312 Miscellaneous, 



Brachelytra. 

 Fam. Staphylinidce, Leach. 



1. Sub-fam. Aleocharinee. 



1. Falagria, Leach. 



F. dissecta, Erichs. Abundant in cow-dung, Montreal and S'oreL 



2. Homalota, Mann. 



{Five undetermined species.) Taken abundantly under stones, bark 

 of trees, stumps, &c, and by sweeping grass. 



3. Aleochara, Grav. 



A. bimaculata, Grav. In cow-dung, abundant. 



A. (not determined.) By sweeping grass, Logan's farm r June 1857. 



4. Tachyporus, Grav. 



T. acaudus, Say. Swept from herbage on the Mountain, June. 

 T. jocosus, Say. Under stones,. June. 



2. Sub-fam. Tachinince. 



5. Tachinus, Grav. 



T. ventriculus, Say. Abundant under bark of dead pines and 



under stones on the Mountain. 

 T. (not named.) In cow-dung on the Mountain, September 1856. 



6. Othius, Leach. 



0. (not determined.) Under bark of a maple stump on the Moun^ 

 tain, May 20th, 1857. 



3. Sub-fam. Staphylinince. 



7. Heterothops, Kirby. 



H. (not determined.) August, 1856. 



8. Xantholinus, Dahl. 



X. obsidianus, Mels. In cow-dung. 



X. cephalus, Say. Under bark of stumps. Montreal and SoreL 



9. Staphylinus, Linn. (Creophilus, Kirby.) 



S. villosus, Grav. Abundant under dead animals everywhere. 



S. cingulatis, Grav. Not very common, under dead animals. 



S. cinnamopterus, Grav. Rare under stones, in back yards, &c. in: 



the city. 

 S. violaceus, Grav. Abundant under stones and bark of decayed 



stumps on the Mountain. 



10. Philonthius, Leach. 



P. aeneus, Grav. Abundant under stones, sides of the Mountain. 

 P. Harrisii,. Mels. One specimen taken under a stone on the Moun- 

 tain, May 10th, 1857. 

 (Several other species not determined,) 



11. Quedius, Leach. 



Q. (not determined.) Under stones, fields near Mile-end road, and 

 in back yards. 



12. Lathrobium, Grav. 



L. puncticolle, Kirby. In cow-dung. 



L. (not named.) Abundant under stones, Mile-end road, and at 

 Laprairie, in May. 



