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contour this Ocifpus very closely resembles the common European 0. 

 nipreus ; and it is not impossible that it may be but a geographical 

 phasis of that species*. Indeed I cannot detect any appreciable dif- 

 ference between the two, except that the head and prothorax of the 

 Canarian insect are more densely and minutely punctulated and its 

 elytra a trifle more developed. It is imiversal (though not very abun- 

 dant) throughout Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, in the former of which 

 islands it was found likewise by Mr. Gray. 



Genus 320. PHILONTHUS. 

 (Leach) Staph., III. Brit. Ent. v. 226 (1832). 



§ I. ProtJioracis seriebus dorsalibus e punctis 4 composiiis. 

 867. Philonthus umbratilis. 



P. niger, elytris seneo-tinctis, crebre subtiliter punctatis, dense fulvo- 

 cinereo-pubescentibus ; capite lato, subrotundato ; antennis elon- 

 gatis, fusco-nigris, ad basin piceis ; pedibus picescenti-testaceis. — 

 Long. Corp. lin. 3|. 



Staphylinus umbratilis, Grav., Col. Ilicropt. 170 (1802). 

 Philonthus umbratilis, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 445 (1839). 



, Woll., Ins. Mad. 581 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 189 (1857). 



Habitat TeneriiFam, rarissime : in " Barranco Santo" juxta Sanctam 



Crucem exemplar unum sub lapide aquoso coUegi. 



A single Canarian specimen of this European Philontliixs (which 

 occurs sparingly at Madeira) has hitherto come beneath my notice — 

 taken by myself in the Barranco Santo, near S''* Cruz, of Tencriffe. 

 Its rather large, rounded head and elongate antennaj, combined with 

 the /oitr punctures of its pro thoracic dorsal series, its slightly ajneous, 

 closely punctured, densely pubescent elytra, and piceo-testaceous legs, 

 will sufficiently distinguish the species. 



868. Philonthus sordidus. 

 P. niger, obsolete subfeneo-tinctus, elytris la^tius senescentibus, par- 

 cissime profunde punctatis, jjarce sed grosse fulvo-pubescentibus ; 

 capite rotundato-ovali, punctis 4 frontalibus inter se subaequaliter 

 distantibus ; antennis piceo-nigris ; pedibus piceis. — Long. corp. 

 lin. 2|-3. 



Staphylinus sordidus, Grav., Col. Mtcropt. 176 (1802). 

 Philonthus sordidus, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 456 (1839). 



— , Woll., Ins. Mad. 582 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 189 (1857). 



Habitat Lanzarotam, Fuerteventuram, Teneriffam et Palmam, sub 



quisquihis, passim. 



* Dr. Ki'aatz, who exammed it for me, retui'ued it as " Ocypus, ciiprco afEnis." 



