286 INSECTS 



Philonthus ceneus, Rossi. Rove Beetle 



Taken by Hudson among decaying vegetable refuse in a garden 

 at Karori, Wellington, in February, 1883. This insect is commonly 

 taken for an earwig. Found about the same time at Ashburton; 

 especially under the bark of Eucalyptus trees. 



Philonthus scybalarius, Nordmann 

 The only record I can find is in the Index (1903). 



Philonthus affinis, Roth. 

 Originally taken by Mr W. W. Smith at Ashburton about 1884. 



Philonthus nigritulus, Gravenhorst 

 Only recorded in the Index (1903). 



Xantholinus punctulatus, Paykull 



Mr Wakefield recorded this species from Canterbury in 1872. 

 I have no record of its occurrence since. 



Family HISTERID^ 

 Platysama bakewelli, Marseul 



An Australian species, recorded in the Index (1903). Mr W. W. 

 Smith informs me (1919) that it occurs at New Plymouth, on trees, 

 especially under bark. 



Carcinops i^-striata, Stephens 

 Recorded in Index (1903). 



Family NITIDULIDJE 

 Carpophilus hemipteris, Linn. 

 This cosmopolitan species is recorded in the Index (1903). 



Carpophilus mutilatus, Erichson 

 Like the last, a cosmopolitan species, first recorded in the Index 



Osmosita colon, Linn. , 



Found by Hudson in September, 1888, at Karori, Wellington, 

 amongst the skin and bones of a dead cow. Philpott writes (1917) 

 "I used to meet with this species occasionally about twenty years 

 ago. It was never common, and I have not seen it for many years." 



