Staphylinus. VIII. 377 



* 52. St. fossor: Niger, capite thoraceque Irunneo-rufis, tibiis, tarsis ely- 



trisque rufo-testaceis, his apice dilutioribus, flavo -pubescentibus, scu- 

 tello atro - tomentoso, abdomine vanegato. — — Long. 8 lin. 



Scop. Ann. hist. nat. V. 109. 105. — Goeze Ent. Beitr. I. 725. 17. — Fah. Ent. 



Syst. I. II. 523. 16. Sust. El. II. 593. 18. — Panz- Ent. Germ. 353. 12. Faun. 



Germ. 27. 6. — Grav. Micr. 10. 9. Mon. 117. 136. — Latr. Hist. nat. Crust. 



et Ins. IX. 299. 12. — JYordm. Symh. 60. 43. 

 Emus fossor Boisd. et Lacord. Faun. Ent. Paris. I. 367. 11. 

 Staph. erythropterus var. 2 Scop. Ent. Carn. 101. 306. 

 Staph.fodiens Grav. Mon. 116. 134. — Nordm. Symb. 62. 45. 



Habitat in Europa temperata. 



Antennae capitis thoracisque prope longitudine, articulo tertio secundo 

 paulo longiore, sequentibus sensim paulo brevioribus, penultimo vix trans- 

 verso, ultimo apice inferne acumiuato, nigrae, apicem versus picescentes, 

 articulo ultimo ferrugineo. Palpi picei, apice rufi. Caput thoracis latitudiue, 

 suborbiculatum, supra parum corivexum, confertissime subtihter punctatum, 

 brunneo-rufum, opacum, brevissime fulvo-pubescens, subtus nigrum, nitidum. 

 Thorax coleopteris angustior, latitudine antica paulo longior, basin versus 

 subangustatus , lateribus ante medium leviter rotundatis, pone medium sub- 

 sinuatis, basi leviter, angulis posterioribus fortius rotundatis, apice truncatus, 

 angulis anterioribus subrectis, deflexis, parum convexus, subtiliter obsole- 

 teque cannatus, confertim subtiliter punctatus, opacus, brunneo - rufus, pube 

 brevissima fulvo - sericans. Scutellum atro-tomentosum. Elytra thorace vix 

 longiora, confertissime subtiliter punctata, opaca, dilutius brunneo-rufa, 

 fulvo-pubescentia, apice oblique dilutiora et densius flavo-aureo-pube- 

 scentia. Abdomen nigrum, supra subtilissime brevissimeque nigro-tomen- 

 tosum, segmentis singulis basi macula minuta triangulari aureo-tomentosa 

 terminata, subtus segmentis 2 — 4 fascia basali cinereo-pubesce^nte, nitida. 

 Pectus nigrum. Pedes mgri, tibiis- tarsisque rufo - testaceis. 



Obs. Staph. fodiens Grav. e Carolina a St. fossore Europaeo nullo modo 

 distinctus videtur. Gravenhorst ipse dubius hanc speciem separavit, neque ulla ex 

 eius descriptione differentia patet. Constat varias huius familiae species Europae et 

 Americae septentrionali communes esse. Fortasse etiam specimen collectionis Bo- 

 scianae, a Gravenhorstio descriptum, patria falsa notatum fuit. 



* 53. St. erythropterus: Niger, opacus, antennarum hasi apiceoue, ely- 



tris pedibusque rufis , scutello maculisque posterioribus abdominis orU 

 chalceo -tomentosis. — Long. 6 — 7 lin. 



Linn. Faun. Suec. n. 842. Syst. Nat. I. II. 683- 4. — Strom. Act. Nidros. 



III. 404. 26. t. 6.f. 8. — De Geer. Ins IF. 21. 6. — Miill. Faun. Frid. 23. 



223. Prodr. 97. 1092. — Goeze Ent. Beitr. I. 716. 4. — De Vill Ent. I. 411. 



4. — Oliv. Ent. III. 42. 12. 10. t. 2./. 14. — Cederh. Faun. lngr. 117. 358. 



— Er. Col. March. I. 434. 6. 

 Staph. erythropt erus var. Fab. Ent. Syst. I. II. 522. 14. 



Staph. cast anopterus Grav. Micr, 10. 10. Mon. 116. 132. — Latr. Hist. nat. 

 Crust. et Ins. IX. 298. 10. — GylL Ins. Suec. II. 295. 14. — Zetterst. Faun. Lap- 

 pon. I. 68. 4. Ins. Lappon. 60. 5. — Sahlb. Ins. Fenn. I. 312. 12. — Mannerh. 

 Brachelytr. 22. 3. — JVoidm. Symb. 55. 36. — Runde Brachclytr. Hal % 2. 



Habitat in Europa. 



