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I have not seen the type of rusticus, but the specimens that Haupt 
had before him agree perfectly with the type of Priophanes insolens 
Banks, 1946 , and they are from the same locality. This is a well- 
marked and evidently common species, and these specimens agree 
well with Fabricius’ description. I therefore do not hesitate to con- 
sider insolens Banks a synonym of rustica Fabricius (new syn- 
onymy). Townes ( 1957 ) places insolens in Ageniella , subgenus 
Ameragenia , an assignment with which I concur; thus P seudageniella 
Haupt falls as a synonym of Ameragenia Banks, 1945 (new syn- 
onymy). In his key, Haupt states that this genus is from the Ne- 
arctic region, an obvious error, since he states on p. 46 that his 
material is from Brazil. 
Allageniella Haupt 
Allageniella Haupt, 1959, pp. 23, 46 (type-species: Allageniella obsoleta 
Haupt, 1959, monotypic and by designation). 
Haupt separated this genus from the preceding on exceedingly 
minor characters, and in fact his obsoleta and his specimens of 
rustica differ primarily in size and coloration. I have compared the 
type specimen of obsoleta Haupt with that of Priophanes plagosa 
Banks, 1946, and found them to be conspecific; again, both are from 
the same locality. Townes ( 1957 ) also places plagosa in Ageniella, 
subgenus Ameragenia. Thus Allageniella is to be regarded as a 
synonym of Ameragenia Banks, obsoleta a synonym of plagosa Banks 
(new synonymies). 
Brachyagenia Haupt 
Brachyagenia Haupt, 1959, pp. 25, 59 (type-species: Brachyagenia nigra 
Haupt, 1959, monotypic and by designation). 
By comparison of type specimens, B. nigra is to be regarded as a 
synonym of Ameragenia thione Banks, 1946 Brachyagenia thus rep- 
resents still another synonym of Ameragenia Banks (both new syn- 
onymies) . 
P ar ageniella Haupt 
Parageniella Haupt, 1959, pp. 26, 61 (type-species: Priocnemis rufofemoratus 
Taschenberg, 1869, monotypic and by designation). 
The type-species is a well-marked Argentinian form and I have 
little doubt that Haupt and Banks identified it correctly. Banks 
placed rufofemorata in Priophanes, but like most of Banks’ South 
