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STAPHYLINID.E. 



II. Prothoracis seriebus dorsalibus e punctis 5 compositis. 



1357. Philonthus bipustulatus. 



Staphylinus bipustulatus, Pnz., Fna Ins. Germ. 27. 10 (1795). 

 Philonthus bipustulatus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 583 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad Col. 189 (1857). 



, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 570 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P to S to ) et Canarienses (ins. omnes), 

 stercore vulgaris. 



This common European species is doubtless universal throughout 

 these Atlantic Groups, where it occurs in the dung of cattle at most 

 elevations. It has been taken in Madeira proper and Porto Santo, 

 as well as in the whole seven islands of the Canarian archipelago. 



1358. Philonthus scybalarius. 



Philonthus scybalarius, Nordm., Symbol. 94 (1838). 



varians, Wott., Ins. Mad. 583 (1854). 



- scybalarius, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 189 (1857). 

 , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 571 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P to S to ) et Canarienses (Lanz., Ten., Gom., 

 Palma, Hierro), in locis fere similibus ac prsecedens. 



Found in much the same places as the last species, to which 

 indeed it is most nearly allied. Like it, it has been taken in Madeira 

 proper and Porto Santo; but in the Canaries, where we may be 

 equally sure that it is universal, it does not happen to have been 

 observed in either Fuerteventura or Grand Canary although it has 

 been captured, more or less abundantly, in the remaining five islands 

 of the Group. It was met with by the late Mr. Bewicke even at 

 Ascension, where however it must doubtless have been naturalized 

 from higher latitudes. 



1359. Philonthus marcidus. 





Staphylinus politus ?, Brutte [nee Grav.], in W. et B. (Col} 60 (1838). 

 Philonthus marcidus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 571 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (ins. omnes), ab ora maritime, usque ad 9000' 

 s. m. ascendens. Inter quisquilias, praesertim sub foliis putridis 

 Opuntice Tunce, sese occultare delectat. 



A universal Philonthus throughout the Canarian archipelago, in 

 the whole seven islands of which I have myself captured it ; but it 

 has not yet been observed elsewhere. It occurs beneath decaying 

 vegetable refuse at nearly all elevations, and is particularly partial 





