MB. HABDT ON THE BEBWICKSHIRE STAPHTLINIDJi. 241 



Uader decaying garden rubbiab, and in carcases of dead birds, &c., not an- 

 frequent. 



The larva lives upon the larvee of Diptera and other insects, and also feeds 

 upon carrion. It has been described by Bouch^, Hist. Nat. Ins. i. 179. The 

 perfect insect is a native of Asia and America, as well as of the European con- 

 tinent. 



4. Pii, scuTATus {Erichson, Gen. et Spec. Staph, 438) : About the size of 

 Ph. laminatus, but less broad and more parallel, head orbiculate, a little nar- 

 rower than the thorax, and with the thorax brassy black, shining, and polish, 

 ed, and under a lens minutely and very obsoletely punctulate ; thorax not so 

 broad as the elytra, slightly narrowed in front, and subsinuated on the sides 

 behind, the punctures of the dorsal series with the space betweeu the two last 

 in each row widest, all the punctures small ; elytra of rather a pale brassy 

 green, thickly and finely punctate, shining, and as well as the abdomen grise- 

 ous brown pubescent ; the latter beneath with the fourth segment of the male 

 lengthened at the apex and nearly covering the fifth ; antennse and legs black ; 

 tarsi piceous or ferruginous, the anterior slightly dilated in both sexes. L. 44 

 — 5 lines. 



Philonthus cognatus, Stephens, 111. M. v. 229. — Philonthus lucens, Jh. Man- 

 ual, No. 3136. 



Not uncommon under stones, on heaths and old pastures, in spring and au- 

 tumn ; and occasionally under bark of trees. 



Penmanshicl, Coldinghara Moor, Dulaw, and the sea-banks near Berwick 

 J. II. Dunglass Dean, Dr. Johnston. 



This is the Staph, rotundicollis of Menetries Cat. Bais. 145, according to 

 Erichson, and taken by him near liankora, on the western shore of the Caspian 

 Sea. As, however, it is cited by De Jean, (Cat. 70) as a variety of Staph, carbo- 

 narius, he supposes that more insects than one have been placed together under 

 the name. Ph. laminatus, and Ph. interm^dius are the only other species of 

 the genus, so far as observed, with the 4th ventral segment of the abdomen 

 prolonged in the male. 



5. Ph. decorus (Staph. Chrav. Micr. 19) : Black, head subovate, narrower 

 than the thorax, and with it smooth, seneous green, slightly dull ; the latter 

 somewhat longer than broad, obtusely rounded at the base, slightly narrowed 

 anteriorly, the dorsal punctures small and neat, with the two anterior in each 

 row most remote ; elytra flat, subquadmte, obscure ceneous-olive, thickly and 

 neatly granulate punctate ; abdomen with the ventral segments often mar- 

 ginatcd with ferruginous ; antennue, as well as the legs, black, tips of the tro- 

 chanters, the tibise occasionally, the tarsi and all the spines rufo-piceous ; ante- 

 rior tarsi simple in both sexes. L. 5 lines. 



Stephens, 111. M. v. 230.— Manual, No. Z\Z1 .—Erichson, Gen. et Spec Staph. 

 iiZ.—Ileer, Fn. Col. Helv. i. 260 — Staphylinus decorus, Gyli. Ins, Suec. ii. 316. 



Among moss, chiefly in woody places, not uncommon. Berwick and Dun- 

 glass Dean, Dr. Johnston. Penmanshicl Wood, Kitchencleugh Dean, and on 

 the sea banks between Dulaw and Redheugh, J. H. 



6.PH.pouTus(Staph./'a6.Syst. El.ii.594) : Black, shining,narrowed before and 

 behind ; head and thorax above dark green, polished, the former small, ovate, 

 much narrower than the thorax, the latter with the front somewhat narrowed, 

 its base strongly rounded, the last two in each row of the dorsal punctures 



