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MR. G. P. HAMPSON OH" TBCE CLASSIFICATION [Dec. 17, 



b*. Proboscis absent or minute. 



a\ Palpi with the 3rd joint clothed with 



hair; antenna of male bipectinate 15. Ubida. 



b". Palpi with the 3rd joint naked ; antennas 

 of male not pectinated, 

 a®. Palpi extending about twice the length 

 of head, with a tuft of hair from 



below 1st joint 17. Ckalcoela. 



b^. Palpi extending about the length of 

 head, with tufts of hair below 1st and 



2nd joints 18. Dicymolomia, 



i'. Frons with a conical prominence, 

 a*. Fore wing with vein 11 oblique. 



«'. Fore wing subtriangular ; c? ''^th a 



shallow fovea in cell 9. Eromene. 



5'. Fore wing lanceiform, the costa arched 



towards apex 10. Canusa, 



b*. Fore wing with vein 11 curved and 

 approximated to 12, the apex produced 



and acute 16. Chilo. 



c*. Fore wing with vein 11 becoming coin- 

 cident with 12 14. Diatrma. 



b^. Fore wing with veins 6, 7 stalked 11. Stenochilo. 



6*. Palpi not or hardly extending beyond the frontal 

 projection, 

 a*. Fore wing broad ; veins 8, 9 from angle of cell. 20. Eschata. 

 b^. Fore wing long and narrow ; veins 6, 7 from 



angle of cell, 8, 9 from before angle 21. Borafoperas. 



d. Fore wing with veins 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked. 



a}. Palpi extending about one and a half times length 



of head .. 12. Macrochilo. 



6'. Palpi not extending beyond frontal projection ... 19. Leucargyra. 



e. Fore wing with veins 8, 9, 10 stalked, 7 from cell; 



palpi about three times length of head 13. Etupa. 



B. Hind wing with vein 6 from well below angle of cell 

 and rudimentary, or absent. 



a. Fore wing with the apical area produced to a rounded 



or booked prominence 24. Prionopteryx . 



b. Fore wing with the apical area not produced. 



fflK Fure wing with veins 7 and 11 absent 22. Baphiptera. 



6'. Fore wing with veins 7 and 11 present. 

 a'. Fore wing with vein 7 from the cell. 

 a'. Hind wing with vein 5 present. 



a*. Frons rounded or flat and not prominent. 

 a*. Hind wing with veins 4, 5 shortly 

 stalked, a tuft of raised scales at lower 



angle of cell 30. Gadira, 



6'. Hind wing with veins 4, 5 from angle of 

 cell. 

 a*. Fore wing with vein 11 oblique ; palpi 

 with the 3rd joint naked ; female 



with aborted wings 29. Scenoploca. 



b^. Fore wing with vein 11 curved and 

 approximated to 12 ; palpi with the 

 3rd joint clothed with hair ; female 



with tbe wings fully developed 28. Charltona, 



b*. Frons with a conical prominence 27. Talis. 



b^. Hind wing with vein 5 absent 25. Surattka. 



b^. Fore wing with vein 7 stalked with 8, 9 26. Awyblomia. 



