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I, — A Catalogue of the Insects of JVorthumberland and Dui'ham 

 (Part ii.) By James Hardy, and Thomas John Bold. 



[Presented, at the Anniversary Meeting, March 1, 1850.] 



StirpsS. BRACHELYTRA, ifl^r. 



Family 1. STAPHYLINID^, Leach,'^- 



Sub-Family 1. STA.PHYLLNIDES, Mannerheim. 



Skctign 1. STAPHYLININI GENUINI, Fyrichson. 



119. Staph YLiNus, Linnceus. 

 SuB-G. Creophilijs, Kirhy. 



1. S. maxillosus, Linn. 



Gylli Ins. Suec, ii., 279. — Erichson, Gen. et Spec. Stajyh., 

 348. — Hardy, Ber. Club Proc, ii., 235. — Oreopliilus 

 maxillosus, StepJi. Illust, Mand., v., 202. 

 Abundant in carcases, &c., and on the coast under decaying 

 sea-weed. 



SuB-G. Trichoderma, Stephens. 



2. S. NEBIJLOSFS, Fab. 



Gyll. Ins. Suec, ii., 282. — Ste^h. Illust., Mand., v. 204. — 

 Erichson, Gen. et Spec. Staph., 360. — Trichoderma 

 nebulosum, Steph. Manual, No. 3051. 

 Rather rare : " Twizell." — P. J. Selby, Esq. Long Benton and 



Jesmond, in May; and in Fungi at Gibside, in September. T. 



J. B. Winlaton Mill and Marsden, in June. — J. H. 



According to Mr. Westwood, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lon., iv., 45 

 this, and not the following species, is the Staphylinus murinus 

 of the Linngean cabinet. 



3. S. MURINUS, Fab. 



Gyll. Ins. Suec, ii., 283. — Steph. Illust, Mand., v. 205. — 



Erichson, Gen. et Spec. Staph., 361. — Trichoderma muri- 



num, Steph. Manual, No. 3052. 



Rare: " Twizell."— P. /. ^e%, Esq. " Durham."— Or/wJy's 



Durham. Gibside, in June. — J. H. Mr. John Hancock has 



also specimens taken within the district. 



* By J. Hardy. 



