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128. Philonthus politus Lin??. — Length of body, 5 lines. Taken 

 in Nova Scotia by Capt. Hall. 



[92.] Body very black, hairy. Head orbicular, scarcely narrower 

 than the prothorax, naked with the exception of a few long lateral 

 bristle-like hairs, slightly bronzed, very glossy, smooth with a few punc- 

 tures on each side in the occiput ; antennae shorter than the prothorax. 

 last joint emarginate at the tip ; prothorax, rather narrowest before and 

 transverse, rounded behind, slightly bronzed, very glossy and smooth, with 

 a few long hairs on each side, on the disc is a double series, each con- 

 sisting of four punctures, there are three or four others in the sides ; 

 elytra bronzed, thickly punctured, with a long hair issuing from each 

 puncture ; claws of the tarsi ferruginous. [In LeConte's List, put down 

 as a male and synonymous with P. aeneus Rossi — a species taken in 

 Canada.] 



129. Philonthus mandibulars Kirby. — Length of body, 5 lines. 

 1 .ocality unknown. 



[93.] This species differs from the preceding chiefly in the shape of 

 the head, and the color of the mandibles, agreeing in the former particular 

 with P. politus of modern Entomologists, from which it differs, besides 

 their colour, in having the mandibles shorter than the head ; the inter- 

 mediate joints of the tarsi also are rufo-piceous. [Inserted in LeConte's 

 List as the female of the preceding species.] 



130. Philonthus picatus Kirby. — Length of body 3 lines. Two 

 specimens taken^ in Lat. 54°. 



Body piceous, as usual in the genus somewhat hairy. Head ovate, 

 naked, and very glossy, with a few scattered punctures on each side 

 behind the eyes and four between them ; antennae as long as the head 

 and thorax, scape testaceous ; prothorax naked and very glossy ; dorsal 

 rows consisting of six punctures, there are five more punctures near the 

 anterior margin arranged in two oblique rows between them and the 

 lateral margin, and three or four other punctures are discoverable nearer 

 the base : elytra chestnut, hairy ; tips of the abdominal segment and anus 

 rufous : legs testaceous. [Previously described as Staphylitius (Philon- 

 thus) brunneus Grav. Taken en the north shore of Lake Superior by 

 Agassiz's Expedition.] 



131. Philonthus Eulvipes? Grav. — Length of body about 3 line>. 

 A single specimen taken in lat. 54°. 



