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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^e, Hope. 



Genera. 



Country. 



Typical Species. 



1. Sphodrus, Clairville 



2, Pristonychus, D. J. 



3. Promecoderus, D. J. 



4, Craterocerus, Hope 



England 

 England 

 New Holland 

 New Holland 



C. Leucopthalrnus, Linneus. 

 C. Terricola, Payhdl. 

 P. Brunnicornis, De Jean. 

 C. Brunnicornis, 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 Carabidae, 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 Chlsenius of Bo- 



