Staphylinufk §6? 



Habitat fub cortice arborum ennortuarum) 

 pafiim* 



Defcr. Magnitudo &: ftatura fore St variabilii 

 & St imprefll, fed ab utroque abunde diftin^luSi 

 uk ex defcriptione patebit. Caput latitudine thora- 

 cis, orbiculatiim,vel longitudine /ere latius^ nigruni 

 ritidum laeve, fubftaiitia fugaci palle{cente certo fitit 

 refplendens; pone ocalos pun6:a tri.i, & antice jux* 

 ta fingulum ©culum unicum impreffum; frons antii 

 ca obfolete impreffa ; os & palpi rufo-ferruginei* 

 mandibulis validis piceis; oculi parvi brUrtiei, An> 

 tennse thorace breviores, baii rufo - ferruginese , ex- 

 trorfum craffiores fufcae. Thorax antice fub-emarj- 

 ginatus, lateribus & poftice exafte orbiculato- rotun* 

 datus, fupra modice convexuis, niger ilitidus^ fub* 

 ftantia iimili micante, uti caput, obdu^lus; puhcla* 

 ra fere ut in St. variabili, ied punfta duo pofterioi 

 ra feriei dorfaiis magis approximata, rarius conflu* 

 entia , vel antico illorUm interdum deficiente. Scix- 

 teilum triangulare nigro-piceum IseVe. Elytra tb^- 

 racis medio anguftiora, fed illo multb longiofa, a* 

 pice oblique truUcata, fupra deprelTa, faturate rufbi 

 ferruginea, fiaepe in difco obfcurius ciaftanea, nitida, 

 glabra, fere levia, vel rUgulis obfoletiflimis hinc in* 

 de fub-ftrigofa; in m«dio difci feries e purftis hon* 

 nullis obfoletis» Abdomen pohe elytra reliquocor- 

 pore brevius, nigro-piceum nitidum, Coeruiefcehtii 

 ihicans, parce pun6luiatum & pubefcehs, fegmento- 

 rum ttiarginibus rufo - ferrugineis» CorpUs fubtui 

 higro - piceuni hitidum pun^luIatiTm , fub - pubefcens* 

 fegraentorum ventfaliuni marginibus latius rufo-fer- 

 rugine^is, Pedes toti rufo-teftiicei, femoribus poftis 

 cis fubtus fpinulis cfebris rigidis ciliatis; Tarfi an* 

 tlcl in Mtroque fexu Vaide dilatatU 



^4» St. impreffus: nlger nltlcluS, t\ytrii 

 glabris rufo-niarginatis, ftriis tribus difci 



