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pean H. suhllnearis, Kraatz, but is smaller and less coarsely aluta- 

 ceous, its pubescence is less elongated and not so pale, its head and 

 prothorax are appreciably smaller, and its antennae are darker and 

 shorter. I have taken it out of a putrid stalk of the Euphorbia 

 canariensis on the mountains above S'" Cruz in Teneriffe ; and more 

 abundantly in the sodden leaves of the prickly pear in the Banda of 

 Palma. 



827. Homalota terricola, n. sp. 

 H. affinis H. mctl, sed major, profundius densiusque punctata ; pro- 

 thorace paulo majore, sublatiore, convexiore, ad angulos posticos 

 sensim minus rotundato ; elytris magis suffuse coloratis ; antennis 

 lougioribus et paulo crassioribus, articiilo ultimo vix longiore. 

 Var. /3. Paulo minor, prothoraee vix minore, antennis subbrevioribus. 

 • — Long. Corp. lin. 1^-1|^. 



Habitat Lanzarotam et Palmam, sub quisquiliis, rarior. 



This Homalota is much on the same type as the preceding two 

 species, but is certainly distinct from both of them — being larger, with 

 its antennae longer and more robust, its hinder prothoracic angles 

 somewhat less rounded oif, and its elytra more suffused in colouring 

 (or less maculated). Its punctation is rather dense and strong, like 

 that of the H. putrescens; but its prothorax is less abbreviated and 

 not so wide, though a little broader than in the H. cacti. It appears 

 to be scarce, the few examjiles which I have seen hai-ing been taken 

 by myself, from beneath vegetable refuse, in Lanzarote and Palma. 

 The only specimen, however, from the latter island, together with one 

 (of the four) from Lanzarote, are a trifle smaller than the rest, with 

 their prothorax and antennae a little less developed ; but I do not be- 

 lieve that the)' are specifically distinct, and have consequently treated 

 them as a " var. /3." 



828. Homalota Waterhousii, n. sp. 



H. subnitida, donsissime alutacea punctisque (in capite abdomineque 

 parcius) sat dense irrorata, grosse pubescens, subfusco-nigra elytris 

 in disco vix dihitioribus ; prothoi'ace transverso-subquadrato, pos- 

 tice paulo rotundato et in medio foveolato ; antennis elongatis, ad 

 basin paulo dilutioribus ; pedibus testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 1|- 

 vix2. 

 Habitat in editioribus Teneriffae, usque ad 8000' s. m. ascendens. 



Species in honorem el. G.,R. Waterhouse, Londiui, Staphylinorum 



Britanniae scrutatoris oculatissimi indefessi, citata. 



This rather large Homalota has been observed hitherto only in the 



higher elevations of Teneriffe, where moreover it would seem to be 



scarce. I have taken it sparingly near Ycod el Alto, as well as at 



