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Genus VI.— Staphylinus, Auct. Chrysocomus, erythropterus, castanop- 
terus, stercorarius, dauricus, erythropennis, bimaculatus, lutarius, cinnamopterus, 
badius, aeneocephalus, chalcocephalus, aeneicollis, olens, azurescens, cyaneus, simi- 
lis, morio, sub-punctatus, uralensis, praelongus, erythropus, brunnipes, splendens, 
laminatus, tristis, fuliginosus, molochinus, variabilis, scitus, laevigatus, impressus, 
rufocinctus, picipes, maurus, maurorufus, praecox, attenuatus, boops, subuliformis, 
aeneus, nitidus, caeruleipennis, decorus, cyanicornis, politus, fuscipennis, lucens, 
atratus, carbonarius, rigidicornis, cephalotes, varius, marginatus, fimetarius, sordi- 
dus, sub-fuscus, albipes, fuscus, nitidulus ? discoideus, vernalis, ventralis, quisqui- 
liarius, ochropus, ebeninus, immundus, sanguinolentus, dimidiatus, bipustulatus, 
opacus, agilis, varians, irregularis, fulvipes, fnicans, virgo, punctus, multipuncta- 
tus, cinerescens. 80. 
** The last joint of the antennae entire. 
Genus VII.— Cafius, Leach, xanthomelana, nanus, splendidulus, pumi- 
lus, aterrimus, nigritulus. 6. 
h. The collar swollen, scarcely narrower than the head. 
Genus VIII.— Physetops. tartaricus. 
2. The anterior tarsi simple in both sexes. 
Genus IX.— Gyrohypnus, Kirby (Xantholinus, Dahl.) Longiceps, 
ochraceus, batychrus, punctulatus, parumguttatus, lentus, tricolor, pyropterus, 
fulminans, pilicornis, nigriceps, alternans, parvulus, linearis, melanocephalus, 
procerulus, planatus. 17. 
b. Antennae inserted in front of the eyes, in a process of the head, behind the 
labrum, at the inner base of the mandibles. 
1. The collar narrow; the head large, petiolated, posteriorly truncated. 
Genus X.— Eulissus, Mann, chalybaeus. 1. 
2. The collar swollen, scarcely to be distinguished from the head. 
Genus XI— Platyprosopus, Mann. (MetopiusJ. elongatus. I. 
c. Antennae inserted in front of the eyes, beyond the labrum, at the base of 
the mandibles. 
1. Bodily slightly convex ; the thorax linear, quadrangular. 
«. The antennae not geniculated; the last joint of the tarsi longer than the 
preceding. 
Genus XII.— Lathrobium, Grav. elongatum, fulvipenne, rufipenne, 
punctulatum, multipunctum, brunnipes, lineare, minutum, quadratum, terminatum. 
10 . 
/ 3 . The antennae geniculated; the first joint of the tarsi longer than the 
following. 
Genus XIIL— Cryptobium, Mann, fracticorne. 1. 
2. The body depressed; the thorax trapeziform ; the last joint of the tarsi 
longer than the preceding. 
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