OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. 165 



389. EPIPHILE. 



1844. [Boisd. in] Doubl., List Br. Mus. 90 : Orea, Laothoe (Merione, 

 Liberia). 



1849. Boisd. in Doubl., Gen. Diurn. Lep. 224: Orea, Chrysites, 



Lampethusa, ? Laothoe. 



1870. Boisd., Lep. Guat. 40 : Ariadne, Chrysites, Epicaste, Adrasta. 



1871. Kirb., Syn. Cat. 201 : employs it for all the above, excepting 



Laothoe and Ariadne, and for others. 

 Orea may therefore be taken as the type. 



390. EPITOLA. 



1852. Boisd. in Westw., Gen. Diurn. Lep. 470 : Elion. Sole species, 

 and therefore type. 



391. EREBIA. 



1816. Dalm., Yetensk. Acad. Handl. xxxvii. 58, 79: I. ^Egeria 

 (Egeria), Masra, Megrera; II. Semele, Agave (Hippo- 

 lyte), Norna, Polyxenes (Bore), Hyperanthus, Medusa, 

 Ligea, Manto, Embla, Jurtina (Janira), Typhon (Davus), 

 Pamphilus, Hero, Arcania, Iphis. Ligea is specified as 

 type. 



1832-3. Boisd., Icones, 147: uses it for Pronoe (Neorides) and 

 others, including a mention of Ligea. 



1843. Herr.-Schaeff., Schmett. Eur. 55 : refers to it a large number 



of species, including Ligea. 



1844. Doubl., List Br. Mus. 123: employs it for a large number, 



including Ligea. 



1850. Westw., Gen. Diurn. Lep. 376 : makes similar use of it. 

 1868. Butl., Ent. Monthl. Mag. iv. 194; and Cat. Sat. 72: specifies 



Ligea as type. 

 See Gorgo, Marica, Syngea, Phorcis, Epigea, Oreina, and Maniola. 



392. ERESIA. 



1836. Boisd., Spec, gen., pi. 7 B. : Eunice (Eunica). Sole species, 



and therefore type. 



1844. Doubl., List Br. Mus. 64: uses it in this sense. 

 1848. Ib., Gen. Diurn. Lep.' 182: the same extended. 

 1861. Feld., Neues Lep. 10 and App. : refers to it Nycteis, Ismeria, 



and others. 

 The name is very near to Eresus (Walck. Arachn. 1805). 



