Plate XII. — Continued. 



Fig. 101. SCAPHIDIUM QUADRIMACULATUM, Oliv., Curtis. [F. Scaphidiida^ 

 G. Scaphidium, Oliv.'\ 



Ovate, black, shining. Head sparsely and obsoletely punctate ; antennje pitchy black, basal 

 joints pitchy red. Thorax convex, transverse, narrowed in front, sides rounded anteriorly, nearly 

 straight behind, base bi-sinuate, coarsely and rather sparsely punctate, base depressed, with a 

 transverse bi-sinuate row of large oval punctures. Elytra ovate, truncate at the apex, coarsely 

 and sparsely punctate ; each with a deep sutural stria curved at the base, and continued as far as 

 the humeral callus, the sutural portion with remote, round punctures, the basal portion with large, 

 oblong punctures, a curved, red spot at the base below the shoulders, and a transverse one near 

 the apex. Legs black, tarsi pitchy red. Length, 2i-3 lines. 



Not uncommon in rotten stumps of trees. 



Fig. 105. STAPHYLINUS PUBESCENS, De Geer, Curtis. [F. Staphylinida;. G. 



Staphylinus, Z/.] 



Elongate, black, clothed with a dense, variegated pubescence. Head as wide or wider than 

 the thorax, with a few large, remote punctures, clothed with a dense, long, yellowish-grey 

 pubescence ; labrum testaceous ; mandibles, palpi, and antenna" black, basal joints of the latter 

 reddi.sh yellow at the base. Thorax elongate, narrowed behind, sides slightly rounded in front, 

 base rounded, tessellated with brown and grey pubescence, with an interrupted, central, longitudinal 

 ridge. Scutellum with two elongate patches of dense, black, velvety pubescence. Elytra and 

 abdomen tessellated similarly to the thorax. Beneath pitchy black, abdomen with a dense 

 silvery grey pubescence. Legs pitchy black, thighs witli a testaceous ring near the apex. 

 Length, 5-GJ lines. 



Not uncommon, especially in the north. 



Fig. 106. ANISOTOMA CINNAMOMEA, Panzer. (Male.) [F. Anisotomidae. G. 

 Aniaotoma, Illig.'] (Leiodes cinnamomea, Curtis.) 



Oblong ovate, convex, reddish yellow or brown. Head minutely and thickly punctate, with a 

 transverse row of four large shallow punctures on the forehead ; tips of mandibles and club of 

 antenna; black. Thorax transverse, narrowed and emarginate in front, rounded at the sides, posterior 

 margin nearly straight, rather thickly and finely punctate. Scutellum impressed in the centre, 

 punctate. Elytra oblong, each with eight shallow, coarsely and closely punctate stria; ; interstices 

 fiat, exceedingly finely and sparsely punct.ite, the 1st, .3rd, .5th, and 7th with a few large, remote 

 punctures. In the male the ind, 3rd, and -Ith joints of the anterior tarsi are dilated, the inter- 

 mediate thighs are toothed within at the base, and their tibia; are curved, the posterior thighs are 

 incrassate, with two large teeth at the apex, and their tibia; curved ; in the female the anterior 

 tarsi are simjile, the intermediate and posterior thighs slender and unarmed, and their tibia- only 

 slightly bent. Length, 2-3n lines. 



Found in truffles, and by brushing towards sunset. It has occurred at Audley End, Essex ; 

 Kimpton, Devon ; ilickleham, and near Croydon, Surrey ; in SulTolk, and Cornwall. 



Fig. 107. EMUS IIIRTUS, L., Curtis. [F. Staphylinidse. G. Emus, Leach.'] 



Elongate, black, with a dense, golden, silvery, and black ]inbescence. Head wide, covered with a 

 dense, long, golden-yellow pubescence. Thorax nearly semicircular, clothed, except at its posterior 

 margin, with a pubescence similar to that on the head. Scutellum with a dense, velvety, black 

 pile. Basiil third of elytra with a black pubescence, ajiical two-thirds occupied by a broad dentate 

 band of silvery grey pubescence, intermixed with long black hairs. Abdomen with the three basal 

 segments clad \^ ith short black hairs, the following three with a dense golden-yellow pubescence. 

 Beneath with a violet tint, the sides of the 4th, and base of the 5th segment with a golden-yellow 

 pubescence. Trochanters of the posterior legs of the male produced into a long curved spine, 

 their tibia- bent. Length, 7-10 lines. 



Very rare. In dung, and flying in the hot sunshine. New Forest, and Parley Heath, Hants; 

 Whittlesea, Hunts ; Guildford, Surrey ; near Sheerness ; and in Norfolk and Devon. 

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