24 STAPHYLiNiDiE. [Alicvoglossa. 



Id. pulla, Gyll. (Haplofflossa pulla, Kr,). Broader than M. sutu- 

 ralis, thickly and finely pubescent, dull black, with the elytra pitchy or 

 reddish with the suture sometimes lighter, and the apex of the ventral 

 segments reddish ; head thickly and strongly punctured, antennas short er 

 than head and thorax, rather strongly thickened from the fourth joint, 

 brownish red, with the apical joint and base testaceous, fourth joint 

 almost as broad as the following^ 5-10 very strongly transverse; thorax 

 broader than long, narrowed in front, about as broad at base as elytra, 

 rather strongly punctured ; elytra longer than thorax, strongly punctured, 

 the punctuation resembling that of thorax ; hind body about as broad 

 at base as base of elytra, rather finely and thickly punctured towards 

 base, less closely towards apex ; legs reddish testaceous. L. 2|-3 mm. 



Male with ventral plate of seventh segment of hind body produced in 

 an angle in middle of apical border. 



In boles of the sand-martin, &c. ; occasionally by sweeping; also in carrion; as a 

 rule scarce, but it is not uncommon in the London district ; Sevenoaks, Esher, Wey- 

 bridpe, Forest Hill, Coombe Wood, Cliiiigtbrd, Darenth, Tonbridge, Tilgate Forest ; 

 The Holt, Farnham, from a fern-stack; Mickleham, in company with -Fo/'»«ica/M/i. 

 ginosa (Power); Glanvilles Wotton ; New Forest; Isle of Wight; Devonsliire ; 

 Sherwood Forest; Studley, nearPipon ; Scarborough; Northumberland district, rare 

 Long Benton, and in Gibside Woods on flowers of heath ; Scotland, very rare, Moray 

 and Solway districts; according to Mulsant and Rey it is found in old trees with 

 ants, and also in the nests of finches and quails, and with hedgehogs. 



BI. nidicola, Fairm. (sub-gon. Ilaplor/lossa, Kr.). This species 

 comes very near to the preceding, but is abundantly distinct from it ; the 

 punctuation of the thorax, elytra, and hind body is plainly finer and 

 closer, that of the latter being uniform or nearly so ; the fourth joint of the 

 antennas is narrower ; the colour is slightly duller and the pubescence rather 

 finer and shorter ; the elytra are almost always reddish, whereas in 

 31. pulla they are usually pitchy or brownish ; the antennae, moreover, are 

 slightly longer and less thickened, and have the penultimate joints less 

 strongly transverse ; these latter characters, however, are not very 

 apparent : the sexual characters are the same. L. 2^-3 mm. 



In holes of the sand-martin, and occasionally in flowers ; not uncommon in the 

 London district and the Midlands; St. Leonards; Manchester; Northumberland 

 district, very rare, banks of the Irthing; Scotland rare, Tweed and Solway districts; 

 Ireland, Killiney near Dublin. 



ZVI, g*entilis, Maerk. {Hax>loglo&sa gentilis, Kraatz). The largest of 

 our species ; finely and moderately thickly pubescent, shining black, 

 with the elytra more or less red and the ventral segments of hind body 

 reddish at apex ; head large, strongly and diffusely punctured ; antennae 

 a little shorter than head and thorax together, brownish with the last 

 and two or three basal joints testaceous, thickened from the apex of the 

 third joint, joints 4-10 strongly transverse ; thorax broader than long as 

 broad at base as elytra, very shining, punctuation distinct and not very 

 close ; elytra longer than thorax, moderately punctured, sometimes 



