*'8 STAPHYLINID^. 



sublinear ; sparingly pubescent, shining black, with the elytra bright 

 red, slightly darkened in the scutellary region ; antenna? and palpi red ; 

 head subtx'iangular, a little broader than the thorax, sparingly setose at 

 the sides, i-ather finely and sparingly punctured, almost smooth in the 

 centre ; thorax oblong, subparallel, slightly nariower than the elytra, 

 rather strongly and thickly punctured with a smooth central longi- 

 tudinal line ; elytra a little longer than the thorax, somewhat strongly 

 and sparingly punctured ; hind body shining, finely and thickly 

 punctured ; legs reddish-testaceous, with the femora slightly darker. 

 Male with the last ventral segment of the abdomen broadly impressed 

 in the middle for its whole length, and broadly and angularly emarginate 

 on its posterior margin, which is raised in a ridge in the centre, the 

 emargination being bounded on each side by a large, sharp, projecting 

 tooth, which is furnished with black cilia. L. 6 mm. 



Oxted, Surrey : one specimen taken by Mr. W. E. Sharp in a 

 sandpit (v. Ent. Mo. Mag. xlii. (2 Ser. xvii.), 55) ; Lewisham, Gosfield, 

 Manchester district (Tomlin). The localities given by Mr. Blatch for 

 L. I'ufi'jjenne in the Midlands (see Col. Brit. Isles, ii. 300) all refer to 

 this species. 



The formation of the last ventral segment of the male renders this 

 insect quite a distinct species. L. Icevipenne is found very rarely in 

 Bavaria and Switzerland, in mountainous districts vinder stones on the 

 margins of streams ; it is, therefore, rather strange that it should occur 

 in Surrey. 



Is. longipenne, Fairm. et Laboulb. (Faune Ent. Franc, i, 555). 

 Dark bi-own, rather shiny ; antennae reddish, testaceous, as long as the 

 head and thorax, third joint scarcely longer than the second, the rest 

 almost moniliform, gradually and slightly diminishing in length ; head 

 very slightly broader than the thorax, almost square behind the eyes, 

 with the posterior angles strongly rounded ; thorax oblong, one and a 

 half times as long as broad, with all the angles rounded, scarcely 

 narrowed towards the base, strongly and not very closely punctured, 

 with a rather broad, smooth central line ; elytra broader and a little 

 longer than the thorax, rather strongly depressed at the suture, which 

 is somewhat reddish, or they are entirely biick-red with a darker base ; 

 the punctuation is finer than that of the thorax, and very difiuse ; hind 

 body with very fine and close punctuation, narrower at base than the 

 elytra, widened towards apex, fifth segment with a whitish apical border, 

 sixth reddish at apex; legs pale reddish testaceous; anterior femora 

 broad, with a rather strong tooth on their under side. L. 4 mm. 



Roydon, Essex, one specimen in a tuft of grass at the roots of a 

 n-illow (Nicholson) ; Tubney, Oxon, one specimen under a plant of 

 J'Jchinm vidgare in the middle of a dry, sandy field (Walker). Fairmaire 

 <lescribed it from one specimen found by M. Brisout, at Bondy, France. 

 There are two specimens in Dr. Sharp's collection at the Natural 

 History Museum, which have red elytra, and exactly agree with Dr. 

 Nicholson's specimen. Both by Ganglbauer and in the last Eui-opean 



