54 §Mr. J. O. Westwood on the Linnean Species, &c. 
major,” his specimen is 3 lines long without the head, which is 
wanting. The thorax is long and black, slightly narrowed behind, 
with two discoidal rows of impressed dots (seven in each row), 
the lateral rows being sparingly punctured; the elytra are testaceo- 
luteous (fusca, Linn.), and the legs and coxe entirely testaceous 
(‘‘ tibize flavescentes, non vero femora,” Linn.) It appears to me 
to be identical with the G. lentus, Gravenhorst and Gyllenhal. 
Sp. 24. Staph. rufipes is a species of the genus Tachinus, but 
the specific name has been applied to various allied species by 
Gravenhorst, De Geer, Olivier, Gyllenhal, Fabricius, and Stephens. 
The Linnean insect is 23 lines long, and is identical with the 
T. pullus of Gravenhorst, being, however, a variety of that species, 
with the entire anterior, lateral and posterior margins of the thorax, 
and the sides and apex of the elytra, pitchy red. Dr. Erichson has 
also ascertained that the Oxyp. rufipes of the Fabrician Cabinet is 
identical with Tach. pullus, Grav. The 7. rufipes of Gravenhorst, 
Gyllenhal and Stephens is at once distinguished by the black 
base of the antennze (which is red in the Linnzean specimen), and 
is the true Oxyporus flavipes of the Fabrician Cabinet according 
to Dr. Erichson (Kafer M. Brand. 1, 398). 
Sp. 25. Staph. piceus belongs to the genus Oxytelus, as indeed 
all subsequent authors have determined, although there is much 
confusion in their works as to the precise species which is entitled 
to the specific name. ‘The Linnzean specimen is a female 2 lines 
long, with the head considerably smaller than the thorax, and 
separated from it by a short neck. ‘The sides of the thorax are 
entire and rounded, being slightly narrower behind than before 
the middle. Gyllenhal has very correctly described the peculiar 
sculpture of the thorax. I believe the Oxyp. piceus of the Eng- 
lish Collections is a distinct species. 
Sp. 26. Staph. boliti is a very minute species of Gyrophena, 
being only half a line long according to Dr. Erichson, but is placed 
by Mannerheim in his genus Bolitochara. The former author has 
described two closely allied species under the names of Gyr. bolitz 
and minima, but from the description of the antennz he appears 
to have transposed the names; the third joint of the antennz 
of the Linnzean specimens being the most minute, the fourth being 
rather smaller than the fifth. 
