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NOSSA; AORATOSEMA; AUZEA; BRACHYBASIS. By M. Gaede. 
3. Genus: Aossa Ky. 
Antennae short, in the $ bipectinate. Apex of forewing in the <$ little produced, that of the hindwing 
strongly produced. On the forewing and hindwing vein 5 rises in the centre of the cell. In the cell of the 
forewing a basal ray. In the hindwing vein 7 before the cell-angle. Type: nelcinna Moore. 
N. nelcinna Mr. (= nelcynna Leech ) (Vol. I, pi. 48 e) which has been treated as a palaearctic lepi- nelcinna. 
dopteron in Vol. I, p. 277, occurs also in the hot districts of Kashmir and thus reaches the Indo-Australian 
region. — The form chinensis Leech which was found at the palaearctic southern frontier (Chang Yang) probably chinensis. 
also occurs in Indo-Australian districts in South China. 
N. moorei Eliv. (58 d). Similar to nelcinna. Thorax with orange margins, abdomen with yellow and moorei. 
black rings. Fore wing yellowish-white with an irregular dark brown median band. Distal area brown with 
a pale submarginal band. Hindwing yellowish-white with a submarginal band of spots. 75—85 mm. North India. 
N. nagaensis Eliv. Fore wing pale brown, at the base lighter streaks, feeble light postmedian spots nagaensis. 
and more distinct submarginal ones. On the hindwing the submarginal dark band is quite indistinct. 75 mm. 
North India. 
4. Genus: Aoratosema Warr. 
Costa of forewing bent, apex pointed, produced; distal margin straight. Palpi short. Antenna with 
one row of pectinations. Veins of forewing: vein 5 above the middle of the cross-vein, veins 6 -f- 7 on a long 
stalk, and 8 + 9 + 10- Vein 10 and 11 anastomosing with 12. In the hindwing vein 5 above the middle of 
the cross-vein, 6 before the angle, 7 and 8 parallel. Type: subflavata Warr. 
A. subflavata Warr. Fore wing yellowish ochreous with dark transverse striae. A small pale spot at the subflavata. 
cell-end. An oblique brown line from the centre of the inner margin to the darker brown apex, below it a sub¬ 
marginal row of brown spots. On the hindwing the line is continued from % of the costal margin. Costal margin 
straw-coloured, before the distal margin indistinctly brown. 40—44 mm. Java, Balabac, China. 
A. pallida Mr. Pale ochreous. Forewing with a dark ring at the cell-end. An oblique brown line from pallida. 
the apex of the fore wing to the inner margin of the hindwing before the middle. On the fore wing an indistinct 
notched brown submarginal line. 36 mm. Calcutta. 
5. Genus : Auzea Wkr. 
Palpi short, porrect. Antennae slightly thickened. Apex of forewing produced, below it the distal 
margin is incised, veins 6 + 7 and 8 + 9 stalked, 10 absent. In the hindwing veins 6 and 7 from the upper 
cell-angle. Type: rufifrontata Wkr. 
A. rufifrontata Wkr. (= rectata Wkr.) (58 c). Forewing greyish-brown with a very oblique interior rufifrontata 
and exterior brown line, both sharply angular close below the costal margin. Costal margin at the apex dark 
brown. A row of white spots behind the exterior line. Hindwing in the anterior half whitish, behind greyish- 
brown with the rest of the exterior line. 45 mm. North India. 
A. arenosa Btlr. (58 c). Wings yellowish-brown. At the costal margin of the forewing the sharp angles arenosa. 
of the two brown lines and the dark brown stripes near the apex are absent. Anterior half of hindwing not 
white. 42 mm. North India. 
A. hyperythra Hmps. Similar to arenosa , but more reddish-brown. On the forewing behind the exterior hyperythra 
line a series of black and white spots. On the hindwing behind the oblique, nut-brown interior line white 
streaks on the veins, behind them a row of black spots. In both wings the marginal line is white. 54 mm. 
North India. 
6. Genus: Braeliyfoasis Swh. 
Palpi short, antennae short and thick. Apex of forewing little produced, distal margin somewhat 
angular at vein 5. Hind wing at the apex rounded, at the anal angle rectangular. Neuration of fore wing: veins 
3 + 4 and 8 + 9 stalked; 5 from below the middle of the cross-vein also in the hindwing. Type: rujescens Btlr. 
Br. rufescens Btlr. Dark flesh-coloured; suffused with grey except at the costal margin of the hindwing, rufescens. 
On the forewing a chocolate brown streak from the apex to the centre of the inner margin. At the apex a small 
square black spot. Hindwing with a dark red streak on % of the length of the wing. A row of black spots in 
the disc. 40 mm. Borneo. ’ 
