86 COLEOPTERA. 



It may be kiiow'n from iS. providus at once by its more 

 slender shape and the black apex to the palpi. 



52. Bledius, 5 sp. ? Wat. Cat. p. 108 (1861). 



This is the insect named J^. jyallipes, Grav., in Water- 

 house's Catalogue, the latter being removed from our lists. 



c-3. Bledius subterraneus, Erichs., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 

 777, 34; Wat. Cat. p. 108 (1861). 

 This species was originally omitted in Waterhouse's Ca- 

 talogue, but recorded in Ent. Ann. 1855, p. 93. 



54. Bledius talpa, Mann., Brach. 45, 10 ; Erichs. Gen. et 



Spec. Staph. 777, 33; Steph. (not of Coll.); Wat. 

 Cat. p. 108 (1861). 

 Two specimens in the Leachian Collection were at first 

 overlooked by Mr. Waterhouse. 



55. Bledius crassicollis, Boisd. et Lacord., Faun. Ent. 



Paris, i. 456, 2 ; Erichs. Gen. et Spec. Staph. 770, 20 ; 



J. A. Power, Zool. 7530 (1861); Wat. Cat. p. 108 



(1861). 

 About the size of B. unicornis; head and thorax un- 

 armed, the latter strongly punctured, wiih a smooth space 

 and no fun-ow along the middle; elytra coarsely punctui-ed, 

 testaceous red, with a darkish stain near the scutellum ; 

 abdomen black, with apex testaceous. 



Taken by Dr. Power, on a sandy bank near Walmer, in 

 August, 1857. 



56. OxYTELUS PiCEUS, Grav. ; Gyll. ; Erichs.; Wat. Cat. 



p. 30. 

 This species was introduced by Mr. Waterhouse on the 



