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2. Hind wing with vein 5 obsolescent, from or just below middle of discocellulars 3 

 Hind wing with vein 5 well developed 6 



3. Mid and hind tibiae, or hind tibiae only spined Agrotin/E. 



Mid and hind tibiae not spined , 4 



4. Eyes hairy Hauenin^. 



Eyes not hairy c 



5. Eyes with long overhanging cilia CUCULLIAN.^. 



Eyes not ciliated Acronyctin.^. 



6 Hind wing with vein 5 more or less approximated to 4 at base 7 



Hind wing with vein 5 parallel to 4 14 



7. Frenelutji of female simple 8 



PVenelum of female multiple 9 



8. Abdomen with lateral anal pencils of hair Eutelian.'E. 



Abdomen without anal pencils of hair ; forewing with tufts of raised scales 



in cell Stictopterin^. 



9. Retinaculum of male bar-shaped 10 



Retinaculum of male not bar-shaped Ii 



10. Forewings with tufts of raised scales in cell Sarrothripin^.- 



Forewings without tufts of raised scales in cell AcoNTiANyE.- 



11. Mid tibiK spined Catocalin/e. 



Mid tibia; not spined 12 



12. Eyes hairy MoM 1N.«. 



Eyes with long overhanging ciliae Plusian^. 



Eyes neither hairy nor ciliated 13 



13. Hind wing with vein 5 from close to lower angle of cell, strong NoCTUlN.t. 



Hind wing with vein 5 from well above angle of cell, rather weak..ERASTRlAN,T,. 



14. Hind wing with vein 5 parallel to 4 ,.Hypenin.«. 



15. Maxillary palpi present Hybl^IN^. 



The first point that attracts attention in this table is the departure 

 from the uniform subfamily termination so generally used in Ameri- 

 can works. That really amounts to a matter of practice only and the 

 substitution of iiiice for iancB is easily made by one who prefers it. 



Nothing is more variable than the force with which characters 

 appeal to students in the pamc group and it is quite remarkable how 

 one structure or set of structures may dominate an arrangement to the 

 subordination of others which seem of greater value to another. I 

 am of course quite as one-sided as others and will not pretend to say 

 that Mr. Hampson has given undue importance to any one character. 

 Yet I would not go so far in some directions as he does and I would 

 use other characters. 



The Hyblaeinae might properly be raised to family rank and the 

 Euteliinas and Stictopterinse with the simple frenelum in the female 

 are certainly more sharply separated off than are some of the others. 



