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call attention to one or two ovcrsis^^lits, and if I am uroni;, no tloubt Mr. 

 Srtiith will convince me of the error of my ways. 



Our author has taken Pogo,o/on and made Le/is,.\ij and Euproserp- 

 /'«//j- synonyms of the same. Without discussing the question whether 

 they are really synonymous, I would merely say that Lepisesia was estab- 

 lished by Grote in Aug. 1865. Ettproscrpittus by Grote and Robinson in 

 Nov. 1865, and Pogocolon by Hoisduval in 1874, so \\\?i\. Lepisesia should 

 have been used. 



The genus Darapsa was established by Walker in 1S56 but Mr. 

 Hutler states in his "Revision", that the '"genus was founded upon most 

 heterogeneous material, the first three species [choirilus Cv., tuvron Cr. and 

 p/io/us Cr.] being referable to Hiibner's genus 0/us, the fifth, to Walker's 

 genus Diodosidd, the si.xth and eighth, to the genus Daphnis of Hiibner, 

 the seventh, ninth and tenth, to Cluierocampii of Duponchel; there there- 

 fore remains only the fourth species, allied to Charocampa, but apparently 

 sulhciently di.stinct". This is rhodxera from the \Ve.st Indies and is 

 retained by Butler under the genus Dariipsa as the type. The genus 

 Otus was proposed by Hiibner for chncrilus and mvron and is used for 

 these species and some others by .Mr. Butler. Mr. Grote had previously 

 l)roken up Walker's genus in the .same manner but in 1873 he changed 

 his ideas, for some reason not apparent, and took Walker's first species 

 {ihoerilus) for the type and adopted the genus Daropsa for our species. 

 .Mr. Butler objected to this as the genus thus limited was synonymous 

 with Hiibner's Oius. But the name Olits had been previously used by 

 C'uvier lor a genus of birds which prevents our using it for insects and on 

 acct)nni of this, Boisduval in 1874, established the genus Everyx with 

 w)7vw for the type. If r//w/c>(tr</ should prove to be really congeneric 

 with mvroji and ihotrilus, then Walker's Darapsa should be used for 

 them all, but .Mr. Smith who has examined rhodocera, informs me that it 

 is really generically distinct and therefore I see no alttrnative but to use 

 Everyx (or our species. 



In 1873, Mr. Grote established his genus Calasvmbolus with astylus 

 \\)X the ivpe, leaving mjops with exccecalus under Paonias, but later lie 

 transferred myops to Calasymbolus. The (jnly characters given were "the 

 genus differs from Paonias in the shape of the secondaries, and from 

 Smeriiiihus in antennal structure '. With regard to the antennal strucl- 

 ine, .'Nil. (jrote pr{>bably compareil the male of aj/y/tt.c, having biciliaie 

 anleniuv, with the male q,{ geminalus which has strongly bipectinaled 

 antenna.' while in cerisii \\\q,\ are biciliate I'.'xarcalus, myops and astylus 

 all agree in the form of the costa <tf the hind wings, in the small size of 

 the thorax, the unsunken head and the vcstiture of the head and thorax, 

 •ind in these reirards thev differ from ireniifta/us and urisii. On the other 



