 frons. Abdomen very slender. 



G. exusta Butt. (= Microleon rubicundula Wilem.) (46 h). Head and thorax reddish, antennae brown, e.r:usla. 

 abdomen whitish. Forewing red-brown, with broad median band which is widened at hind margin, distal 

 marginal area dirty yellowish brown. Hindwmg whitish, with the distal margin slightly brownish. Japan 

 (Hakodate). — Lately the species has been placed by H.impson as congeneric with Earias ochroleucatia Slgr. 

 into the Noctuid-group Acontianae. 



