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11. Ground straw yellow, shaded with reddish and choco- 

 late brown 10. nubilalis (male) . 



11. Ground cream-white 2. thestialis. 



10. Subterminal line slightly irregular, sinuous, clean-cut 



( Sameodes species ) . 

 9. A broad subterminal band, contrasting with the yellowish 

 outer margin; ground yellowish. 

 10. Subterminal band much broader than margin, clean-cut 



and irregular 5. langdonalis. 



10. Subterminal band straight and quite diffuse, always 

 strong on costal half of hind wing; sometimes lost 

 on fore wing when all the markings are obscure. 



1G. fodinalis. 

 9. No subterminal band; ground broadly dark beyond the post- 

 medial band, which is near the margin. . . .31. inquinatalis. 

 9. Not yellow; or white with a broad dark terminal or sub- 

 terminal band. 

 10. Fore wing with white ground, more or less heavily dotted 

 with black; often with large brown or black orbicular 

 and reniforrh spots. 

 11. Palpi twice as long as head.. .. {Phlyctcenia itysalis). 

 11. Palpi projecting beyond head by a little more than its 



length 11. illibalis. 



10. Fore wing not white and dotted or suffused with black. 

 11. Palpi twice as long as head, reniform constricted at 

 middle, hourglass-shaped. .. (Phlyctcenia ferrugalis) . 

 11. Palpi shorter; reniform not hourglass-shaped. 



12. Hind wing with postmedial line even and nearly 



straight, from near costa to Cu close to lower 



angle of cell, tending to become obsolete; ground 



pale yellow. 



13. Postmedial evenly sinuate, almost always with dark 



brown spots before it opposite cell and over the 



roots of M : to CUn {Crocidophora species). 



13. Postmedial regularly dentate; at most with a 

 diffuse brown shade before it. 

 14. Ground bright yellow; in male, overlaid with 

 brown ; with clear white stripes on sides of 



front 10. nubilalis. 



.14. Ground paler straw yellow; male dusted with 

 rusty or shaded with light brown; stripes on 

 sides of face paler straw yellow, obscure. 



8. penitalis, 9. ainslei. 

 12. Fore and hind wings with similar complex markings; 

 the hind wing often paler, with the markings 

 somewhat simplified, but postmedial line at least 

 distinct, and offset out, or running far out, as 

 near margin as to cell, opposite lower angle of cell. 

 13. Straw to lemon yellow, marked with brown. 



14. Subterminal line much heavier than postmedial, 

 more or less diffuse, and suffused with the 



red-brown terminal shading ( 6 ) . oxydalis. 



14. Subterminal line not heavier than postmedial; 



margin yellow 6. flavidalis. 



13. Not bright yellow. 



