240 MR. A. MURRAY'S MONOGRAPH OF THE FAMILY OF NITIDULARLE. 
Genus BRACHYPTERUS. 
Kugellan, in Schneid. Mag. 506 (1792). Erichs. in Germ. Zeitschr. iv. 298 (1843). Sturm, Deutschl. 
Faun. xv. 16. taf, 290 (1844). Erichs. Naturg. Ins. Deutschl. iii. 130 (1848). Redtenb. Fauna 
Austriaca, no. 195. p. 162 (1849). Lacord. Hist. des Coléopt. ii. 292 (1854). Jacq. Duv. Gen. des 
Coléopt. d'Europe, 137 (1857-59). 
Fig. 28. Fig. 29. Fig. 30. 
Ungues dentati (fig. 28). Pygidium maris X 
segmentulo anali auctum (fig. 29). 
Claw of b a Pygidium of male Pygidium of female 
pterus. Brachypterus. Brachypterus. 
This genus may be shortly characterized by having the claws toothed, and by the males 
having an additional anal segment or appendage. It may be further subdivided into two 
or three subgenera, depending upon the form of the thorax and of the last segment of 
the labial palpi; thus :— 
Posterior angles not embracing the elytra . . . . . . . . . . . 1 
Posterior angles embracing the elytra . 0. + « Heterostomus. 
Elytra much longer than exposed dorsal et. of سو‎ . . + « Brachypterus. 
Exposed dorsal segments of abdomen nearly as long as elytra. . . . . Brachyleptus. 
Position and Affinities.—Cxncus. BRACHYPTERUS. Mysrtrops. 
(Subgenus BRACHYPTERUS proper.) 
Prothorax angulis posticis obtusis vel rotundatis. Elytra abdominis segmentis dorsalibus expositis multo 
longiora. Palpi labiales articulo ultimo ovato. 
Labial palpi with the last article ovate. Thorax with the posterior angles obtuse or 
rounded, not embracing the base of the elytra. Elytra much longer than the exposed 
dorsal portion of the abdomen. 
1. BRACHYPTERUS PUBESCENS. 
Erichs. in Germ. Zeitschr. iv. 231. 4 (1843). Sturm, Deutschl. Faun. xv. 24. 4. taf. 191. fig. B (1844). 
Erichs. Naturg. Ins. Deutschl. iii. 132. 4 (1848). 
Cateretes urtice, var. a, Illig. Käf. Preuss. 395. 2 (1798). 
, var. 8, Duftschm. Faun. Austr. iii. 140. 3 (1825). 
—— glaber, Steph. Illustr. Brit. Ent. Mand.v. p. 407 (1832). Newm. Ent. Mag. ii. p. 200 (1834). 
Cercus Urtice (Dej. Cat. 136, ed. 1837). 
Plumbeo-ater, nitidulus, punctatus, parcius albido pubescens, antennis pedibusque piceis 
vel nigris. Long. 1 lin., lat. 4 lin. 
Habitat in Europa, sat frequens. 
Black with a slightly leaden lustre, with a sparing adpressed whitish pubescence. 
Finely and rather deeply punctate. Antenne about the length of the thorax, piceous, 
with the first two articles black. Head very deeply and almost rugosely punctate. Thorax 
