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and nearly triani^vilar, third vt-ry large and ovate, with its apex acuminated : 

 lu-ad broad, subijuadrate, sometimes a little sessile : ihorux cordate, or 

 slightly elongated: cli/tra about lialf the length of the abdomen: bodij 

 elongated, depressed: legs moderate ; Jtwora slightly incrassatcd; tibia: 

 and tarsi slender. 



Euplectus may be known from the other Pselaphidae by the supe- 

 rior length of the body, which is also considerably depressed ; the 

 antenna? are short, stout, and the proportions of the articulations are 

 slightly dissimilar, as well as those and the form of the maxillary 

 palpi, which latter are comparatively short. The species, like their 

 allies, are found beneath stones, and the roots of grass, moss^ &c. 



fSp. 1. Kirbii. Valde elongaius ct dept-essus, rufo-castaneus, thorace anticc et 

 postice angvstaio, anticl foveolu unica, oblongd, postice iribiis lined impressd 

 unitis. (Long. corp. | lin.) 



Eu. Kirbii. Leach. — Benny, M. pi. 1. /. 3.—Steph. Catal 258. No. 2565. 



Very viuch elongated and depressed, dark-red chestnut : head nearly quadrate, 

 elevated and smooth, with two converging depressions in front ; thorax 

 nearly cordate, with an oblong foveola in front, and three at the base, united 

 by an impressed line : elytra rather depressed, about half the length of the 

 abdomen, with a line on each side of the suture, and one from the bas»i 

 reaching about half the length : legs pale ferruginous : antennae pale 

 chestnut, thickly pubescent. 



Apparently rare ; the only known specimen is in the British" 

 Museum collection. 



Sp. 2. Karstenii. Depressus, loevissivius, subpubescens, leviter castaneus, capite 

 latissimo, pimctatissimo, thorace fe?-!; obcordafo, postice trifoveolato. (Long, 

 corp. I lin.) 



Ps. Karstenii. Reichenbach. — Eu. Karstenii. Denny, M. pi. I. f. 3. — Steph. 

 Catal. 258. No. 2566. 



Depressed, light chestnut, very smooth, and finely pubescent: head very wide 

 and thickly punctured, with two angular impressions in front : thorax nearly 

 cordate, with three foveolae at the base, the central one the largest, the 

 anterior part with an abbreviated longitudinal line : elytra subquadrate, 

 with a line down each side of the suture, and a slender depression at each 

 shoulder : abdomen with the apex somewhat acute : legs pale chestnut : 

 antennae the same, with the terminal joint very large and obtuse. 



I obtained this species from the Rev. T. Skrimshire, who takes it 

 in Norfolk, near Fakenham.- 



