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List of North American Eupterotid^, Ptilodontid^, Thyatirid^, 

 Apatelid^ and Agrotid^e : By A. Radclikfe Grote, A. M., 

 Abhandlungen des Naturinssenschaftlichen Vereins zu 

 Bremen., Vol. XIV., 1895. 



In this list are given, besides the usual series of names and synonyms, 

 the habitat of each species, the dates of the genera with their synonyms, 

 and the family and generic types. " The present list aims to give the 

 proper application of the oldest generic names and to fix the exact type." 

 Therefore, certain changes are made from the accepted nomenclature, 

 which we may briefly notice. Ptilodontidte for Notodontidae^ from the 

 Ptilodonte of Hubner, which appears to be the oldest application for this 

 family. In the family certain generic changes are made. Chatfieldia, 

 Grt., n. gen. to include Fhejsia simplaria and P. basitriens ; Ptilodon, 

 Hubn., to replace Lophopteryx, Steph.; Eunystalea, Grt., n. gen. to 

 include Nystalea indiana. Lochmaeus and Seirodonta are recognized as 

 valid genera. 



In the Thyatiridse, Persiscota, Grt, n. gen. to include Etdhyatira 

 loraia, setnicircularis and Candida. The Apatelidaj include those genera 

 formerly known as Bombycoidae. The definition of the family appears 

 to rest upon larval characters, and we should expect to find in it only 

 those species of noctuidae which have " Bombycid " (/. e. Arctian) larva? 

 — that is, with the abdominal feet equally developed and the tubercles 

 converted into warts. The larvae of several of our genera are still 

 unknown, but Mr. Grote includes Raphia among his Apatelidae, though 

 the larva has the two anterior pair of feet smaller than the other, and the 

 setse perfectly simple and single throughout its life-history. On the other 

 hand some of the genera at the head of the next family should probably 

 be placed among the Apatelidae. This is certainly the case with Micro- 

 coelia fragilis, the larva of which I discovered last year. Mr. Grote uses 

 the name Apatela, Hubn., instead of Acronycta. The name Agrotidae is 

 proposed for the customary Noctuidae, as the term Noctua is preoccupied 

 in Birds. The list is not complete in this family. " The subfamilies 

 Catocalinje and Deltoidinae are not given." Under Agrotis the genitalic 

 divisions of Prof Smith are given subgeneric value only, a proceeding 

 which commends itself to the present reviewer. For ||Noctua,the Hubnerian 

 term Amathes is employed ; for Rhizagrotis, Smith, Ogygia, Hubn. For 

 further details the list itself may profitably be consulted. 



Harrison G, Dyar, 



