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1958

The Lepidopterists' News

121

THE DATES AND AUTHORSHIPS TO BE ASCRIBED TO THE

GENERIC AND SPECIFIC NAMES PROPOSED BY BOISDUVAL

AND LECONTE AND BY LECONTE ALONE IN THE

LePIDOPTERES DE UAMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE,

1829-1833-[1834]

by Cyril F. dos Passos

Several years' research and the discovery of a copy of Boisduval and Leconte's Histoire generate et iconographie des lepidopteres et des chenilles de lAmerique septentrionale, in original wrappers in the library of Dr. Lionel G. Higgins of Woking, England, have resulted in new evidence concerning the dates of publication of this work. That evidence and the conclusions drawn therefrom will be published in detail in the Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History.

This paper deals only with the dates and authorships of the generic and specific names proposed in the Histoire generate. These are arranged alphabetically for convenience.

GENERIC NAMES

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It is debatable, perhaps, whether "Nymphidia" was used by Boisduval and Leconte as an emendation of Nymphidium Fabricius, 1807, or proposed as a new name, but the evidence tends to support the former theory, although no reason for an emendation is apparent. If Nymphidia is to be considered a new name by these authors, the date is [1833] and the type is N. pumila Boisduval & Leconte, [1833], that being the sole species included in the genus.

122                                    dos Passos: Boisduval & Leconte                   Vol.12: nos.3-4

SPECIFIC NAMES

It does not appear to have been observed previously that one name, Thecla liparops, was proposed by Leconte alone and not by the joint authors of this work.

Washington Corners, Mendham, N. J., U. S. A.