Dr. W. J. Holland on African Lepidoptera. 251 



gische Zeitschrift ' Dr. Karscli makes a new^ genus, Ortho- 

 gonioptilunij for the recepdon of three species of moderately 

 large African moths, to which he gives the specific names 

 adiegetum, monochromum, and prox^ and refers the genus to 

 the Saturniidte. This issue of the journal, though it is the 

 fourth for the year 1892, was not published, as sliown on the 

 cover, imtil the middle of May 1893. A note on page vi is 

 dated May 10th, 1893. I make remark of these facts because 

 in the May number of the ' Entomological News ' for 1893, 

 which was mailed to subscribers at the end of April, I have 

 described three species which are congeneric with the three 

 published by Dr. Karsch, referring them to a new genus 

 which I propose for their reception and which I name Goodia 

 in honour of my excellent friend Dr. Good, who has done 

 more than any other collector in recent years to throw light 

 upon the life-history of the Lepidoptera of Western Africa, 

 and whose voluminous notes upon tlie transformations of a 

 host of species I hope ere long to publish, with figures of the 

 various larval stages. Inasmuch as the only test of priority 

 is that of publication, and as my name and generic cliarac- 

 terization were, in fact, published fully two weeks prior to 

 those of Dr. Karsch, I feel justified in claiming priority for 

 the name under the circumstances relating to it. Were it 

 not for my desire in this way to commemoi'ate the services 

 of a pioneer observer in this field, I should be less tenacious 

 of the claim of priority, which I may nevertheless in strict 

 propriety make. It appears therefore that there are six species 

 which belong to this genus of beautiful moths. They may 

 be arranged as follows : — 



Goodia, Holland. [Orthogonioptilum^ Karsch.) 



1. Goodia vestigiata^ Holl. 



Goodia vestigiata, Ilofl. Ent. News (April 30th, 1893), p. 179, pi. ix. 

 fig.l. 



2. Goodia lunata, Holl. 

 Goudia lunata, IIolI. /. c. p. 178, pi. ix. fig. 2. 



3. Goodia nubilata, Holl. 

 Goodia Jiuhilatct, Holl. /. c. p. 178, pi. ix. ti;,'. 3. 



4. Goodia (Orthogonioptilum) adiegetum, Karsch. 



Goodia {Orth.) adier/etum, Karsch, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 1892, p. 601, 

 Taf. XX. fig. 1 (published May 15, 1893). 



