Philonthus makes so near an approach to Quedius, that it 
is not easy to separate them ; the principal difference being the 
greater dilatation of the anterior tarsi in Quedius, and this is 
most evident in the typical species, which are also dissimilar in 
contour. The Philonthi are generally found about dung and 
dead carcases or resting on stone buildings in the sun ; they 
are also frequently met with on the wing in spring and summer, 
and they hibernate in moss, under bark, stones, & c. 
1. Thorax impunctate. 
1. laminatus Creut. — Panz. 67,20. 2. seneus DeG . var. 
3. COXatUS Curt . Black, smooth, and shining, head and thorax eneous, 
the former small, punctured behind ; elytra green, punctured and pube- 
scent, abdomen with a purplish tinge ; legs piceous, 4 anterior coxae 
ferruginous : 5 lines long; 
I have a single individual taken by myself, but having con- 
founded it with P. laminatus , which it most resembles, I have 
no recollection of its locality. 
4. chalceus Step . 5. splendens Fab. 
2. Thorax with 4 punctures on the disc, 2 on each side. 
6. aeratus Kir. Near London and in Suffolk, Mr. Kirby. 
3. Thorax with 8 punctures on the disc. 
7. puncticollis Ste. 8. politus Linn. The larva of this species 
probably is figured in the Zool. Jour . v. 3. pi. 2 .f 2. 
9. cognatus Ste. 1 0. microcephalus Ste. 1 1 . melanopterus Kir. 
12. maculicornis Kir. 13. decorus Grav. 14. carbonarius Gr. 
15. cyanipennis Fab. 16. sericeus Ste. 17. pilipes Kir. 
18. chalcopterus Mar . 19. atratus Gr. 20. fimetarius Gr. 
21. lucidus Gr. 22. sordidus Gr. 23. subfuscus Gyl. 
24. marginatus Fab. 
4. Thorax with 10 punctures on the disc. 
25. concinnus Gr. 26. obscurus Gr. 27. varians Kir. 
28. simplex Mar. 29. punctiventris^'r. 30. intaminatusKz'r. 
31. aterrimus Mar. 32. opacus Gr. 33. phaeopus Kzr. 
34. nitens Gr. 35. obscuripennis Kir. 36. longicornis Kir. 
37. agilis Gr. 38. ventralis Gr. 39. lituratus Kir. 
40. bipustulatusFh#. 41. aciculatus£fe. 42. sanguinolentus Gr. 
43. bimaculatus Gr. 44. coruscus Gr. 
5. Thorax with 12 punctures on the disc. 
45. rubripennis Kir. 46. micans Grav. 
6. Thorax with 16 punctures on the disc. 
47. Watsoni Kir. Yorkshire, Mr. P. Watson. 
7. Thorax with upwards of 20 punctures on the disc. 
48. punctus Grav. 49. minax Kir. 50. impressicollis Ste. 
For specimens of the beautiful Pulmonaria angustifolia , (Nar- 
row-leaved Lungwort,) I am indebted to the Rev. W. Darwin 
Fox, who transmitted them from Ryde last April, and also to 
Dr. Bromfield, who forwarded both species from Boldre near 
Lymington in May, 
