252 BKACIIELYTRA — STAPHYLINIDAK. 



H 1. Thorax bright tawny-red ; an- 

 tennae pitch-brown. 

 Pitchy-red, shiny ; head black, somewhat orbiculate ; 

 thorax bright glossy tawny-red ; elytra pitch-black, suture 

 and apex paler, finely punctured ; abdomen with base of 

 anterior segments blackish ; legs red-yellow. Not common. 



Q. fulvicollis, Steph. 

 C c. Length 2— 2| lines. 



Very like 0. attemtatus and similarly coloured, except 

 elytra, which are brownish-black. Rather narrower and 

 more convex ; punctuation rather less close. Ventral 

 abdominal segments usually bordered with red-brown. 

 Common. Q. boojjs, Gr. 



b b. Scutellum impunctate. 



A a. Head with four impressions between 

 eyes and two behind each of them. 



l^)ronze-green ; antennae rather short, dark red-brown, 

 their first joint and the legs brownish-yellow ; margins of 

 abdominal segments brownisli. Punctuation of elytra 

 rather diffuse and strong, of abdomen rather fine and dif- 

 fuse ; base and sides of segments of latter with longer 

 yellow puliescence than the middle and apex. L. 2^ 1. 

 Not uncommon. Q. scintillans, Gr. 



-B b. Head with one impression near inner 

 margin of each eye and two impressions 

 behind it. 



P)lack-bronze, shiny ; antennae and legs red-yellow- 

 Elytra rather diffusely and strongly punctured, not very 

 closely covered with strong, golden-yellow pubescence ; 

 abdomen finely punctured, with fine brown pubescence and 

 a spot of golden-yellow liairs on either side of each segment. 

 L. 2 — 2| 1. Not uncommon. Q. auricomus, Kies. 



3, Penultimate joints of antennae considerably 

 broader than long. 



Pitchy ; antennae red-brown, base lighter, third joint 

 scarcely longer than second ; knees, tarsi, apex of abdomen 

 and margins of segments yellow-brown. Head oblong; 

 eyes very small, with one impression near inner margin of 

 each and two impressions behind it ; scutellum diffusely 

 punctured ; punctuation of elytra diffuse, moderately strong, 



