MADEIRAN COLEOPTERA. 195 
being apparently almost testaceous. Abdomen a little obscurer 
_ than the rest of the surface. Antenne and legs testaceous: the 
former extremely abbreviated, and differently constructed from 
those of the ordinary Lithochar?,—the jomts between the second 
and the last bemg much shorter and more transverse, and the 
ultimate one itself rounder and less acuminated at its apex. 
The single example from which I have drawn out the above diag- 
nosis (and which has been presented to the British Museum by its 
captor) was detected by Mr. Bewicke in Madeira proper (I believe 
near Funchal); and, like the last, is the only one of its kind which 
has hitherto come beneath my notice. Its remarkably short, and 
curiously constructed antennie, in conjunction with its comparatively 
prominent eyes, would seem at first sight to remove it from the 
members of the present genus; nevertheless, in other respects, it is 
essentially a Lithocharis. 
Genus 227. RUGILUS. 
(Leach) Curtis, Brit. Ent. iv. 168 (1827). 
553. Rugilus affinis. 
Stilicus affinis, Hrich., Kaf. der Mark Brand. i. 522 (1837). 
Rugilus affinis, Heer, Fna Col. Helv. i. 232 (1841). 
Stilicus affinis, Redt., Fra Austr. 720 (1849), 
Rugilus affinis, Woll., Ins. Mad. 592 (1854). 
Inhabits Madeira proper, occurring beneath stones and fallen 
leaves at intermediate elevations. 
Genus 228. SUNIUS. 
(Leach) Steph., I. Brit. Ent. v. 274 (1832). 
554, Sunius angustatus. 
Staphylinus angustatus, Payk., Mon. Staph. Suec. 36 (1789). 
Sunius angustatus, Hrich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 640 (1839). 
, Heer, Fna Col. Helv, i. 229 (1841). 
, Woll., Ins. Mad. 595 (1854). 



Inhabits Madeira, Porto Santo, and the Southern Dezerta ; occur- 
ring beneath stones, in grassy spots, at intermediate altitudes, 
555. Sunius bimaculatus. 
Sunius bimaculatus, Evich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 641 (1839). 
, Woll., Ins. Mad. 594 (1854). 

Inhabits Madeira proper, and has been observed hitherto only at 
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