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GEOMETRIDJE. 



Genus NOKEIA. 

 Noreia, Wlk Cat. xxiv, p. 1092 (1862). 



Type, N. ajaia, Wlk., from Singapore and Java. 



Range. Assam Hills ; Travaiicore ; Ceylon ; Singapore ; Borneo ; 

 Java. 



Palpi upturned and reaching vertex of head ; antennae of male 

 ciliated; hind tibi with a slight ridge of scales on inner side. 

 Fore wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 7, 8, 9, 10 

 stalked; 11 anastomosing with 12, then with 10, which again 

 anastomoses with 8, 9. Hind wing with vein 3 from just before 

 angle of cell, 7 from just before upper angle. 



3577. Noreia perdensata, Wlk. Cat. xxiv, p. 1092. 

 Noreia ajaia, C. $ S. no. 3229 (nee Wlk.). 



Dark purplish grey. Fore wing with antemedial rufous line 



slightly angled on median 

 nervure and vein 1 ; a dark 

 speck at end of cell ; an ob- 

 lique rufous line from apex 



beyond middle. Hind wing 

 with speck at end of cell 

 and slightly curved post- 

 Fig. 158. Noreia perdensata, <$. }. medial rufous line. 



In the typical Singapore 



and Javan species ajaia the male has the area below lower angle of 

 cell on underside hairy, especially on vein 2. 



Hob. Khasis; Nagas; Travancore; Ceylon. Exp. 38 millim. 



Genus NAXA. 



Naxa, Wlk. Cat. vii, p. 1742 (1856). 

 Psilonaxa, Warr. P. Z. S. 1893, p. 343. 



Type, N. textilis, Wlk. 



Itanye. Amur; Japan; Himalayas; Assam; Burma; Nilgiris 

 Ceylon ; Borneo. 



Palpi very minute. Fore wing with the apex rounded ; vein 3 

 from before angle of cell ; 7, 8 stalked from before upper angle ; 

 9, 10, 11 stalked and anastomosing or connected with 12, and 9 

 \\ it li 8. Hind wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 5 from 

 middle of discocellulars ; 7 from before upper angle. 



SECT. I. Frenulum absent ; hind tibisB not dilated and 

 without spurs. 



A. (Naxa). Antennce bipectinated in both sexes. 



3578. Naxa textilis, Wlk. Cat. vii, p. 1743; C. $ S. no. 3746. 

 Bombycodes cyprnria, Gum. Phul. ii, p. 219. 



