BAGWORM MOTHS OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE 5 



Historically, the oldest name now considered referable to a species 

 of Psychidae in this hemisphere is Thyridopteryx ephemerae-formis, 

 which was described first by Haworth in 1803. At the tune, the 

 species was thought to be native to the British Isles ; the first published 

 suggestion that the species had an American origin was not proposed 

 until 1841 by Edward Doubleday. The oldest name of a psychid 

 now known to occur within the limits covered by this paper is that of 

 Fumaria casta (Pallas), 1767. 



The bulk of the literatiu"e for this region that has accumulated 

 since these earliest references consists chiefly of descriptions of new 

 species. To summarize this mformation and to note the workers 

 who have contributed in varying degrees to the discovery of the 

 American Psychidae, an alphabetical list of these authorities follows, 

 showing the species (as originally proposed) for which they are 

 responsible and the years that the names were fii*st used. The 

 number in parentheses after the author's name indicates the number 

 of species that are considered synonyms in the present study (this 

 does not include those species mentioned in the two appendices) . 



Barnes, William (0), Thyridopteryx alcora, 1905. 



Barnes, W., and Benjamin, Foster (2), Manatha jonesi, 1922; Eurukullarus 



polingi, 1924; Oiketicus honniivelli, 1924. 

 Barnes, W., and McDunnough, James (0), Manatha nigrita, 1913; Prochalia 



pygrnaea, 1913; Apterona fragilis, 1916. 

 Berg, Frederico (0), Oiketicus geyeri, 1877; Oeceticus westwoodii, 1882; 



Oeceticus platensis, 1883. 

 Butler, Arthur (0), Hyaloscotes fumosa, 1881; Thanatopsyche canescens, 1882. 

 Clemens, James (0), Solenobia tvalshella, 1862. 

 Davis, Don (0), Lumacra haitiensis, 1964; L. hyalinacra, 1964; L. quadri- 



dentata, 1964. 

 Dognin, Paul (0), Animula limpia, 1894. 

 Dyar, Harrison (1), Platoeceticus aphaidropa, 1914; P. symmicta, 1914; 



Chalia zacualpania, 1916; Pachytelia pithopoera, 1923; Zamopsyche 



co7nmentella, 1923; Pachytelia lepidopteris, 1926. 

 Edwards, Henry (0), Psyche coniferella, 1877; P. fragmentella, 1877; Oiketicus 



davidsoni, 1877; Thyridopteryx meadi, 1881. 

 Esper, Eugen (0), Bonibyx pulla, 1785. 

 Felder, Rudolph (0), Psychoglene basinigra, 1874. 

 Freeman, Thomas (1), Hyaloscotes sheppardi, 1944. 

 Gaede, Max (0), Oiketicus mexicanus, 1936; Thyridopteryx seitzi, 1936. 

 Grossbeck, John (1), Thyridopteryx pallidovenata, 1917. 



Grote, August (0), Hymenopsyche thoracicum, 1865; Oiketicus abbotii, 1880. 

 Grote, A., and Robinson, Coleman (0), Psyche confederata, 1868. 

 Guilding, Lansdown (0), Oiketicus kirbyi, 1827; 0. macleayi, 1827. 

 Hampson, George (0), Thanlopsyche apicalis, 1904. 

 Hawortli, Adrian (0), Sphinx ephemeraeformis, 1803. 

 Herrich-Schaffer, Gottlieb (1), Animula dichroa, 1856; Oeceticus fulgurator, 



1856. 

 Heylaerts, F. J. M. (0), Chalia rileyi, 1884; Eumeta brasiliensis, 1884; 



Manatha edwardsi, 1884; Chalia kUnckelii, 1901. 



