458 STAPHYLINID^. 



both in Madeira proper and Porto Santo, for the most part beneal 

 stones on the grassy mountain-slopes. 



1258. Xenomma muscicola. 



Xenomma muscicola, WolL, Cat. Can. Col. 535 (1864). 

 Habitat Canarienses (Can.\ in intermediis parce captum. 



The few examples which I have yet seen of this insignificant 

 species were captured by myself, in the region of El Monte, in 

 Grand Canary. "Whether it be a true Xenomma, or merely a small 

 Homalota in which the eyes and elytra are considerably reduced, I 

 will not undertake to decide until further material has been obtained ; 

 for the feet of these minute Staphylinids are often so difficult of 

 observation that it is sometimes next to impossible to be quite sure 

 as to the exact number of their joints ; and I do not feel altogether 

 certain in the present instance whether the anterior tarsi are 4- or 

 5-articulate. In any case however the species is totally distinct 

 from the Madeiran X.Jiliforme, to which in some respects it bears 

 a slight primd facie resemblance. 



Genus 384. HOMALOTA. 

 Mannerheim, BracheL 73 (1831). 



1259. Homalota mfofusca. 



Homalota rufofusca, Wott., Cat. Can. Col 535 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), in lauretis humidis editioribus pj 

 lecta. 



A Canarian Homalota which I have observed hitherto only in the 

 sylvan regions of Teneriffe, my few specimens having been captured 

 at a high altitude on the damp laurel- clad mountains above 

 Taganana. 



1260. Homalota rufobadia. 



Homalota rufobadia, Woll, Cat. Can. Col 635 (1864). 

 Habitat Canarienses (Palma), in locis similibus ac praecedens. 



Found apparently in much the same kind of places as the last 

 species, but in Palma instead of Teneriffe the few examples which 

 I have seen having been taken by myself in the wooded districts of 

 that island. 



