Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to about middle of frons and rather broadly sealed, the 3rd moderate and moderately scaled; frons smooth, with tuft of hair above; eyes large, round; antennae of male ciliated; thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales, the pro- and metathorax with slight, spreading crests, the mesothorax with small paired crests; tibiae moderately fringed with hair and all the tibiae spined; the mid tibiae of male dilated with a fold containing a tuft of long hair; abdomen with dorsal ridges of hair and hairy crests on three basal segments. Fore wing triangular, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved, crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about one-third length of wing; veins 3 and 4 from angie of cell; 5 fully developed from just above angle of cel1; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.

A. Hind wing black-brown.

• a. Fore wing with the ground-colour white, the reniform prominent, red-brown defined by black ........... sappho.
• b. Fore wing with the ground-colour grey or brown.
• a1. Hind wing with the cilia dark except at apex
• a2 Fore wing pale brownish grey, the lines fine
• a3 Wings on underside white at base ...... judith.
• b3. Wings on underside not white at base orbs.
• b2. Fore wing darker, the lines stronger.
• a3. Fore wing with the inner area not suffused with black.
• a4 Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly excurved below vain 1 .......... residua.
• b4. Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly excurved below vein 1 ...... angusi.
• b3. Fore wing with the inner area suffused with black.. insolabilis.
• bl. Hind wing with the cilia white, chequered with brown at veins 6 to 2.
• a2. Fore wing grey uniformly suffused with dark brown,
• a3. Fore wing without red-brown band beyond the postmedial line, the subterminal line diffused ....... obscura.
• b3. Fore wing with red-brown band beyond the postmedial line, the subterminal line not diffused ..... agrippina.
• b2 Fore wing grey variegated with brown and black.
• a3. Fore wing with the ground-colour blue-grey.
• a4. Fore wing without curved black shade from costa beyond middle to termen below apex.
• a5. Fore wing without oblique white shade from costa beyond the antemedia1 line to median nervure … lacrymosa.
• b5 Fore wing with oblique white shade from costa beyond the antemedial line to median nervure … dejecta.
• b4. Fore wing with curved black shade from costa beyond middle to termen below apex.
• a5 Fore wing with blackish shade in submedian interspace. … vidua.
• b5 Fore wing without blackish shade in submedian interspace ...... viduata.
• b3 Fore wing -white tinged with red-brown.
• a4. Fore wing with oblique black shade from termen below apex.
• a5. Fore wing with the antemedial line double filled in with white ........... retecta.
• b5. Fore wing with the antemedial line single and faintly defined on inner side by whitish ........ flebilis.
• b4. Fore wing without oblique black shade from termen below apex ........... robinsoni.

B. Hind wing yellow.

• a. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved below costa but not angled outwards above vein 5 .......... badia.
• b. Fore wing with the postmedial line bent outwards below costa and angled outwards above vein 5.
• a1. Fore wing on underside with the basal half suffused with yellow, the postmedial band whitish; hind wing with the costal area whitish ...... innubens.
• b1. Fore wing on underside with the basal area and postmedial band yellow; hind wing with the costal area ochreous.
• a2. Hind wing deep orange-yellow.
• a3. Fore wing nearly uniform deep red-brown ......... muliercula.
• b3. Fore wing almost entirely suffused with grey ..... paleogama.
• b2. Hind wing brighter golden yellow.
• a3. Fore wing with prominent dark band beyond the postmedial line ... coelebs.
• b3. Fore wing without prominent dark band beyond the postmedial line.
• a4. Fore wing nearly uniform black-brown.
• a5. Fore wing with the lines distinct ............... antinympha
• b5. Fore wing with the lines almost obsolete .... denussa.
• b4. Fore wing nearly uniform fuscous brown .............. consors.
• c4. Fore wing nearly uniform grey-brown serena.
• d4. Fore wing much more variegated and not nearly uniform in colour.
• a5. Fore wing with the basal area strongly suffused with black .... nebulosa.
• b5. Fore wing with the basal area not strongly suffused with black.
• a6. Fore wing almost entirely suffused with red brown .. piatrix.
• b6. Fore wing much more variegated with white and grey.
• a7. Fore wing with the basal area darker than the ground-colour ..... dionyza.
• b7. Fore wing with the basal area not darker than the ground-colour.
• a8. Fore wing strongly suffused with white.
• a9. Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly angled outwards above and below vein 5 .......... subnata.
• b9. Fore wing with the postmedial line slightly angled outwards above and below vein 5 ....... habilis.
• b8. Fore wing slightly suffused with white.
• a9. Fore wing not tinged with olive ....... neogama.
• b9. Fore wing tinged with olive ...... euphemia.

Male. Head and thorax white irrorated with red-brown; palpi with the 2nd and 3rd joints dark brown towards tips; tegulae with red-brown lines at, middle and near tips; fore and mid tibiae and the tarsi banded with blackish; abdomen reddish brown with some whitish at, base and in anal tuft, the ventral surface white. Fore wing white sparsely irrorated with brown; subbasal line black, angled outwards below costa and ending at submedian fold; ante-medial line very indistinct, double filled in wit;h white, the outer line with large black-brown spot at costa, then oblique to sub-median fold and slightly angled inwards on median nervure, incurved at vein 1; reniform very large and irregularly rounded,