THE NOMENCLATURE OF BRITISH INSECTS; B E IN G A COMPENDIOUS LIST OF SUCH SPECIES AS ARE CONTAINED IN T H E SYSTEMATIC CATALOGUE OF BRITISH INSECTS, AND FORMING A GUIDE TO THEIR CLASSIFICATION, &C. &C. BY JAMES FRANCIS STEPHENS, F.L.&Z.S. i n ./.ItV ! I' ? Oil IO ( Í I LONDON: PUBLISHED^ FOR THE AUTHOR, BY BALDWIN AND CRADOCK. 1829. LONDON: PRINTED BY THOMAS DAVISON, WHITEFRIARS. ADDRESS. My Systematic Catalogue of British Insects having extended considerably beyond the limits originally designed, I have been induced to publish the subjoined abridgment thereof, in a form that may be conveniently carried in the pocket for reference while travelling, or for the purpose of marking off desiderata, ticketing cabinets, &c. Notwithstanding its extreme compactness, it con­ tains the names of nearly 10,000 species, a far greater number than any other individual can possibly introduce, as no indigenous col­ lection hitherto formed is equal in extent throughout all the orders to the one which I possess, and which is arranged in conformity to the following Catalogue. In accordance with the plan adopted in my other publications, I have inserted all the described species of doubtful origin, as well as those whose names have as yet appeared in MSS. only, as the greater portion of the latter will ultimately appear in my Illustrations; and the mere introduction of a name does not necessarily imply that it must be imprinted on the memory:—the former insects are distinguished by having their names in italics; and the latter (as well as uncharacterized genera) by having the names of their authors similarly distinguished :—to such insects as I possess foreign specimens of alone, a J is attached, and a t to those which are desiderata. %* The names of the genera between ( ) being pre-occupied must be changed :—and where figures are introduced, they indicate the number of species in the respective genera. ERRATA. Page 18, coi. 3, line 49, fo r Cassida hemisphaerica, Herb, read Ca. hemisphærica, Herb. 28, coi. 1, line 3, fo r Ptinodes, Lea. read Tinodes, Lea. 30, coi. 1, line 9, fo r Selandia, Lea. read Selandria, Lea. 33, coi. 3, line 54, fo r Cr. spinipes, K ir. read Cr. spiniceps,K ir. 34, coi. 2, line 42, fo r He. Campanulanum, read He. Campanularum. 40, coi. 3, line 23, to Sp. nubiferana attach a f. 54, coi. 15, line 36,/o r Dolichopeza, Lin. read Dolichopeza, Cur. X SYSTEMATIC ARRANGEMENT OF BRITISH INSECTS. MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTERA.—ADEPHAGA. GEODEPHAGA, C i c i n d e l i d æ , Lea. Dr. maurus, Zieg. Clivina, Lat. Cicindela Auctorum, truncatellus, Lin. Fossor, Lin. sylvatica, Lin. foveolus, Gyl. collaris, Herb. hybrida, Lin. Lebia, Lat. Dyschirius, Pan. riparia, Meg. crux-minor, Lin. nitidus, De J. aprica mihi, f turcica, Fab. thoracicus, Pay. sylvicola, Meg. $ haemorrhoidalis, Fab. politus, De J. campestris, Lin. Lamprias, Bon. cylindricus, De J. germanica, Lin. cyanocephalus, Lin. arenosus, Lea. B r a c h iît i d æ , Mac L. nigritarsis, Lea. digitatus, De J. Drypta, Fab. chlorocephalus, E. H. aeneus, Zieg. emarginata, Fab. rufipes, De J . tristis mihi. Odacantha, Pay. Polistichus, Bon. •j* æratus