A Revieio of Dr. Boisduvcd's " Monograjjhie des Agaristidecs" 

 published in the "Revue ct Magasin dc Zoologic" 1874, 

 pp. 20 — 110 : by W. F. KiRBY, Assistant in the 

 Museum of the lioyal Dublin Society. 



The arrangement adopted by M. Boisduval in the present 

 paper is as follows : Uranides (Urania), Cydimonides 

 (Cydimon), Nyctalemonides (Nyctalemon), Cocytides 

 (Cocytia), Agaristides (Hecatesiii, ^gocera, Charilina, 

 Eudryas, Alypia, Amazela, Agarista, Eusemia, Phaegorista., 

 and Egybolis). 



Perhaps the most striking point in this arrangement, is 

 the absence of the genera Mania and Larunda, Hiibn., 

 (Sematura and Coronis, Auct), the former of which has 

 been placed by all authors close to Nyctalemon, and at 

 times even included in the genus. But we will take M. 

 Boisduval's genera one by one as they stand. 



GENUS URANIA. {Chrysiridia, HiiLii.) 



As the Fabrican types (quoted by Boisduval himself m 

 his Species General, p. 79), are Lcilus and Patroclus, it is 

 diflicult to understand why both Boisduval and Guenee 

 select Rliipheus, Cram., which they agree in placing in a 

 different family from Leilus, as the type. Boisduval now 

 regards Drury's insect as a second species of this genus, to 

 which the head of a Painlio had been attached. This 

 species he renames Druryi, regardless of Drury's Rhijjlwus 

 having nine year's priority over Cramer's. If Hllbner's 

 name Riphearia be considered inadmissible for the latter, 

 we have Madagascariensis Lesson, Iromctlieus, Drapiez or 

 Orientalis, Swains, to choose from. Boisduval copies 

 Sganzin's account of tlie transformations of the common 

 Mascarene species, and mentions a second species said to 

 occur at Sainte Marie, which he supposes to be a variety ; 

 but takes no notice of Cr<xsus, Gerst. 



CiSTULA Entomologica. 

 May Uh, 1875. 



