434 STAPHYLiNiD^. [Trognatlta. 



of hind body red ; head transverse, more or less broad, rather sparingly 

 punctured, with the clypeus, and the antcnnal projections in female, and 

 the horns in male red ; antennae very long in male, rather long in female, 

 reddish ; thorax transverse, subcordiform, anterior margin bisinuately 

 emarginate, Avith the angles blunt but distinct, sides narrowed and sinuate 

 at base, posterior angles almost right angles, punctuation rather dilfuse ; 

 elytra much longer than thorax, with a -well-marked sutural stria reaching 

 apex, and four other plainly punctured striae ceasing before apex ; hind 

 body elongate, parallel, finely and rather thickly punctured ; legs red. 

 L. 4-5i mm. 



Ma^e much larger than female, with head as broad as or broader than 

 thorax, with two strong short blunt horns before eyes, and the mandibles 

 furnished vrith two long curved horns which nearly meet when these are 

 closed, and look like a second pair of mandibles ; antennae very long ; 

 in the female the antennae are very much shorter and the head is 

 narrower. 



Under bark ; often on walls and palings ; local, but not uncommon in many places ; 

 Chatham, Forest Hill, Cobham Park, Mickleham, Cliobham, Peckham, Erith, Cowley, 

 Addington, Tonbri(!ge ; Kingsgate ; Norfolk; Suffi)lk ; Winchester; Exeter; 

 Needwood Forest; Crewe's Pond, Reptou j Sherwood Forest; not recorded from the 

 north of England or from Scotland. 



As this is going to press, I notice that my friend Mr. Champion has just (Nov. 

 1887) recorded the capture of Ancyropliorus aureus, Fauv. (longipemiis, Wat. &c.), 

 at Luccombe Chine, Isle of Wight. This capture is worth noticing, as the 

 species has not been taken south of Yorkshire except by Mr. A. C. Horner at 

 Tonbridge {v. p. 385). 



