412 BULLETIN' 182, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Specimens examined. — I have seen five examples from tlie West 

 Indies in the Britisli Museum, two in the United States National 

 Museum, and three collected by me during 1935-37. 



Remarks. — This species is widespread in both hemispheres but is 

 generally not conunon. It is one of the few all black species in our 

 region and can be distinguished by the combination of characters given 

 in the key. 



My specimens were all taken from dung, but the Hubbard example 

 from Montserrat was taken ''hi refuse of arrowroot." 



8. PHILONTHUS VARIANS (Paykoll) 



Staphylinus varians PAYKtnx, 1789, p. 45. 



Stai)hi/linus 7iitcns Gbavenhorst, 1802, p. 26. (Not Schrauk, 1781.) 

 Staphylinus opacus Gravenhckst, 1802, p. 26. (Not Block, 1799 ; not Roth, 1851.) 

 StaphyUnus bipustulatus Gravenhoest, 1802, p. 37. (Not Linnaeus, 1761.) 

 Staphylinus aterrimns Mar.sham, 1802, p. 513. (Not Graveuhorst, 1802.) 

 Staphylinus iimaeiilatus Marsham, 1802, p. 525. (Not Schrank ; not Graven- 



horst, 1S02.) 

 Staphylinus niyrans De.tkan. 1821, p. 22.— Dahl. 1823, p. 16. 

 StaphyUnus vnicolor Kirbt, MS. — Stephens, 1829, p. 278 (nomen nudum). 



(Not Ilerbst, 1784.) 

 Philonthus varians (Paykull) STh^HENS. 1829, p. 280. 



Philonthus opacus (Gravenhorst) Stephens, 1829, p. 281. (Not LeConte, 1863.) 

 Philonthus aterrimns (Marsham) Stephens. 1829, p. 281. 

 Philonthus hipustulatns (Fabricius) Stephens, 1829, p. 281. 

 Staphylinus intatninatus Kirby, MS. — Stephens, 1829, p. 281. 

 Staphylinus lituratus (Snmonollo) Stkphens, 1829, p. 281 (nomen nudum). 

 StaphyUnus punctircntris KutBV, MS. — Stephens, 1829, p. 281. 

 Quedius unicolor Stephens, 1832, p. 224. (Not Kiesenwrttt^r, 1847.) 

 Philonthus punctivcntris Stephens, 1832, p. 235. (Not Kraatz, 1857.) 

 Philonthus intaminatus Stephens, 1832, p. 235. 

 Philonthus nitens (Gravenhorst) Stephens. 1832, p. 236. 

 Philonthus lituratus Stephens, 1832, p. 238. 

 StaphyUnus niyricans Zetterstedt, 1840, p. 65. 

 Philonthus cosiatus Bauhi, 1848, p. 29. 

 Quedius incomplctus Hochhuth,, 1849, p. 1.13. 

 Philonthus alpig'adus Mulsant and Key, 1875, p. 481. 

 Philonthus seutatus Eppelsheim, 1895, p. 127. (Not Erichson, 1840.) 

 Philonthus unicolor (Stephens) Keittek, 1909, p. 130. (Not Kiescnwetter, 



1847.) 

 Philonthus incomplctus (Hochhuth) Bernhauer, 1915e, p. 9. (Not Roubal, 1911.) 

 Philonthus bimaculatus (Marsham) Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914, p. 359.) 



(Not Gravenhorst, 1802.) 

 Phil07ithus piceicoxis Gridelij, 1920, pp. 18, 19. (Not Eppelsheim, 1895.) 

 Philonthus protcus Everts, 1922, p. 124. 

 Philonthus fuscicoxis Scheerpeltz, 1933, p. 1366 (as aberration). 



Descriptian-. — Black, elytra with indefinite reddish subsutural spot 

 in apical two-thirds. Head scarcely wider than long, subquadrate; 

 eyes at about their length from base; not impressed in front; disk 

 impunctate except for two large punctures forming (with two supra- 



