ELATERIDiE. 
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Agrceus. List of known species ; Candeze, Notes Leyd. Mus. v. p. 205, 
note. 
Chaleo lepidius porcatus, Linn. Prothoracic breathing orifices closed by * 
a peculiar trap-door arrangement ; Sharp, P. E. Soc. 1883, pp. iii. & iv. 
Athous difformis , Lac., an evening insect ; Collett, Ent. M. M. xx. pp. 71 
& 72. A. longicollis, Oliv. : variation in $ noticed ; Friclcen & Brauns, 
Ent. Nachr. ix. pp. 51, 52, & 225. A. niger, Linn., feeding on ergot of 
rye ; Rupertsberger, Wien. ent. Z. ii. p. 63. 
Corymbites iristis, Cand. (P = Elater semivittatus , Say), noticed from 
Japan ; Horn, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. x. pp. 288 & 289. 
Chrosis violacea , Sharp, = livens , Broun; Broun, N. Z. J. Sci. i. p. 301. 
Tomicephalus sanguinicollis , Latr., noticed ; Dohrn, S. E. Z. xliv. p. 160. 
New genera and species : — 
Sossor, Candeze, Notes Leyd. Mus. v. p. 208. Allied to Sephilus, Elius, 
and Singhalenus. Type, S. hageni , sp. n., 1. c. p. 209, Sumatra. 
Qxystethus , Fairmaire, Le Nat. v. p. 238. Allied to Hyp silo stethus ; 
mesosternum and metasternum not separated by a suture, claws simple, 
coxae nearly parallel, slightly broader on the inside. Type, 0. scapulatus , 
sp. n., ibid., New Britain. 
Ilemiopinus , id. S. E. Z. xliv. p. 365. Allied to Hemiops. Type, H. 
hildebrandti , sp. n., ibid., Madagascar. 
Psorochroa, Broun, N. Z. J. Sci. i. p. 301. Elateridai ; type, P.granu- 
lata. sp. n., 1. c. p. 302, New Zealand. 
Agrceus ritsemce , Candeze, Notes Leyd. Mus. v. p. 204, Java. 
Alaus engelhardi, Saleyer, and wallandi , Sumatra, id. I. c. pp. 11 & 207; 
A. breviplicatus, Fairmaire, Ann. Ent. Belg. xxvii. (2) p. 17, Duke of York 
Island. 
Simodactylus fasciolatus , id. Le Nat. v. p. 238, New Britain. 
Anchastus serdangensis and simulans, Candeze, l. c. pp. 209 & 210, 
Sumatra. 
Megapenthes agriot[o]ides, Saleyer, p. 12, inficetus , p. 210, and anceps , 
Sumatra, p. 211, id. 1. c. 
Melanoxanthus ruptus, Sumatra, Java, and 10 -maculatus, Sumatra, id. 
1. c. pp. 211 & 212 ; M. tetraspilotus , Fairmaire, l. c. p. 239, New Britain. 
Cryptohypnus montanus aud sandageri, Broun, N. Z. J. i. pp. 302 & 303, 
New Zealand. 
Lomemus rectus and vittatus, id. Z. c. pp. 303 & 304, New Zealand. 
Negastrius algidus , Sahlberg, Medd. Soc. Fenn. ix. pp. 98 & 164, Lap- 
land, Siberia. 
Cardiophorus velatus and octo-notatus, Candeze, B. E. Z. xxvii. p. 21, 
Chinclioxo. 
Diploconus ustulalus and hasselti , id. Notes Loyd. Mus. v. pp. 13 & 205, 
Sumatra. 
Ludius dilaticollis, Fairmaire, l. c. p. 239, Now Britain. 
Agriotes caspicus , Yon Hoyden, Deutscho E. Z. xxvii. p. 358, Tekke- 
Turcoraania, Baku. 
Agonischiiis conspiircatus and elegans , Candeze, Z. c. p. 213, Sumatra. 
