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b~ . Hindwing with vein 5 from well 

 above angle of cell, rather 



weak ErastriancB. 



b l . Palpi with the 3rd joint acuminate Hypenince. 



B. Maxillary palpi present Hyblceince. 



Sub-family Ageotin-E. 



Proboscis usually well developed, sometimes aborted : palpi usually short, up- 

 turned or porrect ; frons rounded, often with rounded prominence, sometimes 

 with corneous plate below it, or with corneous processes of various forms ; 

 eyes naked, sometimes overhung by cilia, in Trichanarta hairy : antennas usually 

 ciliated, often pectinate or serrate ; head and thorax clothed with hair and scales 

 when there are usually crests on pro-and meta-thorax or ridge-like dorsal crest, 

 or clothed with hair only ; tibia? more or less spinose, all the tibia; being usually 

 strongly spined, in others the spines are reduced to one between mid and 

 terminal spurs of hind tibia; ; abdomen rarely with dorsal crests. Wings 

 usually broad, sometimes rather narrow, the termen rounded or crenulate ; 

 forewing with vein 1 a. weak, not anastomosing with 1 b. ; 1 c. absent ; 2 from 

 middle of cell ; 3 and 5 from near lower angle : 6 from upper angle : 9 from 10 

 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole, 7 from the areole : 11 from cell. 

 Hindwing with veins 1 a. and b present, 1 c. absent ; 3'4 from lower angle of 

 cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars : 6'7 from upper angle or 

 shortly stalked ; 8 arising free, then bent down and touching the cell, then 

 again diverging. 



Larva. — Smooth, the warts with one hair ; all the prolegs present, the 12th 

 somite with dorsal hump. In the HeUothis group they usually feed on flowers ; 

 in the A grotis group they often hide in the earth by day and emerge to feed 

 at night ; the perfect insect of the former often flying in the sunshine, whilst 

 the latter are purely nocturnal. 



Pupa buried in the earth, of which it forms an agglutinated cocoon. 



Key to the Genera. 

 A. Fore tibia? with spines or claws. 

 a. Frons with prominence. 



a 1 . Frontal prominence rounded in front. 



a-. Frons with corneous plate below the prominence. 



a s . Fore tibia? spined at sides - Jleliclejitria. 



b 3 . Fore tibia? not spined at sides. 



a 4 . Forewing rather short and broad, the 



apex rounded Raghuva. 



ft 4 . Forewing rather long and narrow, the 



apex somewhat produced Timora. 



b' 1 . Frons without corneous plate below the 



prominence > Chlorklea. 



&-. Frons with truncate conical prominence. 



a'-. Eyes small and reniform Orosagrotis. 



