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STAPHYLINID.E. 



Teneriffe under stones, at a low elevation, in Barranco do Pass 

 Alto ; but a single specimen was found by Dr. Crotch, during th< 

 spring of 1862, in Gomera. 



Genus 376. PSELAPHUS. 

 Herbst, Kaf. iv. 106 (1792). 



1244. Pselaphus palpiger. 



Pselaphus palpiger, Woll., Append, huf. op. 67. 

 Habitat Canarienses (Gom.), a DD. Crotch parcissime repertus. 



A few examples of this remarkable little Canarian Pselaphus, the 

 eyes of which are so nearly obsolete that it must practically be almost 

 blind, were taken by the Messrs. Crotch in Gomera. As stated in 

 the Appendix, the above-mentioned peculiarity, in conjunction with 

 the singular form of the immensely developed last joint of its max- 

 illary palpi, might possibly suffice to separate the insect even gene- 

 rically from the true Pselaphi. 



Fam. 90. STAPHYLINIDJE. 



(Subfam. I. ALEOCHARIDES.) 



Genus 377. FALAGBIA. 



(Leach) Mannerh., BracM. 86 (1831). 



1245. Palagria obscura. 



Aleochara obscura, Grav., Col. Micropt. 74 (1802). 

 Falagria obscura, Woll, Ins. Mad. 541 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 169 (1857). 



, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 530 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P to S to ) et Canarienses (Fuert., Can., 

 Ten., Gom., Palma), sub quisquiliis necnon in humidis vulgaris. 



This common European insect abounds in these Atlantic Groups, 

 where we may be pretty sure that it will be found universally, 

 occurring beneath stones and vegetable refuse, in damp spots, at most 

 elevations. It has been taken in Madeira proper and Porto Santo, 

 of the Madeiran archipelago, and in all the Canarian islands except 

 Lanzarote and Hierro (in both of which, however, there can be no 

 doubt that it must exist). 



Genus 378. ECHIDNOGLOSSA. 

 Wollaston, Cat. Can. Col. 530 (1864). 



