4H'2 



CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 



minus navicularis), multo minus pubescens (sc. fere calvus), vix 

 magis depressus et punctura sensim fortiore ; prothorace minus 

 conico, angulis posticis minus jDroductis ; elytris distinctius sub- 

 striato-punctatis ; tarsis minus elongatis. 

 Variat, in locis Teneriffaj valde elevatis, subangustior et opacior, 

 punctura elytrorumque striisvix levioribus. — Long, corp.lin. 2|-3^. 



Cn-pticus glaber, Br. [nee Fah.\ in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 69 (1838). 

 Habitat in TeneriiFa et Hierro, sub lapidibus foliisque dejectis 

 degens ; per regiones sylvaticas usque ad 9000' vel etiam 10,000' s. m. 

 ascendit. 



This is the common Crupticus of the intermediate and lofty ele- 

 vations of Teneriffe, occurring beneath stones and fallen leaves. It 

 is found likewise in Hierro ; though the only example which I met 

 with in that island (namely, in the forest- district of El GoKo) is a 

 trifle more shining, and has its punctation just perceptibly stronger. 

 In Teneriife it is tolerably abundant at Las Mercedes, and more so 

 at the Agua Garcia, the Agua Mansa, above Ycod el Alto, on the 

 lofty Cumbre adjoining the Caiiadas (where it ascends to about 9000 or 

 perhaps even 10,000 feet above the sea), and on the opposite Cumbre, 

 above the Agua Mansa. The specimens from these very elevated 

 regions are, on the average, a trifle narrower and more opake, and 

 have their sculpture just perceptibly finer ; but they shade off" gra- 

 dually into the others, and I have searched in vain for anything ap- 

 proaching to a constant difference which might serve to separate them. 

 The species has also been communicated by the Barao do Castello de 

 Paiva. 



The C. canariensis is smaller and more oblong than the navicularis, 

 being narrower (or less widened at the junction of its prothorax and 

 elytra) ; it is a trifle less convex, and much less jDubescent (being 

 usually almost bald, except when viewed beneath a high magnifying 

 power) ; its punctation and elytral striae are a little coarser ; its 

 prothorax is less conical, and with the hinder angles less produced ; 

 and its feet are less elongated. An examination of M. BruUe's type 

 has convinced me that it is the species which he referred (in doubt) 

 to the European C. glaber. It has, however, in reality, nothing 

 whatever in common with that insect — scarcely even its generic cha- 

 racters. 



725. Crypticus oblongus, n. sp. 



C. minor quam C. canariensis et sensim angustior, oblongior (i. e. 

 minus ellipticus), fere omnino calvus (vix, oculo fortissimo armatb, 

 etiam minute pubescens), punctura subtihore necnon prsesertim in 

 elytris parciore ; prothorace ad latera magis rotundato, angulis 



