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genus name Hipparchia of 18B5 and put the European Satyrids 

 into eight genera, of which Paranja is the seventh. 



Rambur, in 1858, in his " Cat. Lep. And.," used Parania for the 

 same species. 



Butler, in 1867, " Ann. and Mag. N.H.," (19), p. 161, described 

 a genus Aviccera for tiwiiera, etc., leaving aet/eria in Lasidunnata, 

 Westw. At the same time he pointed out that the genus Taiarjeoi 

 Hub. " possessed the advantage of prioritj-." In this last statement 

 he is quite correct, and Lasinunnata cannot stand as the genus of 

 aef/eiia, etc., but must be restricted to mef/era, etc. Thus his genus 

 Amecera for the last species is redundant and must be used for some 

 other species. At the same time Butler criticised Westwood's 

 Lasionnitata as including very widely distinct species, and pointed out 

 the divergent general characteristics of acucria and weaera as species 

 of the same genus. 



In 1868, Butler, "Cat. Diur. Lep. Saty.," made two genera of 

 this group of species, puttmg in Pararr/e, aetjeria with tinh and 

 meoue, xiphia (Fab.), ro.relana, diinene, epimenides, uhvenckii, maackii, 

 luenetriesii, achine, deidaniia and canthiin, and into his new genus 

 Amecera (1867), megera with lyasa, adrafsta, paraiiiefiaera, xiphia 

 (Boisd.), viaera, viaerida, inenara, Khal;ra, riiadarahal, hicra, erers- 

 vianni and baldira. 



Kirby, in 1871, " Syn. Cat.," p. 73, uses the name Sat;/riis for the 

 species in Paran/e and Diva of Hilb., the fMaioiiniiata and Anwcera 

 of Butl., including the species aegeria, epimenides, dejanira (ackine), 

 deidamia, maackii, schrenckii, ro.relana, clij)iie7ie, eversimanni, maera, 

 maerida, schalna, vienava, maderakal, hiera, megera (tigelius), .rip/iia, 

 Bdv. 



Apropos of the genus name Sati/nis, the remarks of Scudder, 1875, 

 "Hist. [Sketch of Generic Names," p. 265, may well be referred to 

 here. Since Latreille, 1805, I.e., used Sati/nis (le Satyre of old 

 authors) as the name of the species now recognised as }iiaera, and is 

 also preoccupied in Mammals, and as Satgra in Diptera, " it must 

 be dropped," being based upon a specific name. As this genus- 

 name has been used in such a loose way, and for very different 

 groups by different authors, it woull seem better to avoid the use of 

 it for the future, as Scudder proposed. 



Dale, in 1890, " Hist, of our Brit. Butts.," adopts Hipparchia and 

 selects subgenera Lasiommata for aegeria and inegera, Hipparchia for 

 semele, Satgrns ior janira and tithoinis, and Eiioilia (ov hgprraiitus, 

 omitting Pararge altogether. Apparently this is a random selection 

 without any historical basis. 



British opinion and practice of the last 20 ykaks. 

 In 1893, Barrett, " Lep. Brit. Is.," vol. i., p. 227, included both 

 aegeria and megera in Pararge. He diagnosed it, " Antenna? mode- 

 rately long with a narrow or somewhat spatulate club ; head, palpi 

 and eyes hairy ; forewings rounded and having the sub-costal and 



