206 STAPHYLiNiD/E. [ TacMnus. 



intermediate lobes of the seventh segment of hind body are more slender 

 and more widely separated in both sexes, and the emargination of the 

 seventh ventral segment of male is circular instead of being angular. 

 L. 3i-4 mm. 



In duTio^, moss, decaying^ fungi, &c. ; local and not common in England ; Purley 

 Downs, Bishops Wood, Eltham, Wimbledon, Tonbridge ; Hastings ; Lee Valley, 

 North Devon (Power); Sutton Park, Birmingham; Manchester; Northumberland 

 district ; Scotland, common, Sol way, Tweed, Forth, Tay, and Dee districts ; Ireland, 

 Armagh. 



T. collaris, Grav. Pitch-black with the thorax and elytra reddish, 

 with disc of each often more or less darkened ; punctuation fine and 

 close except of elytra, which is rather strong, although close ; head dark, 

 with palpi pitchy; antennae a little longer than head and thorax united, 

 red, sometimes a little darker towards apex, penultimate joints not trans- 

 verse ; thorax transverse, narrowed in front, a little broader behind than 

 elytra ; elytra subquadrate, not very much longer than thorax ; hind 

 body short, strongly narrowed behind, black, with apex of segments 

 pitchy red, without long setce at sides of segments ; legs red or reddish 

 testaceous. L. 3-3 g mm, 



Male with the seventh dorsal segment of hind body furnished with four 

 rather short, blunt teeth, the central pair prolonged beyond the others, 

 sixth ventral segment angularly emarginate in middle of apical border, 

 seventh strongly excised, with the lobes of the excision triangular ; female 

 with the seventh dorsal segment furnished with four long, narrow teeth 

 of about equal length, seventh ventral segment with blunt teeth or 

 lobes. 



Under stones and old bark, in moss, fungi, &c. ; local ; rather common in flood 

 refuse at Repton, Burton-on-Trent, but I know of no locality further south ; Lincoln, 

 common in flood refuse ; York ; Manchester ; Northumberland district ; Scotland, 

 common in Lowland districts throughout the greater part of the country. 



T. elong-atus, Gyll. (infricafus, Sahib., Drymoporus elongatus, 

 Thoms.). A large and conspicuous species, entirely deep black ; head 

 and thorax very finely shagreened, and very finely and rather sparingly 

 punctured, appearing almost smooth ; antennae as long as head and thorax 

 united, entirely ferruginous, or dusky with base and apex lighter, 

 penultimate joints as long as broad, or slightly transverse ; thorax 

 narrowed in front, slightly broader at base than elytra ; elytra about 

 a third longer than thorax, rather strongly punctured in irregular rows ; 

 hind body long, parallel-sided until near apex, with punctuation more 

 evident at sides than on disc, margins of segments sometimes pitchy ; 

 legs lighter or darker pitchy red, L. 7-10 mm. 



Male with the seventh dorsal segment of hind body furnished with 

 four blunt teeth, the intermediate pair prolonged beyond the others, 

 sixth ventral segment broadly emarginate with the lateral lobes some- 

 what angular, seventh segment deeply excised with the lateral lobes 

 strong, elongate, and acuminate and curved inwards at apex ; seventh 



