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Podonema Soliee. 



1851, Gay. Hist. fis. Chile, Zool., vol. 5, p. 19. 



Type.— Podonema impressum Solieb. (Monobasic.) 

 Poemnites Buysson. 



1906, Hayden Cat., p. 388. 



Type. — Diacanthus aeratus Mulsant, Opusc. Ent, fase. 7, p. 97, 1856. 

 (Monobasic.) 

 Note. — Buysson reviewed the Elateridae in this catalogue and here erected 



tliis genus. 

 Pomachilioides CANofezE. 



1896, Elat. Nouv., fasc. 6, p. 51. 



Type. — Pomachilioides ludiifO)-mis Cand^ze. (Monobasic.) 

 Pomachilioides Schwarz, not CAND£;zE=Paracosmesus Schwaez. 



1900, Deutsche Ent. Zeit., p. 344. Four species. 



Type. — Pomachilioides cruciatus Schwarz. (Present designation.) 

 Pomachilius EscH8CHOLTZ=(Pomatochilus Gemmingeb and Harold, emend.). 



1829, Thon. Archiv., vol. 2, pt. 1, p. 31. 



Type. — Elater subfasciatus Germae, Ins. Sp. Nov., p. 50, 1824. (Monobasic.) 

 [Pomatochilus (Eschscholtz) Gemminger and Harold, emend.] =Pomachiliu8 



ESCHSCHOLTZ. 



1869, Cat. Col., vol. 5, p. 1541. Forty-one species. 



Type. — Elater subfasciatus Germar. (Type of Pomachilius.) 

 Porthmidius Gebmar. 



1847, Fauna Ins. Eur., fasc. 24, p. 7. 



Type. — Ampcdus fulvus Redtenbacher, Dis. Gener. et. sp. Col. Aust,, p. 

 11, 1842. (Monobasic.) 

 Priopus Laporte de Castelnau. 



1840, Hist. Nat. Anim. Art., vol. 1, p. 251. Five species. 



Type.— Pr/o/>i/« frontalis Laporte de Castelnau. (Present designation.) 

 Note. — This is the only new species included. 

 Pristilophus Latreille. 



1834, Ann. Soe. Ent. France, vol. 3, 151. • Two species. 



Type. — Elater melanchoHcus Fabricius, Ent. Syst. Suppl., p. 139, 1798. 

 (Designation of Erichson, Wieg. Archiv., vol. 2, p. 174, 1843.) 

 Probothrium CANDi>.zE=(Probotrium CANoiizE, emend.). 



1863, Monogr. Elat., vol. 4, p. 287. Nine species. 



Type. — Probothrimn pupillum Cand^ze. (Present designation.) 

 [Probotrium CANoiizE emend. ]=Probothrium Cand£;ze. 



1891, Cat. Method. Elat., p. 188. 



Type. — Probothrium pupillum CANDfezE. 

 Procraerus Reittee. 



1905, Bestim. Tab., Heft 56, p. 11. Four species. 



Type. — Megapenthes tibialis Lacordaiee, Fauna Ent. d. env. d. Paris, p. 658, 

 1835. (Present designation.) 

 Proloboderus Fleutiaux. 



1912, Bull. Soc. Ent. France, p. 264. 



Type. — Proloboderus crassipes Fleutiaux. (Monobasic.) 

 Propheletes Fiobi. 



1905, Riv. Col. Ital., vol. 3, p. 131. 



Type. — Limonius (Propheletes) grandii Fiori. (Monobasic.) 

 Propsephus HYSLOP=(Psephus Cand^ze, not Kirby). 



New name for Psephus Cand^ze, preoccupied. 



Type. — Psephus beniniensis CANofezE. 



