10 PYEALID^E. 



Subfamily CRAMBI1SLE. 



Proboscis well developed or minute ; palpi porrect ; the maxillary 

 palpi well developed and dilated with scales at extremity. Fore 

 wing with vein 7 present * ; vein 1 a separate from 1 b. Hind 

 wing with the median nervure pectinated on upperside ; vein 7 

 usually anastomosing with 8. 



The larvae are usually grass or reed feeders. 



Key to the Genera. 



A. Hind wing with vein 6 from upper angle 

 of cell or stalked with 7. 



a. Palpi hardly reaching beyond the 



frons,whichis produced to a corneous 



point 9. Eschata, p. 28. 



b. Palpi extending two or three times 



length of head. 

 a'. Fore wing with veins 8, 9 stalked ; 

 7 separate. 

 a 2 . Hind wing with vein 4, 5 from 

 a point or stalked. 

 a 3 . Frons rounded and not pro- 

 duced 4. Platytes, p. 19. 



b 3 . Frons with a conical pro- 

 jection. 

 a 4 . Fore wing with veins 6, 7 



stalked 6. Stenochilo, p. 24. 



5*. Fore wing with veins 6, 7 

 from cell. 

 a 5 . Palpi about three times 

 length of head ; fore 

 wing with the apex pro- 

 duced 8. Chtxo, p. 26. 



b 5 . Palpi about twice the 



length of head ; fore 



wing with the apex 



rounded ; male with a 



slight fovea in the cell . 5. Eromene, p 23 



b~. Hind wing with veins 4, 5 well 



separated at origin ; fore wing 



with the outer margin indented 



below apex 3. Diptychophora, p. 18. 



b'. Fore wing with veins 7, 8, 9 

 stalked. 

 a 2 . Both wings with vein 3 absent; 

 fore wing with the outer margin 

 indented at vein 5 10. Mesolia, p. 30. 



Eioept in Culladia. 



