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Trichosea, Grt., 1874:. — Type: T. htdifica. — Moma, Hubii., 1816. — 

 1818. Hiibu., Verz.,20'S : Indifica, ajyvilina (on'on), astnr. ^l.s^Mr is the 

 type, since the restriction to orion by Herrich-Schaeflfer and Lederer 

 cannot be followed. For hidifica, referred by Lederer to Diphtheua, 

 the generic name Trichosea, Grt. should be used. 



Apatela, Hiibn., 1806. — Type: A. aceri's. — 1806. Hiibn., Tent.: 

 aceris ; sole species, and therefore type. — 1816. Ochs., 4, 62, refers 

 acen's (Fam. B.), with 13 other species to the genus Acronicta (since 

 written Acronycta), and cites Hiibner's Apatelae as synonymous. After- 

 wards, the genus is incorrectly credited to Oclisenheimer or Stephens. 



Jaspidia, Hiibn., 1806. — Type: J. algae. — 1806. Hiibn., Tent.: 

 spoliatricula (algae); only species, and therefore type. — 1816. Ochs. 

 4, 63, adopts Poecilia, Sclir., for glandlfera and eight other species, 

 (including Hiibner's type) and cites Hiibner's name as synonymous. — 

 1874. Grote, 6th Peab. Bep. 24, states, on Treitschke's authority, that 

 Poecilia is pre-occupied, and adopts Jaspidia over the later Brijophila, 

 Tr., and criticises Boisduval's use of Jaspidia for cehia ; which latter 

 species is the type (sole species) of Diacope, Hiibn., Verz., 204. 1816. 



Agrotis, Hiibn., 1806. — Hiibn., Tent.: segettmi; only species, 

 and therefore type. — 1816. Ochs., 4, 66 : rectangula and 42 other 

 species — among them Hiibner's tyjje. Credits the name to Hiibner 

 (" Agrotes et Grapiuphorae, Hiibn."). 



Graphiphora, Hiibn, 1806. — Type: G. gothica. — 1806. Hiibn., 

 Tent.: gothica; sole species, therefore type. — 1816. Ochs., 4, 68: 

 ravida and 16 species, apjjarently all referable to Agrotis. Credits 

 the name to Hiibner but excludes his type. Guenee afterwards takes 

 gothica as the type of Taeniocampa, a name which accordingly must fall 

 before Graphiphora, Hiibn. This latter generic name has been, since 

 Ochsenheimer, used for sjjecies of Agrotis, but incorrectly. 



GoRTYNA, Ochs., 1816. — Type: G. micacea. — 1816. Ochs., 4, 82 : 

 micacea,fiavago; a mixed genus. — 1818. Hiibn., Fe?-z., 232: m/cacea; sole 

 species. Hiibner thus restricts the name Gortyna to this type. In my Buffalo 

 Check List, I incorrectly cite the Tentanien instead of the Verzeichniss 

 for the restriction of the name. But the facts are not influenced by 

 this error, while the name must be credited to Ochsenheimer, since the 

 Verzeichniss, although dated the same year, is held to be, in part at 

 least, of later issue. Lederer is, therefore, wrong in using Gortyna for 

 Jiavago with mucronate clypeus. Guenee takes micacea for the type of 

 his genus Hydroecia, which must thus fall before Gortyna, Ochs. 



OcHKiA, Hiibn., 1816. — 1818. Hiibn., Verz., 233: anrago, oo, 

 Jiavago ; a mixed genus. The first is a Xanthia. The second species 

 is taken by Guenee as the type of Dicycla. The name Ochria is thence- 

 forth, and in future must be, restricted to the tyi^e Jiavago (rntilago). In 

 1876 I proposed this restriction, but incorrectly stated that Jiavago is 

 the only species referred to Ochria in the Verzeichniss. This mistake 

 was jirobably caused by the name being printed by itself on the top of 

 Hiibner's page, but does not alter the fact tliat Ochria must have as its 

 typo Jiavago. Two American species: hnjj-'aloensis, Grt., and sauzalitae, 

 Grt., both externally resembling our X. Am. species of Gortyna, but 

 sharing the clypeal modification oi Jiavago (rntilago). 



Xylena, Hiibn., 1806. — Tyi)e : X.litho.vylea. — 1806. Kuhw., Tent.: 

 lythoxylea ; sole species, therefore type. The name Xylena has, there- 

 fore, precedence over Xylophasia, Steph. pro])osed for the same 



