400 Rev. F. D, Morice and J. H. Durrant on the 



49 sp. 1-78, Ind. 29-30 (1804); Pzr. Krit. Rev. Ins. Deutsch. 2. 

 148-60 (1806); Jrn. Nouv. Meth. Hym. 164-72 no. 15 Pf. 4-15, 

 9-15 (1807); F-G. K. & K. MT. Schweiz. Ent. Ges. 6. 391 (1882); 

 Ltr. Gn. Crust-Ins. 4. 142-3 no. 537 (1809): Cons-Gen. Crust-Ins. 

 330, 438 no. 504 (1810). 



Type 2: Vespa vulgaris L. (Ltr. 1802, 1804). 

 Vespa (L.) Ltr. HN. Crust-Ins. 3. 364 (1802)— Type: Vulgaris 

 L., F.] : 13. 350-2 no. 403 sp. 1-5 (1804-5). 



Lamarck's selection of Vespa crabro L. is the earliest, 

 and unexceptionable; it was accepted by Latreille in 1804 

 and 1810, although previously (1802-4) he had cited 

 Linne's second species, vulgaris L. 



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Iiri6. Bembex (F.) Jrn. Litt-Ztg. 1. 164. 



"Gen. 16 Bembex— Bembex." 

 [i.e. BEMBEX F. Ent. Syst. 2. pp. vi, 247-52 no. 150 sp. 1-16 

 (1793) — founded, in 1775, on 1. signata L. ; 2. punctata F. ; 3. ros- 

 trata L.] 



BEMBIX F. (1775) 



= tSEMBYX F. (1775); ^Bembex F. (1777)— [JBembix F.— 

 ^efxPi^ (a whipping-top)]. 



Type: Apis rostrata L. (Rossi 1790; Ltr. 1802-10). 



Bembix F. Syst. Ent., Char. Gen. [27], no. 115 (1775). -fBEMBrx 

 F. Syst. Ent. 361-2 no. 115 sp. 1-3 (1775)— [1. signata L., F. ; 

 2. punctata F.; 3. rostrata L., F.] Bembex F. Gn. Ins. 122 no. 

 115 (1777): Sp. Ins. 1. 457-8 no. 118 sp. 1-4 (1781): Mant. Ins. 1. 

 pp. xvi, 285-6 no. 123 sp. 1-9 (1787); Olvr. Enc. Meth. HN. 4 (Ins. 

 1). 286-92 sp. 1-12 (1789); Roemer Gn. Ins. L-F. 60 no. 123 Pf. 

 27-9-10 (1789); Rossi Fn. Etrusc. 2. 81-2 no. 123 sp. 857-9 (1790) 

 [rostrata L., F.]; F. Ent. Syst. 2. pp. vi, 247-52 no. 150 sp. 1-16 

 (1793): Sppl. 259-60 (1798); Pzr. Fn. Ins. Germ. 1-10 (1793)— 

 [rostrata L.]: 84-21-2 (1801): 86-13 (1804); Ltr. Prec. Car. Ins. 

 130-1 no. 33 (1796); Jrn. Erl. Litt-Ztg. 1. 164 no. 16 (1801); Ltr. 

 HN. Crust-Ins. 3. 345 (1802)— [Type: rostrata L., F.] : 13.299- 

 302 no. 395 sp. 1-2 (1804^5) : Ltr. Nouv. Diet. HN. 24. TbI. Meth. 

 180 no. 429 (1804); F. Syst. Piez. pp. xiii, 222-7, Ind. 4-5. no. 39 

 sp. 1-21 (1804); Pzr. Krit. Rev. Ins. Deutsch. 2. 130-2. 220 (1806); 

 Jrn. Nouv. Meth. Hym. 173-5 no. 16 Pf. 4-16, 10-16 (1807); F-G. 

 K. & K. MT. Schweiz. Ent. Ges. 6. 394 (1882); Ltr. (^n. Crust- 

 Ins. 4. 97-9 no. 510 (1909) : Cons-Gen. Crust-Ins. 320, 438 no. 474 

 (1810)— [Type: rostrata L., F.]. 



[nee *Bembex (L.) Lmk. Syst. An. sans Vert. 272 no. 132 

 {\%Q\)~signata F. (Monedula Ltr.)]. 



Rossi, in 1790 (Fn. Etrusc. 81-2), enumerated three 

 species of Bernhex F., only one of which, rostrata F., was an 



