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of the same tribe to which the latter g. belongs. The mentum 

 and palpi appear to agree entirely, the insects differ, how- 

 ever, in the structure of the ligula (which in Spathinus is 

 entirely that of a Bembidium) and the sculpture and vesture 

 of the ant. male tarsi. In spite of the latter anomalies, the pre- 

 eminently characteristic shape of the palpi convinces me that 

 the insect must find a place where I have put it. It is also 

 closely allied to my g. Ochthephilus, differing from it, however, 

 in the ligula, palpi and labrum. The g. name " Spathinus" 

 signifies a staggard, and I have chosen it with regard to the 

 shape of the terminal joint of the palpi. The insects are 

 common throughout the South-west and West of the Island, 

 where they live in the manner of the Bembidia, under 

 decaying vegetable matter, upon the banks of lakes and 

 rivers, &c. 



67. Spathinus nigriceps. N. 



S. Alatus, tenuiter hirsutus, brunneo-testaceus capite nigro, el y tris 

 apice fuscis, ore, antennis pedibusque testaceis ; long. corp. 1^ lin. 



Capite inter antennas profundius 2-foveolatus, fronte medio leviter 

 depressa ; thorace laevi linea longit. media diviso ; eljtris juxta suturam 

 obsolete striatis. 



68. Euplynes Dohmii. K 



E. ovatus, subconvexus, rufo-testaceus, oculis nigris, eljtris vjtridibus, 

 femoribus apice tarsisque geniculis fusceseentibus ; long. corp. vix 4J 

 lin. 



Capite inter antennas bifoveolato ; antennis art. 2« brevi, reliquis sub- 

 eequalibus ; palpis art. ultimo subelliptico truncato, labialibus elongatis ; 

 tborace breviter transversim cordato antice posticeque truncato, longi- 

 tudine sesqui latiore, depresso, lateribus basique elevato, hie leviter 

 bifoveolato, angulis basalibus subrectis leviter rotundatis, linea med. 

 longitud. diviso, subtiliter transversim ruguloso ; elytris ovatis leviter 

 dilatatis thorace duplo fere latioribus, striatis, in regione basali in stria 

 3a-, ad et infra medium in stria 2a puneto impressis, in regione media 

 utrinque depressis ante apicem leviter angustatis et sinnatis, apice 



1857.] 



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