48 A CATALOGUE OF THE INSECTS OF 



PROTEINIC. 



PROTEINUS, Lat. 



1. P. ovalis, Er., Trans. CI. IV., 176. 

 Rare. Near Morpeth, Gosforth, &c. 



2. P. braehypierus, Lat., 1. c. II., 63. 



MEGARTHRUS, Kirby. 



1. M. depressus, Er., 1. c. 64. 



2. M. sinuatocollis, Lacord., 1. c. 



3. M. affinis, Miller ; ill. Bellevoyei, De Saulcy. 



4. M. denticollis, Beck., Trans. CI. II., 64. 



PHLGEOCHARLD^. 



PHLOEOCHARIS, Mann. 

 1. P. subtilissima, Mann., 1. c. 54. 

 Under bark. Not uncommon. 



MICROPEPLLD^. 



MICROPEPLUS, Lat. 



1. M. porcatus, Fab., 1. c. 64. 



2. M. Staphylinoides, Marsh., 1. c. 65. 

 Rare. 



3. M.fulvus, Er. ; M. Margarita;, Nat. Hist. Trans. I., 132. 

 Rather less rare than the preceding. 



NECROPHAGA. 



SILPHIILE. 

 SILPHIDES. 



NECROPHORUS, Fab. 



1. N. humator, Fab., Trans. CI. I., 78. 



2. JV. ruspator, Er., 1. c. ; N. microcephalus, Nat. Hist. Trans. 



I., 132. Small male var. 



