74 Mr. A. Murray on the Genus Cercyon. 



in his collection, which now forms the ornament of the Entomo- 

 logical Society of London. Mr. Little's collection, so far as it 

 goes therefore, has an authenticity on the whole not very 

 greatly behind Mr. Stephens's own. Unfortunately his collec- 

 tion, although large, does not contain specimens named by Ste- 

 phens of the whole of the species described in his works. Still 

 it contains a considerable portion, having 32 out of 58 species, 

 and it has occurred to me that information even to this extent 

 will be acceptable to many of our entomologists. 



On examining Mr. Little's collection, I have identified the 

 following species of Stephens with those of Mulsant, viz. : — 



C. ruficorne, "1 



binotatum, (^^^P^- = Cercyon littorale, Muls. 

 dilatatum, J 



' > Steph. = C. hsemorrhoidale, Muls. 

 piceum, J ^ ' 



C. hcBtnorrhoidale, Steph., is represented by specimens of C. lit- 

 torale, but this must be by mistake, as Stephens's description 

 answers better for C. hcemorrhoidale than littorale. 

 C. Boletophagum, 

 aquaticum, 



i mune ^Stepk. = Megasternum Boletophagum, Muls. 



stercorarium, 

 immaculatum, 

 C. terminatum, "j 



infuscatum, > Steph. = Cercyon anale, Muls. 

 apicale, J 



^ . ' > Steph. = C minutum, Muls. 

 convexior, J -^ 



C. obsoletum, Steph. = C. obsoletum, Muls. 



C. laterale, Steph. = C. laterale, Muls. 



C. picinum, "| 



suturale, > Steph. = C. flavipes, Muls. 



femorale, J 

 C. pygmseum, 1 



conspurcatum, >Steph. = C. pygmeeum, Muls. 



stercorator, J 



Although Mr. Little's specimen of Stephens's C. conspurcatum 

 is melanocephalum, it has been ascertained by Mulsant from 

 other sources to be pygmoeum. 

 C. melanocephalum, Steph. = C. melanocephalum, Muls. 

 C. atomarium, ^ 



sordidum, }>Steph. = Cryptopleurum atomarium, Muls. 



merdarium, J 



C. ustulatum, 1 ^^ , ^ ^ centrimaculatum, Muls. 



bimaculatum, J ^ 

 C. quisquilium, Steph. = C. unipunctatum, Linn. ? . 



