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CATALOGUE

COLEOPTEROUS INSECTS

THE CANARIES

COLLECTION

BRITISH MUSEUM.

T. VERNON WOLLASTON, M.A., RL.S.

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PHEEACE.

This Catalogue contains tlie description of the Coleopterous
Insects collected by Mr. WoUaston and some of his friends
in the Canary Islands.

The Collection has been arranged by Mr. Wollaston, and
lias been purchased by the Trustees of the British Museum.

JOHN EDWARD GRAY.

Jan. 30, 18G4.

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.

1 HE material from which the following Catalogue has been compiled
is mainly the result of an expedition to the Canaries undertaken by
John Gray, Esq., and myself, in his yacht ' The Miranda,' at the com-
mencement of 1858, in which we visited all the islands of the archi-
pelago except Grand Canary. We reached Teneriffe on the 8th of
January, and were immediately joined by the Rev. R. T. Lowe (who
was passing the winter at Orotava), and set sail at once for Lanza-
rote. As it was part of Mr. Gray's programme to make a detour by
the West Indies on his homeward route, he left us at the end of Feb-
ruary ; from which date, until the following July, Mr. Lowe and I
continued incessantly at our respective vocations (which were, chiefly,
Botany and Coleoptera) — at first in Tenerifie, but afterwards in Grand
Canary and Palma, exploring many remote regions (more or less diffi-
cult of access) which abundantly repaid us for the many obstacles
which were sure to beset the progress of English travellers in such
little-frequented spots.

Encouraged by the success I met with during this first trip, I again
left England at the end of the same year, and, joining the Rev. R. T.
Lowe at Madeira, arrived once more (in company with him) at Tene-
rifie, on the 5th of February 1859 ; and, after a fortnight's delay at
S** Cruz, a second time embarked for Lanzarote. Our researches,
now, were continued principally in that island and Fuerteventura ;
though, after Mr. Lowe's departure for England on April the 19th,

VI IITTEODUCTOKY REMARKS.

I spent six weeks by myself in Teneriffe — principally in the higher
districts towards the Peak, and ascending to the lower limits of the
snow. It was during this short interval that some of my most valu-
able material was accumulated ; and I look back to that brief sojoiirn
in those wild upland tracts — amongst full-blown " Eetamas " of de-
licious fragrance, far above the cloud-line, in what an entomologist
might strictly call " an apiarian heaven " — as embodjang reminis-
cences, of sight and sense, which none but those who have revelled in
such scenes can truly appreciate.

In addition to my own material thus amassed (including, at least,
some 20,000 specimens), and that obtained by Mr. Gray in January
and February of 1858, I have had the advantage, while compiling
this Catalogue, of several smaller collections which have been sub-
mitted to me. Of these, by far the most valuable and important was
formed by Dr. Crotch during the spring of 1862 ; and to his accurate
and indefatigable researches (to which I shall often have occasion to
allude) nearly 50 additions to the fauna are entirely due. Much
useful material has likewise been communicated, from time to time,
by my excellent and worthy friend the Barjio do Castello de Paiva of
Lisbon, who has spared no pains to prociu'e specimens, which he has
on every occasion, with characteristic generosity, placed at my imme-
diate disposal. From Professor Heer also, of Zurich, I have received
many types of the species from which he prepared the list for
M. Hartung's volume on Lanzarote and Fuertevcntura ; and, indeed,
M. Hartung himself allowed me to select a certain number of them
from his boxes, when I chanced to meet him in Madeira, on his
return from his Canarian explorations. And I am happy to be able
to add that the various novelties which have been brought to hght
from these different sources I have been permitted, through the
liberality of their several possessors, to place in the National Col-
lection.

Feeling the paramount importance, in a Catalogue like the present
one, of themos^ thorough accuracy in the faunas of the separate parts
of the Group, I should state that I have used the utmost caution in
the insular distribution of the various species enumerated. In all
cases where the existence of the latter in any particular island rested
upon doubtful evidence, I have preferred theirnon-admission into that
island's fauna to the risl- of a possible error (even though that risk
were, practically, almost nil). And I hope it will not be considered
presumptuous if I record my conscientious belief that no single mis-
take has occurred in the Topographical Index of this volume. Indeed

IXTRODUCTORY REMARKS. Vll

by far the greater proportion of the species have been entered into
its cohimns on the evidence supplied by my own acti;al experience ;
and I would call attention to the fact that I adopted a method of
annotation of every specimen which I collected so as effectually to
pi'event even the possihUity of after- confusion as to the exact island
in which it was found. And since the same mode was carried out (I
am satisfied, with equal care and honesty) by Dr. Crotch, whilst the
captures of Mr. Gray were made whilst we were together, and were
entered daily in a list prepared roughly at the time, there seems
scarcely an opening for anything appi'oaching to a serious topogra-
phical blunder. I lay such great stress upon the complete accuracy
of the habitats because observation has cojivinced me how widely
some parts of the Group differ in their Coleopterous population from
others ; and that consequently, if any soiTnd deductions are to be
ventured upon from the local distribution of the several forms, the
very ground work on which they must be based will be worse than
useless unless established with the most perfect tnithfulness and
precision* .

Of the 930 species enumerated in this Catalogue, only 77 have
escaped my own personal observation ; and of these 77, no less than
44 are (as lately stated) due to the researches of Dr. Crotch, Of the
remaining 33, four' were taken solely by Mr. Gray, one^ by my late

* It would be a happy thing if this principle were more strictly adliered to by
naturalists, as a rule ; for many grievous geographical misstatements, which when
once publislied can seldom be absolutely disproved (even though acknowledged
afterwards as false on mere negative evidence), would have been thus avoided. I
need not adduce instances of this, for our Catalogues teem with them : but, as a
case which closely concerns us here. I may just add that I have myself received
from the continent, as " Teneriffan" insects which I am quite satisfied were never
found except in the two eastern islands of the archipelago — Lanzarote and Fuerte-
ventura — in which the fauna, as a whole, is very f)eculiar, and has m^re of an
African element in it than is the case in the other portions of the Grroup. Yet
these species were pronounced unhesitatingly to be Teneriffan (and have perhaps
been disseminated throughout Europe as such) simply because they had hcen sent
from Teneriffc. And thus, in all probability, the present Catalogue, which defines
their range in accordance with the plainest facts, will be at once regarded by the
possessors of those insects as guilty of a very serious error of omission. Surely
it would be far wiser, where specimens are received unaccompanied by any posi-
tive assertion of the exact localities in which they were taken, not to attempt to
define the latter too rigidly. For, in the instance just alluded to, would it not
have been better to have called them simply " Canarian " (which would have been
strictly true) than " Teneriffan " (wliich happens to be entirely false) ? I entreat
entomologists to consider for themselves whether a slight omission of precise
habitat (which is of no moment in a general collection) is not at all times pi-efer-
able to a downright misstatement.

1 Symhiotes fygmceus, Hampe ; Apion ceuthorhynchoidcs, W. ; Helops rimosus,
W., and Anthiciis angustntus. Curt.

^ CUvnus Armiiacfii, W.

VIU INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.

friend the Rev. W. J. Armitage, one^ by M. Hartung, seven* have
been communicated by the Barao do Castello de Paiva, one' by Mr.
A. Fry of London, four*' were captured by Mr. Gray and Dr. Crotch,
one'' by the Rev. R. T. Lowe and Dr. Crotch, one^ by M. de la Per-
raudiere and Dr. Crotch, two" have been inserted on the evidence of
specimens received from Paris (from MM. Chevrolat and DeyroUe,
respectively), and eleven" have been added from the meagre list
of M, Brulle given in the ' Histoire Naturelle des lies Canaries ' of
MM. Webb and Berthelot.

As regards this work, I may be permitted to advert to the poverty
of the catalogue of the Canarian Coleoptera (numbering in all but
179 species !) ; to the inaccuracies, which I have been compelled to
advert to seriatim ; to the discrepancy of the names of many of the in-
sects as given in the letter-press and on the Plates (the latter of which
are not alluded to in the former) ; to the wrong identification of the
majority of the already-known species; to the complete silence through-
out respecting the various habitats ; to the absence of any remark of
local interest, and to the almost conclusive evidence which I possess
of some few of even those 179 species not being Canarian at all*
(but having been brought from Madeira by Mr. Webb). When we
consider that the insect-population, in the Canarian islands, at least
trebles in extent the rej^resentatives of aU the other departments of

3 Arthrodcs Hartungii.

* Lixus anguicuhis, Schon. ; Laparocerus mor/o, Schon. ; Hesperophanes senex,
W.; Zophosin ■i-curinafa, Dejr. ; Carabus faustus, Br. ; Biq^resfis BcrtheJoti, Br.,
and Cossypliui^ //t.si/ln>-/s, Lap., — the last tliree of which are also included in MM.
Webb and Berthelot's work.

^ Silpha figurata, Br. (likewise recorded by MM. Webb and Berthelot).
i ; ^ Oxyomus hrevicolHs, W. ; Notiomimus holosericens, W. ; Arthrodes parcepunc-
tatus, W., and Lithocharis debilicornis, W.

^ Liparthrum Lowei, W.

* Hololepfa Perraudieri, de Mars.

^ Acallcs Monti (Chev.), W., and Pimelia amhigua, W.

1° The evidence for the admission of these eleven species will be found under
each of them. But as M. Brulle does not indicate the localifies of the insects in-
cluded in his list, they are all, except one (the habitat of wliich I ascertained in
Paris, from a note appended to MM. Webb and Berthelot's type), unmarked (as
regards their respective islands) in my ' Topographical Catalogue,' though ad-
mitted into the general list. The "one" referred to is the Pimelia canariensis, Br. :
and the remaining ten (concerning wliich further evidence is required) are as
follows : — Bt/fiscui circionJicaKs, F.; Berosus spinosus, Ahr. ; Aftagemus pellio, L. ;
Oofoina obscHra,^v. ; Hcspierophancs roridus, Br.; Clytus Wcbbii,Ijefp.; Tentyria
interrupta, Lat.; Pimelia fornicata, Hbst; Pimelia spar sa, Br., and Ischnomera
melanura, L.

'* With respect to this last assertion, I must refer f o my foot-not« on p. 7 ;
though, did space permit, I miglit add much more on the same subject.

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. IX

organic nature *, it is impossible to avoid surprise that the Coleoptera
should have been thus dealt with in so voluminous a History as that of
MM. Webb and Berthelot. I would by no means, however, wish it to
be assumed that I consider the present enumeration as even approach-
ing to a complete one. On the contrary, indeed, I do not venture to
suppose that I have gleaned more than the firstfruits ; yet I hope that
it will at least constitute a basis (sufficiently accurate, as far as it
goes) for a more perfect treatise to be built upon. And although I feel
that there is yet much, very much, to be done in every island of the
cluster, I think nevertheless I may safely anticipate that the general
catalogue, at all events, will be found to give a really true (though
approximate) idea of the Canarian Coleoptera as a ivTiole. With re-
spect to the separate lists of each island, the great practical difficulty
of filling them up should be borne in mind. Indeed to reach the re-
moter islands at all, and to omit none of them moreover in a widelj^
scattered assemblage, the extremes of which are removed from each
other by nearly 200 miles of stormy ocean, is no easy taskf; there-
fore how much more to deal with each of them as a distinct country,
and to begin afresh in every case (which necessarily involves a con-
siderable amount of time) to collect its commonest productions ! In
the Canarian Group, where the islands are seven in number, the labour
has been the same as in the exploration of seven countries (of similar
extent) ; and it will consequently be seen that, whilst the species
which I have recorded for the entire archipelago is 930, the asterisks
(in the Topographical Index) for the islands collectively — which, so
far as the ivorlc of observation is concerned, might have been indicative
of so many separate species — amount to 2043. It may be interesting
to notice the proportions thus arrived at for the species hitherto ob-
served in the several islands : —

* There is, in the ' Histoire Naturelle des lies Canaries' above cited, a
Chapter, devoted to what are called "philosophical speculations," in which
reasons are given why insects cannot be common at the Canaries. A great deal
is there said about the trade-winds, moisture, the general state of the atmosphere,
&c. ; but I must profess myself quite incompetent to understand it. It would
have been better to have gone out into the open country and observed facts. I
can only say that I chose this plan, unA found insects in profusion.

t MM. Webb and Berthelot appear never to have set foot on Hierro ; and so
dispose of it summarily by saying that it has no harbours, no rivers, no water
of any kind — a mere barren rock, insignificant and devoid of interest. For mv
own part I found it (in proportion to its size) the most remarkable island of the
seven ; and the noble forests with which it is clothed on its western slopes are
not to be equalled elsewhere throughout the archipelago. Indeed, apart from
every other circumstance, its mere topographical position with respect to the re-
mainder of the Group invests Hierro with a charm peculiarly its own.

X INTRODrrCTORY REMAKKS,

J^auzai'ote 277

Fuertevputura 261

( I rand Canary 325

Teueiifle 539

Gomei-a 222

Palma 254

HieiTo 165

2043
Although I have good reason for suspecting that a small number
of even the 179 species recorded by MM. Webb and Berthelot were
(as just stated) brought from Madeira, whilst others (as, for instance,
the Erodkis europceus, the Akls acuminata, and perhaps also the
Tentyria interrupta) were accidental importations from the coast of
Africa [on which subject vide my remarks at pages 438 and 469] ;
I have nevertheless alluded to them briefly in foot-notes (in their
proper positions), though without further evidence I could not admit
them into the body of this volume. There are three, however, which
I believe I have passed over in toted silence, — namely, the Cicindela
nilotica, Dej., the Mononyx varieyatus, Br., and the Colaspis har-
bara, Fab. It is certainly possible that a Cicindela may exist in
some of the sandy regions of Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, or Grand
Canarj' ; yet the singular absence, so far as my own observations are
concerned, of that -wddely spread genus both at the Madeiras and
Canaries inclines me to look with unbounded suspicion on its sup-
posed occurrence in these islands ; and I shall at aU events require
stronger evidence than that supplied by MM. Webb and Berthelot,
who give lis no vestige of infoi'mation about it, before I acknowledge
it as Canarian. The Mononyx varieyatus may perhaps be a small
Curculionid from some portion of the Oroup ; but I could get no
sight of it in Paris ; and as no genus has ever been enunciated (so
far as I am aware) under the title of Mononyx, it is impossible even
to guess at its affinities (so that no position coidd be assigned to it in
this Catalogue). If, however. M. Brulle intended himself to establish
the group, there and then, ivitJwut a diagnosis (which is the only
solution that occurs to me), he has at least chosen a most unfor-
tunate name — for the insect figured has decidedly two claws. The
Colaspis harbara is a north-African form ; and although, in like
manner, it too may be Canarian, I cannot possibly treat it as such —
without a single published remark either as to its identification or
habitat, and with the well-founded suspicion (above alhided to) that
a certain proportion of MM. Webl) and Bcrthelot's recorded species

INTROBTJCTORY REAIARKS. XI

were chance introductions (such as have occurred, to my own certain
knowledge, in trading-vessels) from the opposite coast of Morocco.

Although many widely spread genera (such as Carahus, SUpha,
Tentyria, and Pimelia) are represented at the Canaries which are
absent from the Madeiras, nevertheless, on the whole, I think that
the latter Group is, in proj)ortion to the aggregate superficies of its
separate parts, the more productive of the two. Probably, however,
this is merely owing to the greater depauperation of the former
through the destruction of the timber, and (as a necessary conse-
quence) the gradual drying up of the pools and streams — which
there is abundant evidence to show were once numerous. But, be
this as it may, the fact itself seems plainly indicated by the relative
extent of their Coleopterous faunas — that of the Madeiran archi-
pelago numbering, up to the present date, 660 species, whilst that of
the Canarian one (the product of seven large islands) includes hitherto
but 930. We must undoubtedly bear in mind that the Madeiras
have been more thoroughly examined than the Canaries ; yet, even
whilst making a liberal allowance for this consideration, I do not
believe that the Canarian Coleoptera will ever prove to be so nume-
rous in species, in proportion to the area ranged over, as the Madeiran.
Nor have the two faunas quite so decided a resemblance as I should
have a priori anticipated, seeing that 224 species is all that they
have yet been demonstrated to possess in common. There are, how-
ever, a certain number of ordinary (perhaps naturalized) forms, in
both cases, which we may feel quite sure will be shown, sooner or
later, to be mutual ; therefore we may safely imagine the above
number as raised, at all events, to 250. Yet even that proportion is
but a small one, in islands so manifestly belonging to the same geo-
graphical system, and with their many physical peculiarities nearly
similar.

Adverting to the general statistics, it is interesting to observe
that the great Sections (whatever their relative positions may be, in
a system of classification) into which the Coleoptera are usually
supposed, either by acknowledgment or tacit assumption, to be sub-
divided bear pretty nearly the same numerical proportions amongst
themselves in the two Groups. Thus, in both instances, the Bhyncho-
phora exceeds every other department in the nimiber of its representa-
tives ; whilst the next in order is the Bracheh/tra : and the Eucerata
and Hydradephaga occupy, either actually or almost, the lowest posi-
tions. The Heteromera at the Canaries follows third in numerical
succession, and is more pronounced than at Madeira ; whilst the

Xll INTRODUOTOKY REMARKS.

Geodephaga, on the contrary, is, in proportion to the area, rather
less so. The following Table, as compared with the corresponding
one in the Madeiran Catalogue, will show this more clearly : —

HJn/iicJwphoi-a 17(5

Brachchjtra 141

Heteromera 125

Necrophaga 114

Gcodephaga ll->

Priocerata 89

Cordylocerata 51

Phijtopliaga 44

Hydraclephaga 22

Philhi/dnda 21

Pseiulotrimera 19

Eucerata 15

930

Of the genera, as yet detected at the Canaries, the largest (and by
far the most characteristic) is Lajicirocerus — of which no less than
35 exponents have already been brought to light (and there ai-e pro-
bably many yet to be found)*. The next is Homalota ; but as a
considerable proportion of the minute Staphylinids which compose
that immense group are erninently liable to accidental diffusion
(through indirect human agencies) over the civilized world, I lay but
little stress upon this fact. But the third in order, namely Hegeter,
is quite as significant as the first — numbering no less than 19 species f.
Then follow Calatlius and Attalus — both of which are largely ex-
pressed, and have 17 representatives (manifestly quite indigenous).
Apion has 15, but some of them may perhaps have been introduced.
Bemhid'uim, Artlirodes, and PMlonthus have each 14; Accdies and
Longitarsus 13 (the former being equally developed, or even more so,
at Madeira) : Sa2ynmis, Phnelia, Helops, and Anthicus number, each
of them, 12; Aphanarthrum W (all («7</'rt-indigenous) ; Hgdroponis
10 ; and Tarpliius (likewise positively endemic, and of which more
will doubtless yet be found) 9. Indeed Tarphius, as I have elsewhere
shown, is almost characteristic of the intermediate sylvan districts of
the whole of these Atlantic Islands ; nevertheless it is decidedly more
dominant at Madeira (where no less than 20 exponents have already
been observed) than at the Canaries.

* I include with Laparoccrus my genus Athinfis.

t I include ThalpophUa and Gnophota (which arc scarcely more than sub-
genera) with Hegctcr.

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, XUl

But space will not permit me to enter into further details. Suf-
fice it to add that the two eastern islands of the archipelago, Lanza-
rote and Fuerte Ventura, seem to possess more of an African element
than the central and western ones — as is evinced by their very
peculiar fauna, which has a good deal in common with that of the
opj)osite coast of Morocco ; and they appear to me to bear about the
same relation to the remainder as, in the neighbouring Group, Porto
Santo does to Madeira proper. The entire Canarian Catalogue, how-
ever, is not more indicative of a southern latitude than is the case with
that of Madeii'a (at any rate not more so than would be naturally
anticipated were the slight additional distance to the south measured
over a continuous tract) — its general character being much what we
should a jpriorl expect to find on the southern Mediterranean limits ;
though at the same time there is, as in Madeira, so large an assort-
ment of purely endemic forms as perhaps to be suggestive rather
of a sejiarate " Atlantic province."

Although only a portion of them have been described in this
volume, I believe that about 30 genera and 540 species have been
established by myself (partly in detached Papers, severally referred
to) amongst the Canarian Coleoptera here enumerated. Whatever
other forms there are (in addition to these) which it has fallen to
my lot to be the first to enunciate are found at Madeira likewise, and
were therefore published amongst the novelties of that Group.

Teignmouth, Jan. 2.3, 1864.

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CATALOGUE

CANARIAN COLEOPTEIU

Fam. 1. CARABID^.

(Subfam. I. ELAPHRIDES.)

Gemxs 1. NOTIOPHILUS.

Dumeril, Consid. gen. sur les Ins. 169 (1823).

1. Notiophilus geminatus.

Notiophilus geminatus, Def., Spec, des Col. v. 589 (1831).

, Brulle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 58 (1838).

, Woll., Ins. Mad. 17 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 9 (1857).

Habitat in Lanzarota, Fuerteventura, Canaria, Teneriffa, Goraera
et Hierro, passim.

The NotiopMlus geminatus (which I have detected in three, out
of the five, Madeii-a islands, and which occurs throughout southern
Europe and the north of Africa) is almost certaioly universal, though
nowhere very common, at the Canaries. I have taken it in Lanza-
rote, Fuerteventui-a, Grand Canary, Tenerifife, and Hierro (in which
last island it was captured equally by Mr. Gray) ; and it was found
by Dr. Crotch in Gomera. There can be but little doubt, I should
imagine, that it must exist in Palma likewise. From TenerifFe it
has also been communicated by the Barao do Castello de Paiva.

(Subfam. II. CARABIDES.)

Genus 2. LEISTUS.
Froblich, Naturf. xviii. 9 (1794).

2. Leistus nubivagus, n. sp.

L. oblougus, depressus, castaneo-ferrugineus, nitidus ; prothorace
brevi, transverse, ad latera (prsesertim postice) explanato et sub-

^

2 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

sequaliter rotundato, per basin profunde sed parce pimctato necnon
etiam antice in medio pimctis perpaucis minoribns notato, postice
utrinqiie fovea magna impresso ; elytris depressis, profunde cre-
nato-striatis, stria tertia in singulo punctis quatuor aueta ; an-
tennis, palpis pedibusque (femoribus plus minus obscurioribus ex-
ceptis) testaceis vel rufo-testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 2|-3.

Habitat Teneriffam, rarissimus ; sub lapidibus humidis in mon-
tibus sylvaticis excelsis circa Agua Mansa tempore vernali captus.

This interesting little Leistus, remarkable prima facie for its small
size and flattened surface, appears to be of the greatest possible
rarity, and confined (so far as I have observed hitherto) to the damp
sylvan regions, of a high elevation, in Teneriffe. I first captured it,
in May 1858, beneath moist stones at the Agua Mansa ; and subse-
quently (during May of the following year) in the same locality and
at the foot of the lofty Organo Rocks.

Genus 3. NEBKIA.
Latreille, Om. Crust, et Ins. i. 225 (1806).

3. Nebria dilatata.

N. picea, latiuscula ; prothorace subcordato, ad latera late explanato
et valde reflexo, antice valde profunde emarginato, angulis anticis
valde porrectis acutiuscuHs ; elytris ellipticis, postice subacumi-
natis, alutaceis, subcrenato-striatis ; palpis, antennis pedibusque
clare ferrugineis. — Long. corp. lin. 6-6|.

Nebria dilatata, DeJ., Spec. Gen. des Col. v. 580 (1831).
, Bridle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 58. pi. ii. f. 7 (1838).

Habitat sub lapidibus humidis in montibus excelsis Teneriffse,
rarissima, inter 4000' et 6000' s. m. prsecipue degens.

The superb Nebria v^hich I have redescribed above (and which
was wrongly stated by Dejean, in his ' Species Gen. des Coleopt.,' to
come from Madeira) appears to be peculiar to the lofty elevations of
Teneriffe, — where it occurs principally at the base of wet rocks and
near trickling streams from about 4000 to 6000 feet above the sea.
It is, however, extremely rare ; and, from its inhabiting ledges and
spots often all but inaccessible, very difficult to find. I first ob-
tained it, on the 30th of April 1859, in the ravines of the great
Pinal which clothes the ascent to the Cumbre adjoining the Canadas,
above Ycod el Alto ; and during the following month I met with it,
more abundantly, on the damp mountain-ridges around the Agua
Mansa and the Organo Rocks.

CAXARIAN COLEOPTERA. 3

4. Nebria currax, n. sp,

N. nigra, angustiila, nitida ; prothorace subcordato, ad latera anguste
explanato et paiilo reflexo, antice sat profimde emarginato, an-
gulis anticis sat porrectis ; elytris ovalibus, striatis, stria tertia in
singulo punctis circa quatiior aucta ; palpis, antennis (articnlis
tertio quartoque obscurioribus exceptis) tarsisque ferrugineis,
femoribus tibiisque piceis. — Long. corp. lin. 5|.

Habitat Canariam Grandem ; inter lapides juxta rivulnm prope
oppidum Teror mense Aprili a.d. 1858 duo specimina deprehendi.

The only two examples of this very rare and distinct Nehria which
I have hitherto seen were captured by myself among-st the wet stones
and rubbish of a small stream, in the island of Grand Canary, which
joins the little river at Teror, within half a mile of the town —
during my residence there, with the Rev. R. T. Lowe, in April 1858.
It belongs to the same type as the N. dilatata ; but its narrower
outline, less elliptic, brighter elytra (the strife of which are less per-
ceptibly crenulated), rather smaller size and darker hue, in con-
junction with its less widely margined and less deeply excavated
pro thorax, will (apart from other differences) at once separate it
from that insect.

Genus 4. CALOSOMA.
Webev, Observat. Entom. 20 [script. CalUsomci] (1801).

5. Calosoma indagator.

Carabus Maderte, Fab., Si/st Ent. 2.37 (1775).

Indagator, Fab., Mant. Ins. i. 197 (1787).

Calosoma Indagator, Dcj., Spec. Gen. des Col. ii. 205 (1826).

Maderrn, BrulU, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 58 (1838).

, TFoll., Im. Mad. 15 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 7 (1857).

Habitat in Canaria, Teneriffa et Palma, passim.

Although not the older of the two, I have preferred the name of
indagator for the present Calosoma to that of Maderce, since it is the
one under which the insect is almost universally known, and since
the author of them both is the same. In this particular instance it
would seem better not to retain the specific title of Maderce ; for the
insect is widely spread over Mediterranean latitudes (being by no
means peculiar to Madeira), and is usually recognized as the C. in-
dagatot. It is out of deference to the opinion of my friend Dr. Schaum
that I have thought it desirable to make this slight change ; for it
will be seen, on reference to my ' Ins. Mad.,' that I adhered in that
volume strictly to priority, and quoted the species by the name (irre-
spective of its a2ipropriateness) under which it was first published by

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4 CANARIAN COLEOPXERA.

Fabricius— who afterwards redescribed it under a fresh title, which
has nevertheless been generally adopted.

The C. indagator, which is rather common in the Madeiran Group
(being found in Madeira proper, Porto Santo, and even on the
Desertas), is decidedly scarce at the Canaries, — where nevertheless
it is probably universal throughout the central and western portions
of the archipelago ; for, although hitherto I have observed it only in
Grand Canary, Teneriffe, and Palma, there can be but little doubt
that it must exist in Gomera and Hierro likewise. In the two eastern
islands, hoAvever, of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, it apparently does
not occiir, — its place being there supplied by the following species,
which I have referred to the C. azoricum of Heer. In TeneriiFe it
was taken also by the Rev. R. T. Lowe, the Barao do Castello de Paiva,
and Dr. Crotch.

6. Calosoma azoricum.
C. prsecedenti simile, sed vix nitidius ; prothorace subminore, postice
paulo angustiore (quare ad latera in medio vix magis subangulato-
ampliato), angtdis posticis sensim acutioribus ac magis productis,
fovea magna profundiore utrinque impresso ; elytris rugosius et
vix densius imbrieatis, ad humeros subrectioribus, et punctis in
seriebus tribus paulo magis numerosis ; tibiis sublongioribus gra-
cilioribusque, omnibus in foemina (forsan in utroque sexu?) rec-
tioribus.
Mas adhuc latet. — Long. corp. lin. 10-11.

Calosoma azoricum ?, Heer, Fossil. Calosom. 5 {note).
Habitat in Lanzarota et Fuerteventura, rarissimum.

Two specimens of Calosoma, captured by myself in Lanzarote and
Fuerteventura respectively, seem to be distinct from the C. indagator,
so widely spread over the other islands of the archipelago, and to be
better referred to the azoricum of Heer. At least, after a careful com-
parison of them, recently, by Dr. Schaum and myself, wdth types from
the Azores, we could neither of us detect any differences of sufficient
importance to be regarded as specific ones, — though in a few minor
particulars they do not e.vacthj agree with the latter ; and, moreover,
being unfortunately females, we were unable to say for certain whether
the intermediate tibiae of their male sex are in any degree ciu'ved as
in the indagator. Be this however as it may, it seems pretty evident
(on other accounts) that they cannot be identified with the indagator ;
whilst the characters of at all events the female sex differ so very
slightly from the corresponchng ones of the azorimm that there seems
the gveatest iJrofiahiliti/, even in the absence of the male to judge from,
that all their features will be found to be so far identical with those

CANARIAN COLEOrXERA. O

of that insect that it will not be possible to treat them, at the utmost,
as indicative of more than a mere geographical variety (and that too
an exceedingly trifling one) of the same species. But, whilst thus
expressing my conviction that it will be found, when further material
has been obtained, to be coincident with the azoricum, I do not wish
to ignore the fact that, in the Canarian insect (judging from the
examples now before me), the prothorax is not quite so straightened
(obliquely) behind, and therefore not quite so preceptibly subangu-
lated on either side in the middle ; and that the elytra are somewhat
less closely reticulated, a trifle more rectangular at their shoulders,
and with the punctui-es of their triple series apparently rather more
numerous. Pei'haps also its intermediate (female) tibiae are not quite
so straight, though the difference (if any) is scarcely perceptible.
If, when the male sex has been discovered, it should prove to be
distinct from the azoricum (which, however, I think is very unlikely),
I would propose for it the trivial name of canariense.

From the C. indagator the present Calosoma may be known by its
prothorax being a little smaller and rather more narrowed behind
(which causes it to be a trifle less obtusely rounded, or more sub-
angulated, on either side in the middle), with its posterior angles
perceptibly acuter, or more downwardly-produced, and with its basal
fovese larger and deeper ; by its elytra being somewhat more roughly
and closely imbricated, a little more rectangular' at the shoulders,
and with the metallic points of their three longitudinal series rather
more numerous ; and by all its tibiae, at any rate in the female sex
(for which I can alone speak), being straighter, and perhaps a trifle
longer and slenderer.

Genus 5. CARABUS.

Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. ii. 668 (1767).

7. Carabus coarctatus.

C. cupreo-aeneus vel subaenesccnti- (interdum vii-escenti-) niger,
nitidus ; prothorace postice subito et valde coarctato, angulis ipsis
posticis longe exstantibus ; elytris ovalibits, limbo plus minus Itete
virescente, longitudinaliter triseriatim parce tuberculatis(tuberculis
elongatis) necnon obsolete costatis ; antennis longiusculis pedibus-
que obscurioribus. — Long. corp. lin. 9-10.

Carabus coarctatus, Brulle, in Webb et Berth. {Col.) 57. pi. ii. f. 2 (1838).
Habitat Canariam Grandem, sub lapidibus in locis plus minus edi-
tioribus, rarissime.

The C. coarctatus (so well distinguished prima facie by its pro-

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thorax being suddenly and greatly constricted behind, but with the
posterior angles themselves exceedingly prominent) would appear, so
far as I have observed hitherto, to be peculiar to the intermediate and
higher elevations of Grand Canary, — where, dui'ing March and April
of 1858, 1 took it sparingly beneath stones throughout the dry, cindery
district of El Monte ; as well as on the summit of the Bandama moun-
tain, and on the ascent to the Roca del 8oucilho, above San Mateo.

8. Carabus faustus.

G, cupreo-aeneus vel subaenescenti- (interdum virescenti-) niger,
nitidus ; prothorace elongato-subquadrato (postice paulo et aqua-
hter angustiore) ; elytris elongato-ovatis (versus basin ad latera
oblique subrectis et pone medium paulo latioribus), limbo plus
minus Isete virescenti, longitudinaliter triseriatim tuberculatis nec-
non plus minus distincte costatis ; antennis pedibusque elongatis,
robustis, obscurioribus. — Long. corp. lin. 12-13.

Carabus faustus, Brulle, in Webb et BeHh. ( Col.) 57. pi. ii. f. 3 (1838).

Habitat Teneriffam sylvaticam, rarissimus.

I have not, myself, ever taken this Carabus ; but I have received
it from Dr. Heer of Zurich, captured by M. Hartung in Teneriffe,
and it has also been communicated by the Barao do Castello de Paiva
from (the Agua Garcia of) the same island. If therefore the few
specimens which I have seen be typical of the species, I may add
that it may be known from the C. interruptns by its considerably
larger size and more shining surface, by its longer and robuster limbs,
and by its prothorax and elytra being each of them more elongated, —
the former being more (obliquely) straightened behind, and the latter
more so in front. The posterior thoracic angles, also, are a little
more backwardly-produced. It is evidently extremely rare, and is
j)robably attached to a rather lower elevation within the sylvan dis-
tricts than its ally.

9. Carabus interruptus.

C. cupreo-teneus vel subajnescenti- (interdum virescenti-) niger, sub-
nitidus ; prothorace subquadrato (postice paulo et a^qualiter an-
gustiore) ; elytris ovatis, limbo plus minus Isete virescente, longi-
tudinaliter triseriatim tuberculatis necnon plus minus distincte
costatis ; antennis pedibusque obscurioribus. — Long. corp. lin. 8^-
vix 10.

Carabus interruptus (Lat.), Dej., Spec. Gen. des Col. v. 547 (1831).
abbreviatus, Brulle, in Silb. Her. Ent. iii. 298 (1835).

Habitat in regionibus humidis cxcelsis TenerifFae, usque ad 6000'
s. m. ascendens.

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. /

The smaller size, somewhat less shining surface (particularly of
the female sex), and more rounded elytra of the C. interruptus, in
conjunction with its more abbreviated pro thorax and shorter limbs,
will, apart from minor characters, at once separate it from the pre-
ceding species. It was erroneously stated by Dejean to be a native
of Madeira, — being confined, apparently, to the intermediate and
lofty elevations of Teneriffe ; where I have taken it at the Agnia
Mansa, and on the damp and almost inaccessible slopes above the
Organo Rocks, abutting on the Cumbre. It was also captured
above Ycod el Alto by Dr. Crotch, and has likewise been communi-
cated by the Barao do Castello de Paiva.

As regards the synonymy of this Carahus, it seems that M. Brulle
changed the name of interruptus, under which it was described by
Dejean, into that of abbreviatus, — on account of the former having
been preoccupied by Say for a North American species. But since
it would appear (from information which I have received from Dr.
Schaum) that Say's insect is undoubtedly conspecific with the vinctus
of Weber (and is so acknowledged by the modern American Coleopte-
rists), it follows that Say's title (for the vhictus) has to be suppressed,
and that M. Brulle had consequently no sufficient reason for altering
the name which Dejean proposed for the Canarian species*.

(Subfam. III. SCAEITIDES.)

Genus 6. SCAEITES f.
Fabricius, Syst. Ent. 249 (1775).

10. Scarites gigas.

Scarites gigas, Fab., Spec. Ins. i. 314 (1781).

, OUv., Ent. iii. 36. i. 1 (1795).

Pyracmon, Bon., Obs. Ent. ii. 33 (1813).

, De/., Spec. Gen. des Col. i. 367 (1825).

, Hartnng, Geolog. Verhdltn. Lanz. unci Ftiert. 140.

Habitat in arenosis Lanzarotae et Canarise, rarissimus.
The S. gigcis (which occiu's in the south of Europe and the north
of Africa, and which I have myself taken at Mogadore on the coast

* I sliould however add, in M. BruUe's defence, that he believed the C. inters
ruptus of Say to be distinct from Weber's (and Dejean's) vinctus ; but in this he
was apparently mistaken.

t As I am determined not to include any species in this Catalogue which rests
upon e\'idence altogether unsatisfactory, I do not apologize for refusing admission
to a Scarites figured by M. Brulle (I cannot say " described," for the few words
in which he alludes to it amount to no description at all) under the name of
S. dimidiatus. Judging from the figure, wliich is really a very tolerable one, I
have no hesitation whatever in identifying it with the Madeiran S. abbreviatios,

8 CANARIAN COLEOPTEEA.

of Morocco) appears to be very rare at the Canaries,— where it was
found by Mr. Gray and myself, during January 1858, near Arrecife
in Lanzarote : and subsequently, by myself, in the little island of
Graciosa, off the north of Lanzarote ; as well as at the extreme south-
ern, sandy point of Grand Canary, in the district of Maspalomas.
It was likewise captured in Lanzarote by M. Hartung.

Genus 7. DYSCHIRIUS.

Bonelli, Observat. Entom. i. (1809).

11. Dyschirius armatus, n. sp.

D. isnco-piccus, clypeo tridcntato ; elytris ovato-oblongis, profunde
punctato-striatis, punctis postice evanescentibus ; antennis pedi-
busque rufo-ferrugincis ; tibiis anticis extus longissime denticu-
latis. — Long, coi'p. lin. vix 2.

Habitat in arenosis maritimis Lanzarota^ rarissimus ; per litora
lacus ejus salini " Januvio '" dicti, sub ulvis ejectis, mouse Martio a.d.
1850, tria specimina collegi.

The comparatively large size and more piceous hue of this fine
Dyschirius, in conjunction with its tridentate clypcus and the greatly
developed spines of its fore tibite, will at once distinguish it from the
following two species. It has been examined by my friend Dr.
Schaum, of Berlin, who has paid much attention to the genus, and
Avho returned it with the observation : " It is probably allied to the
D. falvipes, Dej. (unknoAvn to me) ; but in that insect the marginal

and have but little doubt that it was brought from Madeira by Mr. Webb (along
with the Hmyalus consenfanens and distinguendus, and possibly also the Lionis
angustatus), and mixed-up by him with liis Canarian collection. I have the
most positive assurance from a personal friend of Mr. Webb, that the latter col-
lected in Madeira before he went to Teneriife, and that he was exceedingly care-
less and inaccm-ate with respect to the material which he was in the habit of
amassing : — a fact indeed which is proved to a demonstration tlu'ough the cir-
cumstance of one of his Land-Shells (an Achafma) having been described by
D'Orbigny (in MM. Webb and Berthelot's work) as a new Canarian species, but
which 011 reference to the type may be seen to have in Mr. Webb's own hand-
writing a label attached to it bearing the words '• Pico de Facho," — which Pico
de Facho (as the shell itseh'' would in fact testify) is one of the mountains of Porto
Santo (an island in which Mr. Webb sojourned during May of 1828) ! ! Now it
so happens that the only character of any significance which M. Brulle alludes
to in his (so-called) description of the 6'. dimidiatus is to the etfect that its elytral
stria' are punctured. In the ahltreriatus the stria; are usually impunctate ; never-
theless they have sometimes a tendency to be very faintly pimctured even in Ma-
deira proper and on tine Desertas. but in Porto Santo they are nearly always very
perceptibly punctate. So that I conclude, first, that M. Brulle's »S'. dimidiatus
is founded upon an example (since lost — for it does not now exist in the collec-
tion at the Jardin des Plantes, in Paris) of the ahhrcviatifs brought by Mr. Webb
from Madeira ; and secondly, that the specimen was, like the Land-Shell above
referred to, a Porto-Santan one.

CANAKIAN COLEOPTERA.

9

stria is said to be scarcely visible at the base." It is apparently
very rare, the only three specimens which I have seen having been
captured by myself, beneath cast-np sea-weed, on the sandy shores
of the curious salt-water lake known as " Januvio,'' towards the
south-western extremity of Lanzarote, — during my visit to that re-
markable spot, in company with the Rev. R. T. Lowe, on the 26th
of March 1859. I may add that, as has been so often observed in
the Dyschiril of more northern latitudes, it was, even in that remote
locality, associated mth a Bledius, — a noble species somewhat akin
to the European bicomis, and which I shall hope to describe under
the name of B. Januvianus.

12. Dyschirius suhaeneus, n. sp.

D. seneo- (vel subpiceo-) niger, clypeo simplici ; elytris ovato-ob-
longis, profunde punctato-striatis, punctis postice evanescentibus ;
antennis pedibusque rufo-piceis ; tibiis anticis extus breviter den-
ticulatis. — Long, corp. lin. l|^-lg.

Habitat in Canaria Grandi, per litora paludis lutosas (nee salinsB)
ad Arguiniguin d. 14. Ap. a.d. 1858 deprehensus.

The present Dyschirius has very much the size and general aspect
of the common European Z>. ameus, with wliich indeed before exami-
nation I had regarded it as coincident, A more careful inspection,
however, has brought to light several small differential features,
which it is the opinion of Dr. Schaum must separate it specifically
from that insect, "It is distinct," says he, "from the ceneus (to
which it is closely allied) by the first and second striae commencing
in a deep point at the base, by the first stria being much deeper, and
by the stronger teeth of its anterior tibiae. It belongs to my Section
B. 2. (j. aa. (p. 201)." I captured thirteen examples of it by brush-
ing the fine grass along the muddy edges of the freshwater lake at
Arguiniguin, in the south of Grand Canary, during my visit there, with
the Rev. R. T, Lowe, on the 14th of April 1858.

13. Dyschirius pauxillus, n. sp.

D. aeneo-niger, clypeo simplici ; elytris subovato-oblongis, profunde
punctato-striatis, punctis postice evanescentibus ; antennis pedi-
busque rufo-piceis ; tibiis anticis extus vix denticulatis. — Long.
Corp. lin. 1^.

Habitat Teneriffam ; duo specimina (per aerem volitantia) prope
" Puerto Orotava," mense Maio a.d. 1858, cepi.

The smaller size of this little Di/schirius, combined with its fore
tibite being almost unarmed along their outer edge, will suffice to

10 CANARIAX COLEOPTERA.

distinguish it from the preceding ones. " It belongs," says Dr.
Schaum, " to the same group as the D. misellus (p. 217 of my work) ;
indeed it closely resembles the latter, but is distinct by the first stria
beginning with a deeper impression at the base of the elytra." Two
specimens only have as yet come under my observation, — captured
(on the wing) immediately outside the Puerto Orotava, in Teneriffe,
during May 1858.

(Subfam. IV. BRACHINIDES.)

Genus 8. PHEROPSOPHUS.
Solier, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, ii. 461 (1833).

14. Pheropsophus hispanicus.

Brachinus hispanicus, Dej., Spec. Gen. des Col. i. 303 (1825).

(Kollar), Dej., Icon. ii. 104. tab. 8. fig. 5 (1830).

, Brulle, In I'Vebb et Berth. (Col.) 55 (1838).

Hahitat Canariam Grandem, per litora paludis ad Arguiniguin a
meipso captus ; necnon etiam ex Tenei'iiFa exemplar antiquum nuper
communicavit cl. Dom. Chevrolat.

This noble insect, which is found also in the south of Spain (and
which is the only one of the larger Bracliinkles which has hitherto
been recorded in Europe), occurs, though very rarely, at the Canaries.
The only spot in which I have myself detected it is at the edges of
the freshwater lake at Arguiniguin (the same locality in which I
captured the Dyschirius suhcenetis), in the south of Grand Canary ;
but I could only obtain seven specimens. I have an old example
lately forwarded by M. Chevrolat, of Paris, which is labelled " Tene-
riffe"; and as it is highly probable that it may exist in that island
also, I think we may, without much risk, quote it accordingly.

(Subfam. V. DEYPTIDES.)

Genus 9. POLYSTICHUS.
Bonelli, Observat. Entom. tab. (1809).

15. Polystichus brunneus.

P. apterus, paUide rufo-brunneus, ubique pubescens ; capite protho-
raceque nitidis ; hoc profunde sed parce punctate ; iUo confertius
et paulo densius punctato, postice valde angustato, basi apiceque
recte truncato, in medio profunde canaliculato necnon utrinque
versus angulum posticum longitudin'aliter imprcsso ; elytris minus
nitidis, depressis, profunde subcrenato-striatis, intcrstitiis sub-

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convexis et minutissime punctulaiis ; antennis, palpis pedibusque
rufo-testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 4—4^.

Polisticlius bnmneus, Dej., Sjjec. Gen. des Col. v. 298 (1831).
iinicolor, £>:, Hist. Nat. des Ins. iv. 179. pi. 6. f. 2 (1834).

Habitat sub lapidibus in regionibus excelsis Teneriffse, usque ad
9000' s. m. ascendens.

Judging from the description, there can, I think, be but little
doubt that the present Pohjstichus is identical with the P. hvunneus
of Dejean (whose habitat for it, of " Brazil," was consequently al-
together erroneous) : and such, I may add, is likewise the opinion
both of the Baron Chaudoir and Dr. Schaum. Hence the name pro-
posed for it, subsequently, by M. Brulle must of necessity be can-
celled. It is one of the most beautiful of the Canarian Coleoptera,
and is confined (so far as I have observed hitherto) to the higher
elevations of Teneriffe. Indeed the only spot in which I have cap-
tured it (and even there but very sparingly) is the lofty Cumbre (on
the ascent to the Peak) adjoining the Canadas, — from about 8000 to
9000 feet above the sea ; where, at the beginning of May 1859, I
took it from under stones (occasionally within a short distance of
the snow) ; in which locality it has subsequently been found by
Dr. Crotch, A single example, however, from an old collection at
S'* Cruz, has lately been forwarded to me by the Barao do CasteUo
de Paiva, purporting to have been taken in the " Barranco de San
Domingo, near Laguna."

(Subfam. VI. LEBIADES.)

Genus 10. DROMIUS.

Bonelli, Observat. Entom. i. tab. syn. (1813).

16. Dromius agilis.

Carabus agilis, Fab., But. Si/st. i. 139 (1792).
Labia agilis, Gi/IL, Ins. Suec. ii. 186 (1810).
Dromius agilis, Dej., Spec. Gen. des Col. i. 240 (1825).
, Schmmi, Nat. der Lis. Deutsch. i. 268 (1860).

Habitat in ins. Fuerteventura, Aprili ineunte a.d. 1859 semel captus.

A single specimen (somewhat immature) of what appears voa.-
doubtedly to be the common European D. agilis was captured by
myself, beneath a stone, in a small, dry, rocky ravine immediately
outside the little town of S'" Maria Betancuria, of Fuerteventura,
during my sojourn there, with the Eev. R. T. Lowe, at the begin-
ning of April 1859.

12 OANARIAN COLKOPTERA.

17. Dromius amcenus, n. sp.
D. elongatus, nitidus ; capite prothoraceque rufo-ferrugineis, illo
magno elongato, hoc elongato, postice angustiore sxibrecto, in
medio profunde eanalicixlato, limbo plus mimis dilutiore ; elytris
elongato-ovatis, le^dter striatis, testaceis, siitiira fasciaque pone
medium dentata (necnon interdum limbo) nigro-fuscis ; antennis
palpisque testaceis ; pedibus pallido-testaceis. — Long. corp. lin.
2-21.

Habitat in sylvaticis excelsioribus TenerifFse, sub cortice arbonim
laxo latitans. In sylva Las Mercedes, necnon supra Taganana cepi.

