392 BRACHELYTRA. STAPHYLINID^E. 



and tarsi obscure ; antenna? pitchy, base red. (L. 2\ 1.) Dung: London 

 district : 6. 



3103 nitescens Ste. M. v. 222. — Pitchy-black; rather glossy ; head small, 

 black ; thorax somewhat orbiculate ; elytra slightly pubescent, apex pale 

 pitchy ; abdomen pubescent, margins of the segments, legs, and antenna?, 

 pitchy. (L. 2 1.) Dung: Norfolk; Swansea: 6. 



3104 nigricornis Ste. M. v. 222. — Deep black, highly polished ; elytra 

 slightly glossy, very thickly punctulated ; abdomen with a faint purplish 

 tinge; legs pitchy, anterior thighs brownish; antenna? stoutish. (L. 3^ 1.) 

 Dung : London district : 6. 



3105 caliginosus Ste. M. v. 223. — Black; slightly shining; head some- 

 what ovate ; thorax rather elongate-ovate ; elytra dull black, finely punc- 

 tured, pubescent; legs pitchy-black. (L. 2^1.) Dung: London dis- 

 trict : 6. 



e. Thorax with 10 punctures, forming 2 rows. 



3106 lepidulus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 223. — Black; shining; head somewhat 

 heart-shaped, narrower than the thorax, both polished; elytra reddish, 

 slightly pubescent, punctulated ; abdomen with the edges of the segments 

 dull pitchy; legs and antenna? red, base of the latter pale. (L. 2^ 1.) 

 Dung : London district ; Suffolk ; Devon : 6. 



3107 inquinatus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 223. — Black, shining ; rather pilose ; 

 head somewhat orbiculate ; elytra punctulate, and, with the base, black ; 

 abdomen linear, silky beneath ; legs fuscescent, tarsi paler ; antenna? 

 brown-black, the basal joint pitchy. (L. 2§ 1.) Dung: London district; 

 Suffolk: 6. 



3108 picicollis Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 224. — Black ; head orbiculate, 

 scarcely narrower than the thorax, glabrous ; thorax somewhat 4-drate, 

 pitchy-brown, shining ; elytra pitchy, pubescent ; abdomen with the edge 

 of the segments beneath reddish ; thighs tawny ; tibiae, tarsi, and antenna? 

 fuscous, basal joint of latter palest. (L. 2 1.) Dung: London district ; 

 Suffolk; Norfolk; Devon: 4-6. 



3109 discoideus Grav. Mi. 38. — Qu. suturalis Ste. M. v. 224. — Pitchy- 

 black, or black ; shining ; head somewhat heart-shaped, narrower than 

 the thorax ; elytra slightly pubescent, thickly punctured, pitchy, with the 

 suture, apex, and lateral margin, testaceous ; abdomen with the edges of 

 the segments reddish; legs and antenna? dull red. (L 2| 1.) Dung: 

 London district ; Norfolk ; Suffolk ; S. Wales ; Cramond : 6. 



3110 unicolor Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 224. — Deep black; rather shining; 

 head somewhat heart-shaped, about half as wide as the thorax, both 

 polished; elytra rather obscure, pubescent. (L. 2^1.) Dung: London 

 district ; Norfolk ; Suffolk ; Devon : 4-6. 



3111 castanopterus Ste. M. v. 225. — Black ; shining; head somewhat ovate ; 

 thorax nearly orbiculate ; elytra faintly punctured, bright chestnut-red ; 

 2 basal segments of the abdomen narrowly edged with reddish ; legs and 

 antenna? dusky, base of the latter and tarsi pitchy. (L. 2f 1.) Dung: 

 London district : 5-6 



d. Thorax with 4 punctures. 



3112 Skrimshiranus Ste. M. v. 225. — Pitchy-red; shining; glabrous; 

 head ovate, pitchy-black ; thorax convex, pitchy-red, polished, with 4 

 punctures placed 4-gonally ; elytra finely punctate, pitchy-black ; suture 

 pitchy ; legs dull pitchy-red ; tarsi pale : antenna? pitchy, reddish at the 

 base. (L. 4 1.) South Creek, Norfolk; Whitehall? 6. 



