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STAPHYLINUS HYBRIDUS. 
HYBRID ROVE BEETLE, 
COLEOPTERA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antenne moniliform: feelers four: wing-cafes half as long as the 
body: wings folded up under the wing-cafes: tail fimple, and fur- 
uifhed with two exfertile veficles. 
bPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
Pubefcent, golden-fulvous, or greyifh clouded with blackifh: ab- 
domen black at the tip: thighs annulated with yellow. 
STAPHYLINUS HYBRIDUS: fulvo-aureo-pubefcens nigro nebulofus, 
abdomine apice nigro, femoribus annulo flavo. 
Marfh. Ent. Brit. T. 1. p. 500. Q. 
A new fpecies difcovered by the Rev. Mr. Kirby in the middle of 
October, 1799. Since that period it has been found by Dr. Leach 
and other collectors. It appears to be not very uncommon in fome 
places; and ufually occurs in the dung of animals. 
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