Plate XIII. 



Fig. 108. OCYPUS (TASGIUS) PEDATOR Grav. [_F. Stapliyliniclff. G. Ocypus, Leach. 

 s-G. Tasgius, Steph.'] (Tasgius rufipes, Curtis.) 



Elongate, sub-depressed, black; head, thorax, and scutellutn shining; elytra and abdomen 

 opaque ; antenna', palpi, and legs red. Head a trifle narrower than the thorax, transverse, posterior 

 angles rounded, thii-kly and coarsely punctate, with a smooth, central space. Thorax longer than 

 broad, faintly narrowed posteriorly, sides sh'ghtly rounded, thickly and rather coarsely punctate, 

 with a faint, smooth, longitudinal ridge in the centre. Scutelluni thickly punctate. Elytra wider 

 and a little longer than the thorax, very thickly and finely punctate, with a faint blue tint. Ab- 

 domen parallel, thickly and finely punctate, with a few large scattered punctures, and a black 

 pubescence. Lengtli, 6-9 lines. 



Beneath stones. Tottenham ; Mickleham ; Folkestone ; Devonshire, &c. 



Fig. 109. QUEDIUS LATERALIS, Gmv., Curtis. {F. Quediidse. G. Quedius, Steph.'] 



Elongate, sub-depressed, black. Head sub-orbiculate, much narrower than the thorax, shining 

 black, smooth, with a large puncture on the inner margin of each eye in front, and three placed in 

 a triangle behind each eye ; mandibles, paljii, and base of antennre pitchy red. Thorax transverse, 

 narrowed in front, sides and base rounded in one unbroken curve ; convex, smooth, shining, with 

 two dorsal series of three shallow punctures in front, and a few scattered punctures at the sides. 

 Scutellum smooth, shining. Elytra a trifle longer than the thorax, sub-opaque, rather thickly and 

 finely punctate, clothed with a sparse black pubescence, the reflexed margin pale yellow. xVbdomen 

 narrowed from the base to the apex, as finely but rather less thickly punctate than the elytra, 

 iridescent. Legs pitchy black; tarsi pitchy red, the anterior greatly dilated in the male. Length, 

 G-7 lines. 



Rare, but widely distributed. Inhabits decayed fungi in fir woods. 



Fig. 110. PHILONTHUS MARGINATUS, Fab., Curtis. [_F. StaphylinidiE. G. Phi- 

 lonthus, Steph.'] 



Elongate, black, shining, sides of thorax and legs reddish yellow. Head small, ovate, smooth, 

 with two large approximate punctures placed transversely, and rather obliquely, near the inner 

 margin of each eye in front, and eight or nine on each side behind ; palpi and antennai with the 

 basal joint testaceous, that of the latter with a black line above. Thorax scarcely as broad as 

 long, narrowed in front, the sides and base continuously rounded, with two dorsal rows of four 

 large punctures, and four others on each side, t^cutellum and elytra black with a lirassy green 

 tint, finely and thickly punctate, clothed with a golden-yellow pubescence, the latter a little longer 

 than the thorax. Abdomen with the sides parallel, black, sometimes faintly iridescent, sparsely 

 and rather coarsely punctate, with a thin greyish pubescence ; beneath, with the apex of each 

 segment narrowly red. Length, 4 lines. 



Common in dung. 



Fig. III. CAFIUS FUCICOLA, Curtis. [F. Staphylinid:e. G. Cafius, Curtis.] 



Elongate, pitchy black, sub-opaque, parts of the mouth and legs testaceous red. Head wider 

 than the thorax, oblong quadrate, triangularly impressed in front, the sides and base with large 

 irregularly disposed punctures ; apex of mandibles and palpi pitchy. Thorax nearly as wide as 

 long, narrower than the elj'tra, narrowed behind, the sides slightly rounded in front, with two 

 dorsal series of four large punctures, and four smaller ones on each side near the anterior angles. 

 Scutellum thickly punctate. Elytra longer than the thorax, thickly and finely punctate, with a 

 short grey pubescence. Abdomen with the sides parallel, coarsely and rather tliiekly punctate, 

 sparsely pubescent ; each segment with two faint impressions in the centre near the base, and the 

 anterior margin ferruginous. Anterior tarsi strongly dilated in the males. Length, 4-5 lines. 



Rare. Beneath rejectamenta on the coast. 



Fig. 112. ACHENIUM HUMILE, Nicolai. \F. Pffiderida;. G. Acheniuni, Curtis.] 

 (A depressum, Curtis, but not of Gravenhorst.) 



Elongate, flat, pitchy black, or brown, shining. Head as wide behind as the thorax, with a 

 tubercle on each side at the base of the antennas, sparsely and minutely punctate ; antennae longer 

 than the head and thorax, red. Thorax longer than broad, gradually narrowed to tlie base, pos- 



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