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Except one species of Eiidalus, which extends to California, 

 these species are confined to the Atlantic region. TanysjjJiy^-us 

 lemme occurs also in Europe. 



Group V. — Stenopelmi. 



The genus Stenopelmus is included by Lacordaire in his group 

 Sloi'eides, but it seems that the reuKirkable coniI)ination of char- 

 acters requires that it should be received as a separate group, 

 with the following definition: — 



Body clothed with a dense crust of scales ; beak short and 

 broad, not longer than the head ; antennal grooves very short. 

 AntennjB inserted on the upper rather than the lateral surface, 

 scape long, reaching to the back part of the eyes, which are round, 

 and coarsely granulated ; funiculus T-jointed, first joint longer and 

 stouter, remaining joints short, closely united; club oval, pointed, 

 entirely pubescent, annulated. Prothorax obliquely truncate in 

 front, without postocular lobes, longer on the disk than at the 

 sides ; prosternuiu extremely short, not emarginate in front. 

 Elytra much wider than the prothorax, humeri nearly rectangu- 

 lar. Ventral segments, first, second, and fifth very large, third 

 and fourth very short, last ventral suture slightly curved. Legs 

 slender, thighs not toothed ; tibia? truncate at tip, very slightly 

 mucronate; tarsi narrow, third joint not broader, slightly emar- 

 ginate; fourth joint as long as the two preceding; claws slender, 

 divergent. 



This group diverges towards Prionomerus in the form of the 

 head and antenna;, but otherwise has no resemblance to that 

 genus. 



Stenopelmus extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific region. 



Uroup VI. — Brachypi. 



The genus Braehypus is placed by Lacordaire in his group 

 Erirhinides ; it differs from the other genera of that division by 

 the narrow linear foi'in. Though the three species described 

 below do not exactly agree with the generic description given by 

 Schonhcrr and Lacordaire, we think that they accord sufficiently 

 to indicate the pro[)riety of associating them together as a special 

 group. 



As here established, the Brachypi are nearly related to Hydro- 

 nomi, but difler by the third joint of the tarsi being more or less 



