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  types 
  of 
  certain 
  genera 
  of 
  Hymenoptera. 
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  place 
  of 
  Cryptus 
  auctorum. 
  Of 
  the 
  two, 
  Hedycryptus 
  appears 
  

   to 
  have 
  priority. 
  It 
  was 
  pubhshed 
  in 
  the 
  Sept. 
  1903 
  

   issue 
  of 
  the 
  Zeitschrift 
  fiir 
  systematische 
  Hymenopte- 
  

   rologie 
  und 
  Dipterologie, 
  a 
  copy 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  dated 
  as 
  having 
  

   been 
  received 
  at 
  the 
  hbrary 
  of 
  Cornell 
  University, 
  Septem- 
  

   ber 
  8, 
  1903. 
  The 
  September 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  Entomologist, 
  

   containing 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  Steriphocryptus 
  was 
  received 
  

   September 
  14, 
  so 
  presumably 
  was 
  issued 
  later. 
  

  

  Undoubtedly 
  it 
  will 
  eventually 
  prove 
  wise 
  to 
  unite 
  with 
  

   Cryptus 
  auctorum 
  as 
  subgenera 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  closely 
  related 
  

   groups 
  now 
  treated 
  as 
  distinct 
  genera. 
  In 
  such 
  event 
  the 
  

   generic 
  name 
  will 
  be 
  that 
  of 
  some 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  other 
  groups, 
  

   and 
  Hedycryptus 
  will 
  stand 
  for 
  the 
  subgenus 
  Cryptus 
  

   auctorum. 
  This 
  was 
  undoubtedly 
  the 
  intention 
  of 
  Viereck 
  

   (1916 
  : 
  330) 
  in 
  using 
  Agrothereutes 
  Forster 
  for 
  Cryptus 
  Fabr. 
  

   But 
  Agrothereutes 
  is 
  usually 
  considered 
  quite 
  distant, 
  

   although 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  tribe. 
  Such 
  a 
  course 
  would 
  imply 
  

   reducing 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  genera 
  of 
  the 
  tribe 
  to 
  the 
  rank 
  of 
  

   subgenera. 
  As 
  Mr. 
  Viereck 
  has 
  not 
  made 
  his 
  plan 
  clear, 
  

   farther 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  extent 
  to 
  which 
  it 
  applies 
  to 
  the 
  fauna 
  

   of 
  Connecticut, 
  it 
  seems 
  better 
  to 
  await 
  its 
  elaboration 
  

   before 
  giving 
  it 
  further 
  consideration. 
  

  

  Hedycryptinae 
  new 
  subfamily 
  na.m.e—[Cryptinae 
  auctt.]. 
  

  

  The 
  International 
  Code 
  provides 
  that 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  

   family 
  or 
  subfamily 
  must 
  be 
  changed 
  when 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  

   its 
  type 
  genus 
  is 
  changed. 
  Since 
  C/yptus 
  Fabr. 
  is 
  a 
  

   homonym 
  * 
  of 
  Cryptus 
  Jurine, 
  Cryptinae 
  based 
  on 
  Cryptus 
  

   Fabr. 
  must 
  be 
  renamed 
  Hedycryptinae, 
  temporarily 
  at 
  

   least, 
  following 
  the 
  corresponding 
  similar 
  change 
  in 
  the 
  

   name 
  of 
  its 
  type 
  genus. 
  

  

  If 
  other 
  genera 
  are 
  united 
  with 
  Hedycryptus 
  as 
  sub- 
  

   genera, 
  the 
  generic 
  and 
  also 
  family 
  name 
  will 
  be 
  eventually 
  

   erected 
  from 
  the 
  oldest 
  one 
  of 
  these. 
  

  

  Cryptinae 
  = 
  [Arginae 
  auctt.] 
  = 
  [Hylotominae 
  auctt.]. 
  

  

  Since 
  Cryptus 
  Jurine 
  is 
  an 
  older 
  name 
  for 
  Arge 
  or 
  

   Hylotoma, 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  actual 
  change 
  in 
  the 
  type 
  genus 
  

   of 
  [Arginae] 
  = 
  [Hylotominae], 
  but 
  the 
  generic 
  name 
  is 
  

   changed 
  to 
  Cryptus 
  and 
  the 
  subfamily 
  name 
  must 
  be 
  

   changed 
  correspondingly.-f 
  

  

  * 
  See 
  discussion 
  under 
  Thyreopidae, 
  seq. 
  

   t 
  See 
  discussion 
  under 
  Thyreopidae, 
  seq. 
  

  

  