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b. With the body considerably elongated. 



Sp. 24. aterrimus. Ater, nitidus, antemiis pedibusque piceo-ferrugineis, elytris 



crebre punctulatiSy apice concolore. (Long. corp. 4lin.) 

 Ta. aterrimus. Steph. Catal. 274. No. 2885. 



Elongate, shining black, glabrous : head small, suborbiculate : thorax ample, 

 the lateral margin very delicately bordered, but scarcely rounded : elytra 

 rather thickly and deeply punctured, the apex concolorous, with the disc : 

 abdomen entirely deep pitchy-black : legs pitchy-ferruginous : antenna 

 AviW pitchy-ferruginous, with the apex, which is' slightly incrassated, rfM5% : 

 palpi black. 



Apparently very scarce : I have hitherto seen my own example 

 only, which was captured, I believe, in Norfolk. 



Sp. 25. elongatus. Atro-piceus, nitidus, antennis pedibusque ferrugineis, elytris 



puncfulatis, apice rufescente. (Long. corp. 4 — 4J lin.) 

 Ta. elongatus. Gyllenhall. — Steph. Catal. 274. No. 2886. 



Elongate, pitchy-black, shining, glabrous, smooth : head small, suborbiculate : 

 eyes scarcely prominent : thorax ample, the lateral margins rounded and 

 delicately margined, the base with a faint, oblique, lineola, and the margin 

 dull rufous : elytra longer, but not wider, than the thorax, delicately punc- 

 tured, and most obsoletely substriate, the sutural stria deepest, the apex 

 reddish : abdomen with the margins of the segments and the apex rufous ; 

 legs rufo-piceous, or dull ferruginous : antennae ferruginous, with the four 

 basal joints shining and darker, the apex a little thickened : palpi 

 ferruginous. 



Also a rare species : it has been captured in Norfolk, and also in 

 the south of Scotland ; but I am aware of no other locality, though 

 I have seen a specimen which was found near London. 



Family LXVIII.— STAPHYLINID^, Leach. 



Head exserted, mostly united by a distinct neck to the thorax, the latter 

 quadrate or semi-ovate, sometimes rounded or cordate. Antennae rather 

 short and stout, occasionally rather abruptly clavate, rarely serrated : palpi 

 variable, either filiform or with the terminal joint rather more or less securi- 

 form: labrum deeply bilobed : body elongate, slender, sometimes pubescent, 

 mostly glabrous, and highly polished : legs slender; tibia; generally spinous : 

 tarsi pentamerous, the anterior frequently dilated. 



This is also an extensive family of insects, and the species of 

 which it is composed are usually foimd beneath stones, dead leaves, 

 mosses, or the remains of animals, like those of the foregoing family. 



