24 CATALOGUE OF THE INSECTS OF 



v., 207 ? — Wils. and Dune, Ent. Edinensis, 311 ! — Ocypus 

 picipennis, Hardy, Ber. Club Proc, ii., 238. 



Common on the coast, and in dry upland situations, in spring 

 and autumn. 



When describing this species in the Berwickshire Club's Pro- 

 ceedings, I mentioned circumstances in which I could not recon- 

 cile it with Erichson's description of 0. picipennis. Having, 

 through the kindness of the Rev. W. Little, obtained the sight of 

 a French example of 0. picipennis, I am now able, in some measure, 

 to rectify my error. There still, however, exists some discrepancy, 

 which cannot be removed without specimens ; from none of the 

 descriptions of 0. cupreus,nov ofStaphylinusaeneicollis,wiih. which 

 it is synonymous, mentioning the bronzed elytra, nearly con- 

 colorous with the head and thorax. It stands in probably the most 

 of British collections as Stapliylinus eeneocephalus. 



Sub G, Tasgius, Leach. 



5. 0. ATER, Grav. 



Erichson, Gen. et Spec. Staph., 416. — Hardy, Ber. Club Proc, 

 ii., 239, — Staphylinus fuscatus, Gyll. Ins. Suec, iv,, 474. — 

 Goerius fuscatus, Steph. Illust, Mand., v., 210. — Goerius, 

 Kirbii, Leach, Sleph., I.e., v., 210 % — Tasgius confinis, Curt. 

 Brit. Ent., fol, 438. 

 Rare. On the sand banks near Hartley, in September, and at 

 the foot of the cliiFs at Tynemouth Castle, in August. — T. J. B. 



SuB-G. Anodus, Nordmann. 



6. 0. MORio, Grav. 



Erichson, Gen. et Spec. Staph., 417. — Hardy, Ber. Club 



Proc, ii,, 239, — Staphylinus Morio, Gyll. Ins. Suec, iv., 



373, — Ocypus similis, Steph. Illust., Mand., v., 211. — 0. 



picipes, Steph., I.e., v., 212. — 0. angustatus, Kirby, lb.. I.e., 



V. 212, (mas) — Emus angustatus, Boisd. et Lacord. Faun. 



Ent. Paris, i,, 369, 



Not uncommon on the coast, and in dry inland pastures and 



heaths, " Twizell." — P. J. Selby, Esq. Coast near Monkshouse, 



Hartley, Whitley, South Shields, Gateshead Pell, Cleadon Hills, 



(fee. April — September. 



