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1 am not aware of the existeuce, as British, of the true S. jyrovidus, 

 Er., and the insects I have seen, sent as types of that species by conti- 

 nental Coleopterists, are always i*?. Soger i, Ktz. The true *S^. j)rovidus 

 appears from Erichson's description, to be a dull insect, with the elytra 

 as long as in speculator, from which it diflfers in having the head less 

 hollowed, the thorax more distinctly channelled, the antennse black, 

 the apical joint of the palpi and the legs darker, and the coxse and 

 trochanters black. In the male, also, the abdominal characters appear 

 to be much the same as in S. Bogeri. 



SCKUTATOK, Erichsoii, Gen. et Spec. Staph., 708, 33. 2^ lin. 

 Closely allied to speculator, but rather smaller, the palpi with the second 

 and third joints pitchy, except at the base, the legs pitchy, the femora 

 pitchy-testaceous from the base to beyond the middle, the coxae black, 

 and the elytra longer, being one-third longer than the thorax. The 

 metasternum is not hairy, and in the male the sixth segment is notched, 

 the fifth having in the middle a wide polished depression, terminating 

 in a wide emargination, on each side of which is an elevated ridge, 

 ending in a somewhat prominent tooth. The fourth segment is slightly 

 depressed in the middle. 



Two specimens taken in Richmond Park, Surrey, in May, 1857, 

 by Mr. E. Shepherd, named by Mr. E. W. Janson, and confirmed by 

 Dr. Kraatz, are the only English exponents of this species, as far 

 as I am aware. 



STLYESTEE, JErichson, loc. cit. 34. 2 lin. Also closely allied to 

 speculator, but much smaller, the last joint of the palpi fuscous, and 

 the legs pitchy-testaceous, with the tips of the femora and the tarsi 

 pitchy. In the male the sixth segment has a triangular notch ; the fifth 

 exhibits a wide, central, very polished depression, on each side of which 

 is an elevated ridge, ending behind in a prominent tooth, the hinder 

 margin being also widely emarginated, and the fourth, third, and second 

 segments have each also a triangular polished depression, gradually 

 getting obsolete. 



A single specimen " from Northumberland " named by Mr, E. W. 

 Janson, and confirmed by Dr. Kraatz, is in the collection of the 

 former gentleman. 



LUSTEATOE, Erichson. 2\ lin. Allied to speculator, but mostly 

 a little smaller, somewhat shining, of a leaden black colour, the palpi 

 pitchy-black, with the first joint and base of the second clear testaceous, 

 the legs more slender and more suffused with pitchy, the eyes more 

 prominent, the punctuation coarser and not so close, and the elytra 



