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Polypogon. 



1802. Schrank, Faun. Boic. II, 162. — Barbalis, tentaculalis. 

 \_Tentac Iliads should be taken as type from subsequent restrictions. 

 Tiie name appears to have been neglected and is perhaps not available. 

 See Erpyzon.'\ 



Hypena. 



1802. Schrank, Faun. Boic. II, 163. — Proboscidalis, rostralis, 

 palpalis. 



1 8 18. Hiibner, Verzeichniss, 345. — Palpalis, decimalis, obsitalis, 

 rostralis. [Excludes proboscidalis, leaving the term for either rostra- 

 lis or palpal is.'] 



1874. Grote, List N. Am. Noct. 52. — Designates rostralis as 

 type. The term seems to have been taken by Schrank from Fabricius, 

 but the latter is not apparently quoted. 



Scopula. 



1802. Schrank, Faun. Boic. II, 162. — Faludalis, dentalis. 



Nymphula. 



1802. Schrank, Faun. Boic. II, 162. — Potomagalis, nymphaalis. 

 [I may leave the designation of the type in those two genera to my 

 friend. Prof. Fernald.] 



Erpyzon. 



I Si I. Hiibner, Tentamen, 2. — Bar balls, sole species and there- 

 fore type. [This name appears neglected and, instead, Pechipogofi 

 Hiibn., Verz., is used by European authorities, such as Stand. Catalog, 

 Hoffman, etc. Now Pechipogofi is used in the Verzeichniss for plu7ni- 

 geralis (Jmrbalis Hiibn. Pyr. 18) diXid. pectitalis Hiibn. Pyr. 122. £ar- 

 balis seems correctly identified by Hiibn. Pyr. x8, and his Verzeichniss 

 ■na-vnt plitmigcralis a synonym. His identification of his barbalis with 

 tarsicrinalis Knoch is not followed. This genus, Pechipog07i Verz., 

 would then be the Verzeichniss substitute for Erpyzon. Hiibner writes 

 '' Pechipogo." The genera are arranged under the group " Herpy 

 zones," taken from the Tentamen. I conclude that Erpyzon Hiibner, 

 I Si I, must clearly be used for barbalis CI.] 



This concludes my paper. Since, within the lifetime of a single 

 individual (my own) we have progressed from a state in which we had 

 but a dozen named Apatelid^e and Agrotidse in our collections to one 

 in which we have upwards of 1,800, it is clear that we are in the begin- 

 ning of the use of our names, and an erroneous nomenclature is hardly 



