432 STAPHYLiNiD^. \_Phlocohium. 



Male with the seventh ventral segment angularly emarginate in middle 

 of apical margin, with a triangular impression before the emargination 

 traversed by a smooth channel with the sides slightly raised ; inter- 

 mediate and posterior femora very slightly dilated, with their tibise 

 curved, thickened a little at base and apex and emarginate in middle. 



lu moss, at roots of grass, in dead leaves, and under bark of rotten trees infested 

 with fungous growth ; rather local in some parts of the country, but widely dis- 

 tributed throughout England, Scotland, and Ireland, and as a rule common ; it has 

 not, apparently, been recorded from the Northumberland district. 



PHLffiOCHARINiE. 



This sub-family contains two genera, which are divided by some 

 authors into three or four ; in some points they bear a relation to the 

 Oxytelinae, and are chiefly separated from that group by reason of their 

 strongly developed posterior trochanters ; the tarsi are all five-jointed, 

 and there are no ocelli on vertex of head. 



I. Head and thorax not margined, elytra with raised 



border not strong Phlceochaeis, Manuh. 



II. Head and thorax with margins pronounced; elytra 



with raised border very strong Pseudopsis, Newm. 



FKIiCEOCHARIS, Mannerheim. 



This genus contains about six species from Europe, one from Algeria, 

 and one from Syria ; they strongly resemble small species of Oxypoda ; 

 they live under bark of trees, and are slow in their movements. 



P, subtilissima, Mann. Very small, elongate, subfusiform, slightly 

 convex, pitch-black, with the elytra lighter or darker pitchy brown, and 

 the apical margin of segments of hind body reddish, pubescence greyish, 

 rather long, fine, and close ; head triangular, rather large, very finely 

 punctured'- antennae about as long as head and thorax together, testaceous, 

 with penultimate joints sometimes a little darker, transverse ; thorax 

 laro-e, broader than, or at least as broad as, elytra, with sides rounded in 

 front, very finely and thickly punctured ; elytra longer than thorax, 

 finely and rather thickly punctured ; hind body elongate, narrowed 

 gradually towards apex, which is more or less yellowish ; legs reddish 

 testaceous, sometimes a little dusky, with tarsi always lighter. L. l^ 



mm. 



Sexual characters not evident ; the thorax is sometimes wider than 

 elytra, and sometimes of about the same width : this may be a difi'erence 

 due to sex. 



Under bark of old trees, in moss on trunks, and among dry dead sticks, &c. ; local 

 and as a rule not common, but probably often overlooked ; Seveuoaks, Esher, Tilgate 

 Forest, Toubridge ; Ashdowu Forest, Sussex j St. Leonards ; Hastings ; New Forest ; 



