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RHYSODIDiE. 



which is divided into four subgenera: Dhysores (2), Omoglym- 

 mius (57), lihysodes s.s. (8), and Shyrodes (1), and 41 to Glinidium, 

 the latter being placed under two subgenera, Glinidium s.s. (27) 

 and Rhysodiastes (14). They are widely distributed both in the 

 Old and the New Worlds,' but are chiefly represented in the 

 tropical regions of the former ; only a very few species have been 

 as yet recorded from North and South America, and two or three 

 occur in Europe. Up to the present time fifteen species have 



Fig. 231. — Underside of lihysodes germari (female) ; st lt pro- 

 sternum ; st 2 , mesosternum ; st 3 , metasternum ; eps x , eps 2 , 

 eps v episterna of the pro-, meso-, and metathorax; epm lf 

 epm 2 , epimera of the pro- and mesothorax; c 3 , hind coxa; 

 v x -v & , the ventral segments, the first three connate. (After 

 Ganglbauer.) 



been found in the Indian Region, but several of these have been 

 quite recently described, and probably many more will be dis- 

 covered ; of these eleven belong to Rhysodes and three to Glini- 

 dium. Of those standing under Rhysodes no less than ten belong 

 to the subgenus Omoglymmius, Gangl., and one to S7iyrodes, Grouv. ; 

 of the other species, one is referred to Glinidium proper, while 

 the other two are placed under the subgenus Eliysodiastes, Eairnu 