This large and beautiful Dromius may be regarded as the Canarian
representative of the Madeiran D. insularis, — to which, although ex-
ceedingly distinct from it specifically, it is closely allied. Apart,
however, from the somewhat darker hue of its head and prothorax
(the former of which is less strigulose in the centre, whilst the latter
is more elongate and straighter behind), it differs from that insect
in its brighter surface, and convexer and more rounded elytra —
which have their striae less impressed, and their postmedial fascia
broader (extending in fact to the outer margin, which is itself also
usually more or less blackened or infuscated). It is apparently
very rare, or at any rate local, and confined (so far as I have ob-
served hitherto) to the sylvan regions on the north-eastern mountains
of Teneriffe, from the wood of Las Mercedes to Point Anaga. In
the former I took it, not uncommonly, from beneath damp loosened
bark, during June 1858 ; and, at the end of May of the following
year, I met with it in similar spots in the laurel-district above
Taganana.

18. Dromius elliptipennis, n. sp.

D. nitidus ; capite piceo, latiusculo, oculis magnis, prominentibus ;
prothorace nifo-testaceo, subquadrato postice angustiore, ad an-
gulos posticos late explanato ; elytris ellipticis, ad latera rotundatis,
testaceis, pone scutellum necnon per suturam obscure sed in fascia
communi media maxima dentata distincte nigro-fuscis ; antennis,
palpis pedibusque testaceis ; tarsis posticis longiusculis. — Long.
Corp. lin. 1|— If.

Habitat in sylvaticis excelsis Teneriffse, Gomerse et Hierro, raris-
simus.

Until lately I had regarded this Dromius as a " var. /3 " (pecuKar
to the sylvan regions) of the D. sigma ; but the opinion (recently) of
Dr. Schaum that it is certainly distinct has induced me to examine
it with greater care, and I now believe with him that it cannot be
I'cferred to that species. It may be known readily from the sigma

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by its rather wider head and prothorax (the former of which has the
eyes a Httle more prominent, whilst the latter is more broadly
margined towards the basal angles), by its rounder or more ellip-
tical elytra (which have their zigzag fascia very much deeper or
more developed, and an evident, though never very conspicuous,
cloud immediately behind the scutellum), and by its posterior feet
being a trifle longer.

The D. elliptipennis appears to be extremely rare, and confined
(so far as observed hitherto) to the damp sylvan regions of Teneriffe,
Gomera, and Hierro, — in the former of which I captured it in the
laurel-woods above Taganana, and in the latter at El Golfo (on the
western side of the island). Its detection in Gomera is due to the
recent researches of Dr. Crotch, who obtained it on the mountains
above Hermigua.

19. Dromius sigma.

D. angustulus, nitidiusculus ; capite nigro-piceo vel piceo ; protho-
race elytrisque testaceis, his subparallelis, sutura fasciaque media
dentata nigro-fuscis ; antennis, palpis pedibusque pallido- testaceis.

Var. /3. Capite prothoraceque (rufo-brunneo) angustioribus, illo ob-
longo oculis paulo minus prominentibus. [/n excelsioribus Tene-
riffse.] — Long. corp. lin. 1^-vix l^..

Carabus sigma, Rossi, Fna Etrus. i. 226 (1790).
Dromius sigma, Woll, Ins. Mad. 5 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad Col. 3 (1857).

, Schaum, Kat. der Ins. Deutsch. i. 273 (1860).

Habitat Canariam et Teneriffam, sub lapidibus, rarior ; fere ad
9000' s. m. ascendens.

The European D. sigma, which occurs sparingly in the Madeiran
Group, is decidedly rare in these islands, where however it is vridely
spread at intermediate and lofty altitudes. I have taken it in the
region of El Monte in Grand Canary ; and on the exposed mountain -
slopes above the plain of Laguna in Teneriffe, as well as on the
elevated Cumbre adjoining the Canadas (nearly 9000 feet above the
sea) — where the specimens (var. /3) have their head and prothorax,
apparently, a little narrower, and their eyes somewhat less promi-
nent. In Teneriffe it was found, also, by Dr. Crotch.

20. Dromius incertus, n. sp.

D. subnitidus ; capite sat magno, nigro-piceo ; prothorace piceo (vel
rufo-piceo), subquadrato postice paulo angustiore, sat convexo, in
medio profunde canaliculato ; elytris substriatis, fusco-piceis, ver-

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sus basin neciion ad apicem ipsum vix dilutioribus ; antennis, pal-
pis pedibusque subrobustis, testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 1|-1|.

Habitat Lanzarotam borealem, d. 9. Mart. a.d. 1859 duo speciraina
collegi.

The present Dromius is nearly allied to the European D. nigriven-
tr'is, Thorn, (fasciatus, Dej.), from which indeed Dr. Schaum, to whom
I forwarded a single specimen for examination, professed himself
scarcely able (except in colour) to detect a satisfactory difference.
But, after a most careful comparison of two examples which I cap-
tured in the island of Lanzarote with an English series of the D.
nigriventris, I am quite satisfied that they cannot be specifically iden-
tical with the latter. Thus, they are not only altogether a little
larger, wider, and more robust than the nigriventris, but the head
and prothorax are verg perceptihhj larger (the latter, also, being more
convex), the legs are thicker, and the colour of the elytra is almost
uniformly of a dark piceous-brown, — there being only the faintest
possible trace of a more diluted portion towards the base and at the
extreme hinder margin. My two examples were taken amongst dry
earth and rubbish on some rocks at Ye, in the north of Lanzarote,
whilst encamped there, with the Rev. R. T. Lowe, on the 9th of
March 1859.

21. Dromius pervenustus, n. sp.

D. nitidus ; capite nigro-piceo (vel piceo) ; prothorace rufo-testaceo,
brevissimo ; elytris leviter punctiilato-striatis, testaceis, fascia
media maxima transversa (hand dentata) necnon interdum sutura
nigris ; antennis palj)isque testaceis, pedibus pallido-testaceis. —
Long. corf), lin. 1-vix 1^.

Habitat in Teneriffa, Gomera et Palma, rarissimus.

In general coloimng this beautiful little Dromius is very similar
to the D. Sigma ; nevertheless its comparatively minute size and ex-
ceedingly short prothorax, in conjunction with its more oblong and
distinctly striated elytra, with their relatively larger, darker, and less
dentate fascia, will at once separate it from that insect. It is appa-
rently one of the rarest of the Canarian Coleoptera, — foxir out of the
only five specimens which I have myself taken having been captured
at the base of perpendicular rocks high up in the Barranco da Agua
of Palma, and the remaining one in the dry cindery region imme-
diately above the Puerto Orotava of Teneiiffe. A single example
was obtained also in Gomera, by Dr. Crotch.

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Genus 11. BLECHRUS.

Motschulsky, Bull, de Mosc. iii. 219 (1847).

22. Blechrus glabratus.

Lebia glabrata {Meg.) Diifts., Fna Austr. ii. 248 (1812).
Dromius glabratus, Brulli, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 55 (1838).

negrita, Woll, Lis. Mad. 9 (1854).

glabratus, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 4 (1857).

Blecbrus glabratus, Schaum, Nat. dei' Ins. Deictsch. i. 275 (1860).

Habitat Teneriifam, rarior ; in sylvis ad Agua Garcia et Taganana
captus.

Amongst the few specimens of the B. maurus which I have taken
at the Canaries, I find one which must certainly be referred to the
nearly allied species glabratus. It was captured in Teneriffe, — at
the Agua Garcia.

23. Blechrus maurus.

Dromius maurus, Sturm, Deutsch. Fna, vii. 55. t. 171. f. D (1827).

glabratus, Wall., Ins. Mad. 9 (1854).

maurus. Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 5 (1857).

Blechrus maurus, Schaum, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. i. 276 (1860).

Habitat in Canaria, Teneriffa et Palma, sub lapidibus, passim.

The common European B. maurus, although rather abundant at
Madeira, appears to be somewhat rare, or at all events very local, in
these islands. I have taken it in Grand Canary ; at Laguna, the
Agua Garcia, Souzal, and Orotava, in Teneriffe ; and in Palma ; and
it was captured in Teneriffe by Dr. Crotch.

24. Blechrus plagiatus.

Lebia plagiata {Meg.), Dufts., Fna Austr. ii. 249 (1812).
Dromius plagiatus, Sturm, Deutsch. Fna, vii. 49. t. 170. f. D (1827).

, Woll, Cut. Mad. Col. 5 (1857).

Blechrus plagiatus, Schaum, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. i. 277 (1860).

Habitat in Lanzarota, Fuerteventura, Canaria, Teneriffa et Gomera,
hinc inde baud infrequens.

The B. plagiatus (which is of the greatest rarity in the Madeiran
Group) would seem to be more common at the Canaries than the
preceding species : nevertheless it is undoubtedly scarce, though very
widely distributed over the archipelago. I have taken it in Lanza-
rote, Fuerteventiu'a, (at San Mateo of) Grand Canary and (at Souzal
arid the Agua Garcia of) Teneriffe ; and it was captured by Dr. Crotch,
at Hermigua, in Gomera. All my specimens from Lanzarote (ten
in number) belong to a dark variety of the insect in which the tes-
taceous elytral dash is obsolete — or, at any rate, so completely suf-

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fused as merely to impart a just perceptibly paler tint to the disk
of the elytra : and at first sight, therefore, they might be taken for
the B. manrus ; nevertheless their slightly larger size and somewhat
longer antenna3, in conjunction with their less shining surface and
less blackened tibisc and feet (the latter of which have their tarsal
claws almost simple internally), prevent their being confounded with
that species. I shonld add, however, that two examples which were
taken in the same island (Lanzarote) by John Gray, Esq., have their
discal patches well developed.

Genus 12. METABLETUS.

Schm.-Gobel, Ent. Zeit. S. 390 (1846).

25. Metabletus patruelis.

Dromius patruelis, Chaud., Eninn. ties Carab. de Cane. 60 (1846).

exclamationis, Meneir., Ins. rcc. p. Lehm. i. 6. f. 4 (1849).

arenicolus, Woll, Ins. Mad. 6 (1854).

areuicola, Id., Vat. Mad. Col. 4 (1857).

obscuroguttatus. Hart, [nee Duffs.], Geolog. J'erhaHn. Lanz. und

Fuert. 141.

Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventuram, prsesertim in arenosis,
vulgaris.

The i¥. patmelis (which is common in Porto Santo, and which
occurs, though very rarely, in Madeira likewise) abounds throughout
Lanzarote and Fuerteventura — the two eastern islands of the Cana-
rian archipelago ; but I have not yet observed it in any other por-
tions of the Group. It is found more especially in the driest regions,
and delights in sandy and calcareous spots. It was taken, also, in
Lanzarote by Mr. Gray, and in Fuerteventura by M. Hartung ; the
latter of whom wrongly identified it (as I can vouch from the pos-
session of one of his specimens) with the M. obscuror/iittatns, Dufts.

26. Metabletus insequalis.

M. seneus, distincte alutaceus, sat nitidus ; prothorace eordato ; ely-
tris plus minus insequalibus, distincte striatis, singulo foveis duabus
magnis notato ; antennis femoribusque nigro-piceis, iUis ad basin,
tibiis tarsisque plus minus pieeo-fuscis. — Long. corp. lin. l^lf-

Metabletus inajqualis, Woll.,Ann. Nat. Hist. (.3rd series) xi. 214 (1863).
Habitat in Canaria, Teneriffa, Gomera et Palma, prEesertim in syl-
vaticis, sat frequens.

The present species and the following one are very closely allied,
but I believe that they are truly distinct ; and such also was the
opinion of Dr. Schaum. to whom I sent them for examination. They

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belong to the same type as the European M. foveola ; and are still
more nearly akin to the 31. foveolatus, Dej. (cupreiis, Waltl), found
in the south of Spain and at Tangiers, and which I have myself taken
in the sandy district at Mogadore, on the west coast of Morocco.
Nevertheless from the latter they may, both of them, be immediately
known by their entirely wanting the paler humeral patch which is
always more or less evident in that insect. Touching their differences
inter se, Dr. Schaum remarks : " The species from Palma and Tene-
riffe [i. e. incequalis] I consider certainly new ; the one from Lanza-
rote [lancerotensis] seems to me to be a second species, and no local
state of the other. The Palman specimens not only have more un-
even, and more distinctly stiiated, elytra, but also larger fovece both
on the disk and in the lateral series ; whilst the Lanzarotan ones are
more shining and almost free from striae. From foveola the Palman
species is distinguished by its uneven elytra and large fovese (both
discal and at the sides) : the Lanzarotan species, on the other hand,
has the small foveae of foveola, but its elytra are almost smooth and
brilliant (whereas in foveola they are opake and finely striated)."

I have observed the M. incequalis hitherto only in the islands of
Grand Canary, Teneriffe, and Palma ; but it has recently been cap-
tured by Dr. Crotch in Gomera also. The Palman examples have
perhaps, on the whole, the distinctive characters of the species best
expressed, their elytra being always exceedingly uneven and their
discal impressions very large. Those from Teneriffe can scarcely be
regarded as in reality less t}q3ical, though occasionally they may
appear just perceptibly smoother. But the only three which I have
as yet captured in Grand Canary (during my sojourn at El Monte, in
March 1858), although quite as conspicuously striated as those from
Teneriffe and Palma, have their fovese less developed. It is eminently
a sylvan insect, the few specimens which I have observed in compa-
ratively open spots being probably the remains of a fauna which has
more or less died -out since the timber has been destroyed. In Palma
it abounds in most of the wooded ravines, such as the Barranco d:i
Agua, the Barranco de Galga, &c. ; whilst in Teneriffe I have cap-
tured it above Taganana, at Las Mercedes, La Espcranza, the Agua
Garcia, Souzal, the Agua Mansa, Ycod el Alto, and even on the
Cumbre adjoining the Canadas (upwards of 8000 feet above the sea).

27. Metabletiis lancerotensis, n. sp.
M. seneus, minute alutaceiis, nitidus ; prothoraee suboordato ; elytris
subco7)vexis, obsolete substriatis, utrinque foveis duabus minoribus
(sed sat magnis) notatis ; an tennis femoribusque nigro-piceis, illis

lb CANAEIAN COLEOPTERA.

ad basin, tibiis tarsisque plus minus piceo-fuscis. — Long. corj). lin.

Habitat Lanzarotam (proesertim borealem), sub lapidibus, passim.

As already implied, the somewhat more shining, and rather less
coarsely alutaceous, surface of the present MetahJetus, in conjunction
with its slightly more convex, less uneven, and more obsoletely stri-
ated elytra (which have the fovea;, both of their disk and sides, dis-
tinctly smaller), will serve to separate it from the M. inaquaUs.
In habits, too, it is different from that species, being confined (so far
as I have observed hitherto) to the dry and barren island of Lanza-
rote, — where, dui'ing January of 1858 and March of the following
year, I took it, not uncommonly, from beneath stones, in various
localities ; and where it was likewise captured by Mr. Gray.

28. Metabletus brevipennis, n. sp.

M. incequali similis sed vix minor, pallidior (?'. e. magis fuscescens),
opacior (^. e. paulo grossius alutaceus) ; fronte inter oculos magis
deprcssa ; prothorace sensim quadratiore {l. e. postice vix minus
angustato) ; elytris magis aequalibus, densius et multo levins (sc.
levissime) striatis punctisque duobus discalibus multo minoribus
notatis, brevioribus (apice magis truncatis) ; antennis pedibusque
palHdioribus (rufo-brunneis). — Long. corp. lin. 1|.

Habitat Teneriffam, a W. D. Crotch tempore vernali a.d. 1862 de-
prehensus.

The specimen from which the above diagnosis has been compiled
was captured by Dr. Crotch, during the spring of 1862, in Tenerifte ;
and although unwilling to erect a species on the evidence afforded
by a single individual, yet its distinctive characters appear to be so
well defined that I cannot but venture in the present instance to do
so. Judging therefore from the unique example now before me, the
M, brevipennis is slightly smaller, paler (or of a more brownish-
piceous tint), and less shining (or more coarsely alutaceous) than the
incequalis ; its forehead is rather fiatter between the eyes ; its pro-
thorax is just perceptibly squarer (or less narrowed posteriorly) ; its
elytra are much more even, more closely and very much more lightly
striated, considerably shorter (or more truncated behind), and with
the two discal punctures on each smaller ; and its limbs are paler,
being of a rufo-piceous or reddish-brown hue.

Genus 13. TARUS.
Clairville, Mit. Heh. ii. 94 (1806).

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29. Tarus discoideus.

Cyniindis discoidea, Dej., Icoti. i. 78. t. 8. f. 5 (1829).

, Id., Spec. Gen. des Col. v. 307 (1831).

discordea, Bridle, in Wchh et Berth. (Col.) 55 (1838).

, Hart., Geolog. Verhdltn. Lanz. und Fuert. 140 et 141.

Habitat in Lanzarota ct Fuerteventura, sub lapidibus, prsesertim
in arenosis, tempore hiberno et vernali vulgaris.

I refer without hesitation the present superb Tarus to Dejean's
discoideus (described from a single specimen, of uncertain hahitat,
which he obtained from the collection of LatreUle), because it is the
opinion of my friend Dr. Schaum that such should certainly be the
case, and because Dejean's diagnosis seems to tally sufficiently well
with the long array of examples now before me. Almost the only
particular, indeed, in which it does not quite accord with the Cana-
rian insect is, that it speaks of the black patch at the base of the
elytra as "presque triangulaire " ; whereas it is invariably (in 48
specimens which I have just examined) transverse-quadrate.

The T. discoideus abounds, beneath stones, during the winter and
spring, in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, — where it was taken by Mr.
Gray and myself in January 1858 ; and subsequently, by myself,
during February, March and April of the following year : it has been
likewise recorded in both of those islands by M. Hartung. Hitherto I
have not observed it in any other portion of the Group ; nevertheless
a pail' has lately been communicated by the Barao do Castello de Paiva,
professedly captured in Teneriffe ; but as I feel that there may be
some mistake about the habitat, I have thought it safer not to enter
it as a Teneriffan species. It is far from unlikely, however, that it
will be found to occur in the sandy region between Las Palm as and
the Isleta, of Grand Canary.

30. Tarus suturalis.

Cymindis suturalis, Dej., Spec. Gen. des Col. i. 206 (1825).
Tarus suttu-alis, Woll., Ins. Mad. 3 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 2 (1857).

Cymindis suturalis, Hart., Geolog. Verhdltn. Lanz. uml Fuert. 140.

Hahitat in Lanzarota, Fuerteventura et Canaria, sub lapidibus in
arenosis una cum specie prsecedente degens.

The T. suturalis (which occurs in three out of the five Madeiran
islands, and which has lately been communicated by the Barao do
CasteUo de Paiva even from the rocks of the Salvages) occurs, beneath
stones (particularly in low sandy spots), in company with the last
species, throughout Lanzarote and Fuerteventura ; and I have like-

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wise taken it between Las Palmas and Puerto da Luz, in Grand
Canary. It is in Lanzarote, however, that it more especially abounds ;
where it was also captured by John Gray, Esq., and M. Hartung.

31. Tarus marginellus.

T. elongatus, nitidus, piceus, calvus ; capite distincte sed parce punc-
tulato ; prothorace vix rufescentiore et (in disco saltern) vix pimc-
tulato, cordato, angulis ipsis posticis acute exstautibus ; elytris
oblongis, subdepressis, crenato-striatis, intorstitiis minutissime et
parce punctulatis, limbo anguste rufo-testaceo ; antennis, palpis
pedibusque rufo-testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 3|-4.

CjTiiindis marginella, Bnille, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 55 (1838).

Habitat Lanzarotam borealem, sub lapidibus prope Salinas hand
infrequens.

The comparatively elongate outline and shining, unpubescent sur-
face of the present Tarus, in conjunction with its almost unpunctured
prothorax (which has its extreme hinder angles acutely prominent),
and its rather depressed and finely crenate-striated elytra (the mar-
gin of which is narrowly nifo-testaceoxis, whilst the punctules of the
interstices are most minute and remote), will at once distinguish it
from the thi^ee following species. Hitherto I have observed it only
in the north of the island of Lanzarote, where in January 1858 it
was ta^en by Mr. Gray and myself (and subsequently, by myself,
diu'ing March of the following year), from beneath stones, between
the Salinas and the ascent of the lofty cliffs (known as the " Uisco")
which rise almost immediately behind them. I have compared it with
Brulle's types, in the Paris collection, and can vouch therefore for its
being correctly identified with his C. marginella.

32. Tarus cinctus.

T. nitidus, piceus, pilis mollibus erectis longiusculis parce vestitus ;
capite prothoraceque profunde sed parce punctatis, hoc cordato, an-
gulis ipsis posticis vix exstautibus ; elytris ovalibns, subconvexis,
levissime striatis, interstitiis profiinde punctatis, limbo anguste
rufo-testaceo ; antennis palpisque rufo-testaceis, pedibus testaceis.
- — Long. corj}. lin. 3-3|.

Cymindis cincta, Brtdle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 55 (1838).

Habitat in montibus Canariee Grandis, sub lapidibus, rarissimus.

A remarkable Tarus, at once known by its curious sculpture, — the
entire upper surface being impressed with large and deep punctures,
whilst the elytral striae are so light as to be almost obsolete. In
common with the two following species, it is beset \^'ith very fine and

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erect pile ; nevertheless in the T. cinctus the hairs are hoth longer
and fewer than is the case in either the amictus or zargoides. And
it is further distinguished by its elytra (which are narrowly edged
with rufo-testaceous, as in the T. marginellus) being somewhat con-
vex, and by its extreme hinder prothoracic angles being almost
rounded-off. It is apparently very rare, the only spot in which I
have hitherto observed it being, beneath the fir-trees, in the lofty
Pinal above San Bartolome (in the district of Tarajana) of Grand
Canary, during April 1858, — where, moreover, I obtained but eight
examples. I can answer for its identity with Brulle's C. clucta,
having compared it with the types in Paris.

33. Tarus amictus, n. sp.

T. subopacus, fusco-piceus, pilis moUibus erectis breviuseulis dense
vestitus; capite prothoraceque dense punctulatis, hoc latiusculo,
cordato, angulis ipsis posticis paulo exstantibus ; elytris subqua-
drato-ovalibus, striatis, interstitiis dense punctulatis, limbo vix
fuscescentiore ; antennis palpisque rufo-testaceis, pedibus testaceis.
— Long. Corp. lin. 3.

Habitat in montibus CanarifB Grandis, ad Osorio (supra oppidum
Tcror) d. 23. Ap. a.d. 1858, sub lapidibus, deprehensus.

The comparatively opake and very densely (though not deeply)
punctulated surface of this distinct Tarns, combined with its rather
broad prothorax and more quadrate elytra (the edges of which are
but obscurely diluted, or of a more fuscescent hue, whilst their striae
are rather deep but simple), will at at once serve to characterize it.
Its clothing, also, is somewhat peculiar, — the hairs, although quite
as fine and as erect, being both shorter and more dense than those of
the T. cinctus. The only two specimens which I have seen were
captured by myself, beneath stones, at Osorio, in Grand Canary, on
the 23rd of AprH 1858.

34. Tarus zargoides.

2\ subnitidus, fusco-piceus, pilis mollibus erectis brevissimis sat
dense vestitiLS ; capite prothoraceque dense et profunde scabroso-
punctatis, hoc cordato, angulis ipsis posticis paulo exstantibus ; ely-
tris ovahbus, subconvexis et undulato-inaequalibus, profunde (sed
subirregulariter) punctato-striatis, interstitiis minute punctulatis,
limbo vix rufescentiore ; antennis palpisque testaceis, pedibus
palUdo-testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 2^2|.

Tarus zargoides, JFolL, Ann. Nat. Hist. (3rd series) xi. 214 (1863).

Habitat in sylvaticis montosis Teneriffae, sub lapidibus, rarissimus.

The somewhat dull and remarkably uneven surface of this curious

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little Tarus (the elytral portion of which appears almost undulated),
in conjunction with its densely and subrugosely sculptured head and
prothorax, and the rather evident punctures of its (often interrupted)
striae, will readily distinguish it. Its legs are of a slightly paler hue
than those of the three preceding species ; the fine, erect pubescence
with which it is clothed is very short ; and its elytra are but obscurely
diluted, or siihrufescent, towards the edges and base. It is certainly
rare, and appears to be pecidiar to the sylvan regions of TeneriflFe,
at intermediate and rather lofty elevations. I have taken it in the
woods above Taganana and at Las Mercedes, as also at the Agua
Garcia and the Agua Mansa. Its general outline and uneven surface
are strongly suggestive of a minute Zargus ; from which fact I have
borrowed its trivial name ; and, according to Dr. Schaum, it is nearer,
in affinity, to the T. cordatiis, Eambur, than to any other species
hitherto described.

Genus 14. MASOREUS.
(Ziegler) Dej., Spec. GH. dcs Col. iii. 538 (1828).

35. Masoreus nobilis, n. sp.
M. magnus, pieeus ; capitc prothoraceque nitidissimis, vix (etiam
oculo valdc armato) alutaceis, hoc leviter canaliculato ; elytris alu-
taceis, sat profimde crenato-striatis, fere concoloribus (ad humeros
vix rufescentioribus) ; antennis, palpis pedibusque rufo-piceis ; un-
guiculis fere simplicibus. — Long. corp. lin. 2|-3^.

Habitat in Fuerteventura, ad Olivam d. 31. Mart. a.d. 1859 captus.

The comparatively large size of this gigantic Masoreus, in conjunc-
tion with its almost uniformly piceous (or rufo-pieeous) hue, the un-
alutaceous surface of its head and prothorax, its somewhat deeply
crenate-striated elytra, and its nearly simple claws, will at once
characterize it. The only three specimens which I have seen were
captured by myself, from beneath stones, in the flat ground imme-
diately to the south of Oliva, in Fuerteventura, on the 31st of March

1859.

36. Masoreus arenicola.

M. nigro-piceus, distincte (oculo armato) alutaceus; prothorace trans-
verso, subconvexo, postice in medio plus minus conspicue trans-
versim impresso sed vix rugato, canalicula centrali hand profunda
necnon antice et postice plus minus subobsoleta ; elytris leviter
subcrenato-striatis, ad basin plus minus distincte rufescentioribus ;
antennis, palpis pedibusque piceo-tcstaceis; imguiculis leviter den-
ticulatis. — Long. corp. lin. 2-2^.

Masoreus arenicola, Woll., Ann. Kat. Hist. (Srd series) xi. 214 (1863).
Habitat in arenosis maritimis (plus minus salinis) Lanzarotae ct

Fuerteventura), tempore liibei"no et vcrnah hinc inde vulgaris.

CANARIAN COLEOPTBRA. 23

The present Masoreiis and the following one are closely akin to the
European M. Wetterhalu ; but, apart from other characters shortly
to be noticed, they both differ from that species in having their sur-
face (when viewed beneath the microscope) distinctly alutaceous and
their scuteUum unchanneled posteriorly (or if at all, most ohsoletely
so). In general colouring, as well as in its maritime habits, the M.
arenkola approaches more nearly to its European ally than the alti-
cola does ; nevertheless (on account of its minutely alutaceous sculp-
ture) it is less highly polished than that insect, its prothorax is rather
more transverse, more impressed in the centre behind, convexer on
the disk and with its channel lighter, its elytra (which have their
striae considerably finer) are more narrowly and less brightly rufes-
cent at their base, whilst its claws (when seen under a high magni-
fpng power) are much less strongly denticulated.

From the following species the M. arenicola differs in its rather
more alutaceous surface ; in its prothorax being a trifle wider and
more transverse, convexer on the disk but more impressed in the
centre behind, and with its channel lighter and more or less obsolete
at the base and apex ; in its elytra being just percejjtibly straighter
at the sides, usually more brightly rufescent at the base^ and with
their striiie perhaps even still more faintly crenulated ; and in its legs
being a shade darker, with their two hinder femora perhaps just per-
ceptibly longer. Its claws also are less coarsely denticulated ; though,
the teeth being in every species of course extremely small, this is a
character not very easy of observation, and one, I am well aware, in
which it is possible to be deceived. In habits, however, the two
insects are abundantly distinct; for whilst the arenicola frequents
the low sandy shores of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, occurring in
more or less saline places and even beneath Algae, the alticola, on the
other hand, is found at a great elevation within the damp wooded
districts of Teneriffe, where it ascends to more than 8000 feet above
the sea.

The M. arenicola is likewise very nearly allied to the mgyptiacus
(a type of which, for comparison, has been furnished by Dr. Schaum) ;
but in that insect the striae are quite uncrenulated, and the claws
are almost simple. Its prothorax too is not exactly the same.

I have taken the present Masoreus abimdantly in Lanzarote and
Fuerteventura (in the latter of which islands it was captured also by
Mr. Gray), during the winter and spring. It occurs beneath stones
and marine rejectamenta in sandy spots, usually at a short distance
behind the sea-beach, though sometimes actually upon it, — in both

24 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

of Avhich situations I have observed it plentifully at the Salinas in
the extreme north of Lanzarote, as also around Arrecife, and at Ber-
rugo in the extreme south ; whilst, in Fuerteventura, it is common
in sandy places near Puerto de Cabras.

37. Masoreus alticola, n. sp.
M. nigro-piceus, sat distinete (oculo armato) alutaceus ; prothorace
paulo minus trans verso, postice in medio distinctius longitudinaliter
striguloso sed hand impresso, canalicula centrali profunda Integra ;
olytris subrotundatis, leviter crenato-striatis, ad basin plus minus
indistincte rufeseentioribus ; antennis, palpis pedibusque testaceis ;
femoribus posticis breviusculis ; unguiculis conspicue denticulatis.
— Long. Corp. lin. ''2-'2\.

Habitat in elevatis humidis Teneriffoe, prsesertim sylvaticis, usque
ad 8000' s. m. ascendens.

Were it not for its completely opposite habits, I should certainly
have confounded the present Masoreus with the last one ; nevei'thcless,
warned by the very decided differences in their modes of life, I have
lately overhaiiled the two insects most carefully, and feel perfectly
satisfied that, however near they may approach each other at first
sight, they are in reality distinct*. The M. alticola is, on the ave-
rage, perhaps a trifle smaller and less alutaceous than its ally ; its
prothorax is rather narrower, or less transverse, not so convex on its
disk, less impressed in the centre behind (where moreover the longi-
tudinal rugce are much more conspicuous), and also more deeply
channeled (the channel extending from the extreme base to the
apex) ; its elytra are just perceptibly rounder at the sides, with their
striae perhaps more evidently crenulated, and usually a little less
rufescent towards their base ; its hinder femora are somewhat
shorter ; its legs paler ; and its claws, unless I am mistaken, are
rather more powerfully denticulated. In this last respect, indeed,
it is coincident with the European M. Wette.rhalii ; but, apart from
other differences, its alutaceous and less shining surface, in con-
junction with its obscurer colour, unchanneled scutellum, and totally
opposite habits, will at once separate it from that insect.

The 31. alticola appears to be peculiar to the lofty districts of
Teneriffe, where it occurs in damp sylvan spots in the vicinity of
small streams and wet rocks. I have taken it sparingly on the
mountains above the Agua Mansa, as also in the ravines of the Pinal

* I am glad also to be able to state that, after examining them (recently) with
great care, such was likewise the ultimate opinion of Dr. Sehaum, — though (as in
my own case) he was not able at first sight to apl^reciate their differences.

CANAHIAN COLEOPTEEA. 25

above Ycod el Alto, and even from amongst the thickets of the lle-
tamas on the Cumbre adjoining the Caiiadas — more than 8000 feet
above the sea.

(Subfam. VII. CHL^NIIDES.)

Genus 15. CHLJENIUS.
Bonelli, Observat. Entom. i. tub. syn. (1813).

38. Chlsenius spoliatus.

Carabus spoliatus, Rossi, Munt. Ins. i. 79 (1792).

, Fab., Si/st. JEleu. i. 183 (1801).

Chlaeuius spoliatus, Bij., Sjx'c. Gen. des Col. ii. 312 (1826).
, Schaum, Deutsch. Fna, i. 329 (1800).

Habitat Canariam, Teneriifam et Gomeram, per margines aquarum
in locis inferioribus, rarissimus.

The European C. spoliatus appears to be verj' rare at the Canaries,
the only two spots in which I have myself observed it being near
S** Cruz of TenerifFe (beneath stones at the edges of the small stream
in the Barranco Santo), and along the margins of the little pools in
the sandy waste at Maspalomas, in the extreme south of Grand
Canary. A single specimen, however, was taken by Dr. Crotch in
Gomera.

39. Chlsenius canariensis.

Chlgenius canariensis (Kbn/), Dij., Spec. Gen. cles tol. v. 657 (1831).
, Bridle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 57. pi. ii. f. 5 (1838).

Habitat Canariam et TenerifFam, in iisdem locis ac praecedens sed
mid to magis frecjuens.

The beautiful C. canariensis I have taken hitherto only in the two
same localities as the last species (than which it is far more abun-
dant). It has, however, been communicated by the Barao do Cas-
tello de Paiva from the Barranco de San Domingo, near Laguna.

(Subfam. VIII. LICmiDES.)

Genus 16. LICINUS.
Latreille, Gen. Crust, et Lis. i. 199 (1806).

40. Licinus Manriquianus.

L. ater, nitidus ; capite leviter punctate ; prothorace transverse sub-
quadrato (ad latera subrccto), in disco leviter et parcc sed versus
latora et basin dense et profunde punctate ; elytris profunde punc-
tato-striatis, interstitiis convexis, parce et profunde punctatis nee-

26 CANAEIAN COLEOPTERA.

noil punctulis minutissimis interspersis ; antennis ferrugineis, ad
basin, palpis tarsisque riifo-piceis. — Long, corp. lin. 5|-6|.

Licinus spec, (agi-icolfe afRnis), Hartttng, Geolog, Verhdltn. Lanz. mid

Fuert. 140 et 141.
Manriquiauus, Woll, Ann. Nat. Hist. (3rd series) ix. 438 (1862).

Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventuram, sub lapidibus, tempore hi-
berno et vernali hand infrequens. Species valde distincta, indigena, et
in honorem clariss, Dom. Pedro Manyiqiie de Lara y Cabrem, ob gra-
tias plurimas nobis in ins. Fuerteventura amicissime oblatas, dicata.

The present Licinus (which has nothing in common with the Eu-
ropean L. agricoJa, as implied in M. Hartung's list) is about the size
of the L. brevicolKs, Dejean — from the north of Africa, Sicily, Malta,
(fee. It may, however, be known by its shining, unalutaceous sur-
face, its subquadrate prothorax (which is less rounded at the sides
than in the generality of the Licini), by its deeply punctate-striate
elytra, the insterstices of which are convex and studded with a double
series of large and small j)uncturcs, and by its antennae being brightly
rufo-ferruginous towards their apex. It is tolerably common, be-
neath stones, in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, during the winter and
spriQg ; in both of which islands it was taken by Mr. Gray, myself,
and M. Hartung. In the latter I observed it more particularly at
Oliva, whilst visiting that comparatively fertile spot, in company with
the Rev. E.. T. Lowe, at the end of March 1859 ; and I have great
pleasure in dedicating it to our worthy host, Don Pedro Manrique de
Lara y Cabrera, whose unbounded Idndness and hospitality, during
our entire sojourn in his island, I am glad to have an opportunity of
recording.

(Subfam. IX. BROSCIDES.)

Genus 17. BROSCUS.

Panzer, Lidex Ent. i. G2 (1813).

41. Broscus glaber.

B. ater ; capite prothoraceque nitidis, hoc cordato, ad basin leviter
et parce punctate, ad latera ipsissima anguste marginato subcya-
nescente ; elytris subnitidis, obsoletissime subpunctulato-striatis,
ad latera ijisissima anguste raarginatis subcyanescentibus ; antennis
fiisco-piceis, articulo primo flavo-testaceo ; pedibus elongatis, piceis.
— Long. Corp. lin. ^g-O.

Feronia (Percus) glabra, SruUe, in Webb et Berth. {Col.) 57. pi. ii. f. 4
(1838).

Habitat in Canaria Grandi, sub lapidibus in collibus aridis supra
urbem Las Palmas, tempore vernali baud infrequens.

CANABIAN COLEOPXERA. 27

The present insect, which is undoubtedly the Feronia glabra of
Brulle (as I have satisfied myself by an examination of his original
types, in Paris), appears, so far as I have observed hitherto, to be
peculiar to Grand Canary ; where, at the end of March 1858, I took
it, not uncommonly, beneath stones, on the calcareous hills above
Las Palmas, along the road to El Monte.

42. Broscus rutilans.

B. ater ; capite prothoraceque nitidissimis, hoe angusto, cordate, ad
basin profundius et densius pimctato, ad latera ipsissima angustis-
sime marginato subconcoloi"e ; elytris nitidis, obsoletissime sub-
punctulato-striatis, ad latera ipsissima angustissime marginatis
subconcoloribus ; antennis fusco-pieeis, articulo primo testaceo-
piceo ; pedibus piceis. — Long. corp. lin. 7-8.

Broscus rutilans, JFolL, Ann. Nat. Hist. (3rd series) ix. 438 (1862).
Habitat in montibus excelsis TeneriffoD, usque ad 7000' s. m. as-
cendcns.

The rather smaller size, narrower outline, and more shining sur-
face of this very distinct Broscus, in conjunction with the more punc-
tured base of its prothorax, and its altogether narrower and less cya-
ueous margin, will at once distinguish it from the last species. Its
limbs, too, are somewhat shorter, and the basal joint of its antenna;
is less pale. In its habits it is very different from the B. glaher, — re-
siding in the higher regions of Teneriffe, above the upper hmits of
the sylvan districts. In such situations I obtained it, rather abun-
dantly, during May of 18-59, on the mountain-ridges above the Agua
Mansa, adjoining the Cumbre, — upwards of 7000 feet above the sea.

(Subfam. X. PTEROSTICHIDES.)

Genus 18. POGONUS.
(Ziegler) Dej., Spec. Gen. des Col. iii. 6 (1828).

43. Pogonus salsipotens, n. sp.

P. asneo-viridis ; prothorace subquadrato, antice rotundato-ampliato,
postice leviter contracto, ad basin profunde punctato ; elytris ob-
longis, profunde pvmctato-striatis, striis externis obsoletis.

a. Paulo major, obscurior, antennis rufo-piceis, pedibus rufo-testaceis.

ft. Paulo minor, viridior, antennis rufo-testaceis, pedibus testaceis. —
Long. Corp. lin. 2-2^.

Habitat in locis salinis Lanzarotae, hinc inde sat vulgaris.

About the size of (or perhaps a trille larger than) the common

28

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

European P. chalceus, but with its prothorax a little broader anteriorly
and more coarsely punctured at the base, and with its elytra rather
more parallel at the sides and much more deeply punctate-striate.
Its limbs, too, are just perceptibly longer and more robust. I have
hitherto observed it only in salt places in Lanzarote, — namely, at the
Salinas (or salt-pans) in the extreme north (where it was also cap-
tured by Mr. Gray), and along the edges of the curious sea-water lake
known as '' Januvio," towards the south-west of the island. In the
former of these localities the specimens are, on the average, rather
larger and of a less metallic green than those from the latter, and
with their limbs of a slightly duller hue ; but they present no other
differences, that I can detect.

44. Pogonus Grayii.

P. angustus, paUidus ; capita prothoraceque rufo-testaceis, hoc elon-
gato postiee paulo angustiore, ad basin punctato ; elytris testaceis,
parallolo-oblongis, subpunctato-striatis ; antennis rufo-testaceis ;
pedibus testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. lf-2,

Pogonus Grayii, JFolL, Ann. Nat. Hist. (Srd series) ix. 4-38 (1862).
Habitat Lanzarotam, in iisdem locis ac prsecedens sed multo rarior.
Species a Dom". Gray ad " Salinas," mense Januario a.d. 1858,
primo detecta, cujus in honorem nomen triviale proposui.

The small size, extremely narrow outline, and pallid hue of this
interesting little Pogonus, in conjunction with its elongate prothorax
and very parallel elytra, will (apart from less important characters)
at once distinguish it. It is much the colour of the P. testaceus
of Mediterranean latitudes, though in shape more resembling the
JiUformis from Sardinia. It was first detected by John Gray, Esq.,
who captured a single specimen at the Salinas, in the extreme north
of Lanzarote, during our visit there in January 1858 ; and it was
not until the following year that I succeeded (on the 26th of March)
in finding it myself, — when I obtained a considerable number along
the edges of the salt lake of Janu\'io, towards the south-west of the
island. I have great pleasure in naming it after its discoverer, to
whose extensive material and accurate observations I am indebted
for so much valuable assistance in compiling the present volume.

Genus 19. SPHODRUS.

Clairville, Ent. Helv. ii. 86 (1806).

CiNARTAN COLEOPTERA. 29

45. Sphodrus leucophthalmiis.

Carabus leucophthalmiis, Linn., Fiia Suee. 784 (ITCl).
Sphodrus planus, Ckdro., Ent. Helv. ii. 86 ( 1806).

, Dej., Spec. Gen. des Col. iii. 88 (1828).

leucophthalmus, Schamn, Nat. der Ins. Deiitsch. i. 381 (1860).

Habitat Lanzarotara, rariss., forsan ex Europa introductiis.

The common European S. leucophthalmus occurs in Lanzarote,
though very sparingly ; where it was captured by Mr. Gray and my-
self, in the vicinity of Arrecife, during January 1858.

Genus 20. PRISTONYCHUS.
Dejean, Spec. Gen. des Col. iii. 43 (1828).

46. Pristonychus alternans.

Pristonychus alternans, DeJ., Spec. Gen. des Col. iii. 61 (1828).
Sphodrus alternans, Brulle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) pi. ii. f. 8 (1838).

Habitat Teneriffain, pra^sertim in montibus, sed hand frequens.

The large and distinct P. alternans, so remarkable for its flattened,
opake, alutaceous elytra (which are acuminated at their apex, and
have their alternate interstices more or less impressed with large
and deep punctures), is widely scattered, though sparingly, through-
out the intermediate and higher elevations of Teneriife. I have
taken it on the ascent of the mountains immediately behind S'^ Cruz,
at an elevation of scarcely m-ore than about 600 or 700 feet ; as also
on the lofty Cumbre adjoining the Caiiadas, at an altitude of at least
7000 feet above the sea. It has also been sent to me from Teneriffe
by the Barao do Castello de Paiva.

47. Pristonychus complanatus.

Pristonychus complanatus, Dej., Spec. Gen. des Col. iii. 58 (1828).
Sphodrus complanatus, Brulle, in WM et Berth. (Col.) 56 (1838).
Pristonychus alatus, Woll, Ins. Mad. 27 (1854).
, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 11 (1857).

Habitat in Lanzarota, Teneriffa et Palma, hinc inde sub lapidibus
necnon in cavernis tufse latitans.

Although nowhere abundant, the P. complanatus of Mediterranean
latitudes is widely distributed over the Cianarian archipelago, and
wiU probably be found to be universal. At present, however, I have
only observed it in Lanzarote, Teneriffe, and Palma (in the second of
which it was also taken by Dr. Crotch and the Barao do Castello de
Paiva). It occurs in Madeira and Porto Santo, and is recorded by
M. Morelet at the Azores ; and it was found by Mr. Bewicke even
at St. Helena : so that it would appear to be very general through-
out the Atlantic islands.

30 CANARTAN COLF.OPTERA.

48. Pristonychus picescens, n. sp.
P. angustulus, piceus, depressus ; capite prothoraeeque nitidis, hoc
elongato-subquadrato posticc paiilo angustiore, ad latera late re-
flexo, basi (prcesertim versus angulos posticos) sat profunde punc-
tato; elytris complanatis, alutaceis, subopacis, pimetatulo-sti-iatis ;
antennis pedibiisque elongatis, hiote nifo-piccis ; tibiis (certe in foe-
mina, forsan in utroque soxu) rectis ; ungiiieulis fere simplicibus.
— Long. Corp. lin. 6.

Habitat in ins. Hierro ; mense Febniario a.d. 1858 specimen uni-
cum (sc. foemineum) inveni.

The only example which I have seen of this fine Pvistonyclms was
captured by myself, beneath a stone, in the district of El Golfo, on
the western side of Hierro, during our visit to that island in February
1858. It is narrower, flatter, and more piceous than the P. coinpla-
natus ; its prothorax is relativclj- longer and more narrowed behind,
more margined and recurved at the sides, and more punctured at
the base ; its elytra are more coarsely alutaceous and depressed ; and
its limbs are considerably paler and longer. Its claws, also, are
nearly simple (appearing indeed quite so when viewed from above),
— there being only the faintest trace possible of basal crenulations
when seen from beneath.

Genus 21. CALATHUS.

Bonelli, Observat. JEnt. i. tab. sya, (1809).

Having taken some pains, in 1862, to monograph the Calathi of
these islands, I must refer to my paper (which was published in the
* Ann. of Nat. Hist.' for Maj^ of that year) for the diagnoses of the
several species ; but since the diagnostic observations which it wiU be
desirable here to add can scarcely be compressed into a smaller space
than that which I there devoted to them, I think perhaps that I shall
hardly do better than extract them almost verbatim. One addition,
however, (the C. eognatus) has subsequently been made, — the result
of Dr. Crotch's indefatigable researches, during the spring of 1862,
in Gomera.

§ I. Tibial in utroque se.vu (omnino vel fere) simpKces.

a. Corpus magnum, protliorace postice plus 7nimis angustiore, punctis
elytrorum discalibus obsoletis.

49. Calathus sphodroides.

Calathus spliodroides, Wall., loc. cit. 342 (1862).
Habitat in sylvaticis editioribus TenerifFa;, rarissimus.
The present species and the following one are remarkable amongst

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 31

the Canarian Calatlii for their immense size (the C. ciliatus, of the
second Section, being the only one which equals them in bulk), for
their prothoraces being narrower behind than in front (a structure of
rare occurrence in this genus), and for the discal punctures of their
elytra being obsolete. Inter se they may be known by the C. spho-
droides being darker than its ally, by the different shape of its
(more basally-punctured) prothorax, and by its elytra being some-
what less flattened, rounder posteriorly, and not so acuminated at
their apex. It is extremely rare, and confined to the sylvan regions
of Teneriffe, at intermediate and rather lofty elevations, — the only
specimens (seven in number) which I have seen having been captured
by myself, from beneath loose rotting bark, at the Agua Garcia ajul
in the woods above Taganana,

50. Calathus acuminatus.
Calathus acuminatus, WoU., loc. cit. 342 (1862).

Habitat Teneriffam sylvaticam, in iisdem locis ac proecedens.

The C. acuminatus may be known from the last species by its more
piceous or rufescent hue ; by its prothorax being less conspicuously
narrowed behind, with the sides more elevated and more regularly
rounded in the middle (instead of before the middle, as in that insect),
less punctured towards the base, and with its anterior angles more
porrected and acute ; by its elytra being flatter, and more acuminated
at their apex ; and by its limbs being of a uniformly paler tint. It
occurs in precisely the same spots as the C. sphodroides, being pecu-
liar (so far as I have observed hitherto) to the wooded districts of
Teneriffe. Although rare, it is not quite so scarce as its ally. I have
taken it in the forest-region of the Ag-ua Mansa, above Ycod el Alto,
and at the sides of the Vueltas leading down from the Cumbrc to Taga-
nana.

b. Corpus minoris magnitudinis, prothorace postice {ut in Calathis tii-
picis) plus minus latiore, punetis elytrorum discalibus plus minus
distinctis.

51. Calathus rufo-castaneus.

Calathus rufo-castaneus, Wall., loc. cit. 343 (1862).
Habitat in elevatis humidis sylvaticis Teneriffse, rarissimus.

