214 STAPHYLIXID.E. \_Mijcet()porus . 



less thickened towards apex ; base of segments of 



liiiid body more thickly punctured M. SPLENDIDUS, Orav. 



ii. Intermediate series of elytra consisting: of 7-12 

 punctures ; form broader ; antennse stouter, more 

 thickened towards apex ; base of seoments of hind 

 body more finely and sparingly punctured . . . M. xongicobnis, Kraafz. 



TfL. lucidus, Er. Pitchy red, or pitchy brown, shining, with a strong 

 hhiish iridescent reflection especially on the hinder parts, rather broad in 

 the middle and narrowed in front and. behind ; head black or almost black 

 rather longer than broad, antennae moderately long, slightly thickened 

 towards apex, obscurely ferruginous with base lighter, penultimate joints 

 transverse ; thorax narrowed in front, almost as broad behind as the elytra, 

 with some large fetigerous pores on margin, two in front being placed at 

 some distance from the margin ; there are, however, no accessory punc- 

 tures on the sides of disc ; elytra about a third longer than thorax, with 

 three longitudinal series of punctures (consisting of 12-15 in each row) 

 and two accessory series of 7-9 punctures between the sutural and intra- 

 humeral series ; there is also an extra confused series before the marginal 

 one, so that each elytron appears to be furnished with six series ; hind 

 body gradually narrowed behind, rather strongly and sparingly punctured, 

 with second segment (the first apparent) smooth ; legs testaceous, with 

 posterior coxoe dark. L. 5-5^ mm. 



Male with the seventh ventral segment of hind body slightly rounded 

 at apex, female with the same segment evidently rounded. 



In moss, dead leaves, &c. ; local, and as a rule not common ; Londou district, not 

 uncommon, Bexley, Maidstone, Shirley, Giterham, Esher, Coombe Wood, West Wick- 

 ham, Croydon, Hainault, Highgate, &c. ; New Forest; Llangollen; Repton, Burton- 

 on-Trent ; Liverpool ; Scotland, rare, Tweed, Tay, Dee, and Moray districts. 



I^. splendens, Marsh (sphndidvs, Duv. nee Grav., ausfralis, Key, 

 conjinis, Rey). Shining black or pitchy black, with the elytra bright red, 

 and the apex of segments of elytra and sometimes side and basal margins 

 of thorax reddish testaceous ; it is narrower and a little less fusiform 

 than the preceding species, and has no iridescent reflection ; head slightly 

 broader than long, antennae dark with base lighter, penultimate joints 

 strongly transverse ; thorax much as in the preceding except that it is 

 not so much narrowed in front ; the front marginal punctures are situated 

 nearer the margin ; elytra a little longer than thorax, with three longitu- 

 dinal series of rather large setigerous punctures, the sutural containing 

 4-6, the intra-humeral 4-9, and the marginal a larger number of finer 

 punctures ; there is no accessory stria ; hind body rather strongly and 

 sparingly punctured, with apex of segments and central portion of second 

 segment smooth ; legs red or reddish testaceous, with the posterior coxae 

 and trochanters often, and femora sometimes, darker. L. 4f-5 mm. 



Male with the sixth ventral segment of hind body keeled and angularly 

 prolonged at apex, seventh segment slightly rounded ; female with the 

 sixth segment scarcely prolonged, seventh evidently rounded. 



In moss, dead leaves, &c., also under refuse ; often found running on pavements, on 



