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Galerita, Fabrid/is. 



The passage from the Cicindcloidea to the Cara- 

 boidea, by Mr. Kirby's arrangement, is through thi; 

 family of Agridas ; by Mr. Stephens' method, by the 

 Dryptidffi ; and according to the Comte de Castel- 

 neau, by means of Odacanthidse. It is immaterial 

 by which family we proceed, each of them bearing 

 a close affinity to the other. De Jean, in his last 

 Catalogue, proceeds from the Collyridae to the 

 Odacanthida) : as this plan accords not with the 

 Fabrician arrangement but with my vicAvs, we will 

 first examine the genera of Dryptidaj, and then the 

 remaining allied families. 



Dryptid^, Hope. 



Genera. 



1. Zuphium, Latreille 



2. Polistichus, Bonelli 



c Diapliorus, De Jean i 

 * i Pseudaptinus, Lap. S 



4. Drypta, Fabncius 



5. Trichognathus, Lutreille 

 C. Eunostus, Laporte 



7. Galerita, Fahrkius 



8. Schidouyclius, Klu<j 



9. Desera, Leach 



Such are the genera belonging to the Dryptida? 

 at present ; Fabricius, among the species of his 



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