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than ihc j>rot}ion(.\, naked with the exreplion oi" a tc-u lon^ lateral 

 hristle-like hairs, slightly bronzed, very glossy, smooth with a few punr- 

 tiires on eacli side in the oeriput ; antennx shorter than t!ie i)rothorax. 

 last joint eiiiarginate at th.e tip : ]jrothora\, rather narrowest before and 

 transverse, rounded behind, slightly l)ron,icd, very glossy and smooth, with 

 a lew long hairs on each side, on the disc is a double scries, each ((in- 

 sisting of four ]Hinctures, there are thre-j or lour others in the sides : 

 elytra liron/ed, thickly pimctured, with a long hair issuing frcnn each 

 ])uncture : claws of tiie tar>i ferruginous, j In LeC^ontcs l,ist, put down 

 as a male and svnonxnifus \\\:h /'. i-;.-/i ns Rossi a sjX'cies taken in 

 Canada.] 



\2(). !\m!I,i)N rins M wiMi'.n \i;!> A'.vv't. Lengtli (f body 5 lines 

 Locality unknown. 



[«;3.] This species differs hum tb.e lireceding cluetly in iIk? shaj;e of 

 the head, and the color of the mandibles, agreeing in the fonner particular 

 with J\ poliins of modern luitomologists, from which it difters. besides 

 dieir colour, in having the mandibles shorter than the head : the inter- 

 mediate joints of the tarsi also are rufo-piceous. j Inserted in I,e('onte"s 

 List as the female of the preceding .species.] 



130. PhilonthU-s picatus A7/Vm'. -Length of body 3 lines. Two 

 specimen:; taken in Lat. 54°. 



I'ody piceous, as usual in the genus somewhat haiiy. Head ovate, 

 naked, and very glossy, with a few scattered punctures on each side 

 l)ehind the eyes and four between them ; antennx as long as the head 

 and thorax, scape testaceous ; prothorax naked and very glossj' ; dorsal 

 rows consisting of six punctures, there are five more punctures near the 

 anterior margin arranged in two oblique rows between them and the 

 lateral margin, and three or four other punctures are discoverable nearer 

 the base : elytra chestnut, hairy ; tips of the abdominal segment and anus 

 rufous : legs testaceous. [Previously described as StaphyUmis (Pliiion- 

 f/ius) brunneus (irav. Taken on the north shore of Lake Superior by 

 Agassi z's Expedition.] 



131. Philonthus Fulvipes? Grav. — Length of body about 3 lines. 

 A single specimen taken in lat. 54°. 



Body black, hairy, except the head and prothorax which are naked, and 

 very glossy. Head sculptured like that of P. picatus : antennae with the 

 two first joints testaceous : prothorax sculptured with regard to the dorsal 

 series as in that species, then follow about five punctures in an irregular 

 wavy series extending from near the base towards the apex, between which 



