INSECTA MADERENSIA. 571 



Habitat ad vias atque in vinetis circa urbem Funchalensem, passim, ex Europa australi forsan intro- 

 ductus : tempore sereno per aerem volitans srepissime legatm-. 



T. short, convex, sliiuing, and black. Prothorax rather wider than the base of the elytra ; its sides 

 broadly, and the anterior and posterior margins narrowly testaceous. Elytra glabrous, with an 

 elongated submargiual streak (very often almost, and occasionally entirely, obsolete), the suture, 

 and extremity, testaceous. Abdomen sparingly clothed with very long setee, and with its apex 

 slightly diluted in colouring. Antenme at base, and the legs, testaceous ; the former at apex 

 brownish. 



An abiindant insect throughout Europe and in Algeria ; and recorded, by Erich- 

 son, even from North America. It is by no means common in Madeira, where 

 it has very probably been accidentally introduced, — occurring, in the dung of 

 cattle, prmcipally about vineyards and by the road-sides near Funchal. On warm, 

 still evenings it may very often be captm-ed on the wing, — under which circum- 

 stances I have frequently observed it, during the winter months, in the garden of 

 the Quinta d'Ambrosio. 



Genus 195. TRICHOPHYA. (Tab. XIII. fig. 6.) 



Mannerheim, Brachel. 73 (1831). 



Corpus parvum, lineare, depressiusculum, valde pubescens, subopacum, (a Tachyporinis notis plurimis 

 recedens et genera Aleocharorum prima, ut bene observavit cl. Erichson, potius revocans) : capite 

 subporrecto triaugulari; oculis prominulis : prothorace brevi transverso marginato, antice et 

 postice seque angustato : elytris ad angulum exteriorem posticum integris (baud truncatis ut in 

 Habrocero) : alls amplis : abdomine marginato subparallelo. Antenna (XIII. 6 a) ut in Habro- 

 cero, sed articulus ultimus longior elongato-oblongus et vix inflatus. Labrum (XIII. 6 b) et 

 mandibulce (XIII. 6 c) fere ut in Habrocero. Maxilla (XIII. 6 d) bilobfe, lobis hnearibus elon- 

 gatis angustis; externa apice barbate; interna huic vix breviore, intus pube ciliato. Palpi 

 maxillares elongati filiformes, articulo primo minuto, reliquis longitudine subaequalibus (ultimo 

 elongato-ovato apice acuminato) : labiates (XIII. 6 e) breves et (nisi fallor) triarticulati*, articulis 

 primo et secundo sat validis, ultimo graeillimo subulate. Mentum trans versum. Ligula brevis 

 angusta ; paraglossis distinctis obtusis, ligula brevioribus. Pedes mediocres, sat robusti : tibiis 

 pubescentibus (baud spinulosis) ; anticis apicem versus leviter dilatatis : tarsis 5-articulatis ; 

 anticis (XIII. 6/), prsesertim in maribus, dilatatis ; posterioribus, sed praesertim posticis (XIII. 6 g), 

 articulo primo longiusculo. 



It is with great pleasure that I am enabled to add a second, and very distinct, 

 species to the present genus, — which, like Sahrocerns, has hitherto possessed but 

 a single representative. A glance at the above diagnosis will show in how many 

 particulars Tricho])hy(t recedes from the subfamily into which it is admitted, — its 



* According to Erichson, the labiaJ palpi of the present genus are composed of but two articulations. 

 This may possibly be the case with the European T. pilicornis ; but the Madeiran representative (which 

 is, nevertheless, an vmdoubted TrichopTiyd) does certainly appear to have three. 



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