386 BRACHELYTRA. STAPHYLINIDJE. 



ovate, flat : elytra quadrate : body flat : abdomen broad : tibia simple ; 

 anter. tarsi dilated, terminal joint longest, 

 dcxlv. Lathrobium Ant. not elbowed ; terminal joint obconic : palpi with 

 apical joint minute, subulate : labrum transverse, bilobed : head subor- 

 biculate, punctured : tho. elongate, tbickly punctate : body linear-elongate, 

 slightly convex : thighs compressed ; anterior and their tibia generally 

 armed with a tooth ; anter. tarsi broadly dilated. 



620 Veeleius Leach. 



3047 dilatatus Pk. F. iii. 389. — Ste. M. v. 201. pi. xxvi. f. 6. — Black, 

 shining ; thorax with a brassy tinge ; elytra opaque, with an obscure pu- 

 bescence; anterior tarsi dull red beneath; terminal joint of the antennas 

 testaceous. (L. 9 1.) Winchmore Hill : 6. ? 



621 Creophieus Kirby. 



3048 maxillosus L. ii. 683. — Ste. M. v. 202. — Shuck. B. C. pi. 21. f. 2 



Black ; shining ; pubescent ; elytra with a central angulated villose ashy 

 band, in which are about 7 large punctures on each elytron, placed longitu- 

 dinally, the hinder margin fringed with black ; abdomen with an inter- 

 rupted villose ashy band above, and the 3 basal segments beneath, ashy. 

 (L. 6-10 1.) In carcases, &c. : widely distributed : Q. 



3049 f ciliaris Leach. — Ste. M. v. 202. — Black, shining, with an ashy 

 pile ; scutellum, tip of the elytra, margins of the abdominal segments and 

 the hinder ones, with tawny-golden pile ; legs clothed with tawny pile. 

 (L. 1\ 1.) Edinburgh and Inverness : 10-12. 



622 Emus Leach. 



3050 hirtus L. ii. 683. — Ste. M. v. 203. — Cur. xii. pi. 534. — Black ; 

 very hirsute ; head, thorax, and abdomen behind, with long golden- 

 yellow hairs, the hinder edge of thorax and the scutellum with black ; 

 elytra with black pile in front, and an ashy villose band, dotted with bluish, 

 behind ; body with a violet tinge beneath, with a golden band on the 

 penult,, and 2 spots of the same on the ante-penult., segment; legs with 

 black hairs. (L. 9-12 1.) Open places : New Forest : Parley Heath ; 

 Devon : 6-7. 



623 Trichoderma Stephens. 



3051 nebulosum Fab. E. ii. 590. — Ste. M. v. 204 St. hybridus Don. 



xvi. pi. 563. — Black ; densely clothed with a tawny-golden ashy pile, 

 varied with black ; the markings somewhat band-like on the elytra, tip of 

 abdomen black ; anterior thighs with the tip, and posterior with a ring, 

 and the tibia?, testaceous. (L. 6-8 1.) In carcases, &c. : Hertford; Suf- 

 folk ; Norfolk ; Devon ; S. Wales, &c. : 10-4. 



3052 murinum L. ii. 683. ? — Mart. C pi. 41. f. 22. — Ste. M. v. 205. — 

 Black, clothed with an ashy pubescence, clouded with black ; elytra ob- 

 scurely variegated with fuscous ; abdomen varied with ashy and black 

 pile ; beneath rather silvery : legs black. (L. 4^-6 1.) In dunghills, &c. : 

 London district ; Bristol; Norfolk; S. Wales: 10-6. 



3053 pubescens Fab. E. ii. 509. — Ste. M. v. 205. — Black ; obscure ; head 

 with a yellowish down ; thorax and elytra varied with black and dull red 

 pile ; abdomen above dusky, with dull ochreous clouds and a double row 

 of velvety-black spots, beneath with a silvery pile ; thighs with a testaceous 

 ring near the tip ; base of antenna? dull red, varied with black. (L. 5-6 1.) 

 In carcases, &c. : London and Edinburgh districts; S. Wales; &c. : 1-5. 



