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 PLATE CLXVIL 



STAPHYLINUS RIPARIUS. 

 V Bank Rove-Beetle. 



^ COLEOPTERA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennas moniliform*. Elytra not more than half the length of 

 the abdomen. Wings concealed. Tail armed with two oblong 

 veficles. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



STNO NTMS. 

 Red-brown. Shells blue. Head and end of the abdomen black. 



Staphylinus Riparius: Lin. Syjl. Nat, n. 8. p. 684. Ed. 13. 



n. 9. p. 2038. — -Fn. Sv. n. 846. 

 Staphylinus gregarius. Scop. Cam, n. 308. ic. 308. 

 Staphylin de rivages. Degeer. Inf. 4. p. 28. n. 14. tab. i. jig. 18. 



Geoffr. Inf. I. n. 2i. p. 369. 

 Paykull. monogr. Staphyl, n. 19. />. ■27. 

 S chaff. Icon. Inf. Ratijb. tab. 71. fig. 3. 

 Harrer Befchr. d. SchafF. Inf. i. Th. n. 

 417. p. 253. 

 PiEDERUS Riparius: rufus elytris coeruleis, capite abdominifque 

 apice nigris. Fab. Syji. Ent. I. p. 168. — i- 

 Spc. Inf. T. l.p. 339. — Mant. Inf, I. p. 

 223. — Ent. SyJi. 2. p. 536. 

 Der Strandttraubenkafer. Der Uferraubkafer. Panz. Faun. Inf 

 Germ. Inhalt des neunten Hefts, tab. 11. 



* Like a necklace of fmall beads. 



I 2 The 



