204 STAPHYLINIDJ!. [Taclnmis. 



four lobes which are long, sharp, and spiniform, and of aliout equal 

 length ; in the male, however, of this, and apparently of other species, the 

 length of the lobes somewhat varies, and the two central lobes appear 

 sometimes almost to coalesce, and end in two blunt teeth which do not 

 project beyond the lateral lobes ; the length of the female lobes also is 

 slightly variable. L. 5 mm. 



At the exuding sap of CossMs-infectcd trees, also under bnrk ; rare ; Charlton and 

 Catford (Kent), Croydon, Putney, Forest Hill, Shirley, Belvedere, Addiugtoii, &e. ; 

 Ilobins Wood, Bepton (W. Garneys) ; Scotland, very doubtful, recorded in Murray's 

 catalogue as occurring at " Raehills, near Edinburgh; Kinross-shire;" but Dr. 

 Sharp is of opinion that another species is probably referred to ; the habitat of the 

 insect is peculiar, and will in great measure serve to distinguish it. 



T. rufipes, L. Shining black or pitchy black with an obscure 

 patch near shoulder of elytra, and the apical margin of the same reddish 

 testaceous ; head very finely and thickly punctured, antennte a little 

 longer than head and thorax united (longer, more slender, and with the 

 penultimate joints less short than in T. scajmlaris and T. pallipes), joints 

 5-10 evidently longer than broad ; thorax transverse, narrowed in front, 

 very finely and thickly punctured, a little broader at base than elytra, 

 with sides rather strongly rounded, black, with side margins concolo- 

 rous or scarcely visibly lighter, basal margin occasionally very narrowly 

 testaceous ; scutellum black, very finely punctured ; elytra about a third 

 longer than thorax, very finely and thickly punctured ; hind body rather 

 short, distinctly punctured, with a long seta at each side of the two last 

 segments ; legs red. L. 5| mm. 



Male with the seventh dorsal segment of hind body furnished with 

 fovir lobes, of which the intermediate pair project beyond the others, 

 sixth ventral segment broadly impressed in middle and emarginate on 

 apical border, seventh deeply excised ; female with seventh dorsal seg- 

 ment of hind body with a large central lobe which is strongly narrowed 

 and pointed at apex, and ustially reaches slightly beyond the lateral lobes, 

 which are two in number and are strong and spiniform ; the seventh 

 ventral segment is also furnished with blunt lobes (as in some of the 

 other species), which are visible from above, and must not be confounded 

 with the dorsal lobes. 



In dung, moss, &c, ; abundant throughout the kingdom. A variety occurs rather 

 rarely in which the elytra are entirely ferruginous or dusky brownish-testaceous : I 

 have taken it near Burton-on-Trent, and Dr. Sharp has found it at Malvern and in 

 Scotland. The dark shining black thorax with concolorous sides will easily dis- 

 tinguish this very common species. 



T. subterraneus, L. Easily distinguished from all the other 

 species by its colour, which is shining black with a large, broad, clearly 

 defined orange or reddish testaceous patch, reaching from apex near 

 shoulders to beyond middle; the sides of the thorax and apex of segments 

 of hind body are often reddish-yellow ; head and thorax very finely 

 punctured ; antennae as long as head and thorax united, dark, with the 



