166 



NOCTUII)^. 



and outer margins 



forming an almost 



continuous curve .... 54. 



b xl . Palpi with the 2nd joint 



fringed with hair. 



a 1 ' 2 . Fore wing with the inner 



margin slightly lobed 



towards base 29. 



b 12 . Fore wing with the inner 

 margin almost straight. 

 a 13 . Fore wing short and 



broad 42. 



b 1 ' 3 . Fore wing long and 

 narrow, the apex pro- 

 duced 20. 



c 11 . Palpi with a tuft of hair on 

 2nd joint produced to an 



acute angle 43. 



. Palpi porrect. 



z 10 . Fore wing with the costa 

 arched ; vein 6 given off 

 after angle of cell ; antennae 



of male bipectinate 52. 



p 10 . Fore wing with the costa 



nearly straight ; vein 6 



from angle of cell; antennae 



of male ciliated. 



a 11 . Fore wing not produced at 



apex. 



a 12 . Fore wing of moderate 



breadth ; the apex acute. 48. 

 b 12 . Fore wing very narrow, 



the apex rounded 51. 



b 11 . Fore wing with the apex 



produced to a point. 

 a 12 . Fore wing of normal 

 breadth ; vein 7 from end 



of areole 49. 



b 12 . Fore wir.g very narrow ; 

 vein 7 anastomosing with 

 9 50. 



Apsarasa, p, 290. 



Acronycta, p. 240. 



Caradrina, p. 259. 



Bombycia, p. 206. 



[p. 208. 

 Tathorhynchus, 



Phycidopsis, p. 288. 



NoNAGRIA, p. 284. 



[p. 287. 

 Phycidimorpha, 



Acrapex, p. 286. 

 Acutipenna, p. 287. 



Genus SPHETTA. 

 Spketta, Wlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 457 (1865). 



Type, S. apicalis, Wlk. 



Mange. Sikkim ; Malabar Coast ; Ceylon. 



Eyes naked ; palpi obliquely porrect, reaching beyond the frons, 

 the 2nd joint heavily fringed with hair ; antennas fasciculate ; 

 thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled, the latter long ; tibiae 

 without spines. Fore wiDg broad and rounded ; vein 3 from long 

 before end of cell. Hind wing with veins 6 and 7 on a short 

 stalk ; 8 running close along 7 to middle of cell. 



This may be an abnormal Notodont genus allied to Cyplianta. 



