32 CATALOGUE OF THE INSECTS OP 



Va7\ h. Black, with elytra red, the legs, arms, and margins of the 

 abdominal segments often rufo-piceous. 



Staph jlinus fulgidus, Fab. Syst. El., ii., 596. — Philonthus 



fulgidus, Heer, Fn. Col. Heh., i., 273. — Quedius hoemop- 



terus, Kirhy, Steph. Illust., Mand.,Y.,2 1 7. — Q, hcemorrhous, 



Kirhy, Steph. I.e. — Q. rufitarsis. Marsh. Steph., I.e., v., 



220. — Emus floralis, Boisd. et Lacord. Faun., Ent. Paris, 



{., 380. 



In cellars, and under refuse near houses, and in shady woods. 



Newcastle, Sunderland, Long Benton, Ravensworth. April — ■ 



October. 



3. Q. IMPRESSIJS, Panz. 



Stejoh. Illust., Mand., v., 219. — Erichson, Gen. etSpec. Staph., 

 530. — Hardy, Ber. Club Proe., ii., 2^^^. — Staphylinus 

 impressus, Gyll. Ins. Suec., ii., 307. 

 Not uncommon. February. — November. 



4. Q. MOLocHiNus. Grav. 



Wils. and Dune., Ent. Edinensis, 314. — Erichson, Ge7i. et 



Spec. Staph., 535. — Hardy, Ber. Club Proc, ii., 253. — 



Staphylinus molochinus, Gyll. Ins. Suec., ii., 302. — 



Quedius picipennis, Steph. Illust., Hand., v., 216. 



In moss, and beneath stones; not very frequent. " Twizell." — 



P. J. Selby, Esq. Summit of Hedgehope (2,347 feet). Long 



Benton, Dunston, Bavensworth, Gateshead Fell, Marsden. 



When immature, the elytra are of a bright pale red, like that 

 of Var. b. of Q. fidgidus; but in this species they are much more 

 punctate. The scutellum is also punctate, and the thorax is 

 wider than the elytra, the sides not obliquely impressed. 



5. Q, FRONTALIS, Nordm. 



Erichson, Gen. et Spec. Staph., 536. — Hardy, Ber. Clitb 

 Proc, ii., 253. — Quedius tristis, Steph. Illust, Mand., v., 

 215. — Emus tristis, Boisd. et Lacord. Faun. Ent. Paris, 

 i., 376. 

 Common in dry fields. 



