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TASCINA; NEOCASTNIA. By Dr. E. Strand. 
orientalis. 
met allica. 
nicevillei. 
2. Genus: Tascina Westw. 
Large species with the head thick, eyes very large, palpi quite small and tongue completely atrophied. 
The neuration resembles that of the genus Castnia , from America, but the arrangement of the veins is different, 
especially in that the cells of both wings are open. Forewing with only one dorsal vein, 3 as far from 4 
as from 2, 4 and 5 closely aproximated at the base, 6 + 7+8 stalked, 9 runs about into the apex and is 
stalked with 10 and 11. Hindwing with 3 dorsal veins and veins 2 + 3, 4 + 5 and 6 + 7 stalked. The 
antenna is strong and has the club elongate, provided above with a pad of densely packed sensory scales 
and sometimes bearing a small hair-pencil at its extremity; the legs are powerfully built with strong tibial 
spurs. In the species yet known the forewing is dark with a white oblique band, running from the middle 
of the costa to the inner angle. They are found on Malacca and the island of Palawan. 
T. orientalis Westw. (1 a). Forewing dark brown, strongly produced at apex; the white oblique band 
is broad at the distal margin, which it reaches above the inner angle. Hindwing vermilion with broad dark 
brown margin. Singapore. 
T. metallica Pagenst. (la). Forewing not strongly produced at apex; hindwing with unicolorous dark 
ground-colour, the basal part with bright metallic blue-green gloss; the species has longer palpi than the prece¬ 
ding and the apex of the forewing is less produced in the cf and not at all in the ?. Palawan. 
3. Genus: Neocastnia Hmpsn. 
Is separated by its author, together with Tascina, as a distinct family, on account of the absence of 
the tongue, the open cell of both wings and not stalked, and the absence of vein 1 c. The only known species 
belonging here is unfortunately not known to me, so 1 can only cite here the principal characters assigned 
by Hampson. In addition to those given above may be specially mentioned the very long, thin palpus, the 
long club of the antenna, the densely spinose tibiae and tarsi, the small terminal * spurs of the middle and 
hindtibia; forewing broad with the costal margin curved and the apex quite short. 
N. nicevillei Hmpsn. (9 c). ? 90 mm. Head and thorax red, vertex blue-green. Abdomen black. Forewing 
like the thorax, with a broad, cream-white band from the costal margin to the anal angle. Hindwing black, 
with a blue gloss in and behind the cell. Underside of thorax and legs orange-yellow, the basal half of both 
metallic, forewing with reddish-yellow subapical spot. — Tenasserim. 
Alphabetical List 
with reference to the original descriptions of the forms of the Indo-Australian Castniidae. 
* signifies that the form is also figured at the place cited. 
adelaida Syn. Swinh. Cat. East. Lep. Het. I, p. 154+ 
affinita Syn. Strand, Seitz, Macrolep. 10, p. 2. * 
auslera Syn. Meyr., Trans. R. Soc. S. Austr. 14 (1891), p. 189. 
bisfasciata Syn. Strand, Seitz, Macrolep. 10, p. 3. * 
brontias Syn. Meyr., Trans. R. Soc. S. Austr. 14 (1891), p. 189. 
catocaloides Syn. Wkr. Cat. Lep. Het. Br. M. 31, p. 44. 
collecta Syn. Swinh. Cat. East. Lep. Het. 1, p. 151. * 
directa Syn. Wesiw. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. (2) I, p. 197. * 
discalis Syn. Strand, Seitz, Macrolep. 10, p. 2. * 
gerda Syn. Strand, Seitz, Macrolep. 10, p. 2. * 
gratiosa Syn. Westw. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. (2) I, p. 198. * 
heliopis Syn. Meyr., Trans. R. Soc. S. Austr. (1891), p. 188. 
hesperioides Syn. Fldr. Novara Lep., pi. 82, f. 12. * 
icaria Syn. Fldr. Novara Lep. Zool. II, Abt. 2, pi. 79, f. 6.* 
josepha Syn. Strand, Seitz, Macrolep. 10, p. 2. * 
laeta Syn. Wkr. Cat. Lep. Het. Br. M. I, p. 36. 
leucospila Syn. Meyr., Trans. R. Soc. S. Austr. 14 (1891), p. 188. 
livida Syn. Tepper, Trans. R. Soc. S. Austr. 4, p. 35. * 
maculata Syn. Strand, Seitz, Macrolep. 10, p. 2. 
magniflea Syn. Strand, Seitz, Macrolep. 10, p. 2. * 
maja Syn. Strand, Seitz, Macrolep. 10, p. 2+ 
metallica Tasc. Pagenst. Iris 3, p. 3. 
monodesma. Syn. Lower, Trans. R. Soc. S. Austr. 29 (1905), p. 173. 
inopsa Syn. Dbl., Lort Stokes, Discov. Austr. App. I, p. 518. * 
nais Syn. King, Abh. Akad. Berlin 1848, p. 250+ 
nicevillei Neoc. Ffmps. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1895, p. 286. 
notlia Syn. Westw. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. (2) I, p. 197+ 
nupta Syn. Westw. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond (2) I, p. 197+ 
obsCura Syn. Tepper, Trans. R. Soc. S. Austr. 4, p. 35. * 
obcurella Syn. Westw. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. (2) I, p. 197.* 
obscuripennis Syn. Strand, Seitz, Macrolep. 10, p. 2. 
orientalis Tasc. Westw. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. (2)1, p. 199.* 
parthenqides Syn. Fldr. Novara Lep. 11(2), pi. 79, f. 7—8. * 
partita Syn. Strand, Seitz, Macrolep. 10, p. 1. 
phaeoptila Syn. Turner, Trans. R. Soc. S. Austr. 30(1906), p. 136. 
plana Syn. Wkr. Cat. Lep. Het. Br. Mus. I, p. 37. 
pyrrlioptera Syn. Lower, Trans. R. Soc. S. Austr. 16, p. 13. 
selene Syn. Plug, Abh. Akad. Berlin 1848, p. 249 (1850). * 
simpla Syn. Strand, Seitz, Macrolep. 10, p. 2. 
sophia Syn. Ad. White, Grey’s Exped. Austral. Append., p. 474.* 
theresa Syn. Dbl., Lort Stokes, Discov. Austral. App. I, p. 517. * 
vagans Syn. Westw. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. (2) I, p. 198. * 
