204 TAPERS BY DR. B. CLEMENS. 



Median 3-branched. Tongue extremely short or absent. 

 Body short, thick. Limacodidse, 



2. F. w. with the fold not thickened. 

 * MEDIAN 3 OR 4-BRANCHED. COSTAL SIMPLE. 



f Subcostal bifid, attenuated towards the base from 



the discal. 



With maxillary palpi. Antennae, basal joint often with 



appendages. Pyralidse, 



f f Subcostal bifid, not attenuated; parallel to or 



in contact with costal. 



Head without ocelli. Tongue nearly obsolete or short. 

 \ Subcostal divides exterior to the discal vein. 

 Costal arched at base, touching subcostal slightly. 

 Disco-central wanting. Antennae generally pectinate. Abdo- 

 men tufted at the end. LiparidaBi 

 Costal parallel to or in contact with subcostal toward 



the base. 



With disco-central. Antennas shortly pectinate or ciliate. 

 Body thick. Legs hairy. Notodontidse, 



Costal and subcostal with a common stalk. 



Median 3-branched. Discal simple or with medio-discal. 



F. w. subcostal remote. L'lthosidse, 



Median 3-branched. Disco-central feeble, lost in the fold. 



Head small, sunken (Glottulides). Noctuidse, 



J t Subcostal divides interior to the discal 



vein. 



Costal and subcostal vein parallel. 



With medio-discal. Antennae simple, pubescent. Body 

 rather thick. Legs hairy. 



Noctuidse pars. (Noctuo-Bombycides.) 



Head with ocelli. Tongue short or almost obsolete. 



J Subcostal divides exterior to the disk. 

 Costal and subcostal parallel or touching at the base. 

 With disco-central. Antennae simple or ciliated. Legs and 

 abdomen with tufts. Notodontidae pars. 



Costal and subcostal veins with a common stalk. 

 Antennae bipectinate, ciliate, serrate or simple. 



