142 CRYPTOPHAGID^E. 



alluded to in my ' Ins. Mad.') which appear to separate the uniqi 

 Porto Santan individual from a Gomeran one at present in my pos- 

 session, I think perhaps, since the former has already been described 

 as distinct, that it would not be desirable to assign it absolutely to the 

 latndioides at any rate until further material has been obtained*. 



Genus 126. ATOMARIA. 

 (Kirby) Steph., III. Brit. Ent. iii. 64 (1830). 



404. Atomaria pilosula. 

 Atomaria pilosula, Wott., Cat. Can. Col. 142 (1864). 

 Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), in montibus valde elevatis rarissima. 



The only example which I have seen of this Atomaria was cap- 

 tured by myself in Teneriffe, on the elevated Cumbre adjoining the 

 Caiiadas, more than 8000 feet above the sea. It is closely allied to 

 the A. canariensis ; but I believe that the distinctions alluded to in 

 my diagnosis will separate it from that species. 



405. Atomaria canariensis. 



Atomaria canariensis, Wott., Cat. Can. Col. 142 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (ins. omnes), sat vulgaris ; in locis inferioribus 

 intermediisque degens. 



Although nowhere very common, this Atomaria is universal 

 throughout the low and (more especially) intermediate elevations of 

 the Canarian Group in the whole seven islands of which it has 

 been taken, more or less abundantly. It is a variable insect, both 

 in size and hue. 



406. Atomaria laticollis. 

 Atomaria laticollis, WolL, Append, huj. op. 22. 

 Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), in intermediis a DD. Crotch deprehensa. 



Like the last, a Canarian Atomaria and truly indigenous having 

 been captured by the Messrs. Crotch at Ycod el Alto in Teneriffe, 



* If the Porto Saritan specimen be quite mature (which I think, however, is 

 extremely doubtful), the H. Motschulskii would appear to be of a ferruginous- 

 brown, instead of black. Judging also from my unique type, it is (if anything) 

 a trifle larger than the Hochuthii, with its antennae a little longer, and its head 

 perhaps somewhat more developed. Its elytra likewise seem to be appreciably 

 straighter at the sides, or more parallel, and rather less abbreviated. Still, dif- 

 ferences such as these, in an insect so minute, and with merely a solitary example 

 for comparison, may possibly be more apparent than real. 



