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INSECTA^ COLEOPTERA. 
p. 226; Belgium ; II. cardiaihru8[cardio--']j Piitzeys, ibid. CR. p. Ixxi, As- 
turias; II. {Ophonus) promisstcs, Reiche, 1. c. p. 13, note, Algiers; spp. nn. 
Pangus laticoUis, sp. n., Reiclie, 1. c. p. 14, note, Constantine. 
Euccerus opacicollisj sp. n., H. W. Bates, 1. c. p. 202, Ega. 
'Pi'igonotomides. 
OiiAUDom, Ann. Eiit. Belg. xv. pp. 6-10, monographs the portion of tJiis 
subfamily restricted by him under the name Drimostomidesy which he con- 
siders to form a point of transition from his Abaeetides to the MorionideSy 
though admitting their relation to the Feroniides. In it he includes only 
Drimostomay Bej., StomonaxuSy Mots., with 3 other genera. D. costatumy 
\jsd,y=:ipunetifronSy Chaud. ; D. rufipeSy Boh. (? marginahy Walk.), and ?Stom. 
sculptipennisy Mots. (2). ceylanicumy Nietn.), = S. {D.) striaticollisy Bej. 
The species of Drimostoma described by Oastelnau are probably Abacetiy 
D. fuseipeSy Brull^, is an AdrimuSy D. mexicanuniy Chevr., a DiploharpuSy 
D. A-pusttdatumy Peyr., an AbacetuSy and D. laticolley Laf., does not belong 
to the group. Stomonaxus is erroneously compared by Motschoulsky with 
Entnostornay and certain species of the latter are transferred to it. 
StrigomeruSy g. n., id. 1. c. p. 7. Antennae filiform, 3rd joint much 
shorter than the rest, whicfi are elongate-quadrate and somewhat robust ; 
tarsi slightly pilose above, evidently unisulcate in the middle. Type S, 
(Drimostoma) scJmnherriy Bej. 
llopUzomenus, g. n., id. 1. c. p. 8. Allied to Drimostoma (no difierential 
characters given). Type II. carinatusy sp. n., id. 1. e., Guinea. 
DiceromeruSy g. n., id. 1. c. p. 16. Closely allied to Stomonaxus. Type 
D, (S.) orientalisy Mots. 
Drimostoma ivestermanniy Guinea, pt'adieriy Gaboon, p. 10, cribrifrmsy 
Gaboon, rectangiduniy Birmah, Java, p. 11 ; Chaudpir, 1. <?., spp. im. 
Stomonaxus celebensisy sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 14, Celebes. 
Feroniides. 
Ilarpalus furvus and II. ateVy C. R. Sahib., exx. typp.y = Ptet'ostichus mela- 
nariuSy 111. ; II. prcetermissusy Sahib., exx. typp.y—Amara (Celia) grandicoUisy 
Zimm. (rufocincta, Mann.), and quenseliy Sch., var. Jloricolay Mann.; II. de- 
sj)ectuSy Sahib., exx. tyjjp.y = munidpalisy Bufts. (modestUy Bej.) : F. W. 
Miiklin, S. E. Z. xxxiii. p. 242 et seq. 
Pterostichus cupreus. Rupertsberger, Verb. z.-b. Wien, xxii. p. 7, fully 
describes the larva ; also the pupa, found among pupae of Aphodius foetens. 
At p. 9 he gives particulars of the habits of the insect and of the young- 
larvae bred from the' ^egg-state in captivity. P, vulgaris : larva and pupa 
described; id. ibid. pp. 673-676. 
Platyderus variansy Schauf., is not identical with lusitanicuSy Bej., or with 
mo7itanelluSy Gmelh but Daptodei'us cantah icuSy Schauf., =«mora/^6•, Gr. ; 
Perez Areas, An. Soc. Esp. i. p. 126. 
Ptet'ostichus (Tapinopterus?) azar<Xy Per. Areas; redescribed from both 
sexes by the author and figured, 1. c. p. 93, pi. i. fig. 7. P. ( T.) cephaloteSy 
des Cottes, figured, R. Z. (2) xxiii. pi. iv. fig. 3. 
Feronia. Reiche, Cat. Col. Alg. p. 16, note, proposes the name Aidacotarsus 
