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NOCTUIDJE, 



PHTLOGEKY OF THE PlIYTOMETRIN^. 

 Caloplusia. 



AjUographn. Eachiplusia. Plnsiopalpa. 



Syngrapha. Chrysopiera. Eosplwropteryx. Psmir^eiri. Plusidia. 



Thyfometra. Mouralia. 



Omorphhta. P a/tpoplusia. Ahrostola. F.phemn 



X 



Keif to the Genera. 



A. Tibia; all spiued. 



«. Eyes small, elliptical Caloplusia, p. 40.5. 



h. Eyes large, round EACniPLUsiA, p. 410. 



B. Hind tibias only spined. 



a. Eyes small, elliptical; fore wing witliout 



scale-tooth at tornns Aitograpiia, p. 404. 



b. Eyes large, round ; fore wing witli scale- 



tooth at tovnus Syngrapha, p. 412. 



C. Tibia; not spined. 



a. Proboscis aborted, small Episema, p. 593. 



h. Proboscis fully developed. 



a'. Fore wing with small tufts of raised scales 

 in and below the cell. 

 «-. Pro- and metathorax with spreading 



ci-ests Mouralia, p. r>91. 



b". Meso- and metathorax with large divided 



<-"i'^st AnnosTOLA, p. 582. 



IK Fore wing without tufts of raised Ecales 

 in and below the cell. 

 a". Palpi with tuft of hair at extremity of 

 2nd joint behind, the .'5rd joint fringed 



with hair in front and behind Plisiopalpa, p. 437. 



h^. Palpi with the 3rd joint fringed with 

 iiair in front. 

 a^. Palpi with the 3rd joint long; foro 

 wing with the' termen typically 



evenly curved * C'iirysoptera, p. 439. 



/A Palpi with the 3rd joint moderate; 

 fore wing with tiie tormen excurved 

 below apex and excurved at middle... Pseudeva, p. 447. 

 C-. Palpi with the 3rd joint not fringed with 

 hair. 

 «•■'. Abdomen with large dorsal crests on 

 basal segments. 

 n^. Pafagia dilated with scales at e.\- 



t'-emity Pi.i'siDH, p. 450. 



