BY A. SIDNFA- OLLIFF, F.E.S. 491 



Forma et statura linearis, niger, minus nitidus, thoi-ace 

 elytrisque nigro piceis, ore, antennis, ano pedibusque rufulis ; 

 antennis paulo gracilioribus, articulo 1 1 ° apice dilutiore ; capite 

 multo crebrius sat fortiter punctato, spatio angusto a disco ad 

 sulcorum autennariorum basim angustulo ; sulcis profundioribus ; 

 basi rectius truncata ; thorace multo angustiore, circa basin fortius 

 angustato, lateribus profunde sinuatis, antice magis oblique 

 truncato, dense sat fortiter utrinque punctato, linea laevi angus- 

 tiore ; elytris creberrirae subtiliter et aequaiiter, abdomine sub- 

 tilius crebriusque punctatis. Long. 7 mm. (Fvl.) 



Victoria. 



Tribe 2. STAPHYLININA. 



Antennfe inserted on the anterior margin of the front, inside 

 the base of the mandibles, anl distant from each other. Pro- 

 thorax with the lateral margin double ; prothoracic stigmata 

 uncovered. 



34. Creophilus. 



Mannerheim, Brachel. p. 20(1830) — Staphylinus {?>\xhg.) Erich- 

 son, Gen. Staph, p. 347 (1840); Lacordaire, Gen. Col. II. p. 77. 



Mentum very short. Ligula small, eraarginate in front. Para- 

 glossa3 coriaceous, ciliate internally. Maxillary palpi tiliform, 4tli 

 joint shorter than the 3rd, sub-acuminate. Labial palpi filiform,. 

 3-jointed. Maxillfe with the internal lobe ciliate internally ; the 

 external lobe a little longer, narrowed at the base, ciliate above. 

 Labrum corneous, transverse, bilobed. Head sub-quadrate, con- 

 nected with the prothorax by a distinct neck. Antenniie greatly 

 thickened towards the extremity, the 1st joint moderately long ; 

 joints 7-10 transverse, gradually thickening. Prothorax trans- 

 verse, rounded in front, truncate behind, with the anterior angles 

 distinct, deflexed. Elytra obliquely truncate at the extremity. 

 Abdomen parallel-sided. Mesosternum transverse, very much 

 rounded above. Legs moderately long, rather robust , the inter- 

 mediate coxae near together ; the intermediate and posterior tibife 

 spined ; the anterior tarsi dilated. 



