116 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Body black, hairy, except the head and prothorax which are naked, and 

 very glossy. Head sculptured like that of P. picatus ; antennae with the 

 two first joints testaceous : prothorax sculptured with regard to the dorsal 

 series as in that species, then follow about five punctures in an irregular 

 wavy series extending from near the base towards the apex, between which 

 and the anterior angle arc two placed obliquely, and several besides are 

 discoverable in the lateral and posterior margins: [94) the scutellum is 

 black : the elytra punctured, testaceous, and hairy : the abdomen is 

 entirely black : the legs are testaceous with the posterior coxae black : the 

 hands are not dilated. [Taken at Grimsby, Ont, by Mr. Pettit.] 



132. STAPHYLINUS CHRYSURUS, Kirby. Length of body 5 */> lines. 

 Taken in Nova Scotia by Dr. MacCulloch. 



Body underneath black, somewhat glossy, sprinkled with yellow hairs. 

 Head suborbicular, scarcely wider than the prothorax, confluently punc- 

 tured, bronzed, and covered not thickly with short pale-yellow hairs, which 

 give it a cinereous tint, with several indistinct blackish spots ; rhinarium 

 and upper-lip pale yellow ; mandibles rufous at the base ; stalk of the 

 antennae testaceous, the six last joints are brown and larger than the 

 rest, so as to form a clava : prothorax sculptured, cloathed, and coloured 

 like the head, but more distinctly spotted and clouded with black, widest 

 behind with a slight lateral sinus near the base : scutellum almost covered 

 by a heart-shaped velvetty black spot : elytra, as to sculpture, cloathing, 

 and general colour, resembling the head and prothorax, but they are 

 differently spotted with black : in the centre of the base is an oblique 

 oblong spot, then follows an angular interrupted band, and lastly, is a 

 sickle-shaped band with the handle towards the lateral margin, the blade 

 is very broad and includes an insulated cinereous spot ; neither of these 

 bands reach the suture or the lateral margin, which is tawny-yellow : the 

 two last segments of the abdomen, especially the penultimate, are thick!} 

 covered with short decumbent hairs, which in certain lights reflect a 

 brilliant golden lustre : the after-breast is covered with hairs if possible 

 still more brilliant ; the legs are testaceous, but the thighs except their 

 tip, and a dorsal line, are black. 



This species resembles St. hybridus and maculosus, but is sufficiently 

 distinguished by its golden tail and breast : it is one of the smallest of 

 the genus. [Previously described as Leistotrophus cingulalns Grav. Not 

 uncommon throughout Ontario.] 



