1"J1«.J F. II. (iKAVKLV: Passulidae i>j r/ir World. 51 



f The I'luls of till" anti'iuiiil liuiicllae iti u stroniih- curved liiu- 



wlii'ii furled ; the anterior niiirniii of the head un](uiK'tured P. iifntniilii/lliia. p. 10, 

 Tlie ends of the anteimal himellae in a stnii;;ht line wlien fnrh'd ; 

 the anterior margin of the head t-oarsely [jumtured Ix'tween 

 tlie outer tubercles . . . . . . . . 1'. harlili. \>. 49. 



/"I'lie Irdiitai ridges strai;,'ht. arising; at ri^^lit aufiles to cacli 

 5 •, other . . . . ..P. robuMus, p. 50. 



( The frontal ridges together forming u crescent . . . . P. crenaliis, p. ;jO. 



(Joiiu< PASSALUS, Fai)ii(iiis. 1792, p. 240. 

 =- Neleus nee Passalus, Kaup, etc. (see Zang, 1905c, pp. 224 ami 226). 

 Iiicl . *Epiphanus+ Emne!>ts+ Lucilius+ Mitrorhinus^ + *yeleides+*Sinus ( = Scaltn >ts, Za ug ) 

 + *Pertinnx+*Pe(i-ejus+*Phoronei(s {=Macrolohus, Zang) + Rfiagonocen(s-{-*Rhodocan- 

 t/mpus + StepknwcepJnthis^ + *]\ttinius (=Zosterothrix, Zang), Kaup. Alsd *Apoiie- 

 leides+Cas!iius+EpipeitiH(ix+*Flnvii(s (^Lasioperix, Zang), + Lophocephalus+ Manlius 

 + Microthorax {=Phaulothorax, Zang) + *Morosophus+*Neleuops + Ninoides + Oeneus 

 + Para pert hiax + *Per(inaeides + PJinnocles {=Psilomus, Zang) + *Phoronaposomus + 

 Polij(icanth()pi(s+*Pli/ch()trichi(s {^Epiplearothrix, Zang) +Sevents-{-Synesiiis+*Te(r- 

 aracus+Thryptocerus {=Alococerus, Zang) + Toxeutotaenius+*Trichopleants-i- Valerius, 

 Kuwert. Also *Epiphoroneus, Aiiow. 

 Type, Lucamis interritptus, Linnaeus, 1767. p. 560.- 



It seems probable, and has been assumed in the above synonymy, that all genera 

 belonging to Kuwert's subfamilies Rhodocanthopinae, Xeleidinae, Peitinacinac, Pleurariinae 

 (except Pleurarias which belongs to the ludo- Australian Series), Phoronaeinae. Petiejinae, 

 Vatiniinac and Xeleinae should be included in this complex and heterogeneous genus ; 

 but 1 have been able to confirm this by reference to specimens only in the case of the 

 genera marked with an asterisk (*). The genus Prosoclitus, Bates, has been omitted 

 because I think, judging from Bates" description, which is all that Kuwert also had to gti 

 upon, that Bates was probably right in regarding the species for which he founded it as 

 closely ailit'd to tlie genus Proculejus. 



One of Kaup"s species of Proculejus. P. quitemis. was rightly removed bv Kuwert t«> 

 one of his subfaniilies here included in the genus Passa/^/.s- ,• but the genus Pra.'ioclitus. in 

 which he placed it. is piohably allied to if not identical witii f'rorulejus. not Passalus. 

 P. quitensis differs from all other species of Passalus known to me in hax-ing the elytra 

 united ; but, if this character is to be regarded as in itself suflicient to warrant the 

 separation of the species possessing it into special genera, new genera will be required 

 tor one of the four described species of Vindex. and for each of two .species that otherwise 

 fall into two widely separated divisions of the genus Macrolinus. This nudtiplication of 

 small genera seems to me undesirable, although I have found it convenient to retain the 

 already existing small flightless genera Plati/rerres and Publiu.'i. instead of uniting them 



' So« above, pp. 10- 1 1 . 



'This is the refcrLMUf iisuiilly (jivon, Imt is not the earUcst ilivsiTiptioii. See below, p. 83, (ootniHo. 



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