10 NOCTUIDJD. 



b'^. Palpi with the 3rd joiut porrect, 

 the 2od moderately fringed with 



hair in front Epilecta, p. G20. 



b''. Palpi with tlie 3rd joint short and 



slightly hairy below Tripilena, p. 622. 



5^\ Abdomen not dorsally flattened. 

 a~. Abdomen with slight dorsal crests 

 towards base. 

 a'^. Fore wing with the termen crenu- 



late Anytus, p. 585. 



h^. Fore wing with the termen nou- 



erenulate Actinotia, p. 122. 



b'. Abdomen witbont dorsal crests. 

 a^. Thorax with ridge-like dorsal crest. Hypoxestia, p. 600. 

 6^. Thorax with spreading crests, 

 rt". Palpi with the 3rd joint porrect 

 and hairy below, the 2nd broadly 

 scaled in front. 

 a^". Thorax with distinct crests on 

 pro- and mesothorax. 

 a^^. Head and thorax clothed with 



rough spatulate hair Anomogyna, p. 588. 



b^^. Head and thorax smoothly 



clothed with hair and scales . Eurois, ^d. 612. 

 b'^'^. Thorax with very slight dorsal 



crests Pronoctua, p. 641. 



//'. Palpi with the 3rd joint up- 

 turned, almost naked. 

 a^°. Palpi with the 2nd joint broadly 



fringed with hair in front Eueretagrotis, p. 643. 



J^°. Palpi with the 2nd joint slightly 



fringed with hair in front ... Eiiynciiagrotis, p. 648. 

 b^. Mid tibias not spined. 



«■*. Abdomen with dorsal crests Buciara, p. 126. 



b^. Abdomen without dorsal crests. 

 a^. Head and thorax clothed with rough 



hair and spatulate scales Pkoteuxoa, p. 649. 



b''. Head and tliorax smoothly sealed Protagrotis, p. 6.55. 



Genus ALA. „ 



Type. 



Ala, Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1SS2, p. 49 picieti. 



Trichanarta, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 507 (1896) ladacensis. 



Proboscis ful4y developed ; palpi porrect, extending more than the length of 

 head, fringed with long hair below, the 3rd joint acuminate, well developed ; 

 eyes hairy ; antennte ciliated ; frons with large tuft of hair ; head and thorax 

 clothed w^ith long rough hair mixed with scales ; mid and hind tibi^ strongly 

 spined. Fore wing with vein 3 frO!u before angle of cell ; 6 from above angle ; 

 () from below upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areola. 

 Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of 

 discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle or shortly stalked. 



tSECT. I. (Ala). Antenna of male minutely serrate and fasciculate. 



A. Fore wing with the reniform placed on a medial dark 



shade ^Mc^ezfi. 



B. Fore wing without medial dark shade pretiosa. 



