LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
69 
i. Alae anticce margine exteriore flexo. 
32. Eurymene, Dup. 
32. E 
ii. Alae anticae margine exteriore non flexo. 
C (ENINA, Walk. 
35. Selenia, Hubn. 
35. 
b. Alae posticae margine antico excavato. 
52. Orsonoba, Walk. 
Genus 1. DREPANODES. 
Corpus gracile. Frons angusta, plana, non fasciculata. Proboscis 
brevis. Palpi breves, ascendentes, applicati; articulus 3us conicus, 
parvus. Antennae longiusculae. Abdomen eylindricum. Tibiae 
posticae plus minusve incrassatae, sulco fasciculato. Alae integrae, 
linea una obliqua; anticae acutae, saepissime falcatae, linea costam 
versus saepe angulato. 
Syssaura, p., Hubn . Verz . Schmett. 150. 
Patalene, Herr-Sch. 
Drepanodes, Guen. Phal. i. 66. 
Body slender. Front narrow, flat, not tufted. Proboscis short. 
Palpi short, ascending, applied to the head; third joint minute, 
conical. Antennae rather long, pubescent or more or less pectinated 
in the male. Abdomen long, cylindrical, extending as far as the 
hind wings in the male, generally shorter in the female. Hind 
tibiae more or less thickened, with a furrow which contains a tuft of 
hairs. Wings entire, with a single oblique line; fringe short. 
Fore wings acute, very often falcate; the line often forming an 
angle near the tip. Hind wings with the exterior border rounded ; 
interior angle somewhat elongated. 
Foem. Rufescente-cinerea ; tibia posticce vix incrassatce ; alee 
nigro subconspersce , linea nigricante recta distincta intus 
ochraceo extus albido marginata , pun do discali nigro ; 
anticce faleatep , apice nigro conspersce , linea interiore Jlexa 
subobsoleta , margine exteriore vix convexo. 
North America. 
1. Drepanodes Olyzonaria. 
