1874.] — '^l [Grote. 



■» Prionia Hlibner (1816). 



Type : Phalasna lacertiuaria Linn. 



bilineata (Pack.), Proc. Eut. Soc. PMla., 3, 376 (Edapteryx) PI. 6, 

 fig. 9. Eastern aud Middle States. 



Note.— Stephens' later restriction of Platyptenjx fov this genus cannot be followed. 

 Moschler, from figures, regards our species as identical with the European. Stett. Ent. 

 Zeit., 251, 1871. 



Dryopteris Grote (1862). 



Type : Platypteryx formula Grote. 



rosea (Walk.), C. B. M., 5, 1164 (Drepana); Drepana marginata 

 Walk., 1. c, 1165 ; Oilix Americana H. S , Lep. Exot., 470 ; Platypteryx 

 formula Grote, Proc. Acad. N. Sci., Phila., 1862, 60 ; Dryopteris rosea 

 Grote, 1. c, 360. Canada to Virginia. 



irrorata Pack., Proc. Ent. Soc, Phila., 3, 377. Eistera States. 



ATT ACT Linn. (1788). 



Note. — This sub-family is indicated by Linn^ under the name "Attacos," Ed. xiii, 

 Syst. Nat., p, 2401. Echidna Hilbn., and HercecB HUbn., must both be considered 

 synonymous. The type of Echidna (1806), is E. Tau; the type of Hercea (1808), is H. 

 Carpini. 



AcTiAS Leacli (1815). 



Type : Phalsena Luna Linn. 



Luna (Linn.), Syst. Nat. Ed. 10, 1, 496, No. 5 (1758); id. Ed. 12, 810, 

 No. 5 (1767); id. Mus. Ulr., 368, No. 5 (1764); Abb. & Sm. Ins. Ga., 1, 

 95, T. 48; Leach, Edin. Encyc, 9 (1815), {Actias); Hiibn., Verz., 153, 

 No. 1587 {Tropcea). Canada to Alabama^; double brooded in Alabama, 

 where it readily flies in the day time. 



Note. — The Plate of this species Band 2, Exot. Schm., is wrongly dated " 1806 " by 

 Packard. It is later than the Verzeichniss. In a letter dated 29th Sept., 1866, Dr. 

 Herrich-SchEeffer gave the following dates to the 3d yoI. of the Sammlung ; " Casiphone 

 to huntera, 1828 ; Asclcpias to rustica, 1829 ; lo to taygete, 1830 ; pasithoe, grimmia. 1831 ; 

 crista to beltrao^X^ZI; nesea to thirza,l^ZZ; debora-hylas, 1834; lusca-huebneri, 1835." 



Telea Hiibn, (1816). 



Type : Bombyx polyphemus Cramer. 



Polyphemus (Cram.), 1, PI. 5, A. B.; Fabr., Sp. Ins., 2, 168, No. 5 ; 

 Maut., 2, 108, No. 6 ; Linn., Syst. Nat. Ed., 13, p. 2403, No. 461 ; Fabr., 

 Syst. Ent., 410, No. 8 ; Abb. & Sm., 93, T. 47; Telea polyphemus Hiibn., 

 Verz., 154, No. 1610; Bombyx PapMaX Linn., Mus.' Ulr. (1764), p. 369, 

 No. 4, (not S. N. 10, 1758, see Am. Naturalist); Telea PapTiia Kirby, 

 Trans. R. Dub. Soc, 203 (1873). Canada to Mexico ; California. 



Attacus Linne. 

 Type : Attacus Atlas Linne. 



\ splendidus (De Beauv.), His. Afr. Am., 133, PL 22, fig. 1, 2 {Bom- 

 Ux); Clem., Proc Acad. N. S., Phila. (1860), p. 160, (Attacus). Texas. 

 A. p. S. — VOL. XIV. 2g 



