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3. Nochue. The wings incumbent as in the 

 Bombyces, but the antennas setaceous. 



A. Elingnes, without tongues. 



B. Spirilinguesy with spiral tongues. 



4. Geometry. Wings when at rest extended 

 horizontally. 



A. Pectinicornes. With the antennae pec- 

 tinated. 



jB. Seticornes. With the antennae seta- 

 ceous. 

 The under wings in the above two divisions 



are either angulated or round. 



5. Tortrices. With very obtuse wings, curved 

 at the exterior margin. They have short, 

 awl-pointed palpi. 



6. Pyralides. With the inner margin of the 

 wings laid one over the other, in shape re- 

 sembling a delta, or triangle. 



7. Tinea. With the wings convoluted, or 

 wrapped round the body, giving the insect 

 almost a cylindrical shape. The front, or 

 forehead, is stretched out. * 



8. Alucita. With digitated wings, divided 



