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PLATE CCCVIII. 



STAPHYLINUS ERYTHROPTERUS. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennas moniliform. Elytra not half the length of the abdomen. 

 Wings folded, and concealed under the elytra. 



SPECIFIC CHAR AC TEH 



AND 



STNONTMS. 

 Black. Wing-cafes, antennae, and legs red. 



Staphylinus Erythropterus : ater, elytris, antennarum ball 

 pedibufque rufis.— i^«. Suec, 842. Gmel. Linn. T. i. 

 p. 4. p. 2027.^.4. 

 FaL Ent, Syji, 

 Degeer. Inf. 4. p. 21. n. 6. 

 Schaff, EJem. tab. 117. 

 ^^Icon. tab* 2. fig. 2. 



Found in general in moift or fandy places. 



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