PHALACKID^E. 103 



287. Ptinella Proteus. 



Ptinella aptera, Woll. [nee Guer], Ann. Nat. Hist. viii. 101 (1861). 



ratisbonensis, Id. [nee Gillm.~\, ibid. x. 341 (1862). 



Proteus, Matth., in Zool. xx. 8262 (1862). 



, Woll.j Append, huj. op. 15. 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), sub cortice prope urbem Funchalensem 

 a Dom. Bewicke deprehensa. 



Captured in tolerable abundance by the late Mr. Bewicke in Ma- 

 deira proper amongst " a blue mould, under bark," near Fuachal. 

 It seems to agree perfectly with English examples of the P. Proteus, 

 with which it has been compared both by Mr. Matthews and myself; 

 but its synonymy has been the subject of much confusion (I having 

 already recorded it, in my Papers on " Additions to the Madeiran 

 Coleoptera," under two distinct titles), Bowing entirely, however, to 

 the fact of Mr. Matthews, who originally identified it with the 

 British species, having received types from Paris which were falsely 

 named. 



288. Ptinella angustula. 



Ptilium angustulum, Gillm., in Sturm, D. F. xvii. 66 (1845). 

 Ptinella angustula, Woll, Cat. Can. Col. 106 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Palma), sub cortice Pini canariensis a meipso 

 parcissime deprehensa. 



Three specimens of the European P. angustula, which is totally 

 distinct from the two preceding species, were captured by myself in 

 the island of Palma in the Canarian Group. They were all taken 

 beneath the loosened bark of the Pinus canariensis, one of them 

 high up in the Barranco above S ta Cruz, and the other two (in the 

 great Pinal of the Banda) near the edges of the Caldeira. 



Fam. 14. PHALACRID^J. 



Genus 91. PHALACRUS. 

 Paykull, Fna Suec. iii. 438 (1800). 



289. Phalacrus coruscus. 



Phalacrus coruscus, Payk., Fna Suec. iii. 438 (1800). 



, Steph., III. Brit. Ent. ii. 161 (1829J. 

 corruscus, Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 110 (1845). 

 - coruscus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 106 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (ins. omnes), hinc inde parum vulgaris. 



