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82. Lithocharis fuscula, Boiscl. and Lacord.; T. V. 
Wollaston, Insecta Maderensia, p. 590 (1854), described. 
83. Stilicus affinis, Eric.; Hardy and Bold, Cat. Col. 
Northumberland and Durham, p. 80 (1851), described . 
84. Sunius unicolor, Curtis, Ann. Nat. Hist., vol. v. 
p. 277 (1840), described. 
Observation. — I am unable to decide whether this is 
identical with Sunius unicolor of Stephens, published 
in the previous year (1839), and have thus included 
it in the present list: the description is most unsatis¬ 
factory. In my MSS. I have placed it with a doubt 
as a synonym of Lathrobium obsoletum f Nordman, 
Symb. ad Mon. Staph. 146, 18 (1837); Lithocharis 
obsoleta , Eric.; Kafer der Mark Brand., 516, 8 
(1839); Gen. et Spec. Staph. 623, 24 (1840). 
85. Stenus atratulus, Eric.; Hardy and Bold, Cat. 
Col. Northumberland and Durham, p. 82 (1851). 
86. Stenus pumilio, Eric.; A. R. Hogan, Zool., p. 4340 
(1854). 
87. Stenus contractus, Eric.; Curtis, Ann. Nat. Hist., 
vol. v. 277 (1840), described “ Stenus basalis .” 
Observation.— This is the Stenus contractus , Eric.; 
Kafer der Mark Brand., p. 573, no. 52 (1839) ; 
Gen. et Spec. Staph., p. 744, no. 194 (1840), as in¬ 
dicated by him in his Entom. Report for 1841, p. 23 
(Archiv, 1842, vol. ii. p. 211). It is likewise the 
Stenus fornicatus, Kirby, MSS., as incontrovertibly 
demonstrated by the specimen, still extant in his 
collection, and having his ticket on the pin ; but, un¬ 
fortunately, neither the insects thus named in the 
cabinet of the late Mr. Stephens, nor the description 
published by him, agree with the present insect; the 
name, therefore, imposed by the learned Entomolo¬ 
gist of Berlin will stand by right of priority, he 
