210 STAPHYLiNiD^ [Bri/ojyrifg. 



B. castaneus, Hardy and Bold {HarJyi, Crotch). This species 

 differs from the preceding in its brigliter red colour, and shorter and 

 thicker antennte, of which the fourtli joint is evidently shorter and 

 thicker, and the following are more strongly transverse ; the chief dis- 

 tinction, however, lies in the fact that the elytra have the spaces between 

 the series of punctures smooth and not rugosely striate. L. 3| mm. 



In moss, boleti, &c., in mountaiuous districts; very rare ; Northumberland district, 

 one specimen taken at Long Benton (Hardy and Bold); nei^lihourhood of Hartlepool, 

 several speciuiens (J. Gardner); Scotland, Tweed district, " Girrick, R. Hislop ; " ou 

 the Continent it occurs in summer on the High Pyrenees. 



S. cernuus, Grav. This species is larger than either of the preceding ; 

 it is of a shining black colour, with the elytra and the apical margins of 

 the segments of hind body red ; head short oval, black, with mouth 

 organs testaceous ; antennae as long as head and thorax united, feebly 

 thickened towards apex, dark, with the three first joints testaceous, with 

 the penultimate joints subquadrate in the male and slightly transverse in 

 female ; thorax narrowed in front, with pos.ter-ior angles obtuse and 

 rounded, very finely and thickly, but irregularly, punctured ; elytra a 

 third longer than tliorax, smooth, with three longitudinal series of 5-10 

 punctures, and two more or less obscure series Ixetween them each con- 

 sisting of 4-6 punctures; hind body clothed with rather long and sparing 

 pi;bescence, strongly and diffusely punctured ; legs reddish testaceous, 

 with posterior coxae dark. L. 4| mm. 



In moss, &c. ; very rare ; recorded by Stephens as " found near London and in the 

 New Forest ; " also mentioned by Haliday as from near Belfast. I know of no recent 

 captures ; it occurs in several parts of France iu both forest and inouutainous localities, 

 under moss, refuse, &c. 



BOZiZTOBIVS, Stephens. 



This genus comprises at present about fifty or sixty species, which are 

 chiefly found in the northern and north temperate regions of the northern 

 hemisphere ; species, however, have been recorded frour Central America, 

 Rio de Janeiro, the Antilles, and Ceylon ; there are four British species, 

 one of which is a very distinct and conspicuous insect, but the othei* 

 three are somewhat closely allied, and require a little care to distinguish 

 them ; they live in fungi, and are, with the exception of B. exoletus, very 

 common ; this latter species is rather local. 



I. Head very long, plainly longer than broad ; elytra black with 



apical margin and a clearly defined lunulate patch at base, 



testaceous B. lUNtTLATxrs, L. 



(atricapiUtis, F.). 



II. Head hardly longer than broad; elytra testaceous with 



darker markings. 

 i. Penultimate joints of antennae not transverse ; size larger ; 

 dorsal series of elytra consisting of 8-12 punctures. 



1. Base of thorax very finely bordered ; elytra testaceous, 

 with a patch at scntellum and at apical external 

 ang,les black B. tbinotattts, Er. 



