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  ibJlograjjhical 
  Notices. 
  603 
  

  

  p. 
  372) 
  ; 
  the 
  species 
  usually 
  referred 
  to 
  Eudidia 
  are 
  here 
  assigned 
  to 
  

   Eadiditnera, 
  Hampson 
  (type 
  mi, 
  Clerck), 
  and 
  Oonospileia, 
  Hiibn, 
  

   (type 
  muaita, 
  Hiibn.). 
  Gli/phica, 
  Linn., 
  is 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  last- 
  

   named 
  genus, 
  and 
  ccendea, 
  Grote, 
  in 
  Eadidimera. 
  Sobria, 
  Walk., 
  

   which 
  Dyar 
  cites 
  as 
  a 
  synonym 
  of 
  eriditea. 
  Cram., 
  under 
  Drasteria, 
  

   Hiibn., 
  is 
  removed 
  to 
  crassiuscida, 
  Haw., 
  and 
  placed 
  in 
  Cieimrgia^ 
  

   Walk, 
  (type 
  convcdescens, 
  Guen.). 
  

  

  The 
  subfamily 
  Momina3 
  comprises 
  only 
  seventy-four 
  species 
  and 
  

   eleven 
  genera. 
  Of 
  the 
  latter 
  E/ceodes 
  (type 
  breviconiis, 
  Walk.) 
  and 
  

   Eli/dnodes 
  (type 
  variegata, 
  Leech) 
  are 
  new. 
  

  

  Conjli, 
  Linn., 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  Bernas, 
  Steph., 
  is 
  also 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  

   Calocasia, 
  Hiibn, 
  As 
  the 
  latter 
  has 
  two 
  years' 
  priority, 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  

   adopted. 
  Coenobita, 
  Esp., 
  is 
  the 
  tN'pe 
  of 
  Diphthera, 
  Treit. 
  (1825), 
  

   and 
  also 
  of 
  Panthea, 
  Hiibn. 
  (1827) 
  ; 
  the 
  former 
  name 
  has 
  prece- 
  

   dence. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  noted 
  here 
  that 
  cdpinwn, 
  Osbeck, 
  = 
  orioii, 
  Esp., 
  

   so 
  frequently 
  referred 
  by 
  authors 
  to 
  Diphtliern, 
  Hiibn., 
  has 
  been 
  

   transferred 
  to 
  Daseodueta, 
  Warren, 
  a 
  genus 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  sub- 
  

   family 
  Acronyctina) 
  (Thai. 
  vol. 
  viii. 
  p. 
  30). 
  

  

  Phytometrinae 
  : 
  two 
  hundred 
  and 
  twenty-six 
  species, 
  distributed 
  

   among 
  fifteen 
  genera 
  (three 
  new), 
  are 
  considered 
  under 
  this 
  sub- 
  

   family 
  heading. 
  

  

  The 
  bulk 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  hitherto 
  referred 
  to 
  Plusia 
  are 
  here 
  

   placed 
  in 
  Fht/tometra, 
  Haw. 
  Amethijstina, 
  Hiibn., 
  is 
  noted 
  as 
  the 
  

   type 
  of 
  i^?»Am, 
  Treit. 
  ( 
  1826), 
  and 
  tlierefore 
  takes 
  precedence 
  over 
  

   Tdesilla, 
  H.-S., 
  a 
  genus 
  in 
  Acronyctinse 
  (Phal. 
  vii. 
  p. 
  587). 
  

  

  Polgdirgsia,Hubn. 
  (type 
  moneta, 
  Fabr.), 
  is 
  merged 
  in 
  Chrgsopteva, 
  

   Latr. 
  (type 
  c-aureum, 
  l^noc\i, 
  = 
  condia, 
  Eabr.). 
  

  

  The 
  last 
  genus 
  in 
  this 
  subfamily 
  is 
  Epise/ma, 
  Treit., 
  of 
  which 
  

   carideocephala, 
  Linn., 
  is 
  the 
  type 
  and 
  sole 
  known 
  species. 
  

  

  Sir 
  George 
  Hampson 
  has 
  formed 
  his 
  conclusions 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  rela- 
  

   tionship 
  of 
  families, 
  genera, 
  and 
  species 
  on 
  a 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  venation 
  

   and 
  other 
  external 
  characters 
  of 
  the 
  imago. 
  Possibly 
  therefore 
  his 
  

   classification 
  of 
  the 
  Lepidoptera 
  Phalsense 
  may 
  not 
  find 
  unchallenged 
  

   acceptance. 
  The 
  fact, 
  however, 
  remains 
  that, 
  considering 
  the 
  

   present 
  state 
  of 
  knowledge 
  concerning 
  the 
  early 
  stages 
  of 
  the 
  bulk 
  

   of 
  the 
  species, 
  classification 
  must 
  be 
  based 
  almost 
  entirely 
  on 
  

   imaginal 
  characters. 
  Changes 
  no 
  doubt 
  will 
  be 
  necessary 
  as 
  time 
  

   progresses, 
  but, 
  whatever 
  these 
  may 
  be, 
  we 
  cannot 
  conceive 
  that 
  

   they 
  will 
  in 
  any 
  way 
  lessen 
  the 
  importance 
  or 
  impair 
  the 
  excellence 
  

   of 
  the 
  ' 
  Catalogue.' 
  

  

  The 
  scope 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  is 
  far 
  more 
  comprehensive 
  than 
  is 
  suggested 
  

   by 
  its 
  title. 
  Not 
  only 
  is 
  almost 
  every 
  species 
  known 
  to 
  science 
  

   described, 
  but, 
  where 
  necessary, 
  figured 
  in 
  the 
  atlas. 
  Synonymy 
  

   and 
  references 
  are 
  cited, 
  and 
  geographical 
  distribution 
  adequately 
  

   dealt 
  with. 
  

  

  The 
  arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  Phala3n8e 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  Collection 
  

   being 
  exactly 
  that 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  Catalogue, 
  it 
  follows 
  that 
  the 
  latter 
  

   affords 
  a 
  very 
  convenient 
  clue 
  to 
  the 
  position 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  

   any 
  family, 
  genus, 
  or 
  species 
  one 
  may 
  wish 
  to 
  study. 
  

  

  Thirteen 
  volumes 
  of 
  the 
  Catalogue 
  have 
  now 
  been 
  published 
  

  

  