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stated my opinion that Sphodrus ought to rank as 

 a family. Pristonychus, which has been separated 

 from Sphodrus on account of its denticulated tarsi, 

 appears to connect the two families ; in habits I 

 regard it as a Sphodrus. 



Sphodrid^, Hope. 



In my MSS. I had given the name of Stereocerus 

 to this genus, which I am obliged to alter, as it is 

 previously used in Mr. Kirby's Fauna Boreali Ame- 

 ricana, page 34. 



Sp. 48. Striatulus. — This insect appears to be 

 unknown to the Continental Entomologists ; it is a 

 Platysma, and somewhat like the species named PI. 

 cordicollis, by De Jean. It will be figured among 

 the Carabidse, among the new genera. I think 

 that it may be considered as the type of a sub- 

 genus, which will include many species of Pla- 

 tysma of the New World. 



Sp. 52. Quadricolor. — Now a Chlaenius of Bo- 



