160 ME. B. m'lACHLAN ON THE NEUROriEBA. OP 



length ; the process of the lower edge of the inferior appendages 

 is very slender, greatly curved, its apex obliquely pectinate (J. e. 

 with four or five teeth successively decreasing in length from the 

 upper). 



Canaries : a stream on the hills beyond San Mateo, G-raud 

 Canary, 4550-4650 feet, 11th December {JEaton, 1 S)- 



Amongst European species T, unicolor, Pict., has the superior 

 appendages equally without any perceptible dilatation towards 

 the base ; but there is no close affinity otherwise. 



In the two groups of islands with which we are now concerned, 

 there thus appear to be three closely allied species of Tinodes, a 

 genus that bids fair to become protean in allied forms when the 

 localities in which it delights shall have been fully explored, and 

 more especially as regards the Mediterranean district. 



Tinodes merula, n. sp. 



Almost totally deep black, including the clothing of the head, 

 thorax, and wings. Antennge narrowly annulated with yellowish ; 

 articulations of tarsi narrowly yellowish ; ovipositor of 2 elon- 

 gate, testaceous. Anterior wings having the apex slightly elon- 

 gate ; apical fork No. 3 long and narrow, No. 4 very long and 

 broad ; membrane iridescent. Expanse 12-13 mm. 



Madeira : streamlet between Cama dosLobos and Cabo Grirao, 

 1780 feet, 20th November, 1 $ ; "levada " above Funchal, 3100 

 feet, 23rd November, 1 $ {Eaton). 



In its black coloration this greatly resembles a large species of 

 Lype ; but it is a true Tinodes. Descriptions of species of Tinodes 

 from the ? only must always be unsatisfactory, and are to be 

 deprecated as a rule. But the number of hlacTc species of the 

 genus is so small, that in working out an insular faun^, such as 

 this, it is advisable to relax what should otherwise be the rule. 

 T. merula must prove distinct, whatever may be its nearest rela- 

 tive amongst the black European forms. 



EHTACOPHILIDiE. 



PsETiDAGAPETUS ? PTJNCTATTis, Hagen. {Agopettis punciafus, 

 Hag. Ent. Month. Mag. ii. p. 80 ; Stett. ent. Zeit. 1859, p. 163, 

 1865, p. 221. — P. (?) ptmctatus, M'Lach. Eevision & Synopsis, 

 p. 485, pi. li.) 



Madeira (Wollaston). 



A Pseudagapetus according to the undilated intermediate legs 



