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58. Ambltsciutes. 

 1872. Scudd., Sj'st. Rev. 54: vialis, Hegon (Samoset), Tolteca. 

 The first species specified as type. 



59. Amecera.* 

 18G7 (March). Butl., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. [3] xix. 1G3: Megcera 

 (Meg£era, Lyssa), Tigelius, Mfera, Eversmanii, Hiera, 

 Schakra (Shakra), Menara, Baldiva. 

 The author says that Dira of Hiibner " cannot be adopted, as it in- 

 cludes several distinct forms, the type species moreover being a true 

 Lasiommata." 



1867 (June). lb., Entom. iii. 280 : Megsera. 



1868. lb., Ent. Monthl. Mag. iv. 195; Cat. Sat. 123: specifies Me- 

 gsra as the type. 

 The name must fall before Lasiommata (q.v.), unless some of the 

 species first mentioned by Butler should prove to be generically distinct 

 from Megsera ; this is hardly probable. Dira of Hiibner contains repre- 

 resentatives of three difrerent genera, and can be retained for one of 

 them. 



60. Amechania.* 



1861. Hewits., Exot. Butt. ii. 87: incerta. Sole species, and there- 

 fore type. 

 1861. Herr.-Schaeff., Ex. Schm. pt. 39 : incerta. The genus is to be 

 credited to Hewitson, since Herrich-Schaefier does so in 

 his Prodromus. 

 The genus, however, according to Butler, is strictly congeneric with 

 Zethera, wliich has precedence by one month. Amechania must there- 

 fore drop, and cannot again be employed. 



61. Ammiralis.* 



1832. Renn., Consp. 10: AtaJanta. Sole species, and therefore type. 

 The genus falls before Vanessa. See also Pyrameis and Bassaris. 



62. Amnosia. 



1844. [Boisd. in] Doubl., List Br. Mas. 88 : decora. Sole species, 

 and therefore type. 



1850. Westw., Gen. Diurn. Lep. 259 : makes the same use of it, but 

 accredits the generic name to Boisduval, in whose name 

 it must therefore stand. See Leptoptera. 



63. Amphichlora. 



1861. Feld., Neues Lep. 19 [as section of Ageronia] : Feronia 

 (Feronia, Epinome), Ferentina, Fornax. 



