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  Pam.-:ciatheras 
  Masi. 
  Nov. 
  ZooL, 
  vol. 
  24, 
  p. 
  189, 
  1917. 
  (New 
  synonymy.) 
  

   Proamotura 
  GiRAULT, 
  Insecutor 
  Inscitiae 
  Menstiuus, 
  vol. 
  8, 
  p. 
  143, 
  1920 
  (new 
  

   synonymy).— 
  DoDD 
  (in 
  part), 
  Mem. 
  Queensland 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  9, 
  p. 
  66, 
  1927. 
  

  

  On 
  a 
  succeeding- 
  page 
  I 
  have 
  indicated 
  that 
  the 
  genotypes 
  of 
  

   Epimacrus 
  and 
  Sciatlieras 
  are 
  both 
  synonyms 
  of 
  Cerocephala 
  

   comigera 
  Westwood, 
  the 
  genotype 
  of 
  Cerocephala. 
  This 
  generic 
  

   synonymy 
  has 
  been 
  recognized 
  by 
  most 
  authors 
  for 
  many 
  years. 
  

  

  Paras 
  ciather 
  as 
  was 
  proposed 
  as 
  a 
  subgenus 
  of 
  Cerocephala. 
  The 
  

   characters 
  given 
  in 
  Masi's 
  key 
  for 
  distinguishing 
  the 
  subgenus 
  

   from 
  Cerocephala 
  do 
  not 
  function 
  satisfactorily, 
  and 
  while 
  there 
  

   are 
  certain 
  differences 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  genotypes 
  in 
  head 
  char- 
  

   acters, 
  these 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  no 
  more 
  thaii 
  specific 
  value. 
  Accord- 
  

   ingly 
  the 
  subgenus 
  is 
  suppressed. 
  

  

  Proamotura, 
  described 
  by 
  Girault 
  as 
  a 
  genus 
  of 
  Cleonymidae 
  

   but 
  compared 
  by 
  its 
  author 
  with 
  Spalmigia 
  Latreille 
  and 
  Spalan- 
  

   giomorpha 
  Girault, 
  differs 
  from 
  Cerocephala 
  only 
  in 
  minor 
  head 
  

   characters 
  and 
  some 
  details 
  of 
  sculpture. 
  Such 
  differences 
  as 
  

   exist 
  are 
  at 
  most 
  of 
  specific 
  value 
  only. 
  Dodd 
  redescribed 
  

   Proa7notura 
  aquila 
  Girault, 
  the 
  genotype, 
  and 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  genus 
  

   three 
  additional 
  Australian 
  species. 
  All 
  the 
  species 
  treated 
  by 
  

   Dodd, 
  except 
  the 
  genotype, 
  lack 
  the 
  tuft 
  of 
  erect 
  bristles 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex 
  of 
  the 
  submarginal 
  vein 
  and 
  are 
  here 
  transferred 
  to 
  

   Theocolaxia 
  Girault. 
  

  

  CEROCEPHALA 
  CORNIGERA 
  Westwood 
  

  

  Plate 
  47, 
  Figs. 
  4, 
  4a; 
  Plate 
  48, 
  Fig. 
  3 
  

   Cerocephala 
  comigera 
  WESTWOOD, 
  Mag. 
  ZooL, 
  vol. 
  2, 
  CI. 
  IX, 
  pi. 
  4, 
  1832. 
  — 
  

  

  Walker, 
  Ent. 
  Mag., 
  vol. 
  2, 
  p. 
  149, 
  1834. 
  

   Epimacrus 
  rufus 
  Walker, 
  Ent. 
  Mag., 
  vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  369, 
  1833. 
  

   Sciatheras 
  trichotus 
  Ratzeburg, 
  Die 
  Ichneumonen 
  der 
  Forstinsecten 
  . 
  . 
  ., 
  vol. 
  

  

  2, 
  p. 
  209, 
  pi. 
  3, 
  fig. 
  1, 
  1848. 
  

  

  Epimacrus 
  rufus 
  Walker 
  was 
  synonymized 
  with 
  C. 
  comigera 
  

   by 
  Walker, 
  and 
  this 
  synonymy 
  has 
  been 
  generally 
  accepted. 
  

   Although 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  Walker's 
  type, 
  I 
  believe 
  the 
  synonymy 
  

   to 
  be 
  correct. 
  

  

  Sciatheras 
  trichotus 
  Ratzeburg: 
  has 
  been 
  considered 
  a 
  synonym 
  

   by 
  most 
  authors 
  but 
  Masi 
  (Nov. 
  ZooL, 
  vol. 
  24. 
  p. 
  188, 
  1917) 
  

   expresses 
  the 
  opinion 
  that 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  different 
  from 
  comigera. 
  In 
  

   1927 
  I 
  examined 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  Sciatheras 
  trichotus 
  in 
  the 
  Ratzeburg 
  

   collection 
  at 
  the 
  Forstliche 
  Hochschule 
  in 
  Eberswalde, 
  Germany, 
  

   and 
  made 
  the 
  following 
  notes 
  upon 
  it: 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Head 
  thick, 
  occiput 
  margined 
  ; 
  a 
  prominent 
  toothlike 
  

   carina 
  between 
  bases 
  of 
  antennae; 
  face 
  concave 
  below 
  antennae, 
  

   with 
  two 
  small 
  prominences 
  on 
  each 
  lateral 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  exca- 
  

   vation 
  ; 
  antenna 
  strongly 
  clavate, 
  flagellum 
  gradually 
  increasing 
  in 
  

  

  