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in Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. 1902, p. 13, for further evidence. Lederer's 

 conception of Hadena which has been followed largely in Europe can- 

 not hold nor can Hampson's with rcticulata Will, (typica) as type. In 

 place of Hadena as used by Hampson Ncuria Gn. may be used. 



Meliana Curt. (Mclia Curt.) (1828). 



Hampson's use of this as a Noctuid genus with type flammca Curt, 

 is quite erroneous, as Curtis designates the type of the genus as sodella, 

 one of the Gallcriinac. Curtis in the text uses the spelling Mclia, wnich 

 name is preoccupied, but in the index he has changed it 'to Mcliana, 

 either in error or on account of discovering that the generic name 

 already existed. Nclcucania Sm. may again be substituted for Meliana. 



Orthosia Ochs. (1816). 



Curtis specified the type in 1828 as instabilis Schiff. (incerta Hufn.). 

 This genus will therefore replace Momina Hbn. as used by Hampson. 

 If the Tentamen be adopted Orthosia will fall to Graphiphora Hbn. 

 with type gothica; otherwise Graphiphora Ochs. (1816) will fall in the 

 Agrotinac with type specified in 1839 as c -nig rum by Westwood. 



Cloantha Gn. (1839). 



The type was specified by Guenee in 1852 as pcrspicillaris Schiff. 

 (polyodon Cl.)- Hampson in Vol. IV of his Catalogue sinks Chloantha 

 Gn. (sic) with type hyperici Schiff. to Actinotia Hbn. and later in Vol. 

 VI. uses the name Cloantha with same reference and type as solidaginis 

 Linn. The first reference is correct in the light of Guenee's type fixa- 

 tion; Xylophasia Steph., the type of which was fixed by Westwood 

 (1840) as polyodon, will also become a synonym of Actinotia. In Vol. 

 VI the name will be replaced by Lithomoia Hbn., the type of which 

 was fixed by Curtis in 1838 as solidaginis Hbn.; in place of Lithomoia 

 as used by Hampson Hyppa Dup. should again be valid. 

 Xylena Ochs. (1816). 



Misspelt Xylina by Treitschke and all following authors. The type 

 was designated in 1829 by both Curtis and Duponchel as c.rolcta L. so 

 that Hampson's usage is perfectly correct. 

 Tethea Ochs. (1816). 



Type specified in 1829 by Curtis as or Fabr. and the genus therefore 

 falls into the Thyatiridae. Hiibner in 1822 had already restricted the 

 genus to duplaris L. and fluctuosa Hbn. which are congeneric with 

 or. 



Atethmia Hbn. (1822). 



The type of the genus was designated by Grote in 1874 as xerampcl- 

 ina Hbn.; later in 1895 he changes this to subusta Hbn., but his first 

 action must hold. Cirrhocdia Gn., with type specified by the author as 

 xerampelina Esp., will fall as a synonym. Hampson's usage is correct. 



