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EuTRAPELA FURCIFERATA, Sp. ?IOV. Plate 13, fig. 64. 



2 r? . — Of the usual fawn-color, asin.E. tr answer sata; wings aniform, with- 

 out the usual transverse strigse; palpi very stout, ascending; terminal joint small, 

 conical, drooping; antennae simple. Head violaceous-brown; thorax and body 

 concolorous with the wings. Basal half of the costa with brown scales; no 

 transverse lines ; a v-shaped spot on the costa near the apex, dark, shaded 

 within with grayish scales ; an abbreviated broad band extending from the 

 outer third of the inner margin to the third submedian nervule; within paler 

 than on the sides. Discal dot small, black, present on both wings. Sec- 

 ondaries immaculate, with a faint line like that in the middle of the fore 

 wings, much bent in the middle. Beneath, body and wings yellow-ochreous, 

 with brown scales, arranged in a diffuse line of speckles, which are especially 

 distinct toward the costa, where the v re-appears; discal dots minute; base of 

 costa brownish ; legs brownish. 



Length of body, 0.52; of fore wing, 0.Y0. 



New York (A. R. Grote). 



This species is easily known by its uniform fawn-color, by the two 

 spots on the inner margin forming a short band going to the third submedian 

 nervule, and the v-shaped spot near the apex; while the single diffuse line of 

 scales and the line on the hind wings bent at quite an angle in the middle will 

 also distinguish it. It is the smallest species known to us, while the palpi 

 are stouter than usual. A second male, received from Missouri through Mr. 

 Riley, is the one figured on plate 13. The extradiscal line on the fore wings 

 is represented in the middle of the wing by two or three whitish venular 

 dots. It is quite distinct from any of the varieties ot E. transversata, in all 

 of which the line on the hind wings is distinct and straight. 



Eutrapela transversata Packard. Plate 3 3, figs. 63, 68; fig. 20, larva; 



20 a, pupa. 



Phalama transversata Drury, i, 16, plate 8, rig. 2, 1770. 



Geometra transversata Drury (Westwood's ed.), i, 16, plate 8, tig. 2, 1837. 



Chccrodcs incurvata Gueti.!!!, Phal., i, 37, plate 3, fig. 2, 1857. 



Chan-odes transversataGnen.W., Phal., i, 38, 1857. 



( hut-odes goniata Guen. ! !J, Phal., i, 38, 1857. 



Choerodes incurvata Walk.!!!, List Lep. Het. Br. Mns., xx, 15, 1860. 



Choerodes transposita Walk. ! ! !, List Lep. Het. Br. Mns., xx, 15, 1860. 



t ho rod.es transversata Walk. ! ! !, List Lep. Het. Br. Mas., xx, 15, 1860. 



Choerodes transvertens Walk.!!!, List Lep. Het. Br. Mns., xx, 16, 1860. 



Choerodes transmnlens Walk.!!!, List Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xx, 17, 1860. 



Clwerodts contingens Walk. ! ! !, List Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xx, 18, 1860. 



