INSECTA. 531 
A. Ocelli none. 
Sub-genera: Olistherus Dé3., Phleocharis MANNERH. 
B. Ocelli two, 
Sub-genera: Anthophagus Gray., Lesteva Latr., Omalium 
GRAVENH. (in part), Anthobiwm Leacu, and some others proposed by 
Ericuson and others. Comp. Ericusoy, 1. 1. pp. 846—900. 
Sp. Omalium rivulare GRAVENH., PanzER Deutschl. Ins. Heft 27, Tab. 15 ; 
—Omalium fossulatum Ericus., Omal. cesum GYLL. &e. 
Proteinus Larr. Head porrect, received posteriorly in thorax. 
Antenne clavate or incrassated at the apex, mostly with eleven 
joints, sometimes with nine. Maxillary palps with fourth joint 
narrower, acuminate. Ocelli none, or ocellus single, frontal. Body 
depressed ; elytra longish. Tarsi mostly with five joints, in a few 
with three joints. 
Sub-genera: Proteus Latr. (in part), Megarthrus Kirpy, 
Phleobium DésEan, Glyptoma Ericus., Micropeplus Latr. 
Sp. Proteinus brachypterus, Dermestes brachypterus FaBr., Cuvirr R. Ani., 
éd. il., Ins. Pl. 21, fig. 8 ; Megarthrus depressus Ericus. &c. 
Aleochara GRAVENH. Head small, exsert, often deflected. 
Labrum ertire, horny. Maxillary palps with fourth joint subulate. 
Antenne with eleven or ten joints, inserted in frons at the internal 
margin of eyes, incrassated gradually at the apex, or clavate. Feet 
slender, with tibiz mostly unarmed, tarsi with five joints, some- 
times with four, either the anterior only or all. 
Sub-genera: Myrmedonia Ericus., Aleochara GRAVENH. (in part), 
Bolitochara MANNERH., Oxypoda MANNERH., Oligota MANNERH., 
Lomechusa GRAVENH., Gyrophena Manyeru., Myllana Ericns., 
Gymnusa Karsten, &c. Cons. Ericuson, 1. 1., pp. 33—212. 
Sp. Aleochara canaliculata Grav., Staphyl. canaliculatus FaBr., PANZER 
Deutschl. Ins. Heft 27, Tab. 10, Guérin Iconogr., Ins. Pl. 0, fig. 5 ;— 
a Aleoch. fuscipes GRAV., GERMAR Faun. Ins. Europ. Fasc. x11t. Tab. 8, &c. 
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Tachyporus GRAVENH. Head intruded posteriorly into thorax 
almost as far as the eyes, not narrower at the base. Labrum entire, 
simple. Antenne below the eyes, inserted under the lateral margin 
of head, mostly filiform, with eleven joints, in a few clavate, with ten 
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