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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 Excerpt: ...flavipes, Le Conte, I. c. p. 387, Florida; A. ofperatus, Fauvel, op. cit. xiii. p. 561, Victoria: spp. nn. Quediut abdorninalis, Eppelsheim, S. E. Z. xxxix. p. 419, CancasuB; Q.ferox, p. 388, Canada to Florida, vernix, p. 389, Canada, Massachusetts, Le Conte, 1. c.; Q. splendidus, p. 273, fig. 34, and chalceiventris, p. 275, New Guinea, cyaneo-rufux, fig, 35, Aru Isles, and cyanellux, Moluccas, p. 274, Fauvel, op. cit. xii. pi. ii.; Q. dichrou, p. 553, rubricollis and pkeohs, p. 55J, Victoria, divemipennin, p. 554, Swan River, viridescens, p. 555, E. & W. Australia, mctallicus, Queensland, and semiviolaceus, W. & S. Australia, p. 556, W. op. cit. xiii.; Q. rlesertus, p. 161, limbifer, p. 162, debilis and prostans, p. 165, puncticepi and seriatus, p. 166, Horn, ' e., various parts of the United States. Staphylinides. Amblyopinus, Solsky (1875). A. Mathews (Cist. Ent. ii. pp. 275-279, pl-vi.) describes and figures his dissections of a second Bpecies, referred from description alone to this genus, and found in Tasmania on the fur of a live rat. Solsky's original species, from field-mice in South America, was referred by him with some hesitation to the Tachyporides; but, apposing this Tasmanian exponent to be congeneric with it, Amblyopinus should be placed in the "Sttiphylini genuini, ' close to Philonthus, of which the Tasmanian insect has the form and outline, differing only in the prolongation of the frontal plate, the peculiarly placed and almost rudimentary eye, and the deflexed angles of the pronotum. It forms a good connecting link between Quedius and Philonthus. G. H. Horn, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. vii. p. 185 et seq., gives a "Synopsis of the species of Staphylinus and the more closely allied genera inhabiting the United States." Staphy...
