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little before the apex, a slight elevation, to which behind there 

 is a shining depressed margin. It is one of the more dilute 

 specimens, and is probably a male. 



Under sea -weed at Marsden. — J. H. Hartley. — T. J. B. 

 March and April. 



This is, perhaps, the Aleochara carhonaria, Kirby, which Holme 

 {Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond.^ iii,, iii.) represents as being found under 

 sea- weed in the south of England; the description given by 

 Stephens, however, is insufficient to allow of its being recognized. 



5. H, CALLICERA, Grciv. 



Ericlison, Gen. et Spec. Staph., 84. — Callicerus Spencii, Steph. 

 Illust. Mand., v., 165, — Curt. Brit. Ent, pi. 443.^ 

 Callicerus obscurus, Steph. Manual, No. 2778. — C. hybri- 

 dus, Hal. Curt. Brit. Ent, fol. 443. — Aleochara terminalis, 

 Kirhy, Steph., I.e., v., 121. 

 Rare. Budle Crag, Homildon Heugh, Whitsunbank Hill, and 

 at the borders of fields above Swalwell. — J. H. February. 



Taken by sweeping, and occurred only in the early part of 

 spring. 



6. H. ELONGATULA, Grav. 



Erichson, Gen. et Spec. Staph., 89. — Aleochara elongatula, 



Gyll. Ins. Suec, ii., 398. — Stejyh. Illust, Mand., v., 127. — 



Aleochara terminalis, Gyll. Ins. Suec, ii., 397. — A. teres, 



Gyll., I.e., ii., 390. 



In damp situations, not common. Eavensworth woods, Marsden, 



and between the fissures of decayed magnesian limestone, and 



among gravel, on the beach of a little bay, south of the links at 



South Shields, where a run of water comes over the bank. — J. If. 



Long Benton. — T. J. B. April. 



On the sea coast, it was feeding on a species of Coelopa. 



7. H. iMMERSA, Erich. 



Linearis, depressa, nigra, nit ida ; antennarum basipedibusque 

 testaeeis; fronte, thoraeeque subquadrato late impressis, 

 supra paree punctatis ; elytris erebrius dist inctius punetatis. 

 Long. I — 1 lin. 



Erichson, Gen. et Spec. Staph., 96. 



