NOCTUIDiE. 



b*. Eyes not overliiiiif^ bj' cilia, 

 a'. Thorax clothed with hair aud liair-liko 



scales and with spreading crests Manobia, p. 270. 



i'. Thorax clothed with hair only and without 



crests PiiYSETiCA, p. 444. 



6'. Fore tarsus with short tiiick claws on 1st tlirce 

 joints ; Irons with roundod prominence with 

 curved corneous plate below it from middle 

 of frons and a plate below f'rons produced to 



lateral wings Onyciiestra, p. 223. 



c^. Fore tarsus without claw-liiic spines on outer 



side of 1st juint. 

 a^ Eyes overhung bv long cilia. 



a^. Proboscis aborted, minute Triciiopolia, p. 301. 



b^. Proboscis fully developed. 

 a*. TeguLv dorsally produced into a ridge. 



a'. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests Poliodestra, p. 359. 



i\ Abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st segment 

 only. 

 a^. Palpi fringed with long hair iu front ... Stuetchia, p. 363. 

 6". Palpi fringed with short hair in front ... Hyukceciodes, p. 253. 

 b^. Tegulae not produced into a ridge, 

 a'. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests, 

 a*^. Thorax clothed chiefly with scales. 

 a'. Thorax with ridge-shaped dorsal crest. Tiitrestra, p. 6. 



b''. Thorax with spreading crests Trichestra, p. 8. 



b^. Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like 



scales Lasioxvcta, p. 53. 



c®. Thorax clothed with hair only Lasiestra, p. 47. 



P. Abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st segment 



only ScRii'TANiA, p. 404. 



c'. Abdomen without dorsal crests Strigania, p. 466. 



P. Ej-es not overhung by long cilia. 

 a^. Proboscis aborted, minute. 

 a*. Abdomen witli dorsal crest on 1st segment. 

 a'. Frons with disk-shaped prominence with 



central truncate prominence Aspidifrontia, p. 450. 



b^. Frons with rounded prominence with 



corneous plate below it Odontef.ia, p. 219. 



c'. Frons without prominence. 

 a^. Pro- and metathorax with spreading 



crests Tiioi.era, p. 210. 



i*"'. Pro- and metathorax without crests Britiiys, p. 447. 



L*. Abdomen without dorsal crest. 

 a\ Frons with disk-shaped prominence with 



central truncate process Metopiora, p. 452. 



6'. Frons with prominence with lateral walls 



and roughened or convoluted centre Diaphone, p. 453. 



c'. Frons with rounded roughened promi- 

 nence with corneous plate below it. 

 «". Head and thorax clothed chiefly with 



scales Polytelodes, p. 454. 



b^. Head and thorax clothed with hair 



only Poi.ytela, p. 4.36. 



d\ Frons without prominence Xasthopastis, p. 458. 



i'. Proboscis fully developed. 

 a*. Frons with truncate conical prominence, 

 a'. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests, 

 a". Frons with semilunar corneous promi- 

 nence Discestra, p. 14. 



i*. Frons with circular prominence Crateuestua, p. 17. 



