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Lymantria Hbn. 



Type L. monacha Linn, 



1820, Hbn., Verz. Bek. Schmett., p. 160, lists monacha, and eremiia; the 



latter is a form of the former, hence the genus is monotypical. 

 1892, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het., I, 477, type designated monacha. 

 1892, Hamp., Fauna Br. Ind., Moths, I, 459, type designated monacha. 

 1897, Dyar, Can. Ent., XXIX, 15, type designated monacha. 



1922, Swinhoe, Ann. & Mag. N. H., (9), X, 450, type designated monacha. 



1923, Swinhoe, Ann. & Mag. N. H., (9), XI, 424, type designated monacha. 



Psilura Steph. 



Type P. monacha Linn. 



1829, Steph., 111. Br. Ent., Haust., II, 57, monacha sole species and there- 

 fore type. 

 1892, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het., I, 477, lists as synonym of Lymantria. 

 1923, Swinhoe, Ann. & Mag. N. H., (9), XI, 424, type designated monacha. 



Presumably, under the present International Rules the family 

 name does not have to be taken from the oldest generic name, which 

 in the present family is apparently Leiicoma Hbn., (1806, Tentamen), 

 type auriflua. Dasychira Hbn., type pudihunda is on the following 

 line of the "Tentamen". 



The family has usually been called either Lymantriidae or Lipari- 

 dae. At the present time the authors follow Swinhoe (1922-1923) in 

 the use of the name Liparidae. Besides the above generic synonymy, 

 Swinhoe lists, (1923, Ann. & Mag. N. H., (9), XI, 424), the follow- 

 ing synonymy of Liparis, the type species of which are unknovv^n to 

 the authors : Pegalla Wlk., type curvifera Wlk. ; Barhona Aloore, type 

 carneola Moore ; Leptocneria Butl., type binotata Butl. 



Hemerocampa inornata Beut. 



1890, Beut., Psyche, V, 300, Orgyia. 



The male type, in the American Museum of Natural History, lacks 

 all white shadings. 



"Orgyia" falcata Schaus, listed as a synonym by Barnes and Mc- 

 Dunnough, Check List, 1917, is more heavily marked and probably 

 represents a distinct species. 



Olene grisefacta Dyar. 



1911, Dyar, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., XIII, 20, Olene. 



1913, B. & McD., Contr. N. H. Lep. N. A., II, (2), 75, pi. II, ff. 8-9, 

 plagiata race, Olene. 



