publication of " Juriman " Genera of Hymenoptera. 403 



(1806); Jrn. Nouv. Meth. Hym. 189-91 no. 19 Pf. 4-19, 10-19 

 (1807); Ltr. Gn. Crust-Ins. 4. 85-6 no. 503 (1809): Cons-Gen. 

 Crust-Ins. 325, 438 no. 493 (1810). 



The two species cited by Jurine as exponents of Mellinus, 

 viz. ruficornis and U-flavum, are synonyms respectively of 

 two species assigned practically by all authors to this genus, 

 viz. sabulosa L., and arvensis L. 



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III-20. Arpactus Jrn. Erl. Litt-Ztg. 1. 164. 



" Gen. 20 Arpactus— Mellinus mystaceus, quinquecinctus." 



ARPACTUS Jrn. (1801) 

 +HARPACTUS Shuck. (1837) ; JHarpactes Dhlb. (1843) 



= Ceropales Ltr. [1796 MN.] (1802); =Gorytes Ltr. (1804); 

 = H0PLlSUSl.Q^. (1832). 

 Type 1 : Sphex mystacea L. ( = Mellinus mystaceus F. ; Jrn.). 



Arpactus Jrn. Erl. Litt-Ztg. 1. 164 no. 2J (1801)— [Types : 

 1. mystaceus L., F. ; 2. quinquecinctus F.]; Pzr. Krit. Rev. Ins. 

 Deutschi. 2. 10, 164-6 (18(J6); Jrn. Nouv. Meth. Hym. 192-4 no. 20 

 Pf. 4-20, 10-20 (1807) [1. mystaceus L. ; 4. quinquecinctus F.] ; 

 F-G. K. & K. MT. Sciiweiz. Ent. Ges. 6. 394 (1882). *Gorytes 

 Ltr. Cons-Gen. Crust-Ins. 321; 438 no. 477 (1810)— [Type: mys- 

 taceus F.] ; Crt. Br. Ent. 11. expl. PI. 524 (1834). 



Type 2 : Mellinus quinquecinctus F. (Ltr. 1802, 1804). 



Ceropales Ltr. [Prec. Car. Ins. 123-4 no. 25 (1796) MN.]: 

 HN. Crust-Ins. 3.335, 339-40 (1802)— [Type: quinquecinctus F.]; 

 Jrn. Nouv. Meth. Hym. 193 (1807). OORYTES Ltr. Nouv. Diet. HN. 

 4. 541 (1803-4): 24. Tbl. Meth. 180 no. 434 (1804)— [Type: quin- 

 quecinctus F.] : HN. Crust-Ins. 13. 308-9 no. " occxcx." sp. 1-2 

 (1804-5). HOPLISUS Lep. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1. 61-6 sp. 1-3 (1832) 

 — [Type: quinquecinctus F.] 



[nee *Ceropales Ltr. Nouv. Diet. HN. 24. Tbl. Meth. 180 no. 

 423 (1804)— [Type: maculata F.] : HN. Crust-Ins. 13. 283-4 no. 

 379 sp. 1-3 (1804-5): F. Syst. Piez. pp. viii, 185-7, Ind. 7. no. 31 

 sp. 1-9 (1804); Pzr. Krit. Rev. Ins. Deutsch. 2. 110-12 (1806); 

 Jrn. Nouv. Meth. Hym. 123-4 (1807) ; Pzr. Fn. Ins. Germ. 106-12 

 (1809); Ltr. Gn. Crust-Ins. 4. 62-3 no. 488 (1809): Cons-Gen. 

 Crust.-Ins. 317, 437 no. 465 (1810)— [Type: maculata F.] ; Crt. 

 Br. Ent. 16. expl. PI. 736 (1839); Dalla Torre Cat. Hym. 8. 340-6 

 (1897)— [Type: maculata F. (Hypsiceraeus nn.]. 



The genus Arpactus Jrn. was first pubhshed in the 

 Erlangen List (1801) with two exponents mystaceus L., 

 F., and quinquecinctus F. Ceropales Ltr. appeared in 1796 

 (Prec. Car. Ins.), but without included species, and was 

 not vahdated until 1802, when Latreille (HN. Crust-Ins. 3) 



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