(Pass 1C4) 



Next after the characters and peculiarities set forth In the generic 

 description this species is furthermore identifiable by the, as a rule, 

 entirely yellow antennae and lejs. 



Pitch-blacic, rather feebly ijlistening, finely haired; the elytra either 

 entirely, or at least their posterior part, also most often the abdominal 

 tip reddish-brownj antennae, mouth-parts, and le^s yellow or brownish yel- 

 low . 



The head robustly punctated; first ^oint of the antennae rather thick 

 and as lonj as the follovin^j two short Joints t0;5.ether, the second joint 

 reverse-conic, tho third considerably thinner and also shorter thsn the 

 second, the fourth small and as long as broad, the following outer joints 

 feebly increasingly transverse, so that the next-last ones become fully 

 1^ times as broad es long. Pronotum (see above) is finely and densely 

 punctated, without impressions; elytra Vi" longer than pronotum, more ro- 

 bustly, but a little less densely punctated than same; abdomen of even 

 breadth, anteriorly with fine, but sharp and rather isolated, posteriorly 

 scattered punctation, somewhat long-haired and with many sido-bristles at 

 the tjp. L. '•'. mm. 



In the V the next-last dorsal joint of abdomen somewhat prolonged and 

 roundeQ off at tip. 



In the ;^oologlc8l Museum's Danish Staphylin- :;ollectlon (Copenhagen) 

 two older specimens are found, but without collecting data; in later time 

 - as far as I know - not refound in this country. One specimen sent by 

 Mr. Saint Qlaire Deville, Paris, corresponds with the above discription, 

 and with the two specimen in the Museum. 



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