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Sir George ¥. Hampson on the 



Key to the Genera. 



A. Hind tarsii with no tuft of hair on 1st joint. 



a Maxillary palpi long and triangularly scaled ; palpi 

 long, upturned or straight and porrect, the 

 3rd joint long and acuminate; an ennae of 

 male pectinated ...... 38. Sindris. 



h Maxillary palpi filiform, except in some genera 

 with downcurved palpi, 

 ai Palpi with the 2nd and 3rd joints upturned, 

 o- Proboscis absent or minute. 



a'^ Forewing with vein 9 stalked with 7,8; 

 hindwing with vein 4 present, 

 a"* Forewing with vein 7 from 8 before 9. 

 a® Palpi with no tuft of hair in front of 



2nd joint 5. Aglossa 



h^ Palpi with a tuft of hair in front of 2nd 

 joint ..... 



6* Forewing with vein 7 from 8 after 9 

 ?»' Forewing with vein 9 from cell ; hindwing 

 with vein 4 absent 

 l' Proboscis we'l developed. 



ai Abdomen long and dilated at extremity ; 



antennae of male with short branches . 



1)3 Abdomen normal ; antennae of male 



ciliated ...... 



a"* Hindwing with veins 4, 5 .stalked 



a' Forewing with vein 7 from 8 before 9. 



h^ Forewing with vein 7 from 8 after 9 . 



i* Veins' 4, 5 < f each wing approximated 



for about one-third length. 



a^ Forewing with the costauot excis<?d . 



h^ Forewing with the costa excised at 



middle ...... 



<;' Veins 4, 5 of neither wing approximated 



towards origin. 



0^ Forewing with vein 7 from 8 before 9. 



a^ Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching 



far above vertex of head . . 10. Paracme. 

 a7 Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching 

 vertex of head 

 a^ Maxillary palpi well developed. 13. 

 Z»8 Maxillary palpi minute. 

 a^ Palpi broadly scaled in front . 12. 

 h^ Palpi slender and smoothly 

 scaled • . . . .11. 



V Palpi very short and not reaching 



verte-c of head . . . .14. 



}j^ Forewing with vein 7 from 8 after 9. 

 a* Forewing with vein 11 anastomosing 



with 12 ... . . .17. 



b® Forewing with vein 11 not anasto- 

 mosing witli 12 . . . .18. 



?)' Palpi obliquely upturned, the 3rd joint porrect. 

 a^ Forewing with veins 4, 5 approximated for 

 about one-third length. 

 a' Proboscis well developed ; antennae of male 



ciliated ....... 16. 



b' Proboscis minute ; antennae of male with 



short branches . . . . .15. 



ft" Forewing with veins 4, 5 not approximated 

 towards origin. 



Larice. 



Stemmaiopliord, 

 Cardamyla. 

 Curena. 



Catacrocis. 

 Euryzona. 



Herculia. 

 Tamraca. 



