214 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1899. 



The species, therefore, should staud as 

 Drymophila velata (Temminck). 

 Drymophila pyrrhoptera (Temminck). 

 Drymophila dubia (Hartert). 



SYMMORPHXrS Gould. 



The genus Symmorphus Gould^ is preoccupied in Hymenoptera 

 by Sxjmmorphus Wesmael," and may be replaced by Diap horopter m 

 ((3cd<popo<i, differens, and r.rtpov, ala), its type being Symmorphus 

 leucopygiis Gould. 



MiLseiatpa ncevia Gmelin,' which is Symvwrphus nccvius, is unten- 

 able because of Muscmxpa ncevia Boddaert,^ a Myiohius. The cor- 

 rect name is montrosieri (Lalage montrosieri Verreaux and 

 Des Murs).' 



The species of this genus are 



Diaphoroptenis leucopygtis (Gould). 



Diaphoroptents montrosieri (Verreaux and Des Murs). 



Diaphoropterus affinis (Tristram). 



XEROPHILA Gould. 



Xerophila Gould*^ must be displaced on account of Xerophila 

 Held,' a genus of Mollusca. In its place may be employed 

 Aphelocephala, from d<peXrj<;, simplex, and xefaXtj, caput, with 

 Xerophila leucopsis Gould as type. 



The species are as follows: 



Aphelocephala leucopsis (Gould). 



Apheloceplmla pectoralis (Gould). 



Aphelocephala nigricincta (North). 



ETJTHYRHYNCHUS Schlegel. 

 The name Euthyrhynchus SchlegeF is preoccupied in Hemiptera 

 by Eathyrhynchus Dallas." As Melipotes gymnops is distinct generi- 

 cally, the only name for the group embraced in Eidhyrhynchus 



ip. Z. S., 1837, p. 145. 



^Mon. Odyn. Belg., 1833. 



' Syst. Nat., i, 1788, p. 944. 



*Tab. PI. Enl, 1783 p. 34. 



^Rev. et Mag. de ZooL, 1860, p. 431. 



6 P. Z. 8., 1840, p. 175. 



' Ms, 1837, p. 913. 



^Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk., iv, 1873, p. 39 



^Brit. Mus. List Hemipt., pt. 1, 1851, p. 104. 



