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BRITISH BEETLES. 
A useful monograph of the group has been pub- 
lished by M. Pandelle in the French Annales (1869, 
p. 261). 
In the Stapbylinjn.® the antennae are situated at 
the anterior margin of the forehead, but differ some- 
what in position in the two tribes into which the sub- 
family may naturally be divided, viz. the Quediina 
and the Staphylinina ; the anterior coxae are large 
and conical ; the trochanters of the hind legs are pro- 
minent ; the tibiae, at least the intermediate and 
posterior pairs, are spinose ; the antennae are eleven- 
jointed, and the tarsi five-jointed ; and the hind body 
is more or less strongly margined, and is, as a rule, 
capable of being raised by the insect into a perpen- 
dicular position, or even curled over towards the 
head. 
The Quediina are distinguished by having the pro- 
sternum connected with the sides of the thorax behind 
the anterior angles which are consequently free; the 
antennae are inserted at the front of the side margin 
of the head ; the eyes are very often large and pro- 
minent, and the thorax is smooth and glabrous, and 
has very few dorsal punctures, those that exist being 
situated for the most part ou the anterior portion : 
the latter character will separate them from the majo- 
rity of the Philonthi, to which they present a certain 
resemblance, and they may further be distinguished 
by having the sides of the thorax simple (with no mar- 
ginal line) and more rounded. JEuryporus has the 
third joint of the labial palpi hatchet-shaped (the en- 
largement being more evident in the male), and the 
head small and somewhat ovate ; it is very rare, and 
occurs occasionally in moss, often in and near water- 
