(5 rote. J 258 [Nov. 20, 



Philosamia Grote (1874), 



Type : Pbaltena Cynthia Drury. 



Note.— Mr. W. F. Kirby, has drawn attention to the fact that after Walker's re- 

 striction of the genus Samia, in 1855, to cecro2na a,nd promethea, the term could not be 

 used again for Hubner's Samia cynihia. The term Platynamia must then be dropped 

 and a new name be used for the present genus, hitherto confounded with Atiacus, and 

 described by me in 1865 under the name Samia. To Philosamia belong the Asiatic 

 species, lunula, ricini, Cumingii and Guerini. 



Cynthia (Drury), 111., 2, 10, PL 6, fig. 2 ; Hiibn., Verz., p. 15G, No, 

 1629 (Samia); Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc, Phila., 5, 228 (Samia). 



Note.— With the usual latitude for coarseness and Infidelity of coloring, I think Cra- 

 mer's figures under this name represent the same species. 



Brooklyn, L. I. ; Philadelpliia ; Baltimore. Introduced and apparently 



acclimated with us. 



Callosamia Packard (1864). 



Type : Bombyx Promethea Drury. 



Promethea (Drury), 111. 2, PI. 12, iig. 1. 2, 9 ; Abb. & Smith, His. 

 Ga., 91, T. 46; Samia Promethea Hiibn., Verz., p. 156, No. 1631; Callo- 

 samia Promethea Pack., Proc. Ent. Soc, Phila., 3, 379. Canada to Ala- 

 bama. 



jq-QTE.— In the original perfect copies of Drury, an Index, with names according to 

 the Linnean system, is given at the end of each volume. 



angulifera (Walk.), C.B.M., 5, 1224 (Samia); Pack., Proc. Ent. 

 Soc, Phila., 3, 380 (Callosamia). New York ; Pennsylvania. 



Samia Htibner (1816). 



Type : Phalpena Ceeropia Linn. 



Cecropia (Linn.), Syst. Nat. Ed. 10, 1, 496, No. 3 ; id. Ed. 12, 809, 

 No. 3 ; Mus. Ulr., 368, No. 3 ; Abb. & Sm., His. Ga., 89, T. 45 ; Samia 

 Cecropia Htlbn., Verzeich., 156, No. 1630 ; Platysamia Cecrofia Grote, 

 Proc. Ent. Soc, Phila., 5, 229. Canada to Alabama. 



t Columbia (S. I. Smith), Proc. Bost, Soc. N. Hist., 9, 343. Canada ; 

 Eastern States. 



\ Gloveri (Strecker), Lep. Rhop. Het., No. 1, Plate (Platysamia). 

 Arizona. 



Calif ornica (Grote), Proc. Ent. Soc, Phila., 5, 229 (Platysamia); W. 

 F. Kirby, Proc Roy. Dub. Soc, 1872, 202 (Samia); '■'■ Saturnia ceanothi, 

 Beer," Boisd. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., 12, 83. 



Note. — No description of this species under the names " Euryalus" or " ceanothi " 

 is known to us previous to Dec, 1865, the date of its description as Cali/ornica. 



California. 



* Satuknia Schrank (1801). 



Type : Phalfena pavonia major Linn. 



\ Galbina Clem., Proc. Acad. N. S., Phila., 1860, p. 156. Texas. 



