48 Mr. J. O. Westwood on the 
smaller in one sex: but surely as the form of the head in this 
genus constitutes one of the chief specific characters, he would 
have recorded the square form of the head in some of the speci- 
mens of his two species did they possess such a character, which 
is indeed so strongly conspicuous in the Linnzan specimen. He 
also describes the antenne of his St. politus as having black 
antennz. In this character it therefore differs from the politus of 
the Germans and the Swedes, although they, as well as Stephens, 
give the same references to Linnzus, Marsham and Olivier. 
The Staph. politus of De Geer is given by Erichson as identical 
with Ocypus fuscatus. The Staph. politus of Panzer (27, fig. 7) 
belongs to Gyllenhal’s sixth section of Staphylinus, or Philonthus, 
** Thoracis seriebus dorsalibus multipunctatis.” It is identical 
with the Staph. punctus of Gravenhorst, Gyllenhal and Erichson 
—multipunctatus, Mannerheim. The Staph. politus of Paykull is 
a still different species. 
Sp. 6. Staph. rufus is the Oxyporus rufus of Fabricius, and all 
other subsequent authors. 
Sp. 7. Staph. lunulatus is a species of Leach’s genus Bolitotius, 
and has been considered by Gravenhorst, Gyllenhal, Erichson, 
Stephens, &c. to be the species which has the entire base of the 
elytra, as well as the scutellum, of a pale rufo-testaceous colour ; 
the allied individuals with a blue-black scutellum, and a basal 
lunule on the elytra, being considered as a distinct species, under 
the name of B. atricapillus, by Fabricius and most subsequent 
authors. By Panzer, however, (F. I. G. 22, fig. 15,) and Zetter- 
stedt, (Faun. Lapp. 1, 65, 10, and Ins. Lapp. 58, 11,) the latter 
individuals are figured and described as the true St. lunulatus, 
whilst the unulatus of Gravenhorst, &c. is given as the atricapillus, 
Fab.; Zetterstedt observing of the former (S. dunulatus, Pz.) 
“* Nomen triviale notis magis conveniens nec non frequentia indi- 
viduorum (saltem in Suecia media et meridionali) affirmare videntur 
hunc esse illam ipsam speciem quam spectat Il]. a Linné, licet ejus 
descriptio brevis et manca sequenti seu Zach. atricapillo nostro 
{/unulato, Fab.] etiam adaptari possit: sed hic in Suecia perrarus 
forsitan a Linnzo non cognitus.” In support of this observation 
the Linnzean specimen belongs, as indeed the specific name itself 
sufficiently indicates, to the species with the pale lunule at the 
base of the elytra. 
Sp. 8. Staph. riparius is the Pederus riparius of Fabricius and 
all other authors. 
