Anthophaiius.'] staphylinid.u. 399 



A. testaceus, Grav. {palmtris, Ileer, rarahoides, L., var.). De- 

 pressed, rather shining, riifo-tcstaceous, with the head darker, and the 

 elytra h'gliter, and the hind body more or less dark before apex ; head 

 in both sexes not broader than thorax, rather strongly and thickly punc- 

 tured, with clypeus smooth, strongly narrowed before eyes which are not 

 large, but distinct and prominent ; disc with two oblique depressions ; 

 antennae very long, much longer than head and thorax united, reddish 

 testaceous ; thorax much narrower than elytra, with sides rounded in 

 front and gently narrowed behind, posterior angles sharp right angles, 

 rather thickly, strongly, and regularly punctured; elytra more than 

 double as long as thorax, rather strongly punctured ; hind body diffusely 

 and very finely punctured ; legs testaceous. L. 4^ mm. 



Male with the sixth segment of hind body emarginate at apex. 



In mos5, &c. ; a northern species, and rare further south than Nortluiinberlund ; 

 sometimes abundant where it occurs ; Scarborough ; Southport ; Northumberland 

 district, abundant in woods, Wallington, &c. ; Scotland, common and widely dis- 

 tributed in Lowland districts as far north as the Moray district, and probably "in the 

 more northern counties. 



Specimens occur in which the head and thorax are dark red or even 

 almost black. 



A. alpinus, Payk. Smaller and narrower than the preceding and 

 more parallel ; head differing very much in the two sexes ; thorax more 

 diffusely and finely and less regularly punctured; elytra much more 

 finely and less evidently punctured and much less dilated behind ; the 

 species may also be easily distinguished by its colour, the head and 

 thorax being black or very dark and the hind body entirely black ; the 

 antenme also are dark Avith base testaceous ; legs testaceous with femora 

 a little darker in some specimens. L. 3-4 mm. 



Male with the sixth ventral segment of hind body emarginate at apex, 

 and with the head very large, broader than thorax, and furnished on each 

 side in front with a rather long and sharp projecting horn ; the man- 

 dibles also are strongly developed ; in the female the head is narrower 

 than or about as broad as thorax, without horns, and with the mandibles 

 not strongly developed. 



In moss and by sweeping, &c. ; confined to hilly and mountainous districts; 

 Snowdon district, North Wales; Ripon, Yorkshire ; Northumberland district, top of 

 Cheviot, Hedgehope, &c. ; Scotland, Highland and alpine districts ; local, but some- 

 times abundant, Tweed, Tay, and Dee districts (Glasgow; Ben Lomond; Rannoch, 

 common on Grayvel, &c.). According to Thomson it occurs chiefly on leaves of 

 willow or birch trees. 



GHOBROMICUS, Redtenbacher, 



This genus appears to comprise about half-a-dozen species, two of 

 which are European ; they appear to be extremely variable, to judge by 

 the amount of varieties and synonyms which follow their names in the 



