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Trechus panamensis, Putzeys, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1870, p. 172 \ 









Hab. Panama 1 . 





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4. Trechus rostratus. 



Cnides rostratus, Motsehulsky, Etudes Entom. xi. p. 38 *. 



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Trechus rostratus, Putzeys, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1870, p. 189 



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Tacky ta, Kirby, Faun. Bor.-Amer. iv. p. 56 (1837). 

 Tachymenis, Motsehulsky, Etudes Entom. 1862, p. 27. 



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They are all minute insects of flattened form, living under the bark of trees ; and they 

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1. Tachyta nana. 



Bembidium nanum, Gyllenhal, Ins. Sueciea, ii. p. 30; Dej. Sp. Gen. Col. v. p. 51 \ 



Carabus quadristriatus, Illig. Kaf. Preuss. p. 188. 



Elaphrus minimus, Duftschm. Fauna Austriaca, ii. p. 205. 



Bembidium inornatum, Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. ii. p. 87 2 . 



Tachyta picipes, Kirby, Faun. Bor.-Amer. iv. p. 56, t. 8. f. 6. 



Tachys rivularis, Mannerheim, Bull. Mosc. hi. p. 152 3 . 















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Hab. North Aiuerica 2 3 . — Mexico, Jalapa (Hoge) ; British Honduras, Belize (Blan- 

 caneaux) ; Guatemala, Balheu, San Geronimo, Purula, Zumpango, 6000 feet. — Europe ; 

 Asia, Siberia, Asia Minor. 



2. Tachyta autumnalis 





Jlavieaudce 



Oblonga, sat depressa, 











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piceo-fusca, antennis, palpis, pedibus, labro epistomateque pallidis ; margine laterali thoracis sequaliter 

 late explanato-reflexo, pallido ; elytris plerumque apice vix pallidioribus, rarius tertia parte apicali pallida 

 vel totis pallidis macula commuiri discoidali fusca. 



Long. 2 millim. 



Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz, Cordova (Salle), Oaxaca (Edge) ; Guatemala, near the city 











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