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variable, having a slightly different aspect for nearly every district 

 in which it is found, each race, however, remaining constant in its 

 own particular region. It has been captured in Teneriffe, Palma, 

 and Hierro ; and in the first of those islands it is the common Helops 

 around S ta Cruz and Orotava. 



1181. Helops aterrimus. 



Helops aterrimus, Woll, Cat. Can. Col 506 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Gom.), sub lapidibus juxta et supra Sanctum 

 Sebastianum praecipue congregans. 



Apparently peculiar to Gomera, of the Canarian Group, where it 

 was taken abundantly by Mr. Gray and myself (beneath stones) 

 around San Sebastian both in the Barranco itself and on the hills 

 above it. 



1182. Helops nitens. 



Helops nitens, Woll, Cat. Can. Col 506 (1864). 

 Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Gom.), a DD. Crotch sat copiose repertus. 



A slightly metallic Canarian Helops which was captured abundantly 

 by the Messrs. Crotch in Gomera, (according to a note now before 

 me) " beneath stones under a mulberry-tree in the village of Her- 

 migua ;" and they likewise obtained it, though much more sparingly, 

 in Teneriffe. 



1183. Helops lucifugus. 



Helops lucifugus, Woll, Ins. Mad. 518, tab. xii. f. 5 (1854). 

 . Id., Cat. Mad. Col 159 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (P to S to ), sub lapidibus, saspius in editioribus. 



Found in Porto Santo, of the Madeiran Group, where (although 

 perfectly distinct from that species) it may perhaps be regarded as 

 the representative of the H. asper of Madeira proper. It occurs 

 beneath stones at most elevations, but chiefly towards the summits 

 of the peaks. 



1184. Helops gagatinus. 



Helops gagatinus, Kiist., Ka f . Eur. xxi. (1850) [sec. Schaum']. 



Pluto, Woll., Ins. Mad. 516, tab. xii. f. 3 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 158 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in editioribus abundans. Usque ad 

 summos montes copiose ascendit. 



An abundant insect in the higher regions of Madeira proper, where 



