NOCTUIDtE. 



p. Pro- and niehathorax with spreading 



crests; abdomen without crests Pseudohadena, p. 454. 



61. Fore tarsus without claw-like spines on outer 

 side of 1st joint. 

 a2, jTrons with truncate corneous prominence 

 with raised edges, its lower edges pro- 

 duced to a trilobate jjlate with corneous 

 plate below it. 



. a3. Thorax clothed chiefly with scales Cytothymia, p. 



b^. Thorax clothed with rough hair and hair- 

 like scales Megalodes, p. 



i2. Frons with long trilobate process and cor- 

 neous plate below it. 

 a3. Proboscis aborted, small. 

 a*. Palpi oblique, reaching to bejond frons . Azknia, p. 



b*. Palpi porreut, very short Pseudinodes, p. 



b^. Proboscis fully developed. 



a* Eyes small, reniform Stemmapiioea, p. 



b*. Eyes large, round. 

 a5. JPalpi extending to just beyond frons. 

 «6. Metatliorax with spreading crests ... Tristyla, p. 



66. Thorax without crests Modaria, p. 



¥'. Palpi very short and not reaching as 



far as frons Synthymia, p. 



ci. Fi'ons with long bilobate corneous process. 

 a?. Proboscis aborted, small. 

 a*. Fronswith long triangular plate belowit. Proturinax, (2)p. 225. 

 h-^. Frons with short plate below it excised 

 in front. 

 a^. Thorax clothed with hair and scales, 

 the pro- and metatliorax with spread- 

 ing crests Stilbina, (2)p. 168. 



b^. Thorax clothed almost entirely with 



scales and without crests Cycloi'era, p. 



c^. Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like 



scales and without crests Ociirocalama, p. 



c*. Frons without plate below it Archanara, p. 



b'^. Proboscis fully developed. 



a.*. Metathoras with spreading crest Dipinacia, p. 



b*. Metatliorax without crest ^Egle, p. 



d^. Frons with rounded prominence with 

 shovel-shaped process at middle and cor- 

 neous plate below it. 



d^. Proboscis absent Hypeuthina, (2)p. 169. 



()^. Proboscis aborted, small, 

 a.*. Frons with the corneous process some- 

 what pointed at extremity and keeled 



below DiPAROPSis, p. 509. 



b-i. Frons with the corneous process not 

 pointed or keeled. 



«•■'. Palpi upturned AiiEFRONTtA, (2) p. 417. 



b^. Palpi obliquely porreet Stiriodes, p. 



&'. Proboscis fully developed. 



a-*. Byes small, reniform Apina, p. 



b'. Eyes large, round. 

 flS. Thorax clothed chiefly with scales. 

 a^. Frons with trilobate plate below it ; 



hind wing with veins 3,4 from cell... Copibry'opiiila, (2)p. 226. 

 b^. Frons with triangular plate below it ; 



hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked ... Prodicella, (2) p. 227. 

 c^. Frons with the corneous plate below 

 it excised in front ; hind wing with 



vein 5 i'rom well below middle of cell. Albptfna, (2) p. 229, 

 6^. Thorax clothed with hair only Ipanka, p. 



