16 xocTuiD-i:;. 



i". Palpi with the 3rd joint up- 

 turned. 

 ai2. Pore wing with tufts of raised 



scales on the stigmata Pn^oi'YRA, p. 19. 



612. Fore wing without tufts of 



raised scales on the stigmata. Ecromcea, p. 425. 

 M. Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like 

 scales. 

 a'. Palpi with the 3rd joint long and 



porrect Eiiyxchoplexi a, p . 



67. Palpi with the 3rd joint short. 

 «®. Palpi with the 2ud joint reaching to 



about vertex of head, build slencler. T.eniosea, p. 430. 

 b^. Palpi with the second joint reach- 

 ing to about middle of frons. 

 a®. Fore wing with the apex produced 



and acute Ciiiripha, p. 



b^. Foi-e wing with the apex rounded. 

 «io. Fore wing with the termen 



oblique towards tornus IIer,ema, p. 429. 



b^^. Fore wing with the termen not 



oblique towards tornus Sidemia, p. 4;>r). 



c-B. Thorax clothed with hair (inly Lasiplexia, p. -iS3. 



ff^. Prothorax without crest, metal borax 

 with spreading crest. 

 «6. Thorax clothed almost entirely with 

 scales. 

 CO. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching 



vertex of head Auciia, p. 661. 



b'. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching 

 about middle of frons. 

 08. Fore tibia broadly fringed with hiir ; 



' fore wing rather broad Spodopteua, p. 



b^. Fore tibia slightly fringed with hair'; 



fore wing long and narrow Laphygma, p. 



b^. Thorax clothed with hair and hair-like 



scales CoBALiODES, p. 505. 



A5. Thorax without crests. 

 a^. Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching 

 vertex of head, 

 o". Hind wing with vein 5 from middle 

 of discocellulars. 



a^. Palpi with the 3rd joint long Polionycta, p. 



b^. Palpi with the 3rd joint short Galgdi-a, p. 



i^. Hind wing with vein 5 from below 

 middle of discocellulars. 

 a^. Palpi with the 2nd joint flattened 



against frons Ciiasmin'a, p. 



b^. Palpi with the 2nd joint cylindrical. 13A<ii.SARA, p. 



b''. Palpi with the 2nd joint not reaching 



above middle of frons, the 3rd short. 



a'. Antennae laminate and almost simple. 



ftS. Fore wing with the inner margin 



somewhat excised towards tornus... Eui.ymnia, p. 

 b^. Fore wing with the inner margin 



not excised towards tornus Acronycta, p. 



b7. Antennae ciliated. 

 oA Thorax" clothed chiefly with scales . Agriopodrs, p. 



b^. Thorax clothed with hair only Euterpia, p. 



c*. Abdomen without dorsal crests. 

 a^. Thorax with dorsal ridge-like crest ; 

 frons with projecting corneous plate 

 below it EccLET.A, p. 685. 



