292 noctuid^;. 



b' . Frons without a trilobate process. 

 a 2 . Palpi upturned. 



a 3 . Fore wing short and broad. 

 a 4 . Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 

 stalked. 

 a 5 . Fore wing with the apex 



rectangular 8. Hyela, p. 307. 



b 5 . Fore wing with the apex 



rounded , 27. Oruza, p. 348. 



£ 4 . Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 



from cell or on a very short 



stalk. 



a 5 . Palpi short, not reaching 



above vertex of head. 



a 6 . Fore wing with the cilia 



nnn-crenulate, the outer 



margin evenly curved . . 12. Xanthoptera, p. 316. 

 b G . Fore wing with the cilia 

 crenulate, the outer 

 margin oblique towards 



outer angle 13. Cosmia, p. 321. 



b b . Palpi long and reaching 

 above vertex of head. 

 a e . Fore wing of nearly even 

 width throughout, the 



apex rounded 16. Swinhoea, p. 324. 



b & . Fore wing triangular, 

 the apex nearly rect- 

 angular 15. Marimatha, p. 324. 



b 3 . Fore wing more produced and 



acute at apex 9. Micardia, p. 309. 



b 2 . Palpi porrect ; frons with a rounded 



corneous projection 11. Tarachf, p. 310. 



c 2 . Palpi porrect and triangularly 



scaled 26. Corgatha, p. 347. 



b. Fore wing with veins 7, 8 and 9, 10 



stalked 14. Acontia, p. 322. 



c. Fore wing with veins 8, 9, 10 stalked. 

 «'. Fore wing with vein 6 present. 



a 2 . Fore wing with the outer margin 

 somewhat erect, rarely excised 

 below the apex, which is rect- 

 angular 17. METACHROSTIS,p.325. 



b 2 . Fore wing with the outer margin 

 obliquely curved, the apex pro- 

 duced to a slight point or lobed. . 23. IEublemma, p. 338. 

 b'. Fore wing with vein 6 absent 21. Cingalesa, p. 336. 



d. Fore wing with veins 7, 8, 9 stalked. 



a'. Fore wing with veins 10 and 11 from 

 cell. 

 a 2 . Hind wing with the costa excised . 24. Troctoptera, p. 344. 

 b 2 . Hind wing with the costa not 

 excised. 

 a 3 . No frontal tuft; the palpi up- 

 turned 18. Naranga, p. 333. 



b z . A sharp frontal tuft; the palpi 



porrect 19. Rivula, p. 334. 



