564 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 



§ II. Oculi maximi, promineyites. Antennce pedesque graciliores, 

 tarsis anticis multo minus dUaiatis. (Raphii'us, Steph.) 



857. Cluedius megalops, n. sp. 

 Q. capite (siibrotundato) prothoraceqiie nigris, perniticlis ; elytris ab- 

 domineque pubescentibus, illis dense subreticulato-punctulatis 

 fusco- vel etiam subtestaceo-piceis, hoc piceo-nigro postice paulo 

 dilutiore, dense subasperato-punctato ; antennis (articulo ultimo ad 

 apicem oblique truncate) nigro-fuscis, ad basin pedibusque piceo- 

 testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 4. 



Habitat in Canaria, TenerifFa, Palma et Hierro, parum rarus. 



The smaller bulk of this species, combined with its enormous and 

 rather prominent eyes (which cause the head to appear considerably 

 rounded), its slenderer limbs, browner and more minutely sculptured 

 elytra, and its very much less expanded anterior feet, wiU readily 

 characterize it. It is widely, but sjiaringly, distributed over the 

 archipelago, occurring beneath vegetable refuse in sylvan and sub- 

 sylvan spots at intermediate altitudes. I have taken it in the region 

 of El Monte in Grand Canary, in Palma, and in the wooded district 

 of El Golfo on the western flanks of Hierro ; and a Teneriffan and 

 Palman specimen are now before me which were captured by Dr. 

 Crotch. 



(Subfam. IV. STAPH YLINIDES.) 



Genus 318. CREOPHILUS. 

 (Kirby) Staph., III. Brit. Ent. v. 202 (1832). 



858. Creophilus maxillosus. 

 Staphvlinus maxillosus, Lin))., Si/st. Kat. 421 (1758). 

 Creophilus maxillosus, Stqjh., IJl. Brit. Ent. v. 202 (1832). 

 Staphvlinus maxillosus, Brulle, in Wchh et Berth. {Col.) GO (1838). 



~ , W 11, Ins. Mad. 579 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad Col. 188 (1857). 



Habitat in Fuerteventura, Teneriffa et Gomera, passim. 

 This common European insect, which occurs also in Madeira and 

 Porto Santo, is found occasionally in these islands (principally at low 

 elevations and near the towns), where it has very likely been natura- 

 lized from more northern latitudes. I have taken it in Fuerteven- 

 tura, Teneriffe, and Gomera; and in Teneriife it was likewise found 

 by Dr. Crotch. 



Genus 319. OCYPUS. 

 (Kirby) Steph., III. Brit. Ent. v. 211 (1832). 



859. Ocypus olens. 



Staphvlinus olens, Midi, Farni. Fridr. 23 (1767). 

 , Brum, in Wehh et Berth. (Col.) 59 (1838). 



