CRYPTOPHAGID^E. 141 



Paramecosoma elongata, Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 371 (1846). 

 Leucohiinatium angustum, Roserih., loc. cit. 179 (1856). 



elongatum, Wall, Ann. Nat. Hist. x. 290 (1862). 



, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 140 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Palma), sub lapidibus 

 rarissimus. 



This European insect is of the greatest rarity in these Atlantic 

 islands, nevertheless it occurs both at the Madeiran and Canarian 

 Groups. Indeed three Atlantic specimens are all that I have yet 

 seen, two of which were taken by the late Mr. F. A. Anderson, 

 above Funchal, in Madeira proper ; whilst the third was captured by 

 myself at the Canaries, below Argual on the western side of Palma. 



Genus 125. HYPOCOPRUS. 



Motschulsky, Bull, de Moscou, 72 [script. Upocoprus] (1839). 



402. Hypocoprus latridioid.es. 



Upocoprus lathidioides, Mots., loc. cit. 73, tab. v. f. d~v'" (1839). 

 Myrmecinomus Ilochuthii, Chaud., Sidl. de Mos. ii. 206 (1845). 

 Monotoma caucasicum, Kolen., Melet. Ent. iii. 43 (1845). 

 Hypocoprus Hochuthii, Woll, Cat. Can. Col. 141 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Gom.~), sub quisquiliis in intermediis 

 rarissimus. 



This minute and somewhat scarce European insect occurs very 

 rarely at the Canaries, where, however, it altogether escaped my own 

 observation. Three examples only have come beneath my notice 

 hitherto. They were taken by the Messrs. Crotch two at Ycod el 

 Alto in Teneriffe, and the third in Gomera. 



403. Hypocoprus Motschulskii. 



Hypocoprus Motschulskii, Woll., Ins. Mad. 174 (1854). 

 , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 59 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (P to S to }, semel tantum repertus ; an praecedentis 

 varietas? Ex specimine tamen unico et forsan immature vix 

 adjudicare licet. 



The only specimen which I have seen of this Hypocoprus was 

 captured by myself (during 1849) in Porto Santo, of the Madeiran 

 Group ; and inasmuch as the H. latridioides has now been detected 

 at the Canaries, I cannot but feel it probable that the Porto Santan 

 insect may after all be conspecific with it. Nevertheless, as there 

 certainly do seem to be a few small .characters (some of which I 



