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Genus [134]. Lathrobium. Orav. Fourteen species. 



L. elongatum, Lin. Black ; antennae, legs and terminal 

 half of elytra, pitchy red ; four lines ; common. PL 18, 

 Jiff. 8. 

 Genus [135]. Gyrohypnus. Kirby. Twenty species. 



G. cruentatns, Marsh. Atrous shining; elytra red; six 

 lines; common. PL \9, Jig.l. 

 Genus [136]. Othius. Leach. Eleven species. 



O. fulgidus, Payk. Black ; antennae, elytra, apex of ab- 

 domen and legs red ; five lines ; gardens and roads. PI. 

 19, Jiff. 2. 

 Genus [137]. Gabrius. Leach. Thirteen species. 



G. suaveolens, Kirby. Black and shining ; elytra opaque; 

 antennas pitchy ; their base as well as the palpi and legs 

 testaceous ; 2A lines ; beneath rejectamenta, Norfolk. PI. 

 19, Jiff. 3. 

 Genus [138]. Cafius. Leach. Five species. 



C. fucicola, Leach. Opaque black ; legs slightly pitchy; 

 two to four lines ; beneath marine rejectamenta. PI. 19, 

 .Jiff. 4. 

 Genus [139]. Bisnius. Leach. Five species. 



B. cephalotes, Grav. Black ; elytra aeneous ; thorax and 

 legs pitchy; 2f lines ; Norfolk. PL \9, fig. 5. 

 Genus [140]. Heterothops. Kirby. Three species. 



H. binotatus, Kirby. Black and shining ; base of antennae, 

 and legs pitchy ; 2\ lines ; coasts, beneath marine rejec- 

 tamenta. PL \9,fig. 6. 

 Genus [141]. Raphirus. Leach. Thirteen species. 



R. semiobscurus, Marsh. Black, head and thorax shining ; 

 antennae and legs fulvous ; 3| lines ; beneath rejecta- 

 menta. PL 19, fig. 7. 

 Genus [142]. Philonthus. Leach. Forty-eight species. 



P. politus, Lin. Blackish-aeneous ; abdomen entirely black ; 

 head and thorax shining ; 3| — 5 lines ; very common. 

 PL 19, fig. 8. 

 Genus [143]. Queditjs. Leach. Thirty-eight species. Dif- 

 fers from Euryporus, Erichs. by the palpi being filiform. 

 Q. tristis, Grav. Pitchy black ; antennae and legs pitchy- 

 red ; 5| lines; under stones, common. PL 20, Jig. 1. 

 Genus [H4]. Astrap^eus. Grav. One species. Has the 

 terminal joint of all the palpi securiform. 



A. Ulmi, Rossi. Black, with the base of the antennae, la- 

 brum, margin of the clypeus, elytra and penultimate seg- 

 ment of the abdomen red ; tibiae and tarsi pitchy ; five 

 lines ; beneath the bark of elms, rare. PL 20, Jig. 2. 



