OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. 109 



58. Amblysciutes. 

 1872. Scudd., Syst. Eev. 54: vialis, Ilegon (Siimoset), Tolteca. 

 The first species specified as type. 



59. Amecera.* 

 18G7 (March). Butl., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. [8] xix. 1G3: Megcera 



(Megajra, Lyssa), Tigelius, Mnera, Eversmanii, Iliera, 

 Schakra (Shakra), IMenara, Baldiva. 

 The author s:iys that Dira of Iliibner " cannot be adopted, as it in- 

 cludes several distinct forms, the type species moreover being a true 

 Lasiommata." 



18G7 (June). lb., Entom. iii. 280: Megcera. 



1868. lb., Ent. Montlil. Mag. iv. 195 ; Cat. Sat. 123 : specifies Me- 

 gjEra as the type. 

 The name must fall before Lasiommata (q.v.), unless some of the 

 species first mentioned by Butler should prove to be generically distinct 

 from Meg^ra ; this is hardly probable. Dira of Hiibner contains repre- 

 resentatives of three different genera, and can be retained for one of 

 them. 



GO. Ahechania.* 



18G1. riewits., Exot. Butt. ii. 87 : incerta. Sole species, and there- 

 fore type. 

 18G1. Ilerr.-Schaeff., Ex. Schra. pt. 39: incerta. The genus is to be 

 credited to Ilewitson, since Ilerrich-SchaefFer does so in 

 his Prodromus. 

 The genus, however, according to Butler, is strictly congeneric with 

 Zethera, which has precedence by one month. Amecluuiia must there- 

 fore drop, and cannot again be employed. 



61. Ammiralis.* 

 1832. Renn., Consp. 10: Atalanta. Sole species, and therefore type. 

 The genus falls before Vanessa. See also Pyrameis and Bassaris. 



G2. Amnosia. 



1844. [Boisd. in] Doubl., List Br. Mus. 88: decora. Sole si^ecies, 

 and therefore type. 



1850. Westw., Gen. Diurn. Lep. 259 : makes the same use of it, but 

 accredits the generic name to Boisduval, in whose name 

 it must therefore stand. Sec Leptoptera. 



63. AMPHICnLORA. 



1861. Fcld., Neucs Lep. 19 [as section of Ageronia] : Feronia 

 (Feronia, Epinomc), Ferentina, Fornax. 



