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[Oxysthetus (Fairmaire) Cand^ze, typ. err.] = Oxystethus Faibmaiee. 



1891, Cat. Method., p. 102. 



Tj'pe. — Oxystcthus scapmlatus Faikmaire. 

 Oxystethus Faibmaiee. 



1SS2, Le Naturaliste, vol. 5, p. 238. 



Type. — Oxystethns SGapulaPus Faikmaibe. (Designation of Sharp, Zool. 

 Record, 1882, Ins., p. 77.) 

 Pachyderes Gueein-Meneville. 



1829-1844, Icon. Kegne Anim., vol. 3, fasc. 4, p. 41, pi. 12, fig. 5. 



Type. — Pachyderes ruflcolUs Guekin-Meneville. (Monobasic.) 



Note. — Most writers credit this genus to Latreille, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 



p. 149, 1834, Latreille, however, gives the above citation, while Guerin says, 



" Latrielle, a tres bein expose les characteres de notre genre (1834). L'espece 



est nouvelle . . . ." The plates were evidently distributed before the text 



was published and Latreille described the genus from the figure. 

 Pachyelater LESNE=(Parelater Lesne, not Cand^ize, 1881). 



1897, Bull. Soc. Ent. France, p. 117. New name for Parclater Lesne, 

 preoccupied. 



Type. — Parclater madagascariensis Lesne. (Type of Parelater Lesne.) 

 Panspaeus Sharp. 



1877, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, vol. 19, No. 113, p. 409. 



Type. — Panspaeus guttatus Sharp. (Monobasic.) 

 Pantolamprus CANDi:zE. 



1859, Monogr. Elat., vol. 2, p. 16. Two species. 



Type. — Pantolamprus nitens Cand^ze. (Present designation.) 

 Parablax Schwarz. 



1906, Deutsche Ent. Zeit, p. 368. Three species. 



Type. — MetaUax trisulcatus, Schwarz. (Present designation.) 

 Parabuprestium * Handliesch. 



1906-1908, Die Fossilen Insect., vol. 1, p. 554, pi. 45, fig. 38. Two species. 



Type. — Buprestium teleas Westwood, Quart. Journ. Geo. Soc, vol. 10, pp. 

 386, 395, 1854. (Present designation.) 

 Note.— Handlirsch says: " Kann zu den Elateriden oder Buprestiden 



gehoren." 

 Paracardiophorus Schwaez. 



1895, Deutsche Ent. Zeit., p. 59. Ten species. 



Type. — Cardiophorus musculus Ebichson, Germar's Zeit., vol. 1, p. 299, 

 1840. (Present designation.) 

 Paracosmesus ScHWAEz=(Poinachilioides Schwaez, not Cand^ze). 



1901, Deutsche Ent. Zeit., p. 38. New name for Pomachilioides Schwakz, 

 preoccupied. 



Type. — Pomachilioides cruciatns Schwarz. 

 Paracrepidomenus Schwaez. 



1906, Deutsche Ent. Zeit., p. 364. Three species. 



Type. — Paracrepidomenus fasciculatus Schwarz. (Present designation.) 

 Paradoxon Fleutiaux. 



1903, Bull. Soc. Ent. France, p. 107. 



Type. — Paradoxon antennale Fleutiaux. (Monobasic.) 

 Paragrilium ^ Handlirsch. 



1900-8, Die fossilen Insect., vol. 1, p. 553, pi. 45, fig. 34. 



Type. — Elaterium burypus Westwood, Quart. Jouni. Geol. Soc, vol. 10, pp. 



389, 394, 1854. (Monobasic) 



Note. — Handlirsch says : " Kann ebensogut zu den Buprestiden als zu den 



Elateriden gehoren." 



