264 BRACHELYTKA — STAPHYLINIDAE, 



a. Legs black, or dark brown, with anterior coxae some- 

 times lighter. 

 Anterior tarsi of male strongly, of female slightly dilated. 



I, Head tolerably large, roundish or rounded quad- 

 rangular. 



1, Elytra unicolorous ; legs pitch-black or dark 

 brown. 



A A. Abdomen not very closely or finely punc- 

 tured. 



a a. Elytra bronze-green (rarely red). 



Head, thorax, abdomen and antennae black. Elytra 

 moderately closely and finely punctured. Penultimate 

 joints of antennae as broad as, or slightly broader than long ; 

 anterior tibiae with spines. Legs sometimes yellowish- 

 brown, like those of P. dcbilis, which species however has 

 finer punctuation and longer pubescence. Seventh ab- 

 dominal segment of male broadly, triangularly excised. 

 L. 2^ — 4 1. Not uncommon. P. ebeninus, Er. 



The variety cormscus, Gr., is large, with red elytra. 



h h. Elytra black. 



Black ; head rather more oblong than in P. ebeninus, 

 with rather shalloAver punctuation ; thorax a little shorter, 

 with dorsal punctures equally distant, elytra a little nar- 

 rower ; abdomen more closely and finely punctured. An- 

 terior tibiae with spines. L. 3| 1. Moderately common. 



P. corvinus, Er. 

 -B J^. Abdomen closely, very finely punctured. 



Black ; elytra bronze-black ; legs brownish, with pitch- 

 black femora. Penultimate joints of antennae rather 

 broader than long ; elytra moderately closely and finely 

 punctured ; anterior tibiae without spines. L. 3| 1. Mode- 

 rately common. P. ftimigatus, Er. 



2, Elytra black, with suture and a spot at shoulder 

 dark red ; legs black-brown, with anterior coxae 

 red-yellow. 



Head, thorax, abdomen and antennae black, latter fine, 

 witli penultimate joints distinctly longer than broad ; elytra 

 closely and finely punctured ; anterior tibiae witliout 

 spines. L. 3^ — 2| 1. Moderately common. 



P. sanguinolentus, Gr. 



