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The body is slender and of even breadth, slightly depressed; the 

 head square, temple-corners slightly rounded off, the temples rather 

 lon^, head often broader than pronotum and together v-ith this densely 

 and rather robustly punctate, and with a smooth middle-line, which 

 on the pronotum is sometimes only posteriorly distinct; antennae slen- 

 der; pronotum slightly narrowed posteriorly, and a little narrower ely- 

 tra, vjhich are no longer than pronotum, and with dense, rather fine 

 punctation; abdomen very finely and aensely punctate, posterior inar- 

 gin ofits fifth free dorsal joint with or without fine, white cuticle 

 suture. L. 12-17 mm. 



It varies considerably in size. Small specimens have an almost 

 round head, a more uniformly broad pronotum, sometimes almost enti- 

 rely red antennae, and proportionally longer elytra. - In the u the 

 sixth ventral abdominal joint obtuse-angularly emarginate. 



Distributed everywhere in Europe, and rather common in this coun- 

 try, under leaves, moss and stones, also at lake-shores in alluvium. 



Fig. 113. Head of Staphylinus (Gcypus) globulif er Fourcr . (mo- 

 rio jravh.). Antennae removed, p.l. Labial palpi, p. max. Max- 

 illary palpi. 



18. St. compressus Karsh. 



(Marsh. Ent. Brit. 503; rLrichs. Jen. Spec. Staph. 418; Kraatz Ins. 

 D. II, 564; Ihoms. Skand. Col. II, 150; Uuls. et Rey Br^vip. 1877. 

 187; Janglb. Kaf. W. II, 436). 



Closely allied to the preceding species, from which it mainly de- 

 viates in that the legs most often are light-colored, and by an all- 

 over, though mostly on head and pronotum, much denser punctation. 



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