MACROLEPIDOPTERA 247 



1. Forewings with rhomboidal black patch along central third of 



costa 2 



,, without such patch . 



2. Costal patch enclosing an elongate white costal spot (j) amphicypella. 



„ without white spot , 



3. Posterior edge of costal patch inwardly oblique {2) rhombias. 



" )) outwardly oblique (i) fefranaa. 



4. Forewings with entire black subterminal fascia 5. 



„ without such fascia i, 



5. Upper half of discal spot filled with white {14) thalatnias. 



„ „ absorbed in black costal bar 6. 



6. Groundcolour of forewings pale ochreous-yellowish {11) tyraula. 



., ,, white or ochreous-white 7. 



7. Antemedian black fascia connected in disc with postmedian bar {12) pcntaspila. 



„ ,, not so connected 8. 



8. Antemedian black fascia connected in disc with subbasal fascia 9. 



„ „ not so connected 10. 



9. Connection broad; hindwings grey-whitish (j) orthoria. 



narrow; hindwings grey {8) mcsoleuca. 



10. Head mixed with black {10) antimacha. 



„ not mixed with black {g) tnianiis. 



11. Groundcolour of forewings uniform shining ashy-grey {26) siderina. 



,, ,, not uniform grey 12. 



12. Forewings with groundcolour orange or ferruginous 13. 



,, ,, not orange or ferruginous 16. 



13. First line well-marked, white 14. 



„ hardly defined {36) nyctombra. 



14. Orbicular and claviform blackish 15. 



,, „ not blackish {28) iant/ies. 



15. Second line reduced in disc to dots (2g) marmarias. 



„ entire in disc (jo) aeolias. 



16. First line doubled, well-marked, yellowish-tinged 17. 



„ not doubled, or if so, not yellowish ig. 



17. Head yellowish-fuscous; hindwings grey {40) zophochlora. 



„ yellowish on crown; hindwings whitish-grey 18. 



18. Orbicular obliquely beyond claviform (jg) meliMora. 



,, vertically above claviform (41) /imaiaiiensis. 



19. Head and thorax shining coppery {34) erebochalca. 



,, ,, not coppery 20. 



20. Head yellowish, or mixed with yellowish 21. 



, , not yellowish 22. 



21. Lines white (j/) nectarias. 



„ pale yellowish {2j) parachlora. 



22. Head clear white, at most with black frontal bar, or face sprinkled 



with black 23. 



„ more or less wholly mixed or suffused with fuscous or blackish 34. 



23. Discal spot 8-shaped 24- 



,, absorbed in black costal bar 25. 



24. Thorax black-sprinkled {16) halirrhoa. 



„ not black-sprinkled {17) actias. 



