218 LEPIDOPTERA OP NORTH AMERICA. 



DREPANA ScHR. 



Body very slender. Proboscis not visible. Palpi very sbort, 

 not extending beyond the head. Autennos longer than the thorax. 

 Abdomen not extending so far as the hind wings. Legs slender, 

 bare, hind tibiae with four rather short spurs. Wings broad. Pri- 

 maries falcate, slightly convex along the costa, undulating or in- 

 dented along the exterior border ; interior angle rounded ; discal 

 areolet intersected by a secondary vein ; second inferior vein more 

 than twice further from the third than from the first ; third not 

 further from the fourth than from the second. Male. Antennae 

 moderately pectinated. Female. Antennae very minutely pecti- 

 nated, much longer than those of the male. . 



1. D. fasciata '/S^fp/i. Uncula'Ra,^. 



Wings brownish-yellow; anterior with two oblique brown striae, 

 bent towards the costa ; the posterior one with a brown cloud at- 

 tached towards the outer margin ; between these streaks is a small 

 black dot towards the anterior edge of the wing ; posterior wings 



with a single streak. 



Walker. 



2. D. arcuata Walk. C. B. M. VIII. 



Male. Pale testaceous. AntennjB with brown branches. Fore 

 wings very falcdte, with brown oblique streaks along the costa ; 

 with two slender zigzag brown bands near the base, with two dark- 

 brown discal dots, and with three exterior brown bands ; the first 

 and the third of the latter slight and undulating ; the second dark- 

 er, more distinct, and nearly straight, ending at the tip of the 

 wing, which is pale brown in front and gray behind, excepting the 

 extreme tip, which is wholly dark brown. Hind wings with seve- 

 ral indistinct tawny undulating bands, and with two minute brown 

 discal dots. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



This species closely resembles D. falcataria in form and color 



and markings, but may be distinguished by its more falcate fore 



wings, by the more oblique second exterior band, by the less 



numerous and less distinct bands of the hind wings, and by other 



differences. 



Nova Scotia. 



Walker. 



