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with the peiiuitimate segment longest : tihi® spinous, a 
little arquated. 
M. latipes^ Grav. (Monog. Coleopt. Micr. p, 19S.y 
In the present state of the science the latipes, can no 
longer remain in the genus Oxy telus, as a species of which 
Gravenhorst described it» That author was, however, 
perfectly sensible of its distinguishing characters and had 
he written twenty years later, I should not now have to 
construct this new genus. The following are his re» 
marks adjoined to his copious description, to which I 
must refer the reader ; 
“Cum hoc insectum palpis instructum sit filiformibus, 
antennis extrorsum crassioribus, thorace immarginato 
basi truncato, Tacliiiiis adiiumerandiim foret, si solos cha- 
rac teres, artificiales, (Coleopt. Micropt. p. 134) datos, re- 
spiceremiis. Habitu autem toto et, exceptis ultimis pal- 
norum articulus, partibus etiain singulis cum Oxytelis 
luius familijB plane congruit. Certo systematis natura- 
ls nuliam haberemus rationem, cum hoc micropteron 
Tachinis adiungeremus. Oxytelus autem, sicut hue 
usque determinati erant, oh characteres per systema artifi- 
ciale constitutes, baud adsociari potest. Eodem ergo 
iure, quo Astrap^i genus olium a Staphylinus disiingeha- 
tur, quihus attameii simillimiim est, hoc etiam insectum 
genus novum, ah Oxytelis separatum, conderet, nisi regu- 
la systematis naturalis, i. e, character totus externus seu 
habitus totus, dissuaderet.” 
ANTHOPHAGUS, Grav. 
A. verticalis^ Body reddish-browm ; elytra and margin 
of the tergum yellowdsh. 
Inhah. Pennsylvania. 
Body chestnut, punctured, a little hairy : head darker 
than the thorax, punctures sparse ; disk of the vertex im- 
pressed ; between the antennae unequal : uniennee and 
mouth paler than the head : thorax convex, rounded each 
side, contracted at base, with a conspicuous impressed 
line, terminating behind in a dilated puncture : elytra 
reddish-yellow, punctured, at tip obscure : tergum with a 
with a dorsal impressed line ; posterior or rather lateral 