The pale rufo-castaneous hue of this distinct and rather large Ca-
lathus, in conjunction with its highly polished head and prothorax
(the latter of which is a good deal recurved, and somewhat pellucid,
towards the edges), the minute size of the discal punctures of its

32 . CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

elytra, and its testaceous limbs, will at once sej^arate it from the
other species here enumerated. Only nine examples have come
hitherto beneath my notice ; and it may be considered, therefore, as
decidedly rare. They were all taken in the wooded region above the
Agua Mansa of Teneriffe ; so that the species is probably peculiar to
the ui)per portion of the sylvan districts.

52. Calathus carinatiis.

Calathus carinatus?, Brulle, in Webb et BeHh. (Col.) 55 (1838).
, Woll, he. cit. 343 (1802).

Habitat TenerifFam, in locis similibus ac prcecedens, sed pariim
vulgaris.

A most remarkable species, at once known by its narrow, elongate-
quadrate prothorax and hy its extremely depressed, opake and el-
liptical elytra, which have the basal line of each (from either shoulder
to the scutellum) verj' deeply curved, and their discal punctures (of
which there are usually from five to nine on the third, from about
two to four on the fifth, and occasionally one or two on even the
seventh interstice) exceedingly distinct. I have but little doubt that
it is the C. carinatas of M. Brulle ; for although I was not able,
whilst in Paris, to obtain a sight of his CaJathi, yet I think there is
just sufiiicient in the description (so called) to render it probable that
this is the insect to which he referred, — though his total silence on
all the salient peculiarities of the four Canarian species which he
wished to indicate (one of which is no Calathus at all, but an Aryutor)
renders his diagnoses utterly worthless.

The C. carinatus is rather common throughout the sylvan regions
of Teneriffe. I have taken it abundantly at the Agua Garcia, as
also in the woods above Taganana and at Las Mercedes ; in the last
of which localities it was also found by the Barao do Castello de
Paiva.

53. Calathus advena.
Calathus advena, JFoll., he. eit. 344 (1802).

Habitat Canariam Grandem, tempore vernali a.d. 1858 specimen
unicum (sc. masculum) inveni.

The present Calathus is the only one of which I had not an ex-
tensive series to compile my diagnosis from, the single specimen
which I have seen being one which I captured in Grand Canary (I
believe in the region of El Monte) during the spring of 1858. Fortu-
nately, however, it happens to be a male, so that I can have no hesi-
tation (from its simple unfimbi'iated tibia3) as to which of my Sections

CANARIAN COLEOPTEKA. ' 33

it belongs to. It is remarkable for its basaUy •wide (though altogether
not very broad) prothorax, for its subopake ovate elytra (which are
a good deal expanded behind the middle, and have, apparently, but
two punctures developed on their disk), for its fusco-piceous hue,
and for its rather elongate, slender limbs. There is certainly no
species here enumerated to which it could be referred.

54. Calathus abacoides.

Calathus abaxoides ?, BruUe, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 56 (1838).
, Wall., he. cit. 345 (1862).

Habitat in sylvaticis humidis Teneriffae, sat frequens.

I refer this insect to M. BruUe's C. ahaxoides from the mere fact
of the latter's specific 7iame, there being no other Canarian Calathns
which could be compared in outline to an Abax ; but since he
says that the abaxoides is much of the same form as his following
species, the C. annularis (which is an Argutor, and no Calathns at
all), and since he speaks of it as " cinq lignes de longueur," whilst it
is only four, I cannot but feel doubtful, in the absence of even a
single distinctive character in his diagnosis, whether it be correctly
identified. It may readily be known by its small size, elliptical out-
line, and the almost equally shining surface of its prothorax and
elytra ; the former of which is broad posteriorly and almost unre-
curved at the sides (except slightly so towards the basal angles) ;
whilst the latter are gradually somewhat narrowed behind, Avith
their interstices slightly convex, and with their discal punctures
(from three to five on the third interstice) pretty e\ident.

The C. abacoides is rather abundant throughout the sylvan regions
of TenerifFe, occurring in exactly the same places as the last species.
I have observed it more particularly at the Agua Garcia, above
Taganana, and at Las Mercedes. It has also been communicated
by the Barao do Castello de Paiva and Professor Heer of Zurich, the
latter of whom obtained it from M. Hartung.

55. Calathus ascendeus.

Calathus ascendens, Woll., loc. cit. 345 (1862).
Habitat sub lapidibus in montibus Teneriffae, usque ad 8000' s. m.
ascendens.

The present Calathus (which I have observed only in Teneriffe)
is essentially an inhabitant of the loftiest elevations, attaining its
maximum at about 8000 feet above the sea, and but rarely descending
into the sylvan districts. It may be known by its only slightly

34 CANARIAN COLEOPTEKA.

shining surface, fusco-x^iceous hue, and rather large size ; by its pro-
thorax (which is a little rufescent at the edges, and not much re-
curved) being about equally narrowed before and behind ; and by
the discal punctures of its elytra being well developed and distinct.
I took it in profusion, during May of 1859, from beneath stones on
the Cumbre adjoining the Canadas, above Tcod el Alto (where it has
subsequently been captured by Dr. Crotch), as also on the opposite
Cumbre above the Agua Mansa. In both instances, however, I ob-
served a few stray specimens at a rather lower altitude, — namely,
almost at the Agua Mansa and Ycod el Alto themselves ; but as even
those spots could not be less than some 5000 feet in elevation, there
can be no doubt that the C. ascendens must be regarded as an alpine
species.

56. Calathus cognatus, n. sp.

C. subconvexus ; capite prothoraceque nitidissimis, rufo-piceis, hoc
subconico (postice multo latiore), ad latera subpallidiore et paulo
recurve ; elytris jDiceis, vix (certe in sexu masculo) obscurioribus,
hnea basali in utroque rectissima, profimde striatis, interstitiis
convexis, tertio punctis 2 distinctis notato ; antennis pedibusque
rufo-testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 5.

Habitat Gomeram ; duo specimina in montibus supra Hermigua
deprehendit W. D. Crotch.

The only two examples (both of them males) which I have seen of
the present Calathus were taken by Dr. Crotch on the mountains
above Hermigua, in Gomera, during the spring of 1862. In their
general aspect and colouring, as well as in the excessive straightness
of the basal rim of their elytra (extending from either shoulder to
the scutellum), and the fact of their male tibiae not being fringed in-
ternally with more hairs than is usual in the ordinary Calathi, they
are certainly more nearly related to the Teneriffan C. rectus than to
any other of the species here enumerated. They are, however, larger
and less depressed than that insect ; their prothorax is much more
conical (being relatively broader behind and narrower in front, and
with its sides consequently more oblique, causing the basal angles
to be less strictly right angles) ; their elytra are more shining (or
less alutaceous), much more deeply striated, and with the interstices
(down the third of which there appear to be but two impressed points)
more convex ; and their limbs are altogether more robust.

57. Calathus rectus.

Calathus fulvipes?, Brulle [nee Lat.\inWehhet Berth. (Col.) 56 (1838).
. rectus, Woll, loc. cit. 346 (1862).

Habitat in locis inferioribus et intermediis Teneriflfe, passim.

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 35

In their very shining head and prothorax, and duller (though
scarcely opake) and lightly striated elytra, as well as in their general
hue and comparatively smaller size, the present Calathus and the
following one have much in common. Nevertheless the C. rectus is
the larger and flatter of the two, and has its limbs considerably
longer ; its head and prothorax also (the latter of which is a trifle
more elongate and wider behind, and has its edges more evidently
recurved) are more rufescent ; and the basal line of its elytra (ex-
tending from either shoulder to the scutellum) is less arcuate, — being,
in fact, almost perfectly straight. Whilst the following species occurs
only (so far as observed hitherto) in Lanzarote, the C. rectus is scat-
tered sparingly over the low and intermediate elevations of Teneriife.
I have taken it near S*^ Cruz and Orotava (at the latter of which it
was found likewise by Mr. Gray), as also on the mountains above
Taganana ; and it has been communicated by the Barao do Castello
de Paiva from Las Mercedes.

I have but little doubt, from its size and superficial aspect, that it
is the insect referred by M. BruUe to the European C. fulvipes, —
with which, however, it has nothing, in reality, except its generic
characters, in common.

58. Calathus simplicicollis.
Calathus simplicicollis, Wall, loc. cit. 347 (1862).

Habitat Lanzarotam borealem, tempore hiberno et vernali sat fre-
quens.

As may be gathered from what has already been said, the present
Calathus (which seems to be peculiar to Lanzarote) differs from the
last one in being a little smaller, narrower, and more convex, of a
slightly darker hue, and with its limbs considerably shorter. Its
prothorax, also, is somewhat less conical, with the sides more nar-
rowly rufescent and less recurved ; and the basal line of its elytra
(joining either shoulder with the scutellum) is more arcuate. It is
about the size and general outline of the common European G. mela-
nocephalus ; nevertheless it differs from all the specimens and all the
varieties of the latter which I have yet seen (including the peltatus,
Kolen., the ochropterus, Dufts., and the alpinus, Dej., for types of
which I am indebted to Dr. Schaum) in having its prothorax totally
free from the slightest trace of the two basal fovese which are always
more or less expressed in that insect, as also a trifle wider posteriorly,
and perfectly unmargined behind the hinder angles — which are,
themselves, a little more sharply defined (or more strictly rigJit an-

d2

36 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA,

gles) ; its head, too, is altogether thicTcer and more developed, with
the eyes less prominent, with the incrassated edge of the clypeus
(immediately behind the insertion of the antennae) more rounded,
and wdth the forehead more convex ; and its colour (on which, how-
ever, T lay but little stress) is different, its head being somewhat
redder (or less black), whilst its prothorax is not so red (or more in-
fuscated). Its elytra, also, are perhaps a little more shining and less
depressed. The only locality in which I have taken, hitherto, the
C. simplkicoUis is the extreme north of Lanzarote, where it is not
ixncommon in the rocky ground between the Salinas and the Risco.

§ II. Tibice postenores maris intiis plus minus dense fimhriatce.

59. Calathus ciliatus.

Calathus ciliatus, Woll, loc. cit. 348 (18G2).

Habitat in montibus excelsis plus minus sylvaticis Teneriffse, hinc
inde sed parum rarus.

The large size of the present Calathus* and the following one will
easily separate them from the other species of my second Section.
Inter se they are at first sight a good deal allied ; and before ex-
amining them closely, I had imagined they were but phases of one
insect. A more accurate inspection, however, of the sexes of both has
convinced me that they are probably distinct. The C ciliatus is
somewhat the more bulky of the two, being alw^ays broader than its
ally, and on the average a little longer. And it may, additionally,
be known by its prothorax being more especially wider and less
conical ; by the basal line of its elytra being much less deeply arcuate,
causing the shoulders to be less porrected ; by the punctures of its
third and fifth interstices being usually less numerous ; by its elytra
(w^hich are a trifle brighter and with their intervals less flattened in
the male sex) being more oblong ; and by the four hinder tibiae in
the male being fimbriated along a rather greater portion of their
inner edge. It appears to occur principally in the upper part of the
sylvan regions of TenerifFe ; and, indeed, I have not yet observed it
below an altitude of about 5000 feet. On the damp ledges and rocks
above the Agua Mansa, to within a short distance of the Cumbre, I
obtained it sparingly during May 1859.

* In the National Collection at Paris I observed specimens of this insect under
the name of "C complanatus, Dej." That species, however, is confined to Ma-
deira, and is totally distinct from the present one, which has more in common
prima facie with the Madeiran 0. vividus, Fab. In real t\iet. however, hofh of
the Madeiran species belong to a different type from these two Canarian ones,—
Imving the hinder tibia- of their males simple.

CANARIAN COLEOPTEBA. 37

60. Calathus auctus.
Calathus auctus, WolL, loc. cit. 349 (1862).

Habitat Teneriffam humidam excelsam, in locis similibus ac piae-
cedens.

As already implied, the rather smaller size and less widened out-
line of the present Calathus (the prothorax of which is especially-
narrower and more conical), in conjunction with its more elliptic
elytra (which have their basal line more curved, and their shoulders
consequently acuter or more porrect) and its more numerous discal
punctures, will at once separate it from the last species. It differs
also in its males having the elytra somewhat more opake (with the
interstices flatter), and the four hinder tibiae fimbriated along a
rather shorter portion of their inner edge. At the same time, I
would add that I am not perfectly satisfied that it may not be an
extreme state of that insect. The C. auctus is found in precisely
similar spots as the ciUatus, occurring in damp localities at a high
elevation on the mountains of Teneriffe. I took it, in company with
that species, during May of 1859 ; and it has been communicated by
Professor Heer of Zurich, as also by the Barao do CasteUo de Paiva.

61. Calathus angustulus.

Calathus angustulus, WolL, loc. cit. 349 (1802).

Habitat Tencriff'am excelsam humidam, sub lapidibus corticeque
arborum laxo putrido, rarior.

The comparatively narrow outline and pale reddish-brown hue of
this Calathus, combined with the shape of its prothorax (which is a
trifle narrower behind than before) and the exceedingly numerous
punctures down the alternate interstices of its elliptic elytra, wiU at
once characterize it. It is the only Canarian species in which I have
observed punctures on the first elytral interval, where there are
usually two or three at the extreme base. Its smaller size and less
margined, differently shaped prothorax, added to its more rounded,
less flattened elytra and more numerous impressions, will, apart from
other differences, readily separate it from the last species. Indeed,
in general contour it has perhaps more in common with the C. cari-
natus than with any other member of the genus here described ; but
its paler colour, and narrower and somewhat less depressed elytra
(with their more niunerous punctures and less arcuated basal line),
in combination with its posteriorly narrower prothorax and the fim-
briated hinder tibiae of its male sex, will immediately distinguish it
from that insect.

38 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

The G. angustulus occurs sparingly throughout the sylvan regions
of Teneriffe, especially towards their upper limits, — where it may be
found under damp stones, and beneath the loose rotting bark of trees.
In such positions I have taken it on the ascent from Yeod el Alto to
the Cumbre, at the Agua Mansa, and in the laurel-woods above
Point Anaga and Taganana. It has also been communicated by the
Barao do Castello de Paiva.

62. Calathus depressus.

Calathvis depressus ?, Bndle, in Webb et Berth. ( Col) 55. pi. 2. f. 1 (1838).
, WolL, he. cit. 350 (1862).

Habitat in sylvaticis Teneriffae, sub lapidibus vulgaris.

The dark hue and broad outline of this Calathus (the prothorax of
which is considerably wider behind than in front, and is but slightly
recurved at the edges), added to its rather deeply striated elytra
(which are subopake in both sexes, and have their discal punctures
as follows : — from about 6 to 10 on the third interval, from about
5 to 7 on the fifth, and from about 1 to 3 on the seventh), will suffi-
ciently characterize it. The hinder tibiae of the male are almost (if
not indeed entirely) simple ; and even the intermediate ones are but
very shortly and obscurely fimbriated towards their inner apex :
nevertheless the latter are quite sufficiently so, I think, to warrant
its admission into my second Section. Although M. Brulle's veiy
brief and meagre description applies almost equally to about two-
thirds of the Canarian Calathi, yet, with the assistance of his figiu'e,
and of the size there given of it (which, however, does not tally rvitJi
what he states), I beheve that this is the insect to which he intended
to apply the name of C. cUpressus.

It is universal within the sylvan districts of Teneriffe, and is per-
haps the most common of the Canarian Calathi. I have taken it at
and above Ycod el Alto, at the Agua Mansa, and at the Agua Garcia,
as also at Las Mercedes and in the woods towards Taganana and Point
Anaga. It has lilcewise been communicated by Professor Heer of
Zurich and by the Barao do Castello de Paiva.

63. Calathus appendiculatus.
Calathus appendiculatus, WoU., loc. cit. 351 (1862).
Habitat Canariam Grandem : in montibus sylvaticis inter Gaidar
et Tcror d. 21. Ap. a.d. 1858 pauca exemplaria deprehendi.

Apart from all other characters, the peculiar sexual differences of
this fine Calathus (the males of which are entirely bright, whilst the

CAXAEIAN COLEOPTERA. 39

, females have their prothorax and elytra opake) will at once separate
it from all the others here enumerated. In their elytral impressions,
the present insect and the two following ones are on the ordinary-
type, — the number being reduced to 3 or 4 on the third interval ;
from which it would appear, that those species which have them more
or less increased are (according to the data hitherto accumulated)
confined to Teneriffe. The O. apjpencUculatus seems to be peculiar to
the sylvan regions of Grand Canary, — where, on the 21st of April
1858, I captured a few specimens of it, from beneath moist rotting
bark, in the remains of the ancient forest of El Dorames, on the
mountain-road between Gaidar and Teror.

64. Calathus barbatus.

Calathus barbatus, WolL, he. cit. 352 (1862).
Habitat Canariam Grandem, in regionibus El Monte et Tarajana
lectus.

Like the last species, the O. barbatus would appear to be peculiar
to Grand Canary, — descending, however, into sw^sylvan spots of a
rather lower elevation than those tenanted by that insect. It may
be known from it by its very much smaller size and by its sexes
being almost equally shining, — its prothorax being in them both (as
indeed is the case with all the Canarian CalatJii except the appendi-
culatus) equally polished. In minor characters, its elytra are a
trifle more convex than those of the appendiculatus, and have their
basal line rather more curved ; and the four hinder tibiae of its
males are fimbriated along a rather shorter portion of their inner
edge. I took it, not uncommonly, in the region of El Monte, as
also on the mountains of Tarajana, during the spring of 1858,

65, Calathus spretus.
Calathus spretus, Woll,, he. cit. 352 (1862).

Habitat in Hierro, mense Februario a.d. 1858 repertus.

In general aspect the present Calathus comes so near to the C.
barbatus, that, were it not for the essential differences displayed by
the male-tibine of the two species, I should not have hesitated to
consider them as identical ; but since the former has the four hinder
tibioe of its males almost simple internally, and the posterior pair
straight, whilst the latter has them powerfully fimbriated, with the
posterior ones slightly curved, I cannot but regard them as dis-
similar, and so lay greater stress on the other minute differences
which they display inter se than I should ordinarily have done. In-

40 CANARIAN COLEOPTEEA.

dependently, therefore, of this primary distinction (which of itself
would be sufficient to separate them), I may just add that the C.
spretus may be knoAVTi from its ally by (on the average) its slightly
larger bulk and rather darker hue ; by its prothorax being perhaps
a little less rounded at the sides, and its elytra a Httle more so ; and
by the latter being just perceptibly more convex and opake, with
their basal line somewhat straighter.

AVhilst the C. harhatus is apparently confined to Grand Canary,
the present si)ecies has been observed only in Hicrro, — where several
examples of it were captured by Mr. Gray and myself, during our
visit to that island, in February 1858.

Genus 22. ANCHOMENUS.
Bonelli, Obse)-v. Ent. i. tab. syu. (1809).

66. Anchomenus Nichollsii, n. sp.

A. capite prothoraceque nigro-piccis, nitidis, hoc angusto, valde cor-
date, ad latera baud exijlanato, postice leviter punctate ; elytris
ovahbus, obscurioribus sed in limbo brunneis, subopacis, leviter
striatis, interstitio tertio punctulis 2 (rarius 3) notato, punctis in
serie marginah maximis, linea basaH (inter humeros et scutellum)
elevata, curvata ; palpis, autennis pedibusque elongatis, rufo-tes-
taceis. — Long. coqi. lin. 4.

Habitat in elevatis Teneriffae et Gomerae, tempore vernali a.d. 1862
a DD. Crotch et NichoUs repertus, cujus in honorem nomen triviale
proposui.

The opake and rather apicaUy-shortened elytra of the present
insect and the following one give them such a totally different ap-
pearance from any Anchomenus with which I am acquainted that I
had at first thought they must be generically distinct ; nevertheless
the details of their mouth show no modifications of sufficient import-
ance to warrant their separation, their simple claws and the entire
tooth of their mentum assigning them to that group. Their palpi,
as well as their paraglossae, are certainly longer than is the ease in
the ordinary Ancliomeni, and their wings are obsolete ; but such
characters cannot be of more than specific signification, being merely
of degree and not of kind. They have something in common with
Dyscohis, of Dejean, the shghtly bilobed penultimate articulation of
aU their tarsi so far approacMng the structure which obtains (more
or less) in that genus that Dr. Schaum is of opinion that it will
have to be remerged ultimately into Anchomemis.

The detection of the A. Nichollsii is due to the researches of Dr.

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 41

Crotch and S. T. Nicholls, Esq., who, during an expedition to these
islands in the spring of 1862, obtained a few examples of it, at a
high elevation, both in Teneriffe and Gomera, — namely, above Ycod
el Alto of the former, and " on the slope below the laurel-region
above Hermigua" of the latter. It is one of the most interesting
and important of their discoveries ; and I have much pleasure in
dedicating the species to S. T. Nicholls, Esq., as an acknowledgment
of his services in the cause of entomology, in conjunction with those
of his indefatigable companion Dr. Crotch.

67. Anchomenus debilis, n. sp.
A. praecedenti similis sed vix minor, obscurior ; prothorace paulo
breviore, utrinque versus angulos posticos sensim minus recto,
basi fere impunctato ; elytris magis ovatis (nee ovalibus), i. e.
utrinque in medio parum subito ampliatis, vix opacioribus et
levius (sc. levissime) striatis, in limbo subconcoloribus, Knea ba-
sali minus curvata et minus clevata ; antennis pedibusque sensim
brevioribus, obscurioribus, illarum articulis basalibus (sed pra3--
sertim subbasalibus) conspicue obscurioribus. — Long. corp. lin.

Habitat Canariam Grandem, inter lapOlos per marginem cujusdam
rivuli juxta oppidum Teror mense Aprili a.d. 1858 parce captus.

It is barely possible that the present Ancliomenus may be an
insular modification of the preceding one ; but I do not think that
such is the case, and certainly it would be very unsafe to treat it as
such, — seeing that the A. Nichollsii occurs in tiuo different islands,
without any appreciable variation. The A, debilis is a trifle smaller
than its ally, and has its limbs a little obseiu'er and more abbreviated,
— the antennae moreover having their basal (though more especially
their subbasal) joints conspicuously darkened ; its prothorax is some-
what shorter, having its sides less rectangular (or more oblique)
posteriorly, and is nearly impunctate at the base ; and its elytra are
more ovate (or less regularly oval), being rather suddenly rounded
about the middle, just perceptibly opaker, still more lightly striated,
mth their margin scarcely paler than the rest of the surface, and
with their basal rim (between either shoulder and the scutellum)
both less elevated and less curved.

The A. debilis appears to be of the greatest rarity, — the only spe-
cimens which I have seen (twelve in number) having been captured
by myself from under small stones at the edges of a little stream
immediately outside the town of Teror, in Grand Canary, diuing
April 1858.

42 CANAETAN COLEOPTERA.

68. Anchomenus albipes.

Carabus albipes, Illig., Mag. fur Im. i. 54 (1801),
Anchomeuus pallipes, Woll, Ins. Mad. 33 (1854).

, Id, Cat. Mad. Col. 12 (1857).

albipes, Schaum, Nat. der Ins. Deictsch, i. 408 (1860).

Habitat per margines rivulonim Fuerteventiu-ae, tunc inde vulgaris.

The A. albipes, which abounds throughout the greater portion of
Europe, and is universal in damp spots at Madeira, and which I have
received also from the Azores, appears (so far as observed hitherto) to
be confined at the Canaries to Fuerteventura, where it is common at
the edges of the few small streams which that barren island produces.
It was first found by Mr. Gray and myself at La Antigua (on our
way from Agua Bueyes to Port Cabras), on the 28th of January 1858 ;
and during April of the following year I took it abundantly in the

Rio Palmas.

69. Anchomenus marginatus.

Carabus marginatus, Linn., Fna Suec. 222 (1761).

PlatjTius marginatus, BndU, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 56 (1838).

Auchomeuus marginatus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 33 (]854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 12 (1857).

-, Schaum, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. i. 412 (1860).

Habitat Canariam, TeneriflPam et Gomeram, bine inde baud in-
frequens.

The common European A. marginatus (which occurs, though rarely,
in Madeira, and which is recorded by M. Morelet at the Azores) is
tolerably abundant in certain localities at the Canaries, though at
present I have myself observed it only in the islands of Grand
Canary and Teneriffe. In the former I took it at Arguiniguin (along
the edges of the small pool, or lake, close to the sea) ; and in the latter
(from whence it has also been communicated by the Barao do Castello
de Paiva) in moist spots near S*" Cruz and at Ycod el Alto. It has
however been met with, more recently, by Dr. Crotch, in Gomera.

Genus 23. OLISTHOPUS.
Dejean, S^tec. Gen. des Col. iii. 176 (1828).

70. Olisthopus palmensis, n. sp.
0. £eneo-fuscus,latiusculus,subdepressus,mtidus; prothorace fereim-
punctato ; elytris oblongis, ad humeros subobtusis, leviter striatis,
interstitiis subtilissime alutaceis et (nisi oculo fortissime armato)
fere impunctatis, tertio punctis tribus notato, Kmbo plus minus
obscure pallidiore ; antennis, palpis pedibusque pallido-testaceis,
illis versus apicem paulo obscurioribus. — Long. corp. lin. 2|-3|.
Habitat Palmam, in locis intermediis, passim.

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA, 43

It is somewhat remarkable that, whilst the 0. glahratus is uni-
versal throughout Grand Canary, Teneriffe, and Hierro, it is repre-
sented in Palma by the present species, which occurs, in like man-
ner, at nearly aU intermediate elevations. The 0. palmensis may be
known from its ally by its larger size and broader outline, by its
rather browner, less shining and flatter surface, and by its elytra
being less acute at the shoulders, more finely striated, and with their
interstices (when viewed beneath the microscope) not only mirmtely
alutaceous but with the additional punctules so small as to be scarcely
perceptible. I have taken it, amongst leaves and rubbish, at the
base of the perpendicular rocks which form the sides of the Barranco
de S'* Cruz, as also on the ascent of the Cumbre above Buenavista,
and in the Barranco de Galga (towards the north-east of the island) ;
and it was likewise captured, during the spring of 1862, by Dr.
Crotch.

71. Olisthopus glabratus.

0. a3neo-niger, angustulus, subconvexus, nitidissimus ; prothorace
fere impunctato ; elytris oblongis, ad humeros aeutis, profunde
striatis, interstitiis sat distincte i)unctulatis, tertio punctis tribus
notato, limbo plus minus distincte pallidiore ; antennis, palpis
pedibusque paUido-testaceis, illis versus apicem obscui'ioribus. —
Long. Corp. lin. 2-3.

Olistopus glabratus, Bi-nlle, in Webb ef Bei-th. (Col.) 56 (1838).
Habitat in Canaria, Teneriffa, Gomera et Hierro, in locis infe-
rioribus et intermediis, hinc inde baud infrequens.

As may be gathered from what has been said, the smaller size,
narrower outline, darker hue, and more convex and shining surface
of the present OUsiJiopus, in conjunction with its more deeply striated
elytra (which are acuter at the shoulders, more brightly testaceous at
the sides, and have their interstices more distinctly punctulated and
Mwalutaeeous), wiU at once separate it from the last species. It is
universal throughout Grand Caiiary, Teneriffe, Gomera, and Hierro
(in the last of which it was likewise captured by Mr. Gray, and in
Gomera by Dr. Crotch), — occurring beneath stones, though not very
commonly, at low and intermediate elevations ; but it has not yet
been observed in either of the eastern islands of the Group*.

* Amongst five examples of Olisthopus communicated to me in 1856 by Dr.
Heer of Zurich, and taken at tlie Canaries by M. Hartung, are four of the O.
elongatus, WolL, and one of the glabratus, Br. Tlie wliole were sent under the
latter name, and were stated to have come from Lanzarote ; but as M. Hartung
collected also in Teneriffe, I have not the slightest doubt that tlie specimen
of tlic glabratus was from that island, and had become accidentally mixed up,
afterwards, with those from Fuerteventura and Lanzarote. Nevertheless as I

44 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA,

The 0. glahratus is very closely allied to the 0. inaderensis, which
abounds on the mountains of Madeira ; but I believe, nevertheless,
that it is truly distinct. It differs in being a little more shining ;
in having its prothorax a trifle larger, rather more produced in the
centre behind (in front of the scutellum), and with the sides and
base comparatively impunctured ; and in its elytra being rather
more oblong (or straighter at the edges and a little acuter at the
shoixlders), just perceptibly less convex, more deeply striated, with
theii' interstices more evidently punctulated and imalutaceous (even
beneath the microscope), and with their suture (except occasmmlly
the hinder portion) not paler than the disk.

72. Olisthopiis elongatus.

Olisthopus elongatus, Wall, Ins. Mad. 38 (1854).

, Id, Cat. Mad. Col. 14 (1857).

glabratus, Hartxmq \i\ec Bridlf\, Gedloq. VerhdUn. Lanz. utid

Fuert. 140 et 141.

HaUtat in Lanzarota et Fuerteventura, ubique sat vulgaris.
The 0. elongatus (which occurs in Madeira and Porto Santo) is
rather common throughout Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, — where it
was captured by Mr. Gray and myself in January 1858, and sub-
sequently (by myself) during the spring of the following year ; and
where it would seem to take the place of the 0. glahratus, which is
all hut universal in the remaining islands of the Canarian archi-
pelago. I have not the slightest hesitation in regarding it as the
Olisthopus referred in M. Hartung's catalogue to the glahratus of
Brulle, — first, because the latter does not appear to exist in either
Lanzarote or Fuerteventura (in hotli of which islands he implies his
species to have been found) ; and, secondly, because, of the five
specimens communicated to me by Dr. Heer under the name of
" glahratus,^' as Lanzarotan examples and collected by M. Hartung,
no less than four were the elongatus. That the soKtary 0. glahratus,
included amongst them, was from TenerifFe, and accidentally mixed
up (afterwards) with the others, I have already recorded my con-
viction in the foot-note on the preceding page.

had not myself visited the Canaries when I published my Madeiran Catalogue,
in 1857, I was of course imaware that the 0. gluhrafns does not occur in the
two eastern islands of the Canarian group, and I consequently mentioned in a
foot-note {^vidc p. 12) that I had received a Lanzarotan example of that insect
from Professor Heer. I woidd wish, therefore, now to correct this error (for I am
perfectly satisfied that such it is) ; since it is an important fact, to]:)Ograpliieally,
that a species so general as the 0. glahrafioi is in the central and western portions
of the archipelago should be replaced in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura by the
Madeiran dongatui (which has not yet been observed elsewhere at the Canaries).

CANARIAN COLEOPTEUA. 45

Genus 24. PLATYDERUS.

Stephens, III. Brit. Ent. i. 101 (1828).

73, Platyderus alticola, n. sp.

P. angustiilus, rufo-piceus, depressus ; capite prothoraceque nitidis,
hoc elongato-subciuadrato postice vix angiistiore, angulis posticis
subrectis, per basin ipsissimam panlo sinuato ; elytris clongato-
oblongis, subopacis, grosse alutaceis, ad hmncros valde acutis,
subcrenato-striatis, interstitio tertio punctis tribus notato ; an-
tennis, palpis pedibiisqiie pallidioribxis,
Var. /3 [an species distincta?], Paulo minor, paUidior ; prothorace
ad basin paulo magis recto (vix sinuato), angulis posticis rectiori-
bus ; elytris vix ovatioribus nitidioribus, paulo minus alutaceis, —
Long. Corp. lin, 4—41 (var, ft, 3i).

Habitat sub lapidibus in montibus excelsioribus Teneriffae, usque
ad 8000' s. m, ascendens, Varietatis ft exemplar unicum, in monti-
bus inferioribus maritirais juxta Sanctam Crucem eaptum, solum vidi ;
forsan ad speciem secundam pertineat.

This large and distinct Platyderus appears to be of the greatest
rarity, and to be confined to exceedingly elevated spots on the
mountains of Teneriffe, — where in May of 1859 I captured six
specimens of it, from beneath stones, on the lofty Cumbre, adjoining
the Canadas, above Ycod el Alto, It is partly in fact this pecu-
liarity of its habits which makes me look with suspicion on a single
specimen taken near S*'' Cruz (on the flanks of the low, maritime
range which forms the northern boundary of the Barranco do Passo
Alto), and which I have described above as a variety of the alticola.
It may possibly be the exponent of a closely allied species ; never-
theless, until further material has been obtained, I think it scarcely
safe to regard it as such. It is a little smaller and paler than the
examples from the Cumbre ; its prothorax is rather straighter (or
less sinuated) along the extreme base, and with the posterior angles
less obtuse ; and its elytra are a trifle more ovate (or expanded be-
hind the middle), and just perceptibly more shining (or less coarsely
alutaceous).

74. Platyderus tenuistriatus, n. sp.
P. capite prothoraceque nitidis, Ulo nigro-piceo, hoc (una cum elytris)
rufo-piceo, subquadrato postice angustiore, angulis posticis ob-
tusiusculis, per basin ipsissimam vix sinuato, in disco antico sub-
convexo ; elytris oblongis, subopacis, subtilissime alutaceis, ad
humeros acutiusculis, tenuiter striatis, interstitio tertio puuctis
tribus parvis notato ; antennis, palpis pedibusque pallidioribus,- —
Long. Corp. lin. 3.

Habitat Teneritfam, a W. D. Crotch semel tantum Icctus.

46 CANARIAN COLEOPTEEA.

The single example from whicli the above description is drawn-out
was captured in Teneriife by Dr. Crotch, during the spring of 1862 ;
but he has, unfortunately, no note as to the precise locality. It may
at once be recognized from the P. alticola by its very much smaller
size and less elongate outline ; by its head being darker, whilst the
rest of the surface is, on the contrary, still paler or more rufescent ;
by its prothorax being more quadrate, though rather rounder at the
sides and more narrowed behind (and therefore with the posterior
angles more obtuse), as well as convexer on the fore disk and less
sinuated along the basal edge ; and by its elytra being much more
finely alutaceous, more delicately striated, less acutely porrected at
the shoulders, and with the raised line between either humeral angle
and the scutellum both less elevated and less curved.

Genus 25. PTEROSTICHUS, Auct.
(Subgenus Pcecilus, Bon.)

75. Pterostichus crenatus.

Carabus crenatus, Hoffm., in litt.

Ferouia creuata, Dcj., Spec. Gen. ties Col. ill. 226 (1828).

, BmlU, in Webb et Berth. {Col.) 56 (1838).

Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventuram, in locis intermediis, rarior.

The P. crenatus, which is recorded in Portugal and Sicily (indeed
I possess it from the former), is foimd, though somewhat rarely, in
Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, — in both of which islands it was taken
by Mr. Gray and myself, during January 1858. It seems to make
its appearance after the winter-rains, and to occur at intermediate
elevations. My Lanzarotan specimens were all collected from be-
neath stones, in the open, cultivated fields on the mountains imme-
diately to the south of Haria.

(Subgenus Lagarus, CJumcl.)

70. Pterostichus figuratus, n. sp.

P. piceo-niger, nitidus, depressus ; capitc impunctato ; prothorace
elongate -subquadra to postice paulo angustiore, basi profunde et
sat crebre punctate necnon utrinque fovea lineaformi subrecta im-
presso ; elytris oblongis, profunde crenato-striatis ; antennis, palpis
pedibusque laete rufo-piceis. — Long. corp. lin. 2^.

Habitat in Teneriffa, ab oculatissimo W. D. Crotch nuper depre-

hensus.

A single example only of this well-marked PterosticJws has come

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hitherto beneath my notice. It was captured by Dr. Crotch, during
the spring- of 1862, in TenerifFe, but he cannot now recall the pre-
cise locality. It may at once be known by its flattened surface ; by
its pieeous-black hue and brightly rufeseent limbs ; by its elongate-
quadrate pro thorax being a little narrowed, and rather deeply and
thickly punctured, behind ; and by its coarsely crenate-striated ely-
tra having their short scutellary stria completely confluent with the
sutural one, and the outwardly- directed basal portion of the latter,
apparently, obsolete. In its somewhat parallel- oblong outline, de-
pressed surface, and deeply crenate-striated elytra, the P. Jiyuratus
is a little suggestive, at first sight, of an excessively diminutive P.
crenatus ; nevertheless when closely inspected it will be seen to be
totally distinct from that insect in all its characters ; and moreover
I believe that its main features will associate it rather with the
members of the Lagarus-groui^ than with those of Poecilus.

(Subgenus Orthomus, Chaud.)
77. Pterostichus longulus.

P. ater (vel piceo-ater), oblongus, nitidissimus ; prothorace subqua-
drato, ad latera svtbsequaliter rotundato, impunctato sed ad basin
utrinque foveis duabus (iaterna sc. Uneaformi subarcuata pro-
funda, sed externa breviore subrotundata plus minus indistincta)
impresso, per marginem basalem ijjsissimum angustissime margi-
nato ; elytris subparallehs, profunde crenato-striatis, interstitiis
paulo convexis, tertio punctis duobus impresso ; antennis, palpis
pedibusque piceis.

Var. /3. discors [an species ?]. Prothorax ad latera magis rotundatus,
angulis posticis paulo obtusioribus, fovea basali externti subobso-
leta, elytrorum striis simplicibus nee crenulatis. [Teneriffa : a
Dom. Schaum communicatus.] — Long. corp. lin. 3-4|.

Feronia barbara, BnilU [mcc Dej.'], in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 56 (1838).
longiila, berytensis et preelonga, Reiche, Ami. de la Soc. Eat. de

France (3'™« serie), iii. 616, 618, 619 (1855).

elongata (^Klug), Chaiul, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 116 (1859).

canariensis, Hartuny \nec Brtdle], Geolog. Verhdltn. Lanz. und

Fuert. 140, 141.

Habitat in Lanzarota et Fuerteventura, vulgaris ; in Canaria, minus
frequens ; necnon in Teneriffa, rarus.

The present Orthomus appears to be identical with the Feronia
hngula of Keiche and Saulcy, for types of which, from Egypt and
Syria, I am indebted to Dr. Schaum. The Canarian specimens have
their elytral striae rather more decidedly crenulated than seems to be
the case in the Egyptian and Syiian ones ; and their prothorax is
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some scattered i^unctures at the base. These differences, however,
are veiy trifling ; and indeed the Syrian tyjie now before me has its
pronotum, as in the state peculiar to the Canaries, totally iinpunc-
tured. The species occurs also in Greece ; so that it would seem to
be widely spread over Mediterranean latitudes. It is allied to the
P. barbarus, Dej. (to which indeed it was referred by M. Bridle),
and still more so to the P. hispanicus, from which I am by no means
certain that it is really distinct*. Judging from three specimens of
the latter at present in my possession (one of which has been for-
warded by Dr. Schaum, whilst the other two were captured by the
E,ev. Hamlet Clark at Granada), the Canarian insect differs almost
solely in having its prothorax invariably impunctured behind, and
the striae of its elytra a little deeper and more perceptibly cretiulated.

The P. longulus abounds in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura (in both
of which it was taken by M. Hartung, Mr. Gray, and myscK), and is
likewise found, though more sparingly, in Grand Canary and Tene-
riffe. In the two former it is universal, occurring at all elevations ;
and indeed, on the 11th of March 1859, I met with it even in the
little island of Graciosa, off the extreme north of Lanzarote : but in
Grand Canary it is apparently more local, being nearly confined (so
far as observed hitherto) to sandy spots about Las Palmas and the
Puerto da Luz. In Teneriffe I have not myself noticed it ; but it
has been communicated from thence by the Barao do Castello de
Paiva ; and I have also received a specimen from Dr. Schaum, which
he obtained from Professor Heer and which is stated to be TenerifFan.
It was collected by M. Hartung, and differs from the ordinary ex-
amples in having its prothorax more rounded at the sides, with the
hinder angles consequently more obtuse, and with the outer basal
fovea almost obsolete, and in its elytral striae being uncrenulated.
I can scarcely believe, however, that it is more than an accidental
aberration, or at the utmost a local variety.

That this insect is the one referred to in M. Hartung's catalogue

* There would seem, however, to be a small cluster of nearly allied species, or
forms, of this immediate type, peculiar to these latitudes. My P. haligcna, from
the Salvao;es, is another of them, and is closely related to the Canarian one:
ncvertlieless it is rather smaller ; its prothorax is sliorter and narrower, with tlic
outer basal impression less distinct, and the dorsal channel more abruptly ter-
minated both before and behind ; and the elytra of its female sex are more alu-
taceous and opake, witli tlieir stria; finer, and their interstices more depressed.
In my description of it [;vV7f ' Journ. of Ent.' i. 87] I contrasted it (as now) with
its Canarian ally, but alluded to the latter as the "P. canarkn&is, Brulle." On
a more careful inspection, liowever, I perceive that so far as the name is concerned
I was mistaken, — M. Brulle's Feronia ravariensis being apparently a totally dif-
ferent insect.

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as the Feronia canariensis, Brulle, I am enabled to state for certain,
—having received several of his specimens, thus identified, from Dr.
Heer.

(Subgenus Haptoderus, Cliaud.)

78. Pterostichiis angularis.

P. piceus ; prothorace subquadrato, antice rotundato-ampliato postice
angustiore, angulis ipsissimis posticis subaciitis, margine lateral!
incrassato, postice subsinuato, fortiter canaliculato et basi utrinque
linea valde profunda impresso ; elytris ellipticis, striatis, inter-
stitio tertio punetis duobus maguis notato, ad apieem ipsum (in
utroque sexu) plus minus vel conjunctim truneatis vel singulatim
emarginatis ; antennis, palpis pedibusque rufo-piceis.

Mas major, latior, nigro-piceus, nitidus, convexus ; elytris profunde
striatis, interstitiis convexis ; pedibus robustis.

Fvem. paulo minor, angustior, rufo-piceus, (eapite nitido excepto)
opacus, subdepressus ; elytris minus profunde striatis, interstitiis
depressis, per suturam (prassertim postice) elevatis ; pedibus minus
robustis. — Long. corp. lin. 4-5^.

$. Calathus angularis, Brn'le, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 56 (1838).
<5'. Feronia cauarieusis ?, Brulle, in Webb et Berth. {Col.) 56 (1838).

Habitat sub lapidibus in sylvaticis TenerifFae, hinc inde sat vulgaris.

Were it not for the relative dilatation of the tarsi and, still more,
for the fact that I have repeatedly taken them in coitu, the extra-
ordinary dissimilarity of the sexes of this curious Pterosticlius might
almost have led to the idea that they vfere specifically distinct. And
as such indeed, judging from his very meagre and unsatisfactory diag-
nosis, I believe that M. Brulle did absolutely regard them, — describing
(unless I am much mistaken) the female under the name of Calathus
angularis, and the male under that of Feronia canariensis ! At least,
after a careful consideration of his " diagnoses " (if such they may
be called), I can come to no other conclusion ; and, in partial accord-
ance with this hypothesis, I have lately received from M. Chevrolat
a supposed " type " of the C. angularis, which is undoubtedly the pre-
sent insect. It is certain therefore, if M. Chevrolat's type can (as I
have every reason to believe) be relied upon, that the species now
under consideration is, at all events, M. Brulle's C. angularis ; and
the only question that remains is, whether it be not his Feronia
canariensis likewise. Before critically examining it, I had considered
the preceding species (the P. longulus) as the F. canariensis of Brulle ;
but this was simply through the fact of my having received it (a few
years ago) thus identijied from Prof. Heer. On looking closely how-
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to me that the insect which he referred to the F. harbara of Dejean
must have been the nearly allied (though scarcely coincident) P. lon-
gulus ; and that consequently his F. canariensis (which immediately
follows it) was of necessity something different. Now, his comparison
of the latter with the Pyrenaean Argutor ahaamdes, and the differential
charactei's which he draws between the two, utterly preclude the idea
that his F. canariensis could possibly have been the species which I
have just described as the longulus of Reiche ; whilst the very few
points to which he calls attention are all in favour of its tallying
with the male (for he expressly mentions it as " luisante ") of the
present Pterostichiis. Indeed (the P. longulus disposed of) there is no
Canarian insect to which his " description" could apply except the
present one ; and I think therefore that I am fully justified in treating
his C. angnlaris and F. canariensis as identical*. Assuming them
therefore to be coincident, I have preferred the former specific name
to the latter, as the more appropriate of the two, — the insect being
found, apparently, in but one of the seven islands of the Group.

The P. angularis is universal throughout the sylvan regions of
Teneriffe. During March of 1858 I took it abundantly, in coitu, at
the Agua Garcia ; and it is also common at Las Mercedes, and in the
forest above Taganana. It has likewise been coramimicated by the
Barao do Castello de Paiva ; as also by Dr. Heer (from the collection
of M. Hartung).

79. Pterostichus harpaloides, n. sp.
P. piceus, nitidus ; prothorace convexo, transversim leviter undulato,
sub(]uadrato postiee vix angustiore, angulis posticis rectis, margine
laterali paulo incrassato, postico recto, leviter canaliculate et basi
utrinque \'ix impresso, emarginationo antica subsinuata ; elytris
breviter ovato-oblongis, convexis, le\'iter striatis, interstitiis sub-
depressis, tertio punctis duobus (vel tribus) parvis notato, ad api-
cem (in utroque sexu) integris ; antennis, palpis pedibusque rufo-
piceis ; pedibus posticis brevibus. — Long. corp. lin. 3|-4.

Habitat ins. Hierro, in locis editioribus regionis sylvaticae " El
Golfo" dictae mense Februario a.d. 1858*parce repertus.

* It is much to be regretted that M. Brulle should not have been a little more
accurate in his descriptions. Apart from all other characters, if he had looked
at the claws of his C. ang^ilaris he would have immediately perceived that it was
no Calathus at all ; and at least one of his diagnoses (all equally unintelligible)
would have been thus removed into its frofer place, — enabling after-observers at
all evenfs to (/uess wliat the insect really was to which he referred. His total
silence too as to the exact islands in which the several species occur (thovigh all
the types which I examined in Paris, of MM. Webb and Eerthelot, had their
islands indicated by a separate label) deprives us of t^e only possible clue which
we might have otherwise had for deciphering his insects.

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 51

The only specimens which I have seen of this singular insect are
five which were captured by myself, from beneath stones, in the upper
part of the wooded region of El Golfo, on the west of HieiTO, during
our visit to that island in February 1858. It offers so many pecu-
liarities, that I need only refer to the diagnosis ; but its comparatively
convex prothorax and elytra (the former of which is almost free from
impressions at its base and has its posterior angles right angles, whilst
the latter are very lightly striated, with their discal punctiu^es in-
distinct and sometimes obsolete), in conjunction with its exceedingly
short hind legs (for a Pterostichus), may be especially noticed. Its
sexes, too (barring, of coiu'se, the dilatation of its male-tarsi), are
similar, both in outline and surface.

Genus 26. AMARA.
Bonelli, Ohservat. Ent. i. (1809).

(Subgenus Leiocnemis, Zimm.)

80. Amara versuta.

A. brcviter ovata, nigro-picea, a^neo-micans, convexa ; prothorace
brevi, transverse, ad latera marginato et sequaliter rotundato, basi
vix punctate (interdxun impunctato) sed utrinque foveis duabus
(interna sc. majore longiore, sed externa parva, minus profunda,
subrotundata) notato, postice in medio transversim impresso ; ely-
tris paulo dilutioribus (fusco-piceis), crenato-striatis ; antennis,
palpis pedibusque testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 2-2^.

Amara versuta, Woll, Ann. Nat. Hid. (3rd series) xi. 215 (1863).

bifi'ons, Hartuni/ [nee Gyll.'], Geoloq. Verhdltn. Lanz. imd Fuert.

141.

Habitat in Lanzarota et Fuerteventura, sub lapidibus, passim.

