STAPHYLINIDuE. 505 



Likewise unique, a single example having been taken in Gomera 

 by Dr. Crotch, during his first sojourn in the Canaries (in 1862). 



Genus 411. LITHOCHARIS. 



(Dejean) Boisd. et Lac., Faun, des Env. de Paris, i. 431 (1835). 



1393. Lithocharis quadriceps. 

 Lithocharis quadriceps, WoU., Cat. Can. Col. 586 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert.), sub quisquiliis in intermediis 

 rarior. 



Observed hitherto only in the eastern islands of the Canarian 

 Group, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, where it occurs sparingly at 

 intermediate altitudes. It has somewhat the primd facie aspect of 

 the European L. castanea ; but the many characters which distinguish 

 it therefrom have been pointed out in my diagnosis. 



1394. Lithocharis indigena. 

 Lithocharis indigena, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 193 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in sylvaticis humidis editioribus semel 

 lecta. 



A single example of this Lithocharis was captured by myself at a 

 high elevation in the sylvan districts of Madeira proper namely, at 

 the Cruzinha (nearly 5000 feet above the sea). In all probability, 

 therefore, the species is truly indigenous; and it would certainly 

 appear to be very rare. 



1395. Lithocharis fuscula. 



Lithocharis fuscula (Zeigl.), Bois. et Lac., Faun. Ent. i. 431 (1835). 

 -, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 611 (1839). 



-, Woll., Ins. Mad. 589 (1854). 

 -, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 193 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), hinc inde in humidis ac sub quisquiliis. 



The European L. fuscula is found sparingly at low and intermediate 

 altitudes in Madeira proper, for the most part in damp places and 

 under decaying vegetable refuse ; but it has not yet been observed 

 in any of the other islands. 



1396. Lithocharis subcoriacea. 



Lithocharis subcoriacea, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 586 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Can., Ten., Gom., Palma, Hierro), inter quis- 

 quilias vulgaris. 



