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tarsi liave only four joints, and the posterior five joints, tiie 

 latter having the basal joint longer than the others. 



The species is dusky-red, with a tinge of yellow, with the 

 exception of the head and a belt on the abdomen, which are 

 pitchy-black. The thorax has a definite margin, and is tliickly 

 punctm-ed. The legs are paler than the body. It is found on 



1. Gyroph.nenappntilis. 2. Quedins dilatatus. 3. Creophilus maxino=us. 4. Philonthus 

 liarg-inatus. n. X.'ititliolinus glabratus. a. Philonthus, riprlit iiiaiuUblc. b. Queflius, right 

 mandible. c. I'liilonthus, labial palpi. <l. Quedius, labial palpi. e. Thilonthus, antenna. 



fungi of various kinds. There is a curious point about this 

 insect wliich is worth recording. One of the very rarest of the 

 British Brachelytra is a Beetle of the same fiimily, called 

 Myrmedonia Haworthi^ one of the parasitic Beetles. When 

 the Gyrophcena gentilis is placed under the magnifier, so as to 

 enlarge it to the size of the Myrmedonia, the two Beetles are 

 almost exactly alike. 



