14 NOCTUIDJJ. 



jn. Pulpi with the 3rd joint up- 

 turned. 

 ai2. Fore wing with tufts of raised 



scales on the stigmata Pii^orYUA, p. 19. 



b^~. Fore wing without tufts of 



raised scales on the stigmata. Euro.moea, p. 425. 

 &■>. Palpi obliquely porrect, extending 



about tlie length of head Balsa, (2) p. 454. 



^6. Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like 

 scales. 

 aJ. Palpi with the 3rd joint long and 



porrect Rhynciioplexia, p. 433. 



b'^. Palpi with the 3rd joint short. 

 a^. Palpi with the2ncl joint reaching to 



about vertex of head, build slender. T/ENiosea, p. 430. 

 b^. Palpi with the second joint reacii- 

 ing to about middle of frons. 

 a". Fore wing with the apex produced 



and acute Ciiiripiia, (2)p. 237. 



b^. Fore wing with the apex rounded, 

 aio. Fore wing with the termen 



oblique towards tornus Hek.ema, p. 429. 



i'". Fore wing with the ternieu not 



oblique towards tornus Sidemia, p. 435. 



f*'. Thorax clotlied with hair only Lasiplexia, p. 483. 



</^. Prothcrax without crest, metathorax 

 with sprending crest. 

 a^. Thorax clothed almost entirely with 

 scales. 

 G'. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching 



vertex of head Auciia, p. 661. 



6'. Palpi with the 2iid joint reaching 

 about middle of frons. 

 flS. Fore tibia broadly fringed with hair ; 



fore wing rather broad ... Spodopteua, (2) p. 251. 



b^. Fore tibia slightly fringed with hair'; 



fore wing long and narrow Laphygma, (2) p. 258. 



b^. Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like 



scales Cobaliodes, p. 505. 



/?s. Thorax without crests. 

 0.6. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching 

 vertex of head. 

 a'. Hind wing with vein 5 from middle 

 of discocellulars. 



a^. Palpi with the 3rd joint long Polionycta, (■2)p. 41. 



h'i. Palpi with the 3rd joint short Galgula, (2) p. 439. 



b''. Hind wing with vein 5 from below 

 middle of discocellulars. 

 a^. Palpi with the 2nd joint flattened 



against frons .. . Ciiasmina, p. 



bs. Palpi with the 2iid joint cylindrical. Pagisara, p. 

 6^. Palpi with the 2nd joint not reach- 

 ing above middle of frons, the 3rd 

 short. 

 «'. Antennae laminate and almost simple. 

 a^. Fore wing with the inner margin 



somewhat excised towards tornus... EulymniA, p. 

 b^. Fore wing with the inner margin 



not excised towards tornus Acronycta, (2)p. 59. 



b'^. Antennse ciliated. 

 oS. Thorax clothed chiefly with scales . Agriopodes, (2)p. 37. 

 ^8. Thorax clothed with hair only Euterpia, p. 



