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12a. Orbicular wholly dark. 



13a. Orbicular suffused, almost obsolete . . . . ..51. axena. 



13b. ,, tolerably distinct. 



14a. With white space before second line . . . . 20. dinodes. 



14b. Without white space. 



15a. Hindwings grey . . . . . . . . 12. perierga. 



15b. „ grey- whitish . . . . . . 50. crypsinoa. 



12b. Orbicular pale-centred. 

 13a. Claviform pale-centred. 

 14a. First line obsolete . . . . . . . . 39. tetracycla. 



14b. ,, visible. 



15a. First line margined on costa by a black spot . . . . 21. acharis. 



15b. ,, not followed by a black spot . . . . 40. indistinctalis. 



13b. Claviform wholly blackish. 



14a. Claviform subquadrate. 



15a. First line sharply indented . . . . . . . . 8. syntaracta. 



15b. ,, hardly at all indented .. .. .. 9. synapta. 



14b. Claviform round. 



15a. Claviform moderately large. 



16a. Hindwings ochreous-tinged . . . . . . . . 37. submarginalis. 



16b. „ not ochreous tinged. . .. .. .. 15. philerga. 



15b. Claviform dot-like. 



16a. Antennas of male dentate, ciliations § . . 42. leptalea. 



16b. ,, „ filiform ,, 1 .. .. 43. psammitis. 



4b. Claviform absent. 



5a. Lines obsolete . . . . . . . . . . 57. sabulosella. 



5b. ,, present. 



6a. Forewings light fuscous . . . . . . 47. acropola. 



6b. „ dark bluish-grey . . . . . . 38. cataxesta. 



3b. Orbicular not recognizable. 



4a. Claviform visible. 



5a. With triangular blackish costal blotch .. . . . . 31. pongalis. 



5b. Without blackish costal blotch . . . . . . . , 53. exilis. 



4b. Claviform obsolete. 



5a. Lines pale yellow . . . . . . . „ 28. spelcea. 



5b. ,, not yellow. 



6a. Basal half of forewings blackish, except small ochreous spot 16. chlamydota. 



6b. „ ,, „ not wholly blackish. 



7a. With large dark fuscous costal blotch beyond first line. 



8a. Blotch not passing middle of wing . . . . . . 33. trapezophora. 



8b. ,, reaching to near inner margin .. .. ..32. melancsgis. 



7b. Without large dark fuscous costal blotch. 



8a. First line indicated or distinct. 



9a. Beniform 8-shaped . . . . . . . . 48. cleodoralis. 



9b. „ not 8-shaped. 



10a. Beniform and orbicular absorbed in a blackish streak. 

 11a. Hindwings fuscous-grey ... .. .. . . 24. hemicycla. 



lib. „ pale whitish-grey . . . . . . • 30. ustimacula* 



