Mandibulata.] 
NATURAL HISTORY. 
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posticum atting’ente fossul^que utrinque postica, elytris stri- 
atis vix atro-aeneis tibiis ad apicem tarsisque atro-piceis, 
3. Gyrinus rufipes. Fab. NysL Eleuth. p. 276. 13. 
Ob$. The description of this species as g’iven by Fabricius is 
very vague ; but as it applies tolerably well to the insect collected 
by Captain King, i have not thought proper to give it a new name, 
4. SiLPHA LACRYMOSA. Schreiber, in Lin. Tram^yi, 194. t. ^0, f, 
5. Creophilus erythrocephalus. 
Staphylinus Erythrocephalus^ Fab. Syst, Ehuth, ii, 593. 19, 
6. Hister cyaneus. Fab. Syst. Eleuth. i. p. 86. 13. 
7. Hister speciosus. Dej. Cat. p. 48. 
8. Passaeus polyphyeeus, (n, s.) P. ater depressiusculus, 
autennis sex-lamellatis, vertice tubercuHs tribus, interiuedio 
majore compresso linearum superiorem duarum elevatarum 
transversarum dissecante, thoracis lateribus rufo-ciliatis, ely- 
trorum striis lateralibus punctatis. 
9. Passalus edentueus, (n. s.) P. ater convexiusculus anten- 
nis triphyllis, verticis cornu elevato incurvo canaliculato 
apice emarginato, tuberculo utrinque acuto, elytrorum striis 
subpunctatis, mandibulis concavis extus dentatis. 
Ohs. This insect is much less in size than the former, and is 
more convex. 
10. Lamprima ^nea. Horae Entom, i. p. IQl, 3. 
11. Dasygnathus Dejeanii. Horae Entom. i. p. 141. 1. 
12. Trox aeternans, (n. s.) T. capite antice lineS. angular! 
elevata marginato, thorace lineis quatuor mediis elevatis, ex- 
terioribus interruptis tuberculisque utrinque duobus insequa- 
libus, elytris tuberculis striatim dispositis, striis alternatiin 
majoribus. 
