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Staphyliniis (Proper), Fab., 



Which have all the palpi filiform, and the antennae inserted 

 above the labrum, and mandibles between the eyes. Some, 

 and especially the males, have the anterior tarsi very much 

 dilated, the antennae separated at their origin, and the first 

 articulation of which equals, for the most part, in length, the 

 fourth of the total length. The head is but little elongated. 

 The species presenting these characters compose alone, in 

 some methods, the genus Staphylmus. Authors have even 

 separated, to form another, the S. dilatatus^ Fab. Germ. 

 Faun. Insect. d'Europe, YI. xiv, in consequence of its an- 

 tennae forming an elongated knob, and denticulated like a 

 saw. According to the observations of M. Chevrolat, a very 

 zealous entomologist, this insect feeds on caterpillars, which 

 it goes to seek on the trees. 



S. Hirtus, Lin. Panz. Faun. Insect. Germ. IV. 19. Ten 

 lines long, black, very hairy, with the upper part of the head 

 of the corslet, and the final rings of the abdomen covered 

 with thick hairs, of a golden and lustrous yellow. Wing- 

 cases of an ashen grey, with the base black. Under part of 

 the body of a blueish black. North of Europe, France and 

 Germany. 



S. Olens, Fab. Panz. ihid. XXVII. i. An inch long, of 

 a dead black, with the head larger than the corslet, and the 

 wings reddish. Its eggs are of a remarkable thickness. 



Very common in the neighbourhood of Paris, under the 

 stones. 



.S*. Maxillosus, Panz. ibid. 2, being nearly eight lines in 

 length, black and shining ; the head broader than the corslet, 

 a great part of the abdomen and elytija of an ashen grey, 

 with points and black spots. In earth and dung. 



S. Muri7ius, F. Panz. ibid. LXVI. 16, from four to 

 six lines in length ; the head, corslet, and wing-cases of a 



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