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STAPHYLINID^E. 



Canary, and Gomera, of the Canarian archipelago. Had not my Porto- 

 Santan individuals been actually determined by Dr. Kraatz, I should 

 not have ventured to regard them as the exponents of more than a 

 small and rather strongly punctured state of nitida consequent 

 perhaps on the dry and calcareous nature of the region in which they 

 had been matured, a conclusion which would have been quite in ac- 

 cordance with the additional fact that the most typical of the Cana- 

 rian examples are from the eastern islands of the Group, which are 

 even more arid than Porto Santo. Still, since the two are kept 

 apart in the European Catalogues, I will not amalgamate them; 

 though I must confess myself far from satisfied that they are speci- 

 fically distinct. 



1313. Aleochara morion. 



Aleochara morion, Grav., Col. Micropt. 97 (1802). 

 , Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 175 (1839). 



, Woll, Ins. Mad. 561 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 183 (1857). 



, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 554 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.} et Canarienses (Ten., Gom., Palma), in 

 stercore minus frequens. 



Likewise a European Aleochara, and one which is found sparingly 

 in these Atlantic islands occurring in the dung of cattle, for the 

 most part at intermediate elevations. It has been taken in Madeira 

 proper ; as also in Teneriffe, Gomera, and Palma, of the Canarian 

 Group. 



Genus 387. OLIGOTA. 

 Mannerheim, Brachel. 72 (1831). 



1314. Oligota castanea. 



Oligota castanea, Wall., Cat. Can. Col. 555 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Gom., Palma}, sub foliis dejectis in in- 

 termediis. 



Found in the sylvan districts of the Canarian Group, where it 

 occurs beneath fallen leaves and other vegetable refuse at inter- 

 mediate altitudes. It has been captured in Teneriffe, Gomera, am 

 Palma. 



1315. Oligota inflata. 



Microcera inflata, Mann., Brachel. 72 (1831). 



Oligotit subtilis, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 180 (18o9j. 



