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But. Edinenais, 314. — Erichson, Oen. et Spec. Staph. 535. — Staphylinug 

 raoIocbiDua, Oyll. In«. Suoc. ii. 302. — Philonthus molochinus. Heer, Fn. Col. 

 Helv. i. 2U7. — Staphylinus picipenniH, Payk, Fn. Suec. iii. 373. — Quediua pici- 

 pennis, Stepheivt, ill. M. v. 216. — Manual, No. 3085.— Q. denudatus, Kirhy, 

 lb. 111. M. V. 216. 



Under stones, rather unfrcquent. 



5. Q. FRONTALIS (Philonth. Nordm. Symb. 76) : Closely resembling Q. fuli- 

 gino8u», but broader and more robust ; head and thorax shining; head nar- 

 rower than the thorax, suboval, with six transverse punctures between the 

 eyes, three on each side, the first upon the margin, the next smaller at no 

 great distance, and close to it the third, with a wide interval between it and 

 the fjurth on the other side, and with several scattered punctures behind the 

 eyes ; iabrum rounded, entire ; eyes very large, slightly prominent ; thorax 

 about the breadth of the elytra, the base strongly, the sides slightly rounded, 

 slightly narrowed in front, dorsal puuctures nearly equidistant, lateral, about 

 five, punctures deep and of considerable size; scutellum finely punctulate, the 

 punctures placed apart ; elytra a little longer than the thorax, minutely, very 

 closely, and somewhat rugose punctate, thepuncturingsometimes waved, opaque 

 nigro-griseous pubescent; abdomen thickly and finely punctulate, ratherdensely 

 uigro-griseouR pubescent, black, w^ith green versicolorous irridescence, the sixth 

 segment beneath eraarginate, slightly depressed and polished at the tip, fifth 

 indistinctly siuuatcd and with a polished depression in the male ; antenn» 

 and palpi orange-coloured ; legs black, tibt»e and tarsi rufo-piceous ; ante- 

 rior tarsi much dilated in both sexes. L. 5 — 6 lines. 



Erichson, Gen. et Spec. Staph. 536. — Quedius tristia, Stephens, 111. M. r. 

 215 —Manual, No. ZOUS.—Ent. Edinensis, 314. 



Common everywhere in dry places. I have found it devouring Philonthus 

 lamiuatus, an insect nearly as large as itself. It often occurs by pairs. 



6. Q. FL'LiQiNosus (Staph. Grav. Micr. 34) : With a narrower hab.t than the 

 last, to which it nearly approaches ; head a little narrower than the thorax, 

 suboval, punctured as in the last ; Iabrum subsinuated in the middle ; eyes 

 very large, slightly prominent ; thorax at the base about the breadth of the 

 elytra, slightly narrowed in front, the base rounded, the sides scarcely, punc- 

 tures of the dorsal series approximating, lateral, three or four, the punctures, 

 deep and of a considerable size ; scutellum quite smooth ; elytra about the 

 length of the thorax, subquadrate, not so broad as in the last, very thickly 

 and finely punctate, not quite so rugose as in the last, subopaque, or slightly 

 shining, with a thickish nigro-pubescence ; abdomen finely and thickly punc- 

 tulate, with nigrogriseous pubescence, not so dense as in the preceding, more 

 or less cupreo-violaceous irridiscent : sixth segment beneath notched, impressed 

 and polished, and the fifth with a deep lunulate impression, and sinuated at 

 the tips; antennas rufescent, more or less piceous above ; palpi piceo-testace- 

 ous; legs black or piceous; tarsi rufescent, the anterior pair strongly dilated 

 in both sexes. L. 5 — 6 lines. 



Erichson, Gen. etSpec. Staph. 537. — Philonthus fuliginosus, //tfer, Fn. Col. 

 Helv. i. 276— Staphylinus tristi:*, Grav. Micr. U.—OylL Iu.s. Suec. ii. 301.— 

 Que<lius picicoruis, Kirhy, Stephens, III. M. v. 215. — Q. gracilis, Stephens, III. 

 M. V. 215. 



Common in moist situations. I found a pair in copula in a marshy spot ia 

 a field, extensively peopled by the former species. 



7. Q. ncipn (SUpb. Marw^rk, Brack 26) : Of the size of Q. Ailgidoii, 



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