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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
World belonging to the subfamilies Erodiides, Tentyriides, 
Akisides, and Pimeliides (see ante, p. 390). Curiously enough 
the Canarian species are nearly all omitted. The author also 
deseribes the truly European species of Zophosis, of which he 
admits only four. 
Laboulbene records the occurrence of a monstrously trifurcate right pos- 
terior leg’ in a EUtps. Bull. Soc. Ent. hr. 1805^ p. xlix. 
Erodiides. 
Of this group all the known speeies are referred to by Kraatz 
(Revis. der Tenebr. pp. 4-67); as it is confined to the eastern 
hemisphere. The following genera are adopted by Kraatz : — 
I. Eyes very long, free, 
A. Femora clavate, body large, somewhat convex. 
1. Anodesis (Sol.). 
B. Femora simple. 
1. Anterior tibiae strongly excised before the apex. 
2. Amnodeu (Miller). 
2. Anterior tibias not excised 3. Diudontes (Sol.). 
II. Eyes oblong, concealed. 
A. Clypeus truncate, mandibles bidentate, anterior legs strong. 
4. Spymthus, g. n. 
B. Clypeus produced in the middle, mandibles dentate above. 
1. Clypeus generally tridentate, elytra not costate. 
5. Arthrodeis (Sol.). 
2. Clypeus bidentate, elytra rather convex, with undulated ruga). 
G. IliUeromorphm, g. n. 
III. Eyes oblong, free. 
A. Mandibles dilated 7. Leptonydms (Chev.). 
B, Mandibles simple. 8. Erodius (Fab.). 
Dirosus (Miller) is regarded by Kraatz as not distinct from Erodius 
(p.l6). 
Erodius curtus and obesus (Brull<§), from the Canaries, differ from the 
ordinary type of the genus in several respects indicated by Kraatz (p. 16). 
Kraatz (/. c. pp. 21-54) submits Solier’s species of Erodius to a full dis- 
cussion, and comes to the following conclusions with regard to them 
(pp. 61-52) : — E. oUvieri=lcevigatus (Oliv.) J j E. granidosus=bilineatiis 
(Oliv.) (S ; E. maillei=pimcticollis, var, j E, latus—carinatus $ j E. daponti 
—orientalis, var. ? E. loiujus—hoycri, var. j E. europceus— tibialis (Idmi.) ; 
E. curvipes— tibialis S > var. j E. btsitanicus=tibialis $ , var. j E. 7iitidiventris 
=tibialis min. j E. yoryi=tibiulis ^ , mu], E. tanyenamcs=tibialis ^ j 
E. chauveneti=africa7ius $ =emondi, var. j E. audouini—chauoeneti, var.= 
e?7iondi, var. j E. p^'oximus^subcostatus ^=emondi, var. j E. africanus= 
emondiy var. ; E. subnitidus—africamis, y&x.=.cmondi, var. ; E. subcostatus = 
emondiyYSii'. j E. subparallelus=emondi S', var; E. maiyinicollis^emondi, var. ; 
E. l<xuis—e7nondi, var.; E, affinis — lccvis ^,:=.emo7uliy var,; E. mittrci— 
emondiy var. ; E. peyrrolev'ie^ji^apolitanusy vay. ; j?. siculus— nmpoUtanus, var. ; 
