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742. Nereis.* 



1806. Hiibn., Tent. 1 : Polymnia. Sole species, and therefore type. 

 The name is preoccupied in Worms (Linn. 1731). See Mechanitis. 



743. Nekias. 



183G. Boiscl., Spec, gen., pi. 4 A., 7 B. : Calliope, Euterpe, Susanna. 



The larva and pupa only of the first two are figured. 

 1844. Doubl., List Br. Mus. G4: emijloys it for Phlegia and Susanna 

 only. 

 Susanna, tlierefore, becomes tlie type. Tlie name is very near to 

 Neria (Rob.-Desv., Dipt. 1830). 



744. Ness^a.* 

 1816. Iliibn., Verz. 41: Obrinus (Ancasa), Harpalyoe, Galanthis. 

 Tliis name is preoccupied through Nesasa (Lamx., Pol. 1812). 



745. Xestorides. 



1816. Iliibn., A^erz. 86 : Gambrisius (Drusius, Gambrisius, Amphi- 

 trion). Sole species, and' therefore type. 



746. Netrocoryne. 



1867. Feld., Reise Novara, 507 : repanda. Sole species, and there- 

 fore type, as stated by Butler. 



1867. Hewits., Huudr. Ilesp. 22: beata, Denitza. 



3 869. Ilerr.-SchaeflT., Prodr. iii. 69: repanda, cojcutiens. 

 1871. Kirb., Syn. Cat. 621 : all the above. 



747. Neurosigma. 



1868. Butl., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 615. Siva specified as type. 

 1871. Kirb., Syn. Cat. 249: the same. 



See Acontia. 



748. NicA.* 

 1822-26. Hiibn., Exot. Schmett. ii. : JlaviUa. Sole species, and 

 therefore type. 

 Since used in the same sense by Doubleday, Felder, and Kirby ; 

 but the name is preoccupied through Nika (Risso, Crust. 1816). 



749. NiCONIADES. 



1816-21. Hiibn., Exot. Schmett. ii. : Xanthaphes (Xanthaptes). 



Sole species, 5Uid therefore type. 

 1821. lb., Index, 7 : the same. 



This name is too close to Nisoniades of the same family, proposed 

 by the same author (Verz. 1816), to stand. It cannot, however, have 

 been a simple typographical error. See Goniloba. 



