5352 CLASS VIII. 
joints. Feet with tibie mostly spinose, tarsi with five joints, more 
rarely with four. Body convex, oval. 
Sub-genera: Hypocyptus Scuvrrr., Tachyporus GRAVEN., Tachinus 
Gravenn., Boletobius Lracn, &c. Comp. Ericuson, pp. 213—289. 
Sp. Tachyporus analis GRrav., Staphyl. obtusus L., Panzer Deutschl. Ins. 
Heft 22, Tab. 16 ;—Tachyporus marginatus GRAV., Staphyl. hypnorum 
Fasr., Panzer Deutschl. Ins. Heft 27, Tab. 17, GuéRin Iconogr., Ins. 
Pl. to, fig. 9, &e. 
Section II. Pselaphina. Abdomen with five segments, rotun- 
date, obtuse. Antenne clavate. ‘T'arsi triarticulate. 
Compare C. AuBé Pselaphiorum Monographia, Guérin, Magasin de 
Zool. 1833, Ins. Pl. 78—94; H. H. Scumipr Diss. imaug. zool. de 
Pselaphis Faune Pragensis cum anatomia Clavigeri. Pragze, 1836. 8vo. 
They are small insects that live under stones, bark of trees, decaying 
leaves, and in ants’ nests. 
A. Antenne with joints indistinct, or with single joint, thick, truncated. 
Articerus DALM. 
B. Antenne with six joints. 
Claviger PreyssLer. Eyes none (ocelli two Scumipr). Claw 
of tarsi simple. 
Sp. Claviger testaceus PANZER Deutschl. Ins. Heft 9, Tab. 3, Dumérim Cons. 
gén. 8.1. Ins. P). 22, fig. 5. Compare P. W. J. MUELLER Beittriige zur Natur- 
gesch. der Gattung Claviger, GERMAR’S Magazin der Entomol. 11. 1818, 
pp. 69—112. 
C. Antenne with eleven joints. 
Pselaphus Hersst. Maxillary palps mostly elongate, clavate. 
Kyes two. 
Sub-genera. a) With single claw of tarsi: Pselaphus, HERBST 
(in part), Bryaxis Leacu, Bythinus, Tychus ejusd., Huplectus ejusd. 
—b) With two claws of tarsi: Chenniwm Latr., Tyrus AuBE, 
Batrisus AuBE; whom see 1. 1. Comp. also Ericuson, Die Kdfer der 
Mark Brandenburg, 1. pp. 263—281. 
Sp. Chennium bituberculatum, Duméirit Cons. gén. s. l. Ins, Pl. 23, fig. 4, &e. 
Family LX. Clavicornia (Clavicornes Latr., Histeride, Byr- . 
rhide, Dermestide, Silphide, &c. Leacu).’ Antenne mostly with 
eleven joints, terminated by a club perfoliate or solid, or gradually 
