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BRACHELYTRA. STAPHYLINIDiE. 



a black ring towards the apex. (L. 3^ 1.) Under bark of pines, &c. : 

 Dorking ; Windsor : 5-6. » 



3197 alternans Grew. Mi. 48. — Ste. M. v. 254. — Slender, filiform ; shining 

 red ; head black, somewhat 4-drate ; thorax narrower than the head ; elytra 

 black, glossy, impunctate; abdomen with a black belt towards the apex, which, 

 with the legs and antennae, is red, the latter slightly pilose: (L. 3-4 1.) 

 Under bark, &c. : London and Edinburgh districts ; Marton : 5-6. 



3198 glahricornis Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 254. — Slender, red; shining; glabrous ; 

 head somewhat heart-shaped, wider than thorax, black ; thorax oblong, angles 

 slightly rounded ; elytra black, reddish at the tip, smooth ; abdomen with 

 a black belt towards the apex ; antennae thickened at the tip, glabrous. 

 (L. 2| 1.) Under bark of Scotch fir: London district; Swansea: 5-6. 



3199 melanocephalus Grav. Mo. 107. — Ot. angustus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 

 255. — Pitchy, shining ; slightly pilose ; head somewhat ovate, scarcely 

 narrower than the thorax, black ; thorax very smooth, rusty-red ; elytra 

 rather shorter than thorax, punctured ; legs and antenna? testaceous ; the 

 latter pilose. (L. 2-2^1.) Under bark: London and Edinburgh dis- 

 tricts; Bristol: 5-6. 



3200 ater Ste. M. v. 255. — Black ; shining ; head ovate, and, with the 

 thorax, smooth ; elytra dull black, finely punctured ; abdomen obscure, its 

 tip reddish ; legs and antennee rusty-piceous. (L. 3^ 1.) Norfolk: 6. 



3201 ustulatus Grav. Mi. 46. — Ste. M. v. 255. — Slender, glossy, black ; 

 head smooth, with a few lateral impressions ; thorax a little narrowed 

 behind ; elytra slightly punctured, black, with the lateral margins and 

 apex red; tip of abdomen, legs, antenna?, and palpi red. (L. 3-3^1.) 

 Under bark, &c. : London district : 6. 



3202 la?viusculus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 255. — Black; shining; head finely 

 punctured on the sides ; thorax very smooth ; elytra punctured, pitchy, 

 sides and apex paler ; tip of abdomen reddish ; 4 anterior legs testaceous, 

 posterior and anterior dull red. (L. 2-3 1.) Under bark: London dis- 

 trict ; Suffolk ; Swansea : 5-6. 



3203 obscurus Leach. — Ste. M. v. 256. — Black, somewhat obscure ; head 

 nearly ovate ; elytra rather pitchy, punctulated, the punctures disposed a 

 little in stria? ; apex of abdomen, tibia 3 , and tarsi pitchy red ; thighs and 

 base of antenna? pitchy. (L. 3^ 1. ) Banks of Plym, near Ashburton : 6. 



3204 subiliformis Grav. Mi. 29. — Ste. M. v. 256. — Pitchy-red ; head 

 orbiculate, dusky ; thorax very glossy, smooth ; elytra much punctured, 

 slightly pubescent, and glossy; tip of abdomen pale pitchy; legs dull 

 pitchy ; antenna? short, dull red, with the base brighter. ( L. 2| 1. ) Banks : 

 London district ; Suffolk : 5. 



3205 1 Scoticus Kirby. — Ste. M. 256. — Deep black ; head and thorax 

 polished; elytra, tibia?, tarsi, and antenna? pitchy ; bead orbiculate. (L. 4l.) 

 Scotland. 



641 Xantholinus Dahl. 



3206fulgidus Fab. E. ii. 609. ? — St. pyropterus Grav. Mo. 102. — Ste. M. v. 

 258. — Deep black, very glossy ; head oblong-ovate, deeply and thickly 

 punctured ; thorax smooth, with a short bent stria on the edge of each 

 side ; elytra bright blood red, with a single punctured stria ; tarsi red ; 

 antennae reddish, 3 basal joints pitchy. ( L. A\ 1. ) London district : 8-4. 



3207 glabratus Grav. Mi. 178. — Gy. cruentatus MarsA. i. 516. — Ste. M. v. 260. 

 — Black, shining ; elytra blood-red, sides of the head and of the thorax 

 punctured, the disc of the latter with 4 rows of large impressions; tarsi 

 red; antennae pitchy; palpi reddish. (L. 5i-6 1.) Under stones &c. : 

 London district ; and generally distributed : 10-4. 



3208 tricolor Pk. F. iii. 378. — Ste. M. v. 261. — Testaceous red ; shining; 

 head pitchy-black ; sides punctured ; thorax rusty-red, disc sometimes 





