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evident. Mixed-up however with the few examples of 
the apicalis (now before me) which were collected many 
years ago in Madeira (I think in the north of the island) , 
are three which manifestly differ from the rest, and which 
accord precisely with an English type of the L. ripicola, 
Kr., which I have captured in south Devon. This latter 
species, consequently, is an addition to the Madeiran list, 
and an all the more interesting one perhaps through the 
fact of its having been cited by Mr. Crotch from SS. 
Miguel in the Azores. In order to prevent, therefore, 
the two species [ripicola and apicalis], which at first 
sight much resemble each other, from being confounded 
inter se, I will subjoin diagnoses of them both, as 
follows :— 
Ivithocharis ripicola. 
L. rufo-ferruginea, nitidiuscula, confertim subtiliter 
(capite rugosiore excepto) punctulata et pube grisea 
demissa parum dense vestita; capite magno, convexo, 
nigrescenti, rugose punctato, oculis parvis; prothorace 
rufulo, subquadrato postice angustiore, linea media longi- 
tudinali leviore; elytris longioribus; abdomine fusco, 
apice dilutiore ; antennis pedibusque rufo-testaceis. 
Long. corp. lin. vix 2. 
Lithocharis ripicola, Kraatz, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. u. 
715 (1858) ; Crotch, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 384 (1867). 
Hab.—Maderenses (Mad.) ; inter quisquilias humidas, 
minus frequens. 
Obs.—L. apicali submajor, subrobustior, subnitidior, 
paulo minus dense pubescens, ac sensim rugosius (preeser- 
tim in capite majore) punctulata ; prothorace rufescentiore 
(minus obscuro), minus quadrato (7. e., antice latiore) , et 
in line media leviore ; elytris concoloribus (nec postice 
obscuratis) , necnon antennis pedibusque paululum longi- 
oribus ac robustioribus. 
Lithocharis apicalis. 
L. fusco-ferruginea, subopaca, confertissime subtilis- 
simeque punctulata et pube grisea demissa dense vestita ; 
capite convexo, nigrescenti, oculis parvis; prothorace 
