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Sp. 12. Vulpinus. — Originally perhaps peculiar 

 to Europe. It appears at present in North and 

 South America, and is not unfrequent at Singapore, 

 Bombay, Calcutta, and the Cape ; its range is nearly 

 universal. 



Sp. 17. Lycoperdi, — Now a Cryptophagus. For 

 an account of the Bavarian species of this genus the 

 reader is referred to Gistl's Faunus, Erster Band, 

 page 112. Mr, Kirby, in his Fauna Boreali Ameri- 

 cana, elevates Cryptophagus to the rank of a family. 



Sp. 19. 2-punctatus, — This is now a Crypta of 

 Kirby, one of the genera belonging to the Anthicidae ; 

 it is also called Psammaechus by Boudier. This 

 insect has been supposed to be only a variety of 

 Byturus tomentosus of Latreille; the variety is 

 evidently distinct, and is probably the type of Mr. 

 Kirby's genus Mycetaea, one of the Engidae. 



Sp. 23. Fuscus. — Although I agree with other 

 writers in considering this insect as a Throscus, I 

 note that Westermann believes it to be a Cis, and 

 no other species than Cis Boleti, according to his 

 expression. 



Sp. 32. Scaber. — I make this the type of a new 

 genus, which I denominate Pristoderus, from 7r/w?o? 

 serra sectus et §epr) collum. 



Pristoderus, Hope. 



Totum corpus supra scabritie tectum. Caput 



antice rotundatum, antennis perfoliatis. Thorax fere 



semicircularis dilatatus, angulis anticis porrectis et 



acutis, posticis rotundatis et serratis. Scutellum 



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