382 WILLIAM T. M. FORBES 



3. Apex of fore wing not falcate. 



4. M a , M 3 , and CUj closely approximate at margin of fore wing (like fig. 

 260). 



5. Fore wing with raised scale-ridges or tufts 22. Gretchina. 



5. Fore wing smooth-scaled 23. Exentera (and a few Epinotia). 



4. M 2 , M 3 , and Cu t evenly spaced at margin. 



34. Sparganothis, 35. Amorbia $ 



2. Fore wing with R 4 and R 5 completely united; 11 veins only. 

 3. M 2 , M 3 , and Cu t approximate at margin of fore wing. 



4. Hind wing with M 3 and CUj completely united 19. Suleima. 



4. M s and CUj stalked. 



5. Costal fold present 18. Sonia. 



5. Costal fold absent . 12. Kundrya. 



3. M 2 , M 3 , and CUi not approximate at margin 35. Amorbia <^. 



2. Fore wing with R 4 and R 5 separate or connate. 



3. Hind wing with R and M., remote at origin (fig. 247), more than half as 



far apart as M 2 and M 3 when the latter are also remote. 

 4. R separate from Sc in hind wing; eyes a little reduced, with a scaled 



band behind them (fig. 271 ) 1. Hemimene. 



4. R of hind wing becoming coincident with Sc iy 2 - Pammene. 



3. Hind wing with R and Mj closely approximate or stalked. 



4. Fore wing falcate, with a distinct point between R 4 and R M broadly 

 concave below. 27 



5. Hind wing with M 3 and Cu t stalked, rarely separate 8. Ancylis. 



5. M 3 and CUj united (fig. 264) 9. Anchylopera. 



4. Fore wing not really falcate. 



5. Hind wing with M ; , M 3 , and CUj all remote at origin from cell (fig. 



269 ) 33. Polychrosis 



5. Hind wing with M?, M 3 , and CU! equally and very slightly separate ; 

 on superficial view, all connate; thorax smooth (fig. 268). 



32. Bactra. 



5. Hind wing with M 3 and CUj connate; M, slightly separate (fig. 262). 



28. Episimus. 

 5. Hind wing with M, and CUj connate, or stalked; M 2 remote; male 



without costal fold. 

 6. Thorax with a posterior tuft. 



7. Male hind tibiae with metallic scales above, near base. 



5. Gymnandrosoma. 

 7. Male hind tibiae with normal loose hair. 



8. Hind wing with a thickened area above base of 3d A only 



(fig. 250) 6. Ecdytolopha. 



8. Male with a fold on inner margin, normally containing a hair 

 pencil, or a pencil arising from base of hind tibia, or, 



usually, both 29. Olethreutes. 



6. Thorax smooth. 



8. Male hind tibia and tarsus with coarse, divergent hair. 



4. Melissopus. 

 8. Male hind tibia with loose hair; tarsus scaled. 



9. Male with base of hair pencil on Cu covered with large 

 shining scales; a groove along 2dA, containing the usual 



pencil arising from base of 2dA 3. Carpocapsa. 



9. Male without sex scaling toward inner margin of hind 

 wing. 2. Laspeyresia. 



27 In a few members of other genera the fore wing is more or less falcate, hut the 

 outer margin is hardly concave, or the apex is rounded over. 



