16 STAPHYLiNiDiE. [^AleocMva. 



longer and stouter antennae, of which the h^st joint is very long ; the 

 legs are shorter (the middle tarsi especially being shorter) and have the 

 femora darker ; the body is more sparingly clothed with golden pubes- 

 cence, and the hind body is less closely punctured : the species some- . 

 ■what resembles A. nitida, but is at once distinguished from it by its 

 evenly punctured thorax. L. 3|-4 mm. 



A single specimen taken in shingle on the banks of the Lyn, North Devon, by the 

 Rev. H. S. Gorham. 



A. lanug-inosa, Grav. (Baryodma (Polychara) lanuginosa, Muls. et 

 Eey). Shining black, with moderate pubescence which is more or less 

 erect ; head rather strongly and diffusely punctured, antennae not 

 strongly thickened towards apex, entirely black or with the first joint 

 pitchy, third joint a little longer than second, 5-10 not strongly trans- 

 verse ; thorax broader than long, slightly narrowed in front, rather 

 finely and thickly punctured ; elytra unicolorous black, transverse, about 

 as long as thorax, sinuate towards the postero-external angles, thickly 

 and rugosely punctured ; hind body parallel-sided towards base, narrowed 

 at apex, basal segments thickly punctured on their basal half only, apical 

 segments much more finely punctured ; legs reddish or pitchy. L. 3-6 



mm. 



Male with the dorsal plate of seventh segment of hind body slightly 

 emarginate and distinctly denticulate on its apical margin (the denti- 

 culations numbering from twelve to sixteen), ventral plate prolonged and 

 furnished with long cilia. 



In clung, haystack refuse, decaying sea-weed and vegetable refuse generally ; very 

 abundant; the commonest species of the genus, but one that often proves deceptive 

 by reason of the great variation in the size of the specimens. 



A. lyg-£ea, Kr. [Baryodma (PolycJiara) lygcea, Muls. et Key). Very 

 like the preceding, with which it may very easily be_ confounded, but 

 distinguished by Its generally smaller and narrower size, and less long 

 and erect pubescence ; the best character, however, lies in the punctua- 

 tion of the hind body, which is evenly punctured throughout, whereas 

 in A. lanuginosa the apical half of the front segments is smooth, and 

 the apical segments are very sparingly punctured ; the antennae also are 

 much more plainly thickened, and have the penultimate joints more 

 strongly transverse, and the male characters are different, the dorsal plate 

 of the seventh segment of hind body being simply subtruncate. L. 3-4 mm. 



In dung and decomposing vegetable matter, also in carrion ; rare, but very pro- 

 bably overlooked. Tonbridge, Eltham, Shirley j Scotland, very rare, Tay and 

 SoUvay districts. 



A. villosa, Mann. {Baryodma (Polychara) rillosa, IMuls. et Eey). 

 This species also comes near A. lamigmosa, but is narrower and more 

 linear; the antenna? are longer and thinner, and the tlujrax is pro- 

 portionally narrower, being slightly narrower than the elytra; the 



