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STAPHYUNID^E. 



After a more careful inspection of the Madeiran T. Huttoni, I 

 believe that it cannot be regarded as otherwise than a rather large 

 geographical state of the pilicornis : and I am the more convinced 

 -of this, now that I have had Canarian specimens to examine like- 

 wise ; for they also seem to be (on the average) a little larger than 

 the ordinary type, though not so large as the Madeiran ones -being, 

 in point of fact, about intermediate between the two. Hence I 

 have no hesitation in suppressing the T. Huttoni, and will merely 

 call attention to the circumstance that the Atlantic individuals are 

 somewhat more developed in stature than is usually the case with 

 those from higher latitudes. 



The T. pilicornis may consequently be said to be widely distri- 

 buted, though very sparingly so, throughout these islands where 

 it occurs in tke damp sylvan districts of intermediate altitudes. I 

 have taken it in the north of Madeira proper ; as well as in Tene- 

 riffe, Palma, and Hierro, of the Canarian Group. In Teneriffe it 

 was met with likewise by the Messrs. Crotch " amongst refuse, 

 around Yoodel Alto ;" who also captured a few examples of it in 

 Gomera. 



Genus 395. MYCETOPORUS. 



Mannerheim, SracM. 62 (1831). 



1327. Mycetoporus monilicornis. 



Mycetoporus monilicornis, WolL, Cat. Can. Col. 559 (1864). 

 , Id., Append, huj. op. 69. 



Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Gom.),m intermediis et praecipue editio- 

 ribus occurrens. 



A narrow Canarian Mycetoporus which has been captured hitherto 

 in the intermediate and lofty elevations of Teneriffe and Gomera, in 

 both of which it was found by the Messrs. Crotch. Although con- 

 stant in its numerous other characters, its elytra seem to vary in 

 colour being in Gomera (if I may judge from the examples now 

 before me) immaculate and nearly concolorous with the rufo- 

 testaceous head and prothorax, whilst in Teneriffe they are more 

 or less obscured and are often almost black. 



This Zas/-mentioned peculiarity obtains at any rate in a series 

 which was taken by the Messrs. Crotch in the Pinal above Ycod el 

 Alto ; but it is to be remarked that the example (which was like- 

 wise TenerifFan, and then unique) from which I drew up my original 

 diagnosis, and which was found by Dr. Crotch (I believe) on the 





