246 MR. HARDY ON THE BERWICKSHIRE STAPHYLINIDJB. 



colorous ; legs nigro-piceoua, or almost black, joints and tarsi palest, auterior 

 tarsi simple in both sexes ; antennae slender. L. 24 — 3 lines. 



Stephens, III. M. v. 233. Manual, No. ZlU.—Erichson, Gen. et Spec. Staph. 

 466. — Heer, Fn. Col. Helv. i. 262. — Staphyliuus sordidus, Gyll. Ins. Suec. ii. 

 326. 



Rare ; Dunglas dean. — Dr. Johnston. Near Penmanshiel. — J. H. Girrict, 

 by Nenthorn. — Mr. Hialop. 



••" Thorax with two rows of punctures on the disk, 5 in each. 



16. Ph. sanquinolkntus (Staph. Grav. Micr. 36) : Deep black ; head and tho- 

 rax finely polished and glossy, the former rather large, subrotundate, the lat- 

 ter subquadrate, with straightish sides, the dorsal series of punctures deepish, 

 but not large, the posterior in each row, most apart ; elytra rather wider and 

 longer than the thorax, flattish, thickly and finely punctulate, conspicuously 

 griseous pubescent, with a semi-elliptical patch on each side of the suture, 

 narrower or Avider, and an oblique dash upon the shoulders, sometimes obsolete, 

 sanguineous ; abdomen subopaque, with a dense fine down, thickly and finely 

 punctulate ; antennae slender, as well as the legs, black, anterior coxae orange 

 coloured, tarsi and sometimes the tibiae obscure piceous; anterior tarsi dilated 

 in both sexes, more strongly in the male. L. 3 — 4 lines. 



Stephens, 111. M. v. 238.— Manual, No. 3162. — Erichson, Gen. et Spec. 

 Staph. 467. — Heer, Fn. Col. Helv. i. 265. — Staphylinus sanguinolentus, Gyll. 

 Ins. Suec. ii. 338. 



Very rare : two specimens have occurred near Penmanshiel in August. 



17. Ph. varians (Staph. Payh. Mon. Staph. 45) : Deep black, shining ; head 

 rather small, oval; thorax broadest behind, narrowed in front, the sides 

 very .slightly rounded, thoracic punctures small, the three in the middle of each 

 dorsal row nearest, the lateral punctures five on each side, and one near the 

 posterior angles ; elytra about the length of the thorax, slightly narrowed at 

 the base, broadest behind, thickly and finely punctulate, griseous black pubes- 

 cent, black, with a reddish streak proceeding from the shoulder, and inwardly 

 evanescent, sometimes obsolete ; abdomen tapered towards the apex, somewhat 

 shining, and irridescent, thickly and minutely punctulate, with the edges of 

 some of the ventral segment.^ sometimes dull rufescent ; antennae slender and 

 with the legs black, the anterior coxae testaceous, anterior tarsi of the male 

 strongly, of the female slightly, dilated. L. 2^—3 lines. 



Eridison, Gen. et Spec. Staph. 470. — Staphylinus opacus, Gyll. Ins. Suec. 

 ii. 340. — Philonthus opacus, Heer, Fn. Col. Helv. i. 265. — Philonthus litura- 

 tus, Kirhy, Stephens, 111. M. v. 238.— Manual, No. 3159.— Philonthus acicula- 

 tun, Stephens, 111. M. v. 238 -—Manual, No. 3161. — Philonthus bipustulatua, 

 var. b. Ent. Edinensis, 317. 



Var. a. Approaching to the size of Ph. sanguinolentus, with the head larger, 

 ovate, or subcordate, elytra and abdomen broader, thorax with the lateral 

 punctures on each side, five, and two on the posterior angles ; entirely deep 

 black, except the anterior coxae, which are testaceous. L. 34—4 lines. 



Staph, aterrimus, 3/ar«/i. Ent. Brit. i. 513.— Philonthus aterrimus,^^^^^^??** 

 111. M. v. 235.— Manual, No. 3152. 



Var. b. With the legs fuscous. 



Philonthus punctiventris, Kirhy, Stephens, Ill.M. v. 335.— Manual, No. 3150. 

 — Philonthus opacus, St€j)hens, III. M. v. 236. 



Var. c. With the first joint of the antennae beneath testaceous or pitchy. 



Philonthus obscuripenuis, Kirhy, Stephens, 111. M. v. 237.— Manual, No. 



