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^^ Internal vein, never very aliort or nearly coincident ^vlth 

 inner margin. 



Antennae thickened or incrassated towards the tip. 

 Wings with transparent spots. Abdomen tufted at the tip. Thyridae. 



Subcostal bifid. Median trifid. With disco-central. 

 F. w. subniedian with an internal branch; subc. inferior furcate. Antennae clavate. 



Castniadae. 

 F. w. submedian simple; subc. inferior simple. Antennse thickened towards tips. 



Agaristidae. 

 Subcostal simple. Median trifid, upper branches pedicellate. 

 With disco-central. 

 Wings often hyaline. F. w. with radiating nervules ; costa folded. Antennse fu- 

 siform. ^Igeriadae. 



Ante7inse never thickened or incrassated toward the tip. 

 ?1. F. W. WITH NERVULES RADIATING FROM THE DISK. 

 Hind wings, costal vein simple. 

 Subcostal simple, attenuated towards basej discal nervules, two. 

 F. w. spotted ; medio-posterior remote ; secondary cell very distinct. 



Gen. Poeciloptera Clem. 

 F. w. not spotted; medio-posterior not remote; secondary cell indistinct. 



Gen. Anaphora Cle7n. Tineidae. 

 Subcostal simple, slightly joined to costal and curved into the discal. 

 Median 3-branched ; discal vein, simple. 

 F. w. with seven nervules to the costa and hind margin*. (E. Zeae.) Fyralidae. 

 Subcostal bifid, not attenuated ; branches usually connivent. 

 Median 4-branched ; without disco-central. 

 F. w. costa at base often arched ; median nervules curved. Subcostal remote. 



Tortricidae. 



^2 F. W., WITH NERVULES NOT RADIATING FROM THE DISK. 



1° F. W., WITH THE FOLD THICKENED BY A SLENDER VEIN. 



Costal vein simple, crossing subcostal or pedicellate. 

 Subcostal bifid. Discal irregular, with medio-discal branch. 

 Median 3-branched. Tongue extremely short or absent. Body short, thick. 



Limacodidae. 



2° F. W,, WITH THE FOLD NOT THICKENED. 



* MEDIAN 3 OR 4-BRAISrCHED. COSTAL SIMPLE, 

 t Subcostal bifid, attenuated towards the base from the discal. 

 With maxillary palpi. Antennse, basal joint often with appendages. 



Pyralidae. 

 ft Subcostal bifid, not attenuated; parallel to or in contact with costal. 

 Head ivithoiU ocelli. Tongue nearly obsolete or short. 



* This wing-structure is a remarkable exception in the family. 



