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Genus [145]. Oxyporus. Fab. Two species. Has the ter- 

 minal joint of maxillary palpi ovate, and of the labial lunate. 

 O. rums, Lin. Red ; with the head, elytra, except their 

 humeral angles, base of the femora and apex of the abdo- 

 men black ; four lines ; in boleti in the autumn ; not un- 

 common. PL 20, fig. 3. 

 Genus [146]. Tasgius. Leach. Two species. Has the ter- 

 minal joint of labial palpi only, securiform. 



T. rufipes, Latr. Pitchy opaque black ; with the base and 

 apex of the antennae and legs red ; seven lines ; in sand 

 pits ; Hampstead, rare. PI. 20, fig. 4. 

 Genus [147]. Ocypus. Kirb. Five species. Has the man- 

 dibles edentate and terminal joint of all the palpi truncated. 

 O. similis, Oliv. Pitchy black opaque ; head and thorax with 

 an seneous reflection, and anterior tarsi, reddish, pitchy ; 

 seven lines; sand pits on heaths; common. PI. 20. 

 fig. 5. 



Genus [148]. Euryporus. Erichs. (Pelecyphorus, Nor dm.) 

 One species. Differs from Quedius by the terminal joint of the 

 labial palpi being securiform, and from Tasgius by the terminal 

 joint of the maxillary palpi being acuminated. 



E. picipes, Gyll. Black and shining ; the mouth and base of 

 the antennas red ; legs pitchy red ; beneath the bark of 

 trees ; rare. PI. 20, fig. 6. 

 Genus [149]. Goerius. Leach. Eight species. 



G. olens, Mull. Entirely black, opaque and pubescent ; 

 8— 15 lines; common; gardens and pathways. PL 20, 



fig- 7. 



Genus [150], Staph ylinus. Linn. Twelve species. 



S. erythropterus, Linn. Black ; with the base of the antennae, 

 elytra and legs reddish-testaceous ; a patch on each side 

 of the head above the insertion of the antenna?, posterior 

 margin of the thorax, and of the first segment of the ab- 

 domen, and a triangular spot on each side, at the base of 

 the three following, of a rich golden pubescence ; 6 — 9 

 lines; common; sandy situations. PI. 20, fig. 8. 



Genus [15 1]. Emus. Leach. One species. 



E. hirtus, Lin. Black pubescent ; the head, thorax and 

 apex of the abdomen covered with long, bright, yellow 

 hair; the elytra with a silvery ashy band behind ; 8 — 12 

 lines; heaths in Hampshire; not common. PL 21, 



fig- *• 



Genus [152]. Creophilus. Kirb. Two species ? 



C. maxillosus, Lin. Deep black; head and thorax glabrous 

 and shining; elytra and abdomen pubescent, the former 

 with an ashy band, and the abdomen with the third and 



