96 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



EREBIA — Ereb'ia, erebus, the region of darkness ; from the dark colors of 



this genus, o. c. 

 XEPHELE — Nepliele, the wife of Athamas, King of 



Thebes. 



DISCOIDALIS — discoid a' lis, so called by Kirbv from the 



marks on the anterior wing like the Grecian discos. 



SATYRUS — Sat'yrus, a Satyr, a rustic Deity half man half goat. o. C. 



ALOPE — AT ope, daughter of Cercyon, King of Eleusis. 



THECLA — Thee' la, Virgin and martyr, o. c. 



AUGUSTUS, Augustus, named by Kirby after Augustus. 



one of the Esquimaux attendants of Sir John Franklin's 



Expedition. 

 FALACER — Eal'acer, from the Greek Sphalax, buckthorn, 



on which the larva feeds. 



— NIPHON — Ni'phon, from the Greek gnlphbn, a niggard, 



the usual name for the old misers in the new attic come- 

 dies ; probably thus named by Godart on account of its 

 extreme rarity. 



MOPSUS — Mop'sus, a soothsayer and King of.Argos. 



ACADICA — Acad'ica — Acadia, the former name of Nova 



Scotia, part of the Dominion of Canada. 



L/ETA — Lce'ta, from the Latin Icetus, joyful. 



POLYOMMATUS — Polyom'matus, from the Greek poluommatos, signi- 

 fying many-eyed. 



PORSENNA — Porsenna, a King of Etruria. friendly to 



the Tarquins. 



AMERICANA, America '//a, peculiar to America. 



— — — THOE — Tho'e, from the Greek thoos : nimble, active, signi- 

 fying the quick darting flight of the perfect insect. 



EPIXANTHE — Epixarithe, from the Greek epixanthus : 



yelloiv-brown, alluding to the tawny color of the species. 

 LUCIA — Lucia, Lycia, a country of Asia Minor. 



DORCAS, Dorcas, derived from the Greek dcrkomai : to 



£leam or flash like the eye. in allusion to the quick, jerky 

 llight of the insert. 



