02 COLEOPTERA. 



45. Philonthus punctiventris, Kraafz, Ins. Deiitschl. ii. 

 579, 10 j E. W. Janson, Proc. Ent. Soc. 4 Feb. 

 1861, Zool. 7415 (1861) ; Wat. Cat. 



Brought forward by Mr. Janson on the authority of one 

 specimen, taken near London by Mr. E. Shepherd. 



Allied to P. carhonarius, Gyll. (having the basal joints 

 of the front tarsi in the male not dilated), but distinguished 

 by its more parallel form, the coarser and thicker punctuation 

 of the abdomen, and especially by the seven apical joints of 

 the antennae not being transverse. Plentiful under decaying 

 vegetable matter, in hay stacks, fungi, &c. 



This insect has been doing duty for P. lucens, Mann., in 

 certain metropolitan collections, but the latter has a narrow 

 head, and is especially like P. polituSy with the exception of 

 the basal joint of the antennae not being fuscous beneath. 



Mr. Waterhouse informs me that there appears to be a 

 third species, between carboiiarivs and punctiventris in its 

 characters, with the joints of the antennae as in the latter 

 species, but the antennae perceptibly longer, and the elytra 

 less strongly punctured and a?neous in colour, having the 

 broader form and larger size of carhonarms. I have seen 

 specimens answering to this description in that gentleman's 

 collection, also in one or two others. Possibly these may be 

 the P. temporalis of Mulsant, but we have no means of 

 comparing with the original description at present ; this 

 notice may, however, serve to draw attention to the m.atter. 



46. Philonthus prolixus, Erichs., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 



510, 143; J. A. Power, Zool. 7325 (1861); Wat. 



Cat. p. 108 (1861). 



Determined by Dr. Power, who took it at Cowley ; also 



taken by myself in the London district. Comes next after 



