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AQUIS; BARASA. By M. Gaede. 
polyplecta. 
ermosticha. 
aethalistis. 
viridisqua¬ 
ma. 
aqu iso ides. 
albida. 
orbicularis. 
babooni. 
crenulata. 
C. polyplecta Trnr. Forewing pale grey, partly brownish, darker at the costal margin at the base. The 
dark interior line undulate, from y 4 costal margin to % inner margin. Exterior line dark, from 3 / 5 costal margin 
to 2 3 inner margin, excurved in front, straighter towards the inner margin, inward. Ring-macula and reniform 
macula edged pale dark. Behind the exterior line a broad brown shadow, white behind it. Submarginal line 
dark brown. A black streak in the submedian fold from + °f the length of the wing almost to the margin, similar 
streaks through the exterior line. Hindwing whitish. $ 32 mm. Queensland. 
C. thermosticha Lower. Forewing stretched, ash-grey, with an intensely black longitudinal streak above 
the centre of the wing from the base to the distal margin, all the veins finely black. The whole marking consists 
of 3 or 4 faded black spots between the veins at the lower part of the distal margin. Hindwing of G greyish 
ochreous, of $ dull brownish ochreous. 26—30 mm. Queensland. 
C. aethalistis Lower. Forewing stretched, the distal margin somewhat steeper. Smoky brown, with a 
faded dark median shadow, the interior border about from V 4 costal margin to % inner margin, the exterior 
border from 3 / 5 costal margin to G inner margin, in the middle with a round projection, with 4 or 5 tufts of 
dark brown scales attached to it. Hindwing brownish ochreous. $ 28 mm. Queensland. 
37. Genus: Aqiais Wkr. 
Palpi thin. Antennae typically tufted, in the other species plain. Forewing broad, neuration normal. 
Veins 3 + 4 of hindwing stalked. Type: viridisquama Wkr. The genus contains only Indo-Australian species 
which are not much alike. 
1. Antennae o f tufted. 
A. viridisquama Wkr. (- = nubifera Wkr., albosparsa Wkr.) (38 d). Reddish brown. Interior line in¬ 
distinct, dark, inward, faded white before it. Black scales in the centre of the cell and at the angles. Exterior 
line blackish, surrounded by white at the costal margin, at first extra-angular below the costal margin, then 
sharply introangular, straight as far as vein 4, introangular at vein 2. Submarginal line indicated by a few pale 
spots. Hindwing somewhat lighter red-brown. 25—30 mm. Malacca, Borneo, Java. 
A. aquisoides Swh. (38 d). Forewing olive brown with silvery scales, the base at the costal margin and 
the space behind the exterior line at the costal margin whitish. Traces of a few dark lines from the cell to the 
inner margin. Black scales in the centre of the cell and at the upper cell-angle. Exterior line blackish excurved 
from behind the middle of the costal margin to vein 4, then vertical to the inner margin. Submarginal line 
of white spots. Hindwing brown, lighter in the + 30 mm. Assam. 
2. Antennae of plain. 
A. albida Wkr. (31 d). Forewing whitish, reddish brown in the basal area and marginal area. Interior 
line indistinctly double, somewhat outward, filled with light, brownish behind it in and below the cell. The ring- 
macula is a small dark luna. Median line bent parallel to the margin. Exterior line somewhat outward as far 
as vein 4, then inward, from vein 3 straight to the inner margin, a dark spot before it at the costal margin, 
dai’k also behind it. Submarginal line blackisk, undulate, q 24 mm. Borneo. 
A. orbicularis Wkr. (= griseinigra Limps.). Forewing dark greyish brown. Interior line oblicpie, blackish, 
edged with golden yellow scales outside. A black spot at the cross-vein, with golden scales outside. Exterior 
line black, finely dentate, slightly excurved behind the cell, then vertical to the inner margin. Submarginal 
line grey, with golden scales inside. Hindwing dark brown. The species is divided into 9 forms: 1. Forewing 
with a black spot in the submedian fold before the interior line. — 2. Forewing greyish white in the basal half, 
with golden scales. — 3. Like the 2nd form, but with a black spot at the costal margin to the base. — 4. Similar 
to form 2, but besides with a black streak in the submedian fold before the interior line and a black spot behind 
it. — 5. babooni B.-Bak. Similar to form 2, but the grey colouring at the inner margin prolonged to the anal 
angle. — 6. crenulata B.-Bak. Forewing grey in the basal and marginal areas, a black band before the exterior 
line. — 7. Like crenulata , but another black spot at the costal margin at the base. — 8. Forewing grey with a 
black spot at the costal margin and a black band below the cell from the base to the distal margin. — 9. The 
typical form. Forewing slightly tinged with dark violet, reddish yellow at the base, lighter reddish yellow be¬ 
hind the middle and at the margin. 22—26 mm. India, Ceylon, Singapore, Borneo, New Guinea. 
38. Genus: Karasa Wkr. 
Palpi thin and long. Antennae of tufted. Vein 5 of hindwing arises separated from veins 3 + 4. The 
first 3 species differ besides from the genus Aquis in a hair-pencil on the forewing beneath at vein 1. In the 
others vein 7 arises stalked from the areole. Type: acronyctoides Wkr. All the species are Indo-Australian. 
