described by Kirby, 5fc. 145 



Section 1 (* of the manuscript). 

 Elytra ivith a pale spot. 



Sp. 1 (1). hinotatus, Kirby, MSS. 



Stephens' Illustrations, Mandibulata, vol. v. 

 (1833). 

 bimaculosus, Stepli. Manual. 

 Unquestionably introduced by Mr. Stephens, by mistake, as a 

 British insect; his collection does not possess the species, and the 

 notices of its habitats must refer to some other insect. St. hino- 

 tatus of Kirby's MSS. (from which Mr. Stephens' account is 

 taken, with the exception of the localities) is founded upon a single 

 specimen seen in the cabinet of Mr. Lee, the habitat of which 

 was not known, but Kirby seems to have felt no doubt it was a 

 foreign insect, for he includes it in his list of " Foreign Staphy- 

 lini," which will be found near the end of his MS. Catalogue, now 

 in the Library of the Entomological Society. 



Sp. 2 (2). cceriilescens, Kirby, MSS. 



Dianous ccsralescens, Stephens, Curtis, Erichs. &c. 



Described in the MSS, from Swedish specimens furnished by 

 Gyllenhal ; a subsequently added note states that the species 

 had been found at Hastings, by Dr. Hooker. 



Sp. 3 (3). higuttatus, Kirby, MSS., and also of his Collection. 

 Stephens' Ulustr. 

 Erichs. 

 Stapkylinus hipustulatus, Marsham, according to the 



type specimen in Stephens' Collection. 

 Sten. hipustulatus, Steph. Collection. 



Sp. 4 (4). hipustulatus, Kirby, MSS. and Collection. 

 Steph. Illustr. 

 higuttatus, Steph. Coll. 

 hipunctatus, Erichs. 

 The basal joint of the palpi is testaceous in Kirby's specimens, 

 and the second and third joints are black; the palpi are therefore 

 not wholly black, as stated in the description. The trochanters 

 are pitchy black. In the Sfeiius bigultatus of Kirby's Collection 

 the palpi have the first joint, and half the second, pale, and the 

 remainder dusky : it is the more slender and delicately made 

 species, with a smaller spot on the elytra, and that rather nearer 

 the suture than in Kirby's hipustulatus. 



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