44 STAPHYLINID^. 



STICHOGLOSSA, Fairmaiie. 



S. semirufa, Er., Gen. et Spec. Staph., 128, 105. Fairm. et Lab., 

 Faun. Ent. Fr. i., 442, 1. Sub-parallel, rather robust, shining, finely 

 pubescent ; black, with the thorax and elytra rufous, the latter with the 

 scutellary region and an indistinct patch at the sides about the middle 

 slightly inf uscate ; legs and mouth parts rufo-testaceous ; antennae 

 reddish with the basal joints paler. Head finely and rather thickly 

 punctured ; antennae rather strongly thickened, about as long as the 

 head and thox^ax united, joints 5-10 strongly transverse, 11 suboval, 

 as long as 1> and 10 united. Thorax strongly transverse, almost as 

 broad behind as the elytra, very convex, finely and thickly punctured, 

 with the posterior angles very obtuse. Elytra transverse, a little longer 

 than the thorax, slightly convex, rather finely and thickly punctured ; 

 hind body slightly narrowed behind, shining black, sparsely punctured, 

 fifth dorsal segment without a transverse impression. 



Male Avith the last and penultimate ventral segments each with a 

 prominent oblong tubercle or carina in the centre before the apex. 



Female with the last segments simple. L. 2|-o mm. 



Obtained by Mr. B. S. Harwood in the vicinity of Colchester when 

 beating oaks for larvje in May 1898, and introduced as British by 

 Mr. Champion (Ent. Mo. Mag. xxxv. (2 Ser. x,), 55). 



The genus Stichoglossa, Fairm. ( = Stenoglossa, Kraatz) is very closely 

 allied to Ischnoglossa, Kraatz ; the insect above described differs from its 

 nearest ally Ischnoglossa jn^olixa, Er., in being more robust, with much 

 stouter antennae, and also in the general colouration and the characters of 

 the male. It is widely disti'ibuted in France, and occurs in the Alps and 

 South Germany, and probably in many parts of Central Europe. 



Mulsant and Rey. unite the species of Ischnoglossa under Stichoglossa 

 (Hist. Nat. des Col. de France, Brev. Aleoch. ddd). 



CALODERA, Mannerheim. 



C. protensa, Mann, Brachelytra, 86 ; Muls. et Key. Br^vip. 

 Aleoch. 536. Elongate, sub-depressed, very finely and very densely 

 punctured, finely pubescent, sub-opaque, black, the mouth, the base of the 

 antennae, the knees and tarsi rufo-testaceous. Antennae with the third 

 joint shorter than the second, 7-10 moderately transverse. Thorax 

 sub-quadrate, slightly narrowed behind, not quite so wide as the elytra, 

 obsoletely canaliculate longitudinally in the middle. Elytra almost as long 

 as broad, depressed, of aliout the same length as the thorax. Hind body 

 sub-parallel, very finely and very thickly punctured throughout. Male 

 with the sixth dorsal segment obtusely or subsinously ;truncated at its api- 

 cal border ; sixth ventral segment obtusely angulated at apex. L. 8 mm. 



Colchester, in an osier bed (B. Harwood). C. jn^otensa is very 

 closely allied to C. nigrita, with which it may very likely be found 

 mixed in our collections ; it is, however, considerably smaller ; the 

 antennae are shorter and have joints 5-10 more transverse and the 