The present very distinct little Amara (which I am informed by
Dr. Schaum should be referred to the section Leiocnemis) is the only
one of the genus which has hitherto been observed at the Canaries, —
even the common European A. trivialis, which abounds at Madeira
and the Azores, being apparently absent from the islands of that
archipelago. The A. versuta, moreover, would seem to be confined to
Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, — where it is decidedly rare, and occurs
at intermediate elevations. It was found by Mr. Gray and myself in
the former, — principally from under stones on the grassy plain imme-
diately above the village of Los VaUes (de S*'' Catalina), on the road
to Haria ; and by M. Hartung and myself in the latter. My Fuerte-
venturan examples were taken, beneath corn-stack refuse, at Oliva,
on the 31st of March 1859. Having received it from Dr. Heer under
the name of " A. hifrons, GyU.," I am enabled to state for certain

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that it is the insect referred by him, in M. Hartung's list, to that
species. It belongs, however, in reality, to a cliiFerent group.

Genus 27. ZABRUS.
Claii-ville, Etit. Heh. ii. 80 (1806).

81. Zabrus crassus.

Zabrus crassus, Dej., Spec. Gen. des Cul. iii. 451 (1828).

, Zimm., Mon. dei- Carab. 42 (1831).

, JSndle, in Webb et Berth. {Col.) 57 (1838).

Habitat TenerifFam, prsesertim in locis subelevatis, rarior.

The two Canarian Zahri (both of them peculiar to Teneriffe) are
very closely related inter se, but I believe triily distinct. The present
one is a little more robust and ovate than its ally (being, on the
average, a trifle more expanded posteriorly), and rather less shining
(or a little more evidently alutaceous) ; its prothorax is just percep-
tibly broader, somewhat more strongly impressed behind, and more
widely depressed at the sides ; its elytra are veiy much more deeply
striated, and its limbs are usually a shade darker. It is certainly
the rarer of the two, and foimd for the most part at a rather higher
altitude, — though I have taken it occasionally on the hiUs behind
S''* Cruz at only a slight elevation above the sea. On the mountains,
however, above Taganana, and at Las Mercedes, it appears more
within its normal range.

82. Zabrus laevigatus.
Zabrus Isevigatus, Zimm., 3Ion, der Carab. 43 (1831).
Habitat Teneriifam, prsecipue in locis subinferioribus, hinc inde
vulgaris.

This appears to be the commoner of the two TenerifFan Zahri,
though at the same time somewhat local, I have taken it rather
abundantly in the dry cindery region between the Puerto Orotava
and the Villa, where it occurs beneath stones during the spring ; and
it has also been captured by Dr. Crotch. It may be known from its
ally by being, on the average, a little smaller and more oblong (or
less dilated behind) ; by its prothorax being more narroivly depressed
at the sides (particularly towards the posterior angles), altogether
not quite so broad, and with its basal impressions perhaps somewhat
lighter ; and by its elytral striae being much less deep, its limbs
generally of a paler hue, and its entire surface just perceptibly more
shining (or less distinctly alutaceous). I have received it from Dr.
Heer (collected by M. Hartung) under the name of " crassus, Dej." ;

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but it seems to be the true la'vlc/atus of Zimmermann, Dejean's crassus
being the preceding (and rarer) species. Both of these Zahrl have
also been communicated by the Bariio do Castello de Paiva.

(Subfam. XI. DITOMIDES.)

Genus 28. ARISTUS.
(Ziegler) Latr., m(/ne Anhn. (ed. 2) iv. 387 (1829).

83. Aristus subopacus, n. sp.
A. niger, subeyHndi-ico-oblongus, calvus, subopaciis, minutissime alu-
taceus ; capite prothoraceque parce (illo profundius) punctatis, illo
valde convexo integro (/. e. fronte vix impressa), hoc bre%d, ad basin
subito et valde constricto, ad latera grosse marginato (angulis ipsis
posticis rectis marginatis) ; elytris subparaUelis, leviter punctato-
striatis, interstitiis depressis fere impunctatis ; antennis ad apicem,
palpis tarsisque rufo-piceis. — Long. corp. lin. 5.

Ditomus clypeatiis?, Brulle [uec Rossi], in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 57
(1838).

Habitat in montibus Fuerteventurse, a meipso Aprili ineunte a.d.
1859 sub lapide in summo monte " La Atalaya " dicto semel lectus.

The only specimen which I have seen of this very distinct Aristus
was captured, on the 4th of April 1859, from beneath a stone, on the
summit of La Atalaya (above Betancui'ia), — the loftiest mountain of
Fuerteventura. Whether it be the insect referred by M. Brulle to
the Ditomus clypeatus of Rossi, I am unable to say for certain, the
greater number of his types (supposed to be in Paris) being either
lost or inaccessible ; but, judging from the very few words which ho
says about it, I think that it most probably is. It differs, however
from the ch/peatus in being rather larger, more parallel (or cylindric),
and broader ; in its entire sculpture being very much finer ; in its
head being more convex, and free from foveas ; in its prothorax being
more strongly margined at the sides (even to the basal angles them-
selves), and with the anterior angles less porrect ; and in its surface
(which is totally free from pile) being more alutaceous and less
shining. Prima facie it has somewhat in common with the Ditomus
opacus, from the south of Algeria.

(Subfam. XII. HARPALIDES.)

Genus 29. CRATOGNATHUS.

Dejean, Spec. Gen. des Col. iv. 46 (1829).
The four species described below, I am informed by Dr. Schaum,
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first of them (the Lanzarotan and Fuerteveutiiran C. solitarms) has
certainly much the facies of a small Acinoinis, nevertheless its per-
fectly toothless mentum and the well-defined hinder angles of its
pro thorax would seem to assign it to Cratognatlms rather than to
that group. Indeed Cratognatlms (of which the " Ilarjxdns vividus"
from Madeira, and the " H. pclagicus *," from the Salvages, are also
undoubted members) appears to be universal throughout these At-
lantic islands, and it is probable therefore that there are members of
it yet to be detected. It differs mainly from Harixdus proper (into
which, however, it almost merges) in the tendency of its head, par-
ticularly in the male sex, to be greatly enlarged, in the emargination
of its mentum being deep and quite simple (even the rudiments of
the tooth which is seldom, if indeed ever, altogether untraceable in
the true HarpaU being apparently absent), in its mandibles being
perhaps slightly obtuser, in its wings being obsolete, and in the more
developed spurs of its anterior tibia?. The Cratognathi are usually
smaller and less cyhndric than the Acinopl, but on the average per-
haps a trifle larger than the ordinary Harpali ; and in colour they
are almost invariably of a more or less dark piccous (seldom com-
pletely black), and quite free from any metallic tinge.

84. Cratognathus solitarius.
C. ater, subcylindrieo-oblongus ; capite magno ; prothoraee subqua-
drato postice vix angustiore, basi utrinque fovea sat profunda punc-
tata impresso; elytris oblongis, profunde crenato-striatis, interstitio
septimo ad apicem ipsissimum punctulis circa 2-4 (interdum in-
distinctis confusis) notato ; antennis, palpis tarsisque rufo-ferrugi-
neis, femoribus tibiisque piccis. — Long. corp. lin. 4|-5.

Cratognathus solitarius, Woll, Ann. Nat. Hist. (3rd ser.) xi. 215 (1863).
Hai"palus consentaneus, Hartunc/ [nee Dtj.~\, Gcolog. Verhaltn. Lanz.
unci Fucrt. 140 et 141.

Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventuram, sub lapidibus in locis in-
termediis et elevatioribus sat vulgaris.

The more cylindric outline and blacker hue of this insect, combined
with its deeply crenate-striated elytra and general aspect, give it more
the character, prima /acie, of a small Acinopus than of a Cratognathus ;

* This insect, which I described in a paper on certain Coleoptera from the
Salvages, published in the ' Journal of Entomology,' vol. i. p. 88, differs from all
the species here characterized in being reMivcly broader, and with its prothorax
(which is but very obsciu-ely impressed beliincl) much more rounded (and mh-
cqually so) at the sides, — causing the angles to be more obtuse. Its elytra (which
are subopake in the females) are only lightly striated in both sexes, and their
seventh interstice has a few small punctules (as in the C. solitarms) at its extreme
apex, — wliich last is less produced than is the case in its allies here enumerated.
Perhaps it has more afllnity with the G. fortunatus, from Grand Canary, than
with any of the others.

CANARIAN COLEOrTERA. 55

nevertheless tlie structural features already alluded to would seem to
refer it to the latter. In its habits the C soUtanus is a little pecu-
liar, since it is less gregarious than either the Cratognathi or Harpali
usually are, — only one specimen being found, for the most part,
beneath a single stone, and that one within a small hole (or burrow^.
It is universal throughout the intermediate and higher elevations of
Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, in both of which islands it has been
taken abundantly by M. Hartung and myself. I have received
several examples of it from Dr. Heer (collected by the former) under
the name of " Harpalus consentaneus*, Dej." (with which, however,
it has nothing whatever in common) ; so that I can state for certain
that it is the insect thus referred to in the catalogue which was pre-
j)ared by him for M. Hartung's volume. Fuerteventuran specimens
have also been communicated by the Barao do Castello de Paiva.

85. Cratognathus fortunatus.
C. piceus, oblongus ; capite magno ; prothorace subquadrato postice

subrecte angaistiore, basi utrinque vix punctulato vix impresso ;

elytris subovato-oblongis, striatis, interstitio septimo ad apicem

punctis circa 2-4 notato ; labro rufo-piceo ; antennis, palpis pedi-

busque rufo-ferrugineis.
31as nitidus, interstitiis subconvexis.
Fcetn. subopacus, interstitiis subdepressis. — Long. corp. lin. 5-5|.

Cratognathus fortunatus, Woll, Ann. Nat. Hist. (3rd ser.)xi. 215 (1863).

Habitat montes Canarise Grandis, in pineto quodam rcgionis " Ta-
rajana" dictae mense Aprili a.d. 1858 sat copiose repertus.

The (comparatively) rather larger size of this species (which is the
largest, on the average, of the Canarian Cratocjnathi), combined with
the subopake surface of its female sex, its very lightly impressed
jtrothorax, and the series of small punctures at the apex of its seventh

* It is rather remarkable that the common European H. consentaneus, Dej.
(=affetnfafus, Steph.), wliich is universal in the Madeiran Group, has not yet
(so far as I am aware) been detected at the Canaries. It is certainly quoted by
M. Briille ; but such a vast proportion of his insects are incorrectly identified
[some few of them, moreover, having been, / have the most conclusive reasons for
helieving, even brought by Mr. Webb from Madeira!], that I cannot — with some
20,000 Canarian specimens now in my possession amongst which it does not
occur — admit it, without further evidence, into the catalogue. The two nearly
allied species H. fcnehrosus and Schaimm are not imcommon at Teneriffe ; and it
is far from improbable, therefore, that the latter of them (for the former is men-
tioned by M. Brulle) may have been mistaken for the consentaneus. In like
manner I cannot include the H. rultripes, Creutz., — which is similarly recorded
by M. Brulle, without the slightest reference to its habitat, or with so much as a
single observation accompanying it. So far as my own experience goes, I am
satisfied that the H. rubripes does not occur in any of these Atlantic islands ; and
I shall require better evidence than that afforded by M. Brulle's list before I
believe that it does. I have not the slightest doubt that the insect he really re-

56 CAXARIAN C'ULEOPTERA.

elytral interstice, must serve to characterize it. So far as I have
observed hitherto, it appears to be confined to the mountains of
Grand Canary, — where, during April 1858, I took it, in tolerable
abundance, in one of the lofty Finals of the district of Tarajana, above
the village of San Bartolome.

S6. Cratognathus micans.

C. praecedenti similis, sed jiaulo minor, in utroque scxu fere tequaliter
nitidus, prothorace ad latera paulo magis sinuato, elytris antice
paulo magis truncatis (ergo vix brevioribus) , interstitii septimi
punctis obsoletis, podibus paulo pallidioribus.

Var. /3. Sancto'-crucis [an species distincta ?J. Minus politus, capite
paulo minore, prothorace basi paulo minus subito angustiore (ergo
angulis vix minus rectis), utrinque profundius foveolato, elytris
profundius striatis, ad apicem ipsum plerumque j^aulo magis acu-
mihatis. — Long, coi-p. lin. 4^-5.

Cratognathus micans, JFolL, Aim. Nat. Hist. (3rd ser.) xi. 215 (1863).
Harpalus vii-idus, Hartion/ [nee Di'J., necFab.^, Geolog. VerhciUn.Lanz.
unci Fuert. 140.

Habitat in ins. Gomera, prope San Sebastian vulgaris ; sed var. ft ad
Teneriifam solam pertinet, circa urbem Sanetae Crucis pra^dominans.

The rather smaller size and almost equally polished surface of the
two sexes of this species, in conjunction with the absence* of the
punctures at the apex of the seventh interval of its elytra, will suf-
fice to separate it from the C. fortmiatus, to which it is nearly allied.
It is possible that the form which I have regarded as the var. ft may
be specifically distinct ; nevertheless its differential characters (al-
though constant) are so minute that I think it safer to treat it as an
insular modification peculiar to Tenerifi'e. As may be gathered from

fei-red to was the H. disfingi(endus, Dufts., which abounds at Madeira but wliieh
has not yet been observed at the Canaries ; and that it was probably entered on the
strength of an example brought by Mr. Webb (along with the Scarifes abhreviatus
and perhaps also the Harpalus conse77tanfns) from Funchal.

* Perhaps they should rather be called obsolete (as indeed I liave done in the
diagnosis) than absent; for out of .33 specimens of the typical micajis which I
have just examined, I find these subapical punctules present in s/.r; nevertheless
in 64 of the Teneriffan " var. /3 " there is (as in the C. (smulus) no appearance of
them whatsoever. In the fortiinattfs, on the other hand, in which I have mentioned
them as a diagnostic feature, they are well developed in all (32 in number) wliich
I have yet seen : so that the six in which they exist out of the 117 micajts may be
regarded as exceptional, or even accidental. It is scarcely necessary to allude to
the A. solifarucs (which has so many characters of its own that it could not be
confounded with either of these more nearly allied forms); but in 12 examples
of it which I have carefully overhauled, the punctules are always visible, — only
smaller than thone of the forfunatus, still more apical, and often somewhat indis-
tinct or confused.

CANARIAX COLEOPTERA. 67

the diagnosis, it may be known from what I have considered as the
type (and which is confined to the island of Gomera) by being a little
less polished, by having its elytra more deeply striated and perhaps
somewhat more acuminated at their extreme apex, and by its being
(on the average) just perceptibly smaller, and with its head not quite
so largely developed. Its prothorax, too, has its fovese rather more
apparent, and its sides usually a trifle less sinuated behind, causing
the angles to be (if anything) more obtuse.

The typical state abounds in Gomera, where it was taken by Mr.
Gray and myself, around San Sebastian and on the hills above it,
during our visit to that island in February 1858 ; and I have received
it from the Barao do Castello de Paiva, collected near Hermigua. The
" var. /3," on the contrar)-, seems to be the state which obtains in
Teneriffe, where it is common in certain spots in the vicinity of S*"
Cruz. My own specimens are principally from the rocky slopes about
the Barranco do Passo Alto.

Several examples of the var. fl (which were found by M. Hartung)
have been communicated to me by Dr. Heer under the name of *■' Har-
paltis vividus, Dej," ; so that I can vouch for its being the insect re-
ferred to in his catalogue of Lanzarotan* Coleoptera ; it has however
nothing in common, except its generic characters, with that species.

87. Cratognathus semulus, n. sp.

C. var. j3 G. micantts similis, sed colore obseuriore (minus piceo), in
utroque sexu minus nitidus (foeminji etiam fere opaca), capite paulo
minore, prothorace basi paulo magis angustato (angulis ipsis posticis
subacute prominulis), utrinque profundius impresso; elytris in sexu
masculo valde profunde striatis, interstitiis convexis, in fcemineo
leviter striatis, interstitiis depressis. — Long. corp. lin. 4|.

Habitat Teneriifam sylvaticam, in montibus supra Tagananam
captus.

* It is unfortunate that M. Hartung should not have been more careful in pre-
serving the localities of his various species. I have no hesitation in saying that
the C. mieans djes >iot occur in eitlier Lanzarote or Fuerteventura, — which are
so distinctive in their fauna as to be almost separated topographically from the
other islands of the archipelago. It has not as yet been detected even in G-rand
Canary ; and there seems every reason to believe that the var. ji is confined to
Teneriffe, and that what I have regarded as the type is peculiar to Gomera.
From the specimens wliich have been forwarded to me by Dr. Heer, I have not
a shadow of doubt but that they are Teneriftan, and were most probably col-
lected in the neighbourhood of S'« Cruz ; and that, hke the single example
already alluded to of the OUathopus glabratus, they were mixed up inadvertently
(perhaps afterwards). with Lanzarotan species. Thus, what between a wrong ha-
bitat and a wrong identification (it being referred to an insect, tlie Madeiran C.
vividus, from which it is totally distinct), a twofold error, of no slight importance
in a geographical point of view, is on record.

58 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

In its external contour this insect approaches so near to the ordi-
nary Harpali that, were it not for its slightly enlarged head and
anterior tibial spurs, and (still more) for the difficulty (indeed almost
the impossibility) of placing it in a different group from the preceding
species, it could scarcely have been regarded as a Cratognathus : never-
theless I am satisfied that to detach it from its allies on account of
lis prima facie aspect would be most unnatural ; and it must therefore
remain as a small, and not very typical, member of the present genus.
It is at once chai'acterized by its darker (or less piceous) hue, by the
more acute (in fact almost minutely-prominent) hinder angles of its
prothorax, and by the very opposite appearance of its sexes, — the
males being shining (though less so than in any of the foregoing
species), with their elytra very deeply striated and the interstices
convex ; wliilst the females are nearly opake, with their striae light,
and their interstices depressed. The only two examples which I
have seen were taken in the sylvan region above Taganana, of Tene-
riflfe, during May 1859.

Genus 30. HARPALUS,
Latreille, Oen. Crust, et Lis. i. 201 (1806).

88. Harpalus tenebrosus.

H. niger, obscurissime subcyaneus ; prothorace subquadrato, ad latera
subajqualiter rotimdato, angulis posticis obtusis, basi utrinque dense
punctate; elytris striatis (sti'iis fere simplicibus); antennis, palpis
tarsisque rufo-ferrugineis, illis ante basin fusco-maculatis.

Mas nitidus ; foem. subopacus. — Long. corp. lin. 3|— 4|^.

Hai-palus tenebrosus, Hpf'., Spec. Gen. des Col. iv. 378 (1829).

, Bridle, in Webb et BeHh. (Col.) 57. (1838).

Wollastoni, Dmvs., Geod. Brit. 144 (1854).

litigiosus, Woll. [nee Dej.'], Ins. Mad. 52 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 16 (1857).

tenebrosus, Schaiini, Nat. der Ins. Detdsch, i. 598 (1860).

Habitat in Lanzarota, Fuerteventura et Palma, sat rarus.

The European H.tenehrosus (which occurs also in Madeira and Porto
Santo) is found sparingly throughout Lanzarote and Fuerteventura ;
and I have also taken it in the Banda, on the west of Palma. Although
a well-known insect, I have given a diagnosis of it in order to point
out its distinctions from the following species.

89. Harpalus Schaumii, n. sp.

H. niger ; prothorace brevi, transverse subquadrato, ad latera postice
subrecto, angulis posticis subrectis, basi utrinque parce sed pro-
funde punctate ; elytris profunde crenato- striatis, interstitio sep-

CANAEIAN COLEOPTERA. 59

timo ad apieem pimctis circa 3-7 notato; aiitennis, palpis pecli-

biis(|ue rufo-ferrugineis.
Mas niticlissimus ; fcem. subopacus.
Var. /3. Teneriffce [an species?] prothorace elytrisque paiilo con-

vexioribus, illo angulis posticis vix magis obtusis, his ad apiccm

paulo brevioribus necnon in scxu foemineo vix minus opacis. —

Long. Corp. lin. 4-1-.

Habitat in TonerifFa, Palma at Hierro, passim : var. /3, in montibus
supra Ycod el Alto capta, ad TenerifFam pertinet.

In general outline and size the present Harpalus is closely related
to the tenebrosus; but, in addition to its wanting the obscurely
subcyaneons tint which is scarcely ever entirely absent from that
species, it may be known by its prothorax being shorter and more
transverse, straighter at the sides (causing the posterior angles to
be less obtuse), and more coarsely and sparingly punctured at the
base, by its elytra being more deeply striated, with their strite most
conspicuously crenate, and with their seventh interstice furnished with
a series of small punctures (varying from about two to six) behind,
and by its femora and tibiae being (instead of dark-piceous) bright
rufo-ferruginous — like the antennae and tarsi. Its subbasal anten-
nal joints, too, are not infuscated, as is the tendency in that insect ;
and the surface of its male sex is more highly polished. I had
thought at first, from its evident affinity with the H. tenebrosus, and
from the presence of the small series of punctiu'es towards the apex
of its eighth elytral interstice, that it might perhaps be identical
with the Eui'opean litigiosus ; but a type of that insect which has
lately been communicated by Dr. Schaum has convinced me that it
certainly is not conspecific with it ; and indeed Dr. Schaum himself
adds, " I consider it quite distinct, on account mainly of its strongly
punctured striae ; I know, in fact, of scarcely any Hmpalus which
has them so coarsely sculptured."

I have taken it sparingly, from beneath stones, in Teneriffe (par-
ticularly around S'" Cruz and Orotava), in Palma (immediately above
Buenavista, before the ascent to the Cumbrc), and in the region of El
Golfo, on the west of Hierro. Whilst at Ycod el Alto, in Tenerifie,
during May of 1859, I obtained seven specimens (in the ravines of
the lofty Pinal between that spot and the Cumbre) which do not
entirely accord with those which I have found elsewhere ; neverthe-
less their difference is so slight that I think they cannot be regarded
as more than a variety of the litigiosus. Their prothorax and elyti'a
are, both of them, a trifle more convex than is ordinarily the case ;
and the former has its basal angles just perceptibly more obtuse.

GO CANARIAN COLEOPTEEA.

whilst the latter are a little more shortened behind, — leaving the
pygidium still more exposed. The surface of their female sex, too,
is perhaps, if anytliinrj, somewhat more shining.

Genus 31. DICHIROTRICHUS.

Jaeq. Duval, Gen. des Col i. 35 (1857).

90. Dichirotrichus levistriatus, n. sp.

IJ. oblongus, rufo -ferruginous, subnitidus, fere calvus ; capite pro-
thoraceque leviter punctatis, hoc subquadrato-cordato, angidis ipsis
posticis fere rectis, basi utrinque late et profunde impresso ; elytris
paraUelis, leviter striatis, interstitiis punctatis ; pedibus testaceis.
— Long. Corp. lin. 3.

Habitat Lanzarotam borealem, ad Salinas semel captus.

The only specimen which I have seen of this insect was taken by
myself at the Salinas (or salt-works), in the extreme north of Lanza-
rote, during March 1859. It is closely allied to the European D.
ohsoletus ; but, judging from the single example now before me, it is
rather more robust and oblong (the elytra being more parallel) ; its
head and prothorax are more closely and less deejily punctured, and
the latter has its extreme hinder angles a trifle more acutely pro-
minent ; its elytra are immaculate, with their sculptiu'e lighter ; its
shoulders arc a httle more obtuse ; and its entire surface is of a redder
tint, and apparently almost free from pubescence.

Genus 32. STENOLOPHUS.

(Megerle) Steph., HI Brit. Ent. i. 1G5 (1828).

91. Stenolophus vaporariorum.

Carabus vaporariorum, Fah. [iiee Linn. 1701], Sijst. Ent. 247 (1775).

teutouus, Schrank, Enuni. Ins. Austr. 214 (1781).

Stenolophus vaporariorum, Bridle, in Wehhet Berth. (Col.) 67 (1838).

teutonu8, WolL, Ins. Mad. 59 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 17 (1857).

, Sclunnn, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. i. 613 (1860).

Habitat in Puerteventura, Canaria, Teneriffa, Gomera et Palma, in
humidis, frequens.

The European S. vaporariorum (which is common at Madeira, and
which I possess from the Azores) is widely spread over the Canaritm
archipelago, — where in all probability it is universal. At present,
however, I have taken it in but five * out of the seven islands of the

* It is indeed recorded in M. Hartung's list of the Coleoptera of Lanzarote ;
but so many errors seem to have arisen througli the mixing up (however unin-
tentionally) of the insects of his different localities, that I tliink it hardly safe to
admit it into my catalogue as Lanzarotau without further evidence.

CANARIAN COLEOrTERA. 61

Group, — namely, in Fuerteventura, Grand Canary, Teneriffe, Goraera,
and Palma. In Teneriffe I have observed it principally, in moist
spots, around S** Cruz, at Las Mercedes, the Agua Mansa, and at
Ycod el Alto ; and in Gomera at the edges of the small stream at
San Sebastian. In Teneriffe and Gomera it was found likewise by
Dr. Crotch.

92. Stenolophus marginatus.

Stenolophus margiuatus, Dcj., Spec. Gen. ties Col. iv. 427 (1829).

, BrulU, in Wehh 'et Berth. (Col.) 57 (1838).

, Leon Fairm., Faun. Ent. Franq. i. 145 (1854).

, Wall, Ann. Nat. Hist. (3rd series) ii. 407 (1858).

Habitat in humidis Canarice et Teneriffae, rarissimus.

The S. marginatus of Mediterranean latitudes (which has been
recorded in Spain, the south of France, Corfu, Greece and Egypt, and
which is exceedingly rare in Madeira) occurs very sparingly at the
Canaries. I have myself only taken it in the island of Grand Canary
(by the edges of a small stream on the ascent to the Roca del Soucilho,
from San Mateo) ; but a Teneriffan specimen has lately been com-
municated by the Barao do Castello de Paiva.

93. Stenolophus dorsalis.

Carabus dorsalis, Fah., Ent. Si/st. i. 1G5 (1792).

Acupalpus dorsalis, Bmf/e, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 57 (1838).

Stenolophus dorsalis, Woll., Ins. Mad. 60 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 17 (1857).

, Schaiim, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. i. 619 (1860).

Habitat in humidis Canariae, Teneriffae et Gomerse, hine inde vul-
garis.

The European S. dorsalis (likewise found, though sparingly, in
Madeira) is tolerably common in certain spots at the Canaries. Up
to the present date, however, I have myself observed it only in Grand
Canary and Teneriffe, — namely (abundantly) near San Mateo and
Teror, of the former ; and around Sta Cruz, at Las Mercedes and the
Agua Garcia, of the latter. It was however taken by Dr. Crotch
above Hermigua in Gomera, as well as in Teneriffe (from which
latter island it has also been commiinicated by the Barao do Castello
de Paiva).

Genus 33. BRADYCELLUS.
Erichson, Kaf. der Mark Brand, i. 64 (1837).

94. Bradycellus ventricosus, n. sp.
B. ovatus, nigro-piceus, nitidus ; prothorace subquadrato-cordato,
basi utrinque profunde punctato ; elytris eonvexis, ventricosis.

62 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

subcrenato-striatis, sntiira distinetc necnon limbo ipsissimo ob-
scurius ang'ustiusqiio nifescentioribus ; antenuis fiisco-testaceis,
ad basin, palpis pedibusque pallido-testaceis, tibiis ad apiccrn tar-
sisque ad basin obscurioribus. — Long. corp. lin. l^lv>

Habitat Tenerifiam sylvaticam, sub foliis dejectis in humidis degens.

The present beautiful and truly indigenous BradijceTlus is closely
allied to the Madeiran B. excidtus, but is more ovate than that species
(its elj'tra particularly being more rounded, convex, and ventricose) ;
its eyes are larger ; its prothorax is wider in front, narrower behind,
and very much more deeply punctiired on either side at the base ;
and its elytra are obtuser at their shoulders, and with their strife
evidently crenulated. I have observed it only in the sylvan districts
of Teneriffe, — having taken it sparingly, beneath stones and dead
leaves, in the woods above Taganana, at Las Mercedes, the Agua
Garcia, and at La Esperanza.

(Subfam. XIII. TRECHIDES.)

Genus 34. TRECHUS.

Clairville, Ent. HeJv. ii. 23 (1806).

95. Trechus detersus, n. sp.

T. capite prothoraceque nitidissimis, nigro-piceis (hoc ad latera et
postice intcrdimi paulo rufescentiore), hoc subquadrato, angulis
posticis subrectis (ipsissimis acute prominulis) ; elytris ovalibus,
rufo-ferrugineis, in disco plus minus paulo obscurioribus, leviter
striatis, striis versus latera obsoletis ; antennis infuscato-testaeeis,
ad basin, palpis pedibusque testaceis.— Long. corp. lin. l^-vix2.

Habitat in Lanzarota et Fuerteventura, sub lapidibus, passim.

This Treclms (which appears to be confined to Lanzarote and
Fuerteventura) is very nearly related to the common European T.
minutus ; of which, however, it certainly cannot be regarded as a
geographical modification. Apart from its rather larger size, it may
bo known from that species by its darker head and prothorax, the
latter of which is altogether more developed and very much squarer
(being about as broad behind as before, and with its posterior angles
nearly right angles), and has no impressions at the base ; and by its
shoulders being a trifle more porrected and acute. It occurs more
particularly in Lanzarote, where it was taken both by Mr. Gray and
myself; but during the spring of 1859 I captui-ed it also in Fuerte-
ventura.

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96, Trechus flavolimbatus.

T. niger, nitidus ; prothoracc transverse svibquadrato postice paulo
angustiore, angulis ipsissimis posticis miiiutissime prominulis, basi
utrinqiie leviter foveolato ; elytris oblongo-ovalibus, subdepressis,
limbo plus minus flavo-testaceo, striatis (striis vix suberenatis, ex-
terioribus obsoletis) ; antennis uigro-fuscescentibus, ad basin rufo-
testaceis ; pedibus pallido-testaceis, tibiis plus minus obscuriori-
bus. — Long. Corp. lin. l^lf .

Trechus flavoliiubatus, Schaum, in litt.

, Woll, Ann. Nat. Hist. (3rd series) xi. 216 (1863).

Habitat in Canaria, Teneriffa, Gomera, Palma ct Hierro, vulgaris.

Very closely related to the Madeiran T. Jlavomarginatus, of which
indeed I had regarded it as a mere geographical state until Dr. Schaum
drew my attention, lately, to one or two small characters which I had
overlooked. This induced me to examine the insect more critically ;
and I now agree with him that, however nearly allied to it, it un-
doubtedly cannot be referred to that species. It may at once be
known from \he jlavomarginatus by its larger and more prominent
eyes ; by its prothorax being a trifle convexer, with much shallower
fovejfi on either side at the base, and with its hinder angles just per-
ceptibly more obtuse; and by its elytra being flatter, a little less
rounded at the sides (or more oblong), Avith their extreme humeral
angles considerably less acute, and with their strite (the outer ones
of which are subobsolete) altogether more lightly impressed.

The T.jlavolimhatas is universal in all the islands of the archi-
pelago, except Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, — in which I have not
observed it, and where I believe it does not exist ; but in Grand
Canary, TenerifFe, Gomera, Palma, and Hierro I have taken it, in
greater or less profusion. In Teneriffe, Gomera, and Palma it was
also met with by Dr. Crotch. Though more abundant within the
sylvan regions than elsewhere, it is found at nearly all elevations,
and wherever there are dead leaves, or other vegetable refuse, for it
to secrete itself beneath ; nevertheless there is good reason for sus-
pecting that many of the open districts in which it is common were
once densely wooded, and that in such spots it may be but the ex-
ponent of a fauna which has mainly disappeared. In Teneriffe it
was also captured by the BarSo do Castello de Paiva.

97. Trechus felix, n. sp.

T. nitidus, rufo-piceus (rarius piceus) ; sulcis frontalibus valde cur-

vatis, profundis ; prothoracc subquadrato-cordato, angulis posticis

ipsissimis acute prominulis ; elytris obovatis, depressis, limbo (prai-

sertim ad apiccm) necnon sutuni postice obscure pallidioribus, pro-

64 CANARIAN COLEOPTEEA.

funde subcrenato-striatis ; antennis nigro-fuscescentibus, ad basin,
palpis pedibusque testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. l^-lf.

Habitat in Tcneriffa sylvatica excelsa, sub ligno corticeque putrido
in montibus humidis supra Tagananam mense Maio a.d, 1859 eaptus.

Closely allied to the Madeiran T. custos, but unquestionably distinct.
It may be known from that species by its frontal sulci being deeper
and much more curved ; by its pro thorax being more cordate (or
narrower behind), -with the extreme angles however much more pro-
minent ; "bj its elytra being flatter, more coarsely subcrenate-striated,
more thickly margined at the sides, and o6ovate (their widest portion
being towards the base) ; and by its antennae being rather longer and
darker. Like that insect it is apparently confined to the sylvan dis-
tricts of a high elevation, but is excessively rare, — the only locality
in which I have taken it being in the forest above Taganana, of
TenerifFe, immediately below the Cumbre. Like the T. custos of
Madeira, it is found in the dampest spots, — beneath rotting wood
and leaves, and under the moist decaying bark of trees.

Genus 35. THALASSOPHILUS *.
WoU., Lis. 3Iad. 71 (1854).

98. ThalassopMlus Whitaei.

Trechus littoralis?, Bndle[necDeJ.\ in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 58 (1838).
Thalassophilus Whitei, IVoH., Lts. Mad. 71. tab. ii. f. 5 (1851).
, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 21 (1857).

Habitat ad rupes aquosas et per margines ri\'nlorum in Canaria,
Teneriffa, Gomera et Palma, rarissimus.

The T. Whitcei, which is of the greatest rarity in Madeira and
Porto Santo, seems to be widely spread over the islands of the Cana-
rian Group, — where, however, it is exceedingly scarce. I have cap-
tured it in Grand Canary (amongst wet stones and rocks at the edges
of a small trickling stream on the southern side of, and within, the
great crater of the Bandama) ; in Teneriffe (near S'^ Cxniz and at
Las Mercedes) ; as also in Palma ; and it was likewise taken by Dr.
Crotch at Tcod el Alto in Tcnerifte, as well as in Gomera. Although
usually quite as pale as the Porto-Santan type from which I origi-

* Having established it in the ' Inseeta Maderensia,' I retain this genus liere ;
nevertheless it seems doubtful whether it can be strictly upheld as more than a
Division of Trechus. "Your Thalaasvphilus" writes Dr. Schaum, ''is only a
Section of Trechus, to which tiie T. long team is belongs. The true distinction of
the Section Thalassophilus is, that tlie recurved first stria, of the elytra, empties
itself into the third one ; whereas in Trcchns proper it empties itself into the
fifth."

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nally characterized the species, I have taken it occasionally (both in
Teneriffe and Palma) very much darker, — its subapical fascia being,
as it were, suffused over the entire surface of the elytra. I have but
little doubt that it is the insect referred by M. Brulle to the Trechns
littoralis of Dejean (^. e. the T. longicornis of Sturm) .

Genus 36. PERILEPTUS.

Schaum, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. i. 663 (1860).

99. Perileptus nigritulus.

P. omnino P. areolato similis, sed vix major et minus nitidus (oculo
fortissimo armato grossius, prsesertim in elytris, alutaceus), paulo
magis pubescens, capite postice dilute rufescentiore ; elytris (limbo
postico pallido exeepto) totis nigris, paulo magis parallelis, inter-
stitiis vix minus convexis ; antennis paulo longioribus, robusti-
oribiis. — Long. corp. lin. 1-1 3.

Perileptus nigritidus, Woll.,Ann. Nat. Hist (3rd series) xi. 216 (1863).

Habitat Teneriffam, inter lapillos per marginem paludis cujusdam
parvse prope urbem Sanctse Crucis sitae copiose captus.

Had I possessed but a few specimens to judge from, I should
scarcely have ventured to regard the present Perileptus as more than
a dark variety of the European areolatus ; but since I have no less
than 93 from which to compile my diagnosis, in the whole of which
its small differential characters remain perfectly constant, I am in-
duced to believe that it is truly distinct from (however nearly aUied
to) that insect. It may be known from it by being (on the average)
a trifle larger and more pubescent, just perceptibly less shining, and
(under a high magnifying power) more coarsely alutaceous ; by its
elytra (except their extreme apical margin) being always entirely
darlc, a little more parallel at the sides, and with their interstices
somewhat less convex ; by its head being rufescent behind ; and by
its antennae being perhaps rather longer and more robust. It is
possible indeed that it may be but a geographical modification of the
areolatus ; nevertheless, with the above-mentioned small differences
constant in 93 examples, I think it would scarcely bo safe to treat
it as such. The only spot in which I have taken it, is by the edges
of a very small pool at the head of the Barranco Santo, close to S*^
Cruz of Teneriffe, — where, in June 1858, 1 obtained it in the greatest
profusion, from beneath stones and shingle.

66 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

(Subfam. XIV. BEMBIDIADES.)

Genus 37. TACHYS.
(Ziegler) Steph,, ///. Brit. Ent. ii. 4 (1829).
Following Schaum and others, I have retained Tachys as distinct
from Bemhld'mm, since it appears to possess characters which render
its isolation therefrom more desirable than is the case with the various
other groups which are now usually treated as component parts of
the Bemhklia. Thus, apart from minor distinctions of proportions
and outline, whilst in Bemhidium and its subdivisions the short scu-
tellary stria of the elytra is more or less traceable and the sutural
one is simple, in Tacliys, on the contrary, the scutellarj' stria is
absent and the sutural one is recurved at its apex. The anterior
tibia3, also, in the latter are slightly more dilated, and are lopped-off
obhquely towards their outer extremity, — a structure which gives
them the appearance of being somewhat curved *.

100. Tachys bistriatus.

Elaphrus bistriatus (3%.), Dnfts., Fna Amtr. ii. 205 (1812).
Bembidium bistriatum, Wall., Ins. 3fad. 73 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 22 (1857).

Tachys bistriatus, Schaiim, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. i. 746 (1860).

Habitat Gomeram, a cl. "W. D. Crotch nuperrime detectus.

Two specimens which I cannot separate from the European T.
bistriatus (though at the same time, instead of being piceous -brown,
they are testaceous with the head alone dark — thus agreeing, appa-
rently, with the 2xde variety recorded by M. Duval and by Schaum)
were taken by Dr. Crotch, during the spring of 1862, in Gomera.
One of these he has presented to the collection at the British Museum.
The species (though in its normal state, as regards colour) occurs also
in the intermediate elevations of Madeira.

101. Tachys scutellaris.

Trechiis scutellaris, Germ., Thon, Ent. Archiv, ii. fasc. i. 11 (1829).
Tachys scutellaris, Steph., III. Brit. Ent. ii. 5 (1829).
Bembidium scutellare, Dej., Spec. Gen. des Col. v. 39 (1831).
Tachys scutellaris, Scliaum, Nat. der Ins. Deutscli. i. 745 (1860).

Habitat in salinis Lanzarotse, vulgaris.

The European T. sctitellaris appears to be common in one or two
salt spots in Lanzarote. On the muddy surface of the Salinas, or

* In my ' Ins. Mad.' I had noticed tliis in a particular species and regarded
it as a specific character (calling the insect by the trivial name of curvimanus) ;
but in reality it is a generic one.

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA, 67

brine-pits, in the extreme north of the island, it is abundant, — where
it may be seen darting in and out of the crevices formed by the heat
of the sun. In such positions it was taken by Mr. Gray and myself,
during- January 1858 ; and in the spring of the following year I
again met with it in the same locality.

102. Tachys centromaculatus, n, sp.
T. niger ; elytris pallida testaceis, in disco communi postico macula
mag-na nigrescente (ad utrumque latus abbreviata sed antice per
suturam plus minus anguste producta) ornatis, versus suturam sat
distincte striatis ; oculis valde promincntibus ; prothornee trans-
verso, latiusculo, postice paulo angustioi'o, ad angulos posticos late
subrecurvo ; antennis, palpis pedibusque paUide testaceis. — Long,
corp. Kn. 1-1 1.

Habitat in salinis Lanzarotse, per margines lacus ejus salini " Ja-
nuvio " dicti a meipso deprehensus.

For some time I had regarded this Tachys as a large and peculiar
state of the T. scuteUaris ; but having been informed by my friend
Dr. Sehaum that he believes it to be truly distinct, I have re-examined
it more critically and have arrived at the same conclusion. It differs
from the scuteUaris in its rather larger size and somewhat broader
outline ; in its eyes being both larger and very much more promi-
nent ; in its prothorax being not only wider but also more broadly
and evidently recurved at the basal angles ; in its (pale-testaceous)
elytra being almost free from a triangular scutellary cloud, and with
the suffused postmedial fascia which characterizes its ally abbrevi-
ated on either side and reduced to a large well-defined patch, rounded
behind and truncated in front (where, however, it is narrowly pro-
duced along the anterior portion of the siiture) ; and by its antennaj,
palpi, and legs being a trifle longer and of a uniformly pallid hue.

Like the T. scuteUaris, the present species occurs in brackish places
in Lanzarote ; but whilst that insect has been observed hitherto only
at the Salinas in the extreme north of that island, the centromaculatus
I have not yet met with except along the edges of the curious salt
lake of Januvio, adjoining the south-western coast, — where, on the
26th of March 1859, I detected it, not uncommonly, during a visit,
in company with the Rev. R. T. Lowe, to that remote spot.

103. Tachys curvimaniis.

Bembidium curvimanum, Wall., Ins. Mad. 74. tab. ii. f. 6 (1854).
, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 22 (1857).

Habitat insulas Canarienses, in Hierro sola adhuc hand detectus ;

f2

68 CANAEIAN COLEOPTETIA,

species lato diffusa, sub lapidibus per margines rivulorum nccnon in
aquosis, ab ora maritima usque ad 8000' s. m. ascendens.

The T. curvimanus, which occurs sparingly in Madeira aud Porto
Santo, and which is so closely allied to the T. 4:-signatus of Medi-
terranean latitudes that Dr. Schaum thinks it may possibly be but
a small state of that species, is widely spread over the Canarian
archipelago, — where in aU probability it is universal ; for although
it has not yet been observed in Hierro, there can be but little doubt
that it must exist there likewise. In Lanzarote (where it was also
captured by Mr. Gray), Fuerteventura, Grand Canary, Teneriffe, and
Palma I have taken it, more or less abundantly ; and in Gomera (as
well as in Teneriffe) it was found by Dr. Crotch. It occurs at nearly
all elevations — in Teneriffe, for instance, from the immediate vici-
nity of S** Cruz to the Agua Mansa, and even to the Cumbre (ad-
joining the Canadas) above Ycod el Alto, more than 8000 feet above
the sea. My Fuerteventiiran specimens are from the Eio Palmas,
and the Grand-Canarian ones from the region of El Monte.

104. Tachys haemorrhoidalis.

T. niger, nitidus ; prothorace subcordato, convexo, ad basin utrinque
vix impresso ; elytris ovalibus, striis duabus versus suturam (ex-
terna antice et postiee abbreviata) utrinque impressis neenon ma-
culis duabus (una sc. obHqua humerali et altera transversjt sub-
apicali) rufo-testaceis (plus minus obscuris suffiisis confluentibus)
ornatis ; antennis nigro-fuscis, ad basin pedibusque pallide testa-
ceis. — Long. corp. lin. ^1.

Bembidium haemorrhoidale, Dej., Spec. Gen. des Col. v. 58 (1831).

, Duv.y Ann. tie la Soc, Ent. de France, (2'i^^iae serie) x. 193

(1852).
Tachys lisemorrhoidalis, Schaum, Nat, der Ins. Deidsch. i. 750 (1860).

Habitat in aquosis Canaria3, Teneriffe et Gomerse, sat rarus.

Closely allied to the T. Lucasii (of Spain, northern Africa, Madeira,
tfec), but smaller, with its prothorax a little narrower and more
cordate, and almost free from impressions behind ; and with its elytra
more rounded at the sides, impressed with only two (instead of three)
striae towards the suture on each, with the two discal punctures less
conspicuous, and ornamented with a humeral (as well as a subapical)
blotch. The elytral patches, however, are often obscurely defined, —
being usually more or less suffused, or even subconfluent. With the
exception of the indistinct reddish blotch towards the shoulders (and
which is sometimes exceedingly faint), it seems to me to agree pre-
cisely with the T. hcemorrhoidalis of southern Europe, and Dr. Schaum
informs me that he can detect no other difference. Moreover in a

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 69

type (from Greece) which he has sent me, I can perceive a very evi-
dent rufeseent tinge in that region of the elytra ; and I have there-
fore no hesitation in regarding the Canarian species as identical with
the European one. I have taken it in Grand Canary, and also im-
mediately outside the Puerto Orotava of Teneriife, — in the latter of
which islands, as well as in Gomera, it was captured by Dr. Crotch.

Genus 38. BEMBIDIUM.

Latreille, Gen. Crust, et Ins. i. 183 (1806).

(Subgenus Philochthus, Steph.)

105. Bembidium biguttatum.

Carabus biguttatus, Fab., Mant Ins. i. 205 (1787).
Bembidium viilueratum, D(^/., Spec. Gen. dcs Col. v. 182 (1831).
biguttatum, Schamn, Nat. der Ins, Deutsch, i. 737 (1860).

Habitat in Canaria Grandi, prope oppidum Teror semel lectum.

The only specimen of this common European insect which I have
as yet seen from any of the Atlantic islands was taken by myseK in
Grand Canary (at the edge of a small stream close to the town of
Teror), during April 1858. I can detect nothing to separate it from
the ordinary northern type, except that its prothorax is a little less
strongly margined at the sides, — a difference which can scarcely be
regarded (even if permanent) as indicative of more than a sKght
geographical modification.

106. Bembidium vicinum.

Bembidium vicinum, Lucas, Col. de VAlgerie, 86. pi. 10. f. 9 (1849).

, Duval, Ann. de la Soc. JEnt. de France, (2i6me g^rie) x. 178

(1852).

Habitat in Lanzarota et Euerteventura, per margines rivulorum,
rarior.

I refer this insect to the B. vicinum (from the south of Europe
and the north of Africa) on the authority of Dr. Schaum, who has
also kindly sent me an Italian type for comparison. The Canarian
specimens are altogether a little larger, broader, and more depressed
than the example which he has communicated, and have their limbs
perhaps somewhat longer and paler ; but they do not differ sufficiently
to warrant the supposition that they are specifically distinct. In
habits and general aspect it is closely related to the European B.
ceneurti, but has its prothorax rather less rounded at the sides (the
posterior angles being a little more prominent and defined), its sur-
face a trifle more alutaccous and less shining, its striec lighter, and

70 CANAEIAN COLEOPTERA.

its elytra and limbs (which last are perceptibly slenderer) a shade
paler in hue. It has been observed hitherto only in Lanzarote and
Fuerteventm-a, in the latter of which it was taken by Mr. Gray and
myself (by the edges of the little stream at La Antigua) in January
1858 ; whilst, during the spring of the following year, I again found
it in (the llio Palmas of) the same island, as also near Haria in the
north of Lanzarote.

(Subgenus Peryphus, -IA'(/.) '

107. Bembidium atlanticum.

Bembidium decorum, BndJe [nee Bcj.\ in Wehh et Berth. {Col.) 58
(1838).

atlanticum, Woll, Ins. Mad. 77 ( 1854).

, /(/., Cat. Mad. Col. 2.3 (1857).

Habitat insulas Canarienses ; in Hierro sola adhue hand de-
tectum.

