352 staphylinidj:. [Ste7ivs. 



S. flavipes, St<'ph. (jUimi, Er.). This very distinct species is easily- 

 recognized by its elongate, linear, and almost parallel form ; it is black, 

 rather shining, with the legs, palpi, and antennae yellow, the latter with 

 the basal joint black and the two apical joints fuscous ; head much 

 broader than thorax, with plain frontal furrows, the interval broad, not 

 much raised, and smooth ; thorax longer than broad, rather finely and 

 not closely punctured with a smooth space on middle of disc ; elytra 

 slightly longer than thorax, a little widened behind, moderately strongly 

 but not closely punctured ; hind body elongate, rather widely margined, 

 more sparingly punctured on disc than at sides, apical segments nearly 

 smooth ; legs testaceovis, coxae black, tarsi very short and thick. L. 

 3 mm. 



Male with the seventh ventral segment of hind body rather strongly 

 emarginate in an angle, fifth and sixth with longitudinal impressions 

 which are punctured and pubescent. 



Marshy and damp places, especially in woods; in moss, at roots of grass, and very 

 commonly by sweeping rushes or other hevbaife in many damp or shady localities ; 

 common and geneially distributed throughout the Southern and Midland districts of 

 England; not so common further noi th ; IScothimi, local, Tay district only ; Ireland, 

 near Waterford. 



S- pubescens, Steph. (suhimpressus, Er.). A large, elongate, and 

 rather parallel-sided species, dull leaden black, clothed with fine and dis- 

 tinct whitish pubescence ; head broader than thorax, with the frontal 

 furrows not deep and tlie interval only moderately laised ; antennae tes- 

 taceous, with first joint black, and club pitchy, palpi pitchy, with base 

 testaceous ; thorax oblong, rounded at sides before middle, rather finely 

 and thickly punctured, with two rather strong impressions behind middle ; 

 elytra longer than thorax, rather finely and thickly punctured, with 

 obsolete impressions ; hind body subparallel, only slightly narrowed 

 behind, finely and thickly punctured, rather strongly margined ; legs 

 black, tarsi lighter, with third and fourth joints bilobed. L. 5-5| mm. 



Male with the seventh ventral segment furnished with a broad, deep, 

 somewhat semicircular notch, the inner apex of which is slightly elevated, 

 sixth simply depressed and slightly produced in centre, fourth and fifth 

 rather broadly, but very slight y emarginate, depressed in middle, the 

 depressions being punctured and pubescent and having on each side of 

 their extremity a minute elevation. 



Marshy places ; at roots of grass, &c. ; also on clayey banks of rivers ; rather common 

 and generally distributed throughout England ; rarer further north ; Scotland, not 

 common, Solvvay, Tweed, and Forth districts ; Ireland, near Belfast. 



S. binotatus, Ljungh. Very similar to the preceding, but smaller, 

 less robust with the legs not so stout, the antennae shorter and darker 

 (pitchy-red with the basal joint and club pitchy), and the palpi less tes- 

 taceous at the base of the joints ; the head and thorax also are narrower, 

 the elytra shorter, and the punctuation rather coarser and closer ; in the 

 male the seventh ventral segment has a deep triangular notch, and the 



