MONOGRAPH OF WEST INDIAN STAPHYLINIDAE 409 



Europe: Germany, France, Sweden, Russia, England, Finland, Denmark, 

 Cyprus (Erichson, 1S;J9, 1940; Faiivel, 1872, Mulsant and Key, 1875; Norcl- 

 mann, 1836; etc.) 



Africa: Barrarie, Madeira, Canaries, Cape Vekdes (Fauvel, 1872). 



Asia and Orient: Siberia, Asia Minor, India, Hawaii (Nordmann, 1836; Fauvel, 

 1872; Cameron, 1932; Sharp, 1908). 



Spedmem examined. — I have seen 7 examples from the West Indies 

 in the British Museum, 1 in Dr. Cameron's collection, and 14 collected 

 by me during 1935-37. 



Remarks. — This species is very similar to venfralis, but apparently it 

 can be distinguished by the testaceous margins (especially the sutural) 

 of the elytra. The emargination of the eighth sternite in the male 

 is generally deeper and more angular than in ventralts, where it is 

 merely a slight sinuation of the margin. I usually collected this in 

 company with much more numerous examples of centralis, and I am 

 not certain that there are really two species involved. 



My specimens were found in dung, in a pile of rotting grass, and 

 flying at dusk. 



6. PHILONTHUS FIGULUS Erichson 



Philonthus figuhis Erichson, 1840, p. 4G4. — Sahlberg, 1844, p. 790. — Chevrolat 

 and Fauvel, 1863, p. 434.— Sharp, 1885, p. 415.— Fauvel, 1891, p. 115.— Bern- 

 HAUBB and Schubert, 1914, p. 338. — Leng and Mutchler, 1914, p. 406. — 

 Plavilstschikov, 1929, p. 30. — Scheerpextz, 1933, p. 1342. 



Philonthus amazonlcus Sharp, 1876, p. 165; 1885, pp. 415, 416.— Fauvel, 1891, 

 p. 115. — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914, p. 338.— Leng and Mutchler, 1914, 

 p. 406. 



Description. — Black. Head suborbicular ; eyes at less than half 

 their length from base; without impression in front; disk impunctate 

 except for two punctures between the eyes but close to the supraocular 

 series and not forming a line of four with any pair of the latter ; with- 

 out distinct ground sculpture. Pronotum scarcely longer than wide, 

 posterior angles completely rounded ; feebly narrowed in front ; with 

 two discal series of four punctures, the posterior more distant, and 

 with about four lateral punctures; with minute punctulae but without 

 ground sculpture. Elytra with rather fine, posteriorly-directed, some- 

 times submuricate punctures generally separated by about their di- 

 ameter transversely; without ground scultpure. Abdomen with mod- 

 erately fine but not dense submuricate punctures (a little denser pos- 

 teriorly) ; iridescent but without distinct ground sculpture. Male., 

 eighth sternite with triangular emargination about one-third as deep 

 as wide and with the outer angles broadly rounded. Female.^ eighth 

 sternite with a feeble rounded emargination not over one-fifth as deep 

 as wide. Length, 7 to 9 mm. 



Type locality. — Brazil. Of mnasonicus, "Para, Ega, Amazons Val- 

 ley," Brazil. 



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