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call the Ocypi enumerated in this volume, though the 0. affinis 

 approaches it more than any of the others in the comparatively 

 wide sculpture of its abdomen. 



Genus DOLICAON. 

 Laporte, Etud.Etit. i. 119 (1834). 



Dolicaon debilipennis, n. sp. 



D. angustus, filiformis, nitidus, laete testaceo-rufus, abdominis seg- 

 mentis 4 basalibus solum nigris, antennis pedibusque rufo-testa- 

 ceis ; capite prothoraceque parce et (praBsertim illo) profunde 

 punctatis, oculis minutis ; elytris parvis, brevissimis abdomineque 

 paulo minutius, tamen parce, asperato-puncttilatis. Long. corp. 

 lin. 2 J-3J. 



Habitat in sylvaticis editioribus Gomerae, a DD. Crotch collectus. 



Apart from its beautifully coloured surface (which is entirely of 

 a clear testaceo-rufous, with only the four basal segments of the 

 abdomen black), this elegant Dolicaon may be known from the other 

 species enumerated in the present volume by its narrower outline, 

 minute eyes, less elongated prothorax, and its small, greatly abbre- 

 viated elytra. Its discovery is due to the indefatigable researches 

 of the Messrs. Crotch, who met with several examples of it at a high 

 elevation (in the laurel- woods above Hermigua) in Gomera during 

 their late trip to the Canaries. 



Dolicaon Paivae, n. sp. 



D. subcylindricus sed postice plus minus evidenter sublatior, nitidus, 

 niger vel subpiceo-niger, elytris postice necnon abdomine ad 

 apicem saepius obscure subpicescentioribus, antennis, palpis pedi- 

 busque clare rufo-ferrugineis ; capite crassiusculo ; sculptura fere 

 ut in D. debilvpenni. Long. corp. lin. 3^4^. 



Habitat in ins. Salvages; a Barone " Castello de Paiva" benigne 

 communicatus, cujus in honorem nomen triviale proposui. 



A well-defined species, and which may easily be known from the 

 others enumerated in this Catalogue by its uniformly black hue (the 

 elytra and apex of the abdomen, particularly the former, being for 

 the most part but very slightly diluted in hue), whilst its antennae, 

 palpi, and legs are of a clear rufo-ferruginous. It appears to be 

 peculiar to the Salvages, from the larger or more northern island of 

 which it has on two separate occasions been obtained (though very 

 sparingly) by the Barao do Castello de Paiva, to whose kindness I 



