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82. Lithocharis fuscula, Boisd. and Lacord. ; T. V. 

 Wollaston, Insecta Maderensia, p. 590 (1854), described. 



83. Stilicus affinis, Eric; Hardy and Bold, Cat. Col. 

 Northumberland and Durham, p. 80 (1851), described. 



84. Sunius unicolor, Curtis, Ann. Nat. Hist., vol. v. 

 p. 277 (1840), described. 



Observation. — I am unable to decide whether this is 

 identical with Sunius unicolor of Stephens, published 

 in the previous year (1839), and have thus included 

 it in the present list: the description is most unsatis- 

 factory. In my MSS. I have placed it with a doubt 

 as a synonym of Latlirobium obsoletum, Nordman, 

 Symb. ad Mon. Staph. 146, 18 (1837); Lithocharis 

 obsoleta, Eric. ; Kafer der Mark Brand., 516, 8 

 (1839); Gen. et Spec. Staph. 623, 24 (1840). 



85. Stenus atratulus, Eric. ; Hardy and Bold, Cat. 

 Col. Northumberland and Durham, p. 82 (1851). 



86. Stenus pumilio, Eric; A. R. Hogan, Zool., p. 4340 

 (1854). 



87. Stenus contractus, Eric ; Curtis, Ann. Nat. Hist., 

 vol. v. 277 (1840), described " Stenus basalts" 



Observation. — This is the Stenus contractus, Eric; 

 Kafer der Mark Brand., p. 573, no. 52 (1839); 

 Gen. et Spec Staph., p. 744, no. 194 (1840), as in- 

 dicated by him in his Entom. Report for 1841, p. 23 

 (Ai-chiv, 1842, vol. ii. p. 211). It is likewise the 

 Stenus fornicatus, Kirby, MSS., as incontrovertibly 

 demonstrated by the specimen, still extant in his 

 collection, and having; his ticket on the pin ; but, un- 

 fortunately, neither the insects thus named in the 

 cabinet of the late Mr. Stephens, nor the description 

 published by him, agree with the present insect; the 

 name, therefore, imposed by the learned Entomolo- 

 gist of Berlin will stand by right of priority, he 



