394 BRACHELYTEA. STAPH YLINIB^C. 



3123 semiaeneus Kirby Ste. M. v. 243. — Qu. lucidulus Eric. K. u 



495. ? — Black, shining ; head with 4 frontal impressions, and, with the 

 thorax, brassy-black ; elytra brassy-red ; margins of abdominal segments 

 and legs red ; hinder thighs dusky ; antenna; and palpi testaceous. 

 (L. 2f 1.) Dung, &c. : London district ; Suffolk; Norfolk: 4-6. 



3124 fulvicollis Ste. M. v. 244. — Pitchy-red, shining; head black, some- 

 what orbiculate ; thorax bright glossy tawny-red ; elytra pitchy-black, 

 suture and apex paler, finely punctured ; abdomen with base of anterior 

 segments blackish; legs pale testaceous; antennae pitchy. (L. 2% 1.) 

 Under stones : Edinburgh : 4-6. 



3125 ruficollis Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 244. — Black; head very glossy, some- 

 what orbiculate ; thorax bright red, polished ; elytra slightly shining, pitchy, 

 and pubescent ; abdomen obscure, tip and edges of the segments red ; an- 

 tennae and legs red. (L. 3f 1.) Dung, &c. : London and Edinburgh 

 districts ; Ipswich ; Swansea ; Carlisle ; Devon : 4-6. 



3126 sericopterus Ste. M. v. 244. — Deep shining black; head smooth, 

 somewhat ovate ; elytra dull pitchy- red, thickly clothed with a silken 

 down, and finely punctured; legs and antennas pitchy-red. (L. 3^ 1.) 

 Under stones : Gravesend : 9-10. 



3127 fumatus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 245. — Pitchy; slightly pubescent; 

 glossy ; head black ; narrower than the thorax, somewhat orbiculate ; 

 thorax also orbiculate, blackish ; elytra reddish, flattish ; rather villose ; 

 abdomen pitchy-red, paler beneath ; legs reddish ; antennae red. (L. 3 1.) 

 Under stones : London district ; Suffolk ; Devon : 4-6. 



634 Philonthus Leach. 



§ A. Thorax with the disc impunctate. 



a. Lateral margins of thorax rounded. 



3128 laminatus Creutz. E. V. 128. pi. 3. f. 31. — Ste. M. v. 226.— 

 Brassy-black ; shining ; head rather narrower than the thorax, both highly 

 polished, smooth, and brassy-green ; elytra greenish, thickly and finely 

 punctured ; abdomen and legs black. $ with the antepenult, segment of 

 abdomen very broad. (L. 4^-5 1.) 



Var. ? Ph. aeneus Ste. M. v. 227. — Black ; head, thorax, and elytra brassy 

 and shining. Dung: London district, &c. : 10-6. 



3129 f coxatus Cur. fo. 610. — " Black, smooth, and shining; head and 

 thorax ochreous, the former small, punctured behind ; elytra green, punc- 

 tured and pubescent ; abdomen with a purplish tinge ; legs griseous, 4 an- 

 terior coxae feruginous. (L. 5 1. )" Cur. I. c. Locality not known. 



3130 chalceus Ste. M. v. 227. — Black ; shining ; head as wide as the thorax, 

 both very glossy brassy-green, disc of the latter very smooth ; elytra brassy, 

 sparingly and rather deeply punctured ; legs pitchy-brass ; tarsi pitchy. 

 (L. 4^-5 1.) Dung: London district. : 10-6. 



6. Lateral margins of thorax slightly waved. 



3131 splendens Fab. E. ii. 594. — Ste. M. v. 227. — Deep black, shining; 

 head and thorax highly polished, the former very broad, the latter with its 

 sides slightly waved; elytra greenish -brass, somewhat pubescent, and shin- 

 ing. (L. 5-6 1.) Dung, &c. : London district; Suffolk; Norfolk; S. 

 Wales, &c. Q . 



§ B. Thorax with 4 impressions on the disc, 2 on each side. 



3132 aeratus- Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 228. — Brassy-black, shining; head and 

 thorax polished, the former with 4 punctures, placed transversely on the 

 front, the latter with 4 placed 4-gonally on the disc ; elytra brassy, gla- 



