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Yariety in the (hrubbery parts of pleafure-grounds, as well 

 as in fome other parts, by their long pendulous bunches of 

 flowers, and bladder-fhaped capfules, which have a lingular 

 appearance and effeft in the autumnal fcafon. 



STAPHYLE, a word ufed by the old Greelt writers, 

 fometimes to exprefs a grape, and fcmetimes a difordc-r ot 

 the uvula, which confifts in an extenuation of its fuperior 

 part, and a tumour of the inferior, whence it hangs down in 

 the (hape of a grape. The uvula, or gargarcon, is aKo 

 thus called by fome writers. 



STAPHYLEPARTES, the name of a chirurgical in- 

 ftrument, in ule among the ancients for elevating the uvula. 

 It is mentioned by Paulus ./Egineta. 



STAPH YLINUS, in Jnatomy, the mufcle of the uvula, 

 commonly called azygus. See Deglutition. 



Staphylinus, in Botany, a name given by fome authors 

 to the common daucus fylnjejlris, wild carrot, or bird's nelK 



Staphylinus, in Entomology, a genus of infects of the 

 order Coleoptera. The generic charafter is a' follows : 

 Antenna; moniliform ; four feelers ; (hell half a= long as the 

 body ; wings folded up under the fhells ; tail not armed 

 with a forceps, furnilhcd with two exfertile veficles. The 

 infefts of tliis genus are extremely rapacious, devouring not 

 only the infedtt of other genera, but frequently each other. 

 Many of them, when attempted to be caught, turn up the 

 tail. The jaws are ftrong and exferted, with which they 

 bite and pinch very hard : moft of them are found in damp 

 raoift places, among fubftances, and a few upon flowers. 

 There are about i8o ipecies, feparated into three fedtions, 

 according as their feeler? are filiform, hatchet-fhaped, or 

 clavate. Of thefe we fliall notice but very few that are not 

 to be found in this country. 



Species. 



A. All the Feelers JH'iform. 



Aureus. Head, thorax, and (hells, covered with ferru- 



finous down ; the abdomen is black, with cinereous bands, 

 t is found in Slam. 



* HiRTUS. Hairy, black ; thorax and hind-part of the 

 abdomen yellow. Found in fandy (ituations, in this country, 

 and other parts of Europe. 



* MuRlNUS. Pubefcent, cinereous, clouded ; abdomen 

 and legs deep black. It is found in this country, among 

 decayed carcafes and dimg. The (hells are blue, and po- 

 li(heQ beneath. The larva is fix-footed, naked, and of a 

 pale hue. The head and three fird fegments of the abdo- 

 men chefnut-brown ; tail with two jointed briltles, and a 

 cylindrical tubercle beneath. 



* Olens. Black, opaque, immaculate ; head broader 

 than the thorax. This is an Englilh infeft, but found like- 

 wife in many parts of the European continent. 



* Maxillosus. Pubefcent, black, with cinereous bands. 

 The jaws of this infeft are as long as the head ; the antennx 

 are dill longer ; the (hell covers one third of the abdomen ; 

 the legs end in fraall tufts of hair. 



* Erythropterus. Black; (hells, bafe of the antennae, 

 and legs, are red ; the head and thorax are unpolilhed, 

 black ; (hells with two triangular fpots ; each fide is com- 

 pofed of a few gilded hairs. 



* PoLiTus. Black ; thorax and (hells poli(hed ; thorax 

 with a line of impre(red dots. This infect, when firft 

 caught, fcatters a very fragrant odour. 



* Brunnipes. Black ; legs, bafe and tip of the an- 

 tennx, ferruginous ; the antennas are black, the firll and two 

 laft joints are ferruginous ; the eyes are white. 



Makginatus. Black ; fides of the thorax and legs are 



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yellow. It is fomething lefs than the S. politus, and of a 

 gloHy-black. 



Alpinus. Black ; bafe of the antennsc, (hells, and legs, 

 livid. It inhabits the higheit mountains of Lapland, on the 

 birch. The body of this fpecies is more dcprelfed than is 

 the cafe with regard to others : the antennas are black, and 

 pale at the bafe ; the abdomen is black. 



* Bi-PUSTULATus. Black ; (hells with a ferruginous 

 dot behind. 



Bi-guttatus. Black ; fhells with a whitilh dot ; the 

 eye^ are prominent. It inhabits the (hores of the Baltic. 



* FusciPES. Black ; thorax roundiih ; (hells and legs 

 piceous ; the body is fmall and thick ; the edges a little 

 blackilh. 



* Atricapillus. Thorax rufous ; (liells brown, with 

 a white dot and hinder margin. 



Sanguineus. Gibbous, black ; (hells fanguineous ; 

 antennae thicker towards the top. This is found chiefly m 

 France. The antennae are as long as the body ; the head is 

 rough ; the (hells are ilriate at the bafe ; legs yellowifli ; 

 thighs brown ; body fometimes chefnut-brown. 



*Caraboides. Yellow, immaculate. 



* RuGosus. Black ; thorax and (hells rugged. It is 

 larger tlian the next. The head is flat ; the thorax de- 

 prefled, with longitudinal wrinkles. 



* PicEus. Black ; thorax deprefled, with three railed 

 lines ; the (hells are piceous. 



Flavl's. Black ; edges of the thorax and (hells yellow ; 

 the latter with a brown fillet and outer margin ; antennx 

 and legs yellow. 



Littoreus. Black ; (hells grey on the fore-part ; legs 

 rufous. It inhabits the fea-(hores. 



B. Hind-feelers halchet-Jlmped. OxYPORUS. 



* RuFUS. Rufous ; head and hind-part of the Ihells and 

 abdomen are black. It is found chiefly on fungi, in this 

 and other European countries. 



* LuNULATus. Yellow ; (hells black, pale at the bafe 

 and tip. It inhabits Europe, on fungi. Head is black ; 

 the tip of the abdomen is marked with a white rmg. 



* Merdarius,^ Black ; thorax and fhells rufous. It is 

 found in this and other European countries. 



* Chrysomelinus. Black; thorax rufous; (hells tef- 

 taceou^, the margm at the bafe is black. 



* Rufipes. Gloffy-black ; legs rufous. It is found in 

 the northern parts of Europe. 



* Hypnorum. Glofly-black ; margin of the thorax, 

 (hells, and legs, teftaceous ; the body is black, glabrous, 

 and poliihed 



* Margi.mellus. Gloffy-black; margins of the thorax 

 and fhells ferruginous. This is a very fmall infeft. 



C. Fore-feelers cla-eate. P^flSDERUS. 



* RiPARius. Rufous ; (hells blue ; the head and end of 

 the abdomen are blackifh. This is figured in Donovan's 

 Englilh Infefts. 



* Klongatus. Hind-part of the fiiells and legs fulvous. 

 FulgesjCENs. Glofly-black ; (hells and ends of the legs 



teftacet>us ; head (lightly puntlurcd. The head is marked 

 with numerous fmaU imprefled dots. 



STAPH YLIS, a name given by fome authors to a fort 

 of cup, or boat, made for feeding young children, and con- 

 trived with a fpout in form of a grape or nipple. 



STAPHYLODENDRON. See Staphvi:,;ea. 



STAPHYLOMA, is the name given, in Surgery, to that 

 difeafe ot the eye, in which the cornea lofes its natural tranf- 

 parency, rifesi above its proper level, and even projefts be- 



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