COLEOPTERA. STAPHYLINIDE. ilies 
Subfamily 2. Stenides Mann. (Longipalpi Latr., Stenidze MacLeay). 
SUNIUS Leach. Paperus p. Fabr. 4 sp. Pad. melanocephalus Fab. 
Thorax subquadrate, depressed, as large as the head ; eyes small; tarsi simple ; 
tibiz entire. Oliv. 3. pl. 1. f. 4. 
ASTENUS De. Suns p. Leach, 5sp. St. angustatus Fab. Don. 16. 573. 
Thorax suborbicular ; head large ; fourth tarsal joint bilobed ; 
RUGILUS Leach. Striticus Latr. 4sp. Ped. orbiculatus Fab. Curt. 168. 
Head large, orbicular; thorax small, narrowed in front; tarsi entire ; labrum 
notched. 
MEDON Steph, —————— sp. Med. Ruddii Steph. Steph. 5. pl. 27. f. 2. 
Head large, subquadrate; thorax subquadrate, as large as the head; labrum 
notched in the middle ; mandibles internally 4-dentate; tarsi entire. 
PHDERUS Fabr. Sraruyzinus p. Linn. 5 sp. St. riparius Linn. Curt. 108. 
Head large; thorax obovate, convex, larger than the head; eyes small; fourth 
tarsal joint bilobed. 
STENUS Latr. Paperus p. Oliv. 66sp. Staph. bipustulatus Linn. Curt. 164. 
Head and eyes very large; thorax elongate-ovate; labium elongate, retractile ; 
abdomen simple. 
DIANOUS Leach. Srenus p. Latr. 1sp. 8S. c@rulescens Gyll. Curt. 107. 
Eyes moderate ; anal sete long; labium not elongated. 
Subfamily 3. Ovytelides. (Stenidx p. Steph., Denticrura Latr. ) 
SIAGONIUM Kirby. Procnaruus Latr. sp. Stag. 4-corne K. Curt. 23. 
Depressed ; tarsi distinctly 5-jointed; labium’ deeply notched; antenne not 
elbowed ; head g cornuted. - 
BLEDIUS Leach. Oxyrtetus p. Grav. 3 sp. Staph. tricornis Pk. Curt. 143. 
Narrow, convex; anterior tibia toothed; antenne elbowed; head and thorax 
3 cornuted. 
HESPEROPHILUS Steph. Oxytetus p. Grav. 5 sp. Oxyt. fracticornis Gr. 
Narrow, subconvex ; antenne elbowed; head and thorax g unarmed; terminal 
joint of palpi slender. 
PLATYSTETHUS Mann. Oxytetus p. Grav. 9sp. Staph. morsitans Pk. 
Short, broad in front; head lobed; all the tibiz denticulato-pectinate; thorax 
convex, channelled. Oliy. 3. pl. 5. 48. 
OXYTELUS Grav. Srarpyuinus p. Linn. 19 sp. Staph. piceus Linn. 
Elongate, sublinear; head unarmed ; two posterior tibiz simple ; thorax depressed, 
channelled. Panz. 27. 14. 
APLODERUS Steph. Sraruyiinus p. Marsh. 1sp. St. brachypterus M. 
Thorax subdepressed, not channelled; abdomen broadest behind ; head small, 
orbicular; terminal joint of palpi minute; elytra short. 
TROGOPHLALUS Mann. Oxyrtetusp. Grav. Isp. Oxyt. corticinus Gray. 
Linear, depressed ; tibiz unarmed, ciliated ; antennz elbowed ; last joint of palpi 
- minute, 
CARPALIMUS Kirby. Oxyretus p. Gyll. 9sp. Ca. bilineatus K. 
Antenne straight’; thorax cordate-truncate, sculptured; tibize simple; tarsi 
indistinctly 3-jointed. Steph. 5. 27. f. 4. 
THNOSOMA Mann. Atrocuara p. Gyll. sp. Al. pusilla Grav. 
Linear, narrow; tarsi 5-jointed, last joint long; last joint of maxillary palpi 
small, subulate. 
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