STAPHYLINID^. 
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Lathrobium ferreum, p. 228, notaticolle and gratellum, p. 229, longicepSy 
p. 230, id. 1. c., various Australian localities ; L. limitatiim, F. W. Maklin, 
Ofv. Fin. Soc. xix. p. 22, Krasnoyarsk : spp. nn. 
Lithocharis scolytina, p. 219, Fiji, annulosa, p. 220, Tahiti, ignita, p. 221 
Queensland, cincta, p. 222, Queensland and New Guinea, spp. nn., Fauvel, 
1. c. 
Scopccus ruficollis, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 218, Queensland. 
Sunius australasice, p. 216, guttula, p. 217, spp. nn., id. 1. c. New South 
Wales. 
Pwderns tenuicornis, Queensland, and samoemis^ Ovalau, id. 1. c. p. 224 ; 
P. paralleluSy Weise, Deutsche E. Z. 1877, p. 368, Hakodadi : spp. nn. 
Pinophilides. 
(Edichirus intricatus, sp. n., A. Fauvel, Ann. Mus. Genov, x. p. 211, 
Cape York. 
Pinophilus rufitarsis, Tasmania, ceneiventris, N. & E. Australia, p. 214, 
curticornis, p. 215, Queensland, id. 1. c. spp. nn. 
Stenides. 
Stenus cccruleus, Pt. Bowen, guttuUfer^ K. George’s Sound, p. 24, bifrons 
and trepidus, p. 25, Zambesi, 0. O. Waterhouse, Ent. M. M. xiv. ; S. spe~ 
culifrons, A. Fauvel, OR. Ent. Belg. xx. p. xxv. Montevideo, Pampas ; 
S. caviceps, id. Ann. Mus. Genov, x. p. 207, Cape York and New Guinea : 
spp. nn. 
Oxyielides. 
Descriptions of the species known to occur in the United States. The 
existence of inland species allied to those occurring on the coasts is to ho 
accepted as evidence of the former distribution of ocean water, and any 
divergence between those forms gives an idea of the period of change of 
structure under different influences. Distemmiis argus, Lee., is a Homa- 
lium, nesiV planum. Oxytelus depressus in Indiana, I'rogophlceus imitates 
Avidely diverse genera in form. J. L. Leconte, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. vi. 
pp. 213-248. 
Osorius politus^ Florida, B.nd planifrons, Southern States, id. 1. c.p. 215 ; 
0. sanguinipmnis^ A. Fauvel, Ann. Mus. Genov, x. p. 192, Gayndah : 
spp. nn. 
Oxyporus elegans^ Louisiana, and lepidus, New York, spp. nn., Leconte, 
1. c. p. 215. 
Cylindrog aster exilis^ sp. n., E. Mulsant & C. Rey, Ann. Soc. Linn. 
Lyon (n.s.) xxii. [1876] p. 12, Massane, E. Pyrenees [Zool. Rec. xii. 
p. 302]. 
Bledius gularis, p. 218, Middle States, /or<ts, Texas, and brevidens^llQVT 
York, p. 219,/errcc<ws and jacobinus, p. 220, cribricollis, p, 221, nitidiceps 
and opacifj'ons, p. 224, punctatissimus, p. 226. laticoUis and luteipennis^ 
p. 227 , pleuralis, p. 229, phytosinus, p. 231, California, cuspidatus, p. 222, 
Dacota, rotundicollis, p. 223, Nebraska, sinuatus, Canada and Illinois, con- 
fusus, Lake Superior, p. 228, tau, p. 230, New York, cognatus, p. 231, 
Carolina to Texas, dimidiatus, p. 232, Florida, Leconte, 1. c. ; B. vilis, 