The B. atlanticum, which is so common in Madeira and Porto
Santo, is equally abundant at the Canaries, where there can be no
doubt that it is universal. Nevertheless I did not happen to take
it in Hierro, during oiu- visit to that island in the winter of 18'5S ;
though in the other six islands of the Group it occurs almost
wherever there is a stream, or pool of water, and independently of
elevation. In Lanzarote and Gomera it was found likewise by IVIi-.
Gray ; and in Teneriffe, Gomera, and Palma by Dr. Crotch. It goes
through the same extraordinary changes of colouring as it does at
the Madeiras, — being generally more or less dark in comparatively
moist or shady spots (when the clytral patches are often entirely
obsolete), but for the most part brightly maculated in drier and more
barren districts; and we accordingly find that the examples from
Lanzarote and Fuerteventura are, on the average, very much paler
than those from the rest of the archipelago. This is precisely ana-
logous to the Porto-Santan specimens, as compared with those from
Madeira. It was referred by M. Bridle to the European B. decorum,
— from which, however, in all its states, it is perfectly distinct.

(Subgenus Lopha, Meg.)

108. Bembidium concolor.

B. nigro-cyaneum, capite prothoraceque obscure viridi-micantibus,
hoc cordato, anguHs posticis rectis, basi punctato; elytris im-
macidatis, antice striato-punctatis (seriebus sublateralibus pro-
fundioribus), pone basin transversim impressis, punctis duobus
discalibus valde distinctis utriuque notatis ; antennis fuseo-nigris,

CANARIAN COLEOrTEKA. 71

ad basin ipsissimam podibusqiie rufo-piceis. — Long. corp. lin.

2-2i.

Bembidium concolor, Brulle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 58 (1838).
Habitat (ut credo) insulas omnes Canarienses, certe in Lanzarota,
Canaria, Teneriffa, Gomera, Palma et Hierro, — snb lapidibus per
margines aqnarum (vel stagnantium vel fluentium) necnon ad rupes
aquosas, hand infrequens.

This interesting Bembidium, so remarkable as a LopJia for its
immaculate elytra*, is in all probability universal throughout the
archipelago ; for although it has not hitherto been observed in Fuer-
teventura, there can be no doubt that it must exist in that island
likewise. I have captured it in Lanzarote, Grand Canary, Teneriffe,
Palma, and Hierro (in the first of which it was taken also by Mr.
Gray) ; and it was met with by Dr. Crotch at Hermigua, in Gomera.

109. Bembidium subcallosum, n, sp,

B. atrum (vix subcyanescens) ; prothorace cordate, angulis posticis
subrectis, basi grosse punctate; elytris subparallelo-oblongis, grosse
marginatis, maculis duabus testaceis utrinque ornatis, antice stri-
ato-punctatis, pone basin profunde transversim imj)ressis ; antennis
ad basin ipsissimam pedibusque piceis, tibiis interdum paulo diluti-
oribus. — Long. corp. lin. l|-2.

Bembidium 4-guttatum, Brulle [nee Fab.l, in Webb et Berth. (Col.)
58 (1838).

Habitat insulas omnes Canarienses, Lanzarota et Fuertevcntura
(nisi fallor) solis exceptis, in humidis necnon per margines rivulorum
vulgare.

Closely allied to the European B. caUosum ; from which however
it dififers in its larger size, altogether broader outline, and darker
(almost unmetallic) surface ; in its prothorax being rather more
densely and coarsely punctured along the base ; in its elytra being a
trifle more oblong (or less dhlong-ovate), with the j^atch on the an-
terior disk of each both shorter and less marginal (and therefore very
much more widely separated from the anterior one) ; and in its legs

* M. Brulle, in his short notice (I cannot call it " description") of tliis insect,
remarks that it is " distinct du '^-guttattim par I'absence de taches sin* les elytres
etfar la presence de deux joints enfonces sur chacun de ces deux organes.'" The
two discal impressions to which he refers exist in all the allied species (A.-gutfa-
tum, callosum, subcallosum, Schmidtii, &c.), only they happen, from its superior
size, to be a little more evident in the B. concolor. He then speaks of the femora
only as rufeseent (" avec les ciiisses d'un roux fauve"); whereas the entire legs
are invariably of that colour. It is most unfortunate that in such a well-defined,
and indeed almost anomalous, species he coidd not call attention to so few <is
even four of its numerous characteristics without being absoliitely incorrect in
two of them.

72 CANAKIAN COLEOPTEHA.

bfing considerably more piccous. It is perhaps still nearer to the
Madeiran B. ScJimidtii, and is in many respects intermediate between
that insect and the callosum, — agreeing better with the former in its
size, outline and colour, and with the latter in its sculpture ; never-
theless its still blacker and less senescent (or obscurely sxxbcyaneous)
hue, in conjunction with the Jlner and shorter striae, and the smaller
anterior patch, of its (more deeply transversely-impressed) elytra,
will, I think, sufficiently distinguish it even from the B. Schmidtii* .
Tliei?. suhcallosum is a most abundant insect, in wet spots, through-
out the Canarian archipelago — except in the eastern portion of it,
where it has not yet been observed. I have myself taken it in all
the islands of the Group except Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. In
Gomera it was captured likewise by Mr. Gray, in Teneriife by the
Barao do Castello de Paiva, and in hoth of those islands by Dr. Crotch.

110. Bembidium inconspicuum, n. sp.

B. sub\irescenti-nigrum ; prothorace cordato, angulis ipsissimis pos-
ticis subrectis, per basin parcissime punctato ; elytris subparallelo-
oblongis, tenuiter marginatis, maculis duabus testaceis utrinque
ornatis, profunde striato-punctatis, striis postice evanesecntibus ;
antennis pedibusque testaceis, illis versus apicem femoribusque
fuscescentioribus. — Long. corp. lin. l^.

Habitat Teneriffam, a Dom. W. D. Crotch nuper repertum.

A single example of this little Bemhidhmi was captured in Tene-
riffe, during the spring of 1862, by Dr. Crotch, — who has kindly
presented it to the collection at the British Museum. It is somewhat
allied to the common European B. 4-maculatum, but is smaller, with
its extreme hinder prothoracic angles rather less evidently denticu-
lated, with its elytra much more deeply striate-punctate, and with its
hmbs shorter — the antennal joints especially being more abbreviated.

(Subgenus Leja, Mcr/.)

]11. Bembidium laetum.

B. capite prothoraceque senescenti-cupreis, latera versus interdum
virescentibus, illo utrinque pimctato et longitudinaliter striguloso,

* The Madeiran B. Schmidtii differs from the European ca1los7i,rii in being
rather larger, and altogether broader and darker ; in having the jjunctiu-e between
the base of eacli of its frontal sulci (which are themselves a little different) and
tlie eye coarser ; in its prothorax being somewhat more tliickly and roughly
punctured beliind, with a more evident tendency to be obsoletely punctured in
the centre in front, and with its basal foveie a trifle less sharply defined ; in its
elytral stria? being very much deeper, more coarsely punctm'ed, and continued
to a greater distance posteriorly ; and in its legs being more robust, with the
claws longer.

CANAEIAN COLEOPTEKA. 73

hoc subcordato, antice et postice parce punctulato ; clytris lajte
viridibus, ad apicem pallidis, per suturam latissime ciipreo-micaii-
tibus, iitrinque fasciis duabiis transversis cupreo-micantibus orna-
tis necnon punctis diiobus maximis notatis, leviter punctulato-stri-
atis; antennis nigro-pieeis,pedibus testaceis. — Long. eorp. liu. 1 1-2.

Bembidium Ifetum, Bnille, in Webb et Berth. ( Col.) 58. pi. ii. f. 9 (1838).
, Hartuwf, Geolog. Verhdltn. Lanz. unci Fuert, 141.

Hahitat in Lanzarota, Fuerteventura et Teneriffa, per margines
rivulorum, rarissimum.

This beautiful Bembidium (the most elegant of aU the Canarian
Coleoptera) is apparently extremely rare, though widely spread over
the archipelago. I have taken it by the edges of the little stream
at Haria, in the north of Lanzarote ; in a similar position at La An-
tigua, in Fuerteventiu'a ; and close to Ycod de los Vinhos, of Tene-
riffe ; in which last island it was likewise captured by Mr. Gray (in
the Barranco Santo, near S'''Cruz), and more abundantly by Dr. Crotch
(above Ycod el Alto). It was also found byM. Hartung in Fuerte-
ventura. And I am informed by Dr. Schaum that it was taken by
Kiesenwetter at Naupha, in Greece ; but I have not had the oppor-
tunity of comparing a Grecian type with the Canarian ones.

(Subgenus Bembidium Auct.)

112. Bembidium Crotchii, n. sp.

B. capite prothoraceque submetaUice fusco-piceis, subopacis, illo parce*
punctato, hoe cordato fere impunctato sed ad basin transversim
constricto subrugoso ; elytris nitidioribiis, testaceis, circa scuteUum
triangulariter submaculatis necnon in disco postico obsoletissime
(vix perspicue) dentato-subfasciatis, punctato-striatis, striis postice
evanescentibus ; antennis (brcviusculis), palpis pedibusque rufo-
testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 2-2^.

Habitat Palmam, rarissime, mihi non obvium; a Dom. W. D. Crotch,
Medic. Doct., in humidis supra Sanctam Crucem nuper repertum.
Species valde distincta formosa indigena, necnon in honorem capta-
toris indefessi oculatissimi a meipso citata.

This most interesting Bembidium, the discovery of which (in the
island of Palma) is due to the indefatigable researches of Dr. Crotch,
is clearly the representative at the Canaries of the European B.palli-
dipenne, — though at the same time most abundantly distinct from it
specifically. It may at once be known from it by its almost ojnxl-e,
hrownisli-piceous head and prothorax (which are but faintly metallic,
and both of which, though particularly the latter, are less evidently
punctured), and by its (pale rufo-testaceous) elytra having their
scutellary blotch and dentate postmedial fascia nearly obsolete. The

74 CANARIAN C'OLEOl'TERA.

only three examples which I have seen, Dr. Crotch informs me that
he captured in a wet and nearly inaccessible spot at the edges of a
Levada on the mountain-slopes above S''^ Cruz, of Palma, during the
spring of 1862.

(Subgenus Notaphus, Meg.)

113. Bembidium marginicoUe, n. sp.

B. inter Jlammulatuin Clairv. et varium OHv. aliquo modo situm, cum
illo colore et facie generali sed cum hoc statura et sculptura mehus
congruens, fortasse hujus varietas geographica ; capita prothorace-
que laetius mctallicis, hoc (pnesertim postice) grossius marginato,
angulis ii)sissimis basaUbus paulo magis prominuhs ; elytris (testa-
ceo-pictis) pedibusque sensim paUidioribus. — Long. corp. lin. 2^.

Hah'dat TcnerifFam, specimina duo nuper detexit cl. W. D. Crotch.

Whether the two examples from wliich the above diagnosis has
been compiled are indicative of more than a geographical phasis of
the common European B. varium I will not undertake, in the absence
of further material, to pronounce for certain. They would seem in
some respects indeed to be intermediate between that species and the
Jlammulatum — being nearer perhaps to the latter in their paler hue,
but to the former in their general sculpture and somewhat smaller
size. Their head and pro thorax however are rather more brightly
metallic than is usually the case ■with the B. varium ; and the latter
is more strongly margined at the edges and has its extreme posterior
angles a trifle more acutely prominent. They were both of them
captured Ln Teneriff'e (I believe above Ycod el Alto), during the
spring of 1862, by Dr. Crotch, — to whose careful researches we are
indebted for several recent additions to the Canarian fauna.

Fam. 2. DYTISCID^.

Genus 39. HALIPLUS.

Latreille, Gen. Crust, et Ins. i. 234 (1806).

114. Haliplus suffusus.

H, oblongus; capite nigro-piceo, latiusculo, punctato; prothorace
testaceo, antice, postice in medio, necnon in disco nigreseente, basi
lato (elytrorum basin paulo superante), ad latera oblique subrecto,
in medio profunde punctato, postice utrinque lineJl curvata abbre-
viata notato ; coleopteris testaceis, (prsesertim pone discum) nigro-
suffusis, antice subparallelis, punctato-striatis, interstitiis parce
punctatis ; an tennis pedibusque testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 1^1 1^.

Haliplus suffusus, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. (.3rd series) xi. 216 (1863).

Habitat in aquis Canariaj et Gomero), hinc inde parum vulgaris.

CANARIAN COLEOPTER.V. tO

Before closely examining- this Haliplus I had regarded it as iden-
tical with the common European //, lineatocoUis, to which iu general
coloui'ing and aspect it is very nearly allied. Considering, however,
the smallness of the characters which constitute specific ones in the
Hydradephaga, I am satisfied that it cannot be referred to that insect ;
and such is likewise the opinion of Dr. Schaum. It is not only
slightly larger, wider, and more oblong (the head, thorax, and elytra
being eacJi of them relatively broader, and the entire outline some-
what more parallel), but the blacker portions of its surface are more
developed and suffused, and the punctures of its striae are smaller
and more numerous, — whilst (on the contrary) those of its pro thorax
are perhaps coarser. This last, also, is of a slightly difi'erent shape, —
being less narrowed anteriorly, rather less obliquely-straightened at
the sides, and perceptibly wider behind (where it exceeds in breadth
the extreme base of the elytra), and with its two curved fovese deeper.
The only islands in which I have observed it hitherto are Grand
Canary and Gomera ; in the latter of which it was taken abundantly
by Mr. Gray and myseK, in the valley of San Sebastian, during Feb-
ruary 1858, and subsequently by Dr. Crotch near Hermigua ; whilst,
in March and April of the same year, I found it in the district of
El Monte of the former.

Genus 40. HYDROPORUS.

Clairville, Ent. Helv. ii. 183 (1806).

115. Hydroporus musicus.

Hydroporus musicus, Kltiq, Si/mb. Fhys. pi. 33. f. 12 (1829).
, Aube, Hydroc'anth. 475 (1838).

Habitat in aquis Canarice Grandis, rarissimus.

The only island in which I have hitherto observed this Hydroporus
is Grand Canary ; where, however, it appears to be scarce. I pos-
sess examples taken by Dr. Schaum in Egypt ; but the Canarian ones
are a trifle rounder and more convex, as also of a somewhat less
pallid hue.

116. Hydroporus confluens.

Dytiscus confluens, Fah., Ent. Si/st. i. 198 (1792).
Hydroporus confluens, Aube, Hijdrocanth. 557 (1838).

, Wall., Ins. Mad. 87 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 27 (1857).

Habitat in Fuerteventura et Gomera, minus frequens.

This insect, which occurs throughout Europe and the north of

Africa, and which is imiversal at the Madeiras, appears to be some-

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what scarce in these islands, — the only district in which I have my-
self captured it being the Eio Palmas of Fuerteventura. It has
however, more recently, been taken, by Dr. Crotch, near Hermigua,
in Gomera.

117. Hydroporus geminus.

Dytiscus g-eminus, Fab., Ent. Si/st. i. 199 (1792).
Hydroporus geminus, Steph., III. Brit. Ent. ii. 57 (1829).
, Aube, Hijdrocanth. 491 (1838).

Habitat Fuerteventuram, in eistema quadam ad Rio Palmas captus.

The Canarian specimens of this common European Hydroporus arc
a trifle smaller and less pubescent than the ordinary ones of more
northern latitudes, and their elytra are paler, — the dark portion
which usually occupies almost the entire surface being so reduced in
dimensions as to take the form of a large, postmedial, dentate fascia :
but there is no character, that I can detect, to warrant its separation
from the H. geminus. And I may further add that it was regarded
as conspecific with that insect by Dr. Schaum. It appears to be very
rare in these islands, the only spot in which I have hitherto observed
it being the Rio Palmas of Fuerteventura, — where, during April 1859,
I captured eight specimens from out of an old water-tank.

118. Hydroporus minutissimus.

Hydroporus minutissimus, Germ., Ins. Spec. Nov. 31 (1824).

, Aube, Hydroamth. 493 (1838).

trifasciatus, Woll, An7i. Nat. Hist, xviii. 453. pi. 9. f. 3 (1846).

Habitat in aquis Canarioe, Teneriffse, Gomera^ et Palmae, minus £re-
quens.

The H. minutissimus of central and (more particularly) -southern
Europe appears to occur sparingly in these islands. I have taken it
in the district of El Monte in Grand Canary, in the Barranco Santo
(near S*" Cruz) of TeneriiFe, and in the Barranco de San Juan (near
the Souces) of Palma ; and it was captured by Dr. Crotch near Her-
migua, in Gomera.

119. Hydroporus delectus, n. sp.

H. oblongus, minute punctulatus, tenuiter pubescens, niger ; protho-
race ad latera dilute testaceo et oblique subrecto ; elytris utrinque
lineis tribus latis interruptis testaceis postice valde abbreviatis or-
natis ; antennis ad basin pedibusque piceo-testaceis. — Long. corp.
lin. 1-1|.

Habitat in Teneriffse aquis, rarissimus.

Very closely aUied to the European H. Jlavipes, but I think never-
theless really distinct. It is a little smaller, narrower, and more ob-

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long (being a trifle wider relatively in front) than that insect ; its
prothorax is less rounded at the sides; its elytra have their paler
lines much shorter (or less developed), with their margin concolorous ;
and its antenna3 are somewhat longer. I have taken it only in
TenerifFe, — namely, in the Barranco Santo (near S'" Cruz) and at
Las Mercedes ; and it was also met with by Dr. Crotch in the same
island.

120. Hydroporus xanthopus.

Hydroporus xanthopus, Steph., 111. Brit. Ent. v. .393 (1882).
lituratus, Anhc, Hydrocanth. 589 (1838).

Habitat in aquis TenerifFse, usque ad 8000' s. m. ascendens.

The present Hydroporus differs a little from its representatives of
more northern latitudes, — being a trifle larger, darker, and more ob-
long than the ordinary European H. xanthopus ; but it agrees with
it so nearly in aU other respects that I cannot believe that it should
be regarded as more than a geographical state of that insect : and
such (from the examination, however, of but a single specimen), I
may add, was the opinion of Dr. Schaiim. It is rather common in
Teneriffe (where it was likewise captured by Dr. Crotch) at inter-
mediate and lofty elevations. I have taken it at Las Mercedes, the
Agua Garcia, Ycod el Alto, and by a smaU spring on the Cumbre
adjoining the Cariadas — upwards of 8000 feet above the sea.

121. Hydroporus planus.

Dytiscus planus, Fab., Ent. St/st. 1. 195 (1792).
Hydroporus holosericeus, Steph., III. Brit. Ent, ii. 61 (1829).
■ planus, Auhe, Hydrocanth. 583 (1838).

Habitat in Teneriffae aquis, in rivulo ad Agua Garcia \-ulgaris.

As in the H. xanthoptis, the Canarian examples of this common
European insect are, on the average, a trifle larger, blacker, and
more convex, as also rather less pubescent, than the ordinary ones
of more northern latitiides ; but there is nothing about them, that I
can perceive, to justify the idea that they are specifically distinct
from the H. planus. I have taken it abundantly at the Agua Garcia,
in Teneriffe ; but have not yet observed it in any of the other islands.
It was likewise captured in Teneriffe by Dr. Crotch.

122. Hydroporus Clarkii.

Hydroporus Clarkii, Woll, Ami. Nat. Hist. (3rd series) ix. 438 [June]

(1862).
Andalusise, Clark, Journ. of Ent. i. 469 [September] (1862).

Habitat in aquis Fuerteventurae, vulgaris.

In its general aspect and colouring, as well as in the minute spine

7?^ CANARIAIf COLEOPTERA.

towards the apex of each of its elytra, the present Hydroporus,
although abundantly distinct therefrom, is somewhat allied to the
Eui'opean H. assimilis, Payk. ( =f rater, Aube). It is however rather
larger, paler, and less ovate than that insect ; its prothorax is rela-
tively narrower, proportionally a little shorter, more equally rounded
at the sides, rather more produced in the contra behind, and with its
basal patches more transverse and but seldom suffused into the
blackened posterior margin ; and its elytra are less convex, more
straightened laterally, and with their darker lines very much more
broken and anteriorly abbreviated. It appears to be closely related
to the H. affinis, Aube, from Sardinia ; nevertheless I am assured by
Dr. Schaum that he considers it truly distinct from that species (of
which he has lately examined " several authenticated specimens ").
It was taken abundantly by Mr. Gray and myself at La Antigua in
Fuerteventura, during January 1858 ; and during April of the fol-
lowing year I met with it, in still greater profusion, in the Rio
Palmas of the same island. It occurs also in the south of Spain,
ha\'ing been captured at Malaga, by Messrs. Gray and Clark, in May
of 1856. The Spanish examples are a trifle smaller than the Cana-
rian ones.

123. Hydroporus Ceresyi.

//. oblongus, subconvexus, supra testaceus, subtiliter pubescens ; pro-
thorace sequali, ad latera oblique subreeto, postice in medio pro-
ducto necnon utrinque macula parva indistincta suff'usa ornato ;
elytris subparallelis, pallide testaceis, lineis nigris plus minus in-
tegris ornatis. — Long. corp. lin. l|-2.

Hydroporus Ceresyi, Ai(be, Hydrocanth, 543 (1838).

Habitat Lanzarotam, in lacu illo salino " Januvio " dieto captus.

I do not hesitate to refer this Bydrojjorus to the II. Ceresyi of
southern Europe, even though the Canarian examples now before me
do not perfectly accord with types in my collection from Crete and
the south of France ; for their discrepancies inter se are so slight as
to be but just appreciable ; and moreover it is the opinion of Dr.
Schaum that they cannot be treated as distinct. Nevertheless it
appears to me that the prothorax of the Lanzarotan individuals is
a trijie wider (being quite as broad behind as the base of the elytra)
and perhaps a little more rounded at the edges, and also that their
elytra (the testaceous portions of which are usually of a darker or
more rufescent hue) are somewhat straighter at the sides — causing
the entire insect to seem, if anything, rather more oblong : however,
I do not believe that they can be regarded, at the utmost, as more

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than a geographical state of the Cercsi/i. If however they should
prove eventually to be clifFerent, I would then (having already given
a diagnosis) propose for them the specific name of persimills. The
only examples of it which I have yet seen from these islands were
captured by myself in the brackish lake of Januvio, towards the
south-west of Lanzarote, during my visit to that remote spot, in
company with the Rev. R. T. Lowe, in Mai*ch 1859.

124. Hydroporus tessellatus.

Hydi'oponis tessellatus (D<J.), Aiibe, Ili/drocanth. 516 (1838).

Habitat in rivulis Cauarige, TeneriffiB, Gomer£e et Palmse, vulgaris.

I have but little doubt that the present Hydroporus is the tessel-
latus of Aube, described from a single example in Dejean's collection.
Nevertheless there are at least two important characters omitted in
Dr. Aube's diagnosis, — which however, since they are both of them
somewhat variable, is not surprising ; considering, too, that he had
but a solitary individual to judge from. I refer to its minutely pu-
bescent surface, and its slight tendency to be very obscurely subdenti-
culated (more or less expressed in different specimens) towards the
apex of its elytra. It is nearly allied, in general contour and affinity,
to the Madeiran H. vigilans ; but differs from it in being on the
average a little larger and more oblong, in its surface being deli-
cately pubescent, in its head and prothorax being darker (with the
latter much less rounded at the sides and having the posterior angles
less obtuse), and in its elytral lines (which are sometimes almost
obsolete) being less developed. The H. tessellatus is an abundant
insect in nearly all the streams of Grand Canary, Teneriffe, Gomera,
and Palma, occurring independently of elevation. In Gomera it was
likewise taken by Mr. Gray and Dr. Crotch (the latter of whom met
with it also in Teneriffe and PaLma).

Genus 41. LACCOPHILUS.

Leach, Zool Misccll. iii. 69 (1817).

125. Laccophilus inflatus, n, sp.

L. lato-ellipticus, convexus ; capite prothoracequc dilute rufo-testa-
ceis, illo latiuseulo, hoc postice in medio breviter producto ; elytris
subolivaceo-fuscis, per limbum plus minus pellucidis, maculis irre-
gularibus indistinctis obliquis ad marginem pallido-ornatis ; an-
tennis palpisque paUido-testaceis, pedibus piceo-testaceis. — Long.
Corp. lin. 2-2\.

Habitat in aquis Canarise, Teneriffse et Gomerae, hinc inde baud in-
frequens.

80 CANAMAN COLEOPTERA.

The present LaccophUus differs both from the minutus and Jiyalinus
of more northern latitudes in its larger size, as well as in its wider,
more elliptic, and convexer body. As regards its colouring, the head
and prothorax (the latter of which is but slightly produced in the
centre behind) are of a more or less diluted rufo -testaceous hue ;
whilst the elytra are of a dark olivaceous brown, with the ordinary
oblique patches arising out of the subpellucid margin but faintly ex-
pressed. It was taken by Mr. Gray and myself in the valley of San
Sebastian of Gomera, during February 1858 ; and by myself, during
the following April, at El Monte, Teror, and Arguiniguin, in Grand
Canary. I have also received it from Dr. Heer, taken by M. Hartung
in Teneriffe.

Genus 42. COLYMBETES.
Clairville, Mit. Helv. ii. 198 (1806).

126. Colymbetes coriaceus.

Dytiscus coriaceus, Hoffm. in litt.
Meladema coriacea, Lcqwrte, Etucl. Ent. 98 (1834).
Colymbetes coriaceus, Auhe, Hydrocanth. 220 (1838).
Dyticus coriaceus, Bridle, in Webb et Berth. ( Col) 58 (1838).

Habitat in aquis quietis Canaria) et TenerifFce, sat frequens.

The C. coriaceus, found in the south of Europe and the north of
Africa (and which is represented at Madeira by the C. lanio), occurs
sparingly at the Canaries. I once however took it in tolerable abun-
dance at the head of the Barranco Santo, near S'" Cruz, of Teneriffe ;
as also in the large pools at El Charco, — the sandy region adjoining
Maspalomas, in the extreme south of Grand Canary. From Tene-
riffe it has likewise been communicated by the Barao do CasteUo de
Paiva ; in which island it was also captured by M. Hartung and
Dr. Crotch.

Genus 43. AGABUS.
Leach, Zool Miscell. iii. 09, 72 (1817).

127. Agabus nebulosus.

Dytiscus nebulosus, Furst., Nov. Spec. Ins. 56 (1771).

bipunctatus, Fab., Munt. Ins. 190 (1787).

Agabus nebulosus, Aube, Hydrocanth. 328 (1838).

Colymbetes bipunctatus, Bridle, in Webb et Berth, (Col.) 58 (1838).

Agabus nebulosus, WolL, Ins. Mad. 84 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 25 (1857).

Habitat Canariam et Teneriffam, in aquis, passim.

The common European A. nebulosus appears to be local in these
islands, the only spots in which I have hitherto observed it being
near Tafira in Grand Canary and at Las Mercedes in Teneriffe, — in

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the latter of which it was also met with by Dr. Crotch (near Eealejo).
The same state which is typical at Madeira, hxit which is usually
aberrant in more northern latitudes, namely that in which the pro-
thorax is immaculate, obtains equally at the Canaries ; for out of
17 examples which I have just examined, /o»r only have any indi-
cations of the two darker patches on the disc.

128. Agabus biguttatus.

A. ovalis, convexus, niger, subtilissime alutaceus ; capite postice ob-
scure bimaculato ; prothorace brevi, ad latera oblique subrecto, in
disco canalicula valde abbreviata fovca^formi notato, postice sub-
sinuato ; elytrorum utroqiie macula indistincta paiilo ultra medium
ad latera ornato [altera ad apicem obsoleta] necnon seriebus punc-
torum tribus impresso ; palpis pedibusque piceis, illis ad apicem,
antennis, tarsis genibusque Ifete ferrugineis.

Mas nitidissimus, tarsis anterioribus ad basin leviter dilatatis.

Fcem. nitidus. — Long. corp. lin. 3|-4.

Dytiscus biguttatus, Oliv., But. iii. 40. 20. pi. 4. f. 36 (1795).

Agabus biguttatus, Anho, Hydrocanth. 341 (1838).

Colymbetes biguttatus?, Brulle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 58 (1838).

Hahitat Canariam Grandem, in regione El Monte captus.

Judging from Dr. Aube's excellent description, I have but little
doubt that this Agabus is the higuttatus of Olivier (from Italy, Sicily,
Spain, the south of France, &c.), — its dark, convex, oval and shining
body, no less than its almost unalutaceous surface, and the ferrugi-
nous hue of its Tcnees and feet, being points to which he particularly
calls attention ; whilst the fact that the higtdtatus is recorded by M.
Brulle, in his short list of Canai'ian Coleoptera, would render this
supposition the more probable. At the same time I must admit that
it is far more lilcehj that the following species (which abounds in
Teneriffe) was the one included in MM. Webb and Berthelot's very
meagre collection ; in which case the " Colymbetes biguttatus " of
BruUe's catalogue would refer to that insect rather than to the pre-
sent one. Be this however as it may, I believe that the Agalms now
under consideration is strictly identical with the biguttatus of Aubd's
Monograph. It appears to be rare at the Canaries, the only three
specimens which I have seen having been captured by myself in the
region of El Monte in Grand Canary during the spring of 1858.

129. Agabus consanguineus, n. sp.

A. pra^cedenti affinis, sed paulo oblongior (i. e. ad latera vix minus
rotundatus), minus convexus, minus nitidus (in sexu foemineo etiam
subopacus), prothoracis angailis postieis vix magis rectis, scutello
vix niinore et magis triangulari (ad apicem subacutiore), antennis

82 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

pedibusque paulo obsciirioribus, genibus fere concoloribus, tarsis
anterioribus masculis ad basin paulo magis dilatatis nccnon tibiis
anticis paulo angustioribus.
Var. (i [an species ?]. PaiUo minor, vix picescentior ovatior depres-
sior, in sexu fcemineo subopacior ; antennis pedibusque plerumque
rufescentioribus, — Long. corp. lin. 3|-vix 4.

Habitat in aquis TeneriiFa? et Palmse, sat vulgaris.

Had it not been that Dr. Aube regards the A. dUatatus (described
in his Monograph) as a probable variety of the common European
guttatus, I should have been inclined to refer the present Agabus to
that species. But being satisfied that it cannot be considered as any
form, or state, of the guttatus, I am induced to lay greater stress than
I should otherwise have done on the few points of dissimilarity which '
would appear to separate it from the one indicated in his diagnosis.
Thus, there is no appearance of the piceous hue, on which he lays
particular stress ; and the reticulations of its surface (even in the
male sex) seem to be more coarse. "Whether it be the dilatatus,
however, or not, I may add that it differs from the guttatus in its
rather larger size and anteriorly broader outline, in its more finely
alutaceous (or "reticulated") surface, in its pro thorax being wider
in front, a little more rounded at the sides and with the hinder an-
gles more obtuse, in its three series of discal punctures being larger
(with the minute sutural ones evanescent), in its limbs being duller
(or more piceous), and in its whole body (particularly of the females)
being somewhat less shining. From the A. hkjuttatus (just described)
its rather more oblong (or less rounded) outline, loss convex body and
less polished surface, in conjimction with its rather smaller and more
triangular scutellum, its rather darker and subconcolorous limbs, its
rather narrower fore tibia? and not quite so broadly dilated anterior
male-feet, will at once remove it.

The " var. /3 " may possibly be distinct ; nevertheless as I cannot
detect a character in it of sufficient importance to warrant its sepa-
ration, I have thought it safer not to treat it as such. It is on the
average a little smaller and more ovate than the type, just percep-
tibly more picescent, and perhaps if anything a trifle less convex.
Its limbs also are a shade paler, and its female sex somewhat more
opake.

The A. consanguineus (which has likewise been communicated by
Dr. Crotch and the Barao do Castello de Paiva) is a common insect
throughout the intermediate elevations of Teneriffe, being chiefly
abundant in the streams and pools of the sylvan districts. — such as
at the Agua Garcia. Las Mercedes, &c. ; and I have also taken it,

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sparingly, in Palma. The " var. /j " I have only observed at a some-
what higher elevation, — having obtained eleven examples of it in the
ravines of the lofty Pinal above Ycod el Alto, during May 1859.

Genus 44. CYBISTER.
Curtis, Brit. Ent. iv. 151 (1827).

130. Cybister africanus.

Cybister africanus, Laporte, Etud. Ent. 99 (1834).

Trochalus meridionalis. Gene, De qidh. Ins. Sard. i. 10 (1836).

Cybister africanus, Aube, Hydrocanth. 71 (1838).

Habitat Canariam Grandem, in aquis quietis ad Arguiniguin mense
Aprili A.D. 1858 deprehensus.

The G. africanus, of southern Europe and northern Africa, appears
to be both local and scarce in these islands, — the only spot in which
I have observed it hitherto being at Arguiniguin, in the south of
Grand Canary ; where, on the 14th of April 1858, 1 captured several
specimens of it in the pools, or small freshwater lakes, close to the sea-
Genus 45. DYTISCUS.
Linnaeus, Syd. Nat. ii. 604 (1767).

131. Dytiscus circumflexus.

Dytiscus circumflexus. Fab., Syst. Eleu. i. 258 (1801).

, Aube, Hydrocanth. 113 (1838).

Dyticus circumflexus, Bndle, in Webb et Bei^th. (Col.) 58 (1838).

Habitat ?

The European D. circimijiexus (which is recorded also from Algeria
and Barbary) is admitted as Canarian by M. BruUe, on the evidence
of examples assumed to have been captured by Messrs. Webb and
Berthelot. I have not myself met with it in these islands; but
since there is no reason why it should not occur there, and since I
have examined the specimens of Messrs. Webb and Berthelot, in
Paris, which appeared to be correctly identified, I think perhaps that
the insect should be included in our present fauna. Nevertheless
I cannot but feel a slight hesitation in admitting it, seeing that
several of the very few species supposed to have been collected by
Messrs. Webb and Berthelot leave a doubt on my mind as to whether
or not they were really obtained at the Canaries at all. As to the
precise island in which the specimens were professedly found, M.
Brulle, of course, gives us no information.

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OeniLS 46. EUNECTES.

Ericlison, Gen. Dijtic. 23 (1832).

132. Eunectes subdiaphanus.

Eunectes subdiaphanus, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist., 3rcl series, viii. 100
(1861).

Habitat Canariam Grandem, in aquis quietis ad El Cbarco rcpertus.

This fine Eunectes, the distinctive characters of which are fiilly
pointed out in my diagnosis above referred to, was taken by myself
in the pools at El Charco, in the extreme south of Grand Canary,
during my visit to that remote spot, mth the Rev. E,. T. Lowe, on
the 13th of AprH 1858.

Fam. 3. GYRINID^.

Genus 47. GYRINUS.
Geoffroy, Mist. Abr. cles Ins. i. 193 (1762).

133. Gyrinus striatus.

Gyrinus striatus, Fah., Ent. Si/st. i. 203 (1792).

strigosus, Aube, Hi/drocanth. 719 (1838).

striatus, Brulle, in Webb et Berth. {Col.) 58 (1838).

Habitat in aquis Canariae et TeneriiFae, baud infrequens.

The 6r. striatus (remarkable, inter alia, for the deep and pale striae
of its elytra, greatly raised outer interstices, distinctly punctulated
surface, and yellow margin) is tolerably common at the Canaries,
thoiigh somewhat local. I have taken it in profusion, however, in
the pools at El Charco, in the south of Grand Canary ; as also at
the Agua Mansa, &c., of Tenerifte. From the latter island it has
likewise been communicated (together with the following two species)
by the Barao do Castello de Paiva. It occurs throughout central and
southern Europe and the north of Africa; and has been recorded
even from Madagascar, the Isle of France, and New Holland.

134. Gyrinus urinator.

Gyrinus m-inator, J/%., 3/f/r/. fiir Ins. vi. 299 (1807).

lineatus, Steph.,^IU. lirii. Ent. ii. 97. pi. xiii. f. 2 (1829).

uiinator, Aube, HydroeantJi. 704 (1838).

, Brulle, in Webb et Berth. {Col.) 58 (1838).

Habitat in aquis Canarise, Teneriffae et Gomerae, sat vulgaris.

The rather broad and somewhat obovate outline of this Gyrinus,
in conjunction with its very highly polished and dark (though ob-
scurely subcyaneous and laterally tenescent) surface, its dull whitish-

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metallic elytra! striae (the subsiitural ones of which are scarcely per-
ceptibly impressed), and the ferruginous hue of its body beneath,
will readily distinguish it. I have taken it in Grand Canary ; near
S"' Cruz and Orotava, in Teneriffe; and, dui-ing February 1858, it
was captured by Mr. Gray and myself in the valley above San Se-
bastian, of Gomera, — from which locality it was subsequently ob-
tained by Dr. Crotch. I have also received it from Professor Heer
(collected byM. Hartung in Teneriffe) under the name of ''G. na-
tator,^'' from which however it is totally distinct.

135. G3rrinus Dejeanii.

Gyi'inus Dejeanii, Brnlle, Exp. scient. en Moree, iii. (l'"'' part.) 128.
seneus, Aube [nee Stqjh.], Hydrocanth. 690 (1838).

Habitat in Canaria et Teneriffa, hinc inde vulgaris.

The rather smaller size and narrower outline of the present Oy-
rinus, combined with its more deeply punctured striae (which are
concolorous with the rest of the surface), its more straightly trun-
cated elytra, and the darker hue of its body beneath, will, apart from
minor differences, at once separate it from the last species. It
closely resembles the common O. natator, but is a trifle more oblong,
with its striae more coarsely punctured, with its elytra more straightly
truncated at their apex, and with its reflexed margin dark -aeneous
(instead of ferruginous). It is common throughout central and
southern Europe, and appears to be likewise common in these islands.
I have taken it abundantly at Arguiniguin, in the south of Grand
Canary ; as also near S'^ Cruz, Souzal, and Orotava, in Teneriffe.

Fam. 4. PARNID^.

Genus 48. PARNUS.
Fabricius, Ent. Syst. i. 245 (1792).

136. Parnus prolifericomis.

Parnus prolifericomis, Fah., Ent. Si/st. i. 245 (1792).

, Gyll., Ins. Stiec. i. 139 (1808).

, Woll., Ins. Mad. 90 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 28 (1857).

Habitat in aquosis Canariae, Teneriffae, Gomcrae et Palmae, sat
vulgaris.

The common European P. prolifericomis, which is universal at
Madeira and which is recorded by M. Morelet at the Azores, occurs
rather abundantly in wet spots at the Canaries. Hitherto, however,

86 CANARIAN COIiEOPTEKA.

I have myself observed it only in Grand Canary, Teneriffe, and Palma;
but it was captured by Dr. Crotch near Hermigua, in Gomera.

Fam. 5. HELOPHORID^.

Genus 49. HELOPHOEUS.

Fabricius, Syst. Ekn. i. 277 (1801).

137. Helophorus longitarsis, n. sp.

//. elongato-ovatus, antice attenuatns ; capite prothoraceque eupreis,
minutissime et parce punctulatis, hoc 5-sulcato, sulcis lateralibus
internis flexuosis ; ocuHs magnis, prominentibus ; elytris testaceis,
insequalitcr griseo-nebulosis, punctato-striatis, striis angustis, in-
tcrstitiis latiusculis subdepressis distincte uniscriatim punctulatis ;
antonnis, palpis pedibusque pallide testaceis, his (praesertim tarsis)
elongatis. — Long. corp. lin. vix 1|.

Habitat Fuerteventuram, in cisterna quadam ad Rio Pahnas semel
captus.

This very distinct Helopliorus may be at once known from all the
European species with which I am acquainted by its anteriorly at-
tenuated outHne, narrow strise, and the comparatively great length
of its very paUid limbs, — especially however of the feet. Its head
and prothorax are of a reddish-coppery hue ; its eyes are large and
prominent ; and its elytra are testaceous, obscurely clouded in parts,
and with their interstices (which have a very e\-ident row of small
punctures down each) rather wide and subdepressed. The only spe-
cimen of it which I have seen was captured by myself oixt of a tank
in the Rio Palmas of Fucrteventura, during April 1859.

Genus 50. OCHTHEBIUS.

Leach, Zool. 31iscell iii. 91 (1817).

138. Ochthebius 4-foveolatus.

Ochthebius 4-foveolatus, Wall, Ins. 3Iad. 91 (1854).
, Id, Cat. 3Iad. Col. 28 (1857).

Habitat in Fuerteventura, Canaria, Teneriffa, Gomera et Palma,
baud infrequens.

The present Ochthebius, which is common in Madeira and Porto
Santo, is widely spread over the Canarian archipelago. I have
taken it in (the Rio Palmas and at La Antigua of) Fuerteventura,
(in the region of El Monte of) Grand Canary, (at S*'' Cruz, the Agua
Garcia, &c., of) Teneriffe, and (in the Barranco de San Juan of)

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Palma. It was also captured in Gomera (near San Sebastian) by
Mr. Gray and (at Hermigua) by Dr. Crotch.

139. Ochthebius pygmaeus.

Elophorus pvgmfeus, Fab., Ent. Syst. i. 205 (1792).
Ochthebius pygma;us, Steph., Ill Brit. Ent. ii. 115 (1829).

riparius, 8tunn, Deutsch. Fna, x. 59. tab. 222. f. a. A (1836).

pygmaeus, Erich., Kaf. der Mark Brand, i. 199 (1837).

Habitat in Fuerteventura, TenerifFa et Palma, bine inde vulgaris.

The common European 0. pygmams is locally abundant at the Ca-
naries. I have taken it in (the Rio Palmas of) Fuerteventura, (near
S''' Cruz and Orotava, and at the Ag-ua Garcia of) TenerifFe, and (in
the Barranco de San Juan of) Palma.

140. Ochthebius lapidicola, n. sp.

0. elongato-ovatus, brunneo-piceus, vix metallescens, subopaeus ; ca-
pite prothoraceque dense punctatis et valde rugulosis, iUo trian-
gidari, utrinque late et profunde impresso, hoc canaliculate necnon
utrinque juxta canaliculam longitudinaliter bifoveolato ; elytris mi-
nutissime et parce pubescentibus, profunde et rugose punctato-stri-
atis; pedibus brevibus, robustis, ferrugineis. — Long. corp. lin.l-ll.

Habitat Teneriffam et Palmam, rarissimus.

A very remarkable Oclitliehius, and well distinguished at first sight
by its brownish-piceous, nearly opake and almost unmetaUic surface,
by its exceedingly rugose and deeply foveolated head and prothorax
(the former of which is triangular, being more regularly widened
behind than is the case with the Oc7if7ie6w. generally), by its rough
and coarsely punctate-striated elytra, and by its short and robust
legs. It is somewhat aUied to the 0. rugulosus from Porto Santo,
but totally distinct from it specifically. Of the only three specimens
which I have seen, two were captured by myself from under small
stones at the edges of the little stream (near its junction with the
sea) in the Barranco de San Juan, towards the north-west of Palma,
on the 28th of May 1858 ; and the remaining one by Dr. Crotch (at
Ycod el Alto) in TenerifFe.

Genus 51. HYDR^NA.

Kugelann, in Schneid. May. i. 578 (1794).

141. Hydraena sinuaticollis, n. sp.

//. serricoVi similis, sed paido major, (oculo fortissimo armato) subti-
lissime et parcissime pubescens ; capite antice distinctius longiore,
rostrato, ad apicem sensim latiore, oculis magis prominentibus ;
prothorace (baud solum punctate, sed) alutaceo, ad latera minus

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serrato seel utrinque magis angiilato-sinuuto ; elytris oblongioribus
(minus ovatis), punctato-striatis (nee striato-punctatis), pnnctis
panlo minoribus necnon interstitiis sensim costato-elcvatioribus ;
palpis siiblongioribus. — Long. corp. lin. 1.

Habitat TeneriiFam, a Dom. W. D, Crotch semel tantum lecta.

Of the present Hydrmia I have seen hitherto but a single example,
which has been taken recently by Dr. Crotch in TenerifFe, — he he-
lieves, at Ycod el Alto. It is wcU distinguished by its (ahitaceous,
though strongly pimctured) prothorax being much sinuated on either
side, so as to form almost an angle about the middle ; and by its
elytral interstices being perceptibly raised, or costate. Its surface,
under a high magnifpng power, will be seen to be sparingly be-
sprinkled with an extremely minute and scarcely traceable piibes-
cenee. In size and outline it is perhaps nearer than even the H.
serncoUis to the Eiu-opean H. bicolor ; nevertheless its totally dif-
ferent (laterally-sinuated, alutaceous) prothorax, rather smaller ely-
tral punctiu'es, and more elevated interstices will, apart from minor
characters, readily separate it from that insect.

From the H. serricoUis its distinctions have been fuUy pointed
out in the diagnosis; nevertheless I may just mention that its rather
larger size and more elongate outline, in conjunction with its some-
what more produced (though apically-broader) head, more prominent
eyes, more laterally-sinuated, alutaceous prothorax, less coarsely
punctured elytral striae, more costate interstices, and rather longer
palpi, will prevent its being confounded with that species.

142. Hydrsena serricollis, n. sp.

//. elongato-ovata, piceo-brunnea, subnitida ; capite prothoraceque
profunde et rugose punctatis, illo nigrescente, hoc inajquali, in
medio dilatato, postice sat constricto, ad latera (oculo armato) di-
stincte serrato ; elytris ovatis, profunde striato-pimctatis (i^unctis
maximis) ; antennis ad basin, palpis pedibusque rufo-testaceis. —
Long. corp. lin. vix 1,

Habitat Teneriffam, per marginem rivuH ad Agua Garcia capta.

Known from the following species by its larger size, broader and
more ovate outline, darker hue, and very much more deeply sculp-
tured surface ; by its prothorax being rounded (and more coarsely
crenulated) at the sides, and constricted posteriorly ; and by its limbs
being robuster and more rufescent. At first sight it is somewhat
allied to the common European H. testacea ; but it is relatively a
little wider and more ovate than that insect, its prothorax is a good
deal rounder laterally and narrower behind, more uneven on the disc,

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and with the crenulations more distinct, its colour is of a deeper
brown, and its limbs are a trifle shorter and more robust. Hitherto
I have only observed it beneath stones in the little stream which flows
through the wood of the Agua Garcia, of Tenerifte, — where, however,
it is tolerably abundant.

143. Hydrsena quadricollis, n. sp.

H. elongato-ovata, angustula, subtestaceo-fusca, subnitida ; capite
prothoraceque punctatis, illo nigrescente, hoc in disco paulo obscu-
riore, subquadrato, postice vix angustiore, ad latera (oculo fortis-
simo armato) vix serratulo ; elytris subovalibus, leviter sed crebre
striato-punctatis (punctis parvis) ; antennis ad basin, palpis pedi-
busque gracilibus, testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. vix |.

Habitat Teneriffam, prope urbem Sanctam Crucem reperta.

As has been already implied, the present Hydraina may be at once
recognized from the last species by its smaller size, narrower outline,
paler and much less deei)ly sculptured surface, by its prothorax being
suhquadmte (or but very slightly narrowed behind) and with the
lateral serrations excessively minute, and by its limbs being slenderer
and of a more pallid hue. The only spot in which I have observed
it is near S'" Cruz of Teneriife, — where I have several times taken
it, though very sparingly, amongst weeds in the small pools of the
Barranco Santo.

Fam. 6. HYDROPHILID^.

Genus 52. LIMNEBIUS.

Leacli, Zool. Miscall, iii. 93 (1817).

144. Limnebius gracilipes, n. sp.

L. ovalis (antice et postice subsequaliter rotundatus), ater, subcon-
vexus, subtiliter et parce pubescens ; prothoraee (oculo fortiter
armato) minute punctulato, versus angulos posticos obscure dilu-
tiore ; elytris fore impunctatis, ad apicem fere concoloribus ; an-
tennis, palpis pedibusque gracilibus, piceo-ferrugineis. — Long. corp.
Hn. |-|.

