384 BRACHELYTRA. STAPHYLINID^. 



3046 elongatus Gyll. ii. 251. — Ste. M. v. 199. — Elongate; pitchy- 

 black ; shining ; glabrous ; thorax ample, sides finely margined, rounded, 

 and dull red ; elytra finely punctured, the punctures slightly disposed in 

 striae ; apex reddish ; abdomen with its tip and the edges of the segments 

 red ; legs and antennae dull red, 4 basal joints of the latter darker ; palpi 

 dull red. (L. 4-4^ 1.) Decayed wood, &c. : Windsor; Norfolk ; York- 

 shire ; Scotland : 4-6. 



Fam. 77. STAPHYLINID^ Leach. 



dcxx. Velleius Ant. serrated, terminal joint slender, ovate, somewhat acu- 

 minate : palpi filiform : tho. nearly orbiculate : elytra flat, apex obliquely 

 truncate : tibia setose ; anter. tarsi dilated. 



dcxxi. Creophilus Ant. short, clavate, terminal joint obliquely truncate, 

 somewhat foveolated : palpi nearly filiform : head and thorax glabrous, the 

 latter orbiculate-4-drate : elytra and abdomen with hairy patches ; latter in 

 the £ with apical segment deeply notched ; anter. tarsi much dilated. 



dcxxii. Emus Ant. nearly filiform, the 6 terminal joints transverse, the 

 apical one obliquely truncate and slightly notched : palpi almost filiform : 

 thorax orbiculate-4-drate : body densely clothed with long pile : leys 

 hirsute, anter. tarsi dilated ; <J with a spine on hinder trochanters. 



dcxxiii. Trichoderma Ant. filiform ; terminal joint obliquely acuminate : 

 palpi with apical joint slender, rather shorter than the preceding : tho. 

 somewhat 4-drate, rounded behind : body entirely clothed with a variegated 

 pile : tibia setose ; anter. tarsi dilated. 



dcxxiv. Staphylinus Ant. filiform, terminal joint obliquely acuminated: 

 palpi with apical joint rather slender, as long as the preceding : tho. some- 

 what 4-drate, rounded behind: body clothed with a very short uniform 

 pile: tibia setose ; anter. tarsi dilated. 



dcxxv. Goerius Ant. filiform, longish, terminal joint abruptly acuminate : 

 palpi somewhat filiform, apical joint cylindric-truncate : tho. 4-drate, 

 hinder angles rounded, disc punctulate : body glabrous : tibia setose : 

 anter. tarsi much dilated : mand. dissimilarly toothed within. 



dcxxvi. Ocypus Ant. filiform, slender, terminal joint notched, acute : palpi 



I filiform, labi. with apical joint slightly securiform : tho. truncate in 

 front, rounded behind : body glabrous : tibia setose ; anter. tarsi dilated : 

 viand, long, bent, acute, not toothed. 



dcxxvii. Tasgius Ant. short, filiform ; terminal joint abruptly acuminated : 

 palpi max. with apical joint short, truncate, labi. securiform in <j> : tho. 

 somewhat ovate, thickly punctured : body glabrous : tibia setose ; anter. 

 tarsi much dilated : mand. notched within. 



dcxxviii. Oxyporus Ant. short, thickened at the tip, the 6 terminal joints 

 dilated and compressed: palpi max. filiform, labi. with terminal joint 

 securiform: tho. short, truncate: elytra flat, with gibbous shoulders: body 

 glabrous : middle legs distant at the base ; tibia slightly ciliated : mand. 

 prominent. 



dcxxix. Euryporus Ant. short, distant at the base, filiform, pilose: palpi 

 max. filiform, labi. with terminal joint securiform : tho. ample, very convex, 

 narrowed in front, dilated on the sides : middle legs approximating at the 

 base : mand. acute. 



dcxxx. Astrap^eus Ant. nearly filiform ; joints mostly subglobose-conic : 

 palpi all with terminal joint securiform : tho. somewhat 4-drate, apex and 

 sides straight, base rounded : tibia setose ; anter. tarsi dilated. 



dcxxxi. Microsaurus Ant. scarcely filiform, short, terminal joint ovate- 

 acute, not emarginate : palpi long, slender, apical joint slightly attenuated 



