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4.* Macrocephalid^ = Phymatidae, auct. 



5. MiRiDiE = Capsidse, auct. 



6. — ? — = Cimicidse, auct. 



I have not thought it necessary to enumerate the changes 

 desirable in a large number of other subfamilies. 



THE TYPE OP THE ^GENUS HYPOLYCjENA. 

 By A. G. Butler, Ph.D. 



In the ' Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift ' for 1860, Felder 

 described a new Lycaenid under the name of Myrina thecloides, 

 and, in a footnote, he remarked, " This species and its allies, M. 

 erylus, Godt., and M. sipylus, Feld., differ from the Myrinas in 

 having the second joint of the palpi shorter than the head, the 

 third long, aciculate, arched, the antennae moderately clubbed." 



In the same Journal, two years later, he refers back to this 

 description (to which he adds that the antennae are clearly but 

 distantly annulated), and he gives to the group the name 

 Hypolyccena, adding to it three additional species. 



Now it stands to reason that, M. thecloides being the only 

 species to which the original description was referred, the fact 

 that no name for the genus was proposed until 1862, cannot 

 prevent M. thecloides being its type, and it is manifestly a 

 blunder to recognize any of the three species referred to as 

 " tribus ulterioribus speciebus " as the type of a description 

 written befere they were received. 



Dr. Scudder was the first to fall into error, when he stated 

 that H. tharrytas might be taken as the type ; whilst, later, Dr. 

 Moore equally incorrectly indicated H. tmolus : the latter is 

 indeed congeneric with H. thecloides and with H. erylus, although 

 it possesses a far better defined male sexual patch on the primaries 

 than either of them. 



Without personal critical comparison of all the structural 

 characters, I am not (at present) prepared to accept all the 

 African forms as belonging to the genus : they may do so. 



Macrocephalus, Swederus, 1787, antedates Phymata, Latr., 1802. 



