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STAPHYLINID^E. 



(of the Madeiras), and in Lanzarote and Teneriife of the Canarian 

 archipelago. 



Genus 417. OXYTELUS. 

 Gravenhorst, Col Micropt. 101 (1802). 



1423. Oxytelus piceus. 



Oxytelus piceus, Grav., Col. Micropt. 105 (1802). 

 , Woll, Ins. Mad. 606 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 199 (1857). 



, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 596 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P to S to ) et Canarienses (Can., Ten., 

 Palma), in stercore vulgaris. 



A European Oxytelus which is nearly universal in these Atlantic 

 islands, where it occurs in the dung of cattle at most elevations. It 

 abounds in Madeira proper and Porto Santo ; and it has been taken 

 in Grand Canary, Teneriffe, Gomera, and Palma, of the Canarian 

 Group. 



1424. Oxytelus sculptus. 



Oxytelus sculptus, Grav., Mon. 191 (1806). 



, Woll, Ins. Mad. 607 (1854). ' 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col 199 (1857). 



, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 597 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Can., Ten., Gom., Palma), 

 hinc inde in humidis et sub quisquiliis. 



Also European, and widely spread over these islands where it 

 occurs more under vegetable refuse, and in damp places generally, 

 than in the dung of cattle. It has been taken in Madeira proper 

 as well as in Grand Canary, TenerifFe, Gomera, and Palma, of the 

 Canarian archipelago. 



1425. Oxytelus insignitus, 



Oxytelus insignitus, Grav., Mon. 188. 5.d (1806). 



americanus, Mann., Brachel 48 (1831). 



insignitus, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 793 (1839). 



, Woll, Cat. Mad. Col 199 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), stercus quisquiliasque in inferioribus 

 colens, pra3cipue in cultis. 



Found in the lower elevations of Madeira proper, where it is not 

 uncommon (in the dung of cattle) around Funchal. It is recorded 

 by Erichson and Mannerheim as a native of South America ; and aa 



