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STAPHYLINUS RIPARIUS, 
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COLEOPTERA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antenne moniliform*. Elytra not more than half the length of 
‘the abdomen. Wings concealed. Tail armed with two oblong 
veficles. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
Red-brown. Shells blue. Head and end of the abdomen black. 
_Stapuywinus Riparius: Lin. Syf. Nat. n. 8. p. 684. Ed. 13. 
n. Q. p. 2038.—Ffn. Sv. n. 846. 
Staphylinus gregarius. Scop. Carn. n. 308. ic. 308. 
Stapbylin de rivages. Degeer. Inf. 4. p. 28. n. 14. tab. I. fig. 18. 
Geoffr. Inf. 1. n. 21. p. 369. 
Paykull. monogr. Staphyl. 2. 19. p. 27. 
Schaff. Icon. laf. Ratifb. tab. 73. fig. 3. 
Harrer Befchr. d. Schaff. Inf. 1. Th. x. 
ALE pe 253. . 
Pxprrus Riparivs: rufus elytris coeruleis, capite abdominifque 
apice nigris. Fab. Sy/f. Ent. t. p. 168.—~ 
Spec. Inf. T. 1. p. 339-—Mant. Inf. 1. p. 
2.23.—Ent. Syft. 2. p. 536. 
Der Strandttraubenkifer. Der Uferraubkafer. Panz. Faun. Inf. 
Germ. Inhalt des neunten Hefts, tab. 11. 
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