578 TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



truncate at base ; abdomen witli the penultimate segtnent longest j 

 tibiae spinous, a little arquated. 



M. LATIPES Grav. Monog. Coleopt. Micr., p. 198. 



In the present state of the science, the laftpcs can no longer 

 remain in the genus Oxytelus, as a species of which Gravenhorst 

 described it. That author was, however, perfectly sensible of 

 its distinguishing charactei-s, and had he written twenty years 

 later, I should not now have to construct this new genus. The 

 following are his remarks adjoined to his copious description, to 

 which I must refer the reader : 



" Cum hoc insectum palpis instructum sit filiformibus, antcnnis 

 extrorsum crassioribus, thorace immarginato basi truncato, Tachi- 

 nis adnumerandum foret, si solos characteres artificiales (Coleopt. 

 Micropt., p. 134) datos respiceremus. Habitu autem toto, etex- 

 ceptis ultimis palporum articulis, partibus etiam singulis cum 

 Oxytelis hujus familise plane congruit. Certo systematis natu- 

 ralis nullam haberemus rationem, cum hoc micropteron Tachinis 

 adjungeremus. Oxytelis autem, sicut hue usque determinati 

 erant, ob characteres per systema artificiale conptitutos, baud 

 adsociari potest. Eodem ergo jure, quo Astrapaei genus olim a 

 Staphylino disjungebatur, quibus attamen simillimum est, hoc 

 etiam insectum genus novum, ab Oxytelis separatum, condei'et, 

 nisi resula systematis uaturalis, i. e. character totus extei'nus 

 seu habitus totus, dissuaderet." [463] 



[This genus was previously described as Oson'us Latr. — Leg.] 



ANTHOPHAGUS Grav. 



A. VERTICALTS. — Body reddish brown ; elytra and margin of 

 the tergum yellowish. 



Inhabits Pennsylvania. 



Body chestnut, punctured, a little hairy ; head darker than 

 the thorax, punctures sparse ; disk of the vertex impressed ; be- 

 tween the antennae unequal ; antennae and mouth paler than the 

 head ; thorax convex, rounded each side, contracted at base, with 

 a conspicuous impressed line, terminating behind in a dilated 

 puncture ; elytra reddish yellow, punctured, at tip obscure ; ter- 

 (>-um with a dorsal impressed line; posterior or rather lateral 

 triangular yellow spot, and on the lateral margin of each seg- 

 ment ; thighs testaceous ; tibiae and tarsi somewhat darker. 



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