synonymy of the (fenera of Nortiiifes. fi85 



Guenee did not include the species in his genus when he 

 described it. A . litura must be the type. 



Dyschorista, Led. 



1. Dyschorista cynica. 



Orthodes cynica, Guenee, Noct., i., p. 375, n. 627 

 (1852). 



Var. O. nimia, Guenee, I. c, p. 376, n. 628 (1852). 



Var. 0. candens, Guenee, l. c, n. 629 (1852), 



Orthosia tecta, Walker, Lep. Het., Suppl., 3, p. 714 

 (1865). 



United States. Coll. B. M. 



All the types of the above synonyms are in the Museum 

 Collection, so that there can be no question about their 

 identity as species. 



2. Dyschorista vecors. 



Orthodes vecors, Guenee, Noct., i., p. 376, n. 630 (1852). 



0. enervis, Guenee, Noct., 3, p. 400 (1852). 



0. griseocincta, Harvey (see Grote, Check List, p. 31, 



n. 660). 

 United States. Col. B. M. 



There is no reason for adopting Guenee's unnecessary 

 alteration of the name of this species. 



3. Dyschorista cremdata. 

 Dyschorista cremdata, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 



ser. 6, vol. 6, p. 97 (1890). 

 Orthodes infirma (auct. nee Guenee). 

 United States. Coll. B. M. 



As I have already pointed out, the Orthodes infirma of 

 Guenee is a Brazilian species. 



4. Dyschorista ciirvirena. 

 Orthodes currirena, Guenee, Noct., i., p. 374, n. 625 



(1852). 

 Orthosia sjnircilinea, Walker, Lep. Het., xv., p. 1709 



(1858). 

 Rio Janeiro and Venezuela. Coll. B. M. 

 This is such a characteristic common Brazilian species 

 that it is impossible to mistake it for anything else. 



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