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1872. Crotch, Cist. Ent. i. GO : refers it, as Oken did, to Linne and 



says that the type was fixed by Cuvier in 1799 (Tabl. 



Elem.) as brassicaj. 



Linne, however, used no sucli word in a generic sense, but divided 



his genus Papilio into sections, to which lie gave plural names, Danai, 



etc. ; these again into subsections, such as Danai festivi, etc. ; we must 



thorefore disregard them altogether in treating of genera. Cuvier used 



it in the same plural form (Danai), but referred rapae as well as brassicae 



to it. 



1872. Scudd., Syst. Rev. 7 : specifies Plexippus as type. . 



Inasmuch as the name Danaus was proposed by Latreille to sup- 

 plant his own Danaida (beiiause preoccupied in botany, and of which 

 Plexippus was the type), and since he subsequently specified Plexippus 

 as one of the types in 1810, before any action had affected the Fabri- 

 cian Euploea, Plexippus would have to be considered the type of this 

 genus, could it stand. See Danaida. 



326. Danis.* 

 1807. Fabr., III. Mag. vi. 286 : no species whatever indicated. 

 1815. Oken, Lehrb. i. 722: gives it as a division of Emesis, with no 



mention of species beyond the remark " vier Arten," 



which is copied from Fubricius. 

 1820. Billb., Enum. Ins. 80: changes the name for no apparent 



reason to Hadothera (q. v.). 

 1852. Westw., Gen. Diurn. Lep. 497 : uses it for several species, 



commencing with Danis (Seboe). 



Very probably Westwood was rigiit, as Fabricius in several instances 

 used specific names for genera containing them. But we cannot possi- 

 bly determine this fact. If it were true, the name would fall from its 

 illegal derivation. If it were not, it would have to be dropped for want 

 of support, or possible fixity. See Damis and Tliysonotis. 



327. Daptonoura.* 



1869. Butl., Cat. Fabr. Lep. 209 : Lycimnia, Salacia. Lycimnia 

 specified as type. 

 This name falls before Melete (q. v.). 



328. Darpa. 



1865. Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 781 : Hanria. Sole species, 

 and therefore type. 



329. Dasyomma.* 



1860. Feld., Wien. Ent. Monatschr. iv. 401 : fusciim. Sole species, 

 and therefore type. 

 This name is preoccupied in Diptera (Mag. 1810). 



