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THE PROPER ORTHOGRAPHY OF THE GENERIC NAME 

 PHOETHORNIS SWAINSON. 

 The generic name of the well-known group of hummingbirds known as 

 Phoethornis Swainson (Zool. Journ., Ill, November, 1827, p. 357; type, 

 Trochilus superciliosus Linnaeus), is so often spelled as above written 

 that it seems worth while to call attention to the fact that the earliest and 

 therefore proper orthography of the name is Phaethornis, since Swainson 

 wrote it thus {Phaethornis Swainson, Philos. Mag., new ser., I, No. VI, 

 June, 1827, p. 441; type by original designation and monotypy, Trochilus 

 superciliosus Linnaeus) in an incidental introduction of the name when 

 treating a species of another genus in his now famous paper in the Philo- 

 sophical Magazine, which antedated by a few months his intendedly prior 

 article in the Zoological Journal. — Harry C. Oberholser. 



THE STATUS OF THE SUBFAMILY NAME FULIGULINAE. 



The subfamily name Fuligulinae has been continued in use, notwith- 

 standing the fact that the generic name Fuligula Stephens (1824), from 

 which it is derived, has been supplanted by Marila Oken (1817). A family 

 or subfamily name, however, based on a generic name that has fallen into 

 synonymy must, of course, be replaced; hence, while we continue, even if 

 inadvisedly, to employ the name Marila instead of Fuligula for the Scaup 

 Ducks and their allies, we must replace the subfamily name Fuligulinae 

 by Marilinae. — Harry C. Oberholser. 



ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO 

 "A LIST OF FAMILIES AND SUBFAMILIES OF ICHNEUMON- 

 FLIES OR THE SUPER FAMILY ICHNEUMONOIDEA 

 (HYMENOPTERA)." 1 



Since the above work was published, Dr. Harry C. Oberholser has called 

 my attention to three subfamily names that are untenable according to the 

 oldest genus method of forming family and subfamily names. I take this 

 opportunity to correct some typographical and other errors in the same 

 work. 



Page 69 — next to last line change Aphastobraconini to Aphrastobraconini. 

 Page 70 — should read (Dacnusinae cresson) = Coeliniinae, new subfamily 



(Coelinius Nees, etc.), should read Paxylomma Brebisson 



instead of Paxylomma Prebisson; (Euphorinae Cresson) = 



Perilitinae, new subfamily (Perilitus Nees, etc.). 

 Page 71 — for subfamify Pambolinae read subfamily Pambolinae, for Evenia 



read Evania, for Asphidius read Aphidius. 

 Page 72 — for subfamjly Nesomesochorinae read subfamily Nesomeso- 



chorinae, under subfamily Hymenopharsalinae, include (Hy- 



menopharsalia Morley). 

 Page 73 — should read (Ctenopelminae, new subfamily) = Eucerinae new 



subfamily (Euceros Gravenhorst, etc.), change Accoenites to 



Acoenites. 



Page 74 — change Ambytelinae to Amblytelinae. 



— Henry L. Viereck. 



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