Art. XXXVI.—Notes on Nomenclature of New Zealand Geometrina.

By E. Meyrick, B.A.

[Read before the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, 1st October, 1885.]

The Publication of Scudder's “Nomenclator Zoologicus” has enabled me to ascertain that in adopting a certain class of generic names in the Geometrina I committed a great indiscretion, since these names appear to have been mostly already employed generically. I have, therefore, re-named those genera which had titles pre-occupied by others, reverting to my usual system. The following changes are made:—

Parysatis, Meyr., to be Paradetis, Meyr.

Panopæ, Meyr., to be Pancyma. Meyr.

Eurydice, Meyr., to be Homodotis, Meyr.

Harpalyce, Meyr., to be Probolæ, Meyr.

Stratonice, Meyr., to e Arctesthes, Meyr.

Thyone, Meyr., to be Asaphodes, Meyr.

Hermione, Meyr., to be Aulopola, Meyr.

Hippolyte, Meyr., to be Epicyme, Meyr.

Arsinoe, Meyr., to be Anachloris, Meyr.

Pasithea, Meyr., to be Notoreas, Meyr.

Statira, Meyr., to be Stathmonyma, Meyr.

Atossa, Meyr., to be Epicasis, Meyr.

Phyllodoce, Meyr., to be Gonophylla, Meyr.

For Amastris, Meyr., the name of Sestra, Walk., may be adopted.

The genus described as Scotosia, Stph., is (as I have pointed out elsewhere) not the true Sœsia, but is identical with Cephalissa, Meyr., with which it may be included, the points of distinction relied on being found iusufficient.

Cacopsodos, Butl., is identical with Dichromodes, Gn., which latter name must be retained; the species will therefore be Dichromodes nigra.