ENTOMOLOGICAL CABINET. 



EMUS HISTUS. Leach. Sam. Steph. 

 Staphylinus histus. Linnc. 



Black : head large and nearly triangular, covered 

 with an erect golden -coloured hair, mandihles long, 

 curved and hlack, eyes large and shining, antennae as 

 long as the head, black and hairy : thorax anteriorly 

 truncate, posteriorly rounded, and covered with hair 

 as on the head : elytra black at the base, covered 

 with black hair, the suture red : and a fascia two 

 thirds the length, covered with a beautiful silver pile 

 or fine hair : abdomen above black and covered with 

 black hair, the last three segments with a golden 

 yellow pile, as on the head and thorax : the breast 

 black and hairy, abdomen of a steel blue, the latter 

 covered with hair as on the upper part : legs black 

 and hairy, the tibiae with golden hair. 



Length 9 to 12 lines. 



Inhabits the carcases of dead birds and rabbits, on 

 open plains. 



We have never had the pleasure of capturing this 

 rare and interesting species of Staphylinidce ; our 

 drawing has been made from a German specimen, 

 given us by Dr. Leach many years since : the species 

 has been found in Devon by Dr. L. and on Parley 

 Heath, Dorset, by the successful and indefatigable 

 Mr. Dale. 



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