418 [June 



7. Aleochara nitida, Grav. 



Aleochara nitida, Grav. Micr. p. 97. 44 : Mon. p. 172. 63. Latr. Hist. Nat. Crust, 

 et Ins. ix, p. 390. 44. Gyll. Ins. Suec. ii, p. 435. 57. Sahib. Ins. Fenn. i, 

 p. 401. 98. Boisd. et Lacord. Faun. Ent. Paris, i, p. 531. 8. Mann. Bra- 

 chelytr. p. 68. 14. Erich. Col. March, i, p. 358. 8; Staph, p. 168. 20. 



Aleochara verna, Say, Trans. Am. Philos. Soc. vi, p. 156. 



Black, shining j middle of thorax with two punctures; elytra as long 

 as the thorax, deeply punctured, with an apical rufous spot; abdomen 

 above sparsely punctured. Length li — If line. 



Var. — Elytra immaculate. 



Aleochara bilineata, Gyll. Ins. Suec. ii. p. 436. 58. Sahib. Ins. Fenn. i, p. 401. 

 98. Boisd. et Lacord. Faun. Ent. Paris, i. p. 532. 9. Mann. Brachelytr. 

 p. 68. 15. 



Huh. — Europe [and North America.] 



Black, shining, with sparse greyish pubescence. Antennae half again 

 as long as the head; second and third joints subequal, somewhat thick- 

 ened towards the apex; joints 5 — 10 transverse, the two penultimate 

 joints equal in size, subovate ; black. Maxillary palpi nigro-piceous, 

 the terminal joint pale testaceous. Head deflexed ; sides of the front 

 sparsely punctured. Thorax as broad as the elytra, twice shorter than 

 broad ; the base slightly, the sides moderately rounded, somewhat nar- 

 rowed anteriorly, apex truncate, all the angles obtuse, somewhat rounded; 

 transversely convex, subcompressed anteriorly, the middle with two 

 punctures, and the sides with scattered punctures. Elytra as long as 

 the thorax, the external apical angles somewhat sinuate, deeply, strongly 

 and densely punctured, the interstices smooth ; the apex of each elytron 

 with a large rufous spot. Abdomen parallel, sparsely punctured. Legs 

 piceous, tarsi paler. 



Elytra occasionally almost entirely testaceous, also often entirely 

 black. — Erichson. 



8. Aleochara languida, Grav. 



Aleochara languida, Sachse, Stett. Ent. Zeits. 1852, p. 117. 



Piceous; head, thorax and abdomen towards the apex, nigro-piceous; 

 base of antenna?, and legs testaceous ; third segment of abdomen an- 

 teriorly densely punctured, the fifth and sixth segments rather smooth. 

 Length lh line. 



Antennas from the fifth joint equally thick, half as long again as the 

 head, yellow at base, from the fifth joint brown. Head piceous-black. 

 extremely finely punctured, shining, thinly pubescent; mouth reddish. 

 Thorax piceous-black, the base as broad as the elytra, shorter than 

 broad, somewhat narrowed anteriorly, rounded at the base and sides. 



