182 STAPHYLiNiD^. [Gyiiniusa. 



setigerous pore on each side of tlie forehead near the eyes, a cliaracter 

 that gives it a connection with some genera of the Staphylininee; we 

 possess both tlie Enropean species. 



Form broader, narrowed in frout and behind ; elytra very 



closely punctured G. BKEYlCOLLrs, Pai/k. 



Form narrower, subparallel ; elytra rather coarsely punc- 

 tured G. Vaeiegata, Kies. 



G-. brevicollis, Payk. Broad fusiform, very finely and rather 

 thickly pubescent, black, moderateiy shiny ; head much narrower than 

 thorax, contracted in front ; antennoi long and slender, black with the 

 first joint reddish testaceous, joints 4-10 gradually a little less long, but 

 all distinctly longer than broad ; thorax at base nearly twice as broad as 

 long, much narrowed in front, as broad at base as elytra, very finely 

 punctured ; elytra short, hardly longer than thorax^ the two together 

 broadly emarginate at apex, finely and thickly and somewhat rugosely 

 punctured, dull ; hind body strongly narrowed to apex finely and thickly 

 punctured, sixth segment much longer than the preceding ; legs black, 

 with the tarsi reddish testaceous. L. 5-5|- mm. 



The sexual characters are very hard to describe ; the male has the 

 seventh dorsal segment of hind body rather deeply and angularly emargi- 

 nate, and the ventral plate is prolonged between the emargination in an 

 obtuse angle ; between the two plates emerge two spiniform styles arising 

 from the sexual armature ; in the female the sexual armature is more 

 produced, and terminates in a central tongue-shaped process, wdiich is 

 rather long, and is contracted to a point at apex, with a lateral sharp 

 lobe or tooth-like process on each side. 



Marshy places ; in sphagnum, &c. ; rare ; Chobham ; Esher ; Loughton ; Horning 

 Fen, Norfolk; Chat Moss; Cheshire; Manchester (in some numbers); Cannock 

 Chase; Askham Bog ; Scarborough; Scotland, rare, but widely distributed, Solway, 

 Tweed, Forth, Tay, and Moray districts. 



Gp. varieg-ata, Kies. This species is very distinct from the former 

 by its more parallel form, more shining appearance, and much stronger 

 punctuation, as well as by the fine yellow pubescence which is scattered 

 over its surface in more or less distinct patches, and gives to fresh 

 specimens a variegated appearance ; the antennse have the fir^^t joint cou- 

 colorous with the rest, and the penultimate joints a little shorter ; the 

 elytra are shorter^ and the hind body moie convex; the tarsi also are of 

 a somewhat darker colour ; the sexual characters are also somewhat 

 difi'erent, and not so marked, especially in the female. L. 4-5 mm. 



Marshy places ; in sphagnum ; local, but occasionally occurs in nutnbers; it appears 

 not to be found in the London district, and the only record I have from the South is 

 Glanvilles Wootton, rare (taken by Mr. Dalejnnd Mr. Wolla?ton at Roundchimneys 

 Pond, June 5th, 1874) ; Sutton Park, Birmingham ; Cannock Chase ; Chat Moss ; 

 Derbyshire; Ringing Keld, Scarborough; Manchester; Norihumberland district, 

 rare, banks of Irthing and near Wooler; Scotland, locally common, Lowlands, High- 

 lands, Tweed, Sol '^' Forth, Tay, Argylc, and Dee districts. 



