STAPHYLINID^E. 497 



1370. Xantholinus hesperius. 



Xantholinus Hesperius, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 329 (1839). 



limbatus, Waltl [nee Klug, 1833], Reise, 57 (1835). 



hesperius, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. vL 100 (1860). 



, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 578 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.} et Canarienses((7an., 7Vtt.,PaZwm),passim. 



A Xantholinus of south-western Europe which is widely, though 

 sparingly, distributed over these Atlantic islands where in all pro- 

 bability it is nearly universal. It occurs around Funchal, in Madeira 

 proper ; and I have taken it in Grand Canary, Teneriffe, and Palma, 

 of the Canarian Group. 



1371. Xantholinus linearis. 



Staphylinus linearis, Oliv., Ent. iii. 42. 19 (1795). 

 Xantholinus linearis, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 332 (1839). 



, Woll, Ins. Mad. 577 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 188 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.}, sub lapidibus quisquiliisque, plerumque 

 in intermediis graminosis. 



The common European X. linearis occurs at intermediate altitudes 

 in Madeira proper, principally beneath stones in grassy spots ; but it 

 has not yet been observed in any of the other islands. 



1372. Xantholinus punctulatus. 



Staphylinus punctulatus, Payk., Mon. Staph. Suec. 30 (1789). 

 Xantholinus punctulatus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 577 (1854). 



Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 188 (1857). 



, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 579 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Lanz., Ten., Gom.}, sub 

 quisquiliis atque etiam in stercore bovino, plerumque in inter- 

 mediis. 



Likewise a common European insect, and one which is more widely 

 diffused over these islands than the X. linearis, occurring both in 

 the Madeiran and Canarian Groups. It is found beneath vegetable 

 refuse, and even in the dung of cattle, principally at intermediate 

 elevations ; under which circumstances it is rather abundant in 

 Madeira proper. In the Canaries, however, it would appear to be 

 more scarce ; nevertheless it has been taken in Lanzarote, Teneriffe, 

 and Gomera. 



Genus 404. LEPTACINUS. 

 Erichson, Keif, der Mark. Brand. \. 429 (1837). 



