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3. No pale lines between subdorsal and substigmatal lines 5 



A distinct pale lateral line 4 



4. Subdorsal and substigmatal lines uniform 23. Dargida procincta 



Lines narrow and blotched in incisures 35. Xylomiges ochracea 



5. With blackish subdorsal oblique shades 6 



With whitish oblique shades 3. Rhynchagrotis cremilata 



Dorsal space broadly pale with blackish shades diamond-shaped 



or rounded or filling in all the space 10 



Dorsal space not dark shaded 24 



6. Joint 12 enlarged with a black patch behind, 



I. Rhynchagrotis. rufipectus 

 Joint 12 not unusually enlarged 7 



7. Cervical shield concolorous, obscure 8 



Cervical shield more distinct, dark, pale lined 9 



8. Tubercles i pale, contrasted; body dark 2. Rhynchagrotis alternata 



Tubercles i dark; body light brown 4. Eueretagrotis sigmoides 



Tubercle i in pale area, not contrasted ; body uniformly obscured, 



15. Mamestra quadrata 



9. Substigmatal line broad, pale yellow 29. Orthosia purpurea 



Substigmatal line obsolete, covered by brown mottlings, 



30. Orthosia bicolorago 

 10. Dorsal space at least in part pale n 



Dorsal space all blackish 22 



n. Markings in dorsal space diamond-shaped 12 



Markings rounded, linear or obscure 15 



12. Cervical shield distinct 13 



Cervical shield obscure, concolorous 16 



13. A double row of subventral dark spots 27. Tceniocampa rufula 



Subventral region all pale 14 



14. Cervical shield with lateral margin straight, incised, 



6. Feltia va?icouverensis 

 Cervical shield with lateral margins oblique ..n. Mamestra meditata 



15. Cervical shield obscure, concolorous 17 



Cervical shield distinct, shining 19 



16. Head pale brown, all shining 26. Orthedes vecors 



Head darkly reticulated, only the clypeus shining, 



36. Xylomiges patalis 



17. Dorsal shades elliptical, a dark superstigmatal band, 



5. Nocttia bicarnea 

 Dorsal shades diffuse ; no contrasting superstigmatal band 18 



18. Opaque; head with lines and reticulations. ...24. Caradrina miranda 

 More translucent; head nearly uniformly red-brown, 



25. Caradrina extimia 



19. Opaque, dark shaded, dorsal shades linear... 15. Hadena apamiformis 

 More translucent, dorsal shades obscured 20 



20. Head shagreened, dull 8. Carneades brunneigera 



Head smooth, shining ^ 21 



