250 MB. HAEDY ON THE BERWICKSHIRE) STAPHYLINIDJB. 



taceous; palpi piceoua or black ; antennre with the first joint long in the male, 

 as well as the legs, which are shortish, black, the joints, tibiae and tarsi some- 

 times piceous ; anterior tarsi scarcely dilated in the male, simple in the female. 

 L. 4 lines. 



Staphylinus punctus, GylL Ina. Suec. ii. 346. — Philonthus Watsoni, Kirby, 

 Stephens, 111. M. v. 240.— Manual, No. 31 68(^/02771.^.— Philonthus minax,iCiV6y, 

 Stephens, 111. M. v. 241.— Manual, No. 3170 (mas.). — liisniug puncticoUis, 

 JJoioiU, Stephens, 111. M. v. 439 (mm.). 



In marshy situations : on the borders of Penmanshiel wood, and on Colding- 

 ham moor, J. 11. Girrick, near Nenthom, Mr. IJislop. 



Most of the specimens I have examined have the wings rudimentary. The 

 type is described as having wings. 



Erichson mentions this species as having been taken by Professor Evera- 

 mann on the Uralian mountains. 



••««•« Thorax fre(iuently punctate, with a smooth longitudinal central line. 

 24. Ph. proceruleus (Staph. Orav. Mon. 95) : Narrow, elongate, sub-parallel, 

 xantholiniform, black, head and thorax shining ; head oblong, subquadrate, 

 about the breadth of the thorax, smooth, slightly impressed and channelled in 

 front, with a narrow smooth central line above, the sides strongly, thickly, but 

 not quite closely punctured, in a sublinear disposition ; thorax more than half 

 the breadth of the elytra, elongate, sub-parallelo-grammic, slightly narrowed 

 behind, slightly convex, with a shining polished central line, the sides strongly, 

 thickly, but not quite closely punctured, the punctures sublinear next the cen- 

 tral space ; elytra oblong, a third longer than the thorax, thickly, finely but 

 distinctly punctured, black, with the apex and the suture partially piceous, gri- 

 seous pubescent ; abdomen parallel, sub-opaque, closely and finely punctulate, 

 rather thickly fulvo-griseous pubescent, the edges of part of the ventral seg- 

 ments and the apex piceo-testaceous ; antennee short, thickening outwardly, 

 black or nigro-piceous, the base more dilate ; maxillary palpi, with the terminal 

 joint long and much acuminate, piceous or testaceous ; legs piceo-testaceous ; 

 the anterior tarsi slightly dilated in both sexes. L. 2 — 3 lines. 



Ericlison, Gen. et Spec. Staph. 5U.—f/eer, Fn. Col. Helv. i. 272.— Gyrohyp- 

 nus proceruleus, Stephens, 111. M. v. 264. — Xantholinus proceruleus, lb. Manual, 

 No. 3217. 



Very rare : under garden rubbish at Penmanshiel, in August. 



QUEDIUS, Leach. Erichson, Gen. et Spec. Staph. 523. 

 Antenn8s filiform, slender, moderate in length, the last joint subacuminate. 

 Labrum bilobed, sometimes entire, with a membranaceous edge. Palpi elongate, 

 slender, filiform. Ligula very short, membranaceous, rotun date, entire, shorter 

 than the minute divergent' paraglossse. Head moderate, suborbiculate or sub- 

 ovate, little separated from the thorax, eyes usually large. Thorax suborbicu- 

 late, the sides sometimes widish, convex, smooth above, with a series qf punc- 

 tures on each side, usually three, and a few (2-5) towards the sides anteriorly. 

 Sides of the prothorax behind the anterior coxro furnished with a corneous or 

 membranaceous triangular appendage, by which the prothoracic spiracles are 

 concealed. Intermediate coxce approximating, anterior tarsi dilated, posterior 

 with the first joint elongated. Abdomen oblong, or elongated and much attenu- 

 ated posteriorly ; the sixth segment beneath eniarginate in the males. 

 • Thorax with a corneous process l)ehind the anterior coxbd. 

 IHv. Thorax with two rows of punctures on the disk placed obliquely, 3 in 

 each. 



