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fully as distinct as is Delomerista. Certainly the Ephialtini 

 and Epiurini are not of coordinate value with Phytodiaetini, 

 which we believe is worthy of at least tribal rank if it should 

 not actually be excluded from the subfamily. The subtribe 

 Lampronotini is entirely misplaced by Hellen. In the majority 

 of its characters it is obviously more closely related to the 

 Lissonotides than to the Pimplides. Since so much stress is 

 laid on the strongly developed hypopygidium in this case, one 

 wonders why it was not carried to the logical conclusion and 

 a tribe made for Clistopyga. 



In our paper we have expressed the opinion that Schizopyga 

 is Exochine, but it does have much in common with the Pim- 

 plinae as well as with the Tryphoninse and is perhaps better re- 

 ferred to the Pimplinae. 



There is no doubt that Hellen is correct in considering 

 Glypta and Lissonota closely related, but the difference in ab- 

 dominal structure we believe worthy of recognition by a group 

 name. 



It is interesting to note that Hellen credits the genus 

 Bphialtes to Schrank while still adhering to the Gravenhorstian 

 interpretation of the genus. 



The glossary of terms employed is very useful for the be- 

 ginner. 



The above remarks, while they may appear unduly critical, 

 are not intended to be faultfinding and were it not for the fact 

 that we believe we have, in our synopsis, offered more reliable 

 characters we should certainly hesitate to comment on this very 

 useful and original contribution. Indeed when we consider 

 that the author is dealing with a limited fauna we feel that 

 he should be congratulated, and we trust that he will continue 

 his investigations in the same open-minded way, and not be 

 blinded and bound by previous classifications. 



To show more clearly the similarity and dissimilarity be- 

 tween the arrangement proposed by Hellen and that suggested 

 by ourselves the following "skeleton" of his classification is 

 given and on the right hand side of the page, in black face 

 type, the equivalent groups in our synopsis: 



