MR. HABDT ON THE BERWICKSHIRE STAPHTLINID^ 239 



B. Antenmo with the last joint truncate at the apex. Labial palpi with 

 the apical joint secarifonn. Mandibles toothed within. Tasgius, Leach. 



b. 0. ATXK (Staph. Orav. Micr. 116) : Winged, black, subdepressed, head Bub> 

 quadrate, and with the thorax polished and shining, distantly and deeply punc- 

 tured, with a distinct shining longitudinal line dividing both ; the thorax 

 rather elongate, narrowing towards the base ; elytra rather longer than the 

 thorax, less shining, thickly punctate, an obvious impression placed before the 

 apex ; abdomen rather shining, traversed, especially beneath, with large irre- 

 gular punctures ; antennae black, the apex piceoferruginous ; legs black ; 

 tarsi piceous ; maxillary palpi in the male subsccuriform and truncate ; in the 

 female cylindric and slightly truncate. L. 7 — 9 lines. 



Erichson, Gen. etSpec. Staph. 416. — Staphylinus ater, //«cr, Fn. Col. Helv. i. 

 256. — Staphylinus obscurus, Ma/rsh. Eut. Brit. i. 514. — Staphylinus fuscatus, 

 Oyll. Ins. Suec. iv. 474.— Oocrius fuscatus, Stepliem, 111. M. v. 210. Manual, 

 No. 3069.— Tasgiusconfinis, Curtis, Brit Ent. fol. 438.— GoeriusKirbii, Leach, 

 Stephens, 111. M. v. 210 ?— Manual, No. 3068? 



Very rare : New Water Haugh, Dr. Johnston. I have taken it in the east 

 of Berwickshire, but the precise locality has not been marked. 



This species has been found both in Asia and America. Immature insects 

 have the head and thorax faintly piceous, the elytra and abdomen piceous 

 brown, and all the joints of the antennte piceous at their apices and bases. 

 Ooe'rius Kirbii appears to be such a specimen, and a female, as the head in that 

 sex is somewhat ovate. 



C. Antennas with the last joint truncate at the apex. Labial palpi with 

 the apical joint securiform. Mandibles elongate, bent, acute, toothless. Ano- 

 DDS, Nordm. Ocypus, Stephens. 



6. 0. MoRio (Staph. Orav. Micr. 6) : Winged, black, opaque, subdepressed, 

 slightly pubescent ; head subquadrate, broader than the thorax, and with it 

 very thickly and deeply punctate, the latter narrowed behind, and with an ob- 

 solete dorsal line ; elytra of the length of the thorax, minutely and densely 

 punctate, and very opaque, the antennae at the apex and the tarsi ferruginous ; 

 maxillary palpi with the last joint, in the male subsccuriform, in the female 

 cylindric. L. 6— ^8 lines. 



Eridison, (3en. et Spec. Staph. 417. — Staphylinus Morio, Oyll. Ins. Suec. iv. 

 873.— //eer,Fn.Col. Helv. i. 256.— Staphylinus similis, Paylc. Fn. Suec.iii. 371. — 

 Ocypus similis. Staph. 111. M. v. 211.— Manual, No. Z07 1.— Ent. Edinensis, 313. 

 Var. Latior ; foem. 



Ocypus picipes, Stephens, III. M. v. 212 — Manual, No. 3072. 

 Var. Angustior ; mas. 

 Ocypus angustatus, Ktrby, Steph. III. M. v. 212.— Manual, No. 3073. 



Not uncommon under stones on the coast, at the sides of roads on the high 

 moors, and by the borders of woods. It couples in auti 



PHILONTHUS. LecuJi. 

 Ericluson, Oen. et Spec. Staph. 426. 

 Antennae of nearly equal thickness, the joints after the third subglubose, the 

 fcerminaljoint truncate at the tip,moreorles9emarginateandacuminatcd beneath. 

 Labrum bilobed with a membranaceous margin, sparingly ciliated. Palpi 

 fusiform, subelongate, the apical joint slender, truncate or acuminate. Ligula 

 membranaceous, rotundate, entire, slightly shorter than the paraglossw. Head 

 suborbiculate, or ovate, sometimes subquadrate. Thorax quadrate, oblong, or 



