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and it lias been captured abundantly by myself and others in the 
Madeiran, Canarian, and Cape Verde archipelagos ; and it was met 
with by the late Mr. Bewicke even at Ascension.” 
Creophilus, Steph. 
C. maxillosus, Linn. — Although this great creature, nearly an 
inch in length, and in appearance something between a large Bee and 
a Beetle, is rare, it is occasionally met with on the high land, par- 
ticularly in the neighbourhood of churchyards and cesspools. Mr. 
Wollaston notes it as a common European species, which has also 
become naturalized in the Azores, Madeiras, and Canaries. 
SUB-EAM. XANTHOLINIDES. 
Xantbolinus, Dahl. 
X. morio, Woll. — Mr. Wollaston writes : “The single example, 
taken by Mr. Melliss, has been carefully examined by Mr. Bye, who 
remarks that it is unknown to him, but might nevertheless perhaps 
prove to be the European atratus of Heer. Judging from the 
description, however, of that species, it would appear to be not only 
smaller and blacker than the atratus, and with darker limbs, but 
(as I imagine) to have its head more sparingly punctured, and the 
dorsal punctures of its prothorax more numerous.” 
SUB-EAM. OXYTEL1DES. 
Oxytelus, Grav. 
O. alutaceifrons, Woll.' — Of which Mr. Wollaston writes: “An 
Oxytelus which is in some respects allied to the European O. lutei- 
pennis (and less so to the 0. piceus), but at the same time differing 
in many important respects from that species. It has been examined 
by Mr. Bye, who considers it totally distinct from anything with 
which he is acquainted.” 
O. nitidifrons, Woll. — Of which Mr. Wollaston writes: “A 
most extraordinary little Oxytelus, which, from its abbreviated head 
and prothorax, and the fact of its antennae having the three apical 
joints (rather, perhaps, than the usual seven) conspicuously 
thickened, might seem at first sight almost to merit generic 
separation.” 
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