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742. Nereis.* 



1806. Iliibn., Tent. 1 : Polymnia. Sole species, and therefore type. 

 The name is preoccupied in AYorms (Linn. 1731). See Meclianitis. 



743. Nerias. 



183G. P.oiscl., Spec, gen., pi. 4 A., 7 B. : Calliope, Euterpe, Susanna. 



The larva and pupa only of the first two are figured. 

 184 1. Doubl., List Br. Mus. G4: employs it for Phlegia and Susanna 



only. 



Susanna, tlierefore, becomes the type. The name is very near to 

 Neria (Rob.-Desv., Dipt. 1830). 



744. Ness^a.* 

 181G. Illibn., Vei'z. 41: Obrinus (Ancoea), Harpalyoe, Galanthis. 

 Tliis name is preoccupied through Nesrea (Lamx., Pol. 1812). 



745. Nestorides. ' 



1816. Iliibn., Verz. 86 : Gambrisius (Drusius, Gambrisius, Amphi- 

 trion). Sole species, and therefore type. 



746. Netrocoryne. 



1867. Feld., "Reise Novara, 507 : repanda. Sole species, and there- 

 fore type, as stated by Butler. 



1867. Hewits., Hundr. Ilesp. 22: beata, Denitza. 

 1869. Ilerr.-SchaelF., Prodr. iii. 69: repanda, ccecutiens. 

 1871. Kirb., Syn. Cat. 621 : all the above. 



747. Neurosigma. 



1868. Butl., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 615. Siva specified as type. 

 1871. Kirb., Syn. Cat. 249: the same. • 



See Acontia. 



748. NiCA.* 

 1822-26. Hiibn., Exot. Schmett. ii. : jlavilla. Sole species, and 

 therefore type. 

 Since used in the same sense by Doubleday, Felder, and Kirby ; 

 but tlie name is preoccupied through Nika (Risso, Crust. 1816). 



749. NlCOXIADES. 



1816-21. Hiibn., Exot. Schmett. ii. : Xanthaphes (Xanthaptes). 



Sole species, and therefore type. 

 1821. lb.. Index, 7 : the same. 



This name is too close to Nisoniades of the same family, proposed 

 by the same author (Vcrz. 181G), to stand. It cannot, however, have 

 been a simple typographical error. See Goniloba. 



