522 INSECTS. COLEOPTERA. 55. Staphylinus. 



Nigricapil- Teftaceous ; head and abdomen black. 

 lus. Inhabits Denmark. Oxy porus melanocephalus. Fabricius, 



Thorax fmooth ferruginous : abdomen black : legs yellow. 



Abdomina- R u f us ; abdomen glofly-black. 

 H s * Inhahits Norway ; rather fmall. 



Tejiaceus. Teftaceous ; abdomen more dufky. 



Inhabits Germany. Body fmooth glabrous. 



Brunneus* Chefnut-brown ; head and middle of the thorax black. 

 Inhabits Germany ; minute. 



Antennae chefnut : thorax black in the middle, chefnut at the 

 fides : abdomen dufky. 



Mmaus. Blackifh ; (hells pale. 



Inhabits Zealand-, very minute. 



Head black : antennae ferruginous at the bafe : thorax black, the 



ec^ge a little pale : Jhells whitifh with a black marginal fillet : 



abdomen blackifh : legs pale. 



*Rufpes. GlofTy-black : legs rufous. 



Inhabits Northern parts of Europe* 



*Hypnorum. GlofTy-black : margin of the thorax fhells and legs tef- 

 taceous. 

 Inhabits England. Body black glabrous polifhed. 



*Marginel- GlofTy-black : margins of the thorax and fhells ferrugi- 

 lus. nous. 



Inhabits Europe ; fmall. 



Antennae black, the firft joint ferruginous : head glofly-black : 

 lateral and hind-margin of the thorax ferruginous \ Jhells gla- 

 brous black, with a thin ferruginous edge. 



C. Fore-feelers clavate. Paederus. 



*Rlpariu$. Rufous ; fhells blue : head and end of the abdomen blackifh. 

 Inhabits Europe: Donovans Eng. Inf. v. plate. 167. 



Rufcollis* Black : thorax rufous ; fhells azure. 



Inhabits Germany, under flones. Herb(l % Arch t tab. 48.^. 5. 



*Elongatus* Hind-part of the fhells and legs fulvous. 

 Inhabits Europe. Paykull % Monogr. 25. 17. 



Fulvipennis. 