Habitat in rivuLis Canarige, Teneriifse, Gomerae et Palmse, hinc inde
baud infrequens.

Easily recognized from the following species by its oval outline
(being almost equally rounded before and behind), considerably
blacker, less convex, less pubescent and very much more lightly
punctiu-ed surface, and by its slenderer limbs. I have taken it in the
stream at Mogan, in the south-west of Grand Canary ; in the vicinity

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of S'" Cruz, and at Las Mercedes, of Teiieriffe ; and in the Barranco de
San Juan (near the Souces) of Palma ; and it was captured by Dr. Crotch
in Gomera.

145. Limnebius punctatus, n. sp.

L. obovatus (antice latus rotundatus, postice gradatim acutior), piceo-
niger, obsolete subsiiescens, convexus, grosse et sat parce pubes-
cens ; prothorace profunde pnnctato, ad hitera ferrugineo ; elytris
vix levins punctatis, versus apicem paulo dilutioribus ; antennis,
palpis pedibusque robustis, piceo-ferrugiueis. — Long, corp, lin. |.

Habitat TenerifFam, in rivulis (prtesertim quodam parvo per sylvam
Aguse Garciae fluente) degens.

The obovate outline of this Limnebius (it being wide and rounded
in front, but gradually acuminated behind), in conjunction with its
more piceous and obscurely submetallic hue (the sides, moreover, of
the prothorax, and the apex of the elytra, being rather brightly ferru-
ginous), its convexer, deeply punctured and more coarsely pubescent
surface, and its comparatively robust limbs, will at once separate it
from the preceding species. Both of these Limnebii, I may add, are
perfectly distinct from the Madeiran L. g^'andicollis — which is re-
markable, inter alia, for its more elliptic outline (being widened about
the middle) and alutaceous sculpture, as well as for the almost equally
impressed and remote punctures of its entire upper sui'faee, those
of the elytra being perhaps, if anything, somewhat the deepest. The
only locality in w^hich I have myself observed the L. punctatus is the
little stream which flows through the Agua Garcia of Teneriffe,
where it is tolerably common ; it has, however, been taken at Ycod
el Alto, in the same island, by Dr. Crotch.

Genus 53. LACCOBIUS.

Erichson, Keif, der Mark Brand, i. 202 (1837).

140. Laccobius minutus.

Chrysomela minuta, Linn., Fiui Suec. ]GG (1761).

Laccobius minutus, Erich., Klif. der Mark Brand, i. 203 (1837).

, Woll, Lis. Mad 95 (1854).

, Ld, Cat. Mad. Col. 31 (1857).

Habitat insulas Canarienses, in Hierro sola adhuc hand detectus.

The common European L. minutus (which is found also in Madeira
and Porto Santo) appears to be universal at the Canaries, Hierro being
the only island, out of the seven, in which I do not happen to have
observed it. There can, however, I should imagine, be little doubt
that it must exist there also ; though the absence of streams in
that island, and the consequent scarcity of water, would certainly

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imply that, if present at all, it must at any rate be scarce. In Lan-
zarote, Fuerteventura, and Gomera it was likewise captured by Mr.
Gray ; in TenerLffe by M. Hartung ; and in Tenerifte and Gomera by
Dr. Crotch. It seems to have a larger and a smaller state, between
which I have not as yet observed transitional links ; nevertheless
there is no differential character, that I can perceive, to warrant the
suspicion that they are specifically distinct. The examples from the
eastern islands of the archipelago are, on the average, of a paler hue
than those from the central and western ones, — which is precisely
analogous to the Porto- Santan specimens, as compared with those
from Madeira proper.

Genus 54. PHILHYDEUS.

Solier, Atm. de la Soc. Ent. de France, iii. 315 (1834).

147. Philhydrus melanocephalus.

Hydropliilus melanocephalus, OUi:, Ent. iii. 39. 14 (1795).

, BrnlU, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 58 (1838).

Philhydrus melanocephalus, Woll, Ins. Mad. 98 (1854).
, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 32 (1857).

Habitat in aquis Lanzarota3, Fuerteventiu'se, Canariee, Teneriftse ct
Gomerse, sat vulgaris.

As in the case of the last insect, the common Eiu'opean P. mela-
nocephalus is all but universal (probably indeed quite so) in these
islands. Hitherto, however, I have captured it only in Lanzarote,
Fuerteventura, Grand Canary, Tenerifi'e, and Gomera, — in the fii'st
two and last of which it was likewise fomid by Mr. Gray, and in the
last by Dr. Crotch. It abounds in the streams of Porto Santo ; and
the same two states (a paler and a darker one) which occur there
exist equally at the Canaries.

Genus 55. BEROSUS.

Leach, Zool. Miscell iii. 92 (1817).

148. Berosus spinosus.

Hydrophilus spinosus (Ster.), Schon., Syn. Ins. ii. 8 (1808).
Berosus spinosus, Ahr., Fna Ins. Europ. iii. f. 5 (1816).

, Stejyh., III. Brit. Ent. v. 400 (1832).

, Brulle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 59 (1838).

Habitat? [testibus DD.Webb et Berth., in ins. Canariensibus: mihi
non obvius].

I have not myself observed this European Berosus at the Canaries ;
and I may add that, had it been found in Madeira, I certainly should

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not have admitted it into the present Catalogue, — having but too
good reason for suspecting that several of the insects recorded by M.
Bnille, from the very scanty collection of MM. Webb and Berthelot,
were brought by Mr. Webb from Funchal, and were afterwards
mixed up (whether inadvertently or by design I cannot tell) vdth
his material from these islands *. But since the B. spinosus has not
hitherto been detected in the Madeiran Group, and since I have no
grounds for concluding that the specimens from any other country
were amalgamated by Mr. Webb -ndth his Canarian ones, and since
moreover I have inspected his examples which still exist in Paris, I
am inclined to admit the species into this list. At the same time I
must state that I do so somewhat reluctantly, since the entire absence
of a single word from M. Brulle as to which of the seven islands it
was found in (if indeed in any of them) renders me totally unable to
record its "habitat." It is far from improbable, however, that it
may occur in the brackish streams and Sahnas of Lanzarote or Fuerte-
vcntura.

Genus 56. HYDROBIUS.
Leach, Zool. MisceU. iii. 93 (1817).

149. Hydrobius haBmorrhous, n. sp.

H. ovalis, fusco-niger, nitidus, distincte (pra^sertim in elj^tris) et sat
crebre punctatus ; capite utrinque ante oculos, prothoracis limbo
plus minus conspicue ncenon elytrorum limbo plus mmus obscure
dilutioribus ; elytris stria sutiu'ali profunda (anticc evanescente)
impressis ; antennis ad basin palpisque (apice ipsissimo nigro ex-
cepto) testaceis ; pedibus rufo-piceis. — Long. corp. lin. 1-^-1 i.

Habitat in aquosis Canarise Grandis, rarissimus.

The present Hydrobius is about the size of the Madeiran H. Mar-
cliantice, but perfectly distinct from it, — as -ut-II be at once seen by a
reference to the diagiiosis given (in 1857) in my Madeiran Catalogue.
It is apparently very scarce, Grand Canary being the only island in
which I have hitherto detected it; where, during the spring of 1858,
I captured it sparingly at Teror, and about wet rocks in the moun-
tains of the interior, towards Tarajana.

Genus 57. CHiETARTHRIA.

(Waterhouse) Steph., III. Brit. Ent. v. 401 (1832).

* That such was the case with the Scaritcs abbreviatus (^=di7nidiatus, Br.), the
Harpcdus distinfficendus and consentaneus, and perhaps one or two others, I have
already recorded my conviction.

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150. Chgetarthria similis, n. sp.

G. valde affinis C. semimdo, sed vix (nisi fallor) mcra varietas gco-
graphica: sensim major et (oculo fortiter armato) argutius punctata,
prothorace ad latcra ipsissima vix grossius marginato ct ibidem (ut
in elytrorum apice) clarius dilutiore, antennis, palpis pedibiisque
paulo pallidioribus. — Long. eorp. lin. 1.

Habitat in humidis et aquosis Canari8e,Teneriffa3,Gomera3 et Palma?,
rarissimus.

Although very closely aUied to the common European C. seminu-
lum, I think that the present Chcetarthrla can scarcely be referred
actually to that species. It is, on the average, perceptibly larger,
and when viewed beneath a high magnifying power will be seen to
be much more sharply and distinctly punctured. The sides of its
prothorax, as well as the apex of its elytra, are more diluted in hue ;
and the former is perhaps a trifle more coarsely margined at its ex-
treme lateral edges. Its limbs, too, are altogether a shade paler. It
appears to be decidedly rare, though widely spread over the archi-
pelago. I have taken it in moist spots in the region of El Monte, of
Grand Canary, as weU as in Palma ; and it was found by Dr. Crotch
in Teneriife and Gomera.

Fam. 7. SPH^RIDIAD^.

Genus 58. CYCLONOTUM.
(Dejean) Erich., Kqf. der Mark Brand, i. 212 (1837)

151. Cyclonotum orhiculare.

Hydrophilus orbicularis, Fab., Ent. Syst. i. 184 (1792).
Hydrobius orbicularis, Stejdi., III. Brk. Ent. ii. 132 (1829).
Cyclonotum orbiculare, Erich., Kiif. der Mark Brand, i. 214 (1837).
Ccelostoma orbiculare, BndU, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) -58 (1838).

Habitat in aquosis Euerteventurge, Canarioe, Teneriffse, Gomerse et
Palmse, vulgaris.

This insect, so abundant throughout the whole of Europe, is pro-
bably universal at the Canaries, — though I do not hapi^cn to have
observed it in either Lanzai'ote or Hierro (the extreme eastern and
the extreme western islands of the archipelago) ; but in Euerteventura,
Grand Canary, TenerifFe, Gomera, and Palma I have tak(>n it, more
or less abimdantly. In Euerteventura and Gomera it was likewise
found by Mr. Gray ; in Tencriffe by M. Ilartung ; and in TenerifFe
and Gomera by Dr. Crotch.

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Genus 59. DACTYLOSTERNUM.
Woll., Ins. Mad. 99. tab. iii. f. 1 (1854).

152. Dactylostermim abdominale.

Spliperidiuni abdominale, Fab., Ent. Syst. i. 79 (1792).
C(]e.lostoraa abdominale, Bndle, in Wi'hh ct Berth. (Col.) 58 (1838).
IJactvlosternum Eoussetii, Woll, Ins. Mad. 100. tab. iii. f. 1 (1854).
" , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 32 (1857).

Habitat Canariam, TeneriiFam et Gomeram, foliis piitridis Opuntkv.
Tume prsesertim gaudens.

The D. abdominale of southern Europe and northern Africa, and
which occurs also at Madeira, is found sparingly in these islands. I
have taken it at Teror in Grand Canary, near S'^'' Cruz in Teneriffe,
and at San Sebastian in Gomera, — in the last two of which islands it
was also captured by Dr. Crotch, and in the last by Mr. Gray. It is
particularly fond of the putrid leaves of the Prickly Pear (Opuntia
Tuna, Mill.), which have been thrown away as refuse and allowed to
rot ; and were such to be well searched it would probably be found
to be more local than scarce.

Genus 60. CERCYON.
Leach, Zool. Miscell iii. 95 (1817).

153. Cercyon inquinitum.

Cercyon inquinitum, Woll., Ins. Mad. 103 (1854).
, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 34 (1857).

Hahitat TenerifFam, prope Portum Orotavse semcl captum.

The only Canarian example that has come under my observation
of this insect (which is not unconnnon on the level of the sea-shore,
in certain spots, at Madeira) was captured by myself, on the wing,
immediately outside the Puerto Orotava of Teneriffe, during the
spring of 1858.

154. Cercyon lepidum, n. sp.

G. ovale postice subacutum, convexum, nitidum, supra ubique punc-
tulatum ; capite prothoraceque nigris (hoc ad latera concolore) ;
elytris testaceo-rufis, circa scutellum interdum obsolete obscuriori-
bus, sat profunde punctato-striatis ; antennis ad basin, palpis pe-
dibusque piceo-testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. f-vix 1.

Hahitat Fuerteventuram et Gomeram, in ilia sub stercore camelino
ad Rio Palmas mense Aprili ineunte a.d. 1859 deprehensum ; in hac
nuper cepit Dom. Crotch.

In general outline and colouring the present somewhat insigni-

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ficant Cercyon is a good deal allied to the common European C. me-
lanocephalum. It is, however, considerably smaller than that insect,
its punctuation is finer and less dense, and its elytra and limbs are a
shade paler (or more testaceous),— the former, moreover, having only
a slight tendency to be occasionally obscured about their scutellary
region, and with their striae somewhat deeper. Perhaps it is nearer
still to the C. terminatum, Mshm (= plagiatum, Er.). The only
specimens which I have myself captured (twelve in number) were
taken from beneath camels' dung, in the Rio Palmas of Fuerteventura,
at the beginning of April 1859 : I have, however, examined others,
taken by Dr. Crotch in Gomera.

155. Cercyon nigriceps.

Dermestes nigriceps, Mshm, Eni. Brit. 72 (1802),

Sphaeridiiim centriraaculatum, Sturm, Deictsch. Ftui, ii. 23 (1807).

Cercvon centrimaculatum, Miils., PaJjnc. tie France, 169 (1844).

^' , Woll.,Ins. Mad. 104 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 34 (1857).

Habitat Lanzarotam, Canariam, Teneriffam, Gomeram et Palmam,
in stercore bovino et equino baud infrequens.

This common European Cercijon (which is universal in Madeira aiid
Porto Santo) occurs rather sparingly in these islands. I have taken
it in Lanzarote, Grand Canary, Teneriffe, and Palma, — in the last of
which it was likewise found by Mr. Gray, and in Teneriffe and Go-
mera by Dr. Crotch.

156. Cercyon qnisquilium.

Scarabfeus quisquilius, Linn., Fna Suec. 138 (1761).
Cercyon qnisquilium, 3Itds., Palpic. de France, 166 (1844).

, JFoll, Ins. Mad. 105 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 34 (1857).

Habitat Lanzarotam, Fuerteventuram,Tenerifiam, Gomeram et Pal-
mam, in stercore bovino, equino, camelino sat vulgare.

Like the last species, the present Cercyon (which abounds through-
out the greater portion of Europe, and which occurs in Madeira and
Porto Santo) is widely spread over the Canarian Group, — where it is
probably universal. Hitherto, however, I have only observed it in
Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Teneriffe, and Palma ; in the first and last
of which islands it was also captured by Mr. Gray, and in Teneriffe
and Gomera by Dr. Crotch.

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Fam. 8. SILPHID^.

Genus 61. CATOPS.
Paykull, Fna Suee. i. 342 (1798).

157. Catops putridus, n. sp.

C. ovalis, fuscus, minute pubescens ; prothorace convexo, ad latera
subaequaliter rotundato (/. e. antice et postice sequaliter angustiore),
basi truncate, angulis posticis vix productis ; elytris obsoletissime
substriatis necnon stria suturali profunda in utroque impressis ;
antennis ad basin pedibusque fusco-testaceis, illis ad apieem ob-
Bcurioribus sat clavatis. — Long. corp. lin. 1^.

Habitat Palmam, sub coi-tice laxo putrido in Barranco de Galga
Maio exeunte a.d. 1858 semel tan turn lectus.

The only specimen which I have seen of this distinct Catops was
captured by myself from beneath the rotting bark of a tree towards
the head of the Barranco de Galga, in the north-west of Palma, on
the 31st of May 1858. It has somewhat the appearance, at first
sight, of the European C. velo.v ; but is rather smaller and more oval
than that insect (being nearly equalhj narrowed at either extremity),
with its prothorax (which is regularly rounded at the sides, truncated
at the base, and has the hinder angles scarcely at all produced) less
developed, with its elytra obscurely substriated, with its posterior
legs shorter, and with its antennae more clavate at their apex.

Genus 62. SILPHA.
Linnseus, Srjst Nat. ii. 569 (1767).
(Subgenus Heterotemna, Woll.)

The Teneriffan SUphce are moulded on a rather peculiar type, and
might indeed be almost regarded as genericaUy distinct from the
more northern members of the group. They are remarkable, inter
alia, for their rather large size, apterous bodies, and exceedingly
elongated limbs, for their antennae being slender*, hardly at all

* This great length and slenderness of the antennae applies to both of the Ca-
narian Silphis, though perliaps a trifle more so to the simpUcicor7iis than to the
figurata. Nevertheless M. Brulle makes it to be distinctive of the former only ;
for, speaking of the simplicicortus, he adds : " le caractere le plus saillant de cet
insecte consiste dans la forme de ses antennes, qui sont plus longues et plus
greles que dans aucune autre espece." If however we turn to his Plate, we there
find that the antennte of the fyurafa are merely dotted in,— thus indicating that
he drew out liis diagnosis of that insect from a single example in which the an-
tennae were broken off.

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thickened at the extremity, and with their eighth joint (or the fourth
from the apex) greatly elongcded and triangular, for their prothorax
being- much developed, rounded and broadly compressed at the sides,
very uneven on the disc and more or less scooped-out in front, and
for their elytra being very widely margined, especially behind. I have
not, however, dissected them, to ascertain whether they possess any
differential characters in their oral organs, to correspond with these
external (but nevertheless' purely structural) ones.

158. Silpha simplicicornis.

S. oblonga, nigra, subnitida ; prothorace in disco vix sed versus la-
tera leviter punctulato, apice sat profunde emarginato, ad latera
valde explanato-rotundato, postice in disco obsoletissime et obtuse
longitudinaliter 4-subcostato ; elytris leviter subasperato-pxmctu-
latis, utroque 3-costato ; antennis valde elongatis, fuscescentibus.

Feem. vixopacior, elytrorum costa exteriore (prsesertim ante apicem)
magis elevata. — Long. corp. lin. 7-9.

Silpha simplicicornis, Bridle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 59. pi. ii. f. 10
[script, tenuicorms*'] (1838).

Habitat in sylvaticis Tcneriffa), hinc inde baud infrequens.

The larger size of this noble Silpha, in conjunction with its more
shining and much more lightly punctured surface, its more uneven
and laterally developed prothorax (on which the longitudinal costae
are very obtuse and almost obsolete), the much less elevated ridges of
its elytra, and its rather longer limbs, will readily separate it from
the following species. It appears to be the commoner of the two, —
though, at the same time, exceedingly local and confined to certain
spots within the sylvan districts of Teneriffe. I have taken it in the
laurel- woods on the mountains above Taganana, as also at Las Mer-
cedes and (more particularly) at the Agua Garcia. It has likewise
been commimicated by the BariTO do Castello de Paiva ; and I possess
specimens, given me by Dr. Heer, which were collected by M. Hartung.

159. Silpha figurata.
S. oblonga, nigra, subopaca ; prothorace profunde punctate, apice

* It is much to be regretted that M. Brulle should not have made up his mind
as to the names of his species before his Plates were engraved ; for, as it is, these
two Tencriffan Silphas stand in his work under no less than four separate titles !
The present species is called siirqjlicicor^iis in his letter-press, and tenuicornis on
his Plate ; whilst the following one is described as the figurata, but is figured
under the title of costafa ! Indeed, from the excessive badness of his figures,
and the fact that they are not even referred to at all in the text (as is the case with
the whole 29 species which he has illustrated !), it really becomes difficult to tell,
from this non-agreement of the names in the letter-press and Plate, which iigiu'e
and which diagnosis are intended to correspond.

98 CANAEIAN COLEOPTEEA.

leviter emarginato, ad latera explanato-rotundato, postice in disco
leviter longitiidinaliter 4-costato (costis internis distinctioribus) ;
elytris profimde asperato-punctatis, utroque alte et argute 4-cos-
tato ; antennis elongatis, fiiscescentibus.
Fcem. solam adhue vidi. — Long. corp. lin. 6|.

Silpha figm-ata, Bridle, in Webb et Beiih. (Col) 59. pi. ii. f. 11 [script.
costata] (1838).

Habitat Teneriffam, mihi non obvia : specimen iinicum a Dom. Fry,
Londini, communicatum solum vidi.

I have not, myself, ever taken this insect ; and indeed the only
sjDecimen (a female) which has come under my observation has been
communicated by Alexander Fry, Esq., who received it from a friend
by whom it was captured in Teneriffe. Whether therefore it be
peculiar to the higher elevations (as I am inclined to suspect) it is
not in my power to decide ; but, so far as it is possible to judge from
the loose and imperfect diagnosis of M. Brulle, I have no doubt what-
soever that it is the species which he intended to designate, under
the title of S.figurata. Judging therefore from this single example,
its rather smaller size, more opake and very much more deeply punc-
tured surface (the punctures of the elytra being also roughened, so as
to present a sciilpture having somewhat the appearance of a file),
combined with its less developed, not quite so uneven, more distinctly
costate and more anteriorly-emarginated prothorax, the much more
elevated ridges of its elytra, and its slightly less elongated limbs, wiU,
apart from minor differences, at once separate the species from the
S. simplidcornis.

Fam. 9. ANISOTOMID^.

Genus C.3. ANISOTOMA.

(Knock) lUig., Kiif. Preuss. 09 (1798).

160. Anisotoma canariensis.

A. ovalis, convexa, nitida, nigro- vel fusco-picea ; capite protho-
raceque sat distincte punetatis ; elytris versus ba.sin paulo rufes-
centioribus, sat profunde punctato-striatis, interstitiis punctulatis ;
antennis ad basin pedibusque piceo-ferrugineis, femoribus muticis.

Var. /> [forsan mere immatm-a] corpore pallido.

Mas, tibiis posterioribus distinctius arcuatis. — Long. corp. lin. 1.

Anisotoma canariensis, WoU., Ann. Nat. Hist. (3rd series) xi. 216
(1863).

Habitat in ins. Hierro, rarissima ; varietatis /3, in Canaria Grandi
captum exemplar unicum adhuc vidi.

CANARTAN COLEOPTERA. 99

Apparently of the greatest rarity. I captured four specimens of
it in the sylvan district of El Golfo, on the western side of Hierro,
during February 1859 ; and another (which although of a pallid hue
I believe to be conspecific with the rest, and merely immature) in
the region of El Monte, in Grand Canary, later in the spring of the
same year.

161. Anisotoma oceanica, n. sp.

A. breviter ovalis postiee subacuta, valde convexa, nitidissima, nigro-
picea; capite prothoraceque levitcr punctulatis, illo rufescente ; ely-
tris apice acutiuscidis et ibidem paulo pallidioribus, versus basin
obsolete rufescentioribus, levissime punctato-striatis, interstitiis
minute punctulatis ; antennis ad basin pedibusque rufo-ferrugineis.

Mas adhuc latet ; specimen unicum (se. foemincum) solum detexi. —
Long. corp. lin. vix 1.

Habitat in montibus sylvaticis TenerijGFa3, sub foliis dejectis ad Las
Mercedes capta.

Like the last species, the present one would appear to be exces-
sively scarce, — being, in fact, hitherto unique. It was taken by my-
self, during June 1858, from beneath dead leaves, under the old trees
in the highest part of the forest of Las Mercedes, in Teneriffe. It
may be kno'wn from the A. eanariensis by being more shortly ovate,
and posteriorly subacute, by its convexer, more minutely punctulated
and more highly polished surface, by its finer and more delicately
punctured striaj, and by the apex of its elytra being gradually some-
what more j)ellucid, — causing that portion to apj)ear slightly paler
than the rest of the surface.

Genus 64. AGATHIDIUM.

Illiger, Kaf. Prcuss. 81 (1798).

162. Agathi^um globnlum, n, sp.

A. nigrum, prothoracis limbo obsciire rufescentiore ; capite protho-
raceque (oculo fortissime armato) subtilissime alutaceis, illo minute
hoc minutissime (vix perspicue) punctulatis; elytris (praesertim
circa medium) sat distincte sed minute punctulatis, ad humeros
oblique truncatis, apice subacutis, stria sutuxali nulla impressis ;
antennis pedibusque piceo-ferrugineis.

Var. ft. Minus distincte punctulatum, capite prothoraceque vix alu-
taceis.— Long. Corp. lin. |-1.

Habitat in sylvaticis Canarise et TenerifFae, sat rarum.

The present Agathidimn is about the size of, or perhaps a little
larger than, the European A. mandibulare. It is, however, remark-
able for its evidently, though minutely, punctulated surface (the

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100 CANAEIAN COLEOPTERA.

pimctures being more especially conspicuous about the middle of the
elytra), for its dehcately alutaccous head and prothorax, and for its
entire freedom from a sutural stria. From the A. marginatum of
more northern latitudes, with which it has a good deal in common,
it chiefly differs in being (on the average) rather smaller and darker,
less globose (or a little more acute at its hinder apex), in the mi-
nutely alutaceous sculpture of its head and prothorax, and in its an-
tennae being longer and slenderer, — the subclaval joints being monili-
form, instead of broad and transverse. It is decidedly rare, or at any
rate very local. I have taken it sparingly in the region of El Monte
in Grand Canary ; as also at the Agua Garcia, and (more especially)
in the woods above Taganana, of TeneriiFe. In the last of these
localities I once found it rather commonly — adhering to rotten sticks
in the dampest and thickest part of the forest. The specimens from
Grand Canary are a trifle less evidently punctulated than those from
TenerifFe, and their head and prothorax are (when viewed beneath
the microscope) scarcely perceptibly alutaceous ; but there is no other
difference in them, that I can detect.

1G3. Agathidinm integricoUe, n. sp.
A. pra;cedenti fere simile, sed vix major; prothorace latiore, integro
(i. e. antice, pro capitis reecptione, haiid excavato), nitidiore (nee
alutaceo), in limbo distinctius pallidiore ; scutello majore ; elytris
sensim rotundatioribus, apicem versus minus acutis sed ibidem ni-
fescentioribus, ad humeros magis oblique defalcantibus, necnon
stria suturali (antice evanesccntc) in utroque conspicue impressis.
— Long. Corp. lin. li.

Habitat Tenerrffam, a cl. W. D. Crotch nuper repertum.

Were not its characters so well expressed, I should not have ven-
tured to define a new Agathidium from the single, imperfect example
from which the above diagnosis has been compiled. But since the
stnictiu'e of its prothorax and more oblique shoulders, as well as the
presence of a sutural stria on each elytron, remove it into a different
Section of the genus from that which contains the A, glohulum, I can-
not omit it from the present Catalogue. It was taken by Dr. Crotch,
diu'ing the spring of 1862, in Teneriffe (though he has no recollection
of the precise locality), and is, unfortunately, destitute both of its
head and limbs. Nevertheless there is no possibility of confounding
it with the A. glohulum, from which it may immediately be known
by its prothorax being wider, wnalutaceous (and therefore more
shining), more distinctly pallid at its margins, and entire in front
(or completely unscooped-out for the reception of the head) ; by its

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scutellum being larger ; and by its elytra being perceptibly rounder,
or less acute, (and more rufescent) behind, more obliquely lopped-off
at their humeral angles, and furnished with an evident (though ante-
riorly evanescent) sutural stria on each. Apparently, too, it is a trifle
larger than the ghhulam. In its anteriorly unemarginated prothorax
it would seem almost to merit generic separation ; nevertheless its ex-
ternal features are so i)recisely those of an Ar/athidium that, until
further material has been obtained, and its limbs and mouth have
been carefully examined, I am unable to pass any opinion on its
purely structirral details.

Fam. 10. CLAMBID^.

Genus 65. CLAMBUS.

Fischer, Entomog. i. 52 (1820).

164. Clambus complicans, n. sp.

C. breviter ovalis, nitidissimus, impunctatus, fere glaber (pilis bre-
vissimis perpaucis valde remotis parce obsitus) ; capite protho-
raceque piceo-ferrugineis, hoc in limbo elariore ; oculis i)arvis, a
capitis margine remotis ; elytris nigris vel piceo-nigris, apice aeu-
tiusculis ; antennis pedibusque pallide testaceis, illarum clava ob-
scuriore. — Long. corp. lin. vix |^.

Habitat in Canaria, Teneriffa et Gomera, sat rarus.

The present Clambus is larger than any of the few European species
which have hitherto been detected ; and it is fiu'ther remarkable for
its more or less rufescent head and prothorax (the latter of which has
its edges broadly paler and subpellucid), for the excessively short,
minute, and remote pile with which it is sparingly beset, for its eyes
being small and considerably removed from the margin of the head
(the lateral angle of which is not quite so acute as in the ordinary
Clambi), and for its very pallid limbs. It appears to be rare, — the
only spots in which I have myself observed it being in the region of
El Monte in Grand Canary, and at Las Mercedes and the Agua Garcia
of Teneriffe. Specimens, however, have been taken by Dr. Crotch both
ia the latter island and in Gomera. It is scarcely possible, I think,
that it can be a geographical modification of any of the more northern
members of the genus.

Genus 66. CALYPTOMERUS.
Redtenbacher, Dia Austr. 159 (1849).

102 CANARIAN COLEOPTEKA.

165. Calyptomerus dubius.

Scaphidium dubium, 3Ishm, Ent. Brit. i. 234 (1802).
Clambus enshanieiLsis (Westw.), Steph., III. Brit. Ent. ii. 184 (1829).
Comazus eushamensiS; Fairm. et Lab., Faun. Fran<;. 328 (1854).
Calyptomerus dubius, Wall, Cat. Mad. Col. 147 (1857).

Hahitat Teneriffam, rarissime; ad Agua Mansa lectus.

The C. duhius, which is widely spread over Europe and which
occurs also at Madeira, is apparently very rare in these islands, — the
only two Canarian specimens which I have seen having been taken
by myself at the Agua Mansa of Teneriffe.

Fam. 11. PTILIAD^.

Genus 67. ACROTEICHIS.
Motschulsky, Bull, de Moscou, xxi. 569 [script. Acratrichis] (1848).

166. Acrotrichis fucicola.

Trichopterj'x fucicola, Allibcrt, Bev. Zool. 52 (1844).

, Fairtn. et Lab., Fami. Franc;. 332 (1854).

mollis, Haliday, Nat. Hist. Rev. ii. {Proc.) 123 (1855).

Hahitat sub fucis, per oras maritimas Lanzarota^, Fuerteventurae
et Teneriffae.

The comparatively flattened body and oblong outline of the A. fu-
cicola, in conjunction with its very pubescent surface (which, on ac-
count of the whitish decumbent pile with which it is clothed, has a
somewhat silvery appearance), the diluted apex of its elytra and
hinder prothoracic angles (the former of which are separately rounded
off at their inner or sutural angle), the distinctly margined base of
its pronotum, and its rather elongated antenna? (the club of which is
excessively lax), will at once characterize it. Through the kindness
of M. AUard, of Paris, I have received for comparison a specimen of
the true A. fucicola from La Teste, which agrees precisely with the
Canarian ones. It is identical with the A. mollis of Haliday ; of
which I also possess examples, taken on the sea-shore near Dublin.
It is a tolerably common insect, just above high-water mark, on the
sandy beaches of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, — occurring beneath
Alga3 and other marine rejectamenta. In the latter of those islands
it was also found (near Puerto de Cabras) by Mr. Gray : and two
specimens are now before me which were taken by Dr. Crotch in
Teneritfe.

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 103

167. Acrotrichis Matthewsii, n. sp.

A. breviter obovata, valde convexa, piibescens ; capite prothoraceqvie
nigris, hoc lato, augiilis posticis longe productis ; elytris fuscescen-
tioribus, apice dihitis truncatis ; antennis pedibiisque testaceis. —
Long. Corp. lin. vix i.

Habitat Palmam, per regiones sylvaticas sub foliis dejectis vulgaris.

The short, Avide, and convex body of this Acrotrichis, combined with
its obovate outline (it being broader in front than posteriorly), the
greatly produced hinder angles of its prothora-x, and its fuscescent
and apically paler elytra, will sufficiently distinguish it from the other
species here enumerated. I may add that it has been examined by
the Rev. A. Matthews, who considers it undoubtedly new ; and I
have much pleasure, therefore, in naming it after him. It appears
(so far as I have observed hitherto) to be peculiar to the island of
Palma, throughout the sylvan districts of which it is universal. I
have taken it on the ascent to the Cumbre above Buenavista, in the
Barranco de Agua, the Barraneo de Galga, and in several other lo-
calities.

168. Acrotrichis fascicularis.

Latridius fascicularis, Hbst, Kiif. v. 8. t. 44. f. 7 (1793).
Trichopteryx fascicidaris, Erich., Nat. cler Ins. Deutsch. iii. 19 (1848).
Acratrichis fascicularis, WoU., Ins. Had. 108 (1854).
, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 35 (1857).

Habitat in Canaria, TenerifFa, Gomera et Hierro, praesertim per
regiones sylvaticas, vulgaris.

This Acrotrichis (which occurs at Madeira) appears to be very
abundant throughout Grand Canary, Teneriffe, Gomera, and Hierro,
— particularly, however, in the sylvan districts of intermediate ele-.
vations. My Teneriffan examples are principally from beneath dead
leaves at Las Mercedes, La Esperanza, the Agua Garcia, Ycod el Alto,
&c. ; and the Hierro ones from the region of El Golfo. It has also
been captured, abundantly, in Gomera, by Dr. Crotch. It is regarded
by Mr. Matthews as identical with the common European A. fasci-
cularis. It may be known prima facie from the last species by its
more oblong outline, comparatively longer and flatter body and less
developed prothorax, and by its elytra (except the extreme hinder
margin) being almost as black as the rest of the surface ; whilst from
the following one its larger size and more produced thoracic angles,
in conjunction with its more finely punctured surface and paler an-
tennae, will equally remove it.

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CANAEIAN COLEOPTERA.

169. Acrotrichis sericans.

Tricliopteryx sericans, Heer, Fna Hclv. i. 374 (1841).

, Erich., Nat. der Ins. Dcidsch. iii. 23 (1848).

depressa, Redt., Fna Austr. 149 (1849).

Habitat in Caiiaria, TenerifFa, Gomera et Hierro, sat rara.

At once known from the preceding three species by its smaller size
and more deeply punctm-ed surface, by its outline being iisuaUy (if
anything) rather wider behind than in front, by the much less pro-
duced posterior angles of its prothorax, and by its darker antennae.
It is considered by Mr. Matthews to be identical with the European
A. sericans*. So far as I have observed hitherto, it appears to be some-
what rare in these islands. I have taken it sparingly near Teror
in Grand Canary, as also in TeneriiFe and Hierro ; but it has been
captui'ed more abundantly in Gomera, by Dr. Crotch.

Genus 68. NEPHANES.
Thomson, Skandht. Coleopt. i. 62 (1859).

170. Nephanes abbreviatella.

Trichopteryx abbreviateUus, Heer, Fna Helv. \. 375 (1841).

cm-ta, Gillm., in Sturm, Deidsch. Fna, xvii. (1845).

abbreviatelkis, Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deutscli. iii. 23 (1848).

Titan abbreviatelkis, Matth., in Zool xvi. GllO (1858).

Elacbys abbreviateUus, Woll, Ann. Nat. Hist. (3rd series) v.221 (1860).

Habitat TenerifFam et Gomeram, a cl. W. D. Crotch deprehensa.

This very minute insect (which is rather common beneath decaying
vegetable refuse around Funchal, in Madeira) altogether escai)ed my
own observations at the Canaries. Several undoubted examples of it
have, however, lately been communicated to me by Dr. Crotch, who
captured them in TenerifFe and Gomera during the spring of 1862.
Those from the former island were found at Ycod el Alto, and those
from the latter above Hermigua.

Genus 69. PTENIDIUM.
Erichson, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch iii. 34 (1848).

171. Ptenidium laevigatum.

Trichopteryx laevigata, Gilhn., in litt.

Ptenidiimi Ijevigatum, Erich., Nat. der Ins. Detdsch. iii. 36 (1848).

, Fairm. et Lab., Faun. Frang. 340 (1854).

Habitat in Canaria, TenerifFa, Gomera, Palma et Hierro, rarior.

* I should perhaps state, however, that, on a subsequent examination of two
of my specimens, Mr. Matthews fcU a little doubtful whether they should not
rather be referred to the (European) T. hrcvipc7inis.

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The rather large size and glabrous surface of this Ptenidium (which
even beneath a high magnifying power is only just perceptibly punc-
tured, though minutely alutaceous) will at once distinguish it from
the two following species. It is apparently very local in, though
widely spread over, these islands. I have taken it sparingly in Grand
Canary ; at the Agua Garcia, in TenerifFe ; in Palma ; and (more
abundantly), at a low elevation, in the district of El Golfo, on the
western side of Hierro, — where, during February 1858, I captured
several specimens of it from beneath vegetable refuse in a sandy lane.
A single example is also now before me, which was found by Dr. Crotch,
during the spring of 1862, in Gomera.

172. Ptenidium apicale.

Ptilium apicale, Sturm, in litt.

Tricliopteryx apicalis, Gillm., in Sturm, Deutsch. Fna, xvii. 85 (1845).

Ptenidium apicale, Erich., Nut. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 36 (1848).

, Woll, Ins. Mad. 110 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 37 (1857).

Habitat in Fuerteventura, Canaria, Teneriffa et Gomera, vidgaris.

This common European insect (which abounds at Madeira) is pro-
bably universal in these islands, though hitherto I happen to have
myself observed it in only three of them, — namely, Fuerteventura,
Grand Canary, and TenerifFe. It has, however, been taken abun-
dantly in Gomera by Dr. Crotch. My Fuerteventuran specimens are
principally from the Rio Palmas, the Canarian ones from Teror, and
the Teneriffan ones from the vicinity of S'" Cruz, the Agua Garcia,
La Esperanza, &c. It may be known from the last species by its
rather smaller size and by its pubescent and distinctly pimetured
surface.

173. Ptenidium punctatum.

Scapliidium pimctatum, Gyll., Ins. Suec. iv. 293 (1827).
Ptenidiimi punctatum, Fairm. et Lab., Faun. Franq. 341 (1854).

Habitat per oram maritimam Lanzarotee, sub fucis captum.

The comparatively minute size, less convex and more oblong body
of this common European Ptenidium, combined with its coarser pu-
bescence and very much deeper punctuation (more particularly of the
prothorax), wiU readily distinguish it from both of the foregoing
species. It appears to be decidedly rare at the Canaries, — the only
two specimens which I have seen having been captured by myself,
from beneath marine rejectamenta, on the sandy sea-shore of Lanza-
rote, immediately to the south of xVrrecife.

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CANAEIAN COLEOPTEKA.

Genus 70- PTINELLA.

(Motsclmlsky) Matthews, Zool. xvi. GlOG (1858).

174. Ptinella angustula.

Ptiliimi ano-ustulum, Gillm., in Sturm, Deutsch. Fim, xvii. 60. pi. 324.
f. 6 (1845).

Habitat Palmam, rarissime ; sub cortice laxo Pini mnaricnsis Juuio
ineunte a.d. 1858 deprehensa.

Apparently of the greatest rai-ity in these islands. The only three
Canarian specimens which I have seen were captured hj myself in
Palma, at the beginning of June 1858. They were found beneath
the bark of old pine-trees, — one of them high up in the Barranco
above S*'' Cruz, and the other two in the Pinal of the Banda, near the
edges of the great Caldeira. They have been examined carefully by
the Rev. A. Matthews, who believes them to be identical with the
European P. angustula of Gillmeister.

Fam. 12. PHALACRIDiE.

Genus 71. PHALACRUS.

PaykiOl, Fna Suec. iii. 438 (1800).

175. Phalacrus coruscus.

Phalacrus coruscus, Pai/k., Fna Sncc. iii. 438 (1800).

, Steph., III. Brit. Ent. ii. 161 (1829).

corruscus, Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 110 (1848).

Habitat insulas omnes Canarienses, passim.

The common European P. coruscus is universal at the Canaries.
Palma is the only island out of the seven in which I have not taken
it ; but it was captiu'ed there (as also in Lanzarote) by Mr. Gray. In
Teneriffe it was found likewise by Dr. Crotch.

Genus 72. OLIBRUS.

Erichson, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 113 (1848).

176. Olibrus florum, n. sp.

0. obovatus, ante medium latiusculus, nitidissimus, tcstaceus ; capite,
prothoracis disco elytrorumque sutura plus minus fuscescentibus ;
elytris levissime punctulato-striatis. — Long. corp. lin. 1-1-g-.

Habitat in Canaria, Teneriffa, Palma et Hierro, super flores (prae-
sertim Cineraria') hinc inde vulgaris : in Hierro prsedominat.

Closely allied to the common European 0. corticalis ; from which

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however it may be known by being, on the average, slightly larger,
relatively broader in outline (it being very distinctly wider at the
junction of its prothorax and elytra), by the disc of its pronotum
being darker (the edges alone being testaceous), by its suture also
being conspicuously darkened, and by its striae being more evident.
I have taken it in Grand Canary, Teneriffe, Palma, and Hierro ; and
there can be Kttle doubt that it must occur in Gomera also : but in
Lanzarote and Fuerteventura I believe that it does not exist. In-
deed it becomes gradually more abundant as we approach the western
portion of the archipelago, being (so far as I have observed hitherto)
rare in Grand Canary, sparingly distributed in Teneriife (where it
was found likewise by Dr. Crotch), tolerably common in Palma, and
absolutely teeming in Hierro, — where, during February 1858, I
captured it on various flowers (particularly those of a large and pale
Cineraria) in several parts of the island, though especially aroimd
Valverde. In this last locality it was found likewise by Mr. Gray.

177. Olibrus congener, n. sp.

0. ovalis, subsenescenti-piceo-niger, nitidissimus ; elytris fere simpli-
cibus (postice versus suturam striis obsoletissimis vix impressis) ;
antennis pedibusque longiusculis, testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. |-1.

Habitat Lanzarotam, circa oppidum Haria ad flores baud infrequens.

The present Olibrus may be known from the following one by its
rather larger size, less shortened outline, just perceptibly subpicescent
hue, by its elytra being (if possible) even still more obsoletely stri-
ated, and by its limbs being longer and paler. It has a good deal
the appearance, at first sight, of the 0. liqiiidus of Erichson, which
abounds in Madeira ; but is less acuminated and almost concolorous
(instead of being rufescent) posteriorly, its outline is relatively some-
what broader, its elytral striae are still more faint (being scarcely
traceable), and its entire surface is a little more brassy. Hitherto
I have observed it only in Lanzarote, towards the north of which
island, however, it is far from uncommon ; Avhere, moreover, it was
likewise taken by Mr. Gray and M. Hartung.

178. Olibrus subaereus, n. sp.

0. breviter ovalis, senescenti-niger, nitidissimus ; elytris obsolete sub-
striatis ; antennis pedibusque breviusculis, plus minus clarc piceo-
testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. f-vix -|.

Habitat in Canaria et Hierro, super flores varios, rarior.

The small size and short-oval outline of this Olibrus, combined

108 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

with its uniformly brassy-black surface, its very obsoletcly striated
elytra, and its rather abbreviated, piceo- testaceous (sometimes nearly
piceous) limbs, will suffice to separate it from the preceding species.
It is apparently rare, Grand Canary and Hierro being the only islands
in which I have hitherto observed it.

179. Olibriis consimilis.

Dermestes consimilis, Mshni, Ent. Brit. i. 75 (1802).
Phalacrus geminus, Illig.,in Panz., Krit. Hev. i. 27 (1805).
Olibrus gemiuus, Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 120 (1848).

consimilis, JFoll., Ins. Mad. 115 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 37 (1857).

Habitat in Canaria, TenerifFa et Gomera, ad flores, rarus.

This common European insect (which occurs sparingly at Madeira)
is decidedly rare in these islands. I have taken it at Maspalomas in
the extreme south of Grand Canary, as also at Souzal and the Agua
Garcia in Teneriffe ; in the last of which, as well as in Gomera, it
was found likewise by Dr. Crotch.

Fam. 13. NITIDULID^.

Genus 73. HETEROBRACHIUM (nov. gen.).

Corpus, antennce et instrumenta ciharia fere ut in Bracliyptero, sed
protliorace magis quadrate (in utroque sexu diverse), ahdomine nisi
fallor simplici (segmento terminali ut mihi videtur hand aucto, ut
in Cerco), p>alporum ma.villarium articulo ultimo longiore subaci-
culari ad apicem truncate, paraglossis vix distinctis. Pedes graci-
liores quam in Bracliyptero, necnon in sexu masculo multo longi-
ores ; antici longiores quam posteriores, in maribus longissimi :
femorihus (proesertim masculis) ad apicem internum angulato-den-
tatis : tihiis gracilioribus quam in Braeliyptero necnon ad apicem
externum minus angulatis, anticis ibidem etiam oblique truncatis
et spina interna magna robusta ciu'vata auctis [calcaribus in posteri-
oribus minoribus ajqualibus], anticis in maribus valde curvatis, in
foeminis subrectis, intermediis in maribus subcurvatis, in foeminis
reetis, posticis in utroque sexu rectis : tarsis et unguicidis ut in
Bracliyptero, sed articulo basilari paulo angustiore.

Ab €T€pos, varius, et (ipayjiwv, brachium.

As will be seen from the above structural comparative diagnosis,
the insect for which I have proposed the present genus has much in
common with Bracliypterus. In its external facies indeed, antennae,
and oral organs it is so nearly identical with the members of that
group that it might thus far at least have been almost associated
with them ; though at the same time I must confess that I cannot

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satisfy myself of its possessing the additional apical abdominal seg-
ment which is characteristic of the male Brachypterl ; whilst, more-
over, the sexual differences of its prothorax, the longer and more aci-
culated joint of its maxillary palpi, and its scarcely prominent para-
glossoe are other (though not very important) points in which it re-
cedes from the Brachypteri proper. But, apart from these consider-
ations, the peculiarities of its legs (which, together with the antennae,
are considerably elongated in the male sex) are so decided that I can-
not but believe that it ought to be separated from that genus. Thus,
they are not merely longer than those of the Brack i/pteri, but their
femora are constricted beneath before the extremity so as to shape
out a conspicuous anguliform tooth, their tibise are slenderer, being
less dilated at the apex (where also the front pair have their inner
terminal sj)ur* strong, large, and flexuose) and greatly curved in the
male sex, and the basal joint of their tarsi is considerably less widened
than the following two. The tibite (and even the femora), when
viewed beneath a high microscopic jjower, are minutely serrated along
their inner edge ; and in the front pair of the males the outer angle
is obliquely lopped-off, or truncated, giving that part of the leg a
very singular appearance. These curious sexual modifications of the
legs are quite unnoticed in all the generic and subgeneric diagnoses
both of Bracliypterus and Cercus to which I have had access ; but in
the unproduced hinder angles of its prothorax, and the globose, im-
mensely developed ultimate joint of its labial palpi, HeterohracMum
has more in common mth the normal Brachypterl than with M.
Duval's Heterostomus.

180. Heterobrachium longimanum, n. sp.

H. oblongo-ovatum, testaceum vel fusco-testaceum, subnitidum, pu-
bescens, dense punctatum ; prothorace ad latera rotundato, posticc
truneato ; elytris vix paUidioribus, per suturam (jiraBsertim antice)
plus minus suffuse et anguste fusccscentibus ; antennarum clava
vix obscuriore ; tarsis ad apicem ipsissimum nigris.

Mas paulo major, prothorace latiore, magis rotundato, convexo, an-
tennis pedibusque longioribus, tibiis anticis eurvatis.

F(xm. paulo minor, prothorace minore, minus convexo, antennis pedi-
busque brevioribus, tibiis subrectis. — Long. corp. hn. |— 1.

