STAPHYLINIDiK. 
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Pceierides. 
Eppelsheim, — . Uebergeflugelteund ungefliigelte Lathrohium. Deutsche 
E. Z. xxiii. pp. 182-192. 
The length of the wing-cases varies extremely, so that many supposed 
species are only synonyms. The species enumerated in Stein & Weise’s 
Catalogue are discussed with special reference to this variation. 
Kraatz, G. Ueber einige Lathrobien mit verkiirzten Fliigeldecken, und 
die specifische Verschiedenheiten von L. quadratum und terminatum. 
Deutsche E. Z. xxiii. pp. 193-201, woodcuts. 
Critical remarks on Eppelsheim’s paper. Chiefly consisting of an 
analysis of the specific distinctions between L. terminatum, Payk., and 
quadratum, Grav. 
Lathrohium. J. Sahlberg gives the following synonymy of various 
species : — L. rufipes, Makl., = zetterstedti, Rye, = punctatum, Zett. ; L. 
zetterstedti, Sahib., = quadratum, Payk., Kraatz, Thoms. ; L. quadratum 
(Sahib., olim) — terminatum var., Thoms. ; L. quadratum var. h = termi- 
natum, Grav., Kraatz, Thoms. ; Deutsche E. Z. xxiii. p. 202. Sections of 
Lathrohium noticed ; Le Conte, Tr. Am, Eut. Soc. vii. p. xxvi. 
T^athrohium punctatum = L. hrunnipes ; Kiesen wetter, Deutsche E. Z. 
xxiii. p. 286 [long known : see Zool. Rec. viii. p. 248]. 
Domene aciculata, Hopffg., redescribed; Reitter, Verb. z.-b. Wien, 
xxix. p. 40. 
Fcederus samoensis, Fauvel, renamed by him P. vitiensis, as it does not 
occur in Samoa, but in Viti ; J. Mus. Godeffr. xiv. p. 84. 
New genera and species : — 
Lohrathium, Mulsant & Rey, Ann. Soc. L. Lyon, xxiv. p. 29. Sub- 
genus of Lathrohium ; fold of the elytra with a submarginal ridge ; 
mesosternum of moderate size. To include L. lusitanicum and multi- 
punctatum, Grav., angusticolle, Lac., hicolor and picipes, Erichs. 
Th ohalium, iid. 1. c. p. 99. Allied to Domene ; head more oblong, pro- 
thorax longer, metasternum more developed ; base of venter not cari- 
nated ; intermediate tibiae distinctly spined on outer edge, hind tibiae 
more compressed, and more enlarged towards their extremity, which is 
more obliquely truncated, and hind tarsi with the joints gradually dimi- 
nishing, the first a little longer than the second. Type, Lathrohium 
dividuum, Er. {pallidipenne, Stierl.). 
Pseudohium, iid. 1. c. p. 104. Allied to Medon ; head and prothorax 
unusually oblong, the latter not distinctly bordered at the sides ; anterior 
femora and tibiae simple ; intermediate tibiae spined; first joint of hind 
tarsi distinctly longer than 2nd ; joints 2-4 shorter and more depressed 
than in Medon. Type, Lathrohium labile, Er. 
Hypomedon, iid. 1. c. p. 122. Subgenus of Medon ; temples separated 
below by a moderate, smooth interval, gradually enlarged behind : meso- 
sternal projection not carinated ; prebasal segment smooth or nearly so ; 
body generally shining. To contain Lithocharis propinqua, Bris., and 
allies. 
Pseudomedon, iid. 1. c. p. 122. Subgenus of Medon ; temples separated 
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