STAPHYLINID^E. 



that it would not be safe to treat it absolutely as a variety of the 

 latter. 



1387. Dolicaon debilipennis. 



Dolicaon debilipennis, WolL, Append, huj. op. 73. 



Habitat Canarienses (Gom.), in lauretis humidis editioribus a DD. 

 Crotch sub foliis dejectis repertus. 



This beautiful Canarian Dolicaon so remarkable for its clear 

 rufo- testaceous hue (the four basal segments of the abdomen being 

 alone black), minute eyes, and greatly abbreviated elytra was de- 

 tected in Gomera by the Messrs. Crotch, who obtained several spe- 

 cimens of it beneath fallen leaves at a high altitude in the laurel- 

 region above Hermigua. 



1388. Dolicaon Paivae. 

 Dolicaon Paivae, Wott., Append, huj. op. 73. 



Habitat Salvages (ins. majorem, borealem), a cl. Barone " Castello 

 de Paiva" beriigne communicatus, cujus in honorem nomen 

 triviale in Appendice hujus operis proposui. 



A well-defined Dolicaon (remarkable for its dark concolorous body 

 and clear rufo -ferruginous limbs) which has been communicated 

 from the Great Salvage by my worthy friend the Barao do Castello 

 de Paiva, to whose unwearied diligence in the cause of science I 

 have been indebted on several occasions for many interesting addi- 

 tions to the Coleopterous fauna of these Atlantic islands. It would 

 appear to be scarce, for out of large numbers of the ordinary insects 

 which have been obtained by the Baron Paiva from those remote 

 rocks I have secured hitherto "but eight examples ; and I think there- 

 fore that it is a worthy species to bear the name of its illustrious 

 discoverer. 



Genus 409. STILICUS. 

 Latreille, Regn. Anim. iv. 436 (1829). 



1389. Stilicus affinis. 



Stilicus affinis, Erich., Kdf. der Mark Brand, i. 522 (1837). 

 Rugilus affinis, WolL, Ins. Mad. 592 (1854). 

 -, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 195 (1857). 



Stilicus affinis, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 585 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.} et Canarienses (Ten.}, sub lapidibus quis- 

 quiliisque in intermediis degens. 



