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have joints 2-4 brown. The tarsi are setose below joints 2-3 and 

 the apex of the first of the anterior ones wearing fine yellowish 

 silky brushes instead. 



All over the Island the Rhipiphorides and Mordellinee appear to 

 be very scarce, with the exception of 1 or 2 species of Anaspis 

 which are not occasionally taken in flowers. Still I recollect hav- 

 ing met with about seven species including two large Mordellce 

 which however I have not been fortunate enough to catch as yet. 



Fam. STAPHYLINID-aa. Trib. Pinophilini. 

 11. (Edichirus alatus. N. 



(E. alatus, setosus, nitidus, rufo-testaceus, thorace dilatiore, ca= 

 pite, elytris abdominisque segmentis 3 ultimis nigris ; elytris apice 

 2-maculatis, maculis rufo-testaceis ; pedibus flavis, femoribus apice 

 tibiis que basi nigrescentibus ; autennis palpisque maxill. basi ob- 

 scuris, apice testaceis, reliquis oris partibus rufo-piceis. Long, 

 corp. 2>\ lin. 



CE. pcederino Er. simillimus, prseter colorum distributionem dif- 

 fert tamen alis, elytorum antennarumque articuli ultimi sculptura. 

 Antennae art. ultimo penultimo sequali nisi paulo minore, apice for- 

 titer truncate* leviterque excavato. Thorax CE. pcederini, dorso 

 punctis biseriatim impressus, serie interna vel centrali elliptica 

 punctis minoribus magis inter se approximatis, externa vel submar- 

 ginali punctis magnis distantibus. Elytra oblonge subquadrata, in- 

 fra medium rotundata, thorace longiora et fere duplo ampliora 

 (utrumque. elytron thoracis fere magnitudine), basi parte thoracis 

 adjacente duplo — infra medium illius latitudine antica plus tertia 

 parte latiora. Os, pedes et abdomen CE. pcederini. 



Pee dero rum more victitare videtur ; in eorum societate in lacus 

 Colombensis ripis infrequentissime legi ; illis minus gracilis atque 

 minus agilis. 



I have not had an opportunity of examining specimens of either 

 of the three CEdichiri hitherto described. However, I have before 

 me Erichson's figure and description of the Sicilian CE, pcederinus 

 with which I find my species strongly to agree. 



