398 BRACHELYTRA. STAPHYLINIDJE. 



obscure red streak, reaching from the shoulder to the inner apex of the 

 suture; anterior thighs testaceous. (L. 3^ 1.) Dung; London district : 

 5-6. 



3162 sanguinolentus Grav. ML 36. — Ste. M. v. 238. — Black; head some- 

 what orbiculate, and, with the thorax, polished ; elytra obscure, dusky, 

 each with a red streak in the middle at the base, and the suture broadly 

 red behind ; anterior coxa? testaceous. (L. 3 1.) Dung, in sandy places: 

 Hampstead ; Ripley, &e. ; Swansea: 5-6. 



3163 bimaculatus Grav. Mi. 38. — Ste. M. v. 239. — Black; head some- 

 what ovate, and, with the thorax, highly polished ; elytra brassy-pitchy, 

 each with a large ohscure testaceous red patch on the disc towards the 

 apex. (L. 3-3f 1.) Dung; London district ; Suffolk; Devon; 5-6. 



d. Elytra red, not spotted. 



3164 coruscus Grav. Mi. 33.? — Ste. M. v. 239. — Black; shining; head 

 somewhat ovate, narrower than the thorax ; elytra bright red, slightly 

 pilose. (L. 3 1.) Dung: London district : 7-10. 



§ E. Thorax with 12 discoidal punctures, 6 in each row. 

 a. Elytra red, spotless. 

 SI 65 rubripennis Kirly. — Site. M. v. 239. — Black; head ovate, and, with 

 the thorax, highly polished : elytra bright blood red, spotless, thickly 

 punctured and pubescent; legs fuscous; tarsi paler. (L. 3 1. ) Dung, &c. : 

 London district, at South Lambeth, Camberwell, &e. ; Norfolk : 8-9. 



b. Elytra black or dusky. 



3166 mlcans Grav. Mi. 25. — Ste. M. v. 240. — Black; head somewhat 

 ovate, and, with the thorax, glossy ; elytra brown-black, opaque, silky ; 

 legs testaceous ; antenna? pitchy at the base. (L. 2^1.) Dung: London 

 district ; Devon : 5-6. 



5167 nigrita Grav. Mi. 68. — Deep black ; head ovate, and, with the thorax, 

 glossy, the latter with a silken griseous pubescence ; elytra very thickly 

 and finely punctured; knees pitchy. (L. 3 1.) Dung: London dis- 

 trict : 5-6. 



§ F. Thorax with 16 discoidal punctures, 8 in each row. 



3168 Watsoni Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 240. — Black; shining; slightly pilose ; 

 head small, orbiculate, and, with the thorax, glossy, the latter with 2 waved 

 rows of punctures, 8 in each; elytra brassy. (L. 4§ 1.) Dung: rare: 

 London district ; Suffolk ; Yorkshire : 5-6. 



§ G. Thorax with 10 or more punctures in each row. 



3169 punctus Grav. Mi. 20. — Ste. M. v. 240. — St. politus Pz. F. xxvii. 

 f. 7. — Black, rather glossy ; head somewhat orbiculate, and, with the 

 thorax, thickly punctured on the sides ; the latter with 2 rows of 12 distinct 

 impressions : elytra finely punctured, pubescent ; terminal segment of 

 abdomen notched beneath ; tarsi pitchy. (L. 3j 1.) Dung : Gravesend ; 

 Norwich :. 5-6. 



3170 minax Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 241. — Black, with an obscure pubescence; 

 head somewhat orbiculate, and, with the thorax, punctured on the sides, 

 the latter with a double row of larger impressions on the disc ; abdomen 

 with the 2 last ventral segments red, the last notched at the tip ; legs 

 pitchy-black ; tibia? and tarsi pale ; mandibles longer than the head, fuscous. 

 (L. 4i 1. ) Rare; near Hull and Gravesend : 5-6. 



3171 f impressicollis Ste.M.v. 436. — Black; shining; elytra with the outer 

 half of each obliquely chestnut-red ; antenna; pitchy ; thorax with its 



