Blediux.] STAPHYLINID.K. 3G9 



distinctions just niontionod, it lias tho, head and tliorax a little duller, 

 and the punctuation of the latter rather finer and closer, and there 

 arc a few other minor points of ditlcrence. L. 3^-4 mm. 



Sandy banks of ponds and rivers ; local ; rare in the London district, and 

 apparently not found in the south ; Peckham ; Maidstone ; commoner in the Mid- 

 lauds, Newton Sohicy, near Repton, Bowdley, Matlock, &c. ; Cromer ; Yorkshire, 

 banks of Derwcnt and Scarborough ; Liverpool, banks of Mersey ; Cheshire, banks 

 of Bollin ; Manchester; Northumberland district, general; Scotland, common, 

 Solway, Clyde, Tweed, Forth, Moray, and Shetluud districts, and probably universally 

 distributed. 



B. long-ulus, Er. {Blcdiodes longulus, Muls. et Rey). Shining 

 black, with the elytra bright red or reddish-testaceous, clothed with fine, 

 diffuse, greyish pubescence ; head evidently narrower than thorax, obsc- 

 letely shagrecned, eyes rather large; antennae short, somewhat thickened, 

 redj with the middle sometimes darker, penultimate joints rather strongly 

 transverse ; thorax about as long as broad, truncate at apex, with sides 

 rounded and rather strongly contracted behind, slightly sinuate just 

 before base and terminating at the posterior angles in a minute and 

 blunt but evident tooth, finely channelled, obsoletely shagreened and 

 besides strongly and ditfusely punctured ; elytra a little longer than 

 thorax, rather thickly and strongly punctured ; hind body almost smooth; 

 legs entirely reddish-testaceous. L. 3 mm. 



In sandpits, sandy places on cliffs, near streams, &c. ; found both inland and near 

 the coast; not common ; Shirley, t harlton, West Wickham, Maidstone ; Southend; 

 Lowestoft; Isle of Wight, Luccombe Chine; Scalby Beck, Yorkshire; Northum- 

 berland district, banks of the Irthing, and rather plentifully towards the north end of 

 Whitley Sands. 



B. fracticornis, Payk. {alpestris, Heer.). Larger than the preceding, 

 black with the elytra entirely reddish-testaceous, or more or less dark, some- 

 times entirely black ; these latter specimens may be distinguished from 

 the other black species by the much stronger punctuation of the thorax • 

 the apex of hind body is always light ; from B. longulus it n^ay be dis- 

 tinguished by its size, the very obtuse or entirely rounded posterior 

 angles of thorax which present no trace of a tooth, by the more closely 

 and shallowly punctured thorax, and the duller and more plainly sculp- 

 tured hind liody ; from B. opacus it may be at once knoAvn by its shorter 

 elytra, and the much stronger punctuation of the thorax, which is scarcely 

 shagreened or almost smooth between the punctures, whereas in that 

 species the Avhole surface is very plainly shagreened and the punctuation 

 is dilfuse and very shallow. L. 4 mm. 



Male with the sixth ventral segment broadly sinuate on apical margin, 

 with the sinuation filled with membrane and furnished on each side with 

 some long hairs bending inwards, seventh slightly bisinuate. 



Sandy banks of ponds and rivers ; local and, as a rule, not common ; Reigate, 

 Micklebain, Chobham, Notting Hill, Charlton, Brentford, Tuubridge Wells; Bewdley 

 Forest ; Repton ; Scarborough ; Manchester, and Liverpool districts ; Scotland, very 

 rare, Solway district, " Dumfries, W. Lennon." 



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