324 GEOMETRID A. 
Genus NOREIA. 
Noreia, Wik Cat. xxiv, p. 1092 (1862). 
Type, WV. ajaia, W1k., from Singapore and Java. 
Range. Assam Hills ; Travancore ; Ceylon ; Singapore; Borneo ; 
Java. 
Palpi upturned and reaching vertex of head; antenne of male 
ciliated; hind tibize 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. 
3077. Noreia perdensata, Wik. Cat. xxiv, p. 1092. 
Noreia ajaia, C. & S, no. 8229 (nec WIk.). 
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 
of fore wing to inner margin 
beyond middle. Hind wing 
with speck at end of cell 
and slightly curved post- 
Fig. 158.—Noreia perdensata, S. }. 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. 
Hab. Khasis; Nagas; Travancore; Ceylon. Exp. 38 millim. 
Genus NAXA.—— 
Naxa, Wik. Cat. vii, p. 1742 (1856). 
Psilonaxa, Warr. P. Z. S. 1898, p. 348. 
Type, WV. textilis, W1k. 
Range. 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 
with 8. Hind wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell; 5 from 
middle of discocellulars; 7 from before upper angle. 
Secr. I. Frenulum absent; hind tibie not dilated and 
without spurs. 
A. (Naxa). Antenne bipectinated in both sexes. 
3578. Naxa textilis, Wik. Cat. vii, p. 1748; C. & S. no. 8746. 
Bombycodes cypraria, Guen. Phal. ii, p. 219. 
