(Page 303) 

 ones distinctly, the next-last very little longer than broad. 

 Fronotum is posteriorly as broad as elytra, broader than long, an- 

 teriorly feebly, roundedly narrowing; elytra only a little longer 

 than pronotum, slightly convex, extremely fine and rather densely 

 punctated, along the sides and particularly at tip provided with 

 long, robust bristle-hair. L. 3-4 mm. 



The sixth free dorsal joint of abdomen in both sexes is deeply 

 divided into six long tips, of which each of the four side-tips 

 end in a very long, robust bristle-hair, the two middle tips with 

 a very fine spine; the incision between the middle-tips is less 

 deep in cP than in ^ . The fifth ventral abdominal joint of d^ 

 is rather deeply and broadly emarglnated, the sixth deeply cleft 

 into two slightly curved horn-like processes, in the O divided into 

 six tips. 



Distributed, and is here not infrequently found in horse-manure, 



and plant-waste, at times numerous in fertilizer around hothouse-boxes. 



52. Oenus Tachinus 3ravh. 



(Sravh. Micr. 134; Erichs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 3S6; Jen. Spec. Staph. 

 244; Kraatz Ins. D.II, 396; (Janglb. Kaf. M.II, 337. - Tachinus and 

 Drymoporus Thorns. Skand. Col. Ill, 154, 159; Rey Brevip. 1883, 122,168) 



The body (Fig. 101) is oftenest fusiform, rather low convex,*) 

 posteriorly more tapering than anteriorly, rarely of even breadth; 

 thorax naked, the abdomen extremely fine and sparingly haired; the 

 head short and broad, ------ (Page 304) ---- deeply embedded in pro- 

 notum, with somewhat protruding eyes, the temples and genae without 

 ridges; antennae rather long and slender, the ftret four joints 



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 *) author uses term flat convex. 



