1890.] E. T. Atk'maon — Caialoyue of the Family St&iAiyVmidiSd 209 



Family STAPH YLlNlDiE. 



Catalogue of the Insecta of the Oriental Region, No. 12. Orier Coleoptera, 

 Family SxAPHYLiNiDiE —By E. T. Atkinson, B. A. 



The Staphylinidce are very numerous in the Oriental Region, though 

 little attention has been paid to them in India proper. They are usually 

 of a small size, with short elytra, and an entirely corneous abdomen, for 

 the most part exposed. They are divided into two sub-families, 

 Staphylinincs and 3Iicropepli7ice, of which the first is represented in our 

 Fauna. Messrs. Leconte & Horn, following Jacquelin Duval and Faavel, 

 distribute the sub-family Staphylinince into tlie following tribes : — 



Antennae inserted upon the frona. 2 



Antennae inserted at the anterior margin of the head. 3 



Antennae inserted under the sides of the frons. 4 



2. Prothoracic spiracles visible, front coxae large ; antennae not abruptly clavate : 



fourth joint of maxillary ralpi distinct. I. Aleocharini. 



Prothoracic spiracles not visible, front coxae small, antennae slender, distinctly 



clavate, fourth joint of maxillary palpi obsolete. III. Stenint. 



3. Antennae filiform or gradually thickened, fourth joint of maxillary palpi distinct. 



II, Sta^Jiyliniiii. 



4. Front coxae conical, prominent ; 5 

 Front coxae transverse ix Protinini. 

 Front coxae globose x Fiestim. 



5. No ocelli. 6. 

 Ocelli two, situated at or behind the vertex. viii Honialinini, 



6. Hind coxae transverse ; 7, 

 Hind coxae conical. iv Paederini, 



7. Seventh abdominal segment retractile 8. 

 Seventh abdominal segment exposed vii Oxgtelini 



8. Prothoracic spiracles visible : epipleurae well defined v. Tachy^orini. 

 Prothoracic spiracles concealed : epipleurae ill defined. vi Phlaeocharini, 



Principal loorhs noticed. 

 Casey, T. L. ■.— Bevision of the Stenini of N. America, 1884. 

 Duvivier, A. :-' Enumeration des Staphylinides decrits depuis la publication du 



Catalogue de M. M. Gemininger et Harold' in Annales de la Societe Entomolo 



gique de Belgique, xxvii, 1883, p. 91—215. 



Ericlison, W, F. :-* Kdf. Mark Brand. ^' ' Die Kafer der Mark Brandenburg,' Berlin, i, 

 1837 ; * Gen. Staph.; Genera et species Staphylinorum,' Berlin, 1840. 



Fauvel, A. :-' Les Staphylinides de I'Australie et de la Polynesie,* in Ann. Mus, Civ. 

 Gen., X, 1877, p. 168 ; ib., xv, 1878, p. 465 ; des Moluques et de la Nouvelle 

 Guinee, ib„ xii, 1878, p. 171 ; de I'Afrique boreale, Bull. Soc. Norm., (3s.) ii, 1878, 

 p. 83 ; de I'Amerique du Nord, ^5., p. 157 ; des Tiles Philippines, Kev. d'Ent., 

 V, 1886^ p. 143 : Faune Gallo-Rhenane, vol. iii, 



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