Laihrdbium.'] staphyliniDjE. 299 



strongly Olid rather tliickly jmnetiirod ; antoniire rather stout, hardly as long 

 as head and thorax united, lighter or darker red, with joints 4-lOoljIong, 

 nearly equal in length ; thorax considerably longer than broad, parallel- 

 sided, narrower than elytra, strongly and rather thickly punctured with 

 a narrow smooth central line; elytra a little longer than thorax, rather 

 strongly but not deeply punctured ; hind body convex, with the front 

 segments slightly impressed transversely at base, finely and thickly punc- 

 tured; legs rather stout, reddish-testaceous, with the coxce darker. L. 

 7|-8 mm. 



Male with the seventh ventral segment of hind body furnished with 

 two longitudinal crests or tufts of raised hairs, separated by a space free 

 from pubescence which is rugose and impressed and strongly and angularly 

 excised on its apical margin ; the third to the fifth segments are slightly 

 impressed in centre. 



lu flood refuse, moss, &c., in marshy places ; widely distributed througliout England 

 and Wales ; Scotland, common iu marshes, iu Lowland districts ; Ireland, Belfast, 

 Dublin, Armagh, &c. 



Ii. boreale, Hoch. {elonrjatum, GylL, nee Linne., geniinum, Kr.). 

 This species is very closely allied to the preceding and in most collections 

 is mixed with it ; it is a little narrower, and the general punctuation is 

 rather finer ; the coxae are red, and the red and black colour of the 

 elytra is not sharply defined ; occasionally the elytra are entirely of 

 a bright red colour; the under-surface of the sides of the front of 

 head is sparingly punctured instead of being thickly punctured as in 

 the preceding species, and the punctuation of the upper surface of 

 tlie sides of head is more evidently finer than that of thorax; in the 

 male the longitudinal crests on the seventh ventral segment of hind body 

 are shorter and the apical margin of the space between them is not excised 

 but only slightly sinuate. L. 7|-8 mm. 



In moss, flood refuse, &c. ; widely distributed throughout England and Wales ; 

 Scotland, only recorded from the Solway district j Ireland, Bantry, Valeutia, West- 

 port, Galway, Rathmullan, &c. 



Zi. fulvipenne, Grav. This species is easily distinguished from 

 either of the preceding by its longer, narroAver, and more linear form, and 

 the dirty testaceous red colour of the elytra which are usually obscurely 

 darker at base; the head is rather narrower behind and more ovate; iu 

 the male there are no raised crests on the seventh ventral segment of hind 

 body, but the sixth and seventh segments are furnished with obsolete im- 

 pressions, and the seventh has the apical margin broadly and obtusely 

 emai'ginate; in the type form the elytra arc about as long as the thorax, 

 but a variety commonly occurs in which they are plainly shorter, more 

 strongly and less tliickly punctured, and of a reddish brown colour which 

 becomes hardly darker at base; this latter form is almost, if not quite, 

 apterous, whereas the type form is winged. L. 7|-8| mm. 



In moss, flood refuse, &c. ; often uuder loose bark at the roots of trees ; commou and 

 widely distributed throughout the kingdom. 



