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(20) The pale sub-apical band only includes just the base of the fourth posterior 

 cell. 



Pleurae with a blackish-brown longitudinal streak rufina, Mg. 



Pleurae without a blackish-brown longitudinal streak ; S antennae longer 

 than head and thorax together longicornis, Schum. 



Wing tip scarcely darkened, at any rate no conspicuous pale band pre- 

 ceding it. 



Upper fork of the radial vein abbreviated, and not joined to the costa. 



First antennal joint blackish, second yellow . ... varipennis, Mg. 



The two basal joints of antennae yellow hortulana, Mg. 



Upper fork of the radial vein complete, and ending in the costa. 



The two arms of the second posterior cell looping parallel ; wings very 

 faintly marmorated obsolete/, Mg. 



The two arms of the second posterior cell a little approximated at their 

 ends. 



Pleurae whitish-grey, contrasting with the first abdominal segment ; last 

 abdominal segment of $ with scarcely any process... 



confusa, v. d. Wulp. 



Pleurae reddish, like the first abdominal segment ; last abdominal segment 



of $ with conspicuous processes. 

 Abdomen without blackish-brown lateral stripes ; $ processes fringed with 



longish, fine, pale hairs marmorata, Mg. 



Abdomen with blackish-brown lateral stripes ; $ processes exceedingly 



long, and bearing short, black, bristly hairs signata, Staeg. 



Disc of the wing with pale streaks, rather than spotted or clouded {vide 



also T. pagana, Mg., and plumbea,F., smallish species, with almost 



unicolorous wings, and T. vittata, Mg., a large species). 



Abdomen orange, with a dark dorsal stripe and no side lines ... 



vernalis, Mg. 

 Abdomen with side lines, but no dorsal line. 



Marginal cell blackish-brown marginata, Mg. 



Marginal cell yellowish-brown ...lateralis, Mg. 



Wings unicolorous, except the stigma, or only with a pale streak all along 



near the brown costa, or with a pale spot or diagonal band just before 



the stigma. 

 Costa dark brownish, sharply contrasted against the rest of the wing. 

 Female with large wings, longer than the abdomen, and both sexes with a 



conspicuous longitudinal pale streak all along under the brown costa... 



oleracea, L. 



Female with small wings, shorter than the abdomen, and without any 

 distinct pale streak under the brown costa ; male with the pale streak 

 faint paludosa, Mg. 



Costa not contrasted against the rest of the wing. 



Wings blackish, short, especially in $ ; (small species) nigra, L. 



Wings yellowish, pale brownish or greyish, sometimes pellucid. 



Before the stigma is a small, often indistinct, pale spot, which never ex- 

 tends beyond the radial vein. 



Abdomen with a dark dorsal line. 



Antennae entirely black or blackish-brown melanoceros, Schum. 



Antennae yellow at base. 



