Staphylinus. VIII. 377 



n * 52. St. fossor: Nlger, capile thoraceque hrunneo-rufis, tihiis, tarsis ely- 

 tris(/ue rufo-testaceis, his apice dilutiorihus, Jlavo -puhescentihus, scu- 

 tello airo - tomentoso, abdomine variegato. Long. 8 lin. 



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



Syst. I. II. 523. 16. Si/st. 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. — Nordm. Symb. 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 acuminato, nigrae, apicem versus picescentes, 

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

 suborbiculatum, supra parum convexum, confertissime subtiliter punctatum, 

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

 Thorax coleopteris angustior, latitudine antica jjaulo 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, sulDtiliter obsole- 

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

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

 lougiora, 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-pubescente, nitida. 

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



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

 distinctus videtur. Gravenhorst ipse dubius hanc speciem separavit, neque uUa 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. 



f<\ * 53. St. erythropt erusi Niger, opacus^ antennarum hasi apiceque, ely- 

 tris pedibusqtie rufis , scutello maculisque posteriorihus abdominis ori- 

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



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



IIL 404. 26. t. 6./. 8. — De Geer. Ins IF. 21. 6. — Mull. Faun. Frid. 23. 



223. Prodr. 97. 1092. — Goeze Ent. Beitr. L 716. 4. — D,. VilL Ent. I. 411. 



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



— Er. Col. March. I. 434. 6. 

 Staph, ery thr opt erus var. Fah. Eal. Syst. I. IL 522. 14. 



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

 Crust. et Ins. IX. 298. 10. - Gyll. Ins. Suec. IL 295. 14. — Zetterst. Faun. Lap- 

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

 Brachelytr. 22. 3. — Nordm. Symb. 55. 36. - Runde Brachelytr. Hal 2. 2. 



Habitat in Europa. 



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