136 COLEOPTERA. 



Mr. Bold being at variance with my insect and with 

 Dr. Kraatz's description (Naturgesch. der Ins. Deutschl. ii. 

 844 (1858)). 



74. Oxytelus piceus, L. ; Grav. ; Gyll. ; Eric. ; Water- 



house, Cat. Brit. Coll. 30 (1858). 

 Mr. Waterhouse cites the Staph, piceus of the Linnaean 

 Collection as synonymous with the 0. sculptus, Grav. ; Eric. 

 Dr. Erichson considered it identical with the insect described 

 by Gyllenhal under the specific title of piceus, which was 

 confirmed by Mr. Westwood, Proc. Ent. Soc. 5 Oct. 1840, 

 p. 13, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. vii. 149 (1840), Trans. 

 Ent. Soc. Lond. iv. 54, 25 (1845), where he says, " I believe 

 the Oxyt. piceus of the English collections is a distinct spe- 

 cies," Now the O. piceus of the English collections is 

 doubtless the insect so denominated by Stephens in his Col- 

 lection (the fountain-head of Entomological information of 

 that day, at all events as far as nomenclature was concerned), 

 and which Mr. Waterhouse correctly assigns as a synonym 

 to 0. sculptus, Grav. I am willing to believe that the insect 

 now standing in the Linnean Collection as Staph, piceus, L., 

 coincides with O. sculptus, Grav. ; but it is manifest that 

 some transposition or substitution must have taken place 

 during the eighteen years which have elapsed since Mr. West- 

 wood critically examined it : moreover Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. 

 i. 686, 25, remarks of his S. piceus, " Habitat Upsalice," 

 but the O. sculptus has not, I believe, to this day been de- 

 tected in Sweden. 



75. Ancyrophorus Omalinus, Eric. ; Kraatz ; Water- 



house, Cat. Brit. Col. 30 (1858). 

 Taken by Dr. Power near Sawley, Lancashire. 



76. Trogophloeus foveolatus, Sahib. ; Eric. ; Water- 



house, Cat. Brit. Col. 30 (1858). 



