308 staphylinidj:. [SHlicns. 



sides are raised and project at apex, seventh angiilarly, but not deeply, 

 emarginate. 



In the damp bottoms of woodstacks, also in haj'stack refuse ; very local, and usually 

 considered rare, but it bas occnsionally been taken in abundance ; Darenth Wood, 

 Strood, Croydon, Forest Hill, Maidstone, Ealing, Chatham, Bearsted, Tollbridge, Cro- 

 liamhurst, Godalmins-, Dorking; Reigate (Linnell), in numbers at bottoms of hay- 

 stacks, &c. ; Aspall Wood, SattblU, taken in abundance by the late Mr. Garneys iu 

 faggots placed in a dry ditch or watercourse to aftord a road for the passage of waggons ; 

 Glanvilles Wootton, cucumber frame (Dale and Wollaston). 



S. riifipes, Germ. One of our largest species ; black, rather shining, 

 head and thorax dull ; head plainl}'^ transverse, scarcely narrowed behind, 

 broader than elytra ; antennae rather short and robust, ferruginous, with 

 apex sometimes lighter, penultimate joints somewhat transverse ; thorax 

 much narrower than head and elytra, rather strongly, very thickly, and 

 rugosely punctured^ Avith a narrow smooth central longitudinal line 

 which is effaced in front, and often obsolete behind ; elytra somewhat 

 variable in length more or less evidently longer than thorax^ finely and 

 rather sparingly punctured, more sjDaringly behind, pitch-black, with apex 

 often gradually lighter ; hind body finely and thickly pubescent, and 

 very finely and thickly punctured, apex pitchy ; legs red, coxae sometimes 

 a little darker. L. 5^-5 1 mm. 



Male with the seventh ventral segment of hind body deeply and angu- 

 larly excised, sixth impressed and broadly sinuate. 



In moss, haystack refuse, hotbeds, &c, ; common and generally distributed through- 

 out the Midlands and districts south of Yorkshire; rarer further north ; Northumber- 

 land and Durham district, rare, banks of Derwent and Tyne, and South Shields ; 

 Scotland, rare, Solway district only ; Ireland, Dublin, Galway, Armagh, and probably 

 generally distributed. 



This species most closely resembles S. suhtilis, but may be distinguished 

 by its much broader and shorter head and unicolorous red legs. 



S> orbiculatus, Er, {nee Payk., Eriehsoni, Fauv.). One of the 

 smaller species, black, rather shining, with head and thorax duller ; head 

 plainly transverse, strongly narrowed behind, rather strongly, very 

 thickl}^, and rugosely punctured ; antennae short and somewhat stout, red- 

 dish testaceous, penultimate joints subtransverse ; thorax rather strongly, 

 very thickly, and rugosely punctured, with a distinct smooth central line 

 which is visually channelled for almost all its length ; elytra scarcely 

 longer than thorax, rather finely and sparingly punctured, apex usually 

 more or less testaceous ; hind body very finely and thickly punctured ; 

 legs (including coxae) testaceous or reddish testaceous. L. 3^ mm. 



Male with the seventh ventral segment of hind body slightly emargi- 

 nate in an angle, sixth broadly emarginate. 



In damp haystack refuse, sides of hotbeds, moss, at roots of grass, &c. ; local, but not 

 uncommon in many localities ; Richmond, Reigate, Barnes, Wimbledon, Esher, Lee, 

 Tonbridge, Bearsted, Maidstone ; Hastings ; Glanvilles Wootton ; New Forest ; Coles- 

 hill ; Knowlc ; Bcwdlcy ; Repton ; Need wood Forest ; Sherwood Forest ; York; Man- 



