292 CLASS INSECTA. 



deep and shining bronze, with obscure spots ; scutellum yel- 

 lowish, marked with two very black spots ; the abdomen 

 black, major part of the antennae reddish. With the pre- 

 cedino;. 



S. Erythropterus, Lin. Panz. XXVIII. 4, from six to 

 ten lines in length, black, with the wing-cases, the base of the 

 antennse, and the feet, fawn-colour.* 



The others, whose form is linear, with the head and corslet 

 elongated in the form of a long square, have the antennae 

 approximated at their base, strongly bent and grained, 

 their anterior tarsi in general are not at all, or very little, 

 dilated. The anterior legs are spinous, with a strong spine 

 at the end. The labrum is small. These compose the genus 

 Xantholinus of some entomologists. -|- 



PiNorHiLus, Grav., 



Which have also the palpi filiform, but whose antennae are 

 inserted in front of the eyes, without the labrum, and near 

 the external base of the mandibles, {Pinophilus latipes) 

 Grav. Amer. Septen. It is united to the following genus in 

 his mantissa. 



Lathrobium, Grav. Pcederus, Fab., 



Whose palpi are terminated abruptly by an articulation 

 much smaller than the preceding, pointed, and often but 

 little distinct. The maxillary are much longer than the 



* See the monograph of this family {Coleoptera m'wroj)tera,) of M. Gra- 

 venhorst, Panz. Index Entom. Part I. p. 208, et sen. Latr. ibid. I. 285. 

 Refer to this genus the following species of Olivier: aureus, ceneus,hcBmor- 

 rhoidalis, oculatits, cri/throcephalus, similis, cyaneus, imhescens, cujyreus, 

 stercorarius, brunnipes, pilosus, j^oUtiis, amceniis, besides the five of which 

 we give the description here. 



■j- The Staphylini, fulgidus, fulmineus, pyropterus, elegans, elongatus^ 

 ochraceus, aUernans, melanocephalus, of M. Gravenhorst. 



