PHILONTHIDZE. 93 



DESCRIPTION. 



This species differs from the preceding chiefly in the shape of the head, and the colour of the 

 mandibles, agreeing in the former particular with P. politus of modern Entomologists, from which 

 it differs, besides their colour, in having the mandibles shorter than the head : the intermediate 

 joints of the tarsi also are rufo-piceous. 



(130) 3. * Philonthus picatus. Pitched Philonthus. 



P. (picatus J piceus, antennis basi, pedibusque testaceis ; prothorace punctis seriatis 6, 3, 2. 



Pitched Philonthus, piceous ; base of the antennas and legs testaceous; prothorax with punctures in rows 6, 3, 2. 



Length of the body 3 lines. 



Two specimens taken in Lat. 54°. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Body piceous, as usual in the genus somewhat hairy. Head ovate, naked, and very glossy, with 

 a few scattered punctures on each side behind the eyes and four between them ; antenna? as long as 

 the head and thorax, scape testaceous : prothorax naked and very glossy ; dorsal rows consisting of 

 six punctures, there are five more punctures near the anterior margin arranged in two oblique rows 

 between them and the lateral margin, and three or four other punctures are discoverable nearer the 

 base : elytra chestnut, hairy ; tips of the abdominal segment and anus rufous : legs testaceous. 



(131) 4. Philonthus fulvipes ? Tawny-legged Philonthus. 



Philonthus fulvipes. Kirb. 



Stapbylinus fulvipes. Grav. Micr. 24, 33. Mon. 75, 66. Panz. Fn. Germ, xxvii, t. 9. Gyll. 7ns. Suec. ii, 343, 59? 



Length of the body about 3 lines. 



A single specimen taken in Lat. 54°. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Body black, hairy except the head and prothorax which are naked, and very glossy. Head 

 sculptured like that of P. picatus ; antennae with the two first joints testaceous : prothorax sculptured 

 with regard to the dorsal series as in that species, then follow about five punctures in an irregular 

 wavy series extending from near the base towards the apex, between which and the anterior angle 

 are two placed obliquely, and several besides are discoverable in the lateral and posterior margins : 



