. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. NOCTXriDiE. obsolesceut from the middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle or stalked; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only or often anastomosing with the cell to near middle. In the genera without an areole its absence appears always to have been caused by reduction from forms which once possessed Fig. l.^Larva of Tarache lucida. \. » Eupseudoiyiorplia, Cydosia, Grceperia, Tarachidia and some other genera have the typical trifid neuration of the hind wing of the subfamily Acronyctince, but are by facies an


. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. NOCTXriDiE. obsolesceut from the middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle or stalked; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only or often anastomosing with the cell to near middle. In the genera without an areole its absence appears always to have been caused by reduction from forms which once possessed Fig. l.^Larva of Tarache lucida. \. » Eupseudoiyiorplia, Cydosia, Grceperia, Tarachidia and some other genera have the typical trifid neuration of the hind wing of the subfamily Acronyctince, but are by facies and other characters closely allied to the Erastriance, the larvae of such as are known having the anterior prolegs aborted, which is the essential distinction between the two subfamilies. Larvce smooth, the warts with single hairs, the anterior or two anterior pairs of prolegs absent, and in method of progression more or less semiloopers. Key to the Genera. A. Fore wing with veins 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, or 9 absent. a. Fore wing with vein 11 stalked with 7,8, 9,10. , p. 22. b. Fore wing with vein 11 from the cell. a'. Frons with rounded prominences ; pro- boscis small; fore wing with vein 9 absent Piia3NicoPHANTj\, p. 653. ii. Frons without prominence. a". Abdomen with dorsal series of crests. cfi. Palpi with the 2nd joint bent for- ward at extremity ; the 3rd porrect. Rhynciiodia, p. 489. /A Palpi with the 2nd joint not bent for- ward at extremitj'. a'^. Mesothorax with paired crests, meta- thorax with spreading crest. a^. Abdomen with large crests on medial segments Erasthoides, p. 4S0. b''. Abdomen with crests on basal segments only Drobeta, p. 332. b*. Thorax without crests. Hind wing with vein 5 nearly fully developed from below middle of discocellulars Peperita, p. 202. h^. Hind wing with vein 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars. a5. Fore wing with veins 3, 4 shortly stalked , Pseudocraspebia, p. Please note that these images are extracte


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