388 



NoTlTATfiS ZOOLOOIOAE XXV. 1918. 



Family. 



85. aorolophidae 



86. Nemophoeidae' . 



87. Hepialidae'' 



88. Eriocraniadae 



89. Eriocephalidae . 

 * ( M icropleri/gidae) ' 



Subfamily. Genus. 



. Acrolophus Poey, 1832 . 



. Nemophora Hoffmannsegg, 



. Hepialus Fabr. 1775 



. Eriocrania Zell. 1851 



. Eriocephala Curt. 1839 . 



1798 



Type. 



vitella 



degeerella 



humuli 



semipurpurella 



calthella 



^ includes Adelidae . 



2 includes Prototheoeidae 



Adela Latr. 1796 . 

 Prototheora Meyr. 1917 . 



viridella 

 petrosema 



' Micrapteryx Hiibn., Verz. 1827, type mucidella, is either a Nepticula or Elachista (auct.). 



KEY TO THE FAMILIES OF THE LEPIDOPTERA. 

 The key to the Microlepidoptera — families 53 to 85 — by Mr. J. H. Durrant 

 has been kindly prepared at my request. He wishes it to be clearly understood 

 that it is merely tentative and doubtless capable of great improvement ; the 

 names of the families used by him are given in brackets in the list of the families. 

 A. Hiiidwiiig with the cell emitting not more than G veins. 



a. .\ntennae clubbed or dilated ; frenulum absent. 



a'. Forewing with two or more veins stalked or coincident, 

 a^. Forelegs of male useless for walking. 



a'. Forelegs of female useless for walking. .... 



b^. Forelegs of female well developed ..... 



b''. Forelegs of male well developed. 



a^. Fore tarsi of male more or less abbreviated or with one or both 

 claws absent ....... 



b^. Fore tarsi of male not abbreviated, the claws developed, 

 a'. Hindwing with vein l.a absent 

 a''. Hindwing with vein l.a present 

 b'. Forewing with all the veins present and separate 



b. Antennae not clubbed or dilated or frenulum present when clubbed or 



dilated, 

 a*. Hindwing with vein l.c absent. 



a^. Forewmg with vein 5 from nearer 4 than G. 



a^. Hindwing with vein 8 aborted ...... 



b'. Hindwing with vein 8 present.* 



a*. Hindwing with vein 8 remote from 7. 

 a^. Frenulum present. 



a*. Hindwing with vein 8 anastomosing with the cell to 

 near or beyond middle. ..... 



b". Hindwing with vein 8 anastomosing with the cell near 

 base only, 

 a'. Antennae with the shaft more or less dilated towards 

 extremity ........ 



b'. Antennae with the shaft not dilated f • 

 c'. Hindwing with vein 8 free or connected with the cell 

 by a bar. 

 a'. Proboscis aborted, 

 a*. Antennae clubbed ...... 



b*. Antennae not clubbed ..... 



b'. Proboscis fully developed. 



a*. Antennae dilated towards extremity, 

 a*. Eyes hairy ; forewing with veins 7, 8, 9 stalked . 

 b'. Eyes not hairy ; forewing with all the veins from 



the cell or 7, 8 stalked .... 45. Charideidae 



• In some genera and species of the Arctianac allied to the Anuitidae vein 8 is obsolescent or 

 aborted, and in a tew others it is coincident with vein 7 to beyond the cell, 

 f Except in Dahlia. 



38. Danaidae 

 41. Plebejidae 



40. Cupidinidae 



42. Equitidae 



39. Asciadae 



43. Erynnidae 



1. Amatidat 



2. Lithoaiadae 



Phalaenoididae 

 4. Noctuidae 



36. Taacinidae 

 6. Liparidae 



7. Eucocytiadae 



