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Subgenus Cteniscus, C. 492. bis. 

 Tibiarum Calcaria 1:1:0. Characteres reliqui subg. Tryphon. 

 Tryphon Curtisii, C. 492. 2. 



Ct. unguibus denticulatis ; scutello et facie albido-maculatis, seg- 

 mentis summo margine albidis ; pedibus rufis, tibiis tarsisque 

 posticis nigris, crassiusculis, /. Long. 4 lin. 

 Ireland, on a willow ; June. 



Distinguished from T. gnathoxanthus and allied species by- 

 its more robust figure, and the thickness of the hind tibiae and 

 tarsi, in which respect it resembles a Scolobates. 

 Tryphon aurifluus, C. 492. 3. 



Ct. abdomine rufo basi apiceque nigro, segmentis posterioribus 

 summo margine albidis ; facie albido-maculata ; pedibus rufis, 

 posticorum femoribus tibiis tarsisque apice nigris, m.f. Long. 

 3^ lin. 

 On willows, Ireland; May — Sept. 

 Tryphon phceorrhceus, C. 492. 6. 



Ct. pedibus anterioribus ferrugineis, basi nigris ; abdominis apice 



fulvo, m. Long. 3 lin. 

 Obs. To the same subgenus are to be referred Tryphon lu~ 

 ciduluSy sexlituratus, gnathoxanthus, sexcinctus, quinquecinctus, 

 succinctus, cephalotes, triangulatorius, and several undescribed 

 British species. 

 Exochus antiquus, C. 493. 213'^. 



E. areola quinqueangulari ; linea ante alas, facie orbita, pedibusque 



flavis ; posticis basi fulvis, coxis nigris, m. Long. 3 lin. 

 Holywood. 

 Exochus lictor, C. 493. 222''. 



E. areola nulla ; clypeo obtusangulo ; capite thorace scutelloque 

 flavo-maculatis ; pedibus flavis, posticis basi fuscis,/. Long. 3 lin. 

 Isle of Wight, Sept. ? F. Walker. 

 Exochus pectoralis, C. 493. 222=. 



E. areola nulla; facie orbita, pectore, pedibusque anterioribus 

 flavis; posticis fulvis, tibiis tarsisque albidis, apice fuscis, m. 

 Long. 2^ lin. 

 Eyrecourt, county Galway ; September. 

 Exochus Talpa, C. 493. 226<^. 



E. areola nulla ; abdominis basi scabricula ; scutello immarginato ; 

 tibiis anticis ferrugineis, posterioribus summa basi albidis, m.f.; 

 antennis thorace non longioribus, /. Long. 1^ — 2 lin. 

 Ireland, April — May. — England, F. Walker. 

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