AMERICAN LKPIDOPTKRA. 



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flattened, nearly naked, somewhat lamellate, of 9 simple, filiform ; 

 thorax rather long hairy above and below, tufted anteriorly ; abdo- 

 men scaled, slightly tufted at end ; hind tibiae of I swollen, with 

 hair pencil, with all spurs ; fore wings without fovea below, 12 veins. 

 10 on 11 stemmed from cell; hind wings 5 undeveloped, 6 and 7 

 separate, 8 separate from cell. 



I can see no valid reason why Sabulodes, Antepione and Prochce- 

 rodes should not be regarded as one genus. Sabulodes and Antepione 

 have the antennse of the % more flattened and naked, but the an- 

 tennae of Pwchcerodes are flattened and but shortly ciliate. The 

 tendency to the lamellate form of segments is present in all the spe- 

 cies though more marked in the Sabulodes group. There is some 

 variation in wing shape, but the variation is one of not very wide 

 degree, not of kind. The angulation of the hind wings is not dis- 

 tinctive, as the varieties of *S^. tmnsversata cover both forms. The 

 angulation of the fore wings diflers, as does the amount of falcation 

 beneath apex, but this also differs in the single species as well as in 

 the sexes of some of the species. I think when a close examination is 

 made it will be agreed the differences, so far as knowledge at present 

 goes, are more apparent than real. O.rydia is very close, and scarcely 

 to be separated. Politia Cram, is put by Mr. Butler under the 

 genus Nepheloleum, but I have not been able to find the description. 



Species : — 



IS. traxaliata Guen. L&. aiifmctata Hulst. 



S. lorata Grt. • S. cateaulata Grt. 



S. sulpharata Pack. *S'. nubilata Pack. 



S. depontanata Grt. S. farciferata Pack. 



*S. novellata Hulst. S. transversata Dru. 



*S'. caberata Guen. 'S'. politia Cram. 



106. ABBOTTANA n. gen. 

 Type dematata Ab. Sm. 



Palpi moderately long, ascending or erect, stout, heavily scaled ; 

 tongue developed ; front hair tufted ; antennae of S shortly bipec- 

 tinate, the pectinations scarcely more than dentations, with a fascicle 

 of hairs at the summit of each ; thorax densely hairy above, densely 

 woolly below ; abdomen smooth ; femora somewhat hairy, hind tibue 

 swollen, without hair pencil in I , with two pairs of spurs in b(jtli 

 sexes ; fore wings falcate, very strongly so in ? , scarcely angulate 

 at 4, without fovea below in ^ , 12 veins, 10 on 9, U on cell ; hind 

 Avings rounded, slightly wavy, slightly angulate at -4, more decidedly 

 so in 9 , all veins separate, 5 undeveloped, 8 separate from cell. 

 Species. — A. clemataria Ab. and Sm. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXIII. SEPTEMBER, 1896. 



