) NOCTUIDJi;. 



6*. Palpi with the 3rd joint short, 

 a". Prothorax with dorsal ridge-likc 



crest ., CnABUATA, p. 2')0. 



6". Prothorax with spreading crest. 

 a^". Thorax clothed chielly with hair- 

 like scales Hyssia, p. 278. 



i'". Thorax clothed almost entirely 



with hair Cirphis, p. 478. 



fp. Abdomen without dorsal orests. 

 a."*. Thorax clothed chiefly witli hair-like 

 scales; fore wing with the termen 



erect, rounded Eriopyga, p. 291. 



b^. Thorax clothed almost entirely with 

 hair ; fore wing with the termen 



obliquely curved Bouolia, p. 555. 



c". Thorax clothed with hair only, 

 a'^. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests. 

 «■*. Pro- and metathorax with spreading 



crests Nepiielodes, p. 356. 



h'^. Pro- and metathorax without crests... ADAPiiyENUKA, p. 460. 

 b''. Abdomen with dorsal crest on Ist seg- 

 ment only, 

 o*. Palpi with the 3rd joint long and 



dilated at extremity Clavipalpula, p. 433. 



J^. Palpi with the 3rd joint short, 

 a". Thorax with dorsal ridge-like crest... Peeigonica, p. 434. 



b". Prothorax with divided crest Tmetolophota, p. 470. 



e". Prothorax with spreading crest Sideridis, p. 436. 



d^. Thorax without distinct crests, 

 a'". Fore wing with the apex produced 



and acute Ceeamica, p. 446. 



a^°. Fore wing with the apex truncate . Cekapteryx, p. 462. 

 c''. Abdomen without dorsal crests. 



a**. Palpi with the 3rd joint long Zosteeopoda, p. 588. 



b'^. Palpi with the 3rd joint short. , 



a^. Fore wing with the apex not produced, 



the termen rounded Eriopygodes, p. 353. 



i". Fore wing with the apex produced 

 and acute, the termen obliquely 

 curved Leucania. p. 590. 



Genus THYRESTRA, nov. 



Type, T, hyalopliora. 



Proboscis i'uUy developed ; palpi upturned, fringed with hair in front, the 

 3rd joint porrect ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round, overhung by long cilia ; 

 aatenna> of male almost simple; head and thorax clothed with rough scales, 

 the prothorax with ridge-like dorsal crest, the metathorax with crest ; abdomen 

 with dorsal series of crests, paired lateral tufts of very long white hair ])ro- 

 trusible from the lateral stigmata of male. Fore wing i-ather long and narrow, 

 the apex produced and the termen oblique ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of 

 cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 

 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from 

 middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base 

 only ; male with a patch of hyaline membrane in, below, and beyond cell. 



1127. Thyrestra hyalopliora. 



E^.iplcxia hyalopliora, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. N. H. Soc. si. p. 442 (1897). 

 fS , liead and thorax olive-green mixed with rufous and dark 



