32 Ins. 
COLEOPTERA. 
E. Z. xxvi. p. 256. A. helmsi , Sharp, redescribed ; Broun, N. Z. J. Sci. i. 
p. 219. 
Platynus chalybccus , Gradl, = muelleri ) Herbst, var. ccerulescens , 
Letzn. ; Kraatz, Deutsche E. Z. xxvi. p. 15G. P. maculicollis , Doj., abun- 
dant in California ; Riley & others, Nature, xxv. p. 3 86, xxvi. pp. 681 & 
682. 
Tropopterus patulus, Broun, is an Ooderus ; Broun, N. Z. J. Sci. i. 
p. 224. 
New genera and species : — 
Clibanarius, Des Gozis, MT. schw. ent. Ges. vi. p. 295. Allied to 
Europhilus , Chaud. ; thorax cordiform, with tho hinder angles straight 
or slightly prominent. Type, Platynus dorsalis , Pontopp. ( prasinus , 
Thupb.). 
Elliptoleus , Bates, Biol. Centr. Am. Col i. (1) p. 97. Allied to Ancho- 
menus , elytra shorter, setiferous puncture placed on the lateral margins 
of the thorax ; to include Anchomenus vixstriatus , Bates, Agonum flavipes , 
Dej. (figured, pi. iv. fig. 21), and E. curtulus , p. 97, crepericornis, and 
acutisculptus , p. 98, spp. nn., id. I, c., Mexico. 
Cyrtolaus, id. 1. c. p. 99. Allied to Colpodes , but ligula narrowed near 
the apex almost as in Loptotrachelus, elytra generally convex and strongly 
sculptured, armed near the sutural angle with a distinct spine. Type, C. 
furculifer , p. 99, spinicauda, pi. v. fig. 2, and lobipennis ) p. 100, spp. nn., 
id. 1. c., Guatemala. 
Sphodrosomus gambeyi , Fauvel, Rev. d’Ent. i. p. 246, New Caledonia. 
Pseudotaphoxenus hraatzi , Heyden, Deutsche E. Z. xxvi. p. 309, Samar- 
cand. 
Calathus vagestriatus and* parvicollis, Fairmaire, Le Nat. ii. p. 191 ; C. 
theodori , Ancey, Nat. Sicil. ii. p. 70 : all from Abyssinia. 
Abaris bigenera , Bates, Biol. Centr. Am. Col. i. (1) p. 86, pi. iv. fig. 12, 
Mexico and Guatemala. 
Adrimus olivacens , id. 1. c. p. 87, pi. iv. fig. 14, Guatemala. 
Platynus mattosi , Oli viera, Rev. Soc. Porto, ii. p. 313, Portugal ; P. 
leptodes (figured as P. leptomorpkus , pi. iv. fig. 25), and euprepes , Bates, 
l. c. pp. 92 & 93, Mexico. 
Cyphocoleus ovicollis , miricollis , p. 248, latipennis, flavipes, and globuli- 
collis , p. 249, Fauvel, l. c., New Caledonia. 
Dichrochile nitida and cinctiger\ u -ra~\, Broun, N. Z. J. Sci. i. pp. 216 & 
217, New Zealand. 
Anchomenus haasti and sandageri , id. 1. c. pp. 217 & 218, New Zealand ; 
A. cyanopis, Mexico, p. 94 ,patinalis, Mexico, Guatemala, cavatus, Mexico, 
p. 95, and dominicensis, Mexico to Panama, p. 96, Bates, l. c. 
Cyclothorax Jcarschi, Blackburn, Ent. M. M. xix. p. 62, Hawaii. 
Glyptolenus trans/ormatus, Bates, l. c. p. 99, Guatemala. 
Colpodes pterostichoules , fig. 4, p. 102, durangensis, Mexico, p. 105, 
championi , fig. 10, eueides , p. 107, castanipes, incultus, fig. 5, evanescens, 
fig. 7, Guatemala, p. 108 ,forreri, fig. 9, Mexico, bispinis, Costa Rica, p. 109, 
purulensis, Guatemala, p. 110, chiriquinus , fig. 11, Chiriqui, p. Ill, 
cyanides , Guatemala, horni, Costa Rica, p. 112, subauratus, p. 113, chloreus, 
