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Fig. 14. 



stalk, and is capable of motion. It lias two joints, the first 

 one very small, the second long and curved in- 

 wards. The lingua is cleft or bifid, and the labium 

 is entire. Labial palpi with four joints. The an- 

 tennae are abbreviated somewhat as in Tachinus, 

 beino; about half the length of the abdomen. The 

 antennre are filiform, not very sensibly larger at the 

 end. The thorax, which is narrower at base than I made it 

 in the annexed drawing, reminds one of many Carahidce^ 

 PanagoPAis for instance. The troplii in some respects are those 

 of some Staphjlinida', particularly the 

 palpi. But the antennaa and feet are not. 

 those of that family. The thighs and coxae 

 are alike in the three pairs, the tibiae of 

 the first are notched, and the tarsi are 

 always simple in both sexes. The insect 

 is of a chestnut brown color, the head, 

 thorax and apex of the elytra being darker, 

 or piceous, and deeply punctured. The 

 more I think about it, the less I know in 

 which family to place that insect, but I 

 hope you will help me. 



Some days ago, when visiting the same places, I found under 

 a stone an insect, Avliich at first sight I supposed to be a Blaps^ 

 from its resemblance to an European insect of that genus 

 which you have sent me. And though it is very small, and 

 that is not the locality, I believe, of the genus, I had little 

 doubt that I had at last met with an Atlantic species. But 

 when I came to examine it in the evening, I was astonished to 

 find at first no antennae; and, with considerable difliculty, I 

 discovered that they were very small and concealed un- 

 der the eye as in the figure, the club lamellated, of eight 

 joints, and covered by the first. The labial and maxil- 

 lary palpi have their large joint oval and larger. The 

 insect is pentamerous, and it has wings. Can it be a Dryops ? 



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