STAPHYLINID^. 267 
Philonthus scutcllatus, Mots., lloch., = ephippium, Nordm., whicli is speci- 
fically distinct from P. punctus (Gr.) : Solsky, Bull. Mosc. xlii. p. 461. 
Philonthus cicatricosus, Er., is recorded as British by Moncreaff, Ent. 76, 
p. 43 {cf. also Crotch, Pr. E. Soc. 1870, p. ii), and figured by Rye in Ent. 
Ann. 1871, Frontisp. fig. 7. 
Belonuchus Mexico, and R. variolosus, Cayenne, sp. nn., Solsky, 
Bull. Mosc. xlii. p. 263. 
Staphylinus vssuriensis, sp. n., Solsky, Hor. Ent. Ross. yii. p. 347, Eastern 
Siberia. 
Philonthus mimuhts, sp. n., y. Rottcnberg, B. E. Z. xiv. p. 30, Sicily ; 
P. mwsccns, sp. n., Solsky, llor. Ent. Ross. vii. p. 349, Mexico j P velatipennisy 
sp. n.. Bull. Mosc. xlii. p. 401, Astracan. 
Xantholinides . 
Xantholinus distans, Muls., is recorded from Scotland by Rye (Ent. M. M. 
yii. p. 9). 
Xantholinus translucidus^ sj). ,n., Scriba, B. E. Z. xiv. Beih. p. 81, Sierra 
Nevada and Gibraltar. 
Mctoponcus tricolor, sp. n., Brancsick, B. E. Z. xiv. p. 418, Hungary, 
Othius piceus, sp. n., Scriba, 1. c. p. 82, Ronda. 
Paderides. 
V. Rottbnberg (B. E. Z. xiv. p. 33) notes a degeneration in Sicilian as 
compared with Dalmatian specimens of Dolicaon illyricus (Er.). 
ScopcBUS subcylindricus, Scriba, = Muls., ex typ. ; Fauvel, L’Ab. 
vii. p. 136. 
Dachnochilus Icetus, \iC:.Q,., — angularis (Er., Lithoc.) : Lee., Ann. N. H. ser. 
4, vi. p. 403. 
Simius neglectus, Mark., is recorded as British by Gorham (Pr. E. Soc. 
1870, p. ix). 
Ctenomastax, g. n., Kraatz, B. E. Z. xiv. Beih. p. 84. Labrum 8-dentate ; 
3rd joint of max. palpi clavate, 4th\joint scarcely perceptible j two apical 
joints of the short antenme very large, forming a cliib. Seems intermediate 
between Sunius and Evmthetus (Stenides). Sp. C. Idescnioetteri, sp. n., Ktz. 
/. c. p. 86, Taf. ii. fig. 4, Seville (c/. B. E. Z. 1806, p. 369). 
New species : — 
Glyptomerus etruscus, Piccioli, Bull. Ent. Ital. ii. p. 310, Isolotto, Arno (? G. 
cavicola, var. apenninus, Baudi). 
Lathrohium erythrurum, v. Rotteiiberg, 1. c. p. 31, Sicily {^—lusitanicum, 
Grav. ihid. p. 200) ; i. punctatissimum, Scriba, ibid. p. 417, Sicily and 
Greece. 
Lithocharis spdcea, Scriba, 1. c. p. 82, Alcoij. 
Sunius cemidus, v. Rottenb. 1. c. p. 33, and S. hmneralis, p. 34, Sicily. 
Pinophilides. 
(Edichirus cedypus [sic], sp. n., y. Rottenb. 1. c. xiv. p. 34, Sicily. 
Stenides. 
Bedel (L’Ab. vii. p. 92) tabulates the species allied to S.juno. 
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