( B8 ) 
ted, glabrous line: scutel, punctures, minute, dense: elytra 
with a subsutural line and numerous, small punctures fur- 
nishing hairs : abdomen towards the tip dull rufous : feet pi- 
ceous-black. 
liength nearly two-fifths of an inch. Fam. 8rd. 
9. 8. cyanijpennis, ¥ahi\ The allied species of the Uni- 
ted States was considered by Gravenhorst as a variety on- 
ly of the European species. I have not at present in my 
collection the true cyanipennis of Europe to compare, but as 
Gravenh. mentions a difference in the size of the head, it may 
yet prove to be a distinct species and if so the name propos- 
ed by Knock, S. cyanopterus^ will be an appropriate one. 
— Fam. 1st. 
10. S. viduatusy F. This name has the priority over 
that of maculosus Grav. Belongs to family 4. It is sin- 
gular that Gravenhorst in his revised work the ^^Monogra- 
phia^’ quotes the proper name of this insect and yet retains 
the synonym of maculosus J as the true name, although it 
was given by himself a year after the Fabrician name. 
11. S. violaceusj Grav. This species is subject to vary 
considerably ; the ^dinea media longitudinali IsevP^ of the 
head is very commonly obliterated by punctures, and there 
exists a variety, of which the elytra are tinged with green- 
ish, or are dusky brassy. Belongs to Fam. 8. 
Ig. S. umbratilis^Qv^Y. My specimens, five in number, 
have about five punctures in the' dorsal series, neither of 
them has four only as stated in the description. Belongs 
to Fam. 1st. 
13. S. ater^ Grav. In my cabinet I find that I formerly 
placed this species under the genus Astrapseus, Grav. from 
the circumstance that the terminal joints of the palpi are 
more dilated than in any other species of Staphylinus, that 
I am acquainted with. The terminal joint of the maxillary 
palpi, is not longer than the penultimate one and the diam- 
eter is nearly, if not quite as great ; the terminal joint of 
the babial palpi is very obviously dilated, oval and its trans- 
verse diameter is nearly double that of the last joint of the 
maxillaries. Still however, as neither of these joints can 
be called securiform agreeably to the essential characters of 
Astrapseus we must agree with Gravenhorst, and return the 
