474 WILLIAM T. M. FORBES 



34. SPARGANOTHIS Hiibner 



(CKnopthera Duponchel; (Enectra Guenee, not Hiibner; Ccnopis Zeller, 

 etc.; with Platynota, Leptoria Clemens, Epagoge auct.) 



Front with a projecting tuft, leaving a more or less circular, naked or close- 

 scaled area covered by the palpi (fig. 240) ; which are beak-like and typically as 

 long as head and thorax together. Fore wing (fig. 234) normally with some raised 

 scales, becoming regular tufts in group Platynota; R, and R 5 forking over apex; 

 Cu a arising beyond middle of cell. Hind wing with a distinct tuft or fringe of 

 hair-scales on base of Cu. weaker than in most Eucosminae; R and M t approximate, 

 and often shortly stalked; M, closely grouped with M 3 and Cu 1; and widely sep- 

 arated from M,. 



Key to the species 

 1. Ground white. 



2. Immaculate 19. pettitana var. 



2. A large brown patch 16. niveana. 



1. Ground lemon yellow. 



2. A brown spot on middle of inner margin 20. albieaudana. 



2. No such spot. 



3. Reticulate with orange or red-brown. 



4. Hind wing blackish 10. lycopodiana. 



4. Hind wing light gray 9. sulfureana. 



4. Hind wing pale orange or white. 



5. Fore wing with narrow bands of rod-brown 14. reticulatann. 



f>. Fore wing with large areas of red-brown 15. ferreann. 



3. Not reticulate with orange, or with only a few brownish scales. 



4. Hind wing ochreous white 18. karacana. 



4. Hind wing pure white. 



5. A broad curved band, both ends of which run to costa. .17. groteana,. 



5. Narrow broken bands, or none 19. pettitana. 



4. Hind wing gray. 



5. Fore wing with three rusty stripes 11. tristriata. 



5. Fore wing with an oblique rusty band 8. puritana. 



1. Ground duller or darker. 



2. Base of fore wing pale orange, outer part dark. 



3. Base defined by a blackish band; with a blackish triangular apical 



shade 2. flavibasana. 



3. Markings wholly diffuse; no blackish 1. violaceana. 



2. Hind wing dull orange or orange brown, or white suffused with orange. 

 3. With obscure dull purplish reticulation only, not contrasting. 



22. testulana. 



3. With well-marked dark reticulation 21. chambersana (female). 



3. Light yellow, with light brown patches 12. saracann. 



3. Dull light tawny and darker brown; sexually dimorphic. . .26. flavedana. 



2. Dull orange, hind wing white 21. chambersana (male) . 



2. Base concolorous with medial or terminal region; hind wing not orange or 



pure white. 

 3. Ground bright yellow or orange. 



4. Not reticulate; with oblique dark band 8. puritana. 



4. Yellow, reticulate with orange; or orange, reticulate with yellow. 



5. Fore wing with narrow bands of red-brown 14. reticulatann 



5. Fore wing with large areas of red-brown 15. ferreana. 



3. Cream yellow, reticulate with purple-brown. 



4. Patchily shaded also ; 4. irrorea. 