Hahitat in excelsioribus sylvaticis Teneriifae et Palmas, rarissimum.

Apparently extremely rare, — the only spots in which I have taken
it being on the summit of the sylvan range above Taganana and Las
Mercedes of Teneriffe, and in Palma.

* The calcaria in the four hinder feet are both of them small, and subeqiial.

110 CAN ART AN COLEOPTERA.

Genus 74. BRACHYPTERUS.

Kugelann, in Schneicl. Mag. 506 (1794).

181. Brachjrpterus velatus.

B. oblongo-ovatiis, subconvexus, viridescenti-niger, nitidiis, grosse
flavescenti-cinereo-pubesceus, dense punetatus ; jii'othorace ad la-
tera subiequaliter rotundato, angulis posticis obtusis ; scutello ob-
tuse triangulari ; antennis pedibusque rufo-testaceis, illarum clava
tarsorumque apicibus ipsissimis nigrescentibus.

Var. /3 [an species ?]. Prothorace vix bre\-iore, antennarum clava pal-
lida, articulis ante clavam vix latioribus.

Var.y. Subcyanescenti-niger, minus pubescens. — Long.corp.lin. |— 1.

Brachypterus velatus, WoU.,Ann. Nat. Hist. (3rd series) xi. 217(1863).
Habitat in Canaria, Teneriffa et Hierro, siipei^ folia Urticce urentis,
L., sat vulgaris : var. /3 ad Canariam pertinet, sed varietatis y spe-
cimen unicum in Lanzarota cap turn solum vidi.

The more or less greenish-black hue of this Brachypterus, combined
with its long and coarse cinereous pile (which has generally a some-
what ycllo\vish tinge) and its bright rufo-testacoous limbs, will (ajiart
from minor diiferenees) sufficiently characterize it. It is rather
common, on Nettles (particularly the Urtica urens), in Grand Canary,
Teneriffe, and Hierro, — in the first of which I have taken it abun-
dantly at El Monte, in the second above the Puerto of Orotava, and
in the third to the south-west of Valverde ; in the last two of which
localities it was also captiu'ed by Mr. Gray. In Teneriffe it was like-
^ase found by Dr. Crotch. The var. /3 I have observed hitherto only
in Grand Canary ; and of the var. y I obtained a single specimen in
Lanzarote. It is just possible that the latter may be the exponent
of another, though closely allied, species ; nevertheless I think it
would be hardly safe, in the absence of further material, to regard
it as such. The example before me seems to differ in having its
antennae pale throughout, and with their subclaval joints perhaps
somewhat broader, — causing the club to appear a little less abrupt.

182. Brach3rpterus curtulus, n. sp.

B. ovatus, curtulus, convexus, subaenescenti-niger, nitidus, minute
et parce cinereo-pubescens, dense punetatus ; prothorace ad latera
a^qualiter rotundato, angulis posticis rotundatis ; scutello subsemi-
circulari ; antennis pedibusque rnfo-testaceis, illarum clava tarso-
rumque apice ipsissimo nigrescentibus. — Long. corp. lin. |— |.

Habitat in Lanzarota et Fuerteventura, hinc inde parce captus.

The smaller size, more compact, convexer and more ovate form of

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this rather insignificant Bracliyptcriis, in conjunction with its slightly
brassy and less pubescent surface, and the more rounded hinder angles
of its prothorax, will serve to distinguish it from the last species.
Hitherto I have observed it only in Lanzarote and Fuerteventtira, —
in both of which islands it occurs sparingly on flowers.

Genus 75. CARPOPHILUS.
(Leach) Staph., III. Brit. Ent. iii. 50 (1830).

183. CarpopMlus hemipterus.

Dermestes hemipterus, Linn., Syst. Nut. ii. 567 (1707).
Carpophilus hemipterus, Steph., III. Brit. Ent. iii. 50 (1830).

, Wall, Ins. Mad. 117 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 38 (1857).

Habitat Teneriffam, in ipsa urbe Sanctae Crucis frequens, certe in-
troductus.

I have taken this almost cosmopolitan insect abundantly, at times,
in the houses at S^^ Cruz in Teneriflfe ; in which position it was found
also by M. Hartung. As in Madeira, it is doubtless an imported
species through the medium of commerce.

184. Carpophilus auropilosus.

Carpophilus auropilosus, Woll., Ins. Mud. 117 (1854).
, Id., Cut. Mad. Col. 38 (1857).

Habitat Fuerteventuram, Canariam et Teneriffam ; ad Rio Palmas
Fuerteventurse pluiima specimina sub stercore camelino Aprili ineunte
A.B. 1859 coUegi.

This insect would seem to be more strictly indigenous in these
islands than it is in Madeira. In the latter it occurs principally
about houses and amongst stores (such as dried fruits, sugar, arrow-
root, tfec), and has aU the appearance of being an imported species;
but at the Canaries I have found it in a;perto, and quite removed from
localities of that kind. I have taken it in Grand Canary, and on one
occasion (in considerable abundance) from beneath camels' dung in
the Rio Palmas of Fuerteventura ; and it was captured by Dr. Crotch,
during the spring of 1862, at Ycod el Alto, in Teneriffe.

Genus 76. NITIDULA.

Fabricius, Syst. Ent. 77 (1775).

185. Nitidula flexuosa.

Nitidiila floxuosa, Oliv., Ent. ii. 12. 7 (1790).
, Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 150 (1848).

112 CANAEIAN COLEOPTERA.

Nitidula flexuosa, Woll, Ins. Mad. 119 (1854).
, Id., Cat. Mad Col. 39 (1857).

Habitat Fuerteventuram, ad Agua Bueyes d. 28. Jan. a.d. 1859
deprehensa.

This European Nitidula (which occurs also in Porto Santo) was
taken by Mr. Gray and myself, from out of bones, at Agua Bueyes
in Fuerteventura, on the 28th of January 18.58 ; which is the only
instance that I am aware of, of its having been found at the Canaries.

Genus 77. PRIA.
(Kirby) Staph., III. Brit. Ent. iii. 49 (18.30).

186. Pria didcamarse.

Laria dulcamar?e, Scop., Ent. Cam. 22 (1763).

Pria trmicatella et Meligethes dulcamaroe, Steph,, III. Brit. Ent. iii.
45 et 50 (18.30).

dulcamarfB, JFolL, Im. Mad 122 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 40 (1857).

Hahitat Teneriffam et Palmam, in herbidis, rarissime.

The only island of the Group in which I have myself observed this
European insect is Palma ; where, during May of 1858, I captured
several specimens of it by briishing various plants on the damp per-
pendicular rocks high up in the Barranco da Agua. It was however
taken sparingly, during the spring of 1862, by Dr. Crotch, in Tene-
riffe. It occurs likewise at Madeira.

Genus 78. MELIGETHES.
(Kirby) Staph., III. Brit. Ent. iii. 45 (1830).

187. Meligethes varicollis.

Meligethes varicollis, Woll, Ins. 3Iad. 120 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 41 (1857).

erythropa, Ilartuny [uec Mshni], Geoloy. Verlmltn. Lanz. mid

Fueri. 140.

Hahitat Lanzarotam, Fuerteventuram et Teneriffam, hinc inde in
floribus hand infrequens.

This large and distinct Meligethes (which occurs rarely in the sylvan
districts of Madeira) is localhj far from uncommon at the Canaries ;
nevertheless it is chiefly in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura that I have
hitherto observed it. In the former of those islands it was taken by
Mr. Gray and myself, near Haria, dming January 1858 ; and during
the following spring I captured it again in the same region, as also
in the Eio Palmas of Fuerteventura. And I subsequently obtained
four examples of it at Taganana, in the north of Teneriff'e. In Lan-

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zarote it was likewise found by M. Hartung, two of whose specimens
have been communicated to me by Dr. Heer ; but it is wrongly iden-
tified in his catalogue with the Nitidtda erytliropa of Marsham, —
from which it is totally distinct. All the individuals which I have
examined (47 in number) have their prothorax entirely concolorous
with the rest of their surface ; so that the state which is found occa-
sionally in Madeira with the edges of the pronotum testaceous would
appear to be quite aberrant, and one which perhaps does not exist at
the Canaries.

188. Meligethes virescens, n. sp.

M, angustulo-oblongus, convexus, a^neo-viridis, minutissime cinereo-
pubescens, profunde sed vix dense punctatus ; antennis pedibusque
piceo-ferrugineis, tibiis anticis leviter dilatatis, extus subtiliter
denticulatis (denticulis mox ante apicem longioribus).

Var. /3 capite prothoraceque rufescentibus. — Long. corp. lin. §-vix 1.

Habitat TenerifFam et Gomeram, floribus Messei'schmidtke fruticosoi
prgecipue gaudens.

The present MeligeiJies is somewhat aUied, in colour and outline,
to the common European ilf. ceneus ; nevertheless it is smaller and
rather narrower than that insect, its surface is much more coarsely
(and not quite so densely) punctured, its antennce are relatively
shorter, and the denticulations of its front tibise are more distinct.
It possesses a curious tendency to have its prothorax occasionally
somewhat diluted in hue ; and in a sj)ecimen which was captured
by Mr. Gray in Gomera (during our visit to that island in February
1858) both the head and pronotum are bright rufous ; nevertheless
it is certainly nothing more than an extreme variety of the species
now under consideration. I have taken the M. virescens rather com-
monly between the Puerto and Villa of Orotava in TenerifFe, where
it is particularly attached to the fragrant blossoms of the Messer-
sclimidtia fruticosa.

189. Meligethes tristis.

Nitidula tristis, Schnpp., in litt.

Meligethes tristis, Sturm, Deufsch. Fna, xvi. 40. t. 309, f. a, A, h (1845).

, Woll, Ins. Mad. 124 (1854).

, Id., Cat. 3Iad. Col. 41 (1857).

, Hartung/, Oeolog. Verhdltn. Lanz. und Fuert. 141.

Habitat in Canaria, Teneriffa, Gomera, Palma et Hierro, in locis
intermediis, passim.

The European M. tristis (which is universal at Madeira) is sparingly
distributed over these islands, where it occurs principally in sylvan
spots of intermediate and rather lofty elevations. I have taken it in

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Grand Canary, in TenerifFe (namely at Taganana, on the mountains
above S*'' Cruz, at Las Mercedes, the Agua Garcia, &c.), in Pahna
(namely in the eastern ravines, at the Banda, &c,), and in Hierro ;
and it was captured by Mr. Gray near San Sebastian of Gomera. It
was also met with by Dr. Crotch in TenerifFe, Gomera, and Palma.
It varies a little in the colour of its pubescence, which is either of a
cinereous white or with a more or less yellowish tinge.— being occa-
sionally of an almost golden hue. It is entered in M. Hartung's list
of Fuerteventuran Coleoptera ; and although there is no reason why
it should not exist in that island, yet considering the many errors
which I have already alluded to as having been most undoubtedly
committed in M. Hartung's liah'itats, and since I am determined to
quote no localities in this Catalogue except those concerning which
I have the most positive evidence, I think it safer not to record the
sjiecies as a Fuerteventuran one — more particularly as it appears
probable, from my own observations, that the insect does not occur
in the two eastern islands of the archipelago.

Genus 79. XENOSTRONGYLUS.
Wollaston, Ins. Mad. 127. tab. ii. f. 8 (1854).

190. Xenostrongylus histrio.

Xeuostrongylus histrio et canarieusis, Woll.,Ins.Mad. 127,128. tab. ii.
f. 8 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 41 (1857).

ai'cuatus, Kiesw., Berl. Zeit. 57 (1859).

Habitat insulas omnes Canarienses, prsesertim in locis sylvaticis,
vulgaris.

The X. histrio, which is universal in the Madeiran Group (being
found in Madeira proper, Porto Santo, and on the Desertas), and
which has also been detected (since the publication of my ' Insecta
Maderensia') in Sicily and the south of Spain, is equally universal
at the Canaries, — in the ivhoJe seven islands of which I have myseK
taken it, more or less abundantly. In Lanzarote, Palma, and Hierro
it was found likewise by Mr. Gray, and in TenerifFe and Gomera by
Dr. Crotch. It is more common, however, within the sylvan regions
of the central and western portions of the archipelago than elsewhere,
in certain parts of which it absolutely teems. Thus, at the Agua
Garcia of TenerifFe and in the district of El Golfo on the western
side of Hierro I have brushed it in immense numbers from out of
the rank fern and vegetation in shady spots.

It is excessively variable in the colour of its scales, and in the

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development and exact arrangement of its fascioe and markings, —
being usually paler, and also a trifle larger, in exposed barren loca-
lities (such as those of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura) than it is in the
moister and more wooded ones. In the latter indeed its blacker scales
often preponderate to such an extent as almost to cover the entire
surface, — under vrhicli circumstances a single example (if taken alone)
might well be mistaken for the exponent of another species. But,
judging from the immense series which I have collected in all the
islands, I am quite satisfied that no second Xenostromjylus has as yet
been brought to light,- — since I am able to connect completely the
various states, and shades of colouring, which obtain in different dis-
tricts. On the average, perhaps, the Canarian specimens are a trifle
smaller and more darkly coloured than the Madeiran ones ; and the
latter than those from the Mediterranean regions* : and it was to a
solitary and rather blackened individual collected in TeneriiFe that
I gave (vide ' Ins. Mad.' 127), in 1854, the trivial name oicanariensis:
nevertheless I now perceive, from more extensive material, that it is
conspecific with the X. Mstrio ; and I have accordingly suppressed it.

Genus 80. CYBOCEPHALUS.
Erichson, iti Oenn. Zeitsch. v. 441 (1844).
The little genus CyhocejpliaJus of Erichson is undoubtedly coin-
cident with my Stagonomorpha (' Ins. Mad.' 484), which I regarded,
in 1854, as a new group of the Anisotomidce. And so closely indeed
do the species which compose it resemble diminutive Agathidia, that
it is difficult to believe that their affinities should be rather with
Cgllodes, Xenostrongylus, and Oychramus than with AmpliicylUs and
Agathidium. Still, for the reasons which have been already an-
nounced by Erichson, and subscribed to by others, I would not wish
to dispute the relationship which is usually conceded to them. Their
analogy, however, with the Agathidia is carried out in all their ex-
ternal (and many of their stnictural) details ; for not only have they
the power of rolling their bright glabrous bodies into a baU, but even
the genus itself is capable of being subdivided in a precisely similar
manner, dependent (as I have shown below) on the greater or less
oblique-truncation of the humeral angles of the elytra. Indeed this
loppivig-off of the shoulders would be sufficient of itself to distinguish

* Having received from Dr. Schaum a type of the X. arcuatiis of Iviesenwetter,
for comparison, I may add that I am quite satisfied it is not specifically distinct
from the Mstrio. It is merely a trifle larger, and, from its limbs being tucked
under it (so as to raise up the body), has the appearance at first sight of being a
little more convex.

I 2

116 CANAEIAN COLEOPTERA.

the second of the Cyhocephali here enimciated from the first; but
(apart from its purely specific characters alluded to in the diagnosis)
the less truncated apical joint, also, of its antennae ^ill still further
remove that species from the C. sjplicerula (which is, in all respects,
a normal representative of its group). Nevertheless in eveiything
essential the C. Icevis is an undoubted Cyhoceplialus, and cannot ]30s-
sibly be treated as anything but congeneric with the other.

As I was of course unaware when I pubHshed my Stagonomorplia
that it was identical with Cyhocepludus, it never occiu-red to me to
refer at all to the diagnosis of the latter ; and it is therefore worth
observing that I should unintentionally have fully corroborated the
after-remark of M. Jacq. Duval, that the tarsi of this genus are
strictly tetramerous, and that consequently Erichson was mistaken in
supposing that there existed a minute fourth joint concealed between
the lobes of the deeply cordate third one. I examined the feet of
Stagonomorpha , at the time, with great care, and completely satisfied
myself that there was no such additional articulation ; and I am con-
vinced therefore that M. Duval is perfectly correct in his statement
on this point.

§ I. Elytra ad Jiumeros rotundata : antennarum articxdus idtimus
brevissimus, vcdde trimcatus.

191. Cybocephalus sphserula.

C. breviter ovalis, ater (vel subsenescenti-ater), nitidus, dense alu-
taceus ; prothorace (oculo fortiter armato) minutissimc et parce
punctulato, ad latera obscure dilutiore : elytris (prjesei'tim postice)
sat distincte punctulatis ; an tennis pedibusque breviuscuhs, fusco-
testaceis.

Varied capite prothoraceque dilute testaceis. — Long, corp. lin. vix |-
vixf.

Stagonomorplia sphserula et unicolor, WoU.,Ins.Macl. 484, 485. tab. x.

f. 8 (1854).
, 1(1, Cat. Mad. Col. 148 (1857).

Habitat Lanzarotam, Canariam, Tenerifiam, Gomeram et Palmam,
praesertim in hortis super folia Myrtorum, hinc inde vulgaris.

The present Cyhocepludvs, which appears to be identical with the
species which I described from Madeira in 1854, differs, inter alia,
from the European exiguus in being smaller, in having the hinder
margin of its prothorax more sinuated or concave (causing the pos-
terior angles to appear less rounded oflp), and in its surface, when
viewed beneath the microscope, being much more coarsely alutaceous
and with the (very remote) punctures relatively more evident. It

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is widely spread over these islands, where in all probability it is uni-
versal. Hitherto, however, I have observed it only in Lanzarote,
Grand Canary, Teneriffe, and Palma ; though I have examined two
specimens which were taken by Dr. Crotch in Gomera. In Lanzarote
it is decidedly rare. In Grand Canary it abounds in certain districts :
thus, in the region of El Monte and at San Mateo I have taken it
in the greatest profusion, in gardens, by beating the foliage of the
common narrow-leaved Myrtle. In Teneriffe it appears to be scarce,
where however I have met with it sparingly immediately above the
Puerto Orotava, and elsewhere ; whilst in Palma it is rather more
common, — most of my specimens being from the upper part of the
Barranco above S'" Cruz.

§ II. Elytra ad humeros oblique truncata : antennarum articulus
ultimus hreviusculus, paido truncatus.

192. Cybocephalus laevis, n. sp.

C, breviter ovalis, ater, nitidissimus, hand alutaceus ; prothorace
latiusculo, impunctato, concolore, ad angulos posticos rotundato ;
elytris (praesertim postice) sat distincte punctulatis ; antennis pe-
dibusque fusco-testaceis. — Long. corp. Im. vix |,

* Habitat in Lanzarota, rarissimus.

Amongst 83 specimens of Canarian Cybocepliali which I have
examined closely beneath the microscope, I find foxu- which differ
entirely from the rest, and I have consequently described them as
above. The diminutive size of these insects necessaiily renders their
distinctive characters microscopic ones ; but, in this instance at all
events, they are certainly not the less real because (of necessity) thus
difficult of observation. Apart from the structural featiu'es indicated
in my Sectional diagnosis (of more obliquely truncated shoidders and
the less abbreviated terminal joint of its club) which separate the
present species from the last one, the 0. IcBvis may be farther recog-
nized by its more intensely black hue and apparently quite conco-
lorous prothorax (which is more rounded off at the posterior angles),
by its rather longer antennae, and by its surface being more highly
polished, and totally free (when viewed under the microscope) from
the alutaceous sculpture which is never absent from its ally. Its
pronotum, too, is apparently quite impunctate, there being no indi-
cation whatever of the minute (but distant) punctules which are
always visible in that species. My four examples of the C. laevis
were all taken in Lanzarote, and, I believe (so far as I can recoUect),
on the sandy sea-shore near Arrecife.

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Genus 81. RHIZOPHAGUS.

Herbst, Kaf. v. 18. tab. i. f. 7-9 (1793).

193. Rhizophagus pinetorum, n. sp.

R. subconvexus, rufo-ferrugineus, nitidus ; capite sat dense punctu-
lato ; prothorace elongato-oblongo, ad latera subrecto, postice vix
angustiore, angulis antieis subporrcctis, profunde sod parce ob-
longe puuctato ; elytris fusiformi-parallelis, sat profunde punc-
tato-striatis. — Long. corp. lin. vix l|-2.

Habitat in pinetis TenerifFte et Palmae, lignum antiquum Pini ca-
nariensis destruens.

The present Rliizophagus is probably widely spread over the old
Finals of these islands ; for, having taken it in several positions both
in TenerifFe and Palma, I have but little doubt that it must occur in
the ancient pine -forests of Grand Canary also. At the Agua Mansa,
and in the lofty Pinal above Ycod el Alto, of Teneriffe it is occa-
sionally abundant, in the rotten wood of the Pinus canariensis ; as
also, in similar places, in the Banda, and in the Barranco above S*"
Cruz, of Palma. It may be known from the following species by being
a little larger, more convex, and shining (there being no appearance
of the ahitaceous sculpture whicli characterizes that insect) ; by its
prothorax being relatively somewhat longer, straighter at the sides,
more coarsely and sparingly punctured, less evidently (if indeed at
all) narrowed behind, and with the anterior angles more porrect ;
and by its elytra being more deeply punctate-striated.

It is very closely allied to the European R, ferrugineus and per-
foratus, partalcing of the characters of them both without agreeing
exactly with either ; so that if it is to be regarded as a geographical
modification of some northern form, it might be referred with almost
equal propriety to either of those species. On this account I think it
better to retain it as distinct, more particularly since the remoteness of
its habitat and its exclusive attachment to the Pinus canariensis would
alike imply that such, in all probability, is really the case. From
the ferrugineus it diSers in being a little more depressed and less
cyUndric (its elytra being rather more fusiform, or less straight-
ened at the sides), in its prothorax being more narrowly margined
and (together with the head) not quite so coarsely punctured, in its
humeral angles being somewhat more porrect, and in the punctures
and strife of its elytra being less deep. From the pcrforatus, on the
other hand, it may be known by being on the average considerably
larger, by its prothorax being just perceptibly convexer, less remotely

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pimcturecl and more laterally compressed in front, and by its elytra
being less acute behind, with their striae rather deeper.

194. Ehizophagus subopacus, n. sp.

11. subdepressus, rufo-ferrugineus, subopacus, minute alutaceiis ; ca-
pite convexo, dense punctulato ; prothorace oblongo, ad latera vix
subrotundato, postice sensim angnstiore, angnlis anticis rotundatis,
obtusis, leviter et sat dense punctulato, in disco deprcsso ; elytris
fusiformi-parallelis, levdter punctato-striatis, per suturam obsolete
obscurioribus ; antennis breviusculis. — Long. corp. lin. 1|-1|.

Habitat Palmam, in locis similibus ac praecedens, sed rarior.

The rather flatter and less shining surface of this species (which,
under a high magnifying power, is minutely and densely alutaceous),
its slightly smaller size, its more finely and more closely punctulated
prothorax, which is relatively somewhat shorter, more depressed on
the disc, more perceptibly narrowed behind and rounded in front
(causing the sides to be less straight), and with its anterior angles
more obtuse, combined with its more lightly striated elytra, rather
darkened suture, and perhaps somewhat shorter antennae, will suffice
to separate it from the R. pinetorum. It is very much rarer than
that insect ; for out of 89 specimens of Canarian Rhizopliagi which I
have just examined, four only belong to it. They were captured by
myself in Palma, during the spring of 1858, — from beneath the rotten
bark of a Pinus caimriensis high up in the Barranco above S*" Cruz.
That they are no local modification peculiar to that island is evident
from the fact that I took them in company with the last species.

Fam. 14. TROGOSITID^.

Genus 82. TEMNOCHILA.
Westwood, Zool. Journ, v. 231 [script. Temnoscheila] (1835).

195. Temnochila pini.

T. subcylindrico-parallela, cyanea, nitida; capite parce punctulato,
antice carina media angustti impresso ; prothorace trapeziformi,
postice rotundato, augulis posticis obtusis, angnlis anticis subpor-
rectis, versus latera profunde et dense sed in disco leviter et parce
punctato ; elytris punctato-striatis, interstitiis transversim pHcatis
necnon uniscriatim punctulatis ; antennis ad apicem tarsisque ni-
gro-piceis.— Long. corp. lin. 9.

Trogosita pini, Bndle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 70 (1838).
Habitat in pinetis Canaria) et Palmar, truncos vetustos Pini camc-
riensis perforaus.

120 CANARIAN COLEOPXERA.

The only perfect example of this superb Temnochila which I have
myself taken was captured, in the rotten wood of an old Pi)ius cana-
riensis. in Grand Canary (on the ascent to the Pinal fi'om San Bar-
tolome, of Tarajana) during April 1858. I have, however, found the
remains of it, in similar positions, at the Banda (towards the edges
of the great Caldeira) of Palma ; and in all probability it occiu-s in
Teneriffe likewise, and indeed wherever the remains of the ancient
Finals still exist. It is somewhat allied to the European T. cceridea,
but (judging from my single specimen) is considerably larger, cya-
neous or blue (instead of bluish -green), and not quite so shining ;
its head is rather more finely punctured and less deeply channeled
in front ; its prothorax is relatively both a little longer and a little
wider, more sinuated at the apex and more rounded behind, with the
anterior angles more porrected and the posterior ones more obtuse ;
and its elytra are more straightly truncated at their base, and rather
less rugiilose.

Genus 83. LIPASPIS.
WoUaston, Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud. 140 [script, Leipaspis] (1862).

196, Lipaspis lauricola.

Leipaspis lauricola, Woll., loc. cit. 142 (1862).

Habitat in lauretis Teneriffse et Palmae, sub cortice arborum laxo,
rarissima.

For the generic characters of Lipaspis, and the distinctions between
the three species here enumerated, I must refer to my paper on the
" Euphorhia-miG&iin^ Coleoptcra of the Canaries " lately published in
the ' Transactions of the Entomological Society of London.' Although
not belonging to the Euphorbian fauna, this insect and the following
one were described (as will be seen on reference) in a foot-note to
the memoir alluded to, The L. lauricola seems to be confined to the
laurel-woods of intermediate elevations, and is apparently extremely
rare. In such positions I have taken it, from beneath the loosened
bark of the old trees, at Las Mercedes and towards Point Anaga of
Teneriffe ; as also high up in the Barranco da Agua, and the Bar-
ranco de Galga, of Palma.

197. Lipaspis pinicola.

Leipaspis piuicola, Wall., loc. cit. 143 (1802).
Habitat in piuetis Tencriffce et PalmiB, rarissima.
As in the case of the last species, I have hitherto observed the pre-
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confined to the Pinus canariensis of the old Finals, in the same man-
ner as that insect is attached to the various laurels. It would seem
to be even scarcer than its ally ; though from the difficulty of reach-
ing many of the elevated regions and precipitous mountain -slopes in
which the fir-trees occur, it may perhaps in reality be rather local
than absolutely rare. I have taken it sparingly in Tencriff'e (from
under the loose bark of a felled pine-tree at the Agua Mansa), and
in the region of the Banda of Palma.

198. Lipaspis caulicola.
Leipaspis caulicola, Woll., loc. cit. 142. pi. vii. f. 1 (1862).
Habitat TenerifFam, intra caulem putridum Ewphorbice canariensis
in montibus supra Sanctam Crucem capta.

The only specimen which I have seen hitherto of this insect was
captured by myself, within the putrid stems of a Euphorbia cana-
riensis, on the mountains above ^^ Cruz of Teneriffe, — in the di-
rection of Las Mercedes.

Genus 84. TEOGOSITA.
Olivier, Ent. ii. 19 [script. Trogossita\ (1790).

§ I. Protliorax subcordatus : antennce apicem versus gradatim in-

crassatce.

199. Trogosita mauritanica.

Tenebrio mauritanicus, Linn., Si/st, Nat. ii. 674 (1767).

Trogossita mauritanica, Oliv., Etit. ii. 19. 6 (1790).

Trogosita caraboides, Bridle, in Webb et BeHh. (Col.) 71 (1838).

mauritanica, JFoll, Ins. Mad. 154 (1854).

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

caraboides, Hartung, Geoloy. Verhdltn. Lanz, undFuert. 140 & 141.

Habitat Lanzarotam, Fuerteventuram, Canariam et Tenerifiam, in
domibus et proesertim sub recremento farris circa basin acervorum
tritici sparso, hinc inde vulgaris.

The almost cosmopolitan T. mauritanica is doubtless an introduced
insect in these islands, — no less than it is at Madeira. It has, how-
ever, completely established itself in various places, where it is often
excessively common. It is beneath the refuse which strews the
ground around the base of corn-stacks where it more particularly
abounds; and in such situations I have observed it plentifully in
Lanzarote and Fuerteventura,- — in company with the Silvanus suri-
namensis, Aglenus brunneus, Tenebrio ohscurus, Cryptophagus dentatus,
Corticaria serrata, and certain other species. And I have taken it
in houses (in the neighbourhood of grain, and other farinaceous sub-

122 CANAEIAN COLEOPTERA.

stances) both in Grand Canary and TenerifFe, in the latter of which
it has also been captured by the Barao do Castello de Paiva. In Lan-
zarote and Fuerteventm-a it was likewise met with by M. Hartimg.
There can be Httle doubt that it is universal throughout the archi-
pelago.

§ II, Protliorax subquadratus : antennce ad apicem suhito clavatcv (ar-
ticulis 9"", 10™'* et 11"^° clavam distinctam intus semitam efficlen-
tibus),

200. Trogosita recta.

T. elongata, subdepressa, inceo-fusca, subopaca ; capite prothoraceque
profunde sed hand dense oblonge pimctatis, hoc ad latera oblique
recto, angulis anticis porrectis, angulis ipsissimis posticis exstanti-
bus ; elytris fusiformi-paralleHs, profunde crenato-striatis. — Long,
corp. hn. 3.

Trogosita recta, Woll, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (3rd series) i. 144 (1862).

Habitat Lanzarotam borealem, in trunco quodam Eupliorb'ue pntrido
semel capta.

Though certainly distinct from it, the present Trogosita is very
closely related to the Madeiran T. scrrata. It is, however, a Httle
darker and less parallel than that insect (its prothorax being a little
wider in front, and the elytra a little more evidently dUated behind
the middle) ; its prothorax is not quite so densely punctured, more
coarsely margined, and straighter (though oblique) at the sides, —
with its anterior angles more porrect, and its extreme basal ones
more prominent ; its whole body is a trifle less cyHndric ; and its
tibiiB are less evidently pubescent along their inner edge. In its
habits, too, it would appear to recede from that species, — the unique
example which has come under my notice having been taken from
out of a dead EKphorbia-^iem. at Ye, in the north of Lanzarote,
during our encampment there in March 1859 ; whereas the T. ser-
rata has hitherto been detected only about the houses of Funchal
and amongst various articles of commerce, — leading to the supposi-
tion that it has probably been accidentally introduced into the island.

In its mode of life indeed the T. recta, seems to be coincident with
the latens ; nevertheless it may be immediately known from that in-
sect by its much smaller size, less parallel outline, and reddish-brown
hue (the latens being black), by its less depressed upper surface, by
the straighter sides and more porrected anterior angles of its pro-
thorax, by its less deeply striated elytra, and by its rather shorter
and less clavated antennee, — the ultimate joint particularly being
considerably less developed.

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123

201. Trogosita latens.

Trogosita latens, WolL, Trmis.EnL Soc.Lond. (3rd series) i. 143 (1862).

Habitat in Lanzarota, TenerifFa et Hierro, sub cortice Eupliorhi-
arum laxo putrido latens.

This very distinct Trogosita (the characters of which are fully
pointed out in my paper alluded to under Leipas^ns lauricola) appears
to be both scarce and local, and confined (so far as observed hitherto)
to the rotten Euphorbias, beneath the damp bark of Avhich it Hes
concealed, — generally towards the hase of the stems, and even under-
ground near the roots. In such places it was found by Mr. Gray
and myseK on the Risco overlooking the Sahnas, in the extreme
north of Lanzarote, during January 1858 ; and I subsequently cap-
tured it, in similar spots, at Taganana of Teneriffe and in the district
of El Golfo, on the western side of Hierro.

Fam. 15. COLYDIAD^.

Genus 85. MONOTOMA.
Herbst, Natursyst. v. (1793).

202. Monotonia spinicoUis.

Monotoma spinicollis, Auhe, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, vi. 463.

pi. 17. f. 6 (1837).
spinifera, Woll, Cat. Mad. Col. 67 (1857).

Habitat Teneriflfam et Gomeram, sub quisquiliis degens.

A single specimen of this European Monotoma (which occurs also
in Madeira) was taken by Mr. Gray from beneath vegetable refuse,
in a garden near S*'^ Cruz of Teneriffe, during the winter of 1858 ;
and six others have lately been communicated by Dr. Crotch, — five
of which he captured in Teneriffe, and the remaming one at Her-
migua in Gomera.

203. Monotoma picipes.

Monotonia picipes, Hhst, Ki'tf. v. 24 (1793).

, Auhe, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, vi. 458. pi. 17. f. 3 (1837).

, Hedt, Fna Austr. 203 (1849).

congener, Woll, Cat. Mad. Col. 68 (1857).

Habitat Teneriffam, a Dom. W. D. Crotch reperta.

I have not myself observed this common Eiiropean insect at the
Canaries ; but four examples of it have been submitted to me by Dr.
Crotch, who captured them, during the spring of 1862, in Teneriffe.
In all probability it will be found to be pretty general, if searched
for beneath decaying vegetable refuse, — in which position it likewise

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occurs at Madeira, from whence I described it, in 1857, under the
name of M. congener.

204. Monotonia quadricoUis.

Monotoma quadricollis, Auhe, Ann. de la Sac. Ent, de France, vi. 465.
pi. 17. f. 7(1837).

, Redt., Fna Austr. 203 (1849).

, WolL, Ann. Nat. Mist. (3rd series) v. 263 (1860).

Habitat Lanzarotam, Fuerteventuram et TenerLffam, sub quisquiliis,
passim.

The European M. quadricollis (which occurs also at Madeira) is
rather common in certain positions at the Canaries. I have taken
it abiuidantly, beneath vegetable rejectamenta, around Haria in the
north of Lanzarote, from under camels' dung in the Rio Palmas of
Fuerteventura, and near Orotava of Teneriffe ; in the first of which
islands it was found likewise by Mr. Gray and Dr. Crotch.

205. Monotoma 4-foveolata.

Monotonia 4-foveolata, Aube, Ami. de la Soc. Ent. de Fra^ice, vi. 408.
pi. 17. f. 9 (1837).

, Redt, Fna Austr. 203 (1849).

, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. (3rd series) v. 264 (1860).

Habitat Lanzarotam et Teneriffam, rarissima.

The present Monotoma (which, like the last one, is a weU-known
European species, and which is fomid also at Madeira) would appear
to be rare in these islands. Indeed hitherto I have myself taken but
a single Canarian example, — namely near Haria, in the north of
Lanzarote. Two more, however, have come beneath my observation,
captiired by Dr. Crotch in Teneriffe.

Genus 86. TARPHIUS.
(Germar) Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 256 (1848).

206. Tarphius simplex.
Tai-phius simplex, Wall., Jotirn. of Ent. i. 382. pi. 19. f. 1 (1862).

Habitat Teneriffam, in lauretis editioribus, trimcis ramulisque ar-
borum prolapsis adhserens.

For the specific characters of the nine TarpMi here enumerated,
and their various diagnostic features, I must refer to my paper (above
aUuded to) which has lately been published in the ' Journal of Ento-
mology.' The T. simplex is not imcommon within the laurel-districts
of Teneriffe, — where (hke the other species) it may be found adhering
to the undersides of pieces of wood, the fallen trunks of trees, stones.

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&c., in the thickest and dampest parts of the forest. I have taken
it at the Agiia Mansa, Ycod el Alto, the Agna Garcia, Las Mercedes,
and on the sylvan slopes ahove Taganana and Point Anaga.

207. TarpMus camelus.
Tai-phius camelus, JFolL, loc. cit. 383. pi. 19. f. 2 (1862).
Habitat ins. Hierro, in sylvaticis occidentalibus regionis "El GoKo"
dictae, mense Februario a,d. 1858, repertus.

The only two specimens which I have seen of this fine Tarphius
were captured by myself, during February 1858, in the island of
Hierro — in the dense sylvan region which forms the upper part of
the district of El Golfo.

208. Tarphius canariensis.
Tai-phius canariensis, Woll, loc. cit. 383. pi. 19. f. 3 (18G2).

Habitat Canariam, TenerifFam et Palmam, in sylvaticis sat vulgaris.

The present Tarphius is apparently more widely spread over the
archipelago than any of the other species here enumerated. In the
wooded districts of Teneriffe it is universal — occurring, in similar
spots as its allies, at the Agua Mansa, the Agua Garcia, Ycod el Alto,
Las Mercedes, Taganana, &e. ; and I have likewise taken it, though
sparingly, at Osorio in Grand Canary, and (more abundantly) in the
various sylvan regions of Palma. The examples from the latter island
are just perceptibly narrower and less flattened than those from Tene-
riffe, and have their setae a trifle longer, darker, and less thickened,
their prothorax a little more seooped-out behind, their elytral nodules
but seldom diluted in hue, and their antennae perhaps (if anything)
somewhat shorter ; but I do not believe that they can be regarded
as specifically distinct. I have, however, in my paper already alluded
to, recorded them as a " var. /3 " of the T. canariensis.

209. Tarphius erobus.
Tarphius erosus, Woll., loc. cit. 384. pi. 19. f. 4 (1862).

Habitat in sylvaticis Teneriffae, una cum specie praecedente degens.

It is just possible that this Tarphius may be but an extreme state
of the T. canariensis, in which the prothorax is much more suddenly
and deeply scooped-out behind than is the case in the ordinary type ;
nevertheless, since I have not been able to connect it with that in-
sect, I think it would scarcely be safe to treat it as such, — more
particularly since it possesses other minute distinctions of its own
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referred to). Hitherto I have observed the T. erosus only in the
laurel-woods towards the north-eastern portion of Teneriife, — where,
at Las Mercedes, as also above Taganana and Point Anaga, it occurs,
not uncommonly, in company with the last species.

210. TarpMus quadratus.

Tai-jihius quadratus, Woll, loc. cit. 384. pi. 19. f. 5 (1862).

Habitat in lauretis editioribus Palmae, rarissimus.

This broad and comparatively square Tarpldus is apparently of the
greatest rarity, and confined (so far as I have observed hitherto) to
the laurel-regions of Palma, — where, during May and June of 1858,
I captured it from beneath sticks and small pieces of wood on the
ascent to the Cumbre above Buenavista, and towards the upper part
of the Barranco de Galga.

211. Tarphius congestus.
Tai-phius congestus, Woll, loc. cit. 385. pi. 19. f. 6 (1862).

Habitat in lauretis et pinetis Teneriflfe, rarissinuis.

Likewise extremely rare, the only region in which I have hitherto
captured it being that of the Agua Mansa of TenerifFe, — where I took
it sparingly diu-ing May of both 1858 and 1859, not merely in the
laurel- woods, but also amongst the ^/--plantations on the ascent to

the Cumbre.

212. TarpMus gigas.
Tarphius gigas, Woll, loc. cit. 386. pi. 19. f. 7 (1862).
Habitat Teneriffam, in sylvaticis rai-issimus.

Two specimens only of this comparatively gigantic Tarpliius have
as yet come beneath my notice. They were both of them captured
in the laurel-woods on the mountains between Taganana and Point
Anaga, during May of 1859.

213. Tarphius caudatus.
Tarphius caudatus, Woll, loc. cit. 386. pi. 19. f. 8 (1862).

Habitat in lauretis excelsioribus Teneriffse, hinc inde baud infro-
quens.

This curious species, so remarkable for its thick squarish body and
flattened surface, and for the apical ridges of its elytra being length-
ened out into a hinder process, or a kind of obtuse tail, is extremely
local, but not very uncommon in the laurel-woods towards the north-
eastern extremity of Teneriffe. In the highest (sylvan) part of the
Las Mercedes' range, as also in the dense forest above Taganana, I
took it, in tolerable abimdance, during May 1859.

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214, Tarphius deformis.
Tarphius deformis, Woll, loc. cit. 387. pi. 19. f. 9 (1862).
Habitat TenerifFam sylvaticam, late sed parce diflfiisiis.
Widely spread over the sylvan regions of TenerifFe, though appa-
rently everywhere scarce. I have taken it, very sparingly, at the
Agua Mansa, the Agua Garcia, and by the edges of the Vneltas on
the wooded mountains above Taganaua.

Genus 87. COSSYPHODES.

Westwood, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (new series) i. 168 (1851).

215. Cossyphodes WoUastonii.

Cossypbodes WoUastonii, Westio., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond, i. 170 (18.51).

, Woll, Ins. Mad. 146. tab. iii. f. 3 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col 49 (1857).

Habitat in formicarum nidis TenerilFse et Gomerte, rarissimus.

This very remarkable and interesting little insect, which occurs in
ants'-nests in Madeira, is found also, in similar positions, at the Ca-
naries. So far as I have observed hitherto, however, it appears to
be exceedingly rare, — the only spots in which I have taken it being
immediately outside the Puerto Orotava of TeneriiFe and in the Bar-
ranco above San Sebastian of Gomera.

Genus 88. AULONIUM.
Erichson, Nat. der Ins. Dmtsch. iii. 275 (1848).

216. Aulonium sulcicolle, n. sp.

A. elongatum, cylindricum, nitidum, piceo-nigrum, elytris, antennis
pedibusque rufo-ferrugineis ; capite prothoraceque minute punctu-
latis, illo antice picescentiore, postice bituberculato, hoc 4-sulcato,
sulcis intermediis antice evanescentibus, postice divergentibus ;
elytris minutissime (sed vix subseriatim) punctulatis. — Long. corp.
lin. 2-2^.

Habitat TenerifFam et Palmam rarissimum, sub cortice Pini cana-
riensis emortuo erodens.

The present Auloniimi seems, in some respects, to be intermediate
between the European A. sulcatum and bicolor ; though in its general
colour and bitubercnlated head, as well as in the excessively fine
punctules of its elytra, and the elevated, or costate, edge of the an-
terior portion of its outer prothoracic sulci, it has certainly more in
common with the latter than with the former. It is, however, larger,
and relatively broader, than the A. bicolor ; its elytra are entirely
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CANAEIAN COLEOPTERA.

are even still less evidently striatc-punctatc (the minute punctules
being scarcely at all longitudinally disposed) ; its frontal tubercles
are perhaps somewhat more develoi^ed ; and its prothorax (which has
a less perceptible tendency to be narrowed behind) has its two inner
sulci less parallel, or more divergent on the posterior disc.

The A. siihicoUe seems to be exceedingly rare, and confined to the
rotten bark of old pine-trees in the Finals of intermediate and rather
lofty elevations ; under which circumstances I have taken it at the
Agua Mansa in Tencriffe, and in the Barranco above S'"* Cruz in Palma,

Genus 89. AGLENUS.
Erichson, Nat. dcr Ins. Deutsch. iii. 285 (1848).

217. Aglenus brumieus.

Hj^opliloeiis ? bruuneus, GyJl., Ins. Siiec. iii. 711 (1813).
Cerylon obsoletum, Stoph.,' III. Brit. Ent. iii. 98 (1830).
Aglenus brunneus, Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deirtsch. iii. 285 (1848).
, Woll, Ann. Nat. Hist. (3rd series) v. 254 (1860).

Habitat in Lanzarota, Fuerteventura, Teneriffa, Gomcra, Palma et
Hierro, prajsertim sub recremento farris circa basin acervorum tritici
sparso, sat vulgaris.

The European A. hnmneus (which occurs, in certain spots, around
Funchal, in Madeira) is unquestionably universal in these islands, —
though hitherto it does not happen to have been observed in Grand
Canaiy. But in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, (at the Banda of) Palma,
and (to the westward of Valverde in) Hierro, I have met with it
more or less abundantly, and it ■fl'as found by Dr. Crotch in Teneriffe
and Gomera. In the fii'st two of those islands it occasionally teems
beneath the refuse at the base of corn-stacks (in company with the
Trogosita mauritanica, Silvanus surinamensis, Cryptopliagus dentatus
and ohesidus, Corticaria serrata, Tcnehrio obscurus, Anthims fioralis,
&c.), where it has all the appearance of being an introduced insect.

Genus 90. EUEOPS.
WoUaston, Ins. Mad. 149. tab. iii. f. 2 (1854).

218. Europs impressicollis.

Europs impressicollis, Woll, Ins. Mad. 150. tab. iii. f. 2 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 50 (1857).

♦ , Id., Trans. Ent. Sac. Land. (3rd series) i. 145 (1862).

Habitat Euphorbias emortuas insularum omnium Canariensium,

vulgaris.

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whole seven islands of which I have myself taken it, except in Go-
mera, — where however it was captui'ed, during the spring of 1862,
by Dr. Crotch, In Lanzarote and Hierro it was found also by Mr.
Gray; and, on the 11th of March 1859, I met with it even on the
little island of Graciosa, off the extreme north of the former. It is
confined exclusively to the rotten Euphorhia-stems, on which it sub-
sists (in company with the AphanartJira, and the various other in-
sects peculiar to those plants), and where it frequently abounds.

219. Europs duplicatus.

Europs duplicatus, WoU., Trans. Ent. Svc. Loud. (3rd series) i. 146
(1862).

Habitat Gomeram, in plantis putridis Euphorblce canariensis in
collibus supra San Sebastian repertus.

It is somewhat remarkable that whilst failing to take the last spe-
cies in Gomera, I should have captured the present one in its stead.
As already stated, however, I have no doubt that the E. impressi-
collis is found in Gomera no less than in the other portions of the
Group, and that consequently my meeting with the present Europs
during our short stay in that island was merely accidental. Be this
however as it may, I should state that the E. duplicatus (which,
apart from all other differences, may be immediately recognized from
its ally by having its prothorax free from a longitudinal impression,
the place of which is occupied by two parallel rows of punctures)
was taken abundantly from out of the putrid stalks of Euphorbia
canariensis on the summit of a hiU immediately to the south of San
Sebastian, during February 1858.

Fam. 16. CUCUJID^.

Genus 91. CAULONOMUS.
WoUaston, Trans. Eat. Sac. Land. 147 (1862).

220. Caulonomus rhizophagoides.

Caulonomus rhyzophagoides, Wall., Trans. Ent. Sac. Lond. (3rd series)
i. 149. pi. 7. f. 2 (1862).

Habitat in Lanzarota, Teneriffa et Hierro, in truncis Euphorbiarum
emortuis una cum genere Europs degens, sed multo rarior.

This interesting beetle (which I have described carefully in my
Memoir on the " £'M^)7to/-6ia-infesting Coleoptera of the Canaries ") is
confined exclusively to the rotten Euphorbias, within the decayed
stems and branches of which it resides,— in company with Europs,

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130 C.VNARIAN COLEOPTERA.

Aphanartlirum, and the numerous other insects of like habits. It is,
however, exceedingly rare. It was taken sparingly by Mr. Gray
and myself in the extreme north of Lanzarote, during January 1858,
as also (a few weeks later) in Hierro, And I subsequently captured
several specimens of it on the mountains above S*" Cruz, in Teneriife.
Its near resemblance primd facie to the Euroj^s impresskoUis renders
it liable to be overlooked amongst the hosts of that insect with which
it usually lives in society ; nevertheless its longer elytra and different
antennae will, on a closer inspection (apart from aU the other dis-
tinctions fully pointed out in my paper above referred to), readily
characterize it.

Genus 92. L^MOPHLffiUS.

(Dejean) Erich., Nat. der Ins. DciiUch. iii. 315 (1848).

221. Laemophlceus granulatus.

Lsemophlceus granulatus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 160 (1854).
, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 52 (1857).

