172 Mr. G. C. Champion on the, 



I have seen three male? and three females of tills species. 

 It is probably a form of the variable L.( Dylineua) varius, F., 

 the fragmentary Patagonian type (?) of which is still pre- 

 served in the Banksian Collection at the British Museum. 

 Darwin captured a pair of the latter at Santa Cruz, Pata- 

 gonia. 



Staphylinidae. 



11. Arpediomimus falklandicus, Cameron. 



Arpediopsis falklandica, Cameron, Eat. Monthly Mag, liii. p. 124 



(June 1917). 

 Arpediomitmis falklandicus, Cameron, he. cit. p. 277 (Dec. 1917). 



JIab. Falklands, Port Stanley (M. Cameron). 



Found in decaying kelp (Macrocystis pyriferd) in Dec. 

 1914. This genua is placed by its describer in a new group, 

 " Arpediomimi." The generic name first used was found to 

 be preoccupied in Staphylinidae. 



12. Quedius mesomelinusj Marsha m. 



Ilab. Falklands (R. Vallentin). 



A cosmopolitan insect. One specimen only taken. It has 

 been recorded from Australia, New Zealand, Peru, &c. 



13. Antarctop)liytosus darwini, F. Wateuh. 



Phytosus darwini, F. Waterh, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiv. p. 531 



(1878). 

 Paraphytosus atriceps, Cameron, Ent. Monthly Mag. liii. p. 125 (June 



1917) (nee Waterh.). 

 Antarctophytosus darwini, Cameron, loc. cit. p. 233 (Oct. 1917). 



Hob. Falklands (C. Darwin) ; Crozet Is. 



Found by Mr. Cameron on sandy beaches in the Falklands 

 in dry root-masses of "kelp" in Dec. 1914. Included in 

 Enderlein's list under the name Phytosus darwini. 



Type in B.M. 



Silpliidae. 



14. Catops falUandicus, F. Waterh. 



Ilab. Falklands (C.Darwin), Port Stanley Qf. Cameron)-, 

 Tierra del Fuego, Hio M°Clelland, San Sebastian (R. 

 Crawshay), Gable Isl. 



