not notched , which unfortunately interferes with the leading di- 
visions of this tribe adopted by Latreille, Mannerheim, &c., 
formed upon the cleft and undivided labrum. 
There are nearly 40 species of Quedius recorded as British ; 
they live under stones, the bark of decayed trees, in moss and 
dung. 
1 . The whole insect broad. 
1. lateralis Grav. — Curt. Brit. Ent . pi. 638. 
Black, shining ; head large and orbicular with 2 punctures 
at the base, 2 on the margin of the eyes, which are rather 
large, and several at the hinder angles: thorax broader 
than the head, suborbicular, with 2 curved lines of punc- 
tures on the disc, each containing 4 or 5, another outside of 
3, and a single one nearer the lateral margin which bears 
a line of punctures : elytra and abdomen thickly punctured 
and clothed with longish hairs, the inflected margin of the 
former dark ochreous, the latter short, broad, and green, 
the margins of the segments violet, penultimate joint edged 
with white, the apex ferruginous, palpi and basal joint of 
antennae ferruginous, 2nd joint nearly as long as the 3rd ; 
legs dark ferruginous, thighs piceous at the base. 
I took a specimen of this very distinct species at Durnford 
near Salisbury in September 1831, and another in Scotland in 
July. 
2. Skrimshiranus Ste. The only specimen I have seen was 
taken under a flowerpot in Whitehall Gardens, by the 
Honourable C. A. Harris. 
2. The whole insect elo7igated and comparatively narrow. 
* Eyes rather large. 
3. tristis Grav.— dilatatus Mars. — picicornis Kirb. 
4. gracilis Ste. 5. pyrrhopus Kirb. 6. analis Ste. 
7. molochinus Grav. — picipennis P&.— denudatus Kirb. 
** Eyes small. 
8. haemorrhous Kirb. — fulgidus Mars. 10. rufitarsis Mars. 
11. variabilis Gyl. — mesomelinus Mars. ? 12. dorsalis Ste. 
14. Lathburii Kirb. — flavopterus Oliv.l 16. fulvipes Fab. 
— laevigatus Gyl. 17. impressus Grav. — marginellus Mars. 
3 8. atripennis Ste. 1 9. sericopterus Ste.— ruficornis Grav. ? 
27. rufipes Ste. — fulvipes Ste. 28. nigricornis Ste. 29. ni- 
tescens Ste. — picicornis Ste . 30. caliginosus Ste. 32. in- 
quinatus Kirb. ; my $ has slender anterior tarsi. 33. casta- 
nopterus Ste. 35. flavescens Fab. — sutural is Mars. — dis- 
coideus Gyl. 37. nitidus Fab. — coenosus Grav. 38. ery- 
thropterus Ste. The other species will be found in the 
Guide. 
For specimens of Spartina ( Dactylis ) glabra Miihl. I am 
indebted to Dr. Bromfield, who discovered this species on the 
banks of the Itchen near Southampton. 
