382 William T. M. Forbes 



3. Apex of fore wing not falcate. 



4. M,, M 3 , and CUj closely approximate at margin of fore wing (like fig. 

 260). 



5. Fore wing witli raised scale-ridges or tufts 22. Gretchina. 



5. Fore wing smooth-scaled 23. Exentera (and a few Epinotia). 



4. M 2 , M 3 , anfl CUj evenly spaced at margin. 



34. Sparganothis, 35. Amorbia $ 

 2. Fore wing with R 4 and R 5 completely united; 11 veins only. 

 3. M 2 , M 3 , and Cu t approximate at margin of fore wing. 



4. Hind wing with M 3 and CUj completely united 19. Suleima. 



4. M 3 and CUj stalked. 



5. Costal fold present 18. Sonia. 



• 5. Costal fold absent 12. Kundrya. 



3. M 2 , M 3 , and CUj not approximate at margin 35. Amorbia J 1 - 



2. Fore wing with R 4 and R 5 separate or connate. 



3. Hind wing with R and M t remote at origin (fig. 247), more than half as 

 far apart as M 2 and M 3 when the latter are also remote. 

 4. R separate from Sc in hind wing; eyes a little reduced, with a scaled 



band behind them (fig. 271) 1. Hemimene. 



4. R of hind wing becoming coincident with Sc iy 2 . Pammene. 



3. Hind wing with R and Mj closely approximate or stalked. 



4. Fore wing falcate, with a distinct point between R 4 and R s , broadly 

 concave below. 27 



5. Hind wing with M 3 and CUj stalked, rarely separate 8. Ancylis. 



5. M 3 and Cu x united (fig. 264) 9. Anchylopera. 



4. Fore wing not really falcate. 



5. Hind wing with Mo, M 3 , and Cu^ all remote at origin from cell (fig. 



269 ) 33. Polychrosis 



5. Hind wing with M 2 , M 3 , and CUj equally and very slightly separate; 

 on superficial view, all connate; thorax smooth (fig. 268). 



32. Bactra. 

 5. Hind wing with M 3 and Cilj. connate; M 2 slightly separate (fig. 262). 



28. Episimus. 

 5. Hind wing with M, and Cu x connate, or stalked; M 2 remote; male 

 without costal fold. 

 6. Thorax with a posterior tuft. 



7. Male hind tibial with metallic scales above, near base. 



5. Gymnandrosoma. 

 7. Male hind tibite with normal loose hair. 



8. Hind wing with a thickened area above base of 3d A only 



(fig. 250) 6. Ecdytolopha. 



8. Male with a fold on inner margin, normally containing a hair 

 pencil, or a pencil arising from base of hind tibia, or, 



usually, both 29. Olethreutes. 



6. Thorax smooth. 



8. Male hind tibia and tarsus with coarse, divergent hair. 



4. Melissopus. 

 8. Male hind tibia with loose hair; tarsus scaled. 



9. Male with base of hair pencil on Cu covered with large 

 shining scales; a groove along 2dA, containing the usual 



pencil arising from base of 2dA 3. Carpocapsa. 



9. Male without sex scaling toward inner margin of hind 

 wing. 2. Laspeyresia. 



27 In a few members of other genera the fore wing is more or less falcate, but the 

 outer margin is hardly concave, or the apex is rounded over. 



