134 NECROPHAGA. ENGINE. 



spot, sometimes with a dusky spot on the shoulder ; tarsi and antenna? at 

 base red, club dusky or black. (L. l|-2^ 1.) Under bark, decayed trees, 

 &c, Coombe and Darenth woods; Richmond Park, &c. : 12-6. 



182 Ecanus Rudd. 



1085 f glaber Ph. F. iii. 335. — Ec striatus Ste. Norn. 2d edit. col. 31.? — 

 Ovate ; black ; shining ; glabrous : elytra striated ; antenna? and legs 

 pitchy. (L. 2 1.) New Forest: 5? 



Fam. 22. EN G I DTE MacLeay. 



clxxxiii. Engis Ant. 11-jointed; club short, broad, compressed, 3-articulate : 

 maxilla bilohed : palpi with terminal joint obtusely subulated : body 

 oblong-ovate, rather convex : tarsi 5-jointed, 4th joint short, 

 clxxxiv. Its Ant. 11-jointed; club short, wide, flattened, 3-articulate : maxilla; 

 with a broad lobe : palpi with terminal joint truncate : body oblong, flat- 

 tish : legs short ; tibia; broad, serrated : tarsi 5-jointed. 

 clxxxv. Synchita Ant. 10-jointed; club 1-jointed, with an acute prominence 

 at the tip : tho. with the margins on all sides elevated : body elongate, 

 rather convex : elytra entire : tarsi 4-jointed. 

 clxxxvi. Cicones Ant. 10-jointed; club 1-jointed, large, orbicular, entire: 

 maxilla', with 2 equal lobes : tho. gibbous, somewhat 4-drate, margined, en- 

 tire : body oblong-ovate, slightly convex: elytra not truncate : tarsi 4-jointed. 

 clxxxvii. Cryptophagus Ant. 11-jointed; club 3-articulate, not compressed: 

 mand. bifid at the tip : tho. with the sides crenulated : body ovate, rather 

 convex: tarsi simple, 5-jointed ; heteromerous in $. 

 clxxxviii. Antherophagus Ant. 11-jointed, basal joint stout, 2d slender, as 

 long as the 3d ; club 3-articulate; joints transverse : tho. with the margins 

 entire : body oblong-ovate, flattish : tibia dilated at the tips ; tarsi simple, 

 5-jointed ; heteromerous in $ . 

 clxxxix. Monotoma Ant. 10-jointed; club large, 1-jointed, with a terminal 

 appendage : tho. narrower than the elytra, crenulated on the sides : body 

 oblong, slightly ovate, flat : elytra truncate : thighs robust : tarsi 4- 

 jointed. 

 cxc. Bitoma Ant. 11-jointed; club 2-articulate : mand. concealed: tho. 

 carinated, 4-drate, its sides entire : body oblong, flat : elytra ridged, entire : 

 tarsi 4-jointed. 

 exci. Coeydium Ant. 11-jointed; club 3-articulate: maxilla with outer lobe 

 large, inner slender : palpi with terminal joint stout : head obtuse : body 

 linear, somewhat convex, and cylindric : tho. and elytra ridged : legs very 

 short ; tarsi 4-jointed. 

 excii. Nemosoma Ant. 10-jointed; club 3-articulate : maxilla with a single 

 pilose lobe : head as large as thorax ; the latter narrowish behind : body 

 very long, slender, cylindric : tarsi 4-jointed. 

 exciii. Lyctus Ant. 11-jointed; club 2-articulate, terminal joint acute: 

 mand. exposed : tho. somewhat 4-drate, disc with a deep channel, sides 

 crenulated : body elongate, flattish : elytra entire : tarsi 4-jointed. 

 exciv. Xyeotrogus Ant. 11-jointed ; club 2-articulate, terminal joint obtuse: 

 mand. slightly exposed : tho. rather elongate, narrowed behind, the sides 

 entire : body elongate, somewhat cylindric and convex : elytra entire : tarsi 

 4-jointed 

 exev. Lissobema Ant. 11 -jointed, 2 basal joints larger than 3d; club 3- 

 articulate, long, robust : tho. orbicular, with the sides denticulated : body 

 elliptic, convex : elytra very long, entire: tarsi heteromerous. 

 exevi. Annomatus Ant. 10-jointed; club 1-articulate, with a terminal ap- 



