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nearly equally curved. Hind legs with the tibise very long, swollen ; the tarsi 

 one-half as long as the tibiae. Coloration : ochreous-brown, with a common 

 outer line bent at right angles just before reaching the costa of the fore wings, 

 but disappearii-rg on the costa of the hind wings. 



The species of this genus are much smaller than those of Eutrapela, and 

 may be recognized by the very falcate fore wings, while the hind wiiigs are 

 rounded. The anteuu* are very heavily pectinated, the branches extending 

 (though forming simply long tubercles) to the extreme tip. The hind legs 

 are much as in Eutrapehi, liut tlic tarsi are a little longer. From Caherodes 

 it differs in tlic falcate fore wings and more heavily pectinated antennae. 



Larva and pupa. — Ramiform, the body provided with a number of tuber- 

 cles, thus resembling the twigs of the tree on which it feeds. The head is 

 no wider than the Ijody, which increases in thickness toward the end of the 

 body. Pupa of the usual conical form, rather thick. 



Sf/noi)sis of the Species. 



Fore wings more acute thau iu the others ; dark, coarsely speckled D. ranis. 



Fawn-browu, with a H^lit, common, extradiscal line D. jniber. 



Drepanodes varus Grote and Robinson. Plate 12, figs. 36, 37. 



Drepaiwttes varus Grote and Robinson!!!, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., viii, pi. 15 A, fig. 2, 9 > 18C7. 

 Drejkinodes aquosua Grote and Robinson !!!, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., viii, pi. 15 A, fig. 3, 9 , 1867. 

 Drcpanodes xcsqiiiVnu-a Grote ! ! !, Can. Ent. ii, 114, 1870. 

 Ihvpaiiodes juiiiprraria Pack., First Rep. Ins. Mass., 22, pi. 1, figs. 4, 5, 1871. 



d — Antennte broadly pectinated ; head, 1)ody, and \\ings uniformly clear 

 ochreous, with scattered minute dark speckles; inner line deep ochreous, a little 

 diffuse, curved irregularly, somewhat angulated opposite the discal dot, which 

 it nearly touches, beyond which it curves straight on the costa; bek)w the angle, 

 it is regularly curved and sometimes sinuate. It is dark ochreous, paler 

 without; the outer line is slightly curved inward, and toward the tip bent 

 back at right angles on the costa, blackish externally, shaded broadly with 

 dark ochraceous within. Between the two lines the wing is clear as usual. 

 Discal dot l)lack, small. Wing clear lieyoiid the outer line. Toward the 

 inner angle, tiierc are three rounded, nebulose, dark spots, ol which the 

 middle one is the largest. Hind wings like the fore wings, with a single, broad, 

 straight line; discal dot very distinct; a diffuse cloud, scarcely divided into 

 distinct spots, near the angle; beyond the line, the strigse are sparingly scat- 

 .t(!red. Fringe with a reddish tinge. Beneath paler, especially on the sec- 

 ondaries. The coniiiioii liiu^ faintly re-appears; slightly reddish on hind wings, 

 iind blackish on fore wings ; discal dot very distinct, with scattered fine strigas. 



