'2 noctuid,*:. 



obsolescent from the middle of discocelhilars ; 6, 7 from upper 

 angle or stalked; 8 anastomosing "with the cell near base only or 

 often anastomosing with the cell to near middle. 



In the genera without an areole its absence appears always to 

 have been caused b)* reduction from forms which once possessed it. 



Fig. 1. — Larva of Tarache lucid a. \. 



Eujoseudomorpha, Cydosia, Grcrjieria, TaracJiidia and some other 

 genera have the typical trifid neuration of the hind wing of 

 the subfamily Awonyctince, but are by facies and other characters 

 closely allied to the Erastriance, the larvaa of such as are known 

 having the anterior prolegs aborted, which is the essential distinction 

 between the two subfamilies. 



Larvce smooth, the warts with single hairg, the anterior or two 

 anterior pairs of prolegs absent, and in method of progression more 

 or less semiloopei's. 



Key to the Genera. 



A. Fore wing with veins 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, or 9 

 absent. 



a. Fore wing with vein 1! stalked with 7,8, 9, 10. Ar.eoptera, p. 22. 



b. Fore wing with vein 11 from the cell. 



a 1 . Irons with rounded prominences ; pro- 

 boscis small ; fore wing with vein 9 



absent Fiicenicopiianta, p. 653. 



I 1 . Frons without prominence. 



a-. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests. 

 a 3 . Palpi with the 2nd joint bent for- 

 ward ;;t extremity : the 3rd porrect . Rhynciiodia, p. 489 

 b 3 . Palpi with the 2nd joint not bent for- 

 ward at extremity. 

 a*. Mesot]io<-ax with paired crests, meta- 

 tborax with spreading crest. 

 a 5 . Abdomen with large crests on 



medial segments Erastroides, p. 480. 



b b . Abdomen with crests on basal 



segments only Drorf.ta, p. 332. 



b*. Thorax without crests. 



a 5 . Hind wing with vein 5 nearly 

 fully developed from below 



middle of discocelhilars Peperita, p. 202. 



b*. Hind wing with vein 5 obsolescent 

 from middle of discocelhilars. 

 « r \ Fore wing with veins 3, 4 shortly 



stalked P.seudocraspf.dia, p. 260. 



