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species is not designated as the type, under the code it becomes 

 such (monotpyical genus, Stiles, 1905), and was formally desig- 

 nated as such by Ashmead (1904). 



Still later on, in the same work, under the heading Nachtrag, 

 Foerster (1856, p. 144) proposed to change the name of the 

 genus from Camptoptera to Pteroclisis on the ground that "da 

 bereits durch Presl der gleichbedeutende Name Camptopteris in 

 die fossile Flora eingefiihrt wurde." This proposed change right- 

 ly was not accepted by later authors and under both the present 

 code (Stiles, 1905, p. 10, independence from botany; p. 25, page 

 precedence) and the law of priority, the second name is aban- 

 doned. The incident is stated as a matter of history. 



The genus has received little or no attention since its estab- 

 lishment by Foerster, but later authors (Provancher, 1889; Cres- 

 son, 1887; Ashmead, 1904) have persisted in spelling it Camp- 

 tot era. 



The former author gives the following generic description 

 (Provancher, 1889): 



"Gen. II. Camptotere. Camptotcra, Forst. 



Antennes inserees sur le front, non pres de la bouche. Abdomen 

 plus ou moins arrondi sur les cotes. Ailes poste-terieures tres 

 petites, presque lineaires, sans nervure mediane. Abdomen 

 petiole; tarses de 5 articles. 



Une seule espece rencontree." 



DISTRIBUTION OF THE GENUS. 



This genus is now represented in Europe and North America; 

 papaveris, the European species was described from Germany; 

 Provancher described clavata from the vicinity of Quebec, Canada, 

 while metotarsa Girault was described from Virginia and pidla 

 Girault is now described from Illinois. 



HOST RELATIONS OF THE GENUS. 



Of the species clavata, metotarsa and piilla nothing is known 

 about their hosts, all of them having been described from captured 

 specimens; however, papavaris, sa^^s Foerster, "erzog ichvom 12. 

 bis 18. August 185 1 aus Mohnkapseln von Papaver Rhoeas und 

 dubium, worin die Gallen vou Aulax Rhoeadis sich befanden." 

 Foerster (1856, p. 120) further adds in the next paragraph: "Ob 

 nun die Larven der Gattung Camptoptera an den Larven oder in 

 den Eiern der Gallerzeuger, hier des Aulax Rhoeadis Hart, para- 

 sitisch leben oder die Cecidomyia angreifen, oder gar die ubrigen 



