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This family may be considered as a receptacle 

 for various doubtful forms, uniting the whole of the 

 Lebiadse. By Catascopus we pass readily to the 

 Elaphridse. 



Fabrician Elaphrid^:. 



Sp. 3. Striatus. — Now a Bembidium. By some 

 authors this species has been considered a Nothio- 

 philus. — Vid. Schon. page 247- On the authority 

 of Mr. Stephens, I gave it as a Bembidium. 



Sp. 5. Atratus. — Described originally from Hyb- 

 ner's Cabinet, It is probably an Elaphrus ; the 

 remaining species are scarcely worthy of a remark. 



Scolytus, Fabricius. 

 Omophron, Latreille. 



As the Fabrician name was originally applied to 

 a genus of Bostrichidse, that of Latreille is adopted 

 and is more appropriate. It was intended to ex- 

 press the agreement of authors respecting the ar- 

 rangement of these singular insects. They unite 

 the terrestrial and aquatic Caraboidea. In form 

 Omophron is like Haliplus ; it lives in the same 

 element, and walks with facility at the bottom of 

 rivers, in this respect evincing an affinity to the 



