Revision of the American Notodontid.se. 299 



Goncinna, Sm. and Abb. (Phalsena), Lep. Georg. ii, t. 85 



(1797) type of Oedemasia. 

 Unicornis, Sm. and Abb., Lep. Ins. Georg., ii, t. 96 



(1797), type of Coelodasys, Pack. 

 Lcptinoidcs, Grote (Coelodasys), Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., iii, 



p. 323 (1864). 

 Apicalis, Grote and Rob. (Coelodasys), Proc. Ent. Soc. 



Phil, vi, p. 15 (1886). 

 Badia, Pack. (Oedemasia), Proc, Ent. Soc. Phil., iii, p. 361 



(1864). 



For the synonymy of the North American species see 

 Packard's Monograph of American Bombycine Moths, 

 Part I. The synonomy of Walker's species is correct, 

 except in the case of semirufescens (Hatima), which is an 

 older name for Eximia, Grote. 



Pegasis, Schs. (Coelodasys), P. Z. S. (1892), p. 331. 



Tizoc, Schs. (Etobesa), 1. c, p. 339. 



Tonac, Schs. (Coelodasys), 1. c, p. 330. 



Debet, Druce (Hatima), Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) xiii. 



p. 358 (1894); Biol. Cent. Amer. Lep. Het, ii, p. 454. 



(Dasylophia) t. xc, f. 10. 



LlTODONTA. 

 Litodonta, Harv., Can. Ent., viii, pp. 5, 109 (1876). 



Antennse pectinated to near tips. Palpi, short, thin, hairy, not 

 extending beyond frons. Primaries broad, short ; vein 5 from middle 

 of discocellular ; 6 from middle of areole ; 7, 8, 10 from end of 

 areole. Secondaries : veins 3 and 4 apart ; 6 and 7 stalked ; 8 close 

 to 7 to end of cell. 



Type. L. hydromeli, Harv. 

 Hydromeli, Harv., 1. c, p. 5 (1876). 

 Nigripuncta, Schs., sp. no v., t. xi, f. 12. 



Litodonta nigripuncta. 



Head fawn-colonr. Thorax violaceous. Abdomen brown. Pri- 

 maries : base and outer margin lilacine-grey ; median space dark 

 steel-grey, the costa someAvhat paler ; two velvety-black spots at 

 base, two at apex and one at inner angle ; a round velvety-black 

 spot in cell, preceded by a lilacine-grey shade ; the inner line form- 

 ing three curves, reddish-brown, outwardly shaded with paler brown ; 

 traces of a reddish median shade above inner margin ; outer line 

 inwardly lunular between the veins, brown, shaded with paler 



