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cola (Hbst), which must stand, being described in 1783 (v. Harold, who had 
adopted ineequalis, explains in a note to this that he had passed over Herbst’s 
name in consequence of Schaum’s statement that that author had erroneously 
identified his species with terrieola, Fab., — an insect which in reality was not 
described until 1792) j Taphria vivalis (Illig.) to stand, as nivalis is preoccu- 
pied in Carabus; Dolichus Jlavicomis (Fab., VJd>l)—halensis (Schall., 1783) j 
Platynus dorsalis to be referred to Pontopp., not to Miill., and P. viridanus to 
Fab., not to Oliv . ; P. oblongus (Fab., 1792) = obscurus (Hbst., 1783), and 
P. parumpunctatus (Fab.) = mulleri (Hbst.). 
Platynus. Leconte (Trans. Amer. Eut. Soc. ii. p. 244) publishes Zimmer- 
mann’s arrangement of Platynus (for which, on account of the confusion in 
names previously used, that author proposed the name Psilopodius), based on 
the following table : — 
A. Pro thorax cordate or quadrate, with well-defined hind angles j pubes- 
cence of antennae beginning on fourth joint. 
a. All the joints of tarsi without longitudinal grooves. 
oblongus of Europe. 
b. Only the front tarsi, ^ without grooves . . Platynus (Bon.). 
c. All the tarsi with grooves Anchommus (Bon.). 
B. Prothorax rounded or obtuse-angled j pubescence of antennae as in A. 
Agonum (Bon.). 
0. Prothorax rounded or elongate-oval pubescence of antennae beginning 
on the tip of the third joint JEurophilus (Chaud.). 
Further divisions, extending to species, are given at pp. 245-6. 
Ohaudoir (L’Abeille, vi. pp. 148 & 149) records his opinion that Sphodrus 
schrenki and S. grandis (Mots.) = gigas (Fisch.) ; that Pseudotaphoxemis sub- 
costatus (Mt§n.) is not a good species; that S. thoracius (Gebl.) is a 2\ipoxe- 
nus\ and that Pristonychus ausonius (Qcha\l^.) = mauritanicus (Dej.), P. 
cyanescens (Fairm.) and P. reichenbachi (Schauf.) are probably not distinct 
from P. terricola (Hbst.), P. cyanipennis (Dej., Ptsch.) =ztauricus (Dej.), P. 
cyanipennis (Schauf. )=mamjt;;7uj/w2R (Kolen.), P. parvice2)s (Fairm.) = c«ri- 
(Chaud.), P. nitidus (Schauf.) punctatus (Dej.), P. gratiis (Schauf.) 
= tauricus (Dej.), P. caucasicus (Chaud.), P. sericeus and P. mannerheimi 
(Schauf.), and P. angustatus (Fald.) = gratus (Fald.). These remarks are 
accompanied by severe observations upon Schau fuss’s synonymy. 
Kraatz (Berl» ent. Zeit. xiii. p. 365) reiterates and endorses Schaum’s 
opinion that Sphodrus fairmairei and S. pcleus (Schauf.) are separated by 
worthless characters^ and complains of the way in which Schaufuss has 
treated Schaum with reference to that opinion. He also corrects an error in 
his own Catalogue with reference to Pristonychus cccrideus (Dej.), to which 
he attributed ianthinus (Duft.) as a syn., and amethystimis (Dej.) as a var. : 
he now considers that there are two good species out of these, viz. ianthinus 
(Duft.) and amethystimis (Dej.). To the former of these he thinks ianthinus 
(Sturm, Dej.) must be attributed, so that Schaufuss’s name of sturmii for 
that insect need not be adopted. 
Josi;pH (Berk ent. Zeit. xiii. p. 243) enters at very great length upon the 
special localities for, and the numerous varieties of, Sphodrus schreibersii 
(Kiist.), found in the mountain caves of Carniola. He names 14 distinct 
