2 noctuid.t;. 



upper angle or shortlj' stalked ; S arising- free, then bent down- 

 wards and touching the cell, then again diverging. In Thecophora 

 the male has a very large boat-shaped fovea in the disc of hind 

 wing, the extremity of the subcostal nervure being dilated and 

 played on by the spines of the elongate 1st joint of hind tarsus, 

 the tibia? being shortened. 



The images mostly appear in the autumn or early spring, some- 

 times hibernating. 



Larva smooth, the warts with one hair ; all the prologs present., 

 the 12th somite with more or less developed dorsal hump, in 

 Cricidlia artcmisia' there are subdorsal series of double hump-like 

 warts. 



The larva) of Cvcullia and allies are usually brightly coloured^ 

 feeding exposed on plants. 





Fi£r. 1. — Larva of Oucullia vcrhasci. 



Key to the Genera. 



A. Tegulte more or less strongly produced behind into 

 a hood. 

 a. Fore tibise with curved claw on inner side and 



short claw on outer Nycteropileta, p. 83. 



h. Fore tibite with long curved claw on inner side. Copicucullia, p. 9. 



c. Fore tibire with short medial claw at exti'emity. 



a}. Frons with truncate prominence Argyeomata, p. 82. 



P-. Frons with slight rounded prominence Ciieligalea, p. 13. 



d. Fore tibia; without claw. 



a}. Frons with truncate prominence with raised 



edges Braciiygalea p. S. 



h^. Frons with slight rounded prominence. 

 a^. Abdomen with dorsal crests/ /^ ' '-) 



«'. Thorax clothed entirely witli scales Neogalea, p. 7. 



h^. Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like 



scales CiTCULLiA, p. 14. 



c^. Thorax clothed with hair only Argyrogalea, p. 81.. 



IP'. Abdomen without dorsal crests. 



rt3. Thorax clothed chiefly with scales, meta- 



thorax with triangular crest Opsigalea, p. 84. 



A'. Thorax clothed with hair and a few hair- 

 like scales Empusada, p. 85. 



c^. Frons without prominence Lopiioterges, p. 91. 



B. Tegulaj not produced behind into a hood. 



a. Frons with truncate corneous prominence with 

 raised edges and conical process in centre 

 hollowed out in front. 

 o}. Fore tibia; with curved claw at extremity 



on inner side C'opiphana, p. 95. 



h^. Fore tibise without claw. 



e^. Fore tarsi with two curved claw-like spines 



on 1st joint IlAuPAGOPnANA, p. 115. 



