102 staphylinidjE. lCu7ioso)n:%. 



verse ; thorax a little broader behind than elytra with posterior angles 

 recurved and rather sharp ; elytra a little longer than thorax (occasionally, 

 if the base of the thorax much overlaps the base of elytra, this is not 

 very evident), together with the latter hnely and very thickly punctured ; 

 hind body strongly narrowed behind, very hnely and thickly punctured ; 

 legs red. L. 2| mm. 



lu fungi, moss, &c.; occasionally in saurlpits ; local; London district, general ; The 

 Holt (Farnliam) ; Hastings; VVicken Fen ; Laugworth Wood, Lincoln; Manchester 

 district J Northumberland district, scarce ; not recorded from Scotland. 



C. pedicularium, Grav. In colour and general appearance much 

 resembles the preceding, but is considerably smaller, and may be at once 

 separated by the much shorter and entirely testaceous antennae ; the 

 elytra also are evidently shorter, being not longer and often appearing 

 sliorter than thorax ; the posterior tarsi also are shorter than the tibiae, 

 Avhereas in the preceding species they are longer. L. 2 mm. 



In moss, dead leaves, refuse, &c. ; not common ; Amberlev, ne ir Arundel ; Tonbridge; 

 Wicken and other Cambridgeshire Fens; Ireland, Killiuey near Dublin; has not 

 occurred in the Jlidlauds or North of England, or iu Scotland. 



C. lividum, Er. Entirely reddish testaceous, with the thorax more 

 brightly coloured than the hinder parts, the elytra at sides and near 

 scutellum, and the base of segments of hind body being sometimes dusky; 

 in structure it closely resembles the preceding, and by some authors is 

 considered merely a variety of that species, or vice versa C. pedicularium 

 is by others considered a variety of C. lividum ; the latter, however, differs 

 from' the former, apart from colour, in being a little more closely pubes- 

 cent, and in having the elytra comparatively a little longer ; the antennae 

 also are slightly longer, and the relative length of the joints is a little 

 different ; it must be allowed, however, that except for the colour, it 

 would be very difficult to separate the species. L. 2 mm. 



In moss, haystack and other refuse, at roots of grass in mar.-hy {places, &c. ; common 

 and generally distributed throughout the kingdom. 



C. bipunctatum, Grav. This species in size, shape, and general 

 colour closely resembles C. pedicularium, but is easily distinguished by 

 each elytron having a very distinct and well-marked orange-red spot at 

 base ; the elytra, moreover, are furnished at sides and apex with pores 

 bearing long and distinct setae, a character which separates the species 

 from all the others ; the antennae are short, brownish, with the first four 

 joints and the apical joint yellow, the penultimate joints being rather 

 strongly transverse ; the elytra are a third longer than thorax ; the legs 

 are reddish, with the posterior tarsi as long as, or somewhat longer than, 

 the tibia?. L. 2 mm. 



In rotten wood ; rare ; a single old specimen existed in Mr. G. R. Waterhonse's 

 co'lection, until Or. Power found a colony iu an old willow tree in a pit near Higli- 

 gate ; Mr. J. J. Walker has also taken it at Chatham : there is no other British locality 

 known at present ; iu France the species i» widely distributed, but rare. 



