10 NOCTUID^. 



b'^. Palpi with the oi'cl joiut porrect, 

 tlie 2ncl moderately fringed with 



hair in front Epilecta, p. ('>20. 



b''. Palpi witli tlie 3i-d joint short and 



slightly hairy below Tripii.ena, p. G22. 



i'^. Abdomen not dorsally flattened. 

 a'. Abdomen with slight dorsal crests 

 towards base. 

 a"*. Fore wing with tlie ternien erenu- 



late Anytus, p. 585. 



b'*. Fore wing witli the termen non- 



crenulate Actixotia, jj. 122. 



b'. Abdomen without dorsal crests, 

 a'*. Tliorax witli ridge-like dorsal crest. Hypoxestia, p. 600. 

 6"*. Thorax with spreading crests. 

 a'-'. Palpi with the 3rd joint porrect 

 and hairy below, the 2nd broadly 

 scaled in front. 

 a^". Thorax with distinct crests on 

 pro- and mesothorax. 

 a'^ Head and thorax clothed with 



rough spatulate hair Anomogyna, p. 588. 



^.i". Head and tliorax sinoothlj" 



ck'thed with hair and scales . Euuois, p. 612. 

 i'". Thorax with very slight dorsal 



crests PiiONOCTUA, p. 641. 



//'. Palpi with the ;Jrd joint up- 

 turned, almost naked. 

 «'". Palpi with the 2nd joint broadly 



fringed with hair in front EuEitETAGiiOTis, p. 643. 



b^". Palpi with the 2nd joint slightly 



fringed with hair in front ... RiiYNCiiAfiROTis, p. 648. 

 b^. Mid t\hyx not spined. 



«*. Abdomen with dorsal crests Buciaka, p. 126. 



b^. Abdomen without dorsal crests. 

 a^. Head and tliorax clothed with rough 



hair and spatulate scales Proteuxo.\, p. 649. 



b\ Head and thorax smoothly scaled Protagrotis, p. 655. 



Genus ALA. 



Type. 



Ala, Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1882, p. 49 picteti. 



Trichanarta, Hmpsn . Motlis Ind. i v. p. 507 (1896) ladacensis. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, extending more than the length of 

 head, fringed with long hair below, the 3rd joint acuminate, well developed ; 

 eyes hairy ; antenna3 ciliated ; frons with large tuft of hair ; head and thorax 

 clothed with long rough hair mixed with scales ; mid and hind tibiae strongly 

 spined. Fore wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 5 from above angle ; 

 <■) from below upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole. 

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

 discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle or shortly stalked. 



Sect. I. (Ala). Anteun:\3 of male minutely serrate and fasciculate. 

 A. Fore wing with the reniform placed on a medial dark 



shade pictdi. 



P. Fore wing without medial dark shade pretiosa. 



