STAPHYLINIDjE. 495 



IY. ProtJioracis seriebus dorsalibus e punctis 7 vel 8 compositis. 



1364. Philonthus punctipennis. 



Philonthus punctipennis, Woll, Cat. Mad. Col 192 (1857). 

 , Id., Cat. Can. Col 575 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Can., Gom.), sub lapi- 

 dibus in humidis rarior. 



A noble Philonthus which occurs sparingly, at low and interme- 

 diate altitudes, both in the Madeiran and Canarian Groups. In the 

 former it was taken by the late Mr. Bewicke (from beneath stones), 

 in the partially dried river-bed at S ta Cruz, as well as by Mr. F. A. 

 Anderson near Funchal ; whilst in the latter it has been captured 

 by myself (at a rather high elevation) in Grand Canary, and by the 

 Messrs. Crotch (about " Yam-grounds and streams ") in Gomera. 



Y. Proihorax (et caput) plus minus crebre punctatus (lined media 



longitudinali Icevi). 



1365. Philonthus sericeus. 



Remus sericeus, Holme, Trans. Ent. Soc. Land. ii. 64 (1837). 



, Steph., Man. 401 (1839). 



Philonthus sericeus, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 509 (1839). 

 , WolL, Cat. Can. Col 576 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert., Can.), per eras arenosas mari- 

 timas, hinc inde sub rejectamentis. 



As in more northern latitudes, the P. sericeus occurs beneath 

 marine rejectamenta along the sandy shores of the Canarian Group ; 

 but it has not yet been observed in the Madeiras. It was taken by 

 Mr. Gray and myself in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, and by the 

 Messrs. Crotch near Las Palmas in Grand Canary. Like most of the 

 maritime Coleoptera, it appears to have a rather wide geographical 

 range. 



1366. Philonthus tenellus. 

 Philonthus tenellus, WolL, Cat. Can. Col. 576 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Gom.), inter lapillos per margines aqua- 

 rum in inferioribus intermediisque sese occultans. 



A small and filiform Philonthus which has been detected hitherto 

 only in the Canarian Group, where it occurs amongst wet shingle 

 along the edges of the streams at low and intermediate altitudes. 

 I have taken it near S ta Cruz in Teneriffe, and it was found by the 

 Messrs. Crotch in Gomera. 



