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5. Fore wings with 11 veins 6. 



Fore wings with 10 veins 7. 



6. Fore wings with 4 and 5 separate Genophantis. 



Fore wings with 4 and 5 stalked Myelois. 



7. Hi-nd wings with 3 and 4 stalked Ephestiodes, 



Hind wings with 3 and 4 approximated or connate. Homoeosoma. 



(X) GALLERl'ADAE. 



Meliphora. 



(XI) CRAMBIDAE. 



1. Fore wings in male with semitransparent patch in cell 



Euchromius. 



Fore wings in male without such patch 2 



2. Termen of fore wings deeply excavated below middle....- 



Prionopteryx. 



Termen of fore wings not excavated . • • • -Talis. 



(XII) PYRAUSTIDAE. 



1. Male with bladder-like swelling beneath costa of hind wing 



at base Hyperectis. 



Male without such character 2. 



2. Fore wing with more or less developed tufts of raised scales 



in cell Scoparia. 



Fore wing without such tufts 3. 



3. Fore wings 4 times as long as wide, legs extremely long.Lineodes, 

 Not as above 4. 



4. Antenna of male with base of shaft excised and a tuft of hair 



from extremity of basal joint Hymen ia. 



Antenna of male not so ;i. 



5. Palpi upturned 6. 



Palpi Dorrect 8 •' 



6. Maxillary palpi strongly dilated with scales Margaronia. 



Maxillary palpi filiform 7. 



7. Outer spurs of hind tibiae about half the length of inner :-;purs. 



Omiodes. 



Outer spurs of hind tibiae of nearly even length Heilula. 



8. Palpi with the 3rd joint naked Evergestis. 



Palpi with the 3rd joint concealed by hair or scales 9. 



9. Posterior tibiae in male with outer middle-spur rudimentary.. 



Phlyctaenia. 



Posterior tibiae in male with above spur developed 10. 



10. Fore wings with 10 rising out of 9 Nymphula. 



Fore wings with 10 separate 11- 



11. Face forming a horny prominence Loxostege. 



Face without a horny prominence 12. 



12. Middle tibiae in male dilated Mecyna. 



Middle tibiae in male normal 13- 



13. Fore wings much narrower than hind wings Nomophila. 



Fore wings about same width as hind wings 14. 



