86 NORTHERN ZOOLOGY. 



same time regarding them as the last group in the great circle of Coleoptera con- 

 nected with the first by Anthophagus. 



Not having so clear a view of the divisions and subdivisions of this section of 

 Coleoptera, I have contented myself mostly with indicating the families to which the 

 North American species here described belong. 



i. HoMOGENEA. KM). 



Family P^DERIDJE. Paederidans. 



XL. Genus P.EDERUS. Fab. 



(119) 1. P/ederus riparius. (Fabricius.) Bank Pcederus. 



Pcederus riparius. Fab. Syst. Eleuth. ii, 608, 1. Oliv. Ent. iii, 44, 4, 2, t, \,f. 2. Payk. Fn. Suec. iii, 427, 2. Panz. 



Fn. Germ, ix, t. xi. Grav. Micr. 62, 5, 2. Gyll. 7ns. Suec. I, ii, 372, 1. Ced. Fn. Ingr. 373. Ross. Fn. Etrusc. 626. 



Hellvv. Fn. Etmsc. 626. Leach. E. E. ix, 91. Sara. Compend. 173, t. iv, /. 12. Stepb. Tllustr. Mandih. v, 280. Lat. 



Hist. Nat. ix, 345, 2, t. lxxix, /. 8. 

 Stapbylinus riparius. Linn. Fn. Suec. 846. Syst. Nat. ii, 684, 8. De Geer. Ins. iv, 28, 14, t. \, f. 18. Marsh. Ent. 



Brit, i, 503, 17. Donov. Brit. Ins. v, 1. 167. Vill. Ent. i, 414, 8. Schrank Enum. 441. H— r. Ins. 407. Martin 



Z%. £nf. t. xli, /. 23. Schajff. Ic. t. lxxi, /. 3. Berk. Syn. i, 110. Stew. Elem. ii, 89. 



Length of the body 3 lines. 



Several taken in Lat. 54°. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Head, breast, two last joints of the abdomen, base of the tibia; and apex of the thighs, black : 

 prothorax, legs, and four first segments of the abdomen testaceous : elytra dark blue ; antennas dusky. 



Family LATHROBID^. Lathrobidans. 



XLI. Genus LATHROBIUM. Grav. 



(120) 2. * Lathrobium puncticolle. Puncture-necked Lathrobium. 



L. (puncticolle) nigrum; proihor ace fere toto punctato ; elytris thorace longioiibus, antennis? pedibusque, castanein. 

 Puncture-necked Lathrobium, black ; prothorax nearly all punctured, elytra which are longer than the prothorax, antenna?? 

 and legs, dark chestnut. 



Length of the body 5 lines, 



A single specimen taken in Lat. 54°. 



