PREFACE. 



The subject of Vol. XT. of the ' Catalogue of Moths ' is the 

 classification of the JSToctuid subfamilies Euteliance, Stictoj)termce, 

 Sarrothripince, and Acontiance. 



The Euteliance are represented in the present work by 12 genera 

 and 175 species, and are characterised as follows : — Vein 5 of the 

 hind wing is fuUj^ developed and arises from close to the angle of 

 the cell ; the frenulum of the female is simple, formed of conjoined 

 bristles as in the male of other Noctuidce, and the abdomen has 

 paired lateral anal tufts of hair or sometimes a long tubular tuft. 



The Stictoj)terin(e, with 10 genera and 112 species, are similar, but 

 the abdomen is without the paired lateral or tubular anal tufts and 

 the fore wing has small tufts of raised scales in the cell. 



The /Sarrothrijnnce, with 58 genera and 330 species, have the 

 frenulum of the female multiple, the retiuaculum of the male in 

 the form of a corneous bar; the fore wing has small tufts of 

 raised scales in the cell. 



The Acontiance^ with 70 genera and 324 species, are similar to the 

 Sarrotliripince but are without the raised tufts of scales on the fore 

 wing ; in some genera and species the bar-shaped retinaculum of 

 the male has been lost and the retinaculum is formed by a tuft of 

 hair just below the median nervure as in the females of other 



