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tarsi have only four joints, and the posterior five joints, the 

 latter having the basal joint longer than the others. 



The species is dusky-red, with a tinge of yellow, with the 

 exception of the head and a belt on the abdomen, which are 

 pitchy-black. The thorax has a definite margin, and is thickly 

 punctured. The legs are paler than the body. It is found on 



1. Gryropha3na gen tills. 2. QuedUis cTilatatus. 3. Creophihis maxillosus. 4. Philonthus 

 Iharginatus. 5. Xaiitholinus glabratus. a. Philonthus, riglit mandible. 6. Qnedius, right 

 mandible. c. rhilonthus, labial palpi. d. Quedius, labial palpi. e. Philonthus, antenna. 



fungi of various kinds. There is a curious point about this 

 insect which is worth recording. One of the very rarest of the 

 British Brachelytra is a Beetle of the same family, called 

 Myrmedonia Haworthi, one of the parasitic Beetles. When 

 the Gyrophcena gentilis is placed under the magnifier, so as to 

 enlarge it to the size of the Myrmedonia, the two Beetles are 

 almost exactly alike. 



