22 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



NOMENIA AND EUCHCECA FINALE. 



BY RICHARD F. PEARSALL, BROOKLYN, N. Y. 



In replying to recent pipers by Dr. Dyar^ and Rev. G. \V. Taylor,'^ 

 my desire is to end a controversy, not prolong it. First, as to Nomenia. 

 When this genus was established, it was understood by most entomolo- 

 gists that the western species of Euchoeca, which had been associated 

 with it, was a form of our eastern species, now known to be the comptaria 

 of Walker, thus the name of /5.///;^^j!/^i: was affixed to the type. Later, 

 when it became apparent, with more material at hand, that the western 

 species of Euchoeca was really distinct, it seemed to me that Dr. Packard's 

 description applied, with its reference to the antennae as "well ciliated" 

 to this Eiichoeca, not to Nomenia with its unipectinate antennae ; hence. I 

 was using a preoccupied name, and described the Nomenia as unipeda. 

 My desire was to make the description fit best the species placed under it. 

 To my mind the description will cover either species, excepting the 

 antennal structure, yet, offsetting this conne the two references on pages 

 83 and 86 of the Monograph, where he states, first that they are pectinate, 

 and again that they are not. But Dr. Dyar says I violated established 

 usage in so doing, and though unconvinced, to close an argument, I will 

 accept their decision, acknowledging the compliment extended by both, in 

 using my name for the Euchoeca species. 



As to Euchoeca : Dr. Dyar supposes I had neglected the names of 

 condensata and inc/inaiaria, Walker, but I had learned through examples 

 oi lucata, Guen., sent to Mr. L. B. Prout for comparison with Walker's type 

 in the Brit. Mus., that condensata was the same. I quote his reply : 



"Euchoeca lucata, Guen. (teste, Packard) = condensata. Walk., 

 certissime !" The absence of marginal black line in lucata and in the 

 Walker type makes this certain, if any doubt existed. Inclinitaria is, vide 

 Hulst (Entom. News, Vol. 6, p. 70, 1895), ^ synonym of ferrugata. Clerk, 

 and this has been confirmed. 



When Dr. Packard described /(?^//«<?n;/a in his Monograph. 1876, he 

 assembled under it the original types described in 1873 from Albany, N. 

 Y., May 4 (Lintner), Brooklyn, N. Y. (Graef), West Virginia, April 

 (Mead), Mt. Washington, N. H., July (Morrison). The dates given, as I 



1. Can. Ent., Vol. 38, pag-e no. 



2. Can. Ent., Vol. 38, page 203. 



January, 1907 



