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scientious friend in Stephens, as early as 1825. Meanwhile the 

 text-books of his fatherland placed the letters " Tr." or " Ochs." after 

 such generic names as Agrotis, Erastria, Dipldhera, Graphiplwra, 

 Gortyna, AjJatela, Xanthia, Cijmatopliora, HeliotMs, designations 

 proposed by Hiibner when European entomologists were for the 

 most part far behind in any adequate comprehension of the classifi- 

 cation of the Sub-order. 



NOCTUAE Linn. (1788). 



* DEMAS Steph. (1829). 



Type : Bonibys coryli Linn. 

 f versicolor Morr., Proc. B. S. N. H., 1874, 133. Massachusetts. 



EUTOLTPE G-'roie (1874). 



Type : Eutolype Rolandi Grote. 



Rolandi Grote, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1874, 198 ; Copipanolis vernalis, 

 Morr., Proc. B. S. N. H., 133. Massachusetts ; Missouri. 

 [Note. — This genus may succeed Dicopis, iu the " List."] 



(Page 7.) 

 *DIPHTHERA Hubner (1806). 



Type : Diphthera Aprilinaf Hubn. (nee Linn.). 

 fallax Serr.-Sch., Exot., S. 80, fig. 211. 



[Note. — Hilbner's aprilina is not Linne's species, but the ono;i of Esper. In 

 1806 Hiibner gives his " aprilina" as the type of Diphthera, a name afterwards 

 appropriated by Ochsenheimer. Guenee's " Bombyciformes," 1852, is an appro- 

 priation of Hiibner's " Bombycoides," 1806, under another name. The term 

 Diplithera must be restored to its original signification. For the European 

 DijMhera ludifca Lederer ex Linn., I propose the term Tricliosea and restrict 

 Moma to the species Moma Astur Hiibn. ex Cram.] 



*APATELA Hubner (\SQQ). 



Type : Noctua Aceris LAnn. 



[Note. — This is Hilbner's type iu the Tentameu. I would refer all the forty- 

 seven species, cited by me on pages 7 and 8 of the " List " under Acronycta, 

 to Apatela ; for the sake of brevity I omit here their separate designation. 

 In case of a disintegration of the genus, Acronycta must be retained with its 

 type leporina, as cited by me in the " List," and as restricted by Hiibner in 

 1816, for certain of the species. I cite here the North American species of 

 Apatela, which are not included in the " List " under Acronycta.~\ 



