on the British Species Cissidce. 201 



3. C. concinntis. Under this name are three species ; two 



specimens marked with a round ticket, which should, 

 therefore, be type specimens, are C. bidentatus of Melhe, 

 &:c. These specimens, however, can scarcely represent 

 the Ptinus conclnnus of ]Marsham, nor have they the 

 Marsharaian number attached to them. The other speci- 

 mens are some of them C. Boleli, and one specimen is 

 C. hispidus. 



4. C. mifans. Represented by ten specimens, eight of which 



are C. Bokti, and two are C. setiger. The description in 

 the " Illustrations" appears to have been taken from 

 Gyllenhal, but to have been abbreviated ; and, as far as it 

 goes, belongs to the true C. micans. 



5. C. v'lllosulus. Here the type specimens are Marshamian, 



and are marked No. 14, on a round label; they should 

 then be the fourteenth species of Marsham's book, and 

 such no doubt (judging from the description) is the case. 

 The Pt'inus v'lllosulus of Marsham, then, I find to be = 

 C. setiger of Mellie. The name " vUlosulus" does not 

 occur in the "Illustrations;" but in Stephens' Systematic 

 Catalogue we find it given as a synonym to C. micans. It 

 would appear, however, Mr. Stephens subsequently re- 

 garded it as a distinct species, and, in fact, as = C. his- 

 pidus of Gyllenhal. It is the fifth species in the collection, 

 and the description of C. hispidus (which comes between 

 the descriptions of C. micans and C. pyrrhocephalus, also 

 in accordance with the positions of the species in the col- 

 lection) is the fifth in the " Illustrations." Moreover, 

 Stephens gives C. hispidus as a species he possesses, and 

 if it be not represented by this, it can be no other species 

 in the collection : but the description is evidently taken 

 from Gyllenhal, and belongs to another insect. 



6. C. pyrrhocephalus. Here I find a Marshamian type. No. 



15, of the Ptin. pijrrhocephalus of the " Ent. Brit." p. 85, 

 sp. 15. The insect is a variety of the C. setiger of Mellie, 

 in which the head, and fore part of the thorax, is pale ; the 

 back of the thorax dusky ; a condition which the insect 

 often presents. 



7. C. pygmceus. Represented by a single specimen from 



