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Phlogophora meticulosa. Pencils present. 



Harpe peaked, with corona ; clasper long and curved ; 

 ampulla a slender arm ; uncus curved ; vesica with bulbed 

 cornutus. 



Trigonophora empyrea ; flammea. 



Harpe rounded, and pointed at the tip, with a small pillar 

 projecting below, heavily spined on the inner margin : 

 clasper not free ; sacculus roundly peaked at the clavus ; 

 uncus very short, at the head of a dome-shaped flap arising 

 from the tegumen ; vesica with band of teeth ; juxta long, 

 producing a strong support for the aedceagus. 



The Aplectas contain several forms of genitalia. 

 Some species have a strong hook at the anal angle of the 

 cucullus ; this is so strongly marked that I consider it a 

 guide to genera, and should therefore exclude from the 

 genus, herbida and occulta, which obviously do not belong 

 here. It is possible these two species, with Miselia 

 bimaculosa and Valeria oleagina, form a connecting link 

 to the Cucullias, Plusias, &c. As the former are not 

 sufficiently definite to warrant their inclusion in these genera, 

 for convenience they are described under the genus Aplecta. 



Aplecta herbida; prasina. 



Harpe rounded, without corona; clasper Noctua form, 

 elbowed, curled at the tip ; uncus very long and simple ; 

 sedosagus scobinated at the orifice ; juxta a plate. 



Occulta. 



Harpe rounded, without corona, slightly pointed on the 

 margin ; clasper truncated; clavus produced, club shaped; 

 uncus simple ; vesica scobinated at the orifice, with bulbed 

 cornutus. 



Nebulosa. Pencils present. 



Harpe roughly battledore, with corona ; cucullus spinose, 

 the anal angle produced, carrying the anal spine ; clasper 

 not free ; ampulla a scobinated arm ; sacculus very broad, 

 extending beyond the outer margin ; uncus tongue shaped, 

 having a round hood behind ; vesica with a band of teeth. 



