376 Rev. F. D. Morice and J. H. Durrant on the 



M6th. Hym. 52-6 no. 3 Pf. 2-3, 6-3 (1807); F-G. K. & K. MT. 

 Schweiz. Ent. Ges. 6. 390 (1882). *Tenthrei>o Ltr. Cons. G6n. 

 Crust-Ins. 294. {jTliliENrHREDO) 435 no. 382 (1810)— [Type : 

 scrophulariae L.]. Allantus Crt. Br. Ent. 16. expl. PI. 764 

 (1839)— [Tyi^e: scrophulariae L.]; Wstwd. Syn. Gn. Br. Ins. 52 

 (1840); Rwr. US. Dp. Agr. (Ent.) Tech. Ser. 20. 73, 97 (1911). 



[iiPX * Allantus Pzr. Fn. Ins. Germ. 82-12 (VII. 1801); Rwr. 

 Ent. News 22. 73 (1911)— tograto Pzr. (Emphytus King)]. 



The Erlangen List (1801) enumerates under Allantus 

 only two species, and one of these, scrophulariae L. was 

 designated by Curtis (1839) as the Type of Allantus. 

 Latreille (1802) whom Rohwer (1911) follows, cited this 

 species as Type of Tenthredo L. (see preceding note, p. 373), 

 but as Tenthredo L. had been previously furnished by 

 Lamarck with rosae L. as its Type (I. 1801), Latreille's 

 action was invahd and Curtis' selection should be accepted. 



Panzer in September 1801 (Fn. Ins. Germ. 82*12) figures 

 a " Tenthredo togata Fabricius," adding in the synonymy, 

 but not on the plate, 



" Tenthredo togata. Fabric, inedit. 

 Allantus lurine. 

 Legi saepius in dumetis." 



Fabricius in 1804 (Syst. Piez. 32) describes a Tenthredo 

 togata, adding " Habitat in Germania Dr. Panzer." Li his 

 diagnosis he describes a spot on the first segment, and the 

 whole fifth segment of the abdomen as red.* In the de- 

 scription he says that a spot on the first segment, and the 

 whole fifth segment are white — Panzer's figure shows no 

 red on the body at all. The diagnosis clearly does not 

 refer to the species taken " in dumetis " and figured by 

 Panzer — the description however seems to do so. 



Rohwer [Ent. News 22 p. 218 (1911)] makes " Tenthredo 

 {Allantus) togata Panzer " (sic) Type of Allantus, accrediting 

 this genus to Panzer, not Jurine, and calling it " mono- 

 basic "■ — ^but Allantus Jurine, May 1801, has precedence over 

 ''Allantus Jurine " Panzer, July-Septr. 1801 — and togata 

 was not included among Jurine's types ; nor do its char- 

 acters agree with those of the other insects figured and 

 described as Allantus by Panzer in Fn. Ins. Germ., and in 

 the Krit. Rev., so that evidently Panzer's reference oi togata 

 to Allantus Jrn. was a mere mistake. 



* In Fallf^n's copy of the Syst. Piez., which is in the Ent. Soc. 

 Library, "ntfis" is corrected to "«/6is." 



