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on the densely- clad mountains towards Taganana, as well as at the 

 Agua Garcia, the Agua Mansa, and above Ycod el Alto ; and an ex- 

 ample (also Teneriffan) has been communicated by the Barao do 

 Castello de Paiva. 



863. Ocypus curtipennis, n. sp. 



0. niger vel piceo-niger (s^epius in elytris et versus abdominis apicem 

 paulo dilutior), nitidus ; capite prothoraceque plus minus aeneo- 

 tinctis, sat profunde punctatis, parce pubescentibus, illo parum 

 magno subrotimdato convexo, hoc obsolete lincato-subcarinato ; 

 elytris brevibus, densius pubescentibus ac densissime levius punc- 

 tulatis ; antennis pedibusque piceo-ferrugineis et (praesertim his) 

 fulvo-pubescentibus. — Long. corp. lin. 6^-9. 



Habitat in sylvaticis subsylvaticisque Canariae Grandis, passim. 



The short and usually picescent elytra of this Ocypus, added to its 

 shining, somewhat coarsely punctured, subaenescent, and very sparingly 

 pilose head and prothorax (the former of which is rather large, round, 

 and convex), will distinguish it from the other species here enume- 

 rated. Hitherto I have observed it only in Grand Canary, where it 

 is widely spread bver the sylvan and subsylvan districts of interme- 

 diate altitudes. My specimens are principally from the region of El 

 Monte, and from the remains of the old laurel-forest of El Dorames 

 on the mountains between Osorio and Guia. 



864. Ocypus atratus, ii. sp. 



0. ater, nitidus ; capite prothoraceque parce sed dense punctatis punc- 

 tuHsque minutis interjectis parce irroratis, subcalvis, illo curtulo, 

 mox pone oculos recte truncato, hoc (postice jJaulo angustato) ob- 

 soletissime lineato-subcarinato ; elytris minutius densissime punc- 

 tatis ; antennis versus apicem tarsisque dilutioribus ; mandibulis 

 intus simplicibus.^-Lo]ig. corp. lin. 6|-8, 



Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventuram, hinc inde sub lapidibus. 



In its rather large size, somewhat deeply but sparingly punctured 

 shining head and prothorax, and intensely black hue, this Oci/jnis has 

 much the prima facie appearance of the European 0. ater ; neverthe- 

 less its mandibles are simple internally, and its head is shorter (or 

 more straightly, and suddenly, truncated behind the eyes). Its pro- 

 thorax, also, is a trifle longer, with the posterior angles less com- 

 pletely rounded oif. It has been observed hitherto only in Lanzarote 

 and Fuerteventura — in the former of which it was taken by Mr. Gray, 

 and in the latter by M. Hartung and (near Oliva) by myself. 



865. Ocjrpus subasnescens, n. sp. 

 0. sequenti simiMs, sed plerumque vix major, obscurior (minus aeneus) 



