460 N0CTUIDJ5. 



h~. Fore wing with the termcu 

 evenly curved. 

 ftS. Palpi porrecL, tlie 2nd joint 

 Iringed with hair above and 



below Akiola, p. 516. 



l^. Palpi npturned. 

 ft'J. Palpi of male without tuft 

 of hair behind, the 3rd 



joint very long Paracuama, p. 520. 



IP. Palpi of male tufted with 

 long hair behind, the 3rd 



joint moderate LonioCRAMA, p. 521. 



c^. Abdomen without crests. 



a^. Fore wing with the inner margin 



highly arched Ptekogonia, p. G46. 



h . Fore wing with the inner margin 

 not highly arched. 

 «5. Thorax with slight ridge-like 

 crest ; fore wing with the areole 



long, vein 6 irom it Spiiingifoema, p. 524. 



h''. Thorax without crest ; fore wing 

 with vein 6 from cell. 

 a^. Fore wing with the areole long . CiiuitiA, p. 593. 

 b'^K Fore wing with the areole short. 

 a'. Palpi with the 3rd joint very 

 long and dilated at ex- 

 tremity Paracarea, p. 566. 



h'. Palpi with the 3rd joint 



moderate and not dilated ... Setoctena, p. 650. 



c\ Hind wing with vein 5 from below middle 



of discocellulars. 



a". Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching to 



well above vertex of head, the 3rd 



about twice the length of 2nd and 



dilated at extremity Cacyi'ARis, p. 461. 



Ir. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching to 



vertex of head, the 3rd moderate. 

 • a^. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked, 

 8 anastomosing with the cell to 



middle Cerala, p. 489. 



i-*. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from cell, 

 8 anastomosing with the cell near 

 base only Armactica, p. 663. 



Genus HYPOSCOTA, nov. 



Type, H. Iceta. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex 

 of head and slenderly scaled, the 3rd about twice the length of 2nd and some- 

 what dilated at extremity ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male 

 with fascicles of very long cilia ; thorax clothed with scales and hair mixed, 

 the metathorax with depressed crest ; fore and mid tibiee slightly fringed with 

 hair ; abdomen without crests ; male with lateral tufts of long hair from before 

 and behind the stigmata. Fore wing with the apex rectangular, thetermen 

 evenly curved and not crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 

 6 from just below upper angle; 7 from angle; S, 9, 10 stalked, 9 from just 

 before apex; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked; 5 fully 

 developed from above angle of cell ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing 

 with the cell near base only ; male with the termen excised from apex to 

 vein 4 where it is produced to a point, then almost straight to tornus, a patch 

 of black androconia below lower angle of cell on underside, female with the 

 termen evenly curved. 



