268 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [November, 



P. viaticns (L. ) Fabricius, P. Gibbus Fabr, , and P. pulcher 

 Fabr. \P. plumbeus Fabr.], the selected type being P. viaticus. 



In view of the necessity of adopting the first of the sub- 

 generic terms subsequently applied to species of Pompilus 

 Fabr. , it is at once evident that the type of that subgenus be- 

 comes the type of the collective genus, and Pompilus viaticus 

 is thereby removed from further consideration as a generic or 

 subgeneric type. 



From the facts at hand, Aportis Spinola (1808) supersedes 

 Pompilus Fabricius, and the type of the genus becomes Aporus 

 unicolor Spinola. 



Anoplius Dufour (1833), being synonymous with Pompilus 

 Fabricius, may be resurrected and used in a subgeneric sense 

 for typical Pompilus Fabricius, with Anoplius nigerrimus (Sco- 

 pali) [Pompihis niger Fabricius] as the type. Dufour became 

 authority for Anoplius inadvertently ; for having received 

 from Lepeletier de St. Fargeau specimens labelled Anoplius 

 niger, " et d'autres species," with that generic application, 

 thereby presuming it had already been described,* he indicates, 

 as the type of Anoplius, the Pompilus niger Fabricius. Lepele- 

 tier de St. Fargeau did not describe the genus until 1845. 

 This incident shows one of the disadvantages of disseminating 

 manuscript names — a practice even now too much in vogue. 



The relegation of the term Pompilus requires that another 

 family name replace the term Pompilidae, and, basing the new 

 name on the first-described genus, Ceropales lyatreille (1796), 

 the family name should henceforth stand as Ceropalidae. Ash- 

 mead has already called attention to the fact that Ceropales 

 Latreille antedates Pompilus Fabr., but, from sentiment, does 

 nor adopt Ceropalidse. Strict adherence to priority is the only 

 means by which zoological nomenclature will become stable. 



Salius Schranck {Fauna Boica, I, 1798) has priority over 

 Salius Fabricius {Syst. Piez, 1804), the former being a genus 

 of beetles. The type of Salius Fabricius is 6". bicolor Fabricius. 



The name adaptable for Sali7is Fabricius is Cryptocheilus 

 Panzer {Krit. Rev. Insekt. Deutschl., II, 120, 1806), the type 

 being Cryptocheilus annulatus (Fabr.) Panzer. 



* See Annates Sac. Ent. France, II, 483, 1833. 



