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I have not Bpecimens to decide. It may bo further remarked, that however 

 large the specimens, the male is always the lightest tinted. 



13. Ph. cbphalotbs (SUph. Orav. Micr. 22) : With the habit of Ph. seneus, 

 and Ph. parumpunctatus and about the size of the Utter; elongate, black, head 

 and thorax shining and polished, the former large, suborbiculate, broader than 

 the thorax, and furniBhed with ample mandibles in the males, suboval and 

 about the breadth of the thorax in the females ; thorax subcylindric, slightly 

 narrowest and subsinuated behind, the punctures on the diwk deepish, rarely 

 five in each row, equidistant, or the two first and two last placed nearest in pairs; 

 elytra broader, and a little longer than the thorax, flattish, thickly and some- 

 what deeply punctulate, punctulations distinct, dark, brassy green, sometimes 

 pitchy at the tips of the lateral margins, shining, griseous pubescent ; abdo- 

 men finely but not closely punctulate, griseous pubescent, the edges of the ven- 

 tral segments, the fifth and sixth broadly, and the anus ferruginous, with rufes- 

 cent pubescence ; legs dark pitchy, tibite and sometimes the joints more dilute, 

 tarsi rufescent, posterior nearly simple in both sexes ; antennae nigro-piceous. 

 h. 8—84 lines. 



Erichfton, Gen. etSpcc. Staph. 455.— //eer, Fn. Col. Helv. i. 263. Staphylinus 

 ccphalofes, OyW. Ins. Suec. ii. 320. Bisnius cephalotes, Stephens, 111. M. v. 

 247. — Manual, No. 8174. — Bisnius rotundiceps, Kirby, Stephens, III. M. t. 

 248. — Manual, No. 3175 (foem.jwi.). 



Rare : imder garden rubbish, at Pcnmanshiel, J. H. Dunglas dean, Dr. 

 Johnston, 



14. Ph. fimetarius (Staph. Grav. Micr. 175) : Elongate, narrow, black, shin- 

 ing ; head sub-orbiculate, having, when the basal joint of the antennae is placed 

 transversely, the appearance of being obcordate, and angulated in front, slightly 

 narrowed behind, a wide shallow triangular impression in front, with its centre 

 deepened, four punctures between the eyes, placed rather forwards, and about 

 sixteen above them ; thorax narrow, somewhat elongate, the sides straightish 

 and parallel, the punctures in each row deep, and of considerable size, the two 

 last rather widest ; elytra considerably longer than the thorax, widest behind, 

 rather bright green brassy, shining, rather thickly, finely and irregularly 

 punctulated, griseous pubescent ; abdomen with the ventral segments, the fifth 

 and sixth broadly, and the anus edged with ferruginous ; legs thrown stiffly 

 back in death, piceous or yellow, anterior coxae picescent, anterior tarsi simple 

 in both sexes ; antennas thickened externally ; palpi piceous. L. 3 lines. 



Stephens, 111. M. v. 232.— Manual, No. 3Ui.—Erichson, Gen. etSpec. Staph. 

 456.—Heer, Fn. Col. Helv. i. 263.— Staphylinus fimetarius, Oyll. Ins. Suec. ii. 

 824.— Philonthus lucidus, Stephens, III. M. v. 232.— Manual, No. 8143. 



Generally distributed, especially under dead birds, &c. 



The head and thorax have sometimes an aeneous lustre. 



15. Ph. sordidus (Staph. Orav. Micr. 176) : About the size of the last, but 

 more parallel, related also to Ph. cephalotes, but smaller ; head and thorax 

 polished and glossy black, the former nearly about the width of the thorax, 

 suborbiculate ; thorax not so narrow in proportion to the elytra as in either 

 of the preceding, sides straightish or slightly sinuated behind the middle, 

 punctures of the dorsal series small, but deepish, neat, with the intervals 

 rather wide, the two anterior in each row nearest ; elytra scarcely longer than 

 the thorax, subquadrate, flattish, widely and rather strongly and deeply punc- 

 tate, dark brassy green, lucid shining ; abdomen finely but not thickly punc- 

 tate, apex of the fourth, fifth, and sixth segments narrowly rufous, often oon* 



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