392 Rev. F. D. Morice and J. H. Diirrant on the 



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Tn-5. Sphex (L.) Jra. Erl. Litt-Ztg. 1. 163. 

 " Gen. 5. Sphex— Sphex." 



[/:. e. SPHEX L. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1. 343, 669-72 no. 216, sp. 1-25 

 (17r)8); K. Ent. Syst. 2. pp. vi, 198-220 no. 143 sp. 1-92 (1793)— 

 sabulosa L., etc.] 



SPHEX L. (1758) 



=^ Ammophila Kby. (1798) =- -IAmmophylus (Khj.) Ltr. (1802). 



Type: Sphex sabulosa L. (Blmbch. 1779; Lmk. 1801 ; Ltr. (1804). 



Sphex L. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1. 343 no. 215, 569-72 no. 216 sp. 

 1-25 (1768) : Fn. Suec. (ed. 2) [42], 411-4 sp. 1648-64 (1761) : Syst. 

 Nat. (ed. 12) 1 (2). 539, 941-7 no. 245 sp. 1-38 (1767); Blmbch. 

 HN. Nat. Ges. 1. 379-80 no. 57 sp. 1-2 (1779)— [Type: sabulosa 

 L.]; Leske Anfangs. Naturges. 520-1 no. 57 (1779, 1784); E. Ent. 

 Syst. 2. pp. vi, 198-220 no. 143 sp. 1-92 (1793); Ltr. Pr6c. Car. 

 Ins. 115 no. 15 (1796). Ammophila Kby. Tr. Linn. Soc. Lond. 

 4. 195-210 Pf. 19-1 (1798)— [Type: sabulosa L.]. Sphex F. Sppl. 

 Ent. Syst. 211-12, 243-5 (1798); Pzr. Fn. Ins. Germ. 51-3-4, 

 52-22-4, 531-2 (1798) : 6512-14, 727 (1799) : 7615, 8016 (1800) : 

 100-18 (1809); Lmk. Syst. An. sans Vert. 269-70 no. 128 (1801) 

 —[Type: sabulosa L.]; Jrn. Erl. Litt-Ztg. 1. 163 no. 5 (1801); 

 Ltr. HN. Crust-Ins. 3. 332-3 (1802): 13. 292-4 no. 390 sp. 1-3 

 (1804r-5); Ltr. Nouv. Diet. HN. 24. Tbl. M6th. 180, 199 no. 424 

 (1804)— [Type: sabulosa L.]; F. Syst. Piez. pp. xii, 205-7 no. 35 

 sp. 1-4 (1804); Pzr. Krit. Rev. Ins."Deutsch. 2. 122-4, 220 (1806); 

 Jrn. Nouv. M6th. Hym. 125-9 no. 5 Pf. 3-5, 8-5 (1807); F-C!. K. 

 & K. MT. Schweiz. Ent. Ges. 6. 393 (1882). Ammophila Ltr. 

 (4n. Crust-Ins. 4. 53-5 no. 480 (1809): Cons-G6n. Crust-Ins. 318, 

 437 no. 467 (1810). Sphex H.T.Frnld. Ent. News 16. 103-6 (1905) ; 

 Kohl Ami. KK. Hofmus. Wien 21:1907 228-9 (1907). 



[nee *Sphex Ltr. Gn. Crust-Ins. 4. 66-6 no. 481 (1809): Cons- 

 G6n. Crust-Ins. 318, 438 no. 468 (1810)— ^awpeHms F. (ChloRION 

 Ltr.)]. 



The Type of Sphex L. was fixed as sabulosa L., F., by 

 Blumenbach (1779), Lamarck (1801), and Latreille (1802, 

 1804), but subsequently (in 1809 and 1810) Latreille pro- 

 posed to reverse what he and others had already decided, 

 specifying sabulosa (L.), F. as the Type of Ammophila 

 Kirby, and flavipennis F. as the Type of Sphex L. — but 

 flavipennis was a Fabrician species unknown to Linne and 

 therefore not a possible type of Sphex L. Dr. H. T. Fernald 

 [Ent. News 16. 165 (1905)] has pointed out that Ammophila 

 Kby, must sink as a synonym of Sphex L., tlie Type of both 

 being sabulosa L., and that consequently " the subfamily 

 Ammophilinae will become the Sphecinae " — Chlorion Ltr., 

 should replace *Sphex Auctt. This view is opposed by 

 Kohl (1906), but we think that Fernald proves his case. 



