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firA?uYUVV8,-Linnceus. Erichaon, Gen. ot Spec. Staph. 345. 



Antennae moniliform, second joint shorter than the third, both sab-clavate, 

 the rest thicker, the last emarginate at the apex. Labrum bilobcd with a 

 membranaceous or coriaceous edge. Maxillary palpi filiform. Ligiila mem- 

 branaceous, short, sinuated in the middle, much shorter than the fimbriated 

 paraglossae. Labial palpi with the last joint often longest, subacuminate or 

 truncate at the apex. Head suborbiculate or subqnadrate. Thorax chiefly 

 Bubquadrate. Intermediate coxae more or less distant ; anterior tarsi much 

 dilated, posterior slender. Abdomen linear, sub- parallel, strongly margined, 

 sixth segment beneath emarginate or sinuated in the male. 



A. Antennae about the length of the head, clavate, second and third joints 

 obconic, 4-6 lenticular, equal, the remaining five forming an elongate club. 

 Thorax semicircular, rounded at the base and on the sides, the anterior angles 

 nearly acute. Creophilus, Kirby. 



1. St. maxillosus {Linn. Fn. Suec. No. 841) : Black, shining, pubescent, ely- 

 tra with an angulated band, and four or five segments of the abdomen beneath 

 cinereous tomentose ; breast nigro -pubescent. L. 6 — 8 lines. 



Oyll. Ins. Suec. ii. 279. ErichsoUy Gen. et Spec. Staph. 348. — Creophilus 

 maxillosus, Stephens, III. M. v. 202.— Manual, No. 3048.— j&w«. Edinensis, 310. 

 Common, under carcases, and the remains of birds and the smaller quadrupeds, 

 and particularly abundant under decaying sea-weeds on the coast. 



2. St. ciliaris (Creoph. Steph. III. M. v. 202) : Black, shining, breast, abdo- 

 men and elytra fulvo-pubescent, the last with a villose cinereous angulated band 

 and fringed at the apex with fulvous, the first four segments of the abdomen 

 beneath silvery white tomentose. L. 7—8 lines. 



Erichaon, in Germar's Zeitschrift, iii. 408 (1841). Creophilus ciliaris, 

 Ent. Edinensis, ZU. —Stephens, Manual, No. 3049. 



In the west of Berwickshire, in dead moles. — Mr. Hialop. In Penmanshiel 

 wood, and Cockburnspath Tower Dean, in a dead hare, and under dead birdiu 

 —J. H. 



Erichson remarks that it varies by the cinereous band of the elytra becoming 

 obsolete, whence it happens, that viewed in a certain position, the elytra are 

 entirely fulvo-pubescent, and in these individuals the abdomen is fulvous both 

 above and beneath. I have not seen any instances of this variety, but it may 

 be observed that the small examples are most richly adorned. 



It differs so little from the preceding, that I can regard it only as a highly 

 coloured variety. Inteimediate states occur, and even the plainest specimens 

 of St. maxillosus exhibit a tendency to assume fulvous tints. It is not con- 

 fined to Scotland, as Mr. Ilaliday, to whom I am indebted for Erichson's de- 

 scription of it, informs me, that there are two Irish specimens in Dublin. 



B. A ntennsB longer than the head, scarcely thickened towards the apex, 

 second joint short, obconic, the remainder somewhat transverse subglobose. 



• Body entirely covered with variegated pile. Triouodkbma, Stephens. 



4. St. pubescbns {De Oeer, Ins. iv. 17) : Black, obscure, clothed with a dense, 

 clouded, nigro-fuscous pile ; the head with a yellowish down, sprinkled witU 

 shining points ; abdomen beneath densely silvery tomentose ; femora with a 

 testaceous ring ; basal joints of the antennae testaceous, excepting their backs, 

 which arc dusky. L. 5 — 7 lines. 



