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196. Palpi projecting forward twice the length of the head, or if somewhat 



shorter with the third joint half as long as the second 197. 



Palpi sickle-shaped, upturned beyond vertex 168. 



Palpi with third joint shorter, or shorter as a whole 205. 



197. Third joint triangularly scaled above 198. 



Third joint only rough above and below 199. 



198. Vestiture of fine flattened hair and hair Antiblenima. 



Vestiture imbricate, apparently scaly (some Deltoides) 169. 



199. Stout, hind wing black and white 200. 



Slender, hind wing dull 201 



200. Hind wing with black border ; a massive frontal tuft extending nearly 



to tip of palpus Meliopotis (77). 



Hind wing with yellow lunule in border, the whole third joint of palpus 

 (which is long) projecting beyond the frontal tuft . . Cirrlwbolina $. 



201. Second joint of palpus with a sharp apical tuft above, third joint slender, 



porrect (possibly tipturned in life) and conical, fore and hind wings 



with similar markings : Anticarsia. 



Second joint of palpus merely clavate or rough-scaled ; 202. 



202. Fore wing with apex slightly subfalcate, outer margin bent at middle ; 



third joint of palpus slender, smooth and upturned Hyaniia. 



Fore wing with regularly curved outer margin 203. 



203. Palpi with upper side of second joint more broadly scaled than lower, 



the third joint more or less distinctly turned up 169. 



Palpi with the scaling longer on the under side of the second joint, 

 third joint turned down 204. 



204. Palpi with thinner second and blade-like third joint ; renifonn a dot, 



Eiicalyptra (78). 



Palpi with second joint very broadly scaled below, third almost smooth- 

 scaled ; reniform a ring Scolecocampa. 



205. Hind wing black and white or yellow 206. 



Hind wing dull or like fore wing 207. 



206. Hind wings white with a yellow lunule in the black border ; palpi thick 



extending well above vertex, with short third joint, 



Cirrhobolina ^. 

 Ground color of hind wings all the same, palpi more oblique, 



Syneda (77). 



207. Vestiture of spatulate scales, our species with hind tibiae of male notched 



and tufted, palpi oblique, beak-like, exceeding the head by its length, 



Pleonectyptera. 



Vestiture imbricate but deeper, the thorax with high anterior crest, vesti- 

 ture of front short . . ; Toxocampa. 



No high anterior thoracic crest, vestiture fine and loose 208. 



208. Front with a conical tuft; male with short tufts on legs Phoberia. 



Front with short hair ; male with massive tufts on tibias, 



Panapoda (with Siavana). 



