Hypercompe

[Dr. James Adams]

To whomever asked me about the publication of Hypercompe as the 
appropriate name for species formerly place in Ecpantheria,

    (Sorry, but in my haste to answer e-mails, I deleted your 
message!!)

    Although the following reference may not have been the original 
paper to use Hypercompe, the authors indicate the synonimization of 
Ecpantheria with Hypercompe (and the references in it could lead you 
to the original synonimization).

    Allan Watson and D. T. Goodger.  1986.  Catalogue of the 
Neotropical Tiger Moths.  Occasional Papers on Systematic Entomology 
1.  71 pages.  (put out by the British Museum, I believe -- please 
excuse me if I'm wrong, my wife and I have a four month old son at 
home [our first], and I frequently suffer from what i call "baby 
head", a condition which leads to spaciness and an inability to 
recall certain bits of information.  I have a copy of Watson and 
Goodger at home, but forgot to bring it in so that I could share all 
of the details, like page numbers for the genus Hypercompe.)

    Hope this is useful.
    
        James