OF THE ORDER COLEOPTERA. S07 



The Tachypori have been associated by Fabricias with 

 the oxypori. The species most known, tachyporus chry- 

 sotnelinus, is very common under stones, mosses, leaves fallen 

 to the earth, and even on flowers and the leaves of fruit- 

 trees. It runs with remarkable swiftness. 



Respecting the sub- divisions of this family, which we 

 have passed unnoticed, either their habits are unknown, or 

 do not differ from those we have already described. 



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