124 NOTODONTID^E. 



Family NOTODONTID^E. 



A family of moths superficially resembling the Noctuidce. 



Mid tibia with one pair of spurs ; hind tibia with two pairs ; 

 tarsi short and hairy. Fore wing with vein 1 a forming a fork 

 with 1 6 at the base ; 1 c absent ; vein 5 from the middle of disco- 

 cellulars, or rarely from just below upper angle of cell*. Hind 

 wing with two internal veins ; vein 5 from the centre of the 

 discocellulars or rarely absent ; 8 free from the base, curved, and 

 running close along the subcostal nervure or joined to it by a bar. 



Larva without the anal prolegs, and carrying the anal somites 

 more or less erect; these often bear paired processes, and are 

 sometimes swollen ; the other somites often prominently humped. 



Pupa naked. 



Fig. 72. Larva of Centra litnrata. \. (From Moore, Lep. 

 Ceyl. ii, pi. 120, fig. 1 a.) 



Key to the Genera. 



A. Fore wing "with vein 5 from middle of disco- 

 cellulars. 

 a. Fore wing with no tuft of scales on inner 



margin. 

 a'. End of abdomen with a tuft of long 



spatulate scales. 

 a 2 . Fore wing with vein 10 anastomosing 



with 8 to form the areole 1. TARSOLEPIS, p. 126. 



6 2 . Fore wing with vein 9 anastomosing 



with 8 to form the areole 2. DUDUSA, p. 128. 



b'. End of abdomen without a tuft of spatu- 



late scales. 



a 2 . Hind win^ with vein 5 present. 

 a 3 . Fore wing produced and narrow. 

 4 . Fore \vin^r with the inner margin 



produced into a triangular lobe. 10. NORRACA, p. 137. 

 b*. Fore wing with the inner margin 



produced into a rounded lobe. . 9. TURNACA, p. 13G. 

 c 4 . Fore wing with the inner margin 



evenly curved. 



a 5 . Fore wing with the apex acute. 

 6 . Fore wing very long. 



a 7 . Fore wing with no areole. 5. BARADESA, p. 131. 

 V. Fore wing with an areole. 6. RACHIA, p. 131. 

 6 6 . Fore wing shorter. 



a 1 . Palpi upturned 12. PYDNA, p. 138. 



V. Palpi porrect 13. RAMKSA, p. 142. 



* Except in the genus Cyphanta, which may be the connecting link with the 

 Xioctuida. 



