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NAXIA. By W. Warren. 



angle concave outwards throughout, not sinuous; the veins before terrnen rarely pale; in the hindwing the 

 white band is narrower. Occurs throughout India, also in China and Formosa; the examples from these last 

 localities are rather smaller than the average. 



crameri. 0. crameri Moore. (63 a). Larger than arctotaenia, with a broad oblique while band, which is wider above 



the middle: outer line acutely angled on vein 6, then incurved and recurved outwards above inner margin, 

 its costal arm straight and edged with white; costo-apical area deep fuscous, edged beneath by a straigh 

 oblique streak to the angle; subterminal line dentate, indistinct; terminal area and fringe fawn grey ; the veins 

 pale at termen: hindwing dark olive fuscous, traversed by a median white band; a dark subterminal cloud 

 above anal angle followed by a roundish black spot on vein 2, with a white spot above it; termen above it 



discalis. grey: fringe whitish: the ab. discalis Moore (63a) has the whole of the usually dark postmedian area between the 

 while band and the outer line suffused with whitish, more or less dusted with dark scales. This species is 

 Indian, occurring also in Ceylon and Burma, and in the Andaman Islands. 



dulcis. 0. duicis Btlr. (61c) Forewing pale grey brown dusted with bluish white, most strongly before median line; 



lines brown, nearly vertical; inner line straight or slightly curved, edged with paler; median line hardly sinuous, 

 inwardly white-edged; outer line bluntly protuberant at middle, slightly outcurved at each end, faintly pale- 

 edged; space between it and median line quite narrow, deep olive fuscous; costo-apical space brown, becoming 

 outwardly black, its edge oblique and insinuate below vein 7; subterminal line very obscure; veins' towards 

 termen pale; hindwing pale olive fuscous, with a pale wavy subterminal line; termen and fringe pale lilac; 

 grey. Quite a small species, easily recognized by its narrow dark postmedian area. Found only in Japan. 



obscura. 0. obscura Brem. and Grey ( = hedemanni Stgr., coreana Leech). (61 g). Forewing purplish grey; 



lines nearly vertical; inner line at beyond 1 / 3 , curved, especially below middle, and incurved basewards at 

 inner margin, preceded by darker shading; outer line sinuous, also preceded by dark shading; subterminal 

 line preceded at costa only by a blackish blotch, and followed by a smaller one in the apex ; hindwing fuscous. 

 Also a small species, occurring in N. China and Corea. 



mimula. 0. mimula spec. nov. (61 d). The same size as dulcis Btlr.. but in markings almost exactly like arcuata 



Moore; it differs, first, in the median line, which instead of being distinct and curved is diffuse and straight 

 from just before the two extremities of the outer line, so that the dark outer area is quite narrow; the outer 

 line is sharply angled just below vein 6 and slightly elbowed on the sub median fold; secondly, the upper 

 black part of the subterminal line is oblique from apex to vein 7, then vertical to 6, preceded by narrow 

 black scaling; hindwing fuscous grey, showing a median and outer line, as in obscura; fringe of both wings 

 wholly fuscous. Described from a single o 71 in the Tring Museum, from Tsingtau, Shantung, China, July 1908, 

 (L. Klapheck.) 



fulvotaenia. 0. fulvotaenia Ghten. (61 d). Forewing with the basal area and postmediau area before the outer line 



olive fuscous; the intermediate bandlike area pinkish grey dusted with brown and fuscous; terminal area 

 greyish fawn colour; inner line straight or slightly sinuous, edged by a whitish line; median line curved, 

 outwardly concave; outer line concave outwards from costa, angled outwards at vein 6, then incurved nearly 

 to touch median line, edged with pale or whitish; the angle met by a dark oblique line from apex, above 

 which the costal area is reddish brown ; subterminal line lunulate dentate, often slight, limiting a darker brown 

 shade; veins terminally often whitish; two superimposed dark dots on discocellular; a row of minute terminal 

 dots; hindwing blackish fuscous with a broad median orange band narrowing off to inner margin above anal 

 angle; terminal area fawn coloured, often olive-tinged, containing at end of vein 2 a double black spot in- 

 wardly edged with yellow; the median band of forewing varies from pinkish grey to rufous brown; two or 

 absorpta. three appreciably different forms may be noticed; - in ab. absorpta ab. nov. (61 e) the poslmedian olive 

 fuscous area is overrun with pale olive ochreous, the median line becoming dull or altogether disappearing; 

 contracla. — in the subsp. contracta subsp. nov. (61 e) the yellow of the hindwing is reduced to a narrow curved band; 

 unipuncta. examples from Nias. Palawan, and Celebes belong to this form; — in subsp. unipuncta subsp. nor. (61 e) from 

 Buru and Amboina, the median band of foreVing is cream while, slightly dusted towards each margin only, 

 and containing a single blackish dot on discocellular: the inner line is incurved at both extremities; the 

 yellow band of hindwing is paler, with its inner edge curved instead of straight. The type form is found in 

 Japan and China, as well as throughout the East. 



22. Genus: Naxia Gum. 



Tongue present; frons smooth with a slight tuft; palpi upturned, the second segment, thickly scaled, 

 the third short: antennae of c? typically simple; legs of cf heavily haired; hindtibiae and first segment of 

 tarsi fringed with hair; all the lines of forewing parallel, inwardly oblique; costo-apical blotch pale grey; the 

 species all smaller than in Pindara Moore. Type N. onelia Gum. 



