Family NOCTUID.% 
(continued). 
Subfamily FOCILLIN A. 
Palpi sickle-shaped, with the 2nd joint curved and reaching 
vertex of head or above it, the 3rd usually long. Fore wing with 
vein 6 from angle of cell; 8 given off from 7 and anastomosing 
with 9, which is given off from 10 to form the areole. Hind wing 
with veins 3, 4 and 6, 7 from angles of cell;.5 fully developed. 
Legs with the tibiz and tarsal joints short and stout. 
Larve semiloopers, with the first or first two pairs of abdominal 
prolegs almost always rudimentary or absent. 
Key to the Genera. 
A. Hind wing with vein 5 from well above 
lower angle of cell. 
a. Fore wing with the outer margin more 
or less angled. 
a’. Thorax with no crest. . 
a>. Palpi usually of moderate length 
and without tufts of hair ...... 
6°. Palpi of moderate length, the 2nd 
and 3rd joints with tufts of hair . 
ce, Palpi long, the 3rd joint with a 
tuft of hair on inner side*...... 
ACL Tas egestas ah aR NE RN 
6. Fore wing with the outer margin not 
angled. 
a’. Metathorax and abdomen without 
tufts. 
a’, Fore wing broad and rounded. 
Large stoutly-built moths ...... 
6°. Fore wing narrower, the apex some- 
what acute. Small slenderly- 
Dualit lS) ij ores seo, mieye pees 
c?, Fore wing with the apex rounded, 
the outer margin oblique ...... 
b'. Metathorax and abdomen with slicht 
DUB SD stoop or oP LeRoi ph oh see: 4 ape tec 
B. Hind wing with vein 5 from close to lower 
angle of cell. 
a. Fore wing with the outer margin angled ; 
hind wing with the costa curved at 
base, the outer margin slightly excised 
DelOW APC 6a) cin wach, « ainsi aataenand ss 
4, ZETHES, p. 7. 
6. LopHARTHRUM, p. 18. 
5. Eenasta, p. 15. 
7. HYPERLOPHA, p. 19. 
8. CAPNODES, p. 20. 
10. Raparna, p. 24. 
1. HyposEMansis, p. 2. 
9. DiomzBA, p. 23. 
ae CEPHENA, p. 28. 
* In E£. sinuosa the outer margin of fore wing is not angled. 
VOL. III. 
B 
