PVRALID^E. 



Key to the Subfamilies. 



A. Hind wing with the median nervure 



pectinated on upperside. 



a. Fore wing with vein 7 present *. 



a. Maxillary palpi not triangularly 



scaled 1. Galleriince. 



b' . Maxillary palpi triangularly scaled . 2. Grambince. 



b. Fore wing with vein 7 absent. 



a . Proboscis absent 4. Anerastiince. 



b ' . Proboscis present „ . 5. Phycitince. 



B. Hind wing with the median nervure not 



pectinated on upperside f. 



a. Proboscis absent 3. Schcenobiince. 



b. Proboscis present J. 



a. Pore wing with vein 7 stalked with 

 8, 9. 

 a 2 . Pore wing with tufts of raised 



scales in the cell 6. EpipascMince. 



b 2 . Pore wing with no tufts of raised 

 scales in the cell. 

 a\ Hind wing wdth vein 8 anasto- 

 mosing with 7. 

 a 4 . Maxillary palpi absent .... 7. Chrysauginm. 

 b i . Maxillary palpi present .... 8. Endotrichince. 

 b 2 . Hind wing with vein 8 free . . 9. Pyralince. 

 b'. Pore wing with vein 7 from the cell. 

 a 2 . Pore wing with vein 10 stalked 



with 8, 9 § 10. Hydrocampince. 



b 2 . Pore wing with vein 10 from the 

 cell. 

 a 3 . Pore wing with tufts of raised 



scales in the cell 11. Scopariince. 



b 3 . Pore wing with no raised tufts 



of scales in the cell 12. Pyraustince. 



* Except in Culladia. 



t Except in Macaretcera. 



j Except in a few genera of Tyralincs, to be distinguished from the Sckceno- 

 biincB by vein 8 of the hind wing being free. 



§ Except in a small percentage of specimens of Nymphula and Oligostigma 

 and a few non-Indian species, to be distinguished from nearly all Pyraustince by 

 their long maxillary palpi dilated at extremity. 



