262 BRACHELYTIIA — STAPHYLINIDAE. 



close aud moderately fine, of abdomen less close. L. 2| 1. 



Not uncommon. P. alhipcs, Gr. 



li b. Antennae blackisli-brown, with first 



and often second joint red ; legs red. 



Head, thorax and abdomen black ; elytra red, distinctly 



shorter than thorax. Penultimate joints of antennae a 



little broader than long. Elytra and abdomen rather closely 



and finely punctured. Anterior tarsi of male strongly, of 



female more feebly dilated. L. 3 1. Not uncommon. 



P. lepidus, Gr. 

 2* Anterior tarsi simj)le in both sexes. 

 A A . Elytra diffusely punctured. 



a a. Forehead without central depression ; 

 elytra strongly punctured; legs pitch-brown. 

 Black, shiny ; elytra bronze ; apex of ventral abdominal 

 segments usually red-brown. Penultimate joints of antennae 

 scarcely broader than long ; head large, frontal impressions 

 almost in a transverse line with ocular ones. L. 3 1. Com- 

 mon. P. sordidus, Gr. 

 b b. Forehead with central depression ; elytra 

 finely punctured ; legs reddish or yellowish- 

 brown. 

 Elongate. Black, shiny ; elytra greenish-bronze ; apex 

 of abdominal segments finely bordered with red-brown. 

 Penultimate joints of antennae as long as broad ; head 

 large, frontal impressions far apart, placed before ocular 

 ones. L. 3 — 3|- 1. Common. P.fimetarius, Gr. 



-Z? -B. Elytra closely punctured. 



a a. Abdomen unicolorous black beneath. 



Deep black ; elytra greenish-bronze ; antennae and legs 

 brown-black. Head and thorax deeper black than in P. 

 cc'phalotcs, elytra more closely and deeply punctured. L. 

 3 1. Scarce. P. nigriventris, Th. 



b b. Abdomen black, with apex of ventral 

 segments red-brown. 

 Elongate. Black, shiny; elytra bronze, strongly punc- 

 tured ; legs pitcli-brown or red-brown. Penultimate joints 

 of antennae rather broader tlian long ; head large ; forehead 

 with a shallow central depression, frontal impressions nearly 

 in a line, curved backward. L. 3^ — 4 1. Common. 



P. cephalotes, Gr. 



