BY THOMAS G. SLOANE. 453 



From Chaudoir's description of C. ovi/ormis, I conclude that 

 C. impar must differ from that species by eyes less convex; pro- 

 thorax with sides less rounded, basal angles more sharply 

 marked; elytra with apex much more acutely rounded. 



Tribe Sphodrini. 



Sphodrldce Castelnau, Etud. EntomoL, 1834, p. 78; Bedel, Faune 

 Col. Bas. Seine, 1881, p. 102 : Platynides Leconte, 185.3; Platy- 

 ja"ni Horn, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, ix., p. 141; Sloane, Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. N.S.Wales, 1903, xxviii., p.631. 



Priority indicates that, if this tribe is to be recognised, as I 

 believe it should be, the tribal name must be Sphodrini, not 

 Platynini.* It is not necessary to define the tribe again. 



Tahle of Axintralian Genera. 



A. Elytra without dorsal punctures. Tarsi hairy above (ungues with 



several teeth near base) , L.^mostenus. 



A A. Elytra with dorsal punctures on third interstice. Tarsi glabrous above. 

 B. Tarsi with fourth joint entire, of interior tarsi small, much 

 narrower than third joint. 



C. Ungues simple Platykus. 



CC. Ungues with a single long sharp tooth on inner side near base 



UlCKANONCUS. 



BB. Tarsi with fourth joint (of four anterior tarsi at least) bilobed, in 

 anterior tarsi almost as wide as third joint Colpodes. 



Genus L .e M o s x e N u s . 



Prislonychus Dejean, 1828, is now i-egarded as a synonym of 

 LcBmoslenus Bonelli, 1810. 



L^MOSTENUS C0MPLANATU3 Dejean. 



Prislonychus aiistralis Blackburn, must be regarded as one of 

 the numerous synonyms of this universally distributed species, 



* European coleopterists (including Bedel, but not Tschitsclierine) have 

 considered, in recent years, this tribal name unnecessary; and (following 

 Schaum) have included it in the tribe Pterostichini; but I am not yet con 

 -vinced of the correctness of this view. 



