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STAPHYLINID.E. 



mountains. It abounds in Madeira proper and Porto Sarfto; an 

 it has been taken in the whole seven islands of the Canarian 

 archipelago. 



Genus 385. OXYPODA. 



Mannerheim, Bracliel 69 (1831). 



1302. Oxypoda brevipennis. 



Oxypoda brevipennis, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 550 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Gom.), sub foliis dejectis necnon inter 

 muscos ad truncos arborum crescentes in sylvaticis editioribus 

 baud infrequens. 



A pale, rufo-testaceous Oocypoda which seems to be confined to 

 the wooded districts of the Canarian Group where it is locally far 

 from uncommon at rather lofty altitudes, occurring beneath fallen 

 leaves and amongst moss on the trunks of trees. I have captured 

 it on the summit of the Las Mercedes range, as well as above Taga- 

 nana, in Teneriffe ; and a series is now before me which was taken 

 by the Messrs. Crotch, above Hermigua, in Gomera where they 

 obtained it, in tolerable abundance, by sifting dead leaves and 

 rubbish. 



1303. Oxypoda obsccena. 



Oxypoda obsccena, Woll., Append. Tinj. op. 68. 

 Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), a DD. Crotch semel tantum capta. 



The single example of this species from which my diagnosis has 

 been compiled was taken by the Messrs. Crotch in Teneriffe, during 

 their late sojourn at the Canaries. It is closely allied to the 0. bre- 

 vipennis ; but the many characters which distinguish it therefrom 

 have been fully pointed out in the Appendix. 



1304. Oxypoda exoleta. 



Oxypoda exoleta, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 149 (1839). 



, Kraatz, Nat. der Ins. Deutsli. ii. 179 (1856). 



lurida, Wall, Cat. Mad. Col 179 (1857). 



exoleta, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 549 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Lanz., Can., Ten., Palma, 

 Hierro), late sed parce diffusa. 



A European Oxypoda which is widely spread over these Atlantic 

 Groups, where we may expect that it will be found to be nearly 

 universal. It occurs at rather low and intermediate elevations ; and 



