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Staphylinus ochropterus, Germar (a synonym of clialceocephalus, Fab.) is attri- 
buted to England. Ocypus sericeus, Marsh., is recognized as a synonym of pici- 
pennis, Fab. Philonthus chalceus, Steph., following Wat. Cat., is made a syn. of 
carhonarius, Gyll., — the carhonarius of Wat. Cat. being succicola, Thorns., here given 
as distinct. To add (how unnecessarily !) to the confusion re Philonthus puncti- 
ventris, Ktz., it would seem that that insect (if distinct from temporalis, Muls., as I 
am informed by M. Fauvel that in the opinion of himself and other continental 
authors, it is not) will require to be re-named, as there is a prior P. punctiventris 
of Kirby and Stephens, which is, however, only a variety of varians. In that case, 
rhceticus, Stierliu in litt., may stand. Othius punctvpennis, Lac, is identified with 
and yet improperly placed before Stephens' Iceviusculus, 
Stenus aceris, Steph., Lac, &c, is given as distinct, though long ago shown by 
Messrs. Waterhouse and Janson (Trans. Ent. Soc, iii, n. s., p. v, xvi, 1855) to be 
synonymons with impressus, Germ., and so recognized by Kraatz ; and this in 
spite of Stephens' suhrugosus and tenuicornis being correctly placed as synonyms of 
impressus in the work now being noticed. Stenus assimilis, Stephens, is given 
as distinct, though it is not recognizable or known to British Entomologists : in 
Steph. Coll. it is represented by his own irunnipes. Stenus dehilis, Dietrich in 
litt., is attributed to me ; and to it opacus, Waterh. in litt., is added as a synonym, 
evidently in error. 8. pallitarsis, Kirby, Notes and Coll., Stephens 111. and Coll., 
is rightly adopted instead of plantaris, Er. 8. Shep(h)erdi, Crotch, is stated to be 
$ oiruralis, Er. 8, sulcicollis, Steph., is given as a species, though, according to 
Waterh. and Jans., 1. c, there is no description, but only a diagnosis of it in Kirby'a 
MSS., which is copied with slight alterations by Stephens, whose description in 
Illust. probably refers to small gonymelas, and whose exponent in Coll. is melanopus. 
Bledius Buddii, Steph., is given as a syn. of taurus, instead of bicornis, possibly 
through printer's error in Wat. Cat. Philorhin-am subpuhescens, Steph. (111. and 
Coll.), is apparently correctly adopted instead of humile, Er. Homalium ocellatum, 
WolL, b,vlA Allardi, Fairm., are considered identical ; erroneously, as I think, — having 
examined Mr. Wollaston's type. 
Among the Necrophaga, &c., I note the following : — 
Bryaxis assimilis, Curtis, Brit. Ent., vii, t. 315, Schaum, ZooL, 1847, p. 1933, 
and B. nigricornis, Vigors, Zool. Journ., ii, p. 453, are given aa good species, and, 
of course, British. Bryaxis simplex, Waterh., will require to be re-named, on 
account of the prior species from the East Indies of that name, described by Mot- 
schulsky, Bull, Mosc, 1851. I accordingly propose the name " Waterhousei " for 
it. It is quite a mistake to suppose this insect can possibly be xanthoptera, 
Reichenb. ; and I am surprised that the late Dr. Schaum should have overlooked 
its sexual character. Scydmcenus fossiger, and others, Leconte, are not unlikely to 
mislead through their locality, " Cambridge " (" Ambiguam tcllure 7iovd Salamina 
futuram"). 
8. Wetterhali, Gyll., through its syn., quadratus, Miill. et Kunze, is attributed to 
Britain. Necrophorus sepulchralis, Charpentier, by its syn., anglicus, Steph. (not in 
Wat. Cat.), is referred to this country, — possibly through an obrutor, another of its 
synonymies, being in Steph. Man Silpha Griesbachiana, Steph., and recto, Marsh., 
arc attributed without doubt to carinata, 111., which, therefore, is to be ranked as a 
British species, — apparently because Stephens has so referred his insect (not in 
