PREFACE, 
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Tue subject of Vol. XI. of the ‘Catalogue of Moths’ is the 
classification of the Noctuid subfamilies Huteliane, Stictopterine, 
Sarrothripine, and Acontiane, 
The Luteliane are represented in the present work by 12 genera 
and 175 species, and are characterised as follows:—Vein 5 of the 
hind wing is fully developed and arises from close to the angle of 
the cell; the frenulum of the female is simple, formed of conjoined 
bristles as in the male of other Noctuide, and the abdomen has 
paired lateral anal tufts of hair or sometimes a long tubular tuft. 
The Stictopterine, with 10 genera and 112 species, are similar, but 
the abdomen is without the paired lateral or tubular anal tufts and 
the fore wing has small tufts of raised scales in the cell. 
The Sarrothripine, with 58 genera and 330 species, have the 
frenulum of the female multiple, the retinaculum of the male in 
the form of a corneous bar; the fore wing has small tufts of 
raised seales in the cell. 
The Acontiane, with 70 genera and 324 species, are similar to the 
Sarrothripine but are without the raised tufts of scales on the fore 
Wing; in some genera and species the bar-shaped retinaculum of 
the male has been lost and the retinaculum is formed by a tuft of 
hair just below the median nervure as in the females of other 
