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Helocombus bifidus Lec. (19). 
Hydrobius fuscipes Linn. (2). 
Creniphilus infuscatus Mots. (5). 
Creniphilus subcupreus Say (10). 
STAPHYLINIDA. 
Falagria dissecta Er. (1). 
Meronera venustula Er. (1). 
Colpodota puritana Csy. (1). 
Atheta palustris Kies. (1). 
Atheta dichroa Grav. (3). 
Metaxya obscuricornis n. sp. 
Form rather slender, parallel, depressed. Color black, elytra and an- 
tenne dark brown, scarcely paler, basal joints of the antennez not at all 
paler; legs brown, tarsi pale. Head, thorax and elytra feebly shining, uni- 
formly and very finely alutaceous; punctuation scarcely distinguishable; 
pubescence rather short, fine, pale yellowish, inconspicuous. Head slightly 
transverse, slightly narrower than the thorax; eyes distant more than their 
own length from the base; tempora parallel; infra-lateral carine strong 
and entire; antenne moderate in length, somewhat longer than the head 
and thorax, slender, scarcely incrassate, second and third joints equal in 
length, about twice as long as wide, and nearly twice the length of the 
third which is very slightly elongate, five to seven distinctly elongate, eight 
to ten as long as wide, ten less conical, eleven slightly longer than the two 
preceding, parallel, bluntly rounded near the apex. Thorax one fourth 
wider than long, widest at apical one fourth, feebly rounded anteriorly, 
straight and. slightly convergent posteriorly to the rounded posterior an- 
gles; base broadly arcuate; median line just distinguishable on apical 
fourth, base with a broad, shallow impression at middle. Elytra at base. 
slightly wider than the thorax, one fourth longer on the suture, slightly 
transverse, sides slightly divergent posteriorly. Abdomen narrower at 
base than the elytra, sides arcuate, widest at middle where it is narrower 
than the elytra, but wider than the head; fifth segment slightly longer 
than the others, one, two and three transversely impressed at base; finely 
alutaceous throughout, a little more shining than the rest of the body, 
punctures distinct and rather sparse, uniform on all the segments. Pos- 
terior tarsal joints short, subequal in length. Middle coxe contiguous 
for about one half their length; metasternal projection very short and 
obtuse, not more than one fifth the length of the oe 
Length 2 mm.; width .5 mm. 1 6. 
Male ve oevetioe edge of the sixth dorsal segment sade sixth 
ventral broadly rounded at apex and indistinctly truncate at middle. 
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