294 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on 
Hab.—Maderenses (Mad.) ; juxta mare in urbe Fun- 
chalensi a meipso mense Decembri 1865 semel capta. 
In the Appendix to my ‘ Coleoptera Hesperidum’ I 
stated that ‘‘I met with a single specimen of this little 
Aleochara, immediately behind the sea-beach, at Funchal 
—during the few days that we touched there, in Decem- 
ber 1865, on our outward route to the Cape Verdes. 
Although occurring in central Hurope, it appears to be 
found more particularly in Mediterranean latitudes; and 
I may add that I took several examples of it, some years 
ago, in the vicinity of Lisbon—a fact indeed which 
suggests the possibility of its having perhaps been intro- 
duced into Madeira (like, doubtless, many of the sterco- 
raceous Staphylinide), along with cattle, from Portugal. 
The Madeiran individual was captured on the wing; and 
we may expect that the species will shortly become 
abundant in the island, if indeed this is not the case 
already. Although scarcely agreeing with the diagnosis 
given by Kraatz, particularly as regards its somewhat 
larger size, 1 am mdebted to M. Fauvel for identifying 
it with Redtenbacher’s A. clavicornis.” 
p. 476 (genus OLiGgora). 
(Sp. 1814) Oligota castanea. 
According to M. Fauvel this Canarian Oligota is the 
rufipennis of Kraatz; but Dr. Sharp, who (in the absence 
of a type of the latter for comparison) is inclined hkewise 
to suspect that such may perhaps prove to be the case, 
considers nevertheless that further evidence is desirable 
before the two can safely be regarded as conspecific. 
(Sp. 13815) Oligota inflata. 
From information which has been given me by Dr. 
Sharp, it would appear that the msect which I have 
hitherto regarded as the O. inflata, Mann., is not that 
species, but the parva of Kraatz. Indeed the Canarian 
examples seem to be distinct from both, and perhaps 
altogether undescribed ; but the Madeiran ones do not 
differ, apparently, from the European O. parva; and I 
may also add that the Oligota from the Cape Verde archi- 
pelago which I described in 1867 under the title of ‘* con- 
