50 Mr. J. O. Westwood on the 
“« St. flavescens cl. Fabricii certe huc pertinere videtur, sed cl. 
Linnzi ejusdem nominis minime idem” (Ins. Suec. 2, 332); and 
Gravenhorst says of the Linnean insect, “ similis Staph. subter- 
raneo,” evidently borrowed from the Linnzean expression “ priori 
[subterraneo| similis ;” but Linnzeus adds, “sed quadruplo minor — 
abdomen fere subulatum.” Its size must have been very minute, 
for it is described as “ inter omnes nostros minimus utpote qui 
pulicem non excedit.” 
There is no specimen of the insect in the Linnzean Cabinet, so 
that it is now impossible to determine it with any degree of 
certainty. 
Sp. 14. Staph. elongatus is a species of Lathrobium: in which 
genus there are three closely allied species, St. elongatus, L., 
S. fulvipennis, Grav., and L. rufipenne, Gyll., in all which the 
elytra are of a red colour, with the base black. These three 
species differ chiefly from each other in the form of the head and 
thorax, and in the under side of the penultimate segment of the 
abdomen of the males. The Linnean specimen is a female, and 
appears to be identical with the Lathr. elongatum of Erichson, 
and probably of Stephens, being 4 lines long. The last named 
author, it is however to be observed, in describing 1. elongatum, 
adopts the description given by Gyllenhal of his LZ. elongatum ; 
but Dr. Erichson has shown that Gyllenhal’s description does not 
apply to his insect, Gyllenhal’s Z. elongatum being one-quarter or 
even one-half of the size of L. brunnipes, which is also 4 lines 
long, according to Erichson as well as Stephens; neither does the 
form of the penultimate segment of the abdomen of the males 
accord. 
Sp. 15. Staph. biguttatus. This species is a Stenus, but the 
Linnean character is so short that it will equally suit any one of 
the species which have a pale fulvous spot on the elytra. The 
hind legs (which are entirely black) and the abdomen are all that 
remain of the Linnzean specimen. ‘The abdomen is the same size 
as that of St. bipustulatus. Gyllenhal doubtingly gives St. bigut- 
tatus of Linnzus as identical with Dianous cerulescens, and imme- 
diately after gives the bipustulatus of Linnzeus and Marsham under 
the name of bigutiatus of Fabricius, Grav., Pz., and Oliv. 
Erichson, on the contrary, gives the boguttatus of these last men- 
tioned authors as identical with the biguttatus of Linneus, omitting 
the bipustulatus. Stephens, however, omits the reference of bigut- 
