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HISTERID^l. 



Genus 150. SAPRINUS. 

 Erichson, in King's Jahrb. i. 172 (1834). 



I. Elytrorum strid suturali antice Integra (cum quartd dorsali 



coeunte). 



a. Fronte a clypeo lined (vel carind) transversd plus minus distinctd 



divisd. 



479. Saprinus lobatus. 



Saprinus lobatus, Woll, Cat. Can. Col 178 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert., Can.), in arenosis maritimis sub 

 rejectamentis necnon ad radices plantarum fodiens. 



Occurs along the sandy shores of Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, and 

 Grand Canary burrowing beneath marine rejectamenta, and at the 

 roots of sand-plants. It may be regarded as the representative of 

 the S. maritimus of more northern latitudes, to which indeed it is 

 closely allied ; but it is not peculiar to the islands, for I have myself 

 captured it at Mogadore on the opposite coast of Morocco. 



480. Saprinus erosus. 

 Saprinus erosus, Woll, Cat. Can. Col. 177 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Fuert.) , in arenosis maritimis parce fodiens. 



Taken by myself beneath marine rejectamenta on the sandy beach 

 at Corralejo in the extreme north of Fuerteventura, of the Canarian 

 Group ; and it would consequently appear, like most of these imme- 

 diate species, to be of maritime habits. 



481. Saprinus apricarius. 



Saprinus apricarius, Erich., in King's Jahrb. 194 (1834). 

 Hister metallicus ?, Brulte, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 59 (1838). 

 Saprinus apricarius, De Mars., Ann.de la Soc. Ent. de France, 725 (1855). 



metallicus, Woll. [uec Herbsf], Ins. Mad. 217 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col 75 (1857). 



mimdus, var. /3., Id., Cat. Can. Col 176 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (P to S to ) et Canarienses (Can.), per oras arenosas 

 maritimas sub rejectamentis fodiens. 



A species of Mediterranean latitudes, which is locally abundant 

 beneath rejectamenta along the sandy shores of Porto Santo in the 

 Madeiran Group, and also in Grand Canary* I had formerly re- 

 ferred it wrongly to the metallicus of Herbst, but am informed by 

 De Marseul that it is unquestionably the apricarius of Erichson. 



