294 Me ENTOAfO£iOGIST*S RECORD^ 



nothing makes a man more compassionate towards his little fellow- 

 creatures than a close acquaintance with them. That acquaintance 

 can only be gained, and is cheaply gained, by sacrificing the lives 



of a few Butterfly hunting is a means not an end. 



The end is to know them, to become intimate with them, so that, as 

 you move about the garden, or lie dreaming — 



Modo wub antiqua ilice, 



Modo in tenaci gramine, 



Labmitur altis interim ripis aquEe, 



Queruntur in silvis aves — 

 each gay pleasure-hunter that flits by you may be an acquaintance 

 with a character and an individuality of its own." 



I am sure many will agree with E.H.A., that we are not such 

 brutes as we are sometimes painted. At any rate, I sincerely trust 

 that, if these remarks should lead any to visit the haunts herein named, 

 they will act up to the standard E.H.A. ascribes to them. 



Tabulation of the Sub=genera included in Apatela, Hb., with their 

 respective types.'' 



By A. RADCLIFFE GKOTE, M.A. 



A. Genus: Apatda, Hb. [1806 (1811)] .—Type : A. acern. 

 Characters : + Pupa with system of anal spines. 



* Larva with secondary hairs abundant. 



I. Sub-genus: ^rro«/cto, Ochs. (1816).— Type: A. Irporina. 

 1. — A. Irporina, Linn, and var. braih/jiorina, Tr. 



II. Sub-genus : Apatda, Hb. [1806 (1811)] .—Type : A. aceris. 

 2. — A. an' lis, Linn. 



Characters : ** Larva with hairs all weak ; secondary often nearly 

 wanting, a. Warts not single-haired. 



III. Sub-genus: Cuspiilia, Chapn. (1893). — Type: A. meya- 



ccphala. 

 3. — ('. mcijaccphala, Fabr. 



IV. Sub-genus: Hj/honia, Hb. (1818). — Type: A. strujosa. 

 4. — H. strii/dsa, Fabr. 



V. Sub-genus: Trirtf^m, Hb. (1818).— Type: A. psi. 

 5.-7'. psi, Linn. 6.—T. trideiis, Schifi'. 7.—T. cmpis, Hb. 



Characters : b. Warts single-haired ; hairs spatulate. 



VI. Sub-genus: Jnvhcan-a, Hb. (1818).— Type : A. alni. 

 8. — J. alni, Linn. 



Characters : tt Pura with anal spines nearly obsolete ; anal 

 projection with bunch of bristles. 

 *** Larva with no secondary hairs ; warts large with 

 stiff hairs. 

 a. Stiff hairs intermixed with finer plumy ones. 



VII. Sub-genus: T7»im«V<, Chapn. (1893). — Type: A.menyan- 



thidix. 

 9. — V. wrnijanthiiJis, View. 



VIII. Sub-genus: P//rt/r«rrt, Hb. (1818).— Type: A.auricoma. 

 10. — /'. aHrirn)iia, Fab. and ab. ju'jili, Hb. 



Characters : b. Stiff hairs mixed with finer plumy ones. 



IX. Sub-genus: Airtomi/scis, Hb. (1818).— Type : A. en- 



ph()rbiae = (eiq)/irasiae, Auct.). 

 11. — A. abxcondita, Tr. 12. — A. euphorhiac, Fabr. and var. 

 montiniya, Gn. 18. — A. euphrasiae, Brahm. 14. — A. ru- 

 micis, Linn. 



* Die Apateliden, 1895, Roemer Museum, Hildesheim. 



