580 CANABIAN COLEOPTEEA. 



caj^ite triangulari, utrinque valde profunde sed parce punctato ; 

 prothoracis seriebiis dorsalibiis circa 5-6-pimctatis (punctis mag- 

 nis) ; antennis testaceo-piceis ; pedibus piceo-testaceis. — Long. 

 Corp. lin. 2|-3|. 



Staphylinus parumpimctatus, Gyll., Ins. Suec. iv. 481 (1827). 

 Gyrohypnus parumpimctatus, Mann., Brachel. 33 (1831). 

 Leptacinus parumpunctatus, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 853 (1839). 

 , Kraatz, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. ii. 048 (1857). 



Hahitat insulas Canarienses, in Hierro sola adhuc baud observatus. 



The European L. pay^mininctatus (whicb occurs sparingly at Ma- 

 deira) is widely diffused over the Canarian Group, where there can 

 be no doubt that it is universal : indeed Hierro is the only island of 

 the seven in which it does not happen to have been observed. In 

 Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Grand Canary, Teneriffe, and Palma I 

 have myself captured it ; whilst in Teneriffe and Gomera it was 

 found by Dr. Crotch, and in Lanzarote and Palma by Mr. Gray. 



885. Leptacinus linearis. 



L. angustus, nitidus, niger, elytris (extns le^dter subseriatim pune- 

 tatis) vel concoloribus vel paulo dilutioribus ; capite protlioraeeque 

 (oculo fortissime arniato) subtilissime transversim undiilato-sub- 

 strigulosis, illo subtriangulari utrinque profunde sed jDarce punc- 

 tato, hujus seriebus dorsalibus cii'ca 8-9-punctatis ; antennis tes- 

 taceo-piceis ; pedibus piceo-testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 1|. 



Staphylinus linearis, Grav., Col. 3Iicropt. 43 (1802). 

 Gyrohypnus sulcifrons {Kby), Steph., HI. Brit. Ent. v. 260 (1832). 

 Leptacinus linearis, Kraatz, Nat. der Ins. Eentsch. ii. 649 (1857). 



Hahitat Lanzarotam et Teneriffam, minus frequens. 



Like the last species, this European Leptacinus (which also occurs 

 sparingly in Madeira) is widely spi-ead at the Canaries — though 

 hitherto it has been detected only in Lanzarote and Teneriffe (in the 

 former by myself, and in the latter by Dr. Crotch). In all proba- 

 bility, however, it will be found to be equally universal ; though its 

 smaller size renders it more likely to escape observation. 



Genus 323. OTHIUS. 



(Leach) Stephens, III Brit. Ent. v. 253 (1832). 



886. Othius brachypterus, n. sp. 

 0. niger, elytris (brevibus, parce leviter punctatis) piceis ; capite 

 crasso, suboblongo, utrinque parce sed parum profunde punctato, 

 oculis minutissimis ; prothorace utrinque punctis 3 vel 4 notato 

 aliisque pcrpaucis versus latera irrorato ; abdomine dense sed le- 

 viter subasperato-punctulato, obsolete submetallico-tincto, ad api- 



