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  Dr. 
  J. 
  Chester 
  Bradley 
  ori^the 
  Synonymy 
  

  

  Fargeau 
  and 
  BruUe 
  (1834) 
  were 
  the 
  first 
  to 
  divide 
  the 
  

   genus 
  Crabro 
  (sense 
  of 
  Fabricius) 
  into 
  several 
  subgenera. 
  

   The 
  first 
  of 
  these 
  was 
  the 
  restricted 
  genus 
  Crabro* 
  contain- 
  

   ing 
  fossorius 
  (L.) 
  with 
  others. 
  The 
  second 
  was 
  Solenius 
  

   containing 
  vagus 
  (L.) 
  and 
  others. 
  Kohl, 
  whose 
  works 
  

   stand 
  out 
  as 
  the 
  most 
  scholarly 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  produced 
  

   upon 
  the 
  Sphecoidea, 
  recognises 
  four 
  subgenera 
  and 
  ten 
  

   species 
  groups 
  of 
  Crabro. 
  Of 
  the 
  latter, 
  the 
  last 
  (which 
  

   he 
  terms 
  Crabro 
  Kohl 
  s. 
  str.) 
  contains 
  both 
  of 
  the 
  genera 
  

   Crabro 
  and 
  Solenius 
  of 
  St. 
  Fargeau 
  and 
  Brulle. 
  In 
  other 
  

   words, 
  Kohl 
  does 
  not 
  even 
  consider 
  them 
  sufficiently 
  distinct 
  

   to 
  merit 
  the 
  rank 
  of 
  species 
  group. 
  

  

  While 
  accepting 
  some 
  subgenera 
  of 
  [Crabro], 
  my 
  personal 
  

   judgment 
  is 
  against 
  distinguishing 
  between 
  the 
  group 
  of 
  

   which 
  fossorius 
  may 
  be 
  taken 
  as 
  typical 
  and 
  that 
  having 
  

   vagus 
  as 
  type. 
  I 
  therefore 
  propose 
  to 
  unite 
  them 
  under 
  

   the 
  subgeneric 
  name 
  Solenius. 
  I 
  will 
  leave 
  it 
  to 
  some 
  one 
  

   whose 
  judgment 
  may 
  differ 
  from 
  mine 
  to 
  do 
  what 
  I 
  am 
  

   wholly 
  unwilhng 
  to 
  do, 
  that 
  is 
  to 
  propose 
  another 
  name 
  

   for 
  Crabro 
  auctorum 
  as 
  distinguished 
  from 
  Solenius, 
  if 
  that 
  

   step 
  must 
  ever 
  be 
  taken. 
  

  

  Rohwer 
  (1916 
  : 
  664) 
  has 
  used 
  Solenius 
  to 
  replace 
  Crabro 
  

   of 
  recent 
  authors, 
  not 
  Crabro 
  in 
  the 
  sense 
  of 
  Fabricius. 
  

  

  s. 
  [CRABRO 
  Fabricius, 
  1775, 
  nee 
  Geoffroy, 
  1762] 
  = 
  

   {Thyreopus 
  St. 
  Farg. 
  and 
  Brulle, 
  1834) 
  with 
  status 
  of 
  a 
  

   subgenus 
  of 
  Solenius. 
  

  

  Type 
  : 
  [Vespa] 
  cribraria 
  L. 
  = 
  [Crabro] 
  cribrarius 
  (L.) 
  

   Fabr. 
  = 
  Thyreopus 
  cribrarius 
  (L.) 
  St. 
  Farg. 
  and 
  Br. 
  

   = 
  Solenius 
  {Thyreopus) 
  cribrarius 
  (L.). 
  

  

  The 
  Family 
  and 
  Subfamily 
  Names. 
  

  

  The 
  International 
  Code 
  pro\'ides 
  (Art. 
  5) 
  that 
  the 
  name 
  

   of 
  a 
  family 
  or 
  subfamily 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  changed 
  when 
  the 
  name 
  

   of 
  its 
  type 
  genus 
  is 
  changed. 
  It, 
  however, 
  is 
  silent 
  upon 
  

   the 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  change 
  which 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  effected. 
  Three 
  

   courses 
  are 
  open 
  : 
  (1) 
  To 
  base 
  the 
  new 
  name 
  upon 
  the 
  

   changed 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  type 
  genus. 
  (2) 
  To 
  use 
  as 
  the 
  

   type 
  genus 
  for 
  the 
  new 
  family 
  name 
  the 
  contained 
  genus 
  

  

  * 
  St. 
  Fargeau 
  and 
  Brull6 
  were 
  incorrect 
  in 
  restricting 
  Crabro 
  to 
  

   the 
  group 
  contahnng 
  fossorius, 
  as 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  Crabro 
  Fabricius 
  had 
  

   ah'eady 
  been 
  fixed 
  as 
  cribraria, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  in 
  their 
  sense 
  that 
  the 
  genus 
  

   Crabro 
  has 
  been 
  known 
  to 
  all 
  modern 
  authors. 
  

  

  