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infr. nig^ofuftcouR, with the apical margin piceoun, densely clothed irith deprea- 

 Fed griBeouB pubescence ; alxiomen very long, apex ulender and much tapered, 

 closely and minutely punctulate, subopaque, dull irrideacent, with a rather 

 denxe approved fuaco griKCOus down ; the two last pegmenta with their tips 

 ferruginouK; beneath finely versicolorouR irridescent, a- well as the breast fus- 

 cous pubescent the edges of all the segments ferruginous; antennas longish, 

 slender, the first and 8ceondjointssul)equal. entirely testaceous ; palpi ochreous 

 with the last joint sometimes piceous ; leg-* dilute flavotostaceous anterior 

 coxfiB concolorous. intermediate sometimes piceous, posterior black ; anterior 

 tarsi II ; e male much, in the female hcarcely dilated. L. 2}— 8| lines. 



H-xtjIuru- picipennis, Stephens, Manual, No. 3120. — Qnedius semiobscums, 

 Krichson, Oen ct Spec. Staph, 544. 



Very rare : I took a single specimen under a stone, in a dry old pasture, near 

 Penmanshicl, in November. 



13. Q ATrEM-ATus (Staph. Gifll. Ins. Suec. ii. 311 : Black, rather narrow, 

 head and thorax polished and glossy ; head a little narrower than the thorax, 

 round, punctured a-* in the preceding ; eyes large, prominent, but less so than 

 in the next ; thorax somewhat narrower than the elytra, moderately narrowed 

 in front ba;<e strongly, side^ slightly rounded, rather convex, the two anterior 

 dorsal punctures rather widest, later.il punctures two, a minute one near the 

 dorsal set ies, and a larger near the lateral margins, the punctures small ; scu- 

 tellum brassy, thickly and finely punctulate : elytra about the length of the 

 thorax, scarcely widened at the apex, very finely and closely strigose punctu- 

 late. fusco-rufous, palest at the apex, subvirescent seneous across the base, or 

 entirely subvirescent aeneous, shining, thickly but finely griseous pubescent ; 

 abdomen elongate, much tapered at the apex, densely and finely punctulate, 

 opaque, with a slight versicolorous irridescence, rather dei.sely griseous downy, 

 with the appearance, especially on the sides, of darker patches, occasioned by 

 changes of light, all the sesnnents beneath edged with rufous, and irridescent; 

 antennse slender, scarcely thickened at the apex, the apical joint largest, tes- 

 taceous ; palpi testaceous, with the apical joint piceous; legs flavo-testace- 

 ous, intermediate, and especially the posterior often dusky, with the slightest 

 metallic tint ; anterior tarsi of the male rather strongly, of the female slightlj 

 dilated. L. 24— 2f lines. 



Ent. Edinentfis, 315. — Erichson,Gen. et Spec.Staph. 546 —Philon thus atten- 

 natus, Heer. Fn Col Helv i 2791 — Raphirus nitipennis, Leadi, Steplieiis, III. 

 M. V. 242.— Manual, No. 3118.— Raphirusrufipennis, Kirbi/, Stephens, 111. M. v. 

 2431— Manual, No. 3121? 



Not very abundant, but generally distributed under atones, in dry old pas- 

 tures, in the upland parts of Berwickshire. 



Considerably less and narrower than Q. picipennis, to which it approximates. 

 Q. rufipes appears also to be a nearly allied species, but is larger and broader, 

 and with a smaller head. 



14. Q. Boops (Staph. Grav. Micr. 21) : Considerably less and narrower than 

 the last, to which it is allie<i, black, shining ; head and thorax polished and 

 glossy ; head large, scarcely narrower than the thorax, punctured as in the pre- 

 ceding ; eyes very large, covering nearly the entire sides of the head, promi- 

 nent ; thorax a little narrower than the elytra, nearly equal in length and 

 breadth, somewhat narrowed in front, base considerably, aides slightly rounded, 

 rather convex, panctared as in the preceding, punctures small, but rather deep. 



