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Genus [1S4]. Lathrobium. Grav. Fourteen species. 



L. elongafcum, Lin. Black; antennae, legs and terminal 

 half of elytra, pitchy red ; four lines ; common. PL 1 8 

 fig. 8. 



Genus [lS5], Gyrohypnus. Kirby. Twenty species. 



G. cruentatus, Marsh. Atrous shining; elytra red ; six 

 lines ; common. PL 1 o, Jig. i . 

 Genus [136]. Othius. Leach. Eleven species. 



O. fulgidus, Payk. Black ; antennae, elytra, apex of ab- 

 domen and legs red ; five lines ; gardens and roads. PI 

 \9,fig.2. 



Genus [137]. Gabrius. Leach. Thirteen species. 



G. suaveolens, Kirby. Black and shining ; elytra opaque ; 

 aDtennse pitchy; their base as well as the palpi and legs 

 testaceous ; 2\ lines j beneath rejectamenta, Norfolk. PI 

 19, fig. 3. 



Genus [138]. Cafius. Leach. Five species. 



C. fucicola, Leach. Opaque black; legs slightly pitchy; 

 two to four lines ; beneath marine rejectamenta. PI 19' 

 fig. 4. 



Genus [139]. Bisnius. Leach. Five species. 



B. cephalotes, Grav. Black; elytra aeneous; thorax and 

 legs pitchy; af lines ; Norfolk. PI. 19, fig. 5. 

 Genus [143]. Heterothops. Kirby. Three species. 



H. binotatus, Kirby. Black and shining ; base of antennae, 

 and legs pitchy ; 2\ lines ; coasts, beneath marine rejec- 

 tamenta. PL 19, Jig. 6. 



Genus [141]. Raphirus. Leach. Thirteen species. 



R. semiobscurus, Marsh. Black, head and thorax shining ; 

 antennae and legs fulvous ; 8£ lines ; beneath rejectamenta. 

 PL 19, fig. 7. 



Genus [142]. Philonthus. Leach. Forty eight species. 



P. politus, Lin. Blackish aeneous ; abdomen entirely black ; 

 head and thorax shining; 5 lines; very common. 

 PI 19, fig. 8. 



Genus [143]. Quedius. Leach. Thirty-eight species. Dif- 

 fers from Euryporus, Erichs. by the palpi being filiform. 



Q. tnstis, Grav. Pitchy black ; antennae and legs pitchy 

 red; 5-| lines ; under stones, common. PL 20, fig. l. 

 Genus [144]. Astrap^us. Grav. One species. Has the ter- 

 minal joint of all the palpi securiform. 



A Ulmi, Rossi. Black, with the base of the antennae, la- 

 brum, margin of the clypeus, elytra and penultimate seg- 

 ment of the abdomen red ; tibiae and tarsi pitchy ; five 

 lines ; beneath the bark of elms, rare. PL 20, fig. 2 



