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THE MOTHS OF INDIA. 



SUPPLEMENTARY PAPER TO THE VOLUMES IN 

 "THE FAUNA OF BRITISH INDIA." 



SERIES III. PART III. 



By 



Sir George Hamfson, Bart., f.z.s., f.e.s. 



{Continued from page 719 of Vol. A 1 VI.') 



Sub-family Hadenin^;. 



Key to the Genera. 



A, Fore tibia with terminal claw. 



a. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests Barathra, 



b. Abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st segment only ... Hy polar athra. 



B. Fore tibia without terminal claw. 



a. Fore tarsus with long curved claw-like spines on 



outer side of 1st joint Trichoclea. 



b. Fore tarsus without claw-like spines on outer side 



of 1st joint. 

 a 1 . Eyes overhung by long cilia. 



a 2 . Thorax clothed chiefly with scales Thyrestra. 



b 2 . Thorax clothed with hair only Lasiestra. 



•& 1 . Eyes not overhung by long cilia. 

 a' 2 . Proboscis aborted, minute. 



a 3 . Abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st segment. 

 a 4 . Frons with disk-shaped prominence 



with central truncate process Aspklifrontia. 



Z> 4 . Frons without prominence Briihys. 



b 3 . Abdomen without dorsal crest Polytela. 



it 2 . Proboscis fully developed. 



a 3 . Frons with truncate conical prominence. 

 a 1 . Abdomen with dorsal series of crests. 

 a 5 . Frons with semilunar corneous pro- 

 minence Discestra. 



b 5 . Frons with circular prominence Craterestra. 



b 4 . Abdomen with dorsal crest on 1st seg- 

 ment only Palponima. 



b 3 . Frons with slight rounded prominence 

 with corneous plate below it. 

 a + . Abdomen with dorsal series of crests. 

 a 5 . Head and thorax .clothed chiefly with 



scales Scotogramma. 



h r> . Heal and thorax clothed with hair- 

 like scales Dasygaster. 



