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observed in the Stilly Islands. 
Creophilus maxillosus. — This species, which occurs by dozens under 
every heap of or- weed on the shores of Mounts’ Bay, does not 
appear to be equally common in the Islands : the only locality 
in which I took it was the beach of the small uninhabited 
Island of Teon, mentioned above. 
*Staphylinus ceneocephalus. — Very common under stones and in 
dung throughout the Islands, and more particularly abundant 
in Bryer. It is worthy of remark that I did not take a single 
specimen of either St. cericeps, or St. cJialcocephahts, though 
both abound on the beach in Mounts’ Bay, where, on the 
other hand, I did not find St. ceneocephalus. These three spe- 
cies appear to me to be very much confounded together in 
naming collections. 
Goerius olens, punctulatus , and *morio? — All in tolerable plenty, 
particularly the two first : — the one I have named mono ? bears 
a great resemblance to punctidatus , but is much slenderer. 
Several specimens which I took on Malledgvan, a bare rock 
to the west of the Islands, had when alive a strong bluish gloss 
on the elytra, which disappeared after death : they may pos- 
sibly be referable to G. cyaneus, but having no specimens for 
comparison, I cannot determine the point. 
Ocypus similis, Quedius tristis, Philonthus splendens, ceratus, po- 
litus, maculicornis, sanguinolentus, and bimaculatus. — Passim. 
*Philonthus corruscus. — This beautiful species was not uncommon 
under stones about the Abbey Pond in Tresco, in company 
with Agonum marginatum and Harpalus attenuatus. I have 
Mr. Stephens’s authority for saying that my insect is his Ph. 
corruscus, but in all my specimens the dorsal punctures on the 
thorax are only four in each row, instead of five : and the scu- 
tellum, suture, and base of the elytra narrowly, are shining 
brassy black, which is not noticed in his description : the ab- 
domen has a slight golden pubescence. The insect standing 
in Mr. Curtis’s cabinet by this name appeared to me to be 
specifically distinct, but I had not an opportunity of compa- 
rison. 
*Raphirus rufipennis. — I am not certain whether the specific name 
be correct, as Mr. Stephens’s descriptions in this genus are 
not so clear as usual. 
Cafius lateralis, littoralis, and tessellatus. — The two last are evi- 
dently only immature specimens of the first, as Mr. Stephens 
suspects. They are found in great plenty under or-weed, and 
are exceedingly voracious, preying on each other when con- 
fined together in a bottle. 
