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the summer. " Southend "—i?eu. F. W. Hope. " Very common 

 on the sand hills about Swansea, and at Tenby also."" — L. W. Dill- 

 tvyn, Esq. " Lowestoft.'^ — IF. C. Hewitsoti, Esq. " Weston.''— 

 —Rev. J. H. Matthews. " Gawdy Hall, Norfolk."-^i?eu. W. 

 Whitear. 



Genus CCCCXXXVII.— Crypticus, Latreille. 



AntenjiiE filiform, ll-jointed, the three basal joints rather slender, the second 

 shortest, the third elongate, the remainder subobconic, with the penultimate 

 joints turbinated, and the ajjical one ovoid. Palpi maxillary prominent, 

 with the terminal joint, especially in the males, large, securiform : lahrum 

 broad, entire : clypeus also entire : head small, rounded : eyes reniform : 

 thorax ample, transverse, broader than the elytra in the middle, the angles 

 obtuse : elytra free ; wings ample : legs moderate ; tihicE simple, anterior 

 narrow, not triangular : tarsi heteromerous, elongate posterior longer than 

 the tibiae; anterior not dilated in the males. 



From Phylan, Crypticus differs not only by the dissimilarity of the 

 structure of the antennae and palpi, and the general habit of the 

 insects, but by having the elytra free, and in being furnished with 

 ample wings ; the tarsi are elongate and slender, the posterior being 

 longer than the tibi«, and the anterior are scarcely, or not at all, 

 dilated in the males. 



Sp. 1. quisquilius. Niger, suhniiidus, subtilissiml punctulatus, ore antennis 



tarsisque piceo-ferrugineis. (Long. corp. 2 — 3:^ lin.) 

 Te. quisquilius. Linne ?— Cr. glaber. Steph. Catal. 243. No. 2433. 



Black, slightly shining, and very finely punctured ; mouth and palpi piceous : 

 thorax broader in the middle than the elytra, to which their posterior angles, 

 which are obtuse, are closely applied: elytra slightly attenuated towards 

 the apex, which is rounded ; obsoletely punctured, the punctures in some 

 places placed somewhat in striae : legs piceous : tarsi and antennae some- 

 times ferruginous. 



The male, which is Cr. stygius, Syst. Catal. 2434, is smaller, has the thorax 

 rather broader in proportion than the elytra, and the termhial joint of the 

 maxillary palpi is larger. 



This species frequents sandy places, but it appears to be mqre 

 abundant inland than on the coasts, where it occurs in the summer. 

 *' DeviFs Ditch." — Revs. L. Jenyns and /. Biilwer. 



Genus CCCCXXXVIII.— Misolami-us, Latreille. 



Jn^ertwrr thickened towards the apex, third and fourth joints elongate, equal, 

 cylindric, three following short, obconic eylindricj the three next a little 



