Family NOCTUID.E 



(continued) . 



Subfamily FOCILLIN.E. 



Palpi sickle-shaped, with the 2nd joint curved and reaching 

 vertex of head or above it, the 3rd usually long. Fore wing with 

 vein 6 from angle of cell ; 8 given off from 7 and anastomosing 

 with 9, which is given off from 10 to form the areole. Hind wing 

 with veins 3, 4 and 6, 7 from angles of cell ; 5 fully developed. 

 Legs with the tibia3 and tarsal joints short and stout. 



Larvae semiloopers, with the first or first two pairs of abdominal 

 prolegs almost always rudimentary or absent. 



Key to the Genera. 



A. Hind wing with vein 5 from well above 



lower angle of cell. 

 . Fore wing with the outer margin more 



or less angled. 

 a'. Thorax with no crest. 



a 2 . Palpi usually of moderate length 



and without tufts of hair 4. ZETHES, p. 7. 



I' 2 . Palpi of moderate length, the 2nd 



and 3rd joints with tufts of hair . 6. LOPHABTHRUM, p. 18. 

 c 2 . Palpi long, the 3rd joint with a 



tuft of hair on inner side * 5. EGNASIA, p. 15. 



b'. Thorax with a high crest behind the 



collar 7. HYPERLOPHA, p. 19. 



b. Fore wing with the outer margin not 



angled. 

 '. Metathorax and abdomen without 



tufts. 

 cr. Fore wing broad and rounded. 



Large stoutly-built moths 8. CAPNODES, p. 20. 



b 2 . Fore wing narrower, the apex some- 

 what acute. Small slenderly- 

 built moths 10. KAPARNA, p. 24. 



c 2 . Fore wing with the apex rounded, 



the outer margin oblique 1. HYPOSEMANSIS, p. 2. 



I'. Metathorax and abdomen with slight 



tufts 9. DIOMEA, p. 23. 



B. Hind wing with vein 5 from close to lower 



angle of cell. 



. Fore wing with the outer margin angled ; 

 hind wing with the costa curved at 

 base, the outer margin slightly excised 

 below apex 11. CEPHENA, p. 28. 



* In E. sinuosa the outer margin of fore wing is not angled. 

 YOL. III. B 



