STAPH YLINIDAE 

 By Malcolm Cameron, M.B., R.N., F.E.S. 



(With 2 Text-figures.) 



Our knowledge of tlie Staphylinidae of the islands of the South Pacific is so 

 imperfect that no general conclusions can be drawn from the specimens col- 

 lected in Samoa. 



The following species are represented in the collection submitted to me. 



OXYTELINAE. 



1- Pnochirus (Syncampsochirus) forticornls Fauv. 



Ann. 3Ius. Civ. Gen., Vol. x, p. 185, 1877. 



Upolu : Malololelei, Vailima, ii.-xii.l924 (Buxton and Hopkins) ; Savaii, 

 Salailua, v. 1924 (Bryan). 

 Ten examples. The head 

 and prothorax are figured 

 in Text-fig. 1, B. 



2. Priochirus (Syncamp- 

 sochirus) samoensis Blanch. 



Voij. : Pole Slid., Ent., p. 54, C. 

 4, f. 11, 1853. 



Upolu : Malololelei, 

 2000 ft. above the sea, 

 iv.-xi.l924 (Buxton and 

 Hopkins) ; Savaii, Safune, 

 rain forest, 2000-4000 ft. 

 above the sea, v.1924 (Bryan). Sixteen examples. 



3. Priochirus (Plastus) freminvillei Le Guillon. 



Journ. Institut, Vol. ix, p. 280, 1841. 



Upolu : Vaihma, 24.V.1924 ; Malololelei, 2000 ft. above the sea, ii.-xi.l924 ; 



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A. ' B. 



Text-fig. 1. — Head and pirothorax ; A, of Priochirus fre- 

 minvillei Le Guillon ; B, of P. forticornis Fauv. 



