Q NOCTUIDJi. 



a^. Fore wing with the apex some- 

 what pi-oduced and acute, 

 a'^. Palpi with the 3i-d joint long 

 and acuminate ; fore wing 

 with the termen excised 

 below apex and excurved 



at middle Focilmdia, (2) p. 148. 



bL Palpi with the 3rd joint 

 moderate, blunt ; fore wing 

 with the termeu evenly ,ox .ji 



curved CuNEisiGNA, (2) p. 31. 



6". Fore wing with the apex 



rounded. ^ ,os ka 



ccT. Eyes small and elliptical ... Gonospileia, (2) p. oU. 



67. Eyes large, round Andueusia, p. 2Ub. 



E. Hind tibite not spined. 



a. Abdomen with dorsal series of crests. 



ai. Thorax clothed with hair and scales, the 



]-)rothorax with spi-eading crests. 



.. a'^. Patagia broadly dilated with scales at 



extremity ; abdomen with very large 



basal crest. 



a^. Abdomen with the crests on medial 



segments large and somewhat bifid. Safia, (2) p. Ibo. 

 P. Abdomen wit;h the crests on medial 



segments small Zale, (2) p. 207. 



b'\ Patagia not dilated with scales at ex- 

 tremity. 

 a^. Abdoman with the crests on medial 



segments large •■• P^^'^-^''^' (2) P- -^^^ 



P. Abdomen with the crests on medial 



segments small ••• Alloteia, p. 204. 



//. Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like 



scales. -^j- 



a^ Metathorax with spreading crest Tolnaodes, (2) P-^'^-i- 



b\ Metathorax without crest Calyptis, (2) p. lo8. 



b. Abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. 



a\ Frons with tuft of hair above ; palpi with 



the 3rd joint long Callopiusma, p. 2W. 



bK Frons without tuft of hair above; palpi 



with the 3rd joint moderate Colbusa, (2) p. 11. 



c. Abdomen with dorsal ridges of hair on basal 



segments, 

 ai. 1-ore tibite with curved claw at extremity. Scodionyx, (:.;) p. .^bo. 

 i'. Fore tibiae without claw at extremity. 

 «'-. Fore wing with the apex somewhat pro- 

 duced and acute. 

 a^. Fore wing long and narrow, the costa 

 not highly arched towards apex, the 

 termen obliquely curved. 

 a-*. Prothorax with crest, metathorax 



without crest Ulotiiriciiopus, p. 220. 



b'*. Prothorax without crest, nieta- 



tliorax with spreading crest Hypogramaiodes, 



P. Fore wing short and broad, the costa [(2) p. 253. 



highly arched towards apex. 

 «••. E'ore wing with the apex strongly 



produced and falcate Opihsma, p. 539. 



b-^. Fore wing with the apex slightly 

 produced and not falcate. 

 a^. Fore wing with the termen 



excurved at vein 5 Plasmaticvs, p. 548. 



