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Subfam. STRONGYLINA. 
Although Murray has demonstrated (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 3rd ser. xix. p. 169) the 
impossibility of separating the Strongyline and Nitiduline as defined by Erichson, | 
nevertheless retain the two subfamilies, because by changing the definitions and trans- 
ferring a few genera from the Nitiduline to the Strongyline a natural and useful 
arrangement may be made. The Strongyline will include all those forms in which 
the prosternum and mesosternum are co-adapted to admit a greater or less degree of 
contraction of the body, and will include two or three distinct groups. These I cannot 
deal with at present, as there are numerous genera not represented in our region. 
MELIGETHES. 
Meligethes, Stephens, Ill. Brit. Ent. i. p. 45 (1830) ; Erichson, in Germar’s Zeitschr. iv. p. 309. 
Meligethes is eminently a palearctic genus and very rich in species. It has also a 
few representatives in North America; but the one found just within the limits of our 
region is one of the most abundant European insects that has spread over a portion 
of the North-American continent. 
In accordance with the views expressed in the note under the heading Strongyline I 
transfer Meligethes to this subfamily, where indeed it was originally placed by Erichson 
himself. 
1. Meligethes zeneus. 
Nitidula enea, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 78°. 
Meligethes eneus, Er. Ins. Deutsch. iii. p. 178 *, 
Meligethes rufimanus, Lec. Pacific Railr: Rep. 1857, App. 1, p. 37 °. Horn, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. vii. 
p-. 313°. 
Hab. Evrore passim.—NortH AMERICA, California, Oregon 4-—Mexico, Northern 
Sonora (Morrison). : 
I see no means of distinguishing North-American from European examples, and as 
Horn has already suggested that they belong to the abundant I. eneus, I unite the 
specimens from both countries under the older name. In some recent catalogues the 
species is cited as M. brassicae, Scop.; but it is not advisable to adopt this change of 
name until the grounds on which it is proposed have been thoroughly investigated, and 
it is recommended by use in a standard work. 
CAMPTODES. 
Camptodes, Erichson, in Germar’s Zeitschr. iv. p. 321 (1848)'; Reitter, Verh. Ver. Briinn, xii. 1, 
p. 101”. 
Camptodes is peculiar to the New World, where it extends from Northern Mexico 
southwards throughout the warmer regions, but has not yet been found in Chili nor, | 
