CATOCAT.iivrj!;. 3 



spined, but these can be separated from the CatocaUnce by having 

 the eyes overhung by bristly cilia, which appears to be a character 

 of greater systematic importance than the spines on the tibiae. 



The Larvre are semiloopers, with the 1st two pairs of abdominal 

 prologs more or less aborted, the warts with single hairs, the 10th 

 somite usually with a pair of dorsal prominences. The abortion 

 of the anterior pairs of abdominal prolegs is undoubtedly an 

 acquired character, and negatives the subfamily, being regarded as 

 entirely ancestral, as many of the Noctuina? and the Hypenince 

 have larvae with all the prolegs full}- developed. 



Key to the Genera. 

 X- Hind tibiaB spined. 

 a. Fore tibiae spined. 



«'-. Hind wing with the cell about one-fifth 

 length of wing. 

 a~. Wings with the ternieii non-crenulate ... Agonista, p. 2(57. 

 tr^. Wings with the termen higlily crenulate... Nyctipao, p. 273. 

 tA. Hind wing with the cell about one- third 

 length of wing. 

 a". Abdomen with dorsal crests on baeal 



segments Catabapt.a, p. 11. 



h"^. Abdomen without dorsal crests. 



a^. Abdomen dorsally clothed witli woolly 

 hair at base. 

 «•*. Palpi with the .3rd joint thickly 

 scaled, somewhat dilated at ex- 

 tremity and very long. 

 «■'. Fore wing with the apex produced 



to a point Xylopuylla, p. 387. 



}fl. Fore wing with the apex not pro- 

 duced MlNrOPIlYLbODKS. p. 401. 



6'. Palpi with the 3i'd joint moderate 

 and dilated by a tuft of scales at 

 extremity. 

 OP. Fore wing with the inner margin 



strongly lobed before middle ... Lobopiiyllodes, p. 400. 

 ft'. Fore wing with the inner margin 



not lobed Piiylt.odes, p. 389. 



c-i. Palpi with the 3rd joint naked, 

 moderate and not dilated at ex- 



tremily Miniohes, jj. 402. 



clK Palpi with the 3rd joint minute, 

 a'. Abdoruen dorsally flattened and 



entirely clothed with woolly hair. Cocytodes, p. 258. 

 h^. Abdomen not dorsally flattened and 

 clothed with woolly hair at basc 



only Orot!0PiiYLT,.\, p. 386. 



i^. Abdomen not dorsally clothed with 

 woolly hair at base. 

 a^. Palpi with the 3rd joint long. 



«'. Fore tibiae fringed with long hair 



on outer side ; fore wing with 



the termen evenly curved. 



a^. Fore wing with the costa highly 



arched towards apex which is 



not produced Metopta, p. 300. 



¥\ Fore wing with the costa highly 

 arched towards apex which is 



produced and acute Entomooramma, p. 313. 



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