56 Mr. Westwood on Siagonium quadricorne^ Sfc. 



efforts in proportion to the resistance that restrains him. A stout 

 Boy of fourteen, servant to Mr. Morris, was unable, when the dog 

 exerted his utmost strength, to hold him back ; the animal dragged 

 him forward several paces, in spite of all his efforts to prevent it. 



J. G. C. 



Art. IV. Observations upon Siagonium quadricorne of 

 Kirhy^ and on other portions of the Brachclytra (Staphy- 

 linus, Lin.) Bj/ Mr. J. O. Westwood. 



[To the Conductors of the Zoological Journal]. 



Gentlemen, 

 If the following observations on the above singular and (till 

 lately) extremely rare Insect, and on other Insects belonging to 

 the Linnean genus StaphylinuSy should be thought worthy of in- 

 sertion in the Zoological Journal, by permitting them to occupy 

 a place in its pages, you will oblige. Gentlemen, 



Your most obedient Servant, 



John O. Westwood. 

 Chelsea. 



Order. Coleoptera. Lin. (See Note I.) 



Tribe. CiiiLoponoMoupiiA. MacLeay. 



Stirps. Bkacuelytra. Latr. 



Family. Omalid.e MacLeay, Ann. Jav. Applatis Latr. 



Genus. Oxytelus. Grav. 



Sub Genus. Siagonium. Kirby. Prognathe*Lat. Fam.Nat. 



Species. Quadkicorne. D". 



In the course of the last autumn, I had the good fortune to cap- 

 ture this insect in large quantities, under the bark of felled and de- 



♦ There is a sufficient difference between the names Siagonium and Siagona 

 (a genus of Carabida?), without incumbering our Nomenclature with auotlicr 

 generic name for these insectt^. 



