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Basilinea. Pencils absent. 



Harpe trigonate, with corona ; cucullus spinose at the 

 anal angle and hairy ; clasper stout, bent outwards ; 

 ampulla very long and slender ; clavus short, irregular, 

 pointed; uncus with the tip tongue shaped; aedoeagus 

 strongly toothed. 



UnanimiS. Pencils present. 



Harpe trigonate, with corona ; cucullus spinose and 

 hairy ; clasper stout, bent outwards and upwards ; 

 ampulla short, rounded at the tip ; clavus not produced, 

 scobinated ; uncus tip tongue shaped ; sedoeagus toothed ; 

 vesica with bulbed cornutus. 



Gemina. 



Harpe trigonate, with corona; cucullus spinose and 

 hairy ; clasper long, thin and curved ; ampulla long and 

 elbowed ; clavus produced and rounded ; uncus parallel 

 and pointed; asdoeagus terminating with a cock's-comb; 

 vesica with shortish bulbed cornutus. 



Mamestra anceps ; sordida. 



Harpe trigonate, with corona; cucullus spinose and 

 hairy; clasper bifurcate, or deeply emarginate, with 

 other projecting points ; ampulla long and slender ; 

 clavus bluntly pointed, strongly scobinated ; uncus 

 parallel, slightly widening at the tip; aedoeagus term- 

 inating with three or four strong teeth ; vesica with 

 shortish cornutus, heavily bulbed. 



Albicolon. 



Harpe trigonate, with corona ; cucullus with outer 

 margin rounded, spinose ; clasper bifurcate, joined to 

 the bend of the harpe below the cucullus, and produces 

 a strong outer arm ; the inner arm bluntly pointed and 

 roughly scobinated; clavus produced and rounded ; uncus 

 long and tapered ; vesica has a band of matted teeth, 

 and joins the aedceagus with a row of short teeth. 