mihi, melanura, Pay. fasciolatus, Bon. gibbus, Fab. Demetrias, Bon. Tarus, Clair. Oncoderus mihi. f imperialis, Meg. angularis, Gyll. chalconotus mihi. atricapillus, Lin. laevigatus mihi. (Distomus,) Lea. monostigma, Lea. -J* homagricus, Duft, f Leachii, Sam. Dromius, Bon. macularis, Mann, Ca r a b id æ , M acL. meridionalis, De J . humeralis, Fab. Cychrus, Fab. agilis, Fab. basalis, Gyll. rostratus, Lin. quadrimaculatus, Lin. Brachinus, W eb. f elongatus, De J . f sigma, De J . crepitans, Lin. % attenuatus, Fab. quadrinotatus, Panz- immaculicornis, De J. Procrustes, Bon. melanocephalus, De J. explodens, Duft, % coriaceus, Lin. bifasciatus, De J. glabratus, Bon. Carabus Auctorum. linearis, Oliv, sclopeta, Fab. £ intricatus, Lin. fasciatus, Fab. S c a r i t i d æ , M acL. purpurascens, Fab notatus mihi, Scarites, Fab. catenulatus, Fab. spilotus, De J. -f Beckwithii mihi. f agrestis, Creut. quadrillum, Duft, X subterraneus, Fab. monilis, Fab. impunctatus mihi, $ laevigatus, Fab. cancellatus, Fab. glabratus, De J. Oxygnathus, De J. granulatus, Lin. femoralis, Mar. •j* anglicanus, Hope. MANDIBULATA. Ca. violaceus, Lin. Ch. nigricornis, Fab. Ca. piceus, Mar. glabratus, Fab. melanocornis, Zieg. melanocephalus, Lin. X convexus, Fab. fulgidus mihi. cisteloides, III. hortensis, Fab. Agrorum, Oliv, I punctipennis, Germ, j* gemmatus, Fab. vestitus, Fab. crocopus, Hoff. clathratus, Lin. t xanthopus mihi. fuscus, Fab. I auronitens, Fab. Callistus, Bon. rufangulus, Mar. auratus, Lin. lunatus, Fab. mollis, Marsh. nitens, Lin. Anchomenus, Bon. Platyderus mihi, Calosoma, Fab. prasinus, Fab. ruficollis, M ar. Sycophanta, Lin. albipes, III. Argutor, Meg. J Scrutator) Fab. sordidus, Mar. inquinatus, Meg. inquisitor, Lin. oblongus, Fab. vernalis, Fab. Nebria, Lat. Platynus, Bon. inæqualis, Mar. complanata, Lin. angusticollis, Fab. Scalesii, Mar. ^ collaris, Thun. + scrobiculatus, Fab. longicollis, Duft, livida, Lin. Sphodrus, Clair. diligens, Siur. picicomis, Fab. leucophthalmus, Lin. interstinctus, Stu. Helobia, Lea. Pristonychus, De J. erythropus, Mar. brevicollis, Fab. Terricola, Pay. strenuus, III. Æthiops mihi. Agonum, Bon. pullus, Gyll. Marshallana mihi, marginatum, Lin. anthracinus, GylL. arctica, De J. sexpunctatum, Lin. Pogonus, Zieg. Gyllenhallii, Schô. f austriacum, Fab. Burrellii, Haw. Alpæus, Bon. parumpunctatum, F. chalceus, Mar. X castaneus, Bon. plicicolle, Nie. aeruginosus mihi. Leistus, Frô. viduum, III. Poecilus, Bon. spinibarbis, Fab. versutum, Stu. lepidus, Fab. fulvibarbis, Hoff, lieve, De J . dimidiatus, Fab. montanus, Dale, emarginatum, Gyll. cupreus, Lin. spinilabris, Fab. mœstum, Stu. rufifemoratus mihi, rufescens, Fab. afrum, Duft. versicolor, Zieg. H a u p a l i d æ , M acL. fBogemanni, Gyll. punctatostriatus mihi. Loricera, Lat. quadr i punctatum, D. J. Sogines, Lea. pilicornis, Fab. consimile, Gyll. X punctulatus, III. Panagæus, Lat. atratum, Dahl. Omaseus, Zieg. quadripustulatus, Stu. cursitor, Kir. aterrimus, Fab. crux-major, Lin. micans, Nie. Bulwerii mihi, Trimorphus mihi, piceum, Lin. orinomum, Lea. scapularis mihi, Simpsoni, Spe. anthracinus, III. confinis mihi. pullum, H off. nigrita, Fab. Badister, Clair. striatum mihi, laevigatus mihi, cephalotes, De J. fuscipenne, Nie. rufifemoratus