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INSECTS. 
Genus STAPHYLINUS.— Fabricius. 
Generic Character .—The whole palpi filiform, with the an- 
tenme inserted between the eyes; the anterior tarsi dilated in 
both sexes, or in the males. 
Staphylinus maxillosus .— The Maxillary Staphylinus. 
Plate XCVII. fig. 15. 
Black, iridescent; head considerably broader than the thorax ; 
elytra gray, with black spots and points. Inhabits Europe, 
found in old dung- hills. 
TRIBE III.-SERRICORNES. 
With filiform or setaceous antennse, those of the males usual¬ 
ly tufted, pectinated, or serrated, in some terminated in a per- 
foliated or dentated club; elytra covering all the upper part of 
the abdomen, excepting in one genus; penult joint of the tarsi 
frequently bilobed. 
Genus BUPRESTIS.— Linnaus. 
Generic Character .—The males provided with serrated an¬ 
tennae ; palpi filiform, or slightly thickened at their extremity ; 
the first four joints of the tarsi short, broad, depressed, and 
triangular, seated on a spongy cushion ; body ovate, convex, or 
triangular. 
Buprestis viridis. — The Green Buprestis. 
Plate XCVII. fig. 16. 
Body bright bronze-green; elytra entire and dotted. Inha¬ 
bits Europe, in the bark of trees. 
Genus LAMPYRIS.— Linnceus. 
Generic Character .—With an oval depressed body; a square 
semicircular thorax, concealing the head ; mouth very small; the 
last joint of the maxillary palpi acute ; eyes very large ; antennae 
filiform, pectinated and approximated at their base, in many of 
the males they are plumose or serrated ; posterior extremity of 
the abdomen phosphorescent, shining in the dark; elytra 
coriaceous. 
