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notes, before I saw a paper of Mr. Smith's on the Heliothime, in which 

 the characters used being those previously employed by myself in separating 



the uener;!. similar results could not fail to be reached. 1 had in fact 

 corrected m\- arrangement in the New Check List, on examining for 

 the first time Tamila Nundiiia. I found, as pointed out by Mr. 

 Smith, that this insect, the type of Tamila, is a Lygranthoccia ( ^ Schinia 

 Smith). I had then to arrange my species of Tamila differently, and also 

 create a new genus for Lncens. Already in the Check List I had taken 

 Luceiis out of Heliot/iis, and 1 associated it with Meadii and Ti/miila in 

 Mr. Neumoegen's collection under a new genus. So far I had gone inde- 

 pendent of Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith's paper is an excellent one, and goes 

 much farther than I was able to extend my study. He originally shows 

 that we have two European genera, Sym^isiis and Heliaca, in our fauna, 

 and he unites several species, partly unexamined by me, with the genus he 

 calls Schinia, but the majority of the species of which I had arranged 

 under Lygraiithoecia in 1875; and I had, while describing the type, given 

 in my " List " a wide value to the genus. In some single cases I thought 

 the tibial armature would give generic characters, and for that reason 

 among others retained some of my own and Guenee's genera as distinct 

 from Lygranthoccia. 



I shall, therefore, bring this paper to a conclusion by pointing out the 

 characters of certain genera. Lhe arrangement of the Heliothiiue which 

 I make differs from Mr. Smith's by my commencing with Anarta, Sym- 

 J)isfis, Mclicleptria, Heliothis, etc., and concluding with Lygranthoccia as 

 in ni}- New Check List, bringing the genera with bulging clypeus and often 

 white colors before Tarachc, which may be called the typical genus of the 

 succeeding group. Although 1 have used natural characters to support 

 my genera, I think comparative characters and the subordinate ones of 

 color and marking should have some weight. As much as possible we 

 should avoid associating species violently dissimilar in general look, on 

 account of their agreement in armature or the structure of the eyes. 



As stated in the first part of this jjai^er, the group 1 have called 

 Stiriimc presents some resemblances to the LLcliothincc by reason of the 

 often armed tibice. It is more nearly related to the Plnsiince by the shape 

 of the wing and the often metallic colors. It has characters which are 

 peculiar, the short thorax and the patagia deflected at the tips. The 

 bulging clypeus allies some of the genera to Lygranthoccia. 1 would dis- 

 tinguish Basiloilcs by the conical third palpal joint, while I have explained 



