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TAB. LIV. 



STAPHYLINUS concolor. 

 Serra ted-liorn ed Stapliylln us. 



Class 5. Insecta. Order I, Coleoptera, 



Gen. Char. Anlennce moniliform. Feelers filiform. 

 Elytra halved, covering the wings. Body elon- 

 gate. Tail {of the femcdesy simple, exerting 

 two oblong vesicles. 

 Spec. Char. Black. Antennae serrated. Thorax 

 naked, shining, with a dilated margin. Elytra 

 downy, opaque. 

 Syn. Marsh. Ent. Brit. i. 498. 4. 



Staphylinus dilatatus. Fab. Ent. Syst. Em. I. 6. 

 52212.? Syst. Eleuth. ii. .392. 1 4 ? Gmel. Syst. 

 Nat. 2027. SO? Payk. Faun. Siiec. iii. 389. 

 29. LatreUle Hist. Nat. &c. ix. 326. 74. 



Length of the body Q " 



rof the head 1-^ 



Breadth «| of the thorax 2 j 



Lof the elytra 23- 



luies. 



We were permitted to make a drawing of" this singular and 

 very rare Stuphy Linus by our kind friend, the ingenious au- 

 thor of Entomolo-jia Britannica, in wh.ose cabinet the only 

 British specimen of it ever taken is preserved. It is also 

 found in Ge rmanv, Sweden, and France ; for we think it 

 is beyond a doubt the Staphylinus dilatatus of Paykull and 



