rsELAPHiDiE — silphid;e. 
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Euplectus hipposideros^ p. 12, solsJcii, p. 13, Schaufuss, Psel. Siam’s, 
Siam ; E. nuhigena (Saulcy, MS.), p. 12, Jilum, p. 13, E. Reitteu, Verb. 
Yer. Briinn, xv., Transsylvanian Alps. 
Claviger lederi^ Reitter, Deutsche E, Z. 1877, p. 290, Caucasus (with 
Lasius jlavus). 
Metopioides setifer^ Schaufuss, Nunq. Ot. ii. p. 451, Brazil (P = Goniastes 
sulci/rons, Westw.), 
SCYDM2ENIDA5. 
Ahlepton, g. n., J. Frivaldszky, Term, fiizetek, i. p. 17. Differs from 
Leptomastax in the head, mandibles, and labial palpi. A. treforti, sp. n., 
id. 1. c. p. 18, pi. i. figs. 1 A-B, Mehadia. 
Scgdmmnus geticus, sp. n., F. de Saulcy, Yerh. Yer. Briinn, xv. p. 14, 
pi. i. fig. 4, Banat. 
Euconnus transsylvanicus, sp. n., id. 1. c. pi. i. fig. 5, Transsylvanian 
Alps. 
Cephennium turgidum, sp. n., E. Reitter, Deutsche, E. Z. 1877, p. 292, 
Caucasus. 
SlLPHID^. 
NecropJiorus. Synoptical table of French species ; R. Hickel and R. 
Dragicsevics, Feuil. Nat. vii. p. 27. 
NecropJiorus sepulchralis, Heer, a good species ; G. Stierlin, Deutsche 
E. Z. 1877, p. 288. 
NecropJiorus vespillo, small form, eating a living PristonycJius terricola ; 
Pet. Nouv. ii. p. 179. 
SilpJia. Observations on South Russian species ; J. Faust, Bull. Mosc. 
Hi. pt. 2, pp. 23-33. 
SilpJia ohscura. A symmetrical colour var. ; Masson, Feuil. Nat. vii. 
p. 143. 
SilpJia tetraspilota^ Hope, = rujithorax, Wled. ; E. v. Harold, Deutsche 
E. Z. 1877, p. 347. 
SilpJia sinuata and ? Catops fumatus and varicornis^ from J apan ; G. 
Kraatz, Deutsche E. Z. 1877, pp. 107 & 108. Also S. rugosa and atrata, 
E. V. Harold, tom. cit. p. 347. 
Adelops meridionalis, Duv. : on its specific status and habits ; A. 
Lucante, Feuil. Nat. vii. pp. 89-92. 
Ptoma[to']scopus, g. n., G. Kraatz, Deutsche E. Z. 1877, p. 102. Facies 
of CreopJiilus in the StapJiylinidoe : a brevi-pennate NecropJiorus, with the 
antennal club of SilpJia. 0. morio (figured op. cit. 1876, pi. i. fig. 17), 
Japan, and 4^-maculatus, China, p. 104, spp. nn. 
Arimimelus, g. n., id. 1. c. p. 104. Allied to Pteroloma, but with the 
facies of a Lobiid. A. lehioides, sp. n., p. 105, Japan. 
NecropJiorus Japonicus, E. v. Harold, Deutsche E. Z. 1877, p. 345, 
Hakone ; N. concolor, p. 100, maculifrons sjidL var. quadripunctatus, p. 101, 
spp. nn., Kraatz, 1. c., Japan (the latter = nepalensis, Hope; E. v. 
Harold, tom. cit. p. 346). 
