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NOTODONTID^E. 



Family NOTODONTIM]. 



A family of moths superficially resembling the Noctuidce. 



Mid tibia with one pair of spurs ; hind tibia with two pairs ; 

 tarsi short and hairy. Fore wing with vein 1 a forming a fork 

 with 1 b at the base ; 1 c absent ; vein 5 from the middle of disco- 

 cellulars, or rarely from just below upper angle of cell*. Hind 

 wing with two internal veins ; vein 5 from the centre of the 

 discocellulars or rarely absent ; 8 free from the base, curved, and 

 running close along the subcostal nervure or joined to it by a bar. 



Larva without the anal prolegs, and carrying the anal somites 

 more or less erect; these often bear paired processes, and are 

 sometimes swollen ; the other somites often prominently humped. 



Pupa naked. 



Fig. 72. 



-Larva of Cerura liturata. 

 Ceyl. ii, pi. 120, f 



f . (From Moore, Lep. 

 la.) 



Key to the Genera. 



A. Fore wing with vein 5 from middle of disco- 

 cellulars. 

 a. Fore wing with no tuft of scales on inner 

 margin. 

 a'. End of abdomen with a tuft of long 

 spatulate scales. 

 or. Fore wing with vein 10 anastomosing 



with 8 to form the areole 1. 



b' 2 . Fore wing with vein 9 anastomosing 



with 8 to form the areole 2. 



b' . End of abdomen without a tuft of spatu- 

 late scales. 

 a'-. Hind wing with vein 5 present. 

 a 3 . Fore wing produced and narrow. 

 a i . Fore wing with the inner margin 



produced into a triangular lobe. 10. 

 b i . Fore wing with the inner margin 



produced into a rounded lobe . . 9. 

 c 4 . Fore wing with the inner margin 

 evenly curved. 

 a 5 . Fore wing with the apex acute. 

 a 6 . Fore wing very long. 



a 7 . Fore wing with no areole. 5. 

 b 7 . Fore wing with an areole. 6. 

 b 6 . Fore wing shorter. 



a 7 . Palpi upturned 12. 



b 7 . Palpi porrect 13. 



Tabsolepis, p. 126. 

 Dudtjsa, p. 128. 



NOBBACA, p. 137. 

 TuBNACA, p. 136. 



Babauesa, p. 131. 



PiACHIA, p. 131. 



Pydna, p. 138. 

 Ramesa, p. 142. 



* Except in the genus Cyphanta, which may be the connecting link with the 

 Roctuidce. 



