378 Staphylinini. (Genuini.) 



Niger, opacus. Antennae capite thoraceque paululum breviores, arti- 

 culo seeundo tertio paulo breviore, 4 — 10 sensim paulo brevioribus, 4 — 7 

 subcylindricis, 8 — 10 obconicis, hoc vix transverso, ultimo apice inferne 

 acuminato, fuscae, basi apiceque rufae. Palpi rufi. Caput thorace latius, 

 orbicnlatum, supra subdepressum, subtiliter confertim punctatum, fronte po- 

 sterius subtilissime carinata, anterius inter oculos pedunculoque orichalceo- 

 pubesceutibus. Thorax coleopteris angustior, latitudine paulo longior, basin 

 versus subangustatus , lateribus modice subsinuatis, basi cum angulis poste- 

 rioribus rotundatus, apice truncatus, angulis anterioribus subrectis, leviter 

 deflexis, leviter transversim convexus, confertim subtiliter punctatus, uti 

 caput brevissime subtiliter nigro-pubescens. Scutellum orichalceo-tomento- 

 sum. Elytra thoracis longitudine, subtiliter punctata, rufa, rufo-pubescentia 

 Abdomen confertim subtilissime punctatum, subtiliter nigro-pubescens, supra 

 segmento primo, quarto, quinto sextoque utrinque macula, subtus segmentis 

 ultimis tnbus fascia basali interrupta aurichalceo-tomentosa ornatis. Pectus 

 parapleuris orichaiceo-tomentosis. Pedes rufi, coxis nigris. 



Obs. Hunc verum Staph. erythropterum Linnei esse e descriptione sua 



satis patet. 



* 54. St. caesar eus: Niger, opacus, elyiris pedibusque rujis, unttnms te- 

 slaceis, apice fuscis, scutello atro - tomentoso^ thoracis margine poste- 

 riore maculisque abdominis orichalceo- lomentosis. — Long. 8 — 9 lin. 



Cederh. Faun. Ingr. 335. 1055. t. 3./. c. — Er. Col. March. I. 435. 7. 

 Staph. erythropterus Fab. Syst. Ent. 265. 5. Spec. Jns. I. 335. 5. Mant. Jns. I. 



220. 8. Ent. Syst. I II. 522. 14. Syst. El. II. 593. 16. — Schrank Enum. Ins Aust. 



230. 435- Faun. Boica. I. 640. 862. — Harrer Beschr. d. Ins. I. 150. 114. — Foucr. 



Ent. Par. I. 166. 9. — Walken- Faun. Paris. I 270. 7. — Donov. Britt. Ins. IX. 



t. 308- — Rossi Faun. Etrusc I 247. 609. Ed. Ilellw. I. 306 609. — Payk Mon. 



Staph. 7. 3. Faun. Suec. III. 369- 3. — Panz. Faun. Germ. 27. 4. Ent. Germ. 



353. 10- t. 12./ 10. — Marsh. Ent. Britt. 499. 6. — Grav. Micr. 10. II. Mon. 



116. 133. — Latr. Hist. nat. Crust. et Ins. IX. 297. 9. Gen. Crust. et Ins. 1. 



297. 2. — Gyll. Ins. Suec. II. 293. 13. - Zetterst Faun. Lappon. I. 68. 3. hu. 



Lappon. 59. 4. — Sahlb. Ins. Fenn. I. 311. 11. — Mannerh. Brachelytr. 22. 2. -^ 



Nordm. Symb. 55. 37. — Ilunde Brachelytr. Hal. 2. 1. 

 Emus ery thropteru s Boisd. et Lacord. Faun. Ent. Paris. I. 365. 8. 

 Staph. eryt hropterus var. 1. Scop. Ent. Carn. 101. 306. 

 Le Staph. a e'tuis couleur de rouille Geoffr. Hist. Ins. I. 364. 9- 

 Staph. prirnus Schaeff. Icon. I. t. 2./. 2. Elem. Ent. t. 117. 



Habitat in Europa. 



Niger, opacus. Antennae capite thoraceque breviores, articulo tertio 

 leviter elongato, secundo paulo longiore, sequentibus subobconicis, sensim 

 paulo brevioribus, penultimis duobus vel tribus transversis, ultimo apice 

 leviter emarginato et inferne acuminato, testaceae, apice fuscae. Palpi te- 

 stacei. Caput thoracis latitudine, suborbiculatum, supra subdepressum, sub- 

 tilius confertissime punctatum, breviter subtiiiterque nigro -pubescens, fronte 

 posterius subtilissime carinata, antice, pone oculos pedunculoque orichalceo- 

 pube.scens. Thorax colcoptcris paulo angustior, latitudine perparum lon- 

 gior, lateribus vix rotundatis, pone medium subsinuatis , basi cum angulis 

 posterioribus rotundatus, apice utrinque subsinuatus, angulis anterioribus 

 subrotundatis, leviter hansversim convexus, subtiliter confcrtissime pungta 





