5G COLEOPTERA. 



apparently only refers to the female ; in other respects, how- 

 ever, the specimens examined by me (and which are certainly 

 sexes of the same speciesj apjree with his description. 



Referring to my remarks in Zool. 8478 (1863), I should 

 be much obliged to any one who could give me any infor- 

 mation about P. tenuicornis, Muls. 



29. Philonthus agilis, Grav. Mon. 17,70 (Staphylinus); 



Kraatz, Ins. Deutschl. ii. 603, 37 ; Thoms. Skand. 



Col. ii. 165, 34 ; E. C. Rye, Zool. 8649 (1863). 

 variant, var. d. Erichs. Gen. et Spec. Staph. 470, 70. 

 This species was detected by me in my own collection, in 

 the cabinets of Mr. Douglas and Dr. Power, and among 

 some undetermined Brachelytra taken by Mr. Waterhouse. 

 I have no doubt it is a common insect. 



It is closely allied to P. varians, Payk. (which it must 

 immediately follow in our lists), being in the section with 

 the thoracic striae composed of five punctures, and having 

 the anterior coxae fusco-testaceous ; it may, however, be dis- 

 tinguished from that species by its smaller size and different 

 colour, the elytra not being (as in the latter) black, with a 

 greenish reflexion, and very often bearing a red spot, but 

 dull black, with the hinder margin at the extreme apex only 

 subferruginous. The elytra also are narrower, with the 

 punctuation rather more remote, and not exhibiting so much 

 transverse rugulosity ; the thorax is a little more contracted 

 in front, and the antennae are much shorter, with the pe- 

 nultimate joints transverse, being, moreover, deep black in 

 colour. 



30. Philonthus rubripexnis (Kirby) Stephens, 111. 



Mand. v. 239, Man. 389, 3165 ; Wat. Cat. 

 There seems to be some confusion in collections between 



