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KEY TO THE GENERA 



For convenience of identification separate generic keys are given for males 

 and females. 



KALES 



1. Maxillary palpi squamous or flamboyant 2 



Maxillary palpi filiform 16 



2. Hind wing with veins 3 and 5 connate (rarely, very shortly 



stalked) ,■ 3 



Hind wing with veins 3 and 5 definitely stalked 5 



3. Hind wing with veins 7 and 8 approximate; antenna bipec- 



tinate; aedeagus smooth 4 



Hind wing with veins 7 and 8 shortly anastomosed; antenna 

 pubescent ; apex of aedeagus finely spined 3. Olyca Walker 



4. Labial palpus obliquely ascending 2. Olycella Dyar 



Labial palpus porrect 1. Melitara Walker 



5. Eighth abdominal segment simple 6 



Eighth abdominal segment with paired tufts 13 



6. Antenna bipectinate 7 



Antenna pubescent 8 



7. Maxillary palpus not extending above middle of face (United 



States and Mexico) 4. Alberada, new genus 



Maxillary palpus extending above middle of face (South Amer- 

 ica) 5. Nanaia, new genus 



8. Apical process of gnathos partially or completely fused 9 



Apical process of gnathos bifid 11 



9. Apical process of gnathos partially fused 6. Cactoblastis Ragonot 



Apical process of gnathos completely fused 10 



10. Harpe without subbasal .sclorotlzed pocket ; anellus with base of 



plate narrowly sclerotized ; aedeagus moderately long and 



sclerotized throughout 7. Cahela, new genus 



Harpe with subbasal sclerotized pocket; anellus with base of 

 plate broadly sclerotized ; aedeagus short and partially 

 sclerotized 8. Rumatha, new genus 



11. Labial palpus porrect 9. Yosemitia Ragonot 



Labial palpus upturned 12 



12. Anellus with arms rather long; aedeagus smooth 10. Tucumania Dyar 



Anellus shieldlike, with the arms short ; aedeagus with a 



minutely scobinate flange at apex 11. Eremberga, new genus 



18. Antenna pubescent 14 



Antenna unipectinate 13. Parolyca Dyar 



Antenna bipectinate 15 



14. Antenna with basal segments of shaft bearing papillalike setae. 



16. Ozamia Ragonot 

 Antenna without such setae on shaft 12. Salambona, new genus 



15. Maxillary palpus flamboyant, reaching well above middle of face. 



14. Sigelgaita, new genifS 

 Maxillary palpus squamous, not reaching above middle of face. 



15. Amalafrida, new genus 



16. Antenna pectinate or serrate and pubescent; labial palpus up- 



curved 17. Cactobrosis Dyar 



Antenna simple and pubescent ; labial palpus oblique— 18. Zophodia Htibner 



