A MONOGRAPH 



THE PHALENID.E OF NOR'IH AMERICA. 



§ 1. — Synonymy of the Family. 



Gcomctia- Lixx., Syst. N:it., od. x, .'ill), 1758. 



Phalaiiw F.VBR., Kill. Syst.. 1"'.>:!. 



Gtometne Cuviek, Tableiiu (Element, do I'liist. iiat. 1798. 



Geomelrw Denis and Schike., Syst. Verz. Wieu. Geg., i, :!r>«, IfiOl. 



" rituhrHite« Latkeilu:, Hist. Nat. d. Ins., iii, 411, 1802."- AG.is.s., Nouk'ii. 



I'hah'iiilcs Latr., Gen. Cru.st. Insect., iv, 220, 1807. 



PlidldtUcs L.VTR., Cousiddrations, 360, 1810. 



" I'haloiiides Le-\CH, Edinb. Eneyc, ix, i;i4, 1815."— Agass., Nomen. 



Geomctra' HtJnu., Teutami ii, 1810, or earlier, perhaps 1800 or 1810. 



Gconietrw HiJBN., Verz., i&i, 1818. 



Phalanida- Leach, in .Samonelle's Cotup., 252, 1819. 



Flialaiitci L.vri!., Families R;-f;iio An., 477, 1825. 



Genmvtru; Treitschke, Scbni. Eur., vi, 1, 1827. 



Vhah'nihs Dl'POXCHEL, Hist. Nat. Lep., iv, 103, 1829. 



(Itomelridw and Fhulmiidw Curtis, Brit. Ins., 33, 1823-40. 



Gcometrida; Stephens, Nomen. Brit Ins., 43, 1829. 



Geometrw BoiSD., Gen. et Index, 177, 1840. 



PlKiUvnariw Zetterstedt, Ins. Lapponica, vi, 890, 954, 1840. 



Gcometridcs Heur.-Scii., Syst. Bearb. Sc-bm. Eur., iii, 1847. 



Geomelroidtv Lederer, Eur. Spanner, Verb. Bot. Zool. Ges. Wieu., 172, 1853. 



Phalciiites Gi:en., Pbal., i, 2,5, 1857. 



Geomehites Walk., List' Leji. Het. Br. Mus., xx, 1, 1800. 



§ 2. — History of the Family. 



Ill 1758, Linne, in "Editio decima, refor?nata,'' of hi.s " Sijstema NatHra" 

 includes all the moths below the genus Sp/ih/.r in Ihe groups I'ludd'tut Bom- 

 bijx, Phalcuna Noctua, I'halcena Geomctra, rhutccm J'ljra/is, I'/ialccnu Tinea, 

 ami Phakena Alucita. The Geo?fietrce an; divich'd into Gcometroi jxictinatoi 

 and GcotnetrcB net iconics. 



These divisions are still further subdivided on the characters afforded 

 liy the shape of the hind wings, whether angulated or not. Tlx- names oi 

 the species with i)ectinatcd antennae end in aria, and tho.s*- with simple 



