_—_ Ree 
DIVISION C. EYES HAIRY.” 
I. OVIPOSITOR OF Q EXTRUDED. 
© antennze shorter than 9: thorax stout, crested; collar elevated: 
abdomen exceeding secondaries by ¥ its length. * A dmetovis. 
Robust; thorax with anterior and posterior divided tuft; abdomen 
scarcely exceeding secondaries. Mamestra.” 
II. OVIPOSITOR OF Q NOT EXTRUDED. 
A. Antenne in both sexes pectinated, 
Thorax quadrate, projecting anteriorly at middle and sides: abdomen 
short, heavy; not exceeding secondaries: primaries elongate; outer 
margin oblique. Perigrapha. 
— : pategie somewhat uplifted: thorax with divided anes 
and posterior tuft: abdomen exceeding secondaries by nearly 14 its 
length; loosely tufted: primaries narrow. Eupsephopeectes. 
B. Antenne im both sexes simple. 
Thorax short; with posterior tuft and divergent paegta: wings large; 
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widening outwardly, Diphthera.” 
and abdomen untufted: head much retracted: wings short and 
rounded; secondaries white or yellow, with black margin. Anarta. 
Head less retracted: vestiture rather loose: primaries narrow, sub- 
equal; outer margin straight; legs with long dense hair. Zosteropoda. 
Vestiture smooth: primaries moderate, rounded; legs sparsely haired. 
Orthodes.”* 
C. Antenne of SX pectinate, serrate, or cthate; of Q simple. © 
§ Primaries narrow, equal. 
Thorax with divided tufts: abdomen strongly tufted: palpi very short — 
Sylomiges.” 
§§ Primaries widening outwardly. 
+ Head retracted. 
Palpi porrect: together with front, clothed with long, coarse, sparse 
hair. , Mythimna. 
drooping; exceeding frontal tuft: vestiture coarse; Thorax con- 
vex. Taeniocampa.” 
porrect, reaching middle of front: vestiture coarse, divergent: . 
thorax very short, with elevated crest anteriorly: abdomen heavy, wih 
loose tufts at base: primaries large. Nephelodes,* 
+} Head not retracted. 
Primaries somewhat retreating at hind angles; thorax with anterior 
and posterior divided tufts: abdomen tufted; anterior tibia some- 
times witha claw or two spines at tip; generally unarmed. Mamestra,°— 
Thorax with collar projecting at middle, and an upright crest anteri- 
orly: vestiture smooth; that of front, fine and wooly. Leucania.” 
‘Thorax untufted: frontal vestiture coarse: primaries narrow. Himella, 
