204 PAPERS BY DR. B. CLEMENS. 



Median 3-branched. Tongue extremely short or absent. 

 Body short, thick. Limacodidae. 



2°. F. av. with the fold not thickened. 

 * Median 3 or 4-branciied. Costal simple. 



f Subcostal bifid, attenuated towards the base from 

 the discal. 

 With maxillary palpi. Antennas, basal joint often with 

 appendages. Pyralidse. 



f f Subcostal bifid, not attenuated; parallel to or 

 in contact with costal. 

 Head without ocelli. Tongue nearly obsolete or short. 

 \ Subcostal divides exterior to the discal vein. 

 Costal arched at base, touching subcostal slightly. 

 Disco-central wanting. Antennas generally pectinate. Abdo- 

 men tufted at the end. Liparidse. 

 Costal parallel to or in contact with subcostal toward 

 the base. 

 With disco-central. Antennas shortly pectinate or ciliate. 

 Body thick. Legs hairy. Notodontidse. 

 Costal and subcostal with a common stalk. 

 Median 3-branched. Discal simple or with medio-discal. 

 F. w. subcostal remote. Lithosidse, 

 Median 3-branched. Disco-central feeble, lost in the fold. 

 Head small, sunken (Glottulides). Noctuidse ( 

 | | Subcostal divides interior to the discal 

 vein. 

 Costal and subcostal vein parallel. 

 With medio-discal. Antennas simple, pubescent. Body 

 rather thick. Legs hairy. 



Noctuidse pars. (Noctuo-Bombycides.) 



Head with ocelli. Tongue short or almost obsolete. 

 \ Subcostal divides exterior to the disk. 

 Costal and subcostal parallel or touching at the base. 

 With disco-central. Antennas simple or ciliated. Legs and 

 abdomen with tufts. Notodontidse pars. 



Costal and subcostal veins with a common stalk. 

 Antennas bipectinate, ciliate, serrate or simple. 



