STAPHYLTNIDiE. 
Ins. 49 
T achy por ides. 
Rey, C. Tribu des Br^vipennes, 2© rameau. Tachyporiens et Tricho- 
phyens. Ann. Soc. L. Lyon, xxix. pp. 13-125, pis. i.-iv. 
The plates represent details. 
Sharp, Biol. Centr. Am. Col . i. (2) pp. 299, 305, & 308, pi. vii., notices 
and figures Erchomus distans , Sharp, fig. 3, ignavus, Sharp, fig. 7, and 
Tachinoderus grandis , Solsky, fig. 9. 
Amblyopinus , Solsky, discussed; it is allied to Ilabrocerus in the Tachy- 
porini ; but A. jansoni , Mattli., belongs to a new genus of Staphylinini 
near Quedius : Fauvel, Rev. d’Ent. ii. pp. 37- 40. 
Typhlocyptus , g. n., Saulcy, Bull. Soc. Metz (2) xv. [1878] p. 124. 
Differs from Ilypocyptus by want of eyes and great length of maxillary 
palpi. Type, T. pandellii , sp. n., ibid., Corsica. 
New species : — 
Ilypocyptus debilis, Sharp, Biol. Centr. Am. Col. i. (2) p. 297, Gua- 
temala. 
Cilea fenestrata , id. 1. c. p. 309, Guatemala. 
Tachinus meridionalis, fig. 10, Panama, p. 309, inornatus , fig. 11, pi. vii., 
alticola , p. 310, and nimborum , Guatemala, p. 311, id. 1. c. 
Erchomus politulus, fig. 2, Mexico to Brazil, p. 298, debilis , Guatemala, 
strigosus , Mexico, Guatemala, tachyporinus , fig. 4, p. 299, truncatus , glabri- 
pennis , fig. 5, all from Guatemala and Nicaragua, p. 300, chontalensis, 
Nicaragua, affinis, segnis, Guatemala, p. 301, dubius, Guatemala, sinuatus , 
fig. 6, Nicaragua to Venezuela, p. 302, apicicornis , ruficornis (Duges, MS.), 
Mexico, p. 303, cinctiventris , p. 304, vicinus , Guatemala, jiavipalpis , 
Mexico to Panama, p. 305, ventralis , Guatemala, gravidus , fig. 8, Mexico, 
Panama, impressus, Panama, p. 306, and mollis , Guatemala, p. 307, 1. c. 
pi. vii. 
Tachinoderus major , id. /. c. p. 308, Panama. 
Tachyporus mexicanus , fig. 12, Mexico, p. 311 , pectoralis, pallescens, and 
argutus , fig. 13, pi. vii., Guatemala, p. 312, id. l.c. ; T. fascipennis, Reitter, 
Rev. mens. Ent. i. p. 72, Elizabethpol, Caucasus. 
Bolitobius ( Lordithon ) dorsalis , Rey, Ann. Soc. L. Lyon, xxix. p. 50, 
S. France. 
Mycetoporus confinis , id. 1. c. p. 75, Saint-Germain. 
Staphylinides. 
Pliilonthus astutus , Er. : supposed occurrence in Ireland ; Fowler, Ent. 
M. M. xx. p. 168. P. ventralis with the third joint of the right hind 
tarsus furnished with a supplementary 3-jointed tarsus; Fauvel, Rev. 
d’Ent. ii. pp. 93 & 94. P. varius , Gyll., var. bimaculatus from Algeria 
noticed; id. Bull. Soc. L. Norm. (3) ii. [1878] p. 125. 
Ancylophorus wagenschieberi , Kies., noticed from Ladoga ; Sahlberg, 
Medd. Soc. Fenn. ix. p. 128. 
Cyrthotorax. Revision of genus ; Fauvel, Bull. Soc. L. Norm. (3) ii. 
[1878] pjp. 163-166. He admits 4 species — C. buphthalmus , Erichs. 
(= cribripennis, Chevr.), erythrura, Kraatz, and 2 new ones. 
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