252 Pselaphus. 



baseos inipresso, femoribus coxisquei anti- 

 cis spiiia acula armalis. 



Paijz. Fn, Germ, Bg. yi ii. Crit. Rev, i. 62. 



Pselaphus sanguineus ^ Payk, Fn, 5. 565. 1. 



inslgnis , Reichenb. Moii, Psel, 6o* 



16. Tab, 2, jT 16. 



Staphylinus sanguineus^ Linn, Syst. Nat, 1. 

 685. 19. Fn, Sv. 855. OUv. Ent. 5. 42. 24. 

 29. P/. 6./. 54. c, ^. 



crassicornisj Fabr.S.EL 2, 601. 64. 



Habitat sub cortice arborum emortuarura et 

 sub muscis, lapidibus, passim. 



IMajor in Iioc genere. Caput magnum , nigmm, 

 versus os angustatum , fronte foveolis tribus, in trian- 

 gulum dispositis, impressaj oculi nigri, minus promi— 

 nuli. Palpi maxlllares tenues pallldi, capite parum 

 longiores , articulo primo clavato, basi tenui, secundo 

 ob — conico, tertio conico , acuminato. Antennae di— 

 midio corpore fere longiores , crassae , rufo — ferrugi— 

 neae , articulo primo longiore , cylindrico, sub — cras— 

 siore, secundo ovato , aeque crasso, 3 — 8, minori— 

 bus , sub- globosis , 9, 10, gradatim majoribus, apice 

 sub — truncatis , ultimo maximo , ovato , sub — acumi— 

 nato , piloso. Thorax capite non latior, sed multo 

 longior, antice angustatus, basi apiceque truncatus, 

 Jateribus vix rotundatus, supra valde convexus, gib— 

 bus , niger, pube subtilissima fusco ferruginea obdu- 

 ctus j ante basin linea impressa semi-circularis , te- 

 nuis, versus latera in foveolam latiorem desinens. 

 Elytra thoracis basi dimidio latiora, humeris elevatis, 

 sed illo parum longiora , vix dimidium abdominis te- 

 gentia , apice truncata, supra modice convexa , rufo— 

 ferruginea, punctato — coriacea, pubescentia; juxta su— 

 turam elevatam stria tenuis impressa , integra ; versus 



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