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is the earliest name for this species ; Crotch, /. c.) ; Brady- 

 cellus fidmis, Marsh., to verhasci, Dufts. (cloiibtfal, Crotch, 

 I, c.) ; BemhicUum pusillum, Gyll., to minimKm, Fab. 

 (preoccupied, Crotch, I. c.) ; Cnemidoius ccesiis, Dufts., to 

 impressus, Fab. (Panzer, Crotch, I. c. ; this name seems pre- 

 occupied by Miiller, 1776) ; Noterus semipunctatus, Fab. 

 (1792), to spaj'suSf Marsh. (1802) j Sydroj)orus xanthopus. 

 Steph., to lituratuSj Fab. (which is a syn. ofpalustris, Linn., 

 Crotch, /. c.) ; Liopterus {Agahus) agilis, Fab., to riificollis, 

 Schall. (preoccupied by De Geer; Crotch, I. c.) ; Quedius 

 ricficoUis, Steph., to nigriceps, Ktz. ; Pliilonthuslortglcorms, 

 Steph., to scyhalarius, Nordm. ; the var. ruMdus, Er., of 

 P. qinsquiliarius, Gyll., to dimidiatus, Sahib, (not Er.); 

 Othius Icevuisculus, Steph., to pimctipeimis, Lac. ; Scopcsus 

 sulcicollis, Steph., to minutitSy Er. ; Stenus Imphthahmis^, 

 Er., (not of Schrank, which is Juno, Fab., teste Crotch, Col. 

 Heft., vi, p. 101 ; this, however, is not endorsed by Dr. 

 Sharp, who rejects Schrank's name for the latter insect, and 

 also angustaius, Steph., for Gravenhorst's insect, as proposed 

 by Mr. Ci'otch, I. c.\ to fovelventris, Fairm. ; S. opacus, 

 Er., to carhonarius, Gyll. (the two are specifically distinct, 

 teste Thomson) ; S, nigritulus, Er., {nee Gyll.), crassus, 

 Steph., to crassiventns, Thoms. ; S. hrunnipeSj Steph., lati- 

 coUis, Tlioms., to unicolo)', Er. (but the prior wiicolor of 

 Stephens should prevent this alteration) ; S. hifoveolatits, 

 Er. (wee Gyll.), foveicollis, Ktz., brevicoUis, Thoms., to 

 brevicornis, Thoms. (the original orthography) 5 *S. gony- 

 melaSy Steph., to stibcejictts, ^r. ; S. fulvicornisj Steph., to 

 paganus, Er. ; Proteinus ovalis, Steph., to brevicoUis, Er. ; 

 Cerylon semi striatum, Sharp {nee Perris) to fagi, Bris. ; 

 Telephorus clypeatus, 111., to haimorrhoidaUs, Fab. ; Malthi- 

 nus flaveolus, Payk., to jmnctatus, Fourc. ; Pyrochroa 

 Tubens, Fab., to serratico7'nis, Scop. ; Adimonia villce, Wat. 



