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3:o obconico ceqvali; palpi articulo ultimo subulato-ovato , pe- 
nultimo tumido breviore. 
5. X. tricolor : Nigro-piceus, elytris, vage punctatis, pe- 
dibusque rufo-testaceis ; prothorace rufo, postice ni- 
grieante, seriebus dorsalibus 10-punctatis. Long. 4 lin. 
Er. Gen. et Spec. Staph. 331. 51. 
Slaphylinus tricolor Fab. Mant. Ins. I. 221. 20. Gyll. 
Ins. Sv. II. 355. 70. 
Ej sällsynt i skogar under mossa, nedfallna löf o. d. 
6. X. linearis: Subapterus, nigro-sub-seneus, nitidus, anten- 
nis fuscis, elytris pedibusque picescentibus; capite pone 
oculos dilatato, utrinque parce subtilius punctato; pro- 
thorace seriebus 12-punctatis. Long. lin. 
Er. Gen. et Spec. Staph. 332. 52. 
Staphjlinus linearis Oliv. Ent. III. 42. 19. 21. tab. 4. 
fig. 38. 
Slaphylinus longiceps Gyll. Ins. Sv. II. 350. 66. 
Allmän öfver hela Skandinavien. 
7. X. longivenlris : Alatus, nigro-subteneus, nitidus, an- 
tennis fuscis, pedibus fusco-piceis; capite lateribus 
parallelis, utrinque parce subtiliter punctato ; protho- 
race seriebus 10-punctatis; elytris subtilius punctatis, 
prothoracis longitudine. Long. 3 l / a lin. 
Heer. Faun. Col. Helv. I. 247. 10. 
Preecedenti simillimus, antennis pedibusque obscuri- 
oribus, capite lateribus parallelis, postice haud dilatato, 
elytris longioribus, subtilius, sed evidenter punctatis di- 
stinctus. 
Sällsynt; jag har funnit den under ruttnande vegetabilier vid 
Lund. 
8. X. mnltipunctatus : Alatus, niger, nitidus, capite, pro- 
thorace lateribus confertim punctato, elytrisque aeneis, 
subtilissime alutaceis, his prothoracis londitudine, par- 
cius, profunde punctatis, antennis pedibusque obscure 
testaceis. Long. 3‘/ 3 lin. 
X. lineari simillimus, prothorace lateribus multipun- 
ctato elytrisque longioribus, profunde punctatis, subtilis- 
sime alutaceis distinctus. Caput postice vix dilatatum, 
