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ments of 1797, 1804, and even on previous pages in the same book. He refers 

 Cimex to Pentatoma^ 



(* On p. 434 he cites " Lygaeus saltatorius" as type of " Acanthie" 

 (Acanthia).) 



(* Lamarck i8i6b, 501-503, clearly designates lectularius as type for Cimex, 

 for though he cites tv\ro species (lectularius and hirundinis) the second 

 (hirundinis) is not an original (1758) species, and he says "Par les nom- 

 breuses distinctions etablies, le genre: punaise (Cimex) se trouve presque 

 (cf. hirundinis) reduit a la seule espece (lectularius) qu'on eut souhaite ne 

 jamais connaitre." Under Acanthia he includes maculata, littoralis, and 

 sosterae, but v/ithont type designation.) 



Fallen in 1818 (Cimices Sveciae, p. 17, 27) has 18 species in Cimex and limits 

 Acanthia to Icctularia. (* Not a type designation — C. W.S.) 



In 1825 Saint Fageau and Serville (Encycl. Meth., vol. 10, p. 250-251) follow 

 Olivier in placing lectularius as the only (* positive) species in Cimex. 



Fallen in 1829 (Hem. Svec, p. 140, 142) limits Acanthia to lectularia but 

 suggests Clinocoris^ as a better generic name. This is the first time that 

 lectularia has had a bona-fide location since 1797. (* Fallen includes bideits 

 and 17 other species in Cimex. — C. W.S.) 



(*The publication by Fallen, 1829, brings up a very complicated combina- 

 tion of nomenclatorial possibilities.) 



(*(a). It is clear that Clinocoris (■>) KXivq^. couch; 6 Kopis, a bug) 1829 is 

 Acanthia (aKav6l.a<i, a prickly thing) renamed, hence (Art. 3of, rule) "the 

 type of either, when established, becomes ipso facto type of the other.") 



(*(b). The first definite type designation for Acanthia was Lygaeus salta- 

 torius (by Latreille, i8ioa, 434), but as this was not an original species for 

 Acajithia it is not available as type.) 



1904: A. lectularia is apparently accepted as type by Kirkaldy, 1904, 



Nature, 465 ; 1905 ; and by Reuter, 1908, Ent. mon. Mag. 27. 



1912 : Cimex lectularius is definitely designated as type by Castellani 



& Chalmers, 1913, 637 and 1920, 763. 

 1917: C. lectularius is definit^ely accepted as type by Van Duzee, 1917, 

 285. 



(* The only species (See dissenting view by Stejneger in Discussion) which 

 can possibly come into theoretical consideration as genotype both of Acanthia 

 and of Clinocoris are : A. lectularia and A. clavicornis ; all theoretical argu- 

 ments are in favor of accepting lectularia which is the only one of the two 

 species- which has ever been definitely cited by name in connection with 

 Clinocoris and which is the first and only species ever designated as type of 

 Clinocoris. Accordingly, unless it can be shown that clavicornis has been 

 designated type of Acanthia, lectularia remains type of Clinocoris and there- 

 fore type of Acanthia also.) 



^ (* Latreille, i8ioa, p. 257 says : " G. 324, Punaise, Cimex." and on p. 433 

 he says: "Punaise, Acanthia lectularia." Thus lectularius is designated type 

 of Cimex.) 



^Acanthia renamed. " Nomen generis ab aKavOd (spina) desumsit Cel. 

 Fabricius, verisimiliter propter punctionem insecti. Forsitan convenientius 

 judicabitur nomen Clinocoris (Germanice Bettwanze). i. A. lectularia. 



