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This issue deals with the species of the beetle families Agyrtidae and Silphidae. These two groups were formerly regarded as subfamilies of the family Silphidae, for which reason they are here treated under the same cover. The family Agyrtidae is a small group worldwide comprising only about 60 species divided into four subfamilies, only four species inhabit central Europe. The family of carrion beetles (Silphidae) includes about 200 species divided into two subfamilies, the Silphinae and the Nicrophorinae. Thirty species inhabit central Europe, of them 20 species of carrion beetles proper (Silphinae) and 10 species of sexton beetles (Nicrophorinae).