148 



LATRIDIAD^.. 



As in the case of the last species, the only Atlantic example of 

 this European Holoparamecus which has yet come beneath my notice 

 I captured in the north of Lanzarote, in the Canarian Group 

 from under vegetable refuse, near Haria. 



421. Holoparamecus niger. 



Calyptobium nigrum, Chevrier, in litt. 



, Aube, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, i. 246 (1843). 



Holoparamecus niger, Woll., Ins. Mad. 182 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 64 (1857). 

 , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 145 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P to S to } et Canarienses (Ten.}, sub lapi- 

 dibus in inferioribus ac paululum elevatis praecipue latens. 



The H. niger, which occurs in Sicily, is common at the Madeiras 

 where it is usually to be met with under stones and scorise, in sunny 

 spots of low and intermediate altitudes. Hitherto it has been taken 

 only in Madeira proper and Porto Santo, but we may expect to find 

 it on the Desertas likewise. At the Canaries, however, it is decidedly 

 scarce, where, indeed, it entirely escaped my own researches ; but 

 two examples were captured by Dr. Crotch, during the spring of 

 1862, in Teneriffe. 



Genus 131. CORTICARIA. 



Marsham, Ent. Brit. 106 (1802). 



422. Corticaria pubescens. 



Latridius pubescens, Illig., in litt. 



, Gyll, Ins. Suec. iv. 125 (1827). 



Corticaria pubescens, Steph., III. Brit. Ent. iii. 106 (1830). 

 , Wott., Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 260 (1860). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.} et Canarienses (Ten.}, sub recremento 

 culmi necnon in cultis circa domos hinc inde occurrens. 



I have not myself observed this common European Corticaria in 

 any of these Atlantic islands ; nevertheless it was taken on several 

 occasions by the late Mr. Bewicke in Madeira proper, and a few 

 specimens have been found by the Messrs. Crotch in Teneriffe 

 (namely, " in thatch at Souzal ") during their late Canarian campaign. 

 We may expect it, therefore, to occur pretty generally if searched 

 for in the right situations. 



423. Corticaria fulva. 

 Latridius fulvus (Chevr.), Villa, Cat. Col. Eur. 45 (1833). 



