Africa: Algeria; Tunis; (24).
Philoscia couchii Kinahan. [Plate XI.]
1858 Philoscia couchii Kinahan (33), p. 195, pl. XXIII., fig. 4.
1868 Philoscia couchii Bate and Westwood (1), p.
1885 Ligidium couchii Budde-Lund (8), p. 257.
1885 Philoscia longicornis Budde-Lund (8), p. 221.
1897 Philoscia couchii Dollfus (21), p. 72, pl. I., fig. 1.
Philoscia couchii is an inhabitant of the sea-side; it is smaller than the last species, its colour to the naked eye is a uniform lead-grey, and its antennæ are very large (compared with its size) and hairy.
This species was discovered by Professor Kinahan when in the company of Messrs. Bate and Westwood near Polperro in Cornwall in the year 1858, and dried specimens presented by him are in the British Museum (Natural History).
BRITISH LOCALITIES:—
England: Talland Cove; Polperro; (Bate and Westwood, 1): Salcombe, Devon; (Norman, 49): Meadefoot, Torquay; (Stebbing in 49).
FOREIGN DISTRIBUTION:—