396 ^RACHELYTRA. STAPHYLINID^. 



rax, both polished ; elytra brassy-green, very glossy ; legs pitchy. (L. 



2|-3l.) 

 $ ? Ph. pilipes Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 231. — Black, shining ; head somewhat 



orbiculate ; elytra brassy-black, thickly punctured and slightly pubescent ; 



anterior tibiae, and tarsi, with a pale down beneath. (L. 3^ 1.) Dung; 



London district ; Suffolk ; Devon : 4-6. 

 Var. ? St. carbonarius Grav. Mi. 23 Ste. M. v. 230. — Longer (41.); tip 



of abdomen, tibiae, and tarsi rusty-brown. Dung : London district ; 



Suffolk ; Norfolk ; South Wales : 4-6. 



3142 fimetarius Grav. Mi. 175. — Ste. M. v. 232. — Elongate; black, 

 shining ; head somewhat orbiculate, narrower than the thorax, polished ; 

 elytra pitchy-brass, or greenish, slightly pubescent, finely punctured ; legs 

 and palpi pale pitchy-red. (L. 3 1.) Dung: Hampstead Heath, &c. ; 

 Suffolk ; Copgrove, Yorkshire ; South Wales : 4-6. 



3143 lucidus Grav. Mi. 21. — Ste. M. v. 232. — Deep black, shining; 

 head rather narrower than the thorax, somewhat heart-shaped, polished ; 

 elytra brassy-black, slightly pubescent ; abdomen with the edges of the 

 middle segments reddish; legs and antennae pitchy. (L. 3| 1. ) Dung: 

 London district ; Fakenham : 4-6. 



3144 sordidus Grav. Mi. 176 Ste. M. v. 233. — Black, shining; head 



somewhat orbiculate, as wide as the thorax, punctured in front ; elytra 

 brassy-green, flattish, with remote deep punctures ; legs dull rusty-piceous ; 

 tarsi paler. (L. 2^ 1.) Dung: London district ; Devon: 4-6. 



3145 subfuscus Gyll. ii. 326. — Ste. M. v. 4 233. — Black, shining; head 

 orbiculate, as wide as the thorax, punctured in front ; elytra brown brass, 

 very finely punctulated, pubescent ; legs dull testaceous ; basal joint of 

 the antennae slightly reddish at its origin. (L. 1\ 1.) Dung: London 

 district. : 4-6. 



b. Elytra black, not metallic. 



3146 marginatus Fab. E. ii. 597 Ste. M. v. 233. — Cur. xiii. pi. 610. — 



Black ; head ovate ; sides of the thorax and the legs reddish-yellow ; edges 

 of the middle segments of the abdomen reddish. (L. 4. 1.) Dung: 

 generally distributed. 0. 



§ D. Thorax with the discoidal punctures 5 in each row. 

 a. Elytra brassy or metallic, not spotted. 



3147 varius Oliv. E. iii. 27. pi. 5. f. 46. ? — Ste. M. v. 234. — Black 

 shining ; head somewhat orbiculate, rarely narrower than the thorax ; 

 elytra greenish-brown, slightly glossy, and pubescent ; legs pitchy-brown. 

 (L. 2|4 1.) 



Var. ? St. concinnus Grav. Mi. 21. — Ste. M. v. 233. — Ely tra brassy-green ; 

 legs brownish ; abdomen sparingly punctured. Dung : London district, 

 and generally distributed : 4-8. 



3148 obscurus Grav. Mi. 174. — Ste. M. v. 234. — Black ; rather obscure ; 

 head somewhat orbiculate, and, with the thorax, glossy ; elytra dull brassy- 

 black, slightly pubescent; legs obscure brownish. (L. 3 1.) Dung: 

 Daren th Wood ; Suffolk ; South W r ales : 4-6. 



3149 simplex Marsh, i. 505. — Ste. M. v. 234. — Black, somewhat pilose ; 

 head orbiculate, and, with the thorax, very smooth and polished ; elytra 

 brassy, tomentose ; legs pitchy ; anterior thighs and coxae reddish. (L. 

 2^ 1. ) Dung : London district : 4-6. 



b. Elytra black ; spotless. 



3150 punctiventris Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 235. — Deep black ; head and tho- 

 rax polished; elytra obscurely pubescent; abdomen above and beneath 



