668 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. 55. 



Pyrapractus Fairmaiee. 



1884, Ana. Soc. Ent. France, ser. 6, vol. 4, p. 228. 

 Type. — Tyrapractxis sycophanta Fairmaikk. (Monobasic.) 

 Pyrischius Hyslop, new name=^(Ischius Candeze, not Wesmakl, 1837). 

 New name for Ischius Cand£ze, preoccupied. 

 Type. — Ischius gcrstaeckeri Cand^ze. (Takes type of Ischius.) 

 Pyrophorus Illigee. 



1809, Mag. Ges. Nat. Fr. Berlin, vol. 1, p. 141. Sixteen species. 

 Type. — Elater noctilucus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat,, vol. 1, p. 657, 1758. (Pres- 

 ent designation.) 

 [Pytiobius (LeCoute) O. Schwarz, lyp. err.]=Pityobius LeConte. 

 1906, Gen. Ins., fasc. 46, p. 192. 

 Type. — IHtyobius anguinus LeConte. 

 [ftuarinus (Gozis) Schwarz, typ. err.]=Quasimus Gozis. 

 1906, Gen. Ins., fasc. 46, p. 151. 

 Type.—Vryptohypnus minutissimus Gebmab. 

 Quasimus Gozis. 



1880, Recher d. sp. typ. d. quel, ancien. gen., p. 22. 



Tyjie. — Cryptohypnus minutissimus Gebmab, Faun. Ins. Eur., pp. 6, 8, 1817.. 

 (Monobasic.) 

 [Rhacocrepidius MoTSCHtJLSKY=nomeii nudum.] 



1859, Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. aioscou, vol. 32, No. 2, p. 359. In table, no- 

 species included. 

 [Rhacotarsus MoTSCHULSKY=nomen nudum.] 



1859, Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou, vol. 32, pt. 2, p. 359. In table, no species 

 included. 

 Rhinopsephus Schwarz. 



1906, Gen. Ins., fasc. 46, p. 82. 



Type. — Pscphus milaris Schwarz, Arkiv. f. Zool. Stockliolm, vol. 1, p. 50, 

 1903. (Present designation.) 

 [Scaphocrepidius MoTSCHULSKy=nomen nudum.] 



1859, Bull. Soc. Nat. IMoseou, vol. 32, No. 2, p. 858. In table without species.. 

 Scaphoderus Cand£ze. 



1857, Monogr. Elat., vol. 1, p. 46. 

 Tyi)e. — Scaphoderus riehlii CandI;ze. (Monobasic.) 

 Scelisus Cand£:ze. 



1863, Monogr. Elat., vol. 4, p. 327. 

 Type. — Scelisus sanguineus Cand^ze. (Monobasic.) 

 [Scoliocerus Motschulsky, not Wollaston, 1854, Curculionidae]=Hypnoidu£» 

 Stephens. 



1859, Mem. Biol. Acad. St. Petersb., vol. 3, p. 227. Four si)ecies. 

 Tyjie. — Scoliocerus hasalis Motschulsky. (Present designation.) 

 Selatosomus Stephens. 



1830, Man. Brit. Col., vol. 3, p. 268. Three species. 



Type. — Elater cruciatus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., vol. 2, p. 653, 1759. (By 

 elimination.) 



Note. — Of the other two species E. aeneus Linnaeus is the type of Apho- 

 tistiis ; E. bi7nactilatus Fabricius is the type of Drasterius. 

 Semiotopsis Cand^ze. 



1882, Not. Leyd. Mus., vol. 4, p. 187. 

 Type. — Semiotopsis ungulata Cand^ze. (Monobasic.) 

 Semiotus Eschscholtz. 



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



Type.— Elater furcatus Fabricius, Ent. Syst, vol. 2, p. 224, 1775. (Present 

 designation.) 



