560 INSECTA MADERENSIA. 



fusiform outline, by the fulvous pile with which it is densely clothed, by the 

 usually suffused reddish dash on each of its elytra, and by the paleness not only 

 of the legs, but also of the base and apex of its antennae. It is more akin to the 

 European A. pulla than to any other species ^vith which I am acqviainted ; never- 

 theless, its much larger size, in conjunction Avith its distinctly maculated elytra, 

 and the different coloiu- of its pubescence, will at once separate it from that insect. 

 It is by no means common, though occm-ring (in the dimg of cattle) both in the 

 north and south of the island. I have taken it, during the autimm, in the vicinity 

 of Fimchal ; and in the chestnut-woods of Santa Anna, in June. 



432. Aleochara tristis. 

 A. siiblinearis nigra subnitida, prothorace sequaliter punctulato, elytro singulo plaga magna obliqua 



suffusA. testacea ornato, antennarum basi pedibusque (tarsis pallidioribus exceptis) fusco-piceis. 

 Long. Corp. lin. 2. 



Aleochara tristis, Grav. Mon. 170 (1806). 



, Gyll. Ins. Suec. ii. 430 (1810). 



, Maun. Brachel. CG (1831). 



, Erich. Qen. et Spec. Staph. 162 (1839). 



Habitat in iisdem locis ac pra;cedens, sed niulto frequentior. 



A. more linear than the last species, and of a deeper black (though sometimes with a just percejjtiblc 

 reneous tinge), slightly shining, and with the pubescence less dense. Prothorax and elytra uni- 

 formly punctulated all over (but not so closely or distinctly as in the A. Armitagei) ; the latter 

 with a large, broad, oblique dash on each, extending from either sutural angle in the direction of 

 the shoulder, testaceous. Antenna at base, and the legs, more or less brownish-piceous ; the 

 tarsi paler. 



A common European and Algerine insect ; and perhaps, with the follo-ning two, 

 imported into the Madeira Islands. It may be knoAvu fi"om the A. Armitagei by 

 its more parallel ovitline and blacker hue, by its less pubescent surface, the dark 

 apex of its antenntc, and by its more testaceous elytra! patch. It is tolerably 

 abundant (in the excrement of cattle) throughout the neighboui-hood of Eun- 

 chal, — where I have observed it at times in considerable numbers, especially 

 during the autimmal months. 



433. Aleochara nitida. 

 A. sublinearis subsenescenti-atra nitidissinia, prothorace in medio biseriatim punctato, elytris pro- 

 funda et parce punctatis, singulo macula rufo-testaccii (ad angulum internum sita ct jilus 

 minusve distincta) ornato, pedibus (tarsis vLx pallidioribus exceptis) nigro-piceis. 

 Fflr. /3. paulo major, elytris immaculatis. 

 Long. Corp. lin. lJ-2. 



