18 GENERIC SYNOPSIS. 
PHLOEOCHARIs Mann. ———— Isp. PP. subtilissima Mann. 
Sublinear ; basal joints of 4 ant. tarsi dilated ; last joint of max. palpi acicular. 
(Ent. Mag. 24. 408.) 
COPROPHILUS Latr. Etontum Leach. 1 sp. Staph. striatulus Fab. 
Linear, narrow, depressed ; tibize spinulose ; tarsi 5-jointed ; last joint of maxillary 
palpi largest, conic, truncate. 
Subfamily 4. Omalides. (Applatis Latr., Omalide MaeL.) 
EVZSTHETUS Gravenh, Enrtsturrus Lam. 1 sp. Ev. scaber Gr. 
Linear, subcylindric ; antennz clavate ; max. palpi long, 3-jointed; thorax fove- 
ated. Ahrens, 7. 13. 
SYNTOMIUM Curt. Evasruerus p. Kirby. 1 sp. Synt. nigroeneum K. 
Broad, depressed ; antenne clavate; labrum deeply notched; margins of thorax 
crenulated. Curt. 228. 
PSEUDOPSIS Newman. ———— Isp. Pseud. sulcatus Newm. 
Head narrow ; antennez filiform, thickened at the tips; terminal joint of max. 
palpi slender, acute, the preceding dilated; thorax nearly circular, suleated ; 
elytra wider than the thorax. 
MEGARTHRUS Kirby. Sraruytinus p. Oliv. 9 sp. St. depressus Pk. 
Broad, subdepressed ; antennz subclavate ; labrum transverse ; two basal joints of 
antenne robust. Steph. 5. 27. 5. 
PROTEINUS Latr. Carereres p. Sch. 3 sp. Derm. brachypterus Pk. 
Oval; antenne clavate; club 3-jointed; palpi subulate; elytra more than half 
the length of abdomen. Pz. 4. 10. 
ANTHOBIUM Leach. Sttewa p. Marsh. 24 sp.  Silph. torquata Marsh. 
Oval, subdepressed ; elytra nearly covering the abdomen ; thorax short, transverse. 
Panz. 24. 6. 
CORYPHIUM Kirby. —— l1sp. Cor. angusticolle K. 
Depressed oblong ; head broader than the thorax ; terminal joint of palpi in- 
crassated. 
MICRALYMMA Westw. ——— ‘Isp. WM. Johnstone. 
Oblong, depressed ; elytra very minute; thorax obcordate ; abdomen long, much 
broader than the thorax, margined ; labrum transverse, 3-lobed ; tarsi with very 
long hairs. Mag. Zool. and Bot. vol. ii. 
OMALIUM Grav. Sraruyiinus Pk. 33 sp. St. planus Pk. Oliv. 3. pl. 3. 27. 
Oblong-ovate, depressed ; thorax short, transverse, or obcordate ; antennz short 3 
terminal joint of palpi acute. 
ACIDOTA Kirby. Srapuyirnus p. Fabr. Q2sp. St. crenatus F. 
Oblong-ovate, subconvex ; antenne long, subfiliform; labrum and mandibles 
entire; thorax ovate, broadest behind. Steph. 5. 27. f. 6. 
LESTEVA Latr. Srarnyirinus p. Linn. 14 sp. St. caraboides Linn. 
Thorax obeordate ; abdomen broad, depressed; antenne filiform; elytra long ; 
last joint of max. palpi subacuminate. Curt. 303. 
Subfamily 5. Tachyporides. (Tachyporide Steph.) 
Division 1. Tachinidea Westw. (Tachinides Mann.) 
MEGACRONUS Steph. Tacuinus p. Grav. 8 sp. St. analis Oliv. 
Elongate, narrow ; thorax transverse, with rounded angles ; last joint of antennz 
long ; palpi filiform; last joint as long as the preceding. Steph. 5. 26. 5. b. 
