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summary of om- preseut Knowledge of the fossil forms, although most of 

 the material must be taken from foreign sources. The American contingent, 

 however, being so small, will not be contrasted with the European as here- 

 tofore, except so far as it may appear desirable. 



About fifty-eight fossil species of this family have been described or 

 indicated— in a less degree than usual described or figured. They repre- 

 sent twenty-one genera, of which only one, an American, is regarded as 

 extinct. Fourteen of these species, of five genera, come from the Pleisto-> 

 cene, the remainder, but including three of the Pleistocene genera, from the 

 earlier Tertiaries. Two of the Pleistocene forms, one on each continent, 

 are regarded as existing species. 



FORNAX Laporte. 



A cosmopolitan genus rich in species, of which about half a dozen 

 occur in North America. A single fossil species is known, from the Pleis- 

 tocene of Canada. 



Fornax ledensis. 



Foriuix ledensis Scudd., Contr. Canad. Pala?ont., II, 39, pi. 3, figs. 3, 4 (1892). 



Grreene's Creek, Ottawa River, Canada. 



EPIPHANIS Eschscholtz. 



A monotypic North American genus, of which a single fossil species is 

 known, from Utah. 



Epiphanis deletus. 



Epifhanis deletus Scudd., BuU. U. S. Geol. Geogr. Surv. Terr., 11, 80-81 (1876); 

 Tert. Ins. N. A., 498, pi. 5, figs. 113, 114 (1890). 



White River, Utah. 



CRYPTOHYPNUS Eschscholtz. 



A cosmopolitan genus rich in species, of which about two dozen occur 

 in North America. The genus has been recognized in amber, and a species 

 from the earlier Tertiaries of British Columbia referred here doubtfully. 



