MeLASID/E 



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ELATERIDi^ 



Blatchley 25, 27, 30; Fall 25, 26, 29; Brtwn 30; Hatch 30; M^quignon 

 30; Benedict i. litt. 30; Quirsfeld i. litt. 30. 



Akuis 



8571a. oklahomensis Hatch 

 30-23 



Okla. 



Alonocrepidius 



20990. fuscosus Blatch. 25-163 Fla. 

 planidi-scus Pall 29-56 is .syn. 

 fide Blatch. 30-28 Ga. Fla. 



20991. ferruginosus Fall 29-54 



Ariz. 



20992. delicatus Fall 29-55 Ga. 



20993. difformis Fall 29-56 Ariz. 



Limonius 



20994. semia;neus Lee. 53-432 is valid 

 fide Blatch. 30-28 Ga. Fla. 



Athous 



For synonomy see MSquignon, 

 Bull. Soc. Ent. France. .30-95 



Ludius 



8705. not American, fide Quirsfeld i. litt. 

 S7S3. carlx) Lee. = lobatus Esch. 22-69, 



fide VanDyke 24 

 8773. reverse synonymy 

 8775. appropinquans (Rand.) should 



replace eleg-ans (Kby.), fide Fall, 



also Quirsfeld i. litt. 



Quirsfeld considers 



tinctus Lee. a good species. 



fide Brown 30-161; 

 Yukon-Que. 



Eanus Lee. 62-171 



genus is valid 

 species are: 

 8804. deeoratus Mann. 

 vagus Lee. 

 costalis Cand. nee Payk. 



20995. subarcticus Brown ,'!0-16.3 



Que. 

 8803. estriatus Lee. L. Sup. 



20996. maculipennis Lee. 66-85 



Lab. Que. 

 pictus Cand. 



20997. albertanus Brown 30-165 



Alta. 

 Hypnaidus 



20998. extricatus Fall 26-191 Alas. 

 Drusterius 



20999. debilis Lee. 84-5, and 

 Quirsfeld i. litt. Mich. N. I 



N. T. 

 Ischiodontus 



21000. g-ranosus Fall 25-180 Fla. 



Melanotus 



21001. simulans Blatch. 27-140 Fla. 



21002. obscuratus Blatch. 27-141 



Fla. 



21003. piceatus Blatch. 27-141 Fla. 



Cardiopliorus 



21004. aptopoides Cand. 65-40 

 fide Benedict i. litt. Ariz. 



.\pt«pus 



21005. lateralis spadiceus Cand. 93-176 

 fide Benedict i. litt. Ariz. 



MELASIDiC 



Schenkling in Col. Cat., pars. 96, arranges the North American genera 

 belonging in the family Melasidje in four subfamilies, viz.: Gastraula- 

 cina' (Dendrocharis) ; 2 Eucnemina' (Eucnemis, roecilochru.s. rhaeno- 

 cerus, Stethon, Deltometopus, I Ji-tomaeolus, Fornax); 3 Dirhaginse 

 (Arhipis, Entomtophthalmus, Dirhagus subgen. Hyporhagus*. Rhago- 

 micrus, Adelothyreus) ; 4 Melasinie (Isorhipis, Melasis, Euryptychus, 

 Epiphanis, Palaeoxonis, Schizophilus, Hylis. Xylophilus, Hylochares. 

 Sarpedon, Nematodes). He does ntot include Perothopinse in the family 



Melasidse. 



•This subgcneric name is a synonym of Hyporhagus Thorns. 1860 Ann. Soc. Ent. France (3) 

 VIII, p. 25. (In Monommids), 



