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hen, on the sandy becach close to Arrecife in Lanzarotc ; and sub- 

 sequently, by myself, in a similai' situation, at Eerrugo, in the ex- 

 treme south of that island. 



836. Aleochara funebris, n. sp. 



A. atra, nitida, grosse et longe subfulvescenti-pubescens ; capite pro- 

 thoraceque sat grosse sed baud profunde punctatis ; elj^tris densius 

 punctatis ; antennis nigrescentibus, ad basin i^edibusque rufo-fer- 

 rugineis. — Long. corp. lin. 2-2^. 



Ohs. — Affinis A. moeshv. Grav., sed paulo major, fortius (prse- 

 sertim in capite prothoraceque) punctata, prothorace angustiore 

 (minus transverso), antennis ad basin pedibusque sensim palli- 

 dioribus. 



Habitat in Teneriffa, Gomera et Palma, rarior. 



In its pubescent, shining, intensely black surface and ferruginous 

 legs the present AJeochara very closely resembles the European A, 

 ma'sta ; and, although I have not my original specimen now for com- 

 parison, I suspect that it is probably conspecific with the insect 

 which I actually referred to the moesta in my Madeiran Catalogue. 

 At any rate the four Canarian examples now before me (one of 

 which I captured at Taganana in Teneriffe, and another in the Bar- 

 ranco de Galga of Palma, whilst the remaining two were found by 

 Dr. Crotch in Gomera) differ from the moesta in being (particularly 

 on the head and prothorax) rather more strongly punctured, in their 

 prothorax being perceptibly narrower or less transverse, and in their 

 legs and the base of their antennae being a little paler. The species 

 would seem, also, to ascend to a somewhat larger stature. 



837. Aleochara nitida. 



Aleochava nitida, Grav., Col. Micropt. 97 (1802). 



, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 1G8 (1839). 



, Woll, Ins. Mad. 5G0 (1854). 



, Id:, Cat. Mad. CJ. 182 (1857). 



Habitat insulas omnes Cauarieuses, in stercore necnon in humidis, 

 ab ora maritima usque ad 9000' s. m. ascendens. 



The common European A. nitida, which is universal in the Ma- 

 deiran Group, is equally universal at the Canaries — I having myself 

 captured it in the whole seven islands. In Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, 

 Palma, and Hierro it was found likewise by Mr. Gray ; and in Tene- 

 riife and Gomera by Dr. Crotch. It occurs not merely in dung but 

 in- moist places generally — from the sea-level to an altitude of at 

 least 9000 feet (at which elevation I have taken it in Teneriffe, on 

 the Cumbre overlooking the Canadas). 



