204 MAKDim-LATA.— COI.EOPTERA. 



golden-yellow fascia at the base of the penultimate segment, and the ante- 

 penultimate with a spot of the same on each side: le^'s densely clothed 

 with black hairs. 



Usually found on heaths and extensive open places, but very rare. 

 I possess specimens from the neighbourhood of Guildford, and it has 

 been found in other parts of the country. " Devonshire." — Dr. 

 Leach. " New Forest." — A. Cooper, Esq. " Parley-heath .''■' — 

 J. C. Dale, Esq. 



Genus DIV. — SxArHVLixus Auctorm. 



Anicnnw filiform, basal joint elongate, second short, obconic, third elongate, 

 subclavate, fourth and fifth shorter, obconic, two following subtin-binate, 

 the remainder subnodose, the terminal one being obliquely acuminate. 

 Palpi slender, with the apical joint considerably attenuated : head large : 

 thorax subquadrate, rounded behind, widest in front, the lateral and poste- 

 rior margins slightly bordered : scutellum depressed : coleopira quadrate, 

 unequal: abdojuen with the penultimate joints emarginate in the males: legs 

 moderate : iibice setose : tarsi, anterior, considerably dilated. 



The restricted genus Staphylinus differs from the foregoing by 

 having the body less pubescent, as well as by the structure of the 

 antennae and palpi ; the species are generally of large size, and 

 rather gaily coloured or varied : they frequent the putrid remains of 

 animals, &c. 



A. Body entirely clothed with a variegated pile. 



Sp. ]. nebulosus. Fulvo-aureo pubescen.i, nigra nebvlosus, abdominis apice 



nigro, femoribvs annulo Jlavo. (Long. corp. 6 — 8 lin.) 

 St. nebulosus. Fahricius. — Steph. Catal. 275. No. 2891. — St. hyhidus. Don. 



xvi. pi. 563. 



Black, clothed, ivith a cinereous pzihescence, varied with black: head densely 

 clothed with a greenish-fulvous-golden pile, with four distinct black points; 

 mouth testaceous : neck with two black dots : thorax dilated in front, with 

 the anterior angles acute, and the disc with six or eight obscure oblong 

 black spots : scutellum velvety black : elytra irregularly marked with black, 

 the markings somewhat disposed in fasciae : abdomen with the three basal 

 segments having each two velvety black spots, the remainder black : femora 

 black, the anterior testaceous at the apex, posterior with a testaceous ring; 

 tibiae testaceous, tarsi dusky : antennse with the four basal joints ferrugi- 

 nous, the rest black. 



Not uncommon in the autumn in several parts of the metropolitan 

 district, especially near Hertford; also found in Suffolk, Norfolk, 



