A MONOGRAPH 



THE PHALENIDjE OF NOR'IH AMERICA 



§ 1. — Synonymy of the Family. 



GeometrcB Linn., Syst. Nat., ed. x, 519, 1758. 

 Phalcena: Fabe., Eut. Syst., 170:?. 



Geometrcv C'uviek, Tableau element, de l'hist. nat. 1798. 

 Geomelrce Denis and Schiff., Syst. Verz. Wieu. Geg., i, 358, 1801. 

 " Phalcenitea Latbeille, Hist. Nat. d. Ins.,iii, 411, 1802."— Agass., Nomen. 

 Phalaiites Latk., Gen. Crust. Insect., iv, 226, 1807. 

 Phalenites Late., Considerations, 366, 1810. 



" PhalcBnides Leach, Edinb. Encyc., ix, 134, 1815." — Agass., Nomen. 

 Geomelrce HCbn., Teutamen, 1H16, or earlier, perhaps 1806 or 1810. 

 Geometrce Hijiix., Verz., 282, 1818. 

 Phalcenidce Leach, in Samouelle's Comp., 252, 1819. 

 I'luilcnites Late., Families Regne An., 477, 1825. 

 Geometrce Teeitschke, Schm. Eur., vi, 1, 1827. 

 PhaUnites Duponchel, Hist. Nat. Lep., iv, 103, 1829. 

 (Icomihiihr and Phahvnhhv CURTIS, Brit. Ins., 33, 1823-'40. 

 Geometridce Stephens, Nomen. Brit Ins., 43, 1829. 

 Gcomctrcc Boisd., Gen. et Index, 177, 1840. 

 Phalasnarice Zetteemedt, Ins. Lapponica, vi, 890, 954, 1840. 

 Geometrides Here.-Sch., Syst. Bearb. Scbm. Eur., iii, 1847. 

 Geometroidcs Ledebee, Eur. Spanner, Verb. Bot. Zool. Ges. Wieu., 172, 1853. 

 PhaUnites Guen., Phal., i, 25, 1857. 

 Gcomctrites Walk., List' Lep. Het. Br. Mus., xx, 1, 1860. 



§ 2. — History of the Family. 



In 1758, Linne, in "Editio decima, reformataf of his " Systema Natures" 

 includes all the moths below the genus Sphinx in the groups Phalcena Bom- 

 byx, Phalcena Noctua, Phalcena Geometra, Phalcena Pyralis, Phalama Tinea, 

 and Phalcena Alucita, The Geometrm are divided into Geometra pectinatqi 

 and Geometrce seticornes. 



These divisions are still further subdivided on the characters afforded 

 by the shape of the hind wings, whether angulated or not. The names oi 

 the species with pectinated antennae end in aria, and those with simple 



