166 NOCTUIDJE. 



and outer margins 

 forming an almost 



continuous curve .... 54. APSABASA, p 290. 

 b 11 . Palpi with the 2nd joint 



fringed with hair. 

 # 12 . Fore wing with the inner 

 margin slightly lobed 



towards base 29. ACBONYCTA, p. 240. 



b 12 . Fore wing with the inner 



margin almost straight. 

 a 13 . Fore wing short and 



broad 42. CABADBINA, p. 259. 



b 13 . Fore wing long and 

 narrow, the apex pro- 

 duced 20. BOMBYCIA, p. 206. 



c 11 . Palpi with a tuft of hair on 



2nd joint produced to an [p. 268. 



acute angle 43. TATHOBHYNCHUS, 



b*. Palpi porrect. 

 a 10 . Fore wing with the costa 

 arched ; vein 6 given off 

 after angle of cell ; antennae 



of male bipectinate 52. PHYCIDOPSIS, p. 288. 



b 10 . Fore wing with the costa 



nearly straight; vein C 



from angle of cell; antennae 



of male ciliated. 



a 11 . Fore wing not produced at 



apex. 

 a 12 . Fore wing of moderate 



breadth ; the apex acute. 48. NONAGBIA, p. 284. 

 i 12 . Fore wing very narrow, [p. 287. 



the apex rounded 61. PHYCIDIMOBPHA, 



ft 11 . Fore wing with the apex 



produced to a point. 

 12 . Fore wing of normal 

 breadth ; vein 7 from end 



of areole 49. ACBAPEX, p. 286. 



b 12 . Fore wirg very narrow ; 

 vein 7 anastomosing with 

 9 50. ACUTIPENNA, p. 287. 



Genus SPHETTA. 

 Sphetta, Wlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 457 (1865). 



Type, S. apicalis, Wlk. 



Range. Sikkim ; Malabar Coast ; Ceylon. 



Eyes naked ; palpi obliquely porrect, reaching beyond the frons, 

 the 2nd joint heavily fringed with hair ; antennae fasciculate ; 

 thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled, the latter long ; tibiae 

 without spines. Fore wiog broad and rounded ; vein 3 from long 

 before end of cell. Hind wing with veins 6 and 7 on a short 

 stalk ; 8 running close along 7 to middle of cell. 



This may be an abnormal Notodont genus allied to Cyplianla. 



