378 Staphylinini. (Genuini.) 



Niger, opacus. Anteimae capite tlioraceque paululuiu bre\ioros, arti- 

 culo secuudo tertio ])aulo breviore, 4 — 10 seusiui paulo breviorious, 4 — 7 

 subcvliudricis, 8 — \i) obcouicis, lioc vix trausverso, ultiuio apice iufcruo 

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

 orbicuJatum, supra subdepressum, subtiliter confertim puuctatum, froute po- 

 sterius subtilissime cariuata, anterius inter oculos peduuculoque orichalceo- 

 pubescentibus. Thorax coleopteris angustior, latitudine paulo longior, basiii 

 versus subangustatus , iateribus modice subsinuatis, basi cum augulis poste- 

 rioribus rotundatus, apice truncatus, angulis auterioribus subrectis, leviter 

 deflexis, leviter transversim convexus, confertim subtiliter punctatus, uti 

 caput brevissirae 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 segmejitis 

 ultimis tnbus fascia basali interrupta aurichalceo-tomeutosa ornatis. Pcctus 

 parapleuris orichalceo-tomentosis. Pedes rufi, coxis nigris. 



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



satis palet. 



/^ * 54. St. caesareus: Nigevj opacus^ elytris pecUhiisque rujis^ antcnnis le- 

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

 riore maculisque abclominis orichalceo-tomentosis. — Long. 8 — 9 lin- 



Cederh. Faun. Ingr. 33.5. 10.55. t. 3./. c. — Er. Col. March. I. 435. 7. 

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



220. 8. Ent. Syst. I II. 522. 14. Syst. El. II. 593. 16. — Schrunk Enum. Ins Just. 



2.30. 435- Fuun. 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. i. Ent. Germ. 



353. 10. t. 12./. 10. — 3Iarsh. Ent. Britt. 499. 6. — Grav. iVicr. 10. 11. Mon. 



116. 133. — Lalr. Uist. nat. Crusf. et Ins. IX. 297. 9. Gen. Crust. et Ins. I. 



297. 2. — Gyll. Ins. Suec. IL 293. 13. — Zetterst. Faun. Lappon. L 68. 3. lus. 



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



Xordm, Symb. 55. 37. — Runde Brachelytr. Hal. 2. 1. 

 Emus erythropterus Boisd. et Lacord. Faun. Ent. Paris. I. 365. 8. 

 Staph. erythropterus var. 1. Scop. Ent. Carn. 101. 306. 

 Le Staph. a etuis couleur de rouille Geoffr. Ilist. Ins. I. 364. 9. 

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



Habitat in Europa. ' 



Niger, o])acus. 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, suborbiculatmn, supra subdepressum sub- 

 tilius confertissime punctatum, breviter subtiliterque nigro -pubescens fronte 

 posterius subtilissime carinata, antice, pone oculos pedunculoque orichalceo- 

 pubescens. Thorax coleopt(,'ris paulo augustior, latitudine perparum lon- 

 gior, lateribus vix rotundatis, pone medium subsinuatis, basi cum ano-ulis 

 posterioribus rotundatus, apice utrinque subsinuatus, angulis anterioribus 

 subrotundatis, leviter transversim convexus, subtiliter confertissime puncta- 



