A Review of Dr. Boisduval's "Monographic ties AgaristicUes," 

 published in the "Bevue ct Magasin dc Zoologie" 1874, 

 pp. 26 — 110: by W. F. KiRBY, Assistant in the 

 Museum of the lioyal Dublin Society. 



The arrangement adopted by M. Boisduval in the present 

 paper is as follows : Uranides (Urania), Cydimonides 

 (Cydimon), Nyctalemonides (Nyctalemon), Cocytides 

 (Cocytia), Agaristides (Hecatesia, ^gocera, Charilina, 

 Eudryas, Alypia, Amazela, Agarista, Eusemia, Phasgorista, 

 and Egybolis). < 



Perhaps the most striking point in this arrangement, is 

 the absence of the genera Mania and Larunda, Hiibn., 

 {Scmatura and Coronis, Auct), the former of which has 

 been placed by all authors close to Nyctalemon, and at 

 times even included in the genus. But we will take M. 

 Boisduval's genera one by one as they stand. 



GENUS URANIA. [Chrysiridia, HiiLn.) 



As the Fabriclkn types (quoted by Boisduval himself m y 



his Species General, p. 79), are Leilus and Fatroclus, it is 

 difticult to understand why both Boisduval and Guenee 

 select Ehiiihcus, GJram ., which they agree in placing in a 

 different family from Leilus, as the type. P.oisduval now 

 regards Drury's insect as a second species of this genus, to 

 wiiich the head of a Pcqnlio had been attached. This 

 species he renames Druryi, regardless of Drury's Ehiphcus 

 having nine year's priority over Orm««i:^ If Hiibner's 

 name EipJicaria be considered inadmissible for tlie latter, 

 we have Madagascaricnsis Lesson, iro;«oY7;c«s, Drapiez or 

 Urienkdis, Swains, to choose from. Boisduval copies 

 Sganzin's account of the transformations of tbe common 

 Mascarene species, and mentions a second species said to 

 occur at Sainte Marie, which he supposes to be a variety ; 

 but takes no notice of Crasus, Gerst. 



CiSTULA Entomologica. 

 May nth, 1875. 



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