Atlantic Coleoptera. 253 
Latridius nodifer. 
L. elongato-ovatus, niger vel piceo-niger, valde in- 
eequalis, subnitidus ; prothorace subquadrato-cordato, in 
disco bicostato, necnon utrinque costa secunda flexuosa 
(in medio evanescente, fracta) instructo; elytris grosse 
striato-punctatis, interstitiis alternis plus minus inter- 
rupte elevatis, interstitio 2do pone medium nodum 
magnum efficiente, 4to magis costiformi ac magis elevato, 
subflexuoso sed ante apicem subito terminato, 6to 
(humerali) recto abbreviato, ante medium evanescente ; 
antennis gracilibus pedibusque picescentioribus. 
Long. corp. lin. 1. 
Latridius nodifer, Westw., Int. to Ent. 1. 155, pl. 18, 
f. 23 (1839); Steph., Man. Brit. Col. 129 (1889) ; 
Crotch, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 375 (1867). 
Hab.—Maderenses (Mad.) ; inter quisquilias, preser- 
tim in cultis intermediis, copiose occurrens. 
After species 437, add :— 
Latridius Watsoni, n. sp. 
L. elongato-filiformis, pallidus, subopacus; capite 
prothoraceque angustissimis, rufo-testaceis, dense punc- 
tato-rugosis, illo elongato-quadrato, antice recto sat 
prominulo, oculis minutis prominentibus, hoc obtriangu- 
lari-cordato ; coleopteris parallo-ellipticis, dense et grosse 
striato-punctatis, interstitiis 2do et submarginali alte 
elevatis, costas duas integras utrinque efficientibus ; 
antennis pedibusque gracilibus, testaceis. 
Long. corp. lin. 3. 
Hab.—Maderenses (Mad.); in domo quodam mox 
supra urbem Funchalensem a Rev*e? Dom°® Watson parce 
deprehensus, cujus in honorem nomen triviale proposui. 
Four examples of this remarkable and most elegant 
little Latridius have lately been detected by the Rev. W. 
B. Watson, crawling on the inner walls of his house— 
the Quinta do Valle—above Funchal; and I have much 
pleasure in naming it after its captor, whose indefatigable 
researches in various branches of natural science, espe- 
cially conchology, are well known both in the island and 
elsewhere. Its wholly testaceous hue and marvellously 
