1926 ] 
The Synonymy of Actina viridis (Say) 
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recognized and redescribed B. quadridentata Walker, making it 
the type of a new genus Hemiberis, although in the same pub- 
lication (page 192) he recognizes Actina viridis (Say). Dr. En- 
derlein’s description of H. quadridentata (Walk.) is based on a 
single male from Wisconsin and agrees in every respect with the 
male of A. viridis. His generic conclusion was evidently made 
solely upon comparison with species of Hoplacantha Rond., 
Hemiberis in the male having the eyes separated and the posterior 
metatarsi thickened. 
Under the title “The generic position of Beris viridis Say, 
“(Canadian Ent., vol. 56, p 24, 1924), Mr. C. H. Curran pro- 
poses a new genus Allactina, genotype Beris (Actina) viridis Say. 
In the generic diagnosis he says: — “scutellum with six large 
spines,” a character which does not apply to B. viridis. There 
is also the following discrepancy in the comparison of genera, — 
“In addition, the eyes of the male in this species are broadly 
separated, while they are contiguous in all the species I have 
seen of both Beris and Actina .” Eyes of the male not contiguous 
is one of the leading characters that separates Actina from Beris. 
The above brings up a question. Should the name Allactina 
be applied to the genotype or to the species with six spines on the 
scutellum. As the intention was to propose a generic name for 
B. viridis , I am inclined to think that — “six large spines” was 
probably written by mistake. 
Dr. 0. A. Johannsen under u Beris quadridentata Walker” 
(Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc., XX, 214, 1925) says: — “In the British 
Museum there are several specimens under this name. Two 
specimens a male and a female, have been selected as the types. 
These, however, are not conspecific. The male is Beris viridis 
Say, having four scutellar spines, as indicated by the specific 
name, but the female specimen, also bearing a type label has six 
spines. The synonomy noted above as pointed out by Osten 
Sacken, makes the generic designation Allactina Curran, a 
synonym of Hemiberis Enderlein ” 
As to the genus Actina. With eight specimens of the geno- 
type (A. nitens Latr.) before me, I find no character of sufficient 
importance to separate B. viridis from this genus. The ad- 
ditional posterior vein from the discal cell in A. nitens is only 
