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ACONTIA. 



I Si 6. OCHSENH., Schm. Eur., iv, 91. 

 Malvae, aprica, caloris, titania, Solaris, luctuosa. 



1816. HuEBNER, Verzetchniss, 257. 

 Malvae, sole species and henceforth the type. 



1895. Grote, Entom. Record^ 79. 



Designates malvse as type through Hiibner's restriction. This 

 part of Hubner's Verzetchniss is of later issue than Ochsenheimer's 

 volume, from which Hubner takes such genera as Acromcfa, Ma- 

 mestra, Triphcena, etc. The genus Acontia should not be used by 

 the American Catalogue, as it is confined to Europe. Our species 

 belong to Tarache. 



TAR AC HE. 



1 81 6. HuEBNER, Verzetchniss, 261. 



Caloris (caffraria), Solaris, insolatrix (ined.), aprica, opalina. 



1874. Grote, Bull. B. S. N. S., s^. 

 Designates aprica as type. 



ERASTRIA. 



1806. HuEBNER, Tenlamen, 2. 



Amataria, sole species and therefore type. This is a genus of 

 Geometrids and the name is erroneously applied by Ochsenheimer 

 to a genus of Noctuids. Its use should be avoided by every careful 

 and unprejudiced person in the Noctuids for this very good reason. 



, • EUSTROTIA. 



18 r 6. HuEBNER, Verzeichniss, 253. 



Unca, sole species and therefore type. The North American 

 Noctuids referred to Erastria belong to this genus, which is used in 

 the Catalogue of 1874, Bull. Buff. S. N. S., 37, and subsequently. 

 The change back to Erastria in the Washington Catalogue is inex- 

 cusable. 



EUCLIDIA. 



1806. HuEBNER, Tentamen, 2. 

 Glyphica, sole species and therefore type. 



