232 Mr. A. G. Butler on the 



Rhyparia askoldinaria^ Oberth. Since it is not advisable 

 to use the same generic name twice over in different groups 

 of the Heterocerous Lepidoptera, I proposed the name Icterodes 

 for this genus (see 111. Typ. Lep. Het, ii. Index, p. ix, and 

 pi. xxxvii. fig. 9), a fact which M. Oberthiir seems entirely to 

 have overlooked. 



Melaniijpe luctuosaria^ Oberth. 



Anticlea Taczanowskiariaj Oberth. Common at Tokei, 

 Japan. 



M. Oberthiir refers my Acidalia zmisterpis to Campfogramma, 

 by which alteration he certainly does not improve matters. The 

 species is somewhat variable, and is doubtless identical with 

 Moore's A. plurilinearia] it certainly is allied to A. moni- 

 liata, and is neither allied to, nor does it in the least resemble, 

 any species of Camptogramma. 



Eucosmia Hedemannaria, Oberth. =-8cotos{a certata of 

 Europe, which we have also from Japan. M. Oberthiir says 

 that the common transverse line is noticeably more undulated ; 

 this, however, is an individual difference existing only between 

 the single example in M. Oberthiir's possession and his speci- 

 mens of 8. certata. 



Cidaria corussaria, Oberth. = probably C. russata, Ya,v., of 

 Europe. There are few species more variable than this, one 

 of the least extraordinary of its modifications being the entire 

 absence of lines or bands from the secondaries. We have 

 specimens very similar to that figured by M. Oberthiir both 

 from Japan and North America. 



Cidaria venulaia, Oberth. Near to C. umbrosaria and 

 C. relata. 



Cidaria fahrefactaria, Oberth. = C. corylata of Europe. 

 Cidaria asholdaria, Oberth. = C.jameza, ButL, $ . 

 Of this species we have hitherto only received one male, and 

 M. Oberthiir one female; the differences between the two are 

 only precisely what exist between the sexes of other species. 

 Cidaria ludovicaria^ Oberth. 



It is a pity that M. Oberthiir did not form a new genus for 

 this species, for Abraxas junctilineata, A. pliirilineata, &c. ; 

 they are not true Zerenida3, yet look quite out of place in 

 Cidaria, from which they differ in their shorter palpi, some- 

 what different venation, and utterly dissimilar coloration. 

 M. Oberthiir, however, seems to consider it a hindrance to 

 study to group allied forms together under distinctive names : 

 if this be not the case, it is incomprehensible why he should 

 almost invariably refer his new species to the magazine genera 

 of the older authors. 



