448 BULLETIN 18 2, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Btaphylinus cinerarius Erichson, 1839b, p. 350. 



Staphyliruis ciliaris (Stephens) Eiuchson, 1842, p. 211. 



Creophilus bicinctus IMannerheim, 1843, p. 229. 



Staphylinus bicirwtus Mannerheim, 1843, p. 229. 



Emits villosus (Gravenhorst) Mannerheim, 1843, p. 229. 



Staphylinus orientalis Motschulsky, 1857b, p. 67. (Not Bernhauer and Schubert, 



1914.) 

 Creophilus orientalis (Motschulsky) Motschulsky, 1860b, p. 120. 

 Creophilus fulvago Motschulsky, 1860b, p. 120. 

 Creophilus arcticus (Erichson) Motschxtlsky, 1860b, p. 120. 

 Creophilus cinerarius (Erichson) Kbaatz, 1874, p. 291. 

 CreopJiilus imbccillus Sharp, 1874, p. 28.— Kraatz, 1874, p. 291. 

 Creophilus medialis Shakp, 1874, p. 28. — Kraatz, 1874, p. 291. 

 Creophilus suhfasciatus Sharp, 1874, p. 28.— Kraatz, 1874, p. 291. 

 Emus cinerarius (Erichson) Fauvel, 1886, p. 50. 

 CreopJiilus balteatus (Degeer) Hamilton, 1894, p. 19. 

 Creophilus pulchellus Meier, 1899, p. 99. 

 Creophilus canariensis Bernhauer, 1908b, p. 334. 

 Creophilus fasciatus (Fuessly) Bernhaueb and Schubert, 1914, p. 398. 

 Creophilus nebulosus (Fourcroy) Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914, p. 398. 

 Creophilus anonymus (Sulzer) Bernhauer and Schubert, 19l4, p. 398, 

 Creophilus ciliaroides Hatch, 1938, p. 149 (as aberration). 



Description ". — Black, pubescence frequently whitish and arranged 

 in a definite pattern, forming a white band across the elytra and 

 irregular areas at the sides of the fourth and fifth abdominal tergites. 

 Head about three-eighths wider than long, sides evenly rounded 

 from front angles into base, eyes not interrupting side outlines ; ver- 

 tex finely but deeply punctate, with minute irregular punctures be- 

 tween; without definite ground sculpture, but with a few large 

 setigerous punctures behind the eyes and along margins. Pronotum, 

 about one-fifth wider than long, truncate in front, nearly semi- 

 circular behind, with posterior angles traceable; disk impunctate 

 except for the minute punctulae as on head ; with numerous setigerous 

 punctures at anterior angles and along edges laterally. Elytra 

 densely and rather finely punctate and densely pubescent ; with a few 

 much larger setigerous punctures arranged in a longitudinal discal 

 series and a few submarginal individuals; surface coriaceous. 

 Abdomen densely punctate and pubescent, with a few larger setiger- 

 ous punctures; with indistinct transverse ground sculpture. Male^ 

 seventh sternite very feebly but not very widely emarginate; eighth 

 with a rounded triangular emargination nearly twice as wide as 

 deep; ninth sternite distinct. Female^ seventh and eighth sternite 

 rounded; ninth divided longitudinally into two sclerites. Length, 

 12 to 23 mm. 



" For a complete descriptloa of the structural characters, see Blackwelder, 1936. 



