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MODERN SYSTEM. 
B. Mandibles without dent iculat ions on their internal edge. Head 
serted into the thorax more or less. 
a. Antennae wide apart, inserted before the eyes ; the fifth and 
following joints longer than broad : tibiae spinose. 
Genus 113. TACIIINUS. Grav., Latr., Leach. Oxyporus .Fabr. 
Staphylinus. Linn., Geoff., Oliv., Payk. 
Palpi filiform. . 
Sp. 1. Tack, rufipes. Black, shining, smooth : antenna: fuscous : eij- 
tra and feet 'generally brown ; external apex of the elytra paler. 
Staphylinus rufipes. Paykull. Tarhinus rufipes. Grav., Latr. Ox)" 
porus rufipes. Fabricius ? 
Inhabits the dung of oxen and horses. 
Obs— T he following may be considered as types of the 
Genus Tachynus. Grav. 
Sp. 1. Tach, subterraneus. 
Genus Bot.jtobius. Leach. 
Tach. analis. 
Genus 114. TACHYPORUS. Grav., Latr., Leach. Staphylinus. 
Linn., Oliv., Geoff, Marsh. Oxyporus. Fabr. 
Palpi, subulate. 
.Sp. 1. Tach. chrysomclinus. Black, shining, smooth : thorax, elytra 
1 (base excepted), and feet, red yellow : thorax somewhat transverse . 
abdomen with the extremity truncate. 
Tachyporus chrysomclinus. Grav., Latr., L.each. Oxyporus chrysO” 
melinus. Fubr. Staphylinus chrysomelinus. Linn., Marsh. 
Inhabits flowers, the roots of grass and moss. 
b. Antenna: more or less approximate, inserted at the anterior 
internal margin of the eye, fifth and following joints broader 
than long : tibisc not spiny. 
Obs. Tachyporus Granum. Gravenh. is the type of the Genus CypU a ’ 
Kirby. 
Genus 115. ALEOCIIARA. Knock, Gravenh., Latr., Leach. St- 4 ' 
piiylinus. Linn., Fabr., Geoff., He Geer, Oliv., Marsh. 
Head with the hinder part received into the thorax. 
Sp. 1. Aleo. canalicu/ata. Red fuscous, feet paler: head and the 
last joints (save one of the abdomen), black: elytra together tranS' 
verse-quadrate; back of the thorax excavated with an imprest 
longitudinal line in the middle. . 
Aleochara canaliculata. Grav., Latr. Staphylinus canaliculatus. * a 
Inhabits sandy banks and under stones. 
