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Sub-Div. iii. Quadripaltnati, 



This division includes those genera wliich have four joints of the 

 anterior tarsi dikitcd in the male ; as a rule the middle tarsi are dilated 

 as well, although in some genera, e.g. Arupalpus and JBradijCfUit.-i, they 

 are very feeldy dilated or not at all ; in some genera, e.g. GijtiaivJromor- 

 p/ius, the female has one or more joints of the anterior tarsi dilated. 

 The most important genus of the tribe is Harpalics. 



I, Dilated joints of anterior tarsi of male biseriately squamulose 



beneath. 

 i. Labial palpi with the terminal joint equal to, or a little 



lonp^er than the preceding, which is bisetose only . . . Stenolopiiina. 

 ii. Labial p:ilpi wltli the terminal joint shorter than the pre- 



cedinfr, wliich has several seta) in front Haepalina. 



II. Dilated joints of anterior male tarsi clothed beneath with 



fine, short, erect hairs Anisodactylina. 



STENOLOPHINA. 



With regard to this tribe ^Ir. Bates (Biol. Cent. Amer. Carabidap, 

 p. 70) writes as follows : — " The (genera iSffmoIojjJms, Bradijcrllni^, Taclttj- 

 crllufi, and their allies, usually associated with the Ilarpalinn, are dis- 

 tinguished from that group, as Dr. Horn has pointed out, by tlie penul- 

 timate joint of the labial palpi bearing two setro only. AVith this 

 character are associated many other points of difference, curved frontal 

 fovefB, and the constant presence of a single fovea on the third elytral 

 interstice. These insects are of much smaller size than the great majority 

 of the true Ilarpalina, and are readily distinguished from them by their 

 facies. In short, they form a natural group, and the dilated tarsal joints 

 of the male being furnished with squamules, they bear the same relation 

 to the Ilarpalina proper, as the Pelmatellina do to the Anisodactylina. 

 Some genera seem to be intermediate in the nature of the clothing of tho 

 dilated tarsal soles of the male." 



I. Penultimate joint of anterior and middle tarsi bilobed, and 



the middle tarsi dilated, in male Stenolophus, DeJ. 



II. Penultimate joint of anterior and middle tarsi simply emar- 

 ginate, and the middle tarsi not or feebly dilated, in male. 



i. Mentum not toothed AcuPALPrs, Lafr. 



ii. Mentum with a central tooth Buadtcellus, Er. 



STENOZiOFHUS, Dejcan. 



About seventy species are comprised in this genus, which are widely 

 distributed over the surface of the globe ; they are all of small size, and 

 are often variegated with bright colours ; they are found in damp places 

 under stones and refuse, and sometimes on low plants : about twelve 

 species are found in Europe, of which we possess four as British. 



The larva of Sienolophiis is figured by Schiodtc (iii., PI. xxii., Fig. 12). Thixe is 

 nothing very remarkable about it; it is linear, deiuvssed, smooth and shining, with 



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