16 GENERIC SYNOPSIS. 
TASGIUS Leach. Asrrarmus p. Latr. 2sp.  Astr. rufipes Latr. Curt. 438. 
Antenne filiform ; maxillary palpi short, last joint small, truncate; labial palpi 
securiform in one sex ; thorax punctured. 
ASTRAPZEUS p. Grav. Sraruyinus Oliv. 1sp. St. ulmi Oliv. Oliv. 3. pl. 4. f. 37. 
All the palpi with the last joint securiform. 
OXYPORUS Fabr. Srarnytinus Linn. 2sp. St. rufus Linn. Curt. 418. 
Max. palpi filiform ; last joint of labial palpi lunate ; mandibles porrected entire. 
QUEDIUS Leach. Sraruyiinus Auct. 37 sp. Staph. impressus Grav. 
Narrow; palpi long, slender; mandibles short, irregularly subdentate ; head rather 
small, subovate; anterior tarsi greatly dilated; antenne short, slender. 
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MICROSAURUS De. Quenius p. Steph. and Curt. 1sp. Staph. lateralis Grav. 
Broad ; antennez very short, stout; terminal joints increasing in size ; palpi long 
and slender; mandibles long, very curved, Curt. 638. 
PHILONTHUS Leach. Srarnyiinus Auct. 50 sp. Staph. politus Linn. 
Palpi short, filiform ; mandibles with a strong central tooth ; thorax quadrate ; 
anterior tarsi moderately dilated ; antenne filiform. Curt. 610. 
RAPHIRUS Leach. Sraruyiinus Auct. 13 sp. St. attenuatus Gr. 
Body attenuated at each end; eyes very large; abdomen conic; antenne slender; 
anterior tarsi moderately dilated. 
BISNIUS Leach. Srarnytinus Auct. 6 sp. St. cephalotes Grav. 
Depressed; eyes moderate; head rather large; last joint of antenne abruptly 
acute ; abdomen broad. 
CAFIUS Leach. Sraruyiinus Auct. 2sp. Staph. Xantholoma Gray. Curt.322. 
Depressed ; eyes small; head larger than the thorax ; abdomen oblong, broader 
than the thorax; terminal joint of antenne entire, ovate; anterior tarsi 
dilated. 
GABRIUS Leach. Srarnytinus p. Auct. 13 sp. St. aterrimus Gr. 
Anterior tarsi simple; abdomen rather slender; last joint of max. palpi 
subulate. 
REMUS Aolme. —————— 1sp. R. Sericeus Holme. Ent. Tr.-2. p. 1. 
Thorax closely punctate ; antennz not geniculate ; body depressed ; tibie simple. 
OTHIUS Leach. Xantuyorinus p. Dahl. 11 sp. Staph. fulgidus Payk. 
Linear, very long; antenne filiform, not elbowed; terminal joint of palpi conic. 
Panz ee 2oe 
HETEROTHOPS Kirby. Srapruytinus p. Grav. 3 sp. St. binotatus Grav. 
Anterior tarsi simple; antenne straight; terminal joint of palpi very minute ; 
head small, suborbicular. 
GYROHYPNUS Kirby. Xantuornus p. Dahl. 21 sp. Staph. tricolor Pk. 
Tarsi simple ; antenne inserted between the eyes, geniculated ; terminal joint of 
palpi oblong, ovate. Oliv. 3. pl. 5. f. 50. 
ACHENIUM Leach. Larurosium p. Grav. 1sp. Lath. depressum Grav. 
Body depressed; antennz long, filiform, straight ; last joint of palpi very small ; 
tarsi dilated. Curt. 115. 
LATHROBIUM Grav. Paperrus Fabr. 15 sp. Staph. elongatus Linn. 
Very long, narrow, subconvex ; anterior tarsi dilated ; antennz short, straight ; 
terminal joint of palpi minute. Curt. 650. 
CRYPTOBIUM Mann. Ocrueruitum Steph. olim, 1 sp. Peed. fracticornis Fab. 
Long, narrow, subconyex ; antennz elbowed ; last joint of max. palpi very minute ; 
first joint of tarsi longer than the following. Step. 5. pl. 27. 
