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1376. Othius Jansoni. 



Othius Jansoni, Wott., Ins. Mad. 576 (1854). 



et vestitus, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 186, 187 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in intermediis editioribusque sylvaticis 

 degens. 



Found in the wooded regions of Madeira proper, under much the 

 same circumstances as the 0. strigulosus, and being somewhat the 

 rarer of the two. It differs slightly at the upper and lower limits 

 of its range, being on the average a little larger and more pubescent 

 in the lofty districts than in the less elevated ones ; and it was the 

 state from the former that I described, in my Madeiran Catalogue, 

 under the name of vestitus. Subsequent material, however, has 

 inclined me to think that these extreme phases merge into each 

 other too completely to be regarded as specifically distinct ; and I 

 have consequently suppressed the more recent title, retaining the 

 prior one, 



1377. Othius brevicornis. 



Othius brevicornis, Wott., Cat. Mad. Col. 187 (1857). 

 Habitat Maderenses (Des.), in summo insulae semel deprehensus. 



A single example of this Othius was captured by myself (during 

 June 1855) on the summit of the Deserta Grande, in the Madeiran 

 Group. It is much allied to the 0. Jansoni, but its narrower out- 

 line and shorter elytra and antennae, in conjunction with its slightly 

 less developed head, would seem to indicate that it is truly distinct 

 from that species. 



1378. Othius brachypterus. 

 Othius brachypterus, Wott., Cat. Can. Col. 580 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Gom.), a DD. Crotch sub foliis dejectis in lauretis 

 captus. 



Found hitherto only in Gomera, of the Canarian Group, where a 

 single example was first detected by Dr. Crotch during the spring of 

 1862 ; and where three more were obtained by himself and his 

 brother, in the summer of 1864. They were taken beneath fallen 

 leaves in the laurel-districts above Hermigua. 



1379. Othius philonthoides. 



Othius philonthoides, Wott., Cat. Can. Col. 581 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Can., Ten.), in sylvaticis subsylvaticisque, vel 

 lauretis vel pinetis, rarissimus. 



