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EXPLANATION OF FIGURE 71. 



1. A Noctuid showing the typical maculation and other descriptive charac- 



ters : on body, c, collar ; pa, patagium ; on primary wing, h, basal line 

 or half line; hd, basal dash or streak; t. a., transverse anterior line; 

 m, median shade ; t. p., transverse posterior line ; s. t., sub-terminal line ; 

 c. 111., costal margin; t., terminal line; ap., apex; o. m., outer margin; 

 h. a., hind angle; i. m., inner margin; cl, claviform ; or, orbicular; 

 rn, reniform; on secondary wing, apex, o, in., outer margin; a. n., anal 

 angle ; i. m., inner margin ; d. s., discal spot ; e. I., exterior line. 



2. Head from front, showing a hairy eye at right ; a naked, lashed eye at 



left; front smooth, not protuberant. 



3. Head of Nonagria from above, showing location of ocelli ; front with a 



keel-like process, the lateral edges serrate. 



4. Same structure seen from side. 



5. Venation of a Noctuid ; the veins named and numbered as usually referred 



in descriptive work ; the secondary shows a trifid, in which vein 5 is 

 weak and from the cross-vein, remote from 4. 



6. Hind wing of a quadrifid, showing vein 5 as strong as the others, and from 



the same point with 3 and 4 at end of median. 



7. An anterior leg showing tibial epipysis at inner side and a short stout claw 



at end of tibia. 



8. Anterior tibia of a .'^chinia with two inner terminal and 4 outer lateral 



claws. 

 '). Middle leg with tibia moderately spinose. 

 10. Hind leg with normal development ; no spines, tufts or brushes of any 



kind. 



