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the basal joint is much elongated), found in thick wet 
moss. 
The species of Stilicus, living in dead leaves and 
moss, present a considerable family-likeness to each 
other, on account of their slender long legs, and dull 
head and thorax, the former of which is wide and 
orbiculate, and separated by a neck from the latter, 
which is narrowed in front. The males in this genus 
exhibit strong differences, as in Lathrobium ; and the 
coloration of the apex of the elytra and legs assists 
materially in making out the species, one of which 
only, the “ red neck ” ( S. fragilis ) , departs from a level 
obscurity of tone. 
The Ev^sthbtiNj® have usually been associated with 
the Stenince ; they are, however, distinct by reason of 
the posterior coxae being contiguous, and by having 
the antennae inserted under the sides of the front ; 
tho tarsi, also, are four-jointed; the species of our 
single genus Evcesthetus are exceedingly small dark- 
red or reddish-black insects, which are found in 
marshy places, at roots of grass, in flood refuse, hay- 
stack refuse, &e. 
Tho Stun no: have the antennae inserted between 
the eyes or at the anterior margin of the forehead ; 
the anterior coxae minute, and the posterior conic and 
widely separated; the basal joint of the maxillary 
palpi elongate, and the apical joint so small as to 
be scarcely perceptible ; the paraglossas membra- 
nous, soldered to the ligula in Dianoiis, and free, 
with rounded ends in Stenus; and the tarsi five- 
jointed. 
They live in wet places for the most part, sometimes 
occurring in the water itself ; Dianoiis ccerulescens 
