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103. ftuedius (ftuedionuchus) cinctus Payk. Shetland: Bressay, 

 10. VII, one specimen. 



104. ftu. (S. str.) fuliginosus G-rav. Shetland: Tingvall, five 

 specimens; Bressay, 10. VII, one specimen. Orkney: 

 Kirkwall, 19. VII, one specimen. 



.105. Q,u. (S. str.) molochinus G-rav. Shetland: Bressay, 10. VII, 

 one specimen. 



106. öu. (Sauridius) umbrinus Er. Orkney: Kirkwall, 19. VII, 

 one specimen. 



107. Q,u. (Raphirus) semiaeneus Steph. Shetland: Lerwick, 6. 

 VII, one specimen; Tingwall, 7. VII, one specimen. 



108. Q,u. (Raphirus) boops Grav. Shetland: Bressay, 10. VII, 

 three specimens; Trebisterness, 11. VII, one specimen. 



109. Q,u. (Raphirus) fulvicoUis Steph. Shetland: Bressay, 10. 

 VII, two specimens. 



110. Creophilus maxillosus L. Shetland: Lerwick, Tingwall, 

 six specimens. Orkney: Kirkwall, one specimen. — All 

 these specimens are characterized by having no traces 

 of pilosity on the wingshells; also on the abdomen 

 is the hairiness only slightly developed. The specimens 

 are no doubt quite worn owing to their occurrence un- 

 der decayed Fucus. 



111. Staphylinus (Goerius) olens Mlill. Shetland: Bressay, se- 

 ven specimens. Orkney: Kirkwall, one specimen. 



112. St. (Pseudocypus) seneocephalus De Greer. Shetland: Ting- 

 wall, 7. VII, three specimens. 



113. Philonthus laminatus Crentz. Orkney: Kirkwall, 15 — 17. 

 VII, four specimens. 



114. Ph. chalceus Steph. Shetland: Lerwick, 6. VII, one spe- 

 cimen. 



115. Ph. addendus Sharp. Orkney: Kirkwall, 14—18. VII, 

 four specimens. 



116. Ph. decorus Grav. Shetland: Lerwick, 6. VII, twelve 

 specimens. 



117. Ph. varius Gyll. var. shetlandicus n. Differs from the 

 known forms of this species by the uniform dark red 

 color of the wingshells. Legs, as in the most forms of 

 this species, pitch-brown. Closely allied to var. nitidi- 

 collis Boisd., the wing-shells, however, beeing still ligh- 



