Staphylinuf, 349 



€5. St aterrimus: niger niticlus', anten^ 

 nis bafi piceis^ pedibus fufco- tellaceis, ca- 

 pite oblongo, tnoracis feriebus dorfalibus 

 fex-puniftatis» 

 Grav, Micr, ^t» ^zj 



S/. itigriiutm vctr. Grav. Monogr. ^4. ^o* 

 , Var. b* Pedibus totis pallidius teftaceis. 

 S/. nigrkutus. GraV^ Micr^ 41. ^i. Monogr^ 



Van c, Thorace rufefcente, pedibus pallidis. 



Habitat in humidiSj fub lapidibus^ mufcis, 

 fat frequens. 



Defcr. MinutUg> SU nano limillimUg &affiiiis# 

 fed paullo minor^ thorax balin vcrfus vix angufta- 

 tus, color antenrtarum &: pedum obfcurlor, & fe- 

 ries dorfales thoracis fex- pun6lat3e* Caput magnum, 

 obion(/;o-quadratum> thoraci fere aequale> nigrum 

 nitidiflimum , pone oculos & in antico frontis pun- 

 6lis impreffum, omnino ut in St. nanoj os fufo-pi- 

 ceum , palpis anticis nigro-piceig* Antennae longi- 

 tudine tboracis> nigrse, extrorfum craflTiores > articu- 

 lis primis rufo-piceis, prsefertim fubtus. ThorajC 

 antice fruncatus, angulis defiexis , cOmprefTis, late- 

 ribus'fere reftis, pofterius vix anguftior, bafi rotun- 

 datus, fupra cohvexus, «iger nitidiffimus; intra an- 

 gulum anticum punfta duo, dein tria, & feries dor- 

 faies regulariter 6-pun6lat3e, pun^tis fat profundis^ 

 2equali fpatio remotis. Scutellum triangulafe acu- 

 minatum nigrum fub- punftatum» Elytra thorace 

 multo latiora & longiora, fupra depreffa , nJgra fub- 

 nitida, parum pubefcentia, fat profunde & crebro 

 punftata, futura & apicis margine interdum ruto-pi- 

 ceis, Abdomen pone elytra vix lor>gitudina rcliqui 



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