556 INSECTA MADERENSIA. 



thoraceque obscurissime canaliculatis, abdomine atro nitido, pedibus piceis, tibiis ad basin et 

 apicem tarsisque testaceis. 

 Long. coip. lin. Ij-IA- 



Staphylinus atramentarius, Kirby, in lift. 



AleocJiara atramentaria, Gyll. Ins. Suec. ii. 408 (1810). 



Homalota , Erieb. Gen. et Spec. Staph. Ill (1830). 



AJeochara , Zett. Ins. Lapp. 77 (1840). 



Habitat in stercorc bovino Maderse et Portus Sancti, \ulgaris. 



H. linear, deep black with a just perceptibly seneous tinge, head and prothorax most minutely and 

 closely granulated, and with rather distinct punctures intermixed ; slightly shining, and sub- 

 depressed. Head and prothorax most obsoletely channeled. Scutellum very large and scutiform. 

 Elytra occasionally a little diluted in colouring, especially towards the suture. Abdomen shining. 

 Antennie and legs slender; i\\e. former generally not at all diluted in colouring at their base ; the 

 latter piceous, — with their tibise at the extreme base and apex, together with the tarsi, testaceous. 



Easily distingmslied by its dark, subreneous siu'face (tlie elytra being scarcely at 

 all diluted in bue), by its somewbat slender Ihubs, and by its large sbield-sbaped 

 sciitcllnm (as in tbc II. citrrens). It is a common Madeiran insect, especially in 

 tbc soutb of tbe island, — occui-ring generally, in tbc dung of cattle, at low and 

 intermediate altitudes. I have taken it abundantly in the vicinity of Funcbal 

 and at tbe Ribeiro Frio ; and I have likewise observed it in Porto Santo. It is 

 found throughout the greater portion of Europe ; and is recorded by Erichson from 

 Sweden, Germany, England and Sardinia. 



428. Homalota longicomis. 

 H. fusilbrmis nigra sat rugose punctulata nitida et minus depressa, clytris infuscato-testacescentibus, 



antennis pedibusque elongatis robustis, his diluto-testaceis, femoribus posticis plus minusve 



picescentibus. 

 Long. Corp. lin. li-^- 



AJeochara longicomis, Grav. Col. Micropt. 87 (1802). 

 Bolitochara longicomis. Maun. Bracliel. 8.3 (1831). 

 Homalota longicomis, Erich. Qen. et Spec. Staph. 129 (1839). 

 , E«dt. FnaAmtr. 664 (1849). 



Habitat in stercorc bovino Maderse, et borealis et australis, prsesertim in locis subinferioribus, 

 vulsatissima. 



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H. fusiform (being acuminated both before and behind), black, coarsely punctulated, shining, and 

 subdepressed. Scutellum large. Elytra brownish-testaceous, being palest about either inner 

 angle, and more or less cloudy about the base, suture and lateral margins. Antenna and legs 

 elongated and robust; i\\c former hwi very slightly diluted at their base; the latter pale diluted- 

 testaceous (the two hinder femora being frequently piccscent), and beset with a few very long 

 and erect sette. 



