432 APPENDIX. 



generally somewhat retracted ; thorax short, convex, with the sides rounded, 

 deflexed, narrowed in front; elytra not narrower, but longer than the thorax, 

 with the apex cut out towards the outer angle ; abdomen for the most part 

 conic ; legs generally elongate and slender ; tarsi slender, the basal joint 

 rather the longest. 

 Corresponds with § A. of Aleochara (Nos. 120 to 133). 



Page 150. Sp. 130 a. Oxy. lividipennis. Mann. Pre. des Brack, p. 70. — 

 Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 9i. — Fusca, sericeo puhescens, antennarinn bast, 

 pedibus, segmentorum marginibus, ana elytrisque testnceis, his quadratis, 

 circa scutellum infuscatis, thorace vix foveolaio, pedibus mediocrihus. (Long. 

 Corp. 2 lin.) 



Fuscous, with a silken pile ; base of the antennae, legs, margins of the abdo- 

 minal segments, apex of the abdomen and elytra testaceous, the latter 

 quadrate, dusky towards the scutellum; thorax faintly foveolated; legs 

 moderate. 



Found near London. 



Page 151. Sp. 133 a. Oxy. alternans. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 94. — Ale. alter- 

 nans. Grav. Mi. 85. — Elongato rufo-testacea, nitida, confertissime punctulata, 

 capite nigra, elytrorum angulo exteriore, pectore, abdomineque cingulo postico 

 fusco-piceis. (Long. corp. If lin.) 



Elongate, testaceous-red, shining, very thickly punctulate ; head black ; elytra 

 with the exterior angle, the breast, and a belt towards the apex of the 

 abdomen, pitchy-brown. 



Taken within the metropolitan district, at Hertford. 



Page 151. Sp. 133 b. Oxy. obfuscata. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 94 — Ale. 



obfuscata. Grav. Mi. 87. — Nigro-Jusca subopaca, pubescens, suhtilissime 



punctulata, antennarum basi pedibusque testaceis, thoracis limbo, elytris anoque 

 fusco-testaceis. (Long. corp. If lin.) 

 Brown-black, somewhat opaque, pubescent, finely punctate, with the base of 



the antennae and legs testaceous ; the margins of the thorax, elytra, and 



apex of the abdomeUj^ dusky-testaceous. 

 Also found in the vicinity of London. 



Page 151. Genus 490 h. GYROPH^NA, Mannerheim. 



Antenna longer than the thorax, the baisal joint elongate-clavate, second 

 shorter, obconic, two next very short, minute, six following short, trans- 

 verse, thick, truncate at the apex, of equal length, the terminal one longest, 

 ovate. Maxillary palpi very short, the penultimate joint obconic, the 

 terminal small, externally acuminated ; body short, depressed, capable of 

 being rolled into a ball ; thorax extremely short, transverse, rounded on the 

 sides and behind, the margin reflexed at the base ; legs moderate; tarsi with 

 equal joints. 



Similar to Aleochara, § E. p. 151 (Nos. 134 to 139). 



