300 STAPH YLINID.-E. [LafhroLl/mi. 



Si. ruflpejjne, Gyll. (pnjirtulahim, Mann.). Shining black, elytra 

 lirii^lit red with the base sharply black ; consideraVily smaller than any 

 of the preceding species ; head strongly, thickly, and evenly punctured ; 

 antennas rather short and stout, shorter than head and thorax united, 

 with joints 4-10 submoniliform and of about equal length, not trans- 

 verse, last joint oval, acuminate at apex ; thorax oblong, paralled-sided, 

 narrower tlian elytra, rather strongly punctured with a smooth central line ; 

 elytra a little longer than thorax, often depressed near suture, evidently 

 more finely and thickl)' punctured than thorax ; hind body parallel- 

 sided, suddenly narrowed at apex, finely and xevy thickly punctured ; 

 legs red with coxae darker. L. 6 mm. 



Male with the sixth and seventh ventral segments of hind body slightly 

 impressed in centre, seventh segment narrowly emarginate in middle of 

 apical border, with a small tuft of hair at each side of the emargination. 



On the borders of pools and ditches, on or near the mud ; very rare ; Horning Fen 

 and other fen localities ; Coleshill, Sutton Park, Knowle, Bewdley Forest, and Can- 

 nock Chase (W. G. Blatch) ; Bart )n Moss, Manchester, in spliaguum (A. Reston) ; 

 Stretford, Manchester, and Staly Brushes, Cheshire (J. Chappell). 



Ii; ang'ustatum, Lac. Shining black with the elytra bright red 

 with base sharply black ; a rather small, narrow species, easily distin- 

 guished from its allies by its long, slender antennae, of which all the 

 joints are much longer than broad ; head subovate, a little narrower than 

 thorax, rather finely and thickly punctured ; thorax longer than broad, 

 Avith sides slightly rounded, rather strongly and thickly punctured with 

 a smooth central line ; elytra rather broader, and a little longer, than 

 thorax, strongly and rather thickly punctured ; hind body with the 

 basal segments strongly impressed at base, very finely and thickly punc- 

 tured ; legs reddish-testaceous with the base of coxae darker. L. 5j-5| 

 mm. 



Male with the seventh ventral segment of hind body slightly furrowed 

 on its central line with apical margin narrowly emarginate. 



Marsliy places — in moss, debris of reeds, &c. ; rare ; Strood and Higham, Kent 

 (Champion and Walker in some numbers); Graveseiid ; Folkestone; Guinley, 

 Miuket Havborough (Matthews) ; Luccombe Chine, Isle of Wight, April iy85 

 (Sharp, Gorhum, and Fowler). 



Xi. brunnipes, F. {loundatum, Fauvel., nee Zett. var.). Entirely 

 black, shining, rather broad proportionally ; head short oval hardly 

 narrower than thorax, rather strongly and more or less thickly punc- 

 tured ; palpi red ; antennae darker or lighter red, as long as head and 

 thorax united, with penultimate joints longer than broad ; thorax 

 oblong, subparallel, or slightly narrowed behind, rather strongly punc- 

 tured with a narrow smooth central line ; elytra variable both as regards 

 length and punctuation ; hind body finely and thickly punctured, evi- 

 dently pubescent, parallel-sided and sharply narrowed at apex ; legs 

 reddish testaceous with the coxae pitchy. Legs 8-8| mm. 



