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eucnemid;r, elateuid^e. 
Eucnbmidje. 
Frivaldszky, J. a Magyarsz^igi Eucnemidai-Y(^.i\i (^Eucnemidoi Hun- 
garise). Term, fiizetek, iii. pp. 204-229. 
Tables are given of the Hungarian genera and species, which are sub- 
sequently described in full in Hungarian, with Latin diagnoses. No new 
species are mentioned. 
Ceratophytum and Perotkops. Position discussed ; Horn, Tr. Am. Ent. 
Soc. vii. p. xxi. 
Elaterid.e. 
Heinemann, C. Estudio sobre les Organos luminosos de los Cucuyos de 
Vera Cruz. Nat. Mex. iii. pp. 10-14, 64-58. 
Contains general, anatomical, and chemical observations on the lumi- . 
nous organs of fireflies, and on the nature of their light. 
Notes on Elateridce from the Amoor ; Kraatz, Deutsche E. Z. xxiii. 
p. 284. 
Notes on Elateridoi ; Horn, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. vii. pp. xiv.-xvi. 
American species of Adelocera tabulated ; synonyms of species of various 
genera given as follows; — Alaus gorgopSy Lee., = lusciosusy Hope; Car- 
diophorus dejeaniy Lee., = cardiscCy Say ; C. amictuSy Mels., ? = convexuSy 
Say ; mimeticus, Horn, = edwardsiy Horn, var. ; Cryptohypnus nocturnuSy 
Esch., and lucidulus, Mann, probably = bicolor, Esch. ; C. colony Horn, = 
ornatus, Lee., var. ; Corymhites tristis, Caud., ? = Elater semivittatus, Say; 
E. sayiy Lee., ? = milifaris, Harr. ; E sacevy Lee., = impolituSy Mels. ; 
E. manipulariSy Cand,, = TiepaticuSy Mels. ; molcstuSy Lec., = luctuosus, 
Lee. ; fnscahiSy Mels., — pedalisy Cerm., ? = nigricans. Germ ; lacustris, 
Lee., — pulluSy Germ. ; palans, Lec., P = collaris. Say ; deletiis and fits- 
culuSy Lee., probably = mixtus, Herbst ; Anchastus fuscus, Lee., is an 
Ischiodontus 'y A. longtdus, Lee., = digitatus, Lec. Isch. ohlitus, Cand., 
? = simplex, Lec. ; Melanotus cuneatus, incertus, and decumanus, Lee., 
P = M. tenellus, Er., = insipienSy Say ; Limonius p>uhicolliSy Lee., = 
auripiliSy Say ; L. ulkii, Horn, = mirus, ? , Lec. ; L. semiceneus, Lee., = 
hasillarisy Say, var. ; L. ectypus. Say, = agonus. Say; L. quadrimaculatus, 
Horn, is ^ Megapenthes, Athous reflexus, Lee., = rujifronSy Rand.; A. 
Lee., is o. Monocrepidius \ A. Lee., and flavangularis, 
Horn, = acanthus. Say, varr. The double prosternal sutures of Athous 
hicolor, Lee., A. discalceatus. Say, and Corymbites sulcicollis and rupes- 
triSy are also noticed. 
Athous niger, Linn., and allies are discussed by Heyden, Deutsche E. Z. 
xxiii. pp. 372-374. His views on their synonymy are as follows ; — (1) 
A. niger, Linn, (somewhat doubtful) {aterrimus, Fabr., ? hirtus, Herbst, 
? nigrinus, Marsh.) ; (2) A. pori'ectus, Thoms. (? hirtus and nigrinus, Icesus, 
Germ., Redt.) ; (3) A. alpinus, Redt. (deflexus, Thoms, v. P sent- 
tator, Herbst, Redt., $ aneithorax, Desbr.). Kraatz (op. cit. pp. 275 & 