mihi, bipustulatus, Fab. fuliginosum, Kno. melanarius, I1L suturalis mihi. picipes. Fab. affinis, Mar. Licinus, Lat. gracile, Stu. Steropus, Meg. depressus, Pay. pelidnum, Pay. madidus, Fab. I cassideus, Fab. affine mihi, æthiops, Pan. silphoides, Fab. pusillum mihi, Broscus, Pan. Epomis, Bon. livens, Gyll. cephalotes, Lin. circumscriptus, Duft Odontonyx mihi. Stomis, Clair. Rembus, Lat. rotundatus, Pay. pumicatus, Clair. impressus, Fab. rotundicollis, Mar* Patrobus, Meg. Chlænius, Bon. Synuchus, Gyll. rufipes, Fab. t sulcicollis, Pay. vivalis, III. alpinus, Cur. holosericeus, Fab. Calathus, Bon. Pterostichus, Bon. COLEOPTERA.— ADEPHAGA. 3 P 1.1 fas ciato punctatus. Cr. Ha. fuliginosus, Duft, Op. puncticollis, Pay. f brunnipes, Sam. latus, Lin. foraminulosus, Mar. f elongatus, Sam. fuscipalpis, Stu. subpunctatus mihi, t Panzeri, Meg. nigripes, Stu. puncticeps mihi, f oblongopunctatus, F. piger, Duft, cribellum, Lea. octopunctatus, Mar. anxius, Duft, pubescens, Pay. macer, Mar. femoralis mihi, germanus, Lin. Platysma, Bon. coracinus, Stu. Stenolophus, Zieg. niger, Fab. flaviventris, Stu. vaporariorum, Fab. Abax, Bon. thoracicus, Lea. Skrimshiranus mihi, striola, Fab. Ÿ depressus, Duft, vespertinus, I1L J metallicus, Fab. cupreus, De J. Masoreus, Zieg. Oodes, Bon. rubripes, Gyll. luxatus, Creut. Helopioides, Fab. azureus, Stu. Trechus, Clair, Amara, Bon. chloropterus, Kir. dorsalis, Fab. aerata, Kar. marginellus, Zieg. parvulus, Stu. eurynota, 1 1 1 . fulvipes, Stu. - flavicollis, Stu. lata, Stur, punctiger, milii, ruficollis mihi, similata, Gyll. nigrocæruleus mihi, suturalis, Lea. vulgaris, Lin. subsinuatus, Duft, pallipes mihi, trivialis, Duft, limbatus, Duft, fulvus, Mar» nitida, Stu. lentus, Stu. pallidus mihi, - laevis, Stu. annulicornis, Kir. minutus, Fab. cursor, Stu. atrocaeruleus, Kir. fuscipennis, Wilk. bifrons, Gyll. notatus, Kir. tristis, Pay. brunnea, Gyll. obscuricornis, Meg. meridianus, Lin. discrepans, Mar. rufipalpis, Stu. cognatus, GylL crassa mihi, attenuatus mihi, Blemus, Zieg. convexior, W ilk. cuniculinus, Duft, paludosus, Gyll. plebeia, Gyll. servus, Creut. rubens, Fab. obtusa mihi, luteicornis, Duft, unifasciatus, Pan. latescens mihi, nitidus, Stu. •f longicornis, Stu. laticollis mihi, ignavus, Creut. consputus, Duft. communis, Fab. cyaneus mihi, Epaphius, Lea. familiaris, Creut. poeciloides mihi, secalis, Pay. lucida, Duft, scari tides, Stu. Aepus, Lea. erythropa, Mar. vernalis, Duft, fulvescens, Lea. atra mihi, pumilus, Stu. B e m b i d i i d æ m ih i. tibialis, Pan. aeneus, Fab. Lymnæum mihi. infima, Duft. confinis, Kir. nigropiceum, Mar. Bradytus mihi. aeneopiceus, Kir. depressum, Cur. consularis, Duft, concinnus mihi, Cillenum, Lea. apricarius, Fab. dentatus, Kir. laterale, Lea. fulvus, De G. subcaeruleus, Kir. Tachys, Zieg. ferrugineus, Lin. Caffer, Duft, binotatus mihi, Curtonotus mihi. binotatus, Fab. vittatus mihi, convexiusculus, Mar. spurcaticornis, Zieg. immunis, Kir. aulicus, I1L ruficornis, Fab. obtusus, Stu. Zabrus, Clair, Ophonus, Zieg. pusillus, De J. gibbus, Fab. stictus, Mar. gracilis mihi, •j* obesus, Lat. obscurus, Fab. minutissimus, Lea. Harpalus, Lat. Sabulicola, Fab. Philochthus mihi, . serripes, Schô.