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128. LiTHOCHARis, Dejean. 

 1. L. OCHRACEA, Grav. 



Boisd. et Lacord. Faun. Ent. PariSj i., 432. — JErichson, 



Gen. et Spec. Staj^L, 623. — Sunius ochraceus, Steph. 



Illust, Mand., v., 275. — Pjederus rubricollis, Gyll. Ins. 



Suec, a., 376. — Sunius rubricollis, ^YepA. Illust, Mand., 



v., 275. 

 Budle Crag, and near a marsh at Dunstanborough Castle. — 

 J. H. In hot beds, at Long Benton. — T. J. B. May — August. 



129. Stilicus, Latreille, 

 1. S. RUFIPES, Midler. 



Niger, antennis pedihusque rujis vel rufo-piceis; thorace 



obsolete carinato, creherrime punctato; elytris subtiliter 



punctatis, apice plus minusve piceis. Long. 2^2| lin. 

 JErichson, Gen. et Spec. Staph., 631. — Eugilus rufipes, Heer, 



Fn. Col. Helv., i., 231. — Rugilus immunis, Kirhy, Steph. 



Illust.. Mand., v., 278? — Rugilus orbiculatus, var., Ih. 



Manual, No. 3251 ? 

 Black, slightly shining, elytra more shining, head and thorax 

 opaque, finely and shortly pubescent. Antennae one half longer 

 than the head, scarcely thickened towards the apex, third joint 

 somewhat longer than the second, 4 — 10 gradually shorter, 4 — 6 

 sub-obconic, 7 — 10 nodose, the last slightly larger, rufous, the 

 apex more dilute. Palpi rufous. Labrum piceo-rufescent, " its 

 apex in the middle acutely bidenticulate;" oral parts rufous 

 beneath, their slight pubescence rufous. Mandibles rufo-piceous. 

 Head large, of the breadth of the elytra, orbiculate, very thickly 

 and strongly punctate, longitudinally subrugulose, a very short 

 smooth shining line on the crown ; slightly pubescent. Thorax 

 somewhat mitre-shaped, wider than in the following species, one 

 half narrower than the elytra, a little longer than broad, obliquely 

 narrowed in front, slightly narrowing to the base, the sides some- 

 what straight; moderately eonvex, very thickly and strongly 

 punctate, subrugose, with a narrow longitudinal shining line, 

 slightly elevated posteriorly, not quite reaching the base, and 

 disappearing towards the apex, slightly canaliculate ; on each side 

 of which posteriorly the disk is slightly depressed. Elytra a little 



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