16 NOCTlJIDiE. 



f'. Fore wing broad, triangular. 

 a7. Thorax clothed with hair and scales 



liiixed Ramesodes, p. 



b'. Thorax clothed with hair and hair- 

 like scales .. Arenostola, p. 



ff^. Prothorax without crest ; luetathorax 



' with small paired crests Ariatiiisa, ('2)p. 383. 



It'K Prothorax without crest ; metathorax 

 with spreading crest. 

 fflS. Thorax clothed with scales and hair 

 mixed. 

 ai. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching 

 vertex of head. 

 (1,^. Palpi with the 3rd joint porrect ... Ati.m.ea, p. 

 It. Palpi with the 3rd joint upturned... Cai.ymniodes, p. 

 b^. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching 



about middle of frons Pseudina, p. 



c^. Palpi short, porrect. 

 «*. Tegul£e produced behind into a slight 



hood Epimecia, (2)p. 288. 



b^. Tegulis not produced into a hood, 

 a". Fore wing long and narrow, 

 ftiu. Fore wing with the apex pro- 

 duced, the termen oblique Fekgana, (2) p. 289. 



b^^. Fore wing with the apex not 



produced, the termen less oblique. Stii.bia, (2)p. 290. 

 b^. Fore wing shorter and broader ... Pr/Estilbia, (2)p. 292. 



b^. Thorax clothed with hair only Mydrodoxa, p. 



i^. Thorax without crests. 

 «•>. Thorax clothed chiefly with scales. 



a'. Abdomen dorsally flattened PeriNjENia, p. 21. 



b''. Abdomen not dorsally flattened. 

 a^. Fore wing long and narrow. 



a9. Build stout Agrotisia, p. 692. 



69. Build slender Pro-xenus, (2)p. 430. 



6**. Fore wing short and broad, 

 a". Build stout. 



a'o. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching 

 vertex of head, slender, 

 ff'^. Palpi flattened against frons ... Callyna, p. 



b^'^. Palpi cylindrical Elydna, p. 



6'". Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching 



middle of frons, broadly scaled. 



«ii. Hind wing with the termen 



excised at discal fold Phuphena, p. 593. 



ill. Hind wing with the termen 



evenly, curved Nicara, p. 



b^. Build slender, 

 flio. Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint 

 reaching vertex of head, 

 a^i. Palpi with the 3rd joint long... Melagramma, p. 691. 

 6ii. Palpi with the 3rd joint mode- 

 rate MiCRATHETIS, (2) p. 443. 



6W. Palpi oblique, the 2nd joint 



reaching middle of frons Amphilita, p. 



Thorax clothed with hair and hair- 

 like scales. 

 «'. Abdomen dorsally flattened. 

 a^. Palpi with the 2nd joint fringed 

 with hair in front. 

 a^. Hind wing with vein 6 from 



middle of discocelliilars Peripyra, p. 25. 



b-\ Hind wing with vein 5 from below 



middle of discocellulars Syntomopus, p. 22. 



