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trigonum, oculis magnis, semiglobosis, prominulis, collo brevi. Men- 

 turn transversum, protunde quadrate emarginatum, dente sat forti 

 acuto, lobis intus inter med. et apicem leviter oblique truncatis, extus 

 rotundatis, apice acuminatis. Ligula minuta, elongata, paraglossis 

 latis connatis earn baud multo superantibus, apice intus oblique trun- 

 catis subacuminatis. Palpi art. ultimo conico acuminate, max. art. 

 3° inverto, ultimo sequali, lab. eodem robustiore. Labrum quadratum, 

 antice protunde emarginatum, angulis ant. rotundatis. jNIandibulse 

 porrectse, trigonse, apice acuminatse, basi dentatse. Antennae sat 

 robustse humeros parum superantes, art. 2°-3° subsequalibus, sub- 

 cylindricis sequentibus brevioribus, his subaequalibus, obovatis. Tho- 

 rax transverse subquadratus, antice lateribus leviter rotundatus, pos- 

 tice parum angustatus, basi le\"iter rotundatus, angulis subrectis. 

 Elytra ovata, apice rotundata. Pedes anteriores tibiis profimde emar- 

 ginatis, tarsis maris art. \°-'i° leviter dilatatis, subtus squamulis 

 munitis, art. 1° subcylindrico, 2°-3° subrotundatis, 4° subtrigono, 

 unguiculis simplicibus. 



Yictus Berabidiorum. 



Apparently closely allied to Trechus, and an aberrant form of 

 the same tribe to which the latter genus belongs. The mentum 

 and palpi appear to agree entirely ; the insects differ, however, 

 in the structure of the ligula (which, in Spathinus, is entirely 

 that of a Bembidium) and the sculpture and vesture of the an- 

 terior male tarsi. In spite of the latter anomalies, the pre- 

 eminently characteristic shape of the palpi convinces me that 

 the insect must find a place where I have put it. It is also 

 closely allied to my genus Ochthephilus, differing from it, how- 

 ever, in the ligula, palpi and labrum. The generic name Spa^ 

 thinus signifies a staggard, and I have chosen it with regard to 

 the shape of the terminal joint of the palpi. The insects are 

 common throughout the south-west and west of the island, 

 where they live in the manner of the Bembidia, under decaying 

 vegetable matter, upon the banks of lakes and rivers, &c. 



83. Spathinus nigriceps, N. 



S. alatus, tenuiter hirsutus, bruuneo-testaceus, capita nigro, elytris 

 apice fuscis, ore, antennis pedib usque testaceis. Long. corp. 

 Hlin. 



Capite inter antennas profundius 2-foveolato, fronte medio leviter 

 depressa ; thorace Isevi, linea longit. media diviso ; elytris juxta sutu- 

 ram obsolete striatis. 



84. Euplynes Dohrnii, N. 



E. ovatus, subconvexus, rufo-testaceus, oculis nigris, elytris viridibus, 

 femoribus apice tarsisque geniculis fuscescentibus. Long. corp. 

 vix 4 1 lin. 



Capite inter antennas bifoveolato ; antennis art. 2" brevi, reliquis 



