388 BRACHELYTRA. STAPHYLINIDiE. 



large, and, as well as the thorax, with a hrassy hue and shining, thickly 

 and minutely punctured ; elytra pitchy-black, opaque ; legs brown-black ; 

 tarsi pitchy-red. (L. 10 L) Devonshire: 10-1. 



3065 cyaneus Fab. E. ii. 592. — K. §• S. Int. pi. 1 . f. 2. — Ste. M. v. 209. 



— Black, opaque ; head, thorax, and elytra blue, slightly glossy and 

 thickly punctulate ; scutel. velvety-black ; antennae with terminal joints 

 pitchy-black. (L. 5^-9 1. ) Under stones, &c. : Coombe Wood; Suffolk; 

 Norfolk; Devon; Yorkshire: 10-5. 



3066 punctulatus Marsh, i. 501. —Mart. C. pi. 42. f. 27. — Ste. M. v. 209. 



— Black ; head and thorax shining, coarsely punctured ; elytra opaque, 

 finely punctured, with a faint bluish tinge ; tarsi pitchy ; antennae with 

 the terminal joints dull red. (L. 6^-8 1.) Under stones, &c. : Coombe 

 Wood ; Hampstead ; Norfolk ; Suffolk ; Devon ; S. Wales : 10-4. 



3067 Morio Grav. Mi. 6 Ste. M. v. 209. — Slender ; black ; head and 



thorax glabrous, shining, distinctly and rather coarsely punctured ; elytra 

 dull black, thickly punctured ; tarsi dull red ; antennae with the terminal 

 joints pitchy-brown. (L. 6-8 1.) Under leaves, &c. : Darenth Wood; 

 Hampstead; Norfolk; Devon: 10-4. 



3068 Kirbii Leach Ste. M. v. 210. — Black, very glossy ; head and tho- 

 rax thickly and deeply punctured ; elytra finely punctured, pitchy-brown, 

 the suture slightly raised ; tarsi reddish ; antennae pitchy, the tip paler. 

 (L. 7 1.) London district, and Devon: 10-4. 



3069 fuscatus Grav. Mi. 164.? — Ste. M. v. 210. — Black; head short, 

 transversely 4-angular, and, with the thorax, glossy, rather distinctly but 

 deeply punctured ; elytra opaque, thickly punctured ; legs pitchy ; tibia? 

 and tarsi reddish ; antennae with the 3 or 4 basal joints black, the remainder 

 rusty-red. (L. 7-8 1.) London district, and Suffolk: 10-4. 



3070f erythropus Pk. F. iii. 372. — Ste. M. v. 210. — Black; head and 

 thorax bright brassy-green, very much punctured ; elytra dull brassy- 

 green, finely punctured ; abdomen with the penult, segment faintly edged 

 with white, and fringed with tawny ; legs red, coxa- black, the 2 anterior 

 beneath, and the hinder pair, red; antennae rusty-red, the tip dusky. (L. 

 6-8 1. ) Dead leaves : Coombe Wood, and near Dartford : 6. 



626 Ocypus Kirby. 



3071 similis Oliv. E. iii. 13. pi. 1. f. 7. — Ste. M. v. 211, — Black; slightly 

 tomentose, opaque ; head and thorax very thickly punctured, and with a 

 smooth dorsal line ; elytra obscure ; abdomen with transverse punctures ; 

 legs pitchy-black ; tarsi and tip of antennae pitchy- red. ( L. 5-7 1. ) 

 Sand-pits, &c.': London district ; Raehills : 10-4. 



3072 picipes Ste. M. v. 212. — Black, opaque; head and thorax slightly 

 glossy, very thicky and finely punctulated, with a faint smooth dorsal line; 

 elytra dull black ; margins of the abdominal segments pitchy ; legs pitchy- 

 black ; tarsi reddish; antennae pitchy, tip red. (L. 6 1.) London dis- 

 trict, and Devon : 3-4. 



3073 angustatus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 212. — Deep black, opaque; slender ; 

 'head and thorax very slightly shining, very thickly and finely punctured; 



abdomen with the terminal segment notched beneath ; legs pitchy-black, 

 tarsi pale; antennae pitchy, tip red. (L. 7 1.) London district; Suffolk; 

 Yorkshire : 3-4. 



3074 compressus Marsh, i. 503. — Ste. M. v. 212. — Black; very thickly 

 and finely punctured ; head and thorax obscure ; elytra slightly pubes- 

 cent ; legs red-brown ; antennae fuscous, the 2 basal and the 2 apical 

 joints rusty-red. (L. 6-7 1.) Under stones, &c. : London district ; Nor- 

 folk ; Suffolk; Sussex, &c. : 10-5. 



