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question is, which of the two is mistaken. 3. S. oh- 

 seurelliis, as described by Nees, is distinct enough from 

 raiulatns, and from the present insect (cf. Wesm., lib. cit., 

 p. 210). 4. A common species is found in England 

 which corresponds with ohscnrcUns, Nees, and not of 

 Hahday. I have 11 specimens, and, if HaUday's pre- 

 occupation of the name ohscurellns were correct, these 

 would have to be renamed as new. Hence it follows 

 that the mistake is on the side of Haliday, not Wesmael. 

 This conclusion clears up the difficulty ; and it is further 

 strengthened by the fact that Curtis (Guide, 2d ed., 

 p. 120) gives ohscHrelliis, Nees (by which lie meant 

 ohscurellns, Hal.) as a s3^nonym of fioricola. 



Common, like the preceding. Abundant in Ireland on 

 sandy shores, according to Haliday. I have taken it in 

 Birch Wood, Kent ; and also in Leicestershire. Brischke 

 states it to have been bred from beetle-larva3, and in his 

 Wirths-Tabelle gives it as a parasite of Sclandri<( (idum- 

 hrata, Kl. 



3. SigalpJius striatuliis, Nees. 



Sigalphus striatuliis, Nees, Mag. Ges. Berk, 1816, 

 p. 249 ; Mon., i., 2G8, <? ? ; Eatz., Ichn. d. Forst., 

 ii., 26, ? ; not of Thoms., Opusc. Ent., vi., 1874, 

 p. 560 (terebra much shorter than the body). 



Black ; le^s piceo-rufous, coxse, trochanters, femora above, tibiae 

 except at the base, and tarsi, fuscous ; antennae 27 — 29-joiuted ; 

 carapace tripartite, segments 1 — 3 rimulose, the 3d more faintly; 

 terebra J as long as the body. Length, 1^ ; wings, 'd\ lin. 



Abdomen $ somewhat shorter than the thorax, rimiilose, the 

 lines of sculpture fainter on the 3d segment, in the shining medial 

 line of which they are reduced to punctures. Metathorax rugulose, 

 without carinae. The legs, as in the other species, vary in being 

 lighter or darker. In the $ the abdomen is as long as the thorax, 

 and the 3d segment more shining. Resembling can da f us in habit, 

 but larger, with shorter terebra, the 3d segment more rimulose, 

 and the antennae attaining the maximum of joints fur the genus. 



Not before noticed as British. Supposed by Ptatze- 

 burg to be a parasite of Pissodes notatiis, Fab. I have 

 one specimen, a 3' with 27-jointed antenna}, taken on 

 the banks of the Usk, near Abergavenny. Another <? 

 which I captured at Barnstaple has the sutures sub- 

 obsolete. 



