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widest, all the punctures small ; elytra broadest behind, dark green, thickly 

 and minutely punctate, the punctures distinct ; antennce black, with the first 

 joint testaceous beneath, rarely concolorous ; legs slender, black, anterior tarsi 

 of the male moderately dilated, of the female simple. L. 4 — 5 lines. 



Erichson, Gen. et Spec. Staph. 443. — Ent. Edinensis, 316, secund. descrip. 

 —Stephens, Manual, No. Z135.— Beer, Fn. Col. Helv. i. 260.— Staphylinus po- 

 litus, OyU. Ins. Suec. ii. 317. — Philonthus maculicomis, Kirhy, Stephens, 111. 

 M. V. 229. — Philonthus melanopterus, Wilkin, lb. v. 229. 



Common ; chiefly under stones and in moss. The dark variety, with the 

 basal joint of the antennaj entirely black, is rare. 



7. Ph. makqinatus (Staph. Fab. Syst. El. ii. 597) : Black, shining, head ovate, 

 the sides of the thorax, legs, and the basal joint of the antenna) beneath yel- 

 low ; elytra broadest behind, dark olivaceous virescent, fulvous pubescent, ab- 

 domen shining, versicolorous, fulvous pubescent, beneath with the edges of 

 most of the segments ferruginous, anterior tarsi strongly dilated in the male, 

 slightly in the female. L. 4 lines. 



Stephens, III. M. v. 233.— Manual, No. ZU6.— Curtis, Brit. Ent. pi. 610.— 

 Ent. Edinensis, 317.— Erichson, Gen. et Spec. Staph. 444. — Heei', Fn. Col. 

 Helv. i. 261. — Staphylinus marginatus, Gyll. Ins. Suec. ii. 322. 



Common. 



8. Ph. umbratilis (Staph. Orav. Micr. 170) : About the size of Ph. varius, 

 black, shining ; head orbiculate, in the male of the breadth of the thorax, in 

 the female narrower ; thorax subquadrate, not narrowed in front, sides straight- 

 ish, with deep dorsal punctures, the two anterior in each row nearest ; elytra 

 little longer than the thorax, very slightly narrowed in front, thickly, finely, 

 and distinctly punctulated, of a dark sub-aeneous green, griseous pubescent ; 

 the tips of the three last ventral segments of the abdomen slightly ferruginous, 

 more intensely in the centre ; antennae black, with the second and third joints 

 piceous at the base ; legs fusco-piceous, anterior tarsi of the male much dila- 

 ted, of the female simple. L. 3 lines. 



Erichson, Gen. et Spec. Staph. 445.— ^eer, Fn. Col. Helv. i. 261.— Staphy- 

 linus subfuscus, Gyll. Ins. Suec> ii. 326. — Philonthus subfuscus, Stephens, 111. 

 M. V. 233.— Manual, No. 3145. 



Under garden rubbish, &c. Not uncommon at Penmanshiel, J. H. In 

 the west of Berwickshire, Mr. Hislop. 



Out of a long series of the insect, I only obtained two females. It occurs in 

 America as well as in Europe. 



9. Ph. varius (Staph. OyU. Ins. Suec. ii. 321) : With the habit of Ph. politus, 

 black, shining ; head subovate, small, a little larger in the male, much narrower 

 than the thorax, and with it very glossy and polished ; thorax compressed in 

 front, whence it appears narrowed anteriorly, dorsal punctures deepish, the 

 space between the second and third in each row slightly more apart ; elytra 

 green-aeneous, shining, somewhat narrower at the base, finely and scarcely 

 thickly punctate ; abdomen, antennai and legs black, the last rarely piceous, 

 anterior tarsi strongly dilated in the male, slightly in the female. L, 3 — 3^ 1. 



Erichson, Gen. et Spec. Staph. 4i7. —StepJiens, Manual, No. 3141. — Heer, 

 Fn. Col. Helv. i. 261. — Staphylinus varians, Orav. Micr. 20. — Philonthus va- 

 rians, Ent. Edinensis, 316, nondescriptionis. — Staphylinus carbonarius, Orav. 

 Micr. 23. — StepJiens, 111. M. v. 230. — Philonthus chalcopterus, Manh. lb. v. 

 231. — Philonthus pilipes, Kirby, lb. v. 231. 



Common among moss, and under stones in fields. 



