118 William T. M. Forbes 



4. Second joint of palpus with a bushy mass of scales below, more or 

 less rounded in side view and very large; third joint long. 

 5. Antenna without a pecten; tuft nearly spherical; maxillary palpus 



porrect; vertex nearly smooth 19. Amydria* 



5. Antenna with a pecten. 



6. Tuft less developed; maxillary palpus small but distinctly folded. 

 7. Tuft compact and triangular ; wings with all veins arising 



separately 2. Scardia. 



7. Tuft of loose spatulate hair. 



8. Hind wing with all veins free (figs. 73, 74) ..4. A few Tinea 



8. Hind wing with M t and M-. stalked 3. Elatobia 



6. Tuft and maxillary palpus like Amydria; vertex with high, bristl- 

 ing vestiture. Fore wing with small, raised scale tufts. 



18. Xylesthia. 

 4. Second joint merely rough-scaled; third joint often short; palpus 

 often drooping. 

 5. Maxillary palpus, and usually tongue, obsolete. 

 6. Fore wing with ten veins arising from cell. 

 7. Antenna longer than fore wing. 



(Adela and Nemotois-Adelidse) (p. 77) 



7. Antenna shorter than fore wing 7. Tineola. 



6. Fore wing with a radial lost; wings lanceolate 8. Tenaga. 12 



5. Maxillary palpus developed, folded. 



6. Fore wing with complete venation (ten veins arising from cell). 

 7. M 3 and Cu x of fore wing stalked, sometimes Cu 2 also (fig. 77). 



6. Monopis. 



7. Mj and M 2 arising out of R 5 14. Homostinea. 



7. With only R 4 and R 5 stalked, or all veins free. 



8. Tips of Rj to R 3 fusing to form a stigma, with a thickened 



lower edge (fig. 78) 5. Trichophaga. 



8. No stigma. 



9. Cell of hind wing open above Cu; venation incomplete 

 (%. 85). 

 10. Antenna nearly as long as fore wing.... 17. Triptodema. 

 10. Antenna two-thirds as long as fore wing. 



11. Hind wing broad-lanceolate, with convex costa and 



separate medial stem 12. Hybroma. 



11. Hind wing narrow, with sinuous costa, and M asso- 

 ciated with R-stem (fig. 81) 13. Leucomele. 



9. Hind wing ample, trapezoidal, with closed cell, but one medial 



lost (fig. 86) 11. Choropleca. 



9. Hind wing normal, with all veins preserved (six arising 

 from cell ) . 

 10. A of fore wing simple at base (fig. 82). 



11. Fore wing smooth- scaled; Cu 2 of hind wing more than 



half as long as width of wing ( fig. 84 ) . . 9. Isocorypha. 



11. Fore wing more or less distinctly tufted; Cu of hind 



wing very short (fig. 82) 10. Diachorisia. 



10. A of fore wing forked at base. 



11. Each segment of antenna with a whorl of raised scales 



(fig. 88); fore wing with R 2 and Cu 2 well back from 



end of cell 4. Tinea. 



Sclenobia, with broad, bluntly rounded wings, likely to runout here (Psycbidse p. 143). 



