152 Mr. J. W. Dumiing- on 



The synonymy will stand as follows : — 



LEPIDOPTERA PYRALIDINA. 



Fam. ACENTROPODID^. 



Acentropidoe, Stephens, 111. Mand, vi. 150 ; Acentridce, 

 Speyer, Stett. Zeit. 1869, p. 405. 



The name Acentropidce, which Stephens first applied to 

 the family, (though formed on the analogy of Megalopidce 

 from Megalopus, which had the sanction of no less an 

 authority than Lacordaire) , has been amended into Acen- 

 tropodidce; for this sesquipedalian word Speyer proposes 

 the shorter Acentridce. For myself, I prefer to take the 

 name of the family from that of the typical genus. 

 Moreover, the inappropriateness which modern discovery 

 has shown to exist in the word Acentropus, though an 

 insufficient ground for displacing a name that has obtained 

 currency for forty years, is a sufficient ground for declin- 

 ing to admit the new name Acentridce, which is just as 

 inappropriate as Acentropus. 



Gen. Acentropus. 



Acentropus, Curt. Bfit. Ent. xi. 497. {Acentria, Ste. 

 Cat. 316; Zancle, Ste. Nomencl. 118). 



Sp. 1. ACENTEOPUS NIVEUS. 



Phryganea nivca, Oliv. Enc. Meth. vi. 536, 549 

 (1791). c?. 



Acentria nivosa, Ste. Cat. 316 (1829). cJ,sine descrip. 



Zancle Hansoni, Ste. Nomencl. 118 (1833). ? alis 

 amplis, sine descrip. 



Acentropus Garnonsii, Curt. Brit. Ent. xi. 497 (1834) . 

 S ; Proc. Ent. Soc. 1854, p. 24, ? alis abortivis. 



A. niveus, Ste. 111. Mand. vi. 150 (1836). S, ? alis 

 amplis. 



A. Nevw, Kol. Wien. Ent. Monats. ii. 381 (1858). ^. 



A. latipennis, Mosch. Wien. Ent. Monats. iv. 55 

 (1860). ? alis amplis. 



A. hadensis, Nolck. Stett. Ent. Zeit. xxx. 283 (1869). 

 (J , ? alis abortivis. 



