354 NOCTUIDvE. 



Key to the Genera. 



A. Hind wing with vein 5 from near lower 



angle of cell or well below centre of 

 discocellulars. 



a. Fore wing with the inner margin not 



arched. 



a'. Fore wing with the outer margin 

 slightly angled from vein 5 to outer 



angle 3. HAMADASA, p. 367. 



V . Fore wing with the outer margin 



evenly rounded. 



a 2 . Abdomen without dorsal tufts. 

 a 3 . Fore wing with the inner mar- 

 gin curved, the apex rectan- 

 gular 4. WESTEBMANNIA, p. 358. 



b 3 . Fore wing with the inner mar- 

 gin nearly straight. 

 a 4 . Fore wing with the apex 



rounded 2. CALLYNA, p. 355. 



b*. Fore wing with the apex 



rectangular 7. BREVIPECTEN, p. 361. 



6 2 . Abdomen with dorsal tufts. 

 c 3 . Palpi reaching above vertex of 

 head ; abdomen with a series 



of tufts 1. DINUMMA, p. 354. 



d 3 . Palpi hardly reaching vertex of 

 head ; abdomen with one dor- 

 sal tuft 6. BRYOPHILOPSIS, p. 361. 



b. Fore wing with the inner margin much 



arched. 



c'. Fore wing with the outer margin 

 angled, veins 8 and 9 anastomosing 



to form an areole 9. PTEROGONIA, p. 362. 



d' '. Fore wing with the outer margin 



rounded. 

 c 2 . Fore wing with veins 8, 9, 10 



stalked 8. DOBANAGA, p. 362. 



d?. Fore wing with veins 8 and 9 anas- 

 tomosing to form an areole. ... 5. NAGASENA, p. 360. 



B. Hind wing with vein 5 from centre of 



discocellulars ; fore wing with raised 



bosses of metallic scales 10. HOMODES, p. 364. 



Genus DINUMMA. 

 Dinumma, Wlk. Cat. xv, p. 1805 (1858). 



Type, D. placens, Wlk. 



Range. Japan ; China ; N.W. Himalayas ; Nilgiris ; Ceylon ; 

 Burma ; Java. 



Palpi smoothly scaled and upturned ; the 2nd joint reaching 

 just above vertex of head, the 3rd of moderate length. Antennae 

 minutely ciliated. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with a 

 series of dorsal tufts. Tibiae moderately hairy. Fore wing of 



