2 42 STAPHTLINID^. [ QvodlUB 



angularly sinuate in middle of apical margin, with a narrow oblong 

 smooth space (almost furrowed) before the sinuation. 



In haystack and other vegetable refuse, dead leaves, &c. ; also under bark in damp 

 places ; local, and much commoner in the south than the north ; London district, not 

 uncommon ; Strood, Croydon, Mickleham, Putney, Reigate, Cowley, West Wickham, 

 Maidstone, Bearsted ; Wicken Fen ; Littlington ; Winchester ; Hastings ; Hove, 

 Brighton ; Needwood Foi-est, Staffordshire ; Knowle, near Birmingham (flying to 

 light, VV. G. Biatch) ; Atherstone ; Northumberland district, very rare; Scotland, 

 rare, Sohvay, Tweed, Forth, and Tay districts. 



Section V. (Sub-Gen, Raphirus, Stephens.) 



The species belonging to this section are characterized by their very 

 large and prominent eyes ; six of them are found in Britain ; of these Q. 

 auricomus is very distinct ; some of the others, however, present con- 

 siderable diflSculties, and require careful study ; we appear to possess one 

 or two of the varieties, which, on the Continent, are regarded as distinct 

 species, 



I. Scutellum smooth ; hind body with very distinct golden 

 pubescence ; size small (habitat in moss in waterfalls 



and running streams) Q. AURICOMUS, Kies. 



II. Scutellum punctured and pubescent. 



i. Head smaller, subovate or slightly orbicular, dis- 

 tinctly narrower than thorax at basej thorax evi- 

 dently narrowed in front, 



1. Elytra dark ; hind body dark, unicolorous with 



very thick and fine uniform pubescence. 



A. Size larger; elytra dull, scarcely, if at all, 



metallic Q. eufipes, Orav. 



B. Size smaller ; elytra more shiny, evidently 



somewhat metallic Q. attenuatus, Gt/ll. 



2. Elytra rather bright bronze, often yellowish ; hind 

 body clothed with somewhat variegated grey pubes- 

 cence, which often appears to be arranged more or 



less in lines Q. semi^neus, Stepli. 



n. Head larger, subtransverse, almost, if not quite as 

 broad as thorax at base; thorax scarcely at all nar- 

 rowed in fi'ont. 



1. Thorax red or pitchy red ; size larger Q. fulvicoliis, Steph. 



2. Thorax dark ; size smaller Q. boops, Grav. 



The males in this section have the seventh ventral segment of hind 

 body broadly, angularly, and rather deeply emarginate at apex, with 

 a rather long triangular smooth space (sometimes almost furrowed) before 

 the emargination ; the sixth segment is almost always simple ; the 

 anterior tarsi are considerably more strongly dilated in the male than in 

 the female. 



Q. auricoaaus, Kies. {tomentosomaculatus, Cor.). Moderately 

 narrowed in front and behind, but more parallel-sided than any of the 

 allied species, shining black bronze, with the elytra often lighter, hind 



