﻿GENEKIC 
  REVISION 
  OF 
  THE 
  OPHIONINI 
  — 
  CUSHMAN 
  467 
  

  

  tho 
  same 
  as 
  those 
  cited 
  under 
  Ophion, 
  but 
  as 
  with 
  that 
  p'uus, 
  the 
  

   major 
  ])ortion 
  of 
  the 
  Uterature 
  is 
  scattered 
  through 
  many 
  periodicals 
  

   and 
  the 
  majority 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  are 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  pubhshed 
  keys. 
  

  

  The 
  name 
  of 
  this 
  genus 
  was 
  originally 
  spelled 
  Enicospilu^, 
  but 
  

   Agassiz 
  (1S46) 
  emended 
  it 
  to 
  Henicospilus, 
  presumably 
  supposing 
  

   that 
  Stephens 
  had 
  derived 
  the 
  fii*st 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  from 
  the 
  Greek 
  

   word 
  (i>ik6$. 
  he 
  being 
  the 
  ])roper 
  transliteration 
  of 
  e. 
  Several 
  authors, 
  

   notably 
  Dalla 
  Torre, 
  have 
  adopted 
  the 
  emended 
  spelling, 
  widle 
  othei^s, 
  

   notably 
  Schniiedeknecht, 
  have 
  used 
  the 
  original 
  spelling. 
  To 
  obtain 
  

   an 
  unbiased 
  opinion 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  proper 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  I 
  recently 
  sub- 
  

   mitted 
  the 
  question 
  to 
  a 
  committee 
  on 
  nomenclature 
  set 
  up 
  in 
  the 
  

   division 
  of 
  insect 
  identification, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Entomology 
  and 
  Plant 
  

   Quarantine. 
  The 
  unanimous 
  opinion 
  of 
  the 
  committee 
  was 
  that, 
  since 
  

   Stephens 
  did 
  not 
  uidicate 
  the 
  derivation 
  of 
  the 
  name, 
  the 
  original 
  

   spelling 
  should 
  be 
  preserved. 
  This 
  decision 
  was 
  based 
  on 
  Opinion 
  34 
  

   of 
  the 
  International 
  Commission 
  on 
  Zoological 
  Nomenclature, 
  which 
  

   rules 
  that 
  mdess 
  e\'idence 
  of 
  the 
  derivation 
  of 
  a 
  name 
  is 
  clearly 
  indi- 
  

   cated 
  in 
  the 
  original 
  pubUcation 
  the 
  original 
  spelling 
  should 
  be 
  pre- 
  

   served. 
  

  

  It 
  will 
  be 
  noted 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  cited 
  as 
  the 
  genotype 
  of 
  Enicos'pilus, 
  

   Ophion 
  combvsiits 
  Gravenhorst 
  instead 
  of 
  Ophion 
  merdarius 
  Graven- 
  

   horst 
  as 
  given 
  by 
  Viereck, 
  1914. 
  This 
  change 
  is 
  based 
  on 
  Stephens's 
  

   identification 
  of 
  his 
  own 
  figure, 
  originally 
  identified 
  as 
  "Enicospilus 
  

   merdariv-'i" 
  Asithout 
  indication 
  of 
  the 
  author 
  of 
  the 
  species, 
  as 
  

   comhufttus 
  Gravenhorst; 
  in 
  other 
  words, 
  {Enicospilus 
  merdarius 
  

   Stephens, 
  1835, 
  not 
  [Ophion] 
  Enicospilus 
  merdarius 
  [Gravenhorst!) 
  = 
  

   Enicospilus 
  combustus 
  (Gravenhorst). 
  In 
  this 
  interpretation 
  the 
  com- 
  

   mittee 
  mentioned 
  abov(> 
  also 
  concurred 
  unanimously. 
  

  

  Head 
  (pi. 
  50, 
  figs. 
  9, 
  22): 
  Occipital 
  carina 
  present; 
  temple 
  usually 
  

   naiTOw 
  and 
  receding, 
  rarely 
  buccate 
  and 
  reaching 
  outside 
  tangent 
  of 
  

   eye; 
  eyes 
  and 
  ocelli 
  large, 
  eyes 
  deeply 
  emarginate; 
  mandible 
  usually 
  

   abruptly 
  narrowed 
  between 
  base 
  and 
  middle 
  and 
  strongly 
  twisted, 
  

   rarely 
  gradually 
  narrowed 
  and 
  only 
  slightly 
  twisted; 
  ma.xillae 
  and 
  

   labium 
  of 
  normal 
  length. 
  

  

  Thorax: 
  Tronotal 
  sinus 
  (pi. 
  55, 
  fig. 
  74) 
  narrow, 
  spiracular 
  sclerite 
  

   concealed; 
  scutellum 
  margined, 
  usually 
  to 
  apex; 
  speculum 
  not 
  defined; 
  

   prepectoral 
  and 
  pos([)<'cl,orHl 
  carinae 
  (pi. 
  52, 
  fig. 
  40) 
  strong, 
  tlu^ 
  latter 
  

   rarely 
  interrupted 
  medially; 
  basal 
  constriction 
  of 
  propodeum 
  (pi. 
  52, 
  

   fig. 
  44) 
  not 
  divided. 
  Wings 
  (pi. 
  53, 
  fig. 
  52; 
  pi. 
  54, 
  figs. 
  01, 
  62; 
  pi. 
  55, 
  

   fig. 
  70) 
  with 
  stigma, 
  narrow, 
  cMiilling 
  radius 
  near 
  base, 
  usually 
  sub- 
  

   parallel-sided 
  distad 
  of 
  radius 
  and 
  rather 
  abruptly 
  tapering 
  apically, 
  

   rarely 
  very 
  slender 
  and 
  merging 
  imperceptibly 
  with 
  metacarpus; 
  basal 
  

   abscissa 
  of 
  radius 
  thickened 
  and 
  sinuate^ 
  or 
  undulant, 
  very 
  rarely 
  

   straight 
  and 
  unthickencd; 
  apical 
  abscissa 
  strongly 
  curved; 
  fenestra 
  

  

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