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have joints 2-4 brown. The tarsi are setose below joints 2-3, the 

 apex of the first of the anterior ones wearing fine yellowish silky- 

 brushes instead. 



All over the island the Khipiphorides and Mordellina appear to 

 be very scarce, with the exception of 1 or 2 species of Anaspis which 

 are not seldom taken in flowers. Still I recollect having met with 

 about 7 species, including 2 large Mordellas, which, however, I have 

 not been fortunate enough to catch as yet. 



Fam. Staphylinid. Teib, Pinophilini. 



11. (Edichirus alatus. N. 



(E. alatus, setosus, nitidus, rufo-testaceus, thorace dilutiore, ca- 

 pite, elytris abdominisque segmentis 3 ultimis nigris ; elytris apice 

 2-maculatis, maculis rufo testaceis ; pedibus flavis, femoribus apice 

 tibiisque basi nigrescentibus ; antennis palpisque maxill. basi ob- 

 scuris, apice testaceis, reliquis oris partibus rufo-piceis. Long, 

 corp. 3 £ lin. 



<E. Palermo Er. simillimus, prsefcer colorum distributionem differfc 

 tamen alis, elytrorum sculptura, antennarumque articulo ultimo. 

 Antenna} art. ultimo penultimo sequali nisi paulo minore, apice 

 fortiter truncato leviterque excavato. Thorax (E. Paederini, dorso 

 punctis biseriatim impressus, serie interna vel centrali elliptica punc- 

 tis minoribus magis inter se approximatis, externa vel submarginali 

 punctis magnis distantibus. Elytra oblonge subquadrata, infra me- 

 dium rotundata, thorace longiora et fere duplo ampliora (utrumque 

 elytron thoracis fere magnitudine), basi parte thoracis adjacent© 

 duplo — infra medium illius latitudine antica plus tertia parte latiora. 

 Os, pedes et abdomen (E. Paederimi. 



Psederorum more victitare videtur ; in eorum societate in lacus 

 Colombensis ripis infrequentissime legi ; illis minus gracilis atque 

 minus agilis. 



I have not had an opportunity of examining specimens of either 

 of the 3 (E. dichiri hitherto described. However, I have before me 

 Erichson's figure and description of the Sicilian <E. Paederinus with 

 which I find my species strongly to agree. 



It differs, however from the former materially in the following 3 

 points, viz, the wings, the sculpture of the wing-covers and the last 



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