144 CRYPTOPHAGID^E. 



Hitherto I have seen but a single Atlantic specimen of this Euro- 

 pean Atom-aria. It was captured by myself, during the summer of 

 1855, in Madeira proper ; but as it was taken in so remote a district 

 as the Boa Ventura (though certainly in the neighbourhood of culti- 

 vated grounds), I can scarcely suppose that it had been accidentally 

 imported into the island. 



410. Atomaria rubricollis. 

 Atomaria ruficollis*, WolL, Cat. Can. Col. 143 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Ten.'}, sub foliis dejectis in sylvaticis humidis 

 editioribus parce occurrens. 



This beautiful Canarian Atomaria occurs beneath fallen leaves, 

 &c., in the damp sylvan districts of intermediate and lofty elevations. 

 Under such circumstances I have taken it in Teneriffe, where it was 

 met with likewise by the Messrs. Crotch during the summer of 1864. 



411. Atomaria venusta. 



Atomaria venusta, WolL, Append, hiy. op. 23. 



Habitat Canarienses (6r0m.), a DD. Crotch sub quisquiliis foliisque 

 dejectis nuper reperta. 



Detected by the Messrs. Crotch (during their late Canarian cam- 

 paign) in Gomera. At first sight it closely resembles the A. rubri- 

 collis, of which perhaps it may be regarded as the Gomeran repre- 

 sentative ; but the many characters which (when carefully inspected) 

 separate it therefrom have been fully pointed out in the Appendix 

 to this volume. 



412. Atomaria bulbosa. 

 Atomaria bulbosa, WolL, Append, huj. op. 24.. 



Habitat Canarienses (Gfom.), a DD. Crotch eestate A.D. 1864 sat 

 copiose lecta. 



/ 

 adix 



Found hitherto only in Gomera, of the Canarian Group, where an 

 extensive series (now before me) was captured during the summer of 

 1864 by the Messrs. Crotch. 



* Having already described this insect minutely, I may be permitted to alter 

 its name to rubricollis without giving a fresh diagnosis ; for although the title of 

 ruficollis has already sunk into a mere synonym amongst the European Atomaria, 

 still, inasmuch as it was employed by Panzer (vide Fna Germ. 99. 13) for the 

 nigripennis of Paykull, it of course cannot properly be again made use of in the 

 same genus. 



