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at base of the width of the elytra, parallel, narrowed and rather 

 subulate towards the apex, very thickly and finely punctate, . 

 obscure rufo-testaceous, intermediate segments sometimes with 

 the base duskier, the apex more dilute. Legs testaceous. 



Sometimes entirely testaceous. 



Closely allied to the German 0. ferruginea, but more robust, 

 lighter coloured, the antennae stouter. 



Rare. In moss, brought from Ravensworth woods.— t/. H. 

 March. 



5. 0. BREVicoRNis, Kivhy. 



Ste2:)h. Manual, No. 2917. — Aleochara brevicornis, lb. Illust, 



Mancl., v., 149. — Oxypoda cuniculina, Erichson, Gen. et 



Spec. Staph,, Ud.—Heer, Fn. Col. Helv., i., 320. 



Under rubbish, &c. " Twizell." — P. J. Selhy, Esq. Woods 



on the Team, South Shields, and Marsden. — J. H. March — 



June. 



6. 0. LENTULA, Erich. 



Brevis, nigra, subopaca, subtiliter pubescens, antennis 

 brevibus, gracilioribus, nigri, pedibus nigro-piceis, thorace 

 transversa, basi supra scutellum vix impresso. Long 1 lin. 

 et plus. 

 Erichson, Gen. et Spec. Staph., 150. 

 Much resembling 0. brevicornis, but smaller, darker, the antennae 

 less thickened; black, thickly and very finely punctulate, 

 slightly sericeous pubescent, sub-opaque, abdomen slightly shining. 

 Antennae short, about the length of the head and thorax, very 

 slightly thickened towards the apex, 3rd joint slightly shorter 

 than the 2nd, the rest short, slightly transverse, the last some- 

 what thicker than the two preceding, and about their united 

 length, subovate, obtuse; black, the base obscure piceous. Palpi 

 nigro-piceous. Head ovate, small, the front convex. Thorax 

 behind nearly of the breadth of the elytra, a little narrowed 

 anteriorly, anterior angles sub-deflexed, transverse, the length 

 scarcely equal to half the breadth, the sides strongly, the base 

 slightly rounded ; slightly convex, the base scarcely foveolated, 



