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MEOTICA Mulsant and Rey— Continued 



Other citations: M. exiiis (Erichson), by Fenyes, 1918, p. 23: by Totten- 

 ham, 1949b, p. 400. 

 Discussion: The citations of exiiis were made under the assumption that 

 the genus was published in 1874; they could be accepted only through 

 the subjective synonymy of exiiis and parasita. 

 Synonymic homonyms : 



Meotica Mulsant and Rey, 1874a, p. 30. 

 Meotica Mulsant and Rey, 1874d, p. 36. 

 Meotica Mulsant and Rey, 1874e, p. 4. 

 Meotica Mulsant and Rey, 1875d, p. 96. 

 Meotica Mulsant and Rey, 1875e, p. 70. 

 Synonyms : 



Cbyptusa Mulsant and Rey, 1873b, p. 176. 

 Variant spellings : 



MoEOTiCA Reitter, 1909, p. 51. 

 Moetia Tressens, 1948, p. 84.^ 

 MoETiCA Gruardet, 1937, p. 109.' 

 MERONA Sharp, 1883, p. 229. [Junior homonym of Merona Norman, 1865. 

 Ssmonym of Mei'onera.] 

 Oenotype: Merona venustula (Erichson) (Falagria). 

 Fixed &y: Casey, 1906, p. 223, by subsequent designation for the objective 



synonym Meronera. 

 Later citations : M. venustula (Erichson), by Fenyes, 1918, p. 23. 

 Discussion : Casey's selection of a genotype for Meronera automatically 



fixed the same species as the type of Merona. 

 Synonyms: {See Meronera). 

 MERONEA [Error for Meronera or Merona]. 

 MERONERA Sharp, 1887, p. 779. 



Oenotype: Meronera venustula (Erichson) (Falagria). 

 Fixed by : Casey, 1906, p. 223, by subsequent designation. 

 Later citations : M. venustula (Erichson), by Fenyes, 1918, p. 23. 

 Synonyms : 



Merona Sharp, 1883, p. 229. [Objective. Not Norman, 1865.] 

 Variant spellings : 



MERONEA Britton, 1920, p. 229." 

 MESARAEUS Fenyes, 1921a, p. 21. [Synonym of Tropidera.} 

 Oenotype: Mesaraeus laevigatus Fenyes. 



Fixed &y: Fenyes, 1921a, p. 21, by original designation and monotypy. 

 Synonyms: (See Tropidera). 

 MESOAESTHETUS Cameron, 1944b, p. 68. 



Oenotype : Mesoaesthetus tcilsoni Cameron. 

 Fixed by : Cameron, 1944b, p. 68, by monotypy. 

 MESOCEPALOBIUS [Error for Mesocephalobius]. 



MESOCEPHALOBIUS Bernhauer, 1929a, p. 146. [Subgenus of Orphnebius.-\ 

 Oenotype: Mesocephaloblus balceri (Bernhauer) {Orphnebius) . 

 Fixed by : Blackwelder, here, by subsequent designation. 

 Synonyms: (See Orphnebius). 

 Variant spellings : 



MESOCEPALOBIUS CameroH, 1939e, p. 686. 



* L'Entomologiste, vol. 4. 

 'Rev. Franc Ent., vol. 4. 

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