THE MOTHS OF INDIA. 



IP. Hindwing with vein 5 from below 



middle of discocellulars . . Hadjina. 



b 6 . Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching 



about to middle of frons . . . . Namangana. 



b i . Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales. 



a s . Palpi with the 3rd joint long and porrect. Rhynchoplexia. 

 If . Palpi with the 3rd joint short . . . . Chiripha. 



c 4 . Thorax clothed with hair only . . . . Lasiplexia. 



e*. Prothorax without crest, meta thorax with spread- 

 ing crest. 

 « 4 , Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching to vertex 



of head . . . . . . . . Aucha. 



IP. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching about to 

 middle of frons. 

 a n . Fore tibiae broadly fringed with hair ; fore- 

 wing rather broad . . . . . . Spodoptera. 



IP. Fore tibise slightly fringed with hair ; fore- 

 wing long and narrow . . . . Laphygma. 



f 3 . Thorax without crests. 



« 4 . Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching to vertex 



of head . . . . . . . . Ckasmina. 



6 4 . Palpi with the 2nd joint not reaching above 



middle of frons, the 3rd short . „ , . Acronycta. 



. Abdomen without dorsal crests. 

 a". Pro and metathorax with spreading crests. 



« 4 . Forewing long and narrow . . . . Arcea. 



6*. Forewing short and broad . . , . Amphidrina. 



IP. Prothorax with spreading crest ; metathorax 

 without crest. 

 « 4 . Forewing narrow, the margins subparallel . . Athetis. 

 ¥. Forewing broad, triangular . . . . Arenostola. 



c 3 . Thorax without crests. 



a 4 . Thorax clothed chiefly with scales. 



a 5 . Forewing long and narrow . . . . Proxenus. 



b s . Forewing short and broad. 



« 6 . Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching to 

 vertex of head slender. 

 a'. Palpi flattened against frons . . . . Callyna. 



IP. Palpi cylindrical .. .. .. Elydna. 



b e . Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching to 



middle of frons, broadly scaled . . Nicara. 



¥. Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales. 

 tip . Abdomen dorsally flattened. 



