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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol.96 
  

  

  nerviilus 
  antefiircal; 
  frenulum 
  short, 
  with 
  5 
  to 
  8 
  hooks; 
  abscissula 
  

   straight; 
  nervellus 
  broken 
  below 
  middle, 
  upper 
  abscissa 
  inclivous. 
  

   Legs 
  with 
  femora 
  rather 
  stout, 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  long 
  and 
  slender, 
  claws 
  

   closely 
  pectinate. 
  

  

  Abdomen 
  (pi. 
  56, 
  fig. 
  90): 
  Stout, 
  moderately 
  compressed; 
  first 
  

   segment 
  with 
  petiole 
  nearly 
  terete, 
  postpetiole 
  depressed; 
  ovipositor 
  

   exserted 
  at 
  least 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  first 
  segment, 
  usually 
  recurved, 
  sheath 
  

   slender. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  seen 
  all 
  three 
  of 
  the 
  described 
  Hawaiian 
  species, 
  the 
  single 
  

   specimen 
  of 
  fumipennis 
  Perkins 
  unfortunately 
  headless. 
  This 
  species 
  

   exliibits 
  some 
  gradation 
  toward 
  Enicospilus 
  in 
  its 
  long, 
  narrow 
  second 
  

   tergite 
  with 
  the 
  spiracles 
  well 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  its 
  straight 
  ovi- 
  

   positor. 
  In 
  the 
  other 
  two 
  species 
  the 
  second 
  tergite 
  is 
  notably 
  short 
  

   with 
  the 
  spiracles 
  at 
  about 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  the 
  ovipositor 
  is 
  recurved. 
  

  

  26. 
  Genus 
  SPILOPHION 
  Cameron 
  

  

  Plate 
  54, 
  Figure 
  56; 
  Plate 
  55, 
  Figure 
  77 
  

  

  Spilophion 
  Cameron, 
  Spolia 
  Zeylanica, 
  vol. 
  3, 
  pt. 
  10, 
  p. 
  124, 
  pi. 
  B, 
  fig. 
  13, 
  1905. 
  — 
  

   MoRLEY, 
  A 
  revision 
  of 
  the 
  Ichneumonidae 
  based 
  on 
  the 
  collection 
  in 
  the 
  

   British 
  Museum 
  (Natural 
  History), 
  pt. 
  1, 
  p. 
  16, 
  1912 
  (as 
  synonym 
  of 
  Stauro- 
  

   podoctonus 
  [sic!] 
  Brauns). 
  [Genotype: 
  Spilophion 
  maculipennis 
  Cameron.] 
  

   Monobasic. 
  

  

  Coiloneura 
  Sz^pligeti, 
  in 
  Wytsman, 
  Genera 
  insectorum, 
  fasc. 
  34, 
  p. 
  35, 
  1905. 
  

   [Genotype: 
  Coiloneura 
  melanosiigma 
  Sz^pligeti. 
  By 
  designation 
  of 
  Viereck, 
  

   U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus. 
  Bull. 
  83, 
  p. 
  35, 
  1914.] 
  

  

  Since 
  Spilophion 
  and 
  Coiloneura 
  were 
  pubhshed 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  year 
  

   and 
  apparently 
  at 
  almost 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  there 
  is 
  some 
  question 
  as 
  to 
  

   which 
  actually 
  has 
  precedence. 
  The 
  evidence 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  able 
  

   to 
  gather 
  is 
  as 
  follows: 
  Part 
  10 
  of 
  volume 
  3 
  of 
  "Spoha 
  Zeylanica" 
  

   bears 
  the 
  date 
  October 
  1905. 
  Fascicle 
  34 
  of 
  "Genera 
  Insectorum" 
  

   is 
  dated 
  simply 
  1905, 
  but 
  at 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  page 
  is 
  printed 
  the 
  

   notation 
  "Budapest, 
  14. 
  August, 
  1905," 
  which 
  presumably 
  is 
  the 
  

   date 
  on 
  which 
  the 
  manuscript 
  was 
  transmitted 
  by 
  Szepligeti. 
  This 
  

   fascicle 
  of 
  the 
  "Genera 
  Insectorum" 
  was 
  received 
  at 
  the 
  library 
  of 
  

   the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  on 
  November 
  15, 
  1905, 
  and 
  the 
  "SpoUa 
  

   Zeylanica" 
  on 
  November 
  23, 
  1905. 
  If 
  we 
  assume 
  that 
  both 
  were 
  

   mailed 
  immediately 
  on 
  publication, 
  a 
  much 
  longer 
  time 
  would 
  have 
  

   been 
  required 
  for 
  the 
  "Spolia 
  Zeylanica", 
  published 
  in 
  Ceylon, 
  to 
  

   reach 
  its 
  destination 
  than 
  for 
  the 
  "Genera 
  Insectorum," 
  published 
  in 
  

   Brussels, 
  and 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  former 
  was 
  received 
  only 
  8 
  days 
  after 
  

   the 
  latter 
  would 
  seem 
  to 
  give 
  it 
  precedence 
  in 
  publication. 
  Moreover, 
  

   among 
  the 
  recommendations 
  under 
  Article 
  28 
  of 
  the 
  International 
  

   Code 
  of 
  Zoological 
  Nomenclature 
  are 
  two 
  which 
  would 
  seem 
  to 
  give 
  

   preference 
  to 
  Spilophion 
  over 
  Coiloneura. 
  One 
  recommendation 
  is 
  

  

  