244 STAPHYLiNiDJE. [Qiiedius. 



more distinctly sculptured ; hind body strongly narrowed behind, very 

 finely and thickly punctured ; legs testaceous, posterior coxae darker. 

 L. 5-6 mm. 



In moss, flood refuse, dead leaves, &c. ; generally in marshy places ; local ; London 

 district, not uncommon, Croydon, Gravesend, Wimbledon, Barnes, Etjliam, Tonbridge, 

 &c. ; Hastings; Tewkesbury; Coleshill and Knowle, near Birmingham; Repton ; 

 Scarborough ; Manchester ; Northumberland district, not uncommon ; Scotland, 

 Lowlands, common, Solway, Forth, and Tay districts. 



V. p^c^/:'e?^/^^s, Hecr {nee Scriba). Somewhat less fusiform than 

 the type, almost subparallel, with the head larger and the hind body less 

 narrowed behind ; head more transverse, and almost as broad as thorax 

 at base ; thorax less narrowed in front Avith the anterior angles usually ' 

 pitchy red ; elytra shorter and slightly less finely punctured ; hind body 

 rather duller and less iridescent ; posterior tarsi a little shorter. 



In Dr. Sharp's collection there is a long series of this variety, all from 

 Scotland ; it is considered by Mulsant and Rey and others to be 

 a separate species ; as, however, these authors say of it " Elle ressemble 

 infiniment a Vaitenuatus" and as Q. atteymahis seems to present several 

 shades of gradation of colour and length of elytra, it appears best to leave 

 it for the present as at most a constant variety. 



Q. semiaeneus, Steph. {semiohscurus, Er. nee Marsh, proxirmis, 

 Kr.). Very closely allied to the two preceding species, but distinguished 

 by its light-coloured elytra which are bright bronze or yellowish, and 

 especially by the pubescence of the hind body which is greyish, very 

 thick and close, and often presents the appearance of being arranged in 

 lines or patches ; at the base of segments 2-4 there are two or three 

 impressed dark velvety patches which are sometimes rather obscurely 

 marked ; it is smaller than Q. rujipes, with the antennae a little shorter ; 

 the sculpture of the elytra and hind body is very fine, evidently finer 

 than in Q. aitenuaius, and resembling that of Q. rujipes. L. 5-6 mm. 



In moss, haystack refuse, &c., often under stones : it is often found by the sea at 

 the roots of long grass or rushes not far from the shore ; London district, rather com- 

 mon, Lee, Barnes, Dulwich, Wimbledon, Gravesend ; Lowestoft ; Hunstanton ; Deil ; 

 Kingsgate ; Shipley, near Horsham; Hastings; Weymouth; Swansea; Birmingham 

 disti-ict ; Cannock Chase; Shrewsbury; Needwood Forest ; Liverpool; Manchester; 

 Northumberland district, chiefly on tlie sea-coast, not uncommon ; Scotland, local, 

 Lowlands, Solway district ; Ireland, near Waterford. 



Q, fulvicollis, Steph. Of about the same size as the preceding, 

 sometimes a little smaller ; head large, almost as broad as thorax at base, 

 black, shining ; antennpe entirely testaceous, moderately long, with 

 penultimate joints longer than broad in male, about as long as broad in 

 female ; thorax reddish testaceous, pitchy red or pitchy brown, not so 

 much narrowed in front as in the two preceding species ; scutellum 

 punctured and pubescent ; elytra about as long as thorax, brownish or 

 reddish-brown, usually slightly metallic, finely and rugosely punctured, 

 thn punctuation being intermediate between that of Q. aftenuatus and 



