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in E. c/('iii(//(n/(f, cs[H'r\i\\\\ \\\ \h(' t'ciualc. Hind wings large, witli a iironiincnt 

 angle (in the first median vennle, even with Ihc tip of" tiie alxlomeii. Venation 

 as in Drcpanodes, hnf a snl)ei)stal eel! present, and the disea! venidi's are not 

 cnrved as in Drcpaiiodcs. Hind legs with the tiliiu' very long and swollen, 

 with a Ian -like tul't ol hairs on tlu' inner edire, often folded np and not visiide; 

 tarsi ahont one-third as loni;' as the tiWia'. Aluloinen loni( ami slender. 

 Coloration nnieh as in Dicixniodcs. 



'V\m' simple ciliated male anteinne, fidcate f()re wings, tlie pronnnoid 

 angle in the hind wings, and the large, swollen, tnfted hind tibia", as well as 

 the. narrow front of tlio head, arc the distingnishing nnirks of this easily 

 recognizable genus. In the narrow front of the head and the simple anlennse, 

 this genns approaches IJrauid more closely than any other phahenid moth. 



Larva. — Ramit'orm, varionsly tnberculateil, with the third thoracic seg- 

 ment either tnbercnluted or swollen: the body rather thi(d\: head not wider 

 than the body. Pn|)a pale brown, mottled with red, or (piite nnit()rndy 

 reddish-brown. — (I)escrib(>d li'om Abbot's M8. drawings.) 



Si/nopsis of tJie Species. 



Wbiti^Ii-ocliieous, with three subapical black spots K. fahnta. 



Fawn-colored, both Hues beut outward near the iuuor edj>e E. iiiibilata. 



A costo-apical, triangular spot; the line on the hind wings much bent E. furciferata. 



Outer edge of the wings entire ; wings clear A", transversata. 



Outer edge of the wings slightly scalloped ; wings mottled Ji- cJemataria. 



EuTRAPELA FALCATA Packard. Plate 13, fig. 6G. 



Eutrapda f alalia Pack., Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xvi, 39, pi. 1, tig. 32, 1874. 



1 9. — A slighter moth than E. transversata, with the wings similarly 

 aiigulated, and the ape.x of the fore wings rather more fidcate than in E. 

 tramrersata. The male antenm?^ slightly slenderer than in E. transversata. 

 Pale ochrcous; head, body, and wings of the same hne. Fore wings with 

 no lines, and with only a few scattered blackish speckles, a conspicuous black 

 discal dot, and three subapical black spots, one jnst behind tlie costal edge. 

 Hind wings with a few scattered specks and a distinct black discal dot. 

 Beneath marked just as above, the three subapical and discal spots being 

 reproduced. Wings a little more densely speckled with black, and the fore 

 wings a little deeper ochreoiis. 



Length of body, 0.65; of fore wing, 0.82; expanse of wings, 1.70 inches. 



California (Edwards). 



This fine species may be at once known by the very acute fidcate apex, 