Habitat Canariam, Teneriffam et Palmam, sub cortice arborum
prsesertim in regionibus sylvaticis, hinc inde baud infrequens.

The L. granulatus, which occurs in the wooded regions of Madeira,
is found in similar localities in these islands, — rarely descending
below the forest-districts, I have taken it in Grand Canary, Tene-
riffe, and Palma ; in the last of which it was also found by Mr. Gray.
My TenerifFan specimens are from beneath bark on the densely clad
mountains above Taganana (where the species is comparatively com-
mon), the Agua Garcia, and the Agua Mansa.

222. Lsemophlceus clavicollis.

Lfemophlceus clavicollis et vermiculatus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 161 et 163
(1854).

et , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 52 et 53 (1857).

, Woll, Travis. Ent. Sac. Land. (3rd series) i. 150 (1862).

Habitat insulas omnes Canarienses, sub cortice arborum et plan-
tarum (praesertim Eupliorbiarum) latens.

The present insect appears to be identical with the Madeiran L.
clavicollis and vermiculatus, — the latter of which cannot, I believe, be
kept distinct from the former, and must consequently be suppressed.
It is universal throughout the Canarian archipelago ; for although I
did not happen to observe it in Gomera, I have examined a specjmen
which was found in that island, during the spring of 1862, by Dr.
Crotch. In the other six islands of the Group I have myself captured
it, in various situations and altitudes ; and it was met with in Hierro

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bj' Mr. Gray. It occurs principally under the loose outer fibre of the
Euphorbias ; though it may be taken from beneath the bark of trees
likewise. My Fuerteventuran specimens are from the Rio Palmas
and the little island of Lobos in the Bocayna Strait ; the TenerifFan
ones from Orotava, the Agua Mansa, the Agua Garcia, Taganana, and
the mountains above S'* Cruz ; and the Palman ones from the Bar-
ranco de Galga.

223. Laemophloeas pusillus.

Cucujus pusilkis, Sclwn., Si/n. Ins. iii. 55 (1817).

Lsemophloeus pusillus, Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 321 (1848).

, Wall., Ins. Mad. 162 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 52 (1857).

Habitat in oppidis Canariae et TenerifFse, forsan cum frumentariis
in insulas introductus.

This little La;mnphloeus — -at once distinguished from the last species
(apart from all other characters) by its subquadrate prothorax — is
doubtless an importation into these islands, in like manner as it is
at Madeira. I have taken it (in a house) at Las Palmas of Grand
Canary, and also at S'* Cruz of Teneriffe.

Genus 93. PEDIACUS.
Shuckard, Mem. of Brit. Ent. i. 185 (1839).

224. Pediacus tabellatus, n. sp.

P. parallelus, planus, rufo-ferrugineus, subnitidus, minute pubescens ;
capite prothoraceque distincte sed vix dense punctulatis, illo trian-
gulari antice bisulcato oculis magnis prominentibus, hoc subqua-
drate ad latera 4-angulato-denticulato in disco longitudinaliter bi-
sulcato ; elytris vix clarioribus, leviter et dense punctulatis, mai'gino
sublaterali paulo elevate ; antennis brevibus, erassis, obscurioribus.
— Long. Corp. lin. vix 2.

Habitat Teneriffam sylvaticam, sub cortice ad Agua Mansa semel
lectus.

I am far from satisfied that this insect is more than a geographical
state of the European P. de^ressus. Nevertheless, judging from a
German example of that species now before me, which has been com-
municated from Berlin by Dr. Schaum, the Teneriffan one appears to
be a trifle larger and broader, with its head just perceptibly more
convex, and with its prothorax (which has the two wide but shallow
depressions down its disc continuous, instead of being obscurely broken
up into four impressions) a little more developed, with the lateral
edges less conspicuously thickened, with the anterior angles some-
what more obtusely rounded off. and with the four denticles smaller

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132 CANAEIAN COLEOPTERA.

or more obsolete. Its scutellum, also, is perhaps a little less trans-
verse ; and the last three joints of its antennfe are, if anything, a
trifle less incrassated. It is apparently very rare, the only specimen
which has come beneath my notice having been captured by myself
from under the bark of a feUed Spanish chestnut-tree at the Agua
Mansa in Teneriife.

Genus 94. XENOSCELIS*.
WoUaston, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (.3rd series) i. 151 (1862).

225. Xenoscelis deplanata.
Pristoscelis deplanatus, WoU., he. at. 152. pi. 7. f. 3 (1862).
Habitat in Teneriffa, Palma et Hierro, sub cortice EujiJiorhiarum
laxo arido prsesertim latitans.

This cuiious insect, so remarkable for the serrations along the inner
edge of its hinder male-tibiae, seems to be almost peculiar (so far as
observed hitherto) to the dead EiqjJwrbia-stems, — beneath the loose
outer fibre of which it resides. In such positions it was taken by
Mr. Gray, on the ascent to Valverde, on the eastern side of Hierro,
and by myself (more abundantly) in the lower part of the district of
El Golfo, on the western side of the same island. Subsequently I
found a single specimen (beneath the bark of a pine-tree) on the
mountains above S^ Cruz, in Palma ; and another below Taganana,
in Teneriffe.

Genus 95. SILVANUS.
Latreille, Gen. Crust, et Ins. iii. 19 (1807).

226. Silvanus dentatus.

Corticaria dentata, Msh7n, Ent. Brit. i. 108 (1802).
Silvanus dentatus, Stcph., III. Brit. Ent. iii. 104 (1830).

, Woll, Ins. Mad. 167 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 54 (1857).

Habitat in domibus Lanzarotse, Teneriffae et Gomerae, certe intro-
ductus. ^

Only four Canarian specimens of this insect (which is undoubtedly
an importation into these islands, no less than it is at Madeira) have
as yet come beneath my notice. Two of them were taken by myself,
— one (dead) in a house in Lanzarote, and the other (Hkewise dead) in
a similar position at Ycod el Alto of Teneriffe ; and the remaining
two by Dr. Crotch in Gomera.

* I have changed the title of this genus, from Pristoscelis, to Xenoscelis, inas-
much as I have lat«ly been informed by Mr. Paseoe that the former name was
preoccupied by Dr. Leconte.

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227. Silvanus surinamensis.

Dermestes surinamensis, Linn., Syst. Nat. i. 2. 565 (1767).
Anobium frunientarium, Fab., Mant. Ins. i. 39 (1787).
Dermestes 6-dentatus, Fah., Ent. Syst. i. 232 (1792).
Silvanus surinamensis, Steph., III. Brit. Ent. iii. 104 (1830).

, Woll, Ins. Mad. 167 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 54 (1857).

Habitat in Lanzarota, Fuerteventura, Canaria, Palraa et Hiei'ro, in
domibus, granariis et sub recremento farris circa basin acervorum
tritici sparso, certe introductus.

This almost cosmopolitan insect has clearly been naturalized in
these islands through the medium of commerce, in like manner as it
has at Madeii-a. There can be no doubt that it is universal throughout
the archipelago ; nevertheless I happen hitherto to have observed it
only in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Grand Canary, Palma, and Hierro
(in the last of which it was also found by Mr. Gray). It is often
common about houses and granaries, but abounds more particularly
beneath the refuse around the base of corn- stacks ; in which situation
I have captured it in profusion at Haria, in the north of Lanzarote.

228. Silvanus nubigena.

S. angusto-elongatus, subconvexus, fusco-niger, dense flavescenti-
cinereo-pubescens ; capite prothoraceque rugose punctatis, hoc
sequah, angusto, subcylindrico, postice vix angustiore, ad latera
subrecto et distinete crenulato, angulis ipsis posticis obtusis sed
argute determinatis, penicillatis ; elytris rugose et dense seriatim
punctatis, versus humeros interdum paulo fuscescentioribus ; fe-
moribus piceis, antennis, tibiis tarsisque piceo-ferrugineis. — Long,
corp. lin. 1-1^.

Silvanus nubigena, WoU., Ann. Nat. Hist. (3rd series) xi. 217 (1863).

Habitat in editioribus aridis Teneriffae, inter lapillos ramulosque
emortuos sub arbusculis Spartii nnbigence humi jacentibus, velocis-
sime currens, necnon fere ad 9000' s. m. ascendens.

In its general fades, colour, clothing, and outline, no less than in
its unfoveolated pro thorax and almost unclavated antennae, the pre-
sent very interesting and truly indigenous Silvanus has much in
common with the European S. elongatus ; nevertheless when closely
inspected it will be seen to differ in many respects from that insect.
Thus, apart from all other characters, it may immediately be known
from it by its much slenderer tarsi, the antepenultimate joint of
which is scarcely at aU dilated or bilobed. In minor respects it is
altogether a little smaller and narrower than the S. elongatus, its
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134 CANAEIAN C'OLEOPTEEA.

being often still more diluted, or subrufescent), its pubescence has a
more conspicuously golden tinge, its prothorax more particularly is
narrower, straighter at the sides, and (together with the head) more
closely and roughly punctured, its legs are shorter and less robust,
and its antennse are less incrassated towards their extremity. In its
habits it is very peculiar, being confined apparently to the- dry ele-
vated cindery districts of Teneriffe which are characterized by the
presence of the " Eetama " (or Sparthmi nubigena) — from about
6000 to perhaps 9000 feet above the sea, — where it occurs amongst
the small stones and rotten sticks which accumulate around the roots
of that remarkable Broom, running with the greatest velocity. In
such situations I took it, not uncommonly, during May of 1859, both
on the lofty Cumbre (adjoining the Canadas) above Yeod el Alto and
on the opposite range (hkewisc clothed with Ectamas) above the
Agua Mansa.

Fam. 17. TELMATOPHILID^.

Genus 9G. DIPHYLLUS.

Stephens, III. Brit. Ent. iii. 87 [script. Biplujllus] (1830).

229. Diphyllus lunatus.

Dermestes hmatus, Fab., Ent. St/st. i. 232 (1792).
Biphyllus lunatus, Steph., III. Brit. Ent. iii. 78 (1830).
Diphyllus lunatus, Redt., Fna Austr. 188 (1849).

, Woll, Ins. Mad. 172 (1854).

Biphyllus lunatus, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 51 (1857).

Habitat Palmam sylvaticam, ad truncum arboris vetustum in Bar-
ranco da Agua, Maio exeunte a.d. 1858, sat copiose lectus.

This European insect (which occurs rarely at Madeira) appears to
be very scarce, or at all events local, in the Canaries. The only
island in which I have hitherto observed it is Palma ; where, at the
end of May 1858, 1 captiu'od several specimens from off the trunk of
an old laurel high up in the Barranco da Agua.

Genus 97. THALLESTUS.

Wollaston, Trans. Ent. Soc. Bond. (3rd series) i. 163 (1862).

230. Thallestus subellipticus.

Thallestus subellipticus, Woll, he. cit. 155. pi. 7. f. 4 (1862).
Habitat Teneriffam, e plantis putridis Etiphorbice canariensis in
montibus siipra Sanctam Crueem parce captus.

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the present species and the following one, I must refer to my Paper
on the " Eu2)7torbia-'m{esting Coleoptera of the Canaries " which has
been lately published in the ' Transactions of the Entomological
Society of London.' The T. subelUpticus seems to be decidedly rare,
though possibly it might occur in considerable abundance were the
rotten stalks of the Euphorbia canariensis to be well searched. The
only specimens which I have seen were captured by myself, in the
putrid stems of the above-mentioned plant, on the mountains above
S*'* Cruz of Teneriffe, in the direction of Las Mercedes.

231. Thallestus typhseoides.

Thallestus typhaeoides, Woll, he. cit. 155. pi. 7. f. 6 (1862).

Habitat Gomeram, e plantis Euphorbice canariensis putridis in mon-
tibus supra San Sebastian mense Februario a.d. 1858 lectus.

The present Thallestus has precisely the same habits as the last
one ; but was found in Gomera instead of Teneriffe, and in consider-
able abundance. I captured it, early in February 1858, from out of
the putrid stems of Euphorbia canariensis on a hill-top to the north
of San Sebastian.

Fam. 18. CRYPTOPHAGID^.

Genus 98. CRYPTOPHAGUS.
Herbst, Kdf. iv. 172 [script. Kiyptuphagus] (1792).

232. Crjrptophagus dentatus.

Kateretes dentatus, Hbst, Kdf. v. 15. tab. 45. f. 6 (1793).
Cryptophagus dentatus, Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 364 (1848).
, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 56 (1857).

Habitat Lanzarotam, Fuerteventuram, Teneriffam et Palmam,
passim.

The European C. dentatus appears to have established itself com-
pletely at the Canaries, in like manner as it has at Madeira, — being
found not only about houses and granaries, but also in positions far
removed from the towns. I have taken it under the refuse at the
base of corn-stacks in Lanzarote, from beneath camels' dung in the
Rio Palmas of Fuerteventura, from under the bark of trees at the
Agua Garcia and the Agua Mansa of Teneriffe, and in similar posi-
tions in Palma. It is a variable insect, both in size and colour —
assuming sometimes, particularly in sylvan spots, a dark-brownish
hue ; but its rather elongate outline and the shape of its prothorax
will always serve to identify it.

136 CANARIAN COLEOPXEBA.

233. Cryptophagus afl&nis.

Crvptopliagus affinis, Sfn?-»t, Deutseh. Fna, xvi. 79. t. 314. f. C (1845).

—- , Erich., Nat. der Ins. Dentsch. iii. 360 (1848).

, Woll, Ins. Mad. 170 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 57 (1857).

Habitat in domibus TenerifFce et Hierro, minus frequens sed certe
introductus. *

For the exact distinctions between the present species and the last
one I must refer to my Madeiran Catalogue (cited above). The
C. affinis, 80 far as I have observed hitherto, occurs (as in Madeira)
exclusively about houses — being clearly an imported insect into these
islands. In such positions I have taken it at S''' Cruz and Orotava in
Teneriife, and at Valverde in Hierro, — in the former of which islands
it was also captured by Mr. Gray and Dr. Crotch.

234. Cryptophagus obesulus, n. sp.

C. breviter oblongus, fusco-ferrugineus, pube sat elongatfi vix depressa
dense vestitus ; prothorace subopaco, valde profunde et dense punc-
tato, ad latera subrotundato, denticiilo medio acuto ; elytris paulo
clarioribus, oblongis, dense punctatis. — Long. corp. lin. ^1.

Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventuram ; in ilia sub recremento
farris circa basin acervorum tritici sparse, sed in hac etiam sub ster-
core camelino ad Rio Palmas captus.

From the C. affinis the present Cryptophagus may be known by
its rather smaller size, relatively more deeply and closely punctured
surface, and by its (subopake) prothorax having the anterior ridge
and central denticle less prominent or defined. The space, moreover,
between the latter and the hinder angle is more coarsely crenulated.
Small examples of it might sometimes be almost confounded, at first
sight, with the following species ; nevertheless it is certainly distinct
from that insect. It may be known from it by being on the average
rather larger, broader, and more parallel ; by its pubescence being
a little longer, denser, and less depressed ; by its punctation being
altogether somewhat deeper, and closer; by its prothorax being ^ro-
portionally a trifle wider, shorter, and less straightened at the sides ;
and by its wings being fuUy developed. I may add that it was
examined by Dr. Kraatz, who regarded it as new. I have taken it
rather commonly from beneath the refuse around the base of corn-
stacks at Haria, in the north of Lanzarote, and from under camels'
dung in the Rio Palmas of Fuerteventura, — to which two islands it
would seem (so far at least as has been observed hitherto) to oe pe-
culiar. In Lanzarote it was likewise found bv Mr. Gray.

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235. Cryptophagus fasiformis.

C. oblongo-fusiformis, angustulus, fusco-ferrugineus, pube minus
elongata subdepressa vestitus ; prothorace profunde et dense punc-
tato, ad latera subrecto, denticulo medio acuto ; elytris subfusi-
formibus (/. e. antice et postice subattenuatis, vel ibidem utrinque
oblique sub tnincatis), sat dense punctatis; alis obsoletis. — Long.
Corp. lin. vix ^.

Cryptophagus fusiformis, WolL, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (3rd series) i.
166 (1862).

Habitat Teneriifam, praecipue sub cortice Eupliorhiarum in mon-
tibus supra Sanctam Crucem crescentium deprebensus.

As already stated, the present Cryptophagus has something in
common, at first sight, with the last one; nevertheless its rather
smaller size and relatively narrower and more fusiform outline (the
elytra particularly being less parallel, or subattenuated both before
and behind), in conjunction with its somewhat shorter and more de-
pressed pubescence, its rather less deeply punctured surface, and the
straighter sides of its prothorax, will serve to distinguish it from
that species. It is often, also, of a browner hue, — the elytra being
but seldom of a clearer colour than the head and prothorax ; and
(which is very unusual for a Cryptophagus) its wings are obsolete.
In its habits, too, it recedes from the C. obesuliis, and is more strictly
indigenous. I have taken it hitherto only in Tenerifie, in spots far
removed from habitations, — such as at Las Mercedes, and from be-
neath the dead bark of Euphorbias on the mountains above S*'' Cruz,
overlooking the plain of Laguna.

236. Cryptophagus hesperius.

C. fusiformi-oblongus, rufo-ferrugineus, pube brevi albida parce
vestitus ; prothorace profunde et dense punctate, postice angustato,
angulis anticis ampliatis, ad latera denticulis acutis circa 4-5 ar-
mato ; elytris subfusiformibus, sat dense punctatis ; antennis pe-
dibusque longiusculis, graciliusculis, vix pallidioribus.

Variat colore obscuriore, in elytris interdum etiam nigro-brunneo.

Var. /3. occidentalis [an species distincta ?] prothoracis denticulis ob-
soletis ; elytris magis fusiformibus convexis, ad humeros paulo
magis rotundatis. — Long. corp. lin. |— ^.

Cryptophagus hesperius, TVoll, Ami. Nat. Hist. (3rd series) xi. 217
(1863).

Habitat in sylvaticis et subsylvaticis Canarise, Teneriffse, Gomerae
et Palmae, vulgaris : varietatis /3 exemplar unicum, in ins. Hierro
captum, solum vidi.

In its small size, rather elongate and slender limbs, and general

138 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

aspect, the present insect is more suggestive, at first sight, of a Para-
mecosoma than of a Cryptophagus ; and as such it was regarded by
Dr. Kraatz, on a superficial examination of it two years ago. Never-
theless there can be no question that it is, in reaUty, a true Crypto-
phajus, since the hinder feet of its males (almost the only struc-
tural character of importance which distinguishes that genus from
Paramecosoma) are most conspicuously tetramerous, — of which I
have thoroughly convinced myself by mounting the posterior legs of
both sexes in balsam, for the microscope. It is, in point of fact,
nearly related to the common European C. vini — not only in the
shape of its basally-narrowed jDrothorax, but also in its comparatively
minute size ; nevertheless it is, on the average, a little smaller still
than that species, its prothorax is rather more closely punctured,
with its hinder angles more evidently right angles, and its elytra are
somewhat more fusiform — being rounder at the sides, or more per-
ceptibly narrowed at either extremity. The form of its prothorax
will, even alone, at once separate it from all the foregoing Crypto-
phagi — being comparatively more attenuated posteriorly and wider
in front, with the anterior angles a good deal developed (or obliquely-
thickened), and with the lateral margin armed with four or five small,
acute, subequal teeth.

The C. Jiesperius is universal in the sylvan and subsylvan districts
of Grand Canary, TenerifFe, Gomera, and Palma. In the first of these
I have taken it more particularly throughout the region of El Monte ;
in the second, at Taganana, Las Mercedes, La Esperanza, the Agua
Garcia, and Souzal ; and in the fourth, about the wooded slopes of the
Barranco da Agua and Galga. It was found by Dr. Crotch, also, at
Hermigua in Gomera. When in the island of Hierro I captured a
single specimen which has its prothoracic denticles obsolete, and its
elytra more fusiform, or rounded at the sides ; and I have treated it
as a "var.ji" of the present insect, — at the same time giving it a name,
in the event of further material proving it hereafter to be specifically

distinct.

(Subgenus?) 99. MNIONOMUS.

Corpus ellipticum, apterum : prothorace subconico, basi bisinuato,
angulis posticis subproductis : mesosterno in medio canaHculato :
antennis pedihusqne crassis ; tarsis articulo primo breviusculo, an-
teriorihus subtus dense pilosis.

237. Mnionomus ellipticus, n. sp.
M. fusco-ferrugineus, convexus, nitidus, pube brevi depressa flavo-
albida parce vestitus, punctatus ; prothorace longiusculo, ad latera

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 139

subreeto et denticulo medio acuto minutissimo armato, angulis an-
ticis vix incrassatis ; elytris ad basin prothorace baud latioribus,
pone basin rotnndatis, inde ad apicem leviter acutioribus et ad api-
cem panlo dilutioribus ; antennis pedibusque nifo-testaceis. — Long.
Corp. lin. vix 1^.

Habitat TenerifFam sylvaticam, inter muscos et humi snb foliis
marcidis in laiiretis ad Las Mercedes et Agua Garcia repertus.

Until I bad examined accurately this curious insect I bad failed
entirely to identify it with Gryptophagus, — its convex, ellij)tic, ap-
terous body and comparatively shining surface, in conjunction with
its thickened limbs and subconical prothorax (which is wide behind
— where it is of the same breadth as the base of the elytra — and
bisinuated along its posterior margin, causing the hinder angles to be
slightly produced), giving it a. primd facie appearance totally distinct
from any of the representatives of that genus with which I am ac-
quainted, l^evertheless, after a careful dissection of it, and a consi-
deration of the various details of its structure, I cannot detect a single
character, apart from the above-mentioned external ones, to justify
its entire isolation. Its oral organs indeed are all of them precisely
identical with those of the normal Cryptophagi, its hinder male-tarsi
are tetramerous, and its prothorax when closely inspected will be
seen to have its anterior angles slightly incrassated into the ordinary
oblique ridge, and to be armed at about the middle of its lateral mar-
gins with a very minute denticle. Yet, whilst thus agreeing in every
essential point with Cryptophagus, its outward characters cannot but
stamp it as a most anomalous member of that Group, — since (in ad-
dition to its very peculiar fades) the completely apterous state of its
body and the somewhat shortened first joint of its feet (the two
anterior pair of which are densely pilose beneath) are featiu'es of
considerable importance. Its under-segments are purely on the
Cryptophagus-type, except that the mesosternum is more evidently
channeled.

The M. ellipticus is apparently extremely rare, and confined (so far
as I have observed hitherto) to the sylvan regions of Teneriffe. I
have taken it sparingly, under fallen leaves, at the Agua Garcia ; and
(rather more commonly), amongst wet moss and vegetable detritus,
on the steep sloping bank immediately to the left of the small water-
fall in the wood of Las Mercedes.

Genus 100. LEUCOHIMATIUM.

Rosenhauer, Die Thiere Andahis. 179 (1866).
Corpus elongatum, angustum, parallclum ; capite sat magno ; protho-

140 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

race ad angulos anticos incrassato-atnpliato necnon ad latera plus
minus minutissime crenulato. Antenn(e et itistrumenta ciharia fere
ut in generibus Cryptophago et Paramecosomate ; sed mandibuUs
ad apicem grosse et longe bifidis necnon ad basin externam anguste
incisis ; palporum maxillarium artmdo basilari minuto (nee elon-
gate flexuoso), secundo elongate curvato clavato(nec brevi, sequentis
longitudine), tdtimo longissimo ; et mento ad apicem hand emargi-
nato, sed in parte media producto et ibidem obtuse rotundato. Pedes
ut in Paramecosomate, i. e. tarsism utroque sexu S-articulatis, arti-
culo penultimo minuto.

As may be gathered from the above comparative diagnosis (drawn
out from the European L. elongatum, described below), I believe that
Leucohiynafium possesses sufficient structural peculiarities of its own
(as Dr. Kraatz has suggested — vide ' Berliner Ent. Zeitsch.' i. 190)
to warrant its separation from Paramecosoma . M. Jacq. Duval in-
deed, in his ' Genera des Coleopt. d'Europe,' has not adopted it ; but,
apart from its differences of external fades (which are very consi-
derable, and would of themselves incline us to suspect the presence
of other less obvious ones), its very conspicuously and deeply bifid
mandibles, in conjunction with the particular proportions (alluded to
above) of the joints of its maxillary palpi, and its unemarginated,
centrally-produced mentum, are, I think, more than enough to render
its isolation both natural and desirable.

238. LeucoMmatium elongatum.

L. fusco-ferrugineum, albido-pubescens ; capite prothoraeeque sat
parcc punctatis, hoc subquadrato postice paulo angustiore, angulis
anticis oblique incrassatis, ad latera miautissime crenulato, basi
utrinque foveola obscura punctiformi notato ; elytris subtihter
striato-punctatis, interstitiis uniseriatim pimctulatis. — Long. corp.
lin. 11.

Paramecosoma elongata, Sturm, Deutsch. Fna, xviii. 72. pi. 342. f. a,
A (1846).

, Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. ill. 371 (1848).

Leucohimatium angustum, Rosenh., Die Tliiere Andalus. 179 (1856).

Habitat Palmam occidentalem ; in regione calcarea mox infra Ar-
gual sita Junio ineunte a.d. 1858 specimen unicum sub lapide inveni.

A single specimen of the Euroi)ean L. elongatum was captured by
myself, from beneath a stone, on the calcareous plain immediately
below Argual, on the western side of Palma, early in June 1858. It
occurs also, though very rarely, in Madeira, — two examples having
lately been detected, by Mr. E. A. Anderson, on the hills above
Funchal.

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 141

Genus 101. PARAMECOSOMA.
Curtis, in Ent. Mag. i. 186 (1833).

239. Paramecosoma simplex.

Paramecoaoma simplex, Wall., Cat. Mad. Col. 59 (1857).

Habitat Fuerteventuram et Gomeram ; in ilia sub stercore came-
lino ad Eio Palmas mense Aprili ineunte a.d. 1859 tria specimiiia
deprehensi ; in hac cepit Dom. Crotch.

This insect, which is rather common (amongst vegetable refuse)
around Funchal in Madeira, and which has so much the primd facie
aspect of a Cryptopliagus or a Typhct;a, is apparently scarce at the
Canaries ; though possibly it may" be only local, having hitherto
escaped our observation. At any rate I have myself taken, hitherto,
but three examples — namely, under camels' dung, in the Rio Palmas
of Fuerteventura, at the beginning of April 1859. Four more, how-
ever, were captured by Dr. Crotch, during the spring of 1862, at
Hermigua in Gomera.

Genus 102. HYPOCOPRUS.
Motschulsky, Bull, de Moscou, 72 (1839) [script. Upocoprus].

240. Hypocoprus Hochuthii.

Myrmecinomus Hochuthii, Chaud., Bull, de Moscou, ii. 206 (1845).
Monotoma caucasicum, Kolen., Melet. Ent. iii. 43 (1845).

Habitat Teneriffam, a W. D. Crotch semel captus.

A single example of this minute insect was taken by Dr. Crotch
in Teneriffe, during the spring of 1862. I can detect no appreciable
difference in it from the European H. Hochuthii, unless perhaps the
prothorax be a trifle more remotely punctured, and rather more im-
pressed in the centre behind.

Regarding the affinities oi Hypocoprus, I believe that it has nothing-
whatever to do, except in external /aaVs, with Jfowotoma (despite the
assertion of M. Jacq. Duval, who appears to have mistaken the
structural features of the latter), but that all its details tend rather
to associate it with Paramecosoma, Leucohimatiicm, and Atomaria.
Indeed the proportions of its antennae, with their lax triarticulate club
and unequal intermediate joints, in conjunction with its slender limbs
and pentamerous feet, are (apart from minor details) far more sugges-
tive of the Atomarice than of the thick-limbed, tetramerous Monotomce,
with their 10-articulated antennae and compact, one-jointed club.

Genus 103. ATOMARIA.
(Kirby) Stepli., ///. Brit. Ent. iii. 04 (1830).

142 CANAEIAN COLEOPTEEA.

241. Atomaria pilosula, n. sp.

A. oblongo-ovata, rufo-ferruginea, punctata, piibe longiuscula minus
depressa (partim etiam suberecta) albida vestita ; prothorace con-
vexo, ad basin ipsissimam transversim constricto, ad latera sub-
aequaliter rotundato ; elytris convexis, fere concoloribus, pygidium
vix tegentibus. — Long. corp. lin. vix i.

Habitat editiores Teneriffee, in excelsis illis " Cumbre v. Canadas "
dictis, semel capta.

Althougb I have, unfortunately, but a single specimen of this Ato-
maria to form an opinion from, I believe nevertheless that it is the
exponent of a species truly distinct from the following one, — a sujd-
position which is rendered the more probable from the fact of its
having been captured on the lofty Cumbre of Teneriife, adjoining the
Canadas, upwards of 8000 feet above the sea ; whereas the A. cana-
riensis is peculiar (so far as observed hitherto) to rather low and
intermediate districts. Judging from the unique example now before
me, the A. pilosula differs from the canariensis in being a Httle larger
and more ovate (or less straightened at the sides), in having its pu-
bescence longer and less depressed, in its punctation being a trifle
less dense, in its scutellum being relatively somewhat wider and more
transverse, and in its prothorax and elji.ra being each of them more
convex. In the individual from which my diagnosis is drawn out
there is, also, scarcely any indication of the suffused transverse elytral
fascia, or cloud, which (more or less) characterizes its ally; but very
likely this may be merely accidental.

242, Atomaria canariensis, n. sp.

A. suboblonga, rufo-ferruginea, punctata, pube brevi depressa albida
vestita ; prothorace ad basin ipsissimam transversim paulo con-
stricto, ad latera subaequalitcr rotimdato ; elytris fascia media
magna plerumque valde indistincta suffusa nigrescente nebulosis.

Variat fascia obsoleta (elytris fere omnino rufo-ferrugineis). — Long.
Corp. lin. f-vix |.

Habitat insulas omnes Canarienses, in locis inferioribus et inter-
mediis, passim.

The present Atomaria has somewhat the general aspect of the
common European A. atricapiVa ; nevertheless it is on the average
a trifle larger and more pubescent than that insect, its punctation
is denser, its prothorax is both more and less regularly rounded at
the sides, its head is never dark (being always concolorous with the
rest of the surface), and its elytra are obscurely adorned with a large,
ill-defined, suffused transverse fascia or cloud, — which, although often

CANARIAN COLEOPTBRA. 143

very faintly expressed, is rarely quite absent in perfectly matured
specimens. From the European A. unifasciata (which in colouring it
slightly resembles) it is abundantly distinct, in all its features ; but
with the A. contaminata of Erichson it may perhaps have a greater
affinity. It is tiniversal throughout the archipelago. I have taken
it (more or less abundantly) in the whole of the seven islands except
Fuerteventura ; and there is a single specimen now before me which
I have found amongst the Coleoptera collected by Mr. Gray in that
island. It is clearly more common in the central and western por-
tions of the Group than in the eastern ones, and more general in
subsylvan spots of intermediate elevations than elsewhere. It oc-
curs, however, in the lowest districts also ; but I have not detected it
hitherto above the altitude of about 2500 feet. Thus, in Lanzarote,
I have captured it near Haria ; in Grand Canary, throughout the
region of El Monte ; in Teneriffe (where it was found also by Dr.
Crotch), around S*" Cruz, the Puerto Orotava, the Ag-ua Garcia, Sou-
zal, &c. ; in Gomera, above San Sebastian ; in Palma, on grassy slopes
in the eastern Barrancos ; and in Hierro, about Valverde.

243. Atomaria ruficollis, n. sp.

A. ovalis, punctata, pube brevissima depressa albida parce vestita ;
capite prothoraceque laete ferrugineo-rufis, hoc ad basin ipsissimam
vix transversim constricto, ad latera aequaliter rotimdato ; elytris
convexis, nigris, ad apicem subacutis et ibidem paulo dilutioribus ;
antennis crassis, rufo-ferrugineis ; pedibus rufo-testaceis. — Long.
Corp. lin. |.

Habitat Teneriffam sylvaticam, sub foUis marcidis humi latens.

In the colouring of its rufous head and prothorax and dark elytra,
no less than in its shining and but very slightly pubescent surface
and its thickened antennse, the present beautiful and very distinct
Atomaria is a good deal suggestive of the European A, nigripennis.
It is, however, smaller, and relatively shorter (or more oval) than
that insect, its punctation and pubescence are slightly coarser and
denser, its prothorax is wider and less constricted behind, and less
margined at the sides, and its antennal club is a little more abrupt.
It is decidedly rare, and confined (so far as I have observed hitherto)
to the sylvan districts of Teneriffe. I have taken it sparingly in the
forest, at the edges of the Vueltas, above Taganana ; and (more
abundantly), from beneath damp leaves, on the steep, sloping bank
immediately to the left of the small waterfall in the wood of Las
Mercedes. A single specimen, also from Teneriffe, has lately been
communicated by Dr. Crotch.

144 CANAKIAN COLKOPTERA.

Genus 104. EPISTEMUS.

(Westwood) Steph., III. Brit. Ent. ii. 167 [script. Ephistemus] (1829).

244. Epistemus gyrinoides.

Dermestes gyiinoides, Mshm, Ent. Brit. i. 77 (1802).

Phalacrus dimidiatus, Sturm, Deutsch. Fna, ii. 85. t. 32. f. D (1807).

Ephistemus gyrinoides, Steph., III. Brit. Ent. ii. 168 (1829).

dimidiatus, Woll, Ins. Mad. 170 (1854).

gyilnoides. Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 63 (1857).

Habitat in Canaria, Teneriffa et Gomera, rarissimus.

The few examples of the E. gyrinoides which I have seen hitherto
from these islands have the minute and distant punctules of their
upper surface still less evident, beneath the microscope, than is the
case in the ordinary European ones and in those from Madeira —
being, in fact, scarcely distinguishable ; nevertheless I cannot detect
any character to warrant their separation from that species. I have
taken it sparingly at Teror, in Grand Canary ; as also near S*" Cruz,
and at the Agiia Mansa, of Teneriife ; in which latter island, as well
as in Gomera, it was found by Dr. Crotch.

Fam. 19. LATHRIDIADiE.

Genus 105. HOLOPARAMECUS.
Curtis, in Ent. Mag. i. 186 (1833).

§ I, Antennce 11-articulatce.

245. Holoparamecus caularum.

H. rufo-testaceus, nitidus, subtilissime et parce pubescens ; oculis sat
magnis ; prothorace antice lato, postice constricto, angulis posticis
rectis, basi in medio late et fortiter transverse signato ; elytris
minute punctulatis, stria suturali recta in utroque impressa. — Long.
Corp. lin. vix |.

Calyptobium caularmn, Attbe, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, (2ife'ne

86rie) i. 244. pi. x. f. 2 (1843).
, Redt., Fna Austr. 204 (1849).

Habitat Lanzarotam, sub quisquiliis prope oppidum Haria repertus.

The present European Holoparamecus belongs, like the H. niger,
to the Section of the genus in which the antennae are 11-articidate.
It may, however, be known from the latter by being a little larger,
paler, and relatively more elongate ; by its prothorax being wider in
front, and much more conspicuously embossed in the centre behind,
and by its sutural line being somewhat straighter. The example

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 145

described from, which I captured beneath vegetable refuse near Haria,
in the north of Lanzarote, agrees precisely with a type of the H. cav-
larimi communicated to me some time ago by Dr. Aube.

246. Holoparamecus niger.

Calyptobium nigrum, Chevrier, in litt.

, Aube, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, (Qifeme serie) i. 24(>

(1843).
Holoparamecus niger, Woll., Itis. Mad. 182 (1854).
, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 64 (1857).

Habitat Teneriffam : duo specimina, tempore vernali a.d. 1862,
cepit Dom. Crotch.

Of the ff. niger, which is universal throughout Madeira and Porto
Santo, I have seen as yet but two Canarian examples. They were
taken by Dr. Crotch in Teneriffe, during the spring of 1862. The
characters which distinguish the species from the H. caularum have
already been indicated. When viewed beneath a high magnifying
power, the Canarian specimens of this insect (judging from the
pair now before me) wiU be perceived to be a trifle more glabrous
than the Madeiran ones (the excessively minute pubescence being, if
possible, even stiU less traceable) ; also their elytra are a Kttle less
expanded before the middle, which causes the shoulders to appear
somewhat less obliqiiely rounded-off : but I am satisfied that these
very slight differences cannot be indicative, at the utmost, of more
than an unimportant topographical state.

§ II. Antenna; 9- et 10-articulatce.

247. Holoparamecus singularis.

II. subdepressus, rufo-testaceus, subnitidus, snbtiliter et minus parcc
pubescens ; oculis minutissimis ; prothorace antice latiuseulo, pos-
tice angiistiore sed hand constricto, angulis posticis subobtusis, basi
in medio anguste et minus fortiter transverse signato (impressione
subluniformi) ; elytris paulo distinctius punctulatis, stria suturali
rectfi in singulis impressa. — Long. corp. lin. i.

Silvanus singularis, Beck, Bntr. zur Baierisch. Itisectenf. (1817).
Amphibolouarzron difficile, Villu, Cat. Col. Eur. 26 (1833).
Holoparamecus depressus, Curt., Ent. Mag. i. 186 (1833).

, Id., Brit. Ent. xiii. 614 (1836).

Calvptobiura Villa?, Aube, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, (2ifenie serie)
i.*^ 243. pi. X. f. 1(1843).

Habitat Lanzarotam, in eodem loco ac prajcedens semel captus.

As may be gathered from the diagnosis, the excessively minute eyes
and rather more pubescent, depressed, and less shining surface of this
insect, in conjunction with its somewhat less anteriorly-widened and

L

146 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

not so posteriorly-constricted prothorax (which has its basal angles
more obtuse, and its hinder central space, between the fovese, both
narmiuer and much less elevated, or embossed), will at once serve,
apart from the numerical peculiarities of its antennal joints, to dis-
tinguish it from the H. cavlarum. As regards this latter character
indeed, it would appear that whilst some of the individuals of this
species have those organs composed of only nine articulations, others
have them made up of ten, — a feature which, in all probability, is a
sexual one ; but so singular a fact has occasioned, not unnaturally,
some little confusion in the synonymy — the insect having, in con-
sequence, been described under several different names. In speci-
mens, however, which I have received from the Abbe Stabile of Milan,
from Prof. Heer of Zurich, and from the late Mr. Melly of Liverpool
(the last tivo sets of which were labelled as types coming from M.
Villa, and all of which I believe are specifically identical), there are,
in each case, examples falling under both of these categories. In
the only Canarian specimen which has as yet come beneath my ob-
servation the antennae are 10 -articulate ; which thus far, therefore,
a£?rees with (I imagine both sexes of) the B. Kunzei *. Neverthe-
less it could not possibly be confounded with that species, since its
smaller size, rather narrower outline, and more pubescent surface,
combined with its comparatively diminutive eyes and less posteriorly-
constricted and less basally-cmbossed prothorax, will suffice to sepa-
rate it therefrom. My unique Canarian example was, like that of
the H. caularum, captured from under vegetable refuse at Haria, in
the north of Lanzarote.

Genus 106. CORTICARIA.

Marsham, Ent. Brit. i. 100 (1802).

248. Corticaria fulva.

Latridius fiilvus {Chevr.), Villa, Cat. Col. Eur. 45 (1833).
Corticaria fulva, Matin., in Germ. Zeitsch. fiir die Ent. v. 42 (1844).

, Woll, Ins. Mad 185 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 65 (1857).

Habitat in domibus Lanzarotse et TenerifFae, forsan introducta.

The European C. fulva, remarkable for its pallid hue, coarse
pubescence, and rather robust, elongate legs, is apparently scarce in
these islands, — where, as in Madeix^a, it has most probably become

* It is rather curious that all the Hohparameci as yet characterized (four in
number) have now been detected in the Atlantic islands, —namely, tlie H. Kunzei
at Madeira, the caularmn and singularis at the Canaries, and the niger in both
Groups.

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naturalized from more northern latitudes. I have taken it sparingly,
in and about houses, in Lanzarote and TenerifFe.

249. Corticaria maculosa.

CorticiU'ia macidosa, Woll.,Ami.ofNat. Hid. (3rd series) ii. 408(1858).
, Id, Trans. Ent. Suc.^Lond. (3rd series) i. 15G (18G2).

Hahitat insulas Canarienses, in Canaria Grandi sola adhuc hand
detecta.

The C. maculosa, which I described fully in my Paper on ' Ma-
deiran Additions ' cited above, may be said without hesitation to be
universal throughout the archipelago ; for although I do not happen
to have met with it hitherto in Grand Canary, there cannot be any
doubt that it must exist there, no less than in the remaining six
islands of the Group, — in all of which I have captured it, more or less
abundantly. It occurs in various situations, but is more common, I
think, beneath the dry outer fibre of the dead Euphorbias than else-
where. In such positions I have observed it frequently at Haria, in
the north of Lanzarote ; as also on the mountains above S'" Cruz of
TenerifFe, and even on the little isle of Lobos, off the extreme north
of Fuerteventui-a. In Fuerteventura itself, however, I brushed it,
in considerable numbers, on the 28th of January 1858, from off an
old bush of the common Rosemary {Rosmarinus officinalis, L.), at
Agua Bueyes ; and I have taken it out of the crevices of wood (used
for a gate) in the Barranco above San Sebastian, of Gomera. It
would seem likewise to be independent of elevation ; for in TenerifFe
I have found it from almost the sea-level (at 8*=* Cruz and Puerto
Orotava) to the slopes above Taganana, the Agua Mansa, and even
to the lofty Cumbre adjoining the Cauadas, — at an altitude of more
than 8000 feet*. In TenerifFe and Gomera it was met with also by
Dr. Crotch.

The pale hue and dark (though often very obscure, and generally
interrupted) postmedial fascia of this Corticaria will at once readily
distinguish it. Examples, however, in which the elytral patch is quite
obsolete (and such are by no means uncommon, particularly where
the insect is immature) might almost be conio\m([e(\., prima facie, with
those of the C. fulva ; nevertheless they may always be known from
the latter by their pubescence being shorter and less coarse, by their
prothoracic fovea being somewhat shallower, by their elytra bein"-

* The single example which I detected at this great elevation has its pubescence
a trifle longer and coarser than is tlie case in the ordinary ones ; but I can see
nothing about it to warrant the suspicion that it is specifically distinct.

148 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

rather more evidently ovate (instead of oblong-oval), and by their
legs being proportionally a little shorter and slenderer. The species,
too, is on the average decidedly smaller than the C. fulva.

250. Corticaria serrata.

Dermestes seri-atus, Payk., Fna Siwc. i. 300 (1798).
Latridius serratus, Gyll., Ins. Suec. iv. 126 (1827).
Corticaria serrata, Mann., in Germ. Zeitsch. v. 28 (1844).

rotulicollis. Wall, Ins. Mad. 184 (1854).

, Id, Cat. Mad. Col. G4 (1857).

Habitat in Lanzarota, Fuerteventura, TeneritFa et Hierro, in domi-
bus, granariis et pra^sertim sub recremento farris circa basin acervo-
rum tritici sparso, vulgaris.

A more recent and careful comparison has convinced me that the
Corticaria which I described in my ' Insecta Maderensia ' under the
specific name ot rotulicollis is coincident with the European C. serrata ;
and I have therefore corrected the synonymy accordingly. Although
hitherto I have taken the 0. serrata only in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura,
Teneriife, and Hierro, I have but little doubt that it is universal
throughout the archipelago ; for as it has every appearance of having
been naturalized from more northern latitudes (occurring principally
about houses and granaries*), it is pretty certain that it will be found
equally in all the islands if only searched for in its proper situations.
It is beneath the refuse around the base of corn- stacks that it is
principally to be met with ; where it usually resides in company with
the Trogosita mauritanica, Silvanus surinamensis, Cryptopliagus den-
tatus, Aglenus brunneus, Tenebrio obscurus, and similar introduced
species. Under such circumstances I have observed it in the greatest
profusion at Haria, in the north of Lanzarote ; and, diu'ing February
1858, I brushed it, in scarcely less abundance, from out of some ivy
which covered the walls of an old building at El Golfo, on the western
side of Hierro. My FuerteventiU'an examples are from the Rio
Palm as ; and the TenerifFan ones from the precincts of a house at the
Agua Mansa.

251. Corticaria angulata, n. sp.

C, oblongo-ovata, rufo-ferruginea, sat longe et grosse cinereo-j)ubes-
cens ; capite prothoraceque subopacis, hoc angustulo, ad latera
(oculo armato) crenulato necnon in medio angulato-latiore, rugoso-
punctato, postice fovea transversa impresso ; elytris vix fuscescen-
tioribus, subnitidis, leviter punctato-striatis, interstitiis uniseriatim

* Gyllenhal's observation " Habitat ad horreorvuu parietes " would seem to
imply that the insect has much the same mode of life in Sweden as it has at the
Canaries.

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

149

punctulatis; antennis breviusculis i^edibusque testaceis. — Long.

Corp. lin. f- vix -J.

Habitat Lanzarotam, Fuerteventuram et Cauariam, hinc inde baud
iufrequens.

In its pale-fuscous (or testaceo-fuscous) hue, rather long and coarse
pubescence, paUid limbs, andverypeculiar prothorax (which, although
narrow on the whole, is mdened and angular on either side in the
middle, minutely crenulated at the edges, and strongly impressed with
a transverse fovea behind), the present Corticaria is abundantly
characterized. Whether it be identical with any of the numerous
ones in Mannerheim's Monograph I wiU not undertake to say ; bnt it
is certainly very nearly related to a Russian species in my collection
bearing the name of anguhsa, Motsehulsky, and which was given me
by the latter some years ago. Indeed, in its singularly shaped pro-
thorax and general hue it is almost coincident with it ; and possibly
it may be but a local state of the same insect. Nevertheless, since
I am not aware that M. Motsehulsky has ever jmblished his C. an-
guhsa, and since the only example of that species from which I am
compelled to form an opinion does not quite agree with the Canarian
one, I have thought it safer to treat the latter as new, and have there-
fore characterized it under the (almost similar) title of angulata.
Judging from the single specimen of Motschulsky's anguhsa now
before me, the C. angulata differs principally in its somewhat more
oblong (or less rounded) outline, in its rather more developed pro-
thorax (which is a little more prominent, or angular, in the middle,
and has its sides, when viewed beneath the microscope, more evidently
crenulated), in its longer and less decumbent pubescence, in its totally
unkeeled forehead, and in its paler antennae.

Hitherto I have observed the C. angulata only in the three eastern

islands of the archipelago — Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, and Grand

Canary. In the first of these it is apparently scarce ; but in the

second I took it commonly at Agua Bueyes and in the Eio Paknas ;

whilst in the third I beat it, in considerable abundance, from out of

an old bush of a yeUow Ononis at Mogan, towards the south-western

portion of the island.

252. Corticaria curta.

Coi-ticaria cm-ta, WolL, Lis. Mad. 187 (1854).
, Id, Cat. Mad. Col. 65 (1857).

Habitat in Lanzarota, Fuerteventiu-a, Canaria, Teneriffa, (jlomera
et Palma, late diffusa.

The present Corticaria, which abounds in the Madciran Group, is

150 CANAKIAN COLEOPTERA.

doubtless imiversal at the Canaries, though I did not happen to meet
with it in Hierro ; for there can be but little question that it must
exist in that island also. It is found at nearly every elevation, and
in spots both sylvan and exposed. In Lanzarote and Fuerteventura
it would seem to be somewhat scarce ; but throughout the region
of El Monte in Grand Canary it is commoner ; in Teneriffe I have
taken it around S'*' Cruz, at Souzal, the Agua Garcia, the Agua Mansa,
and Tcod el Alto ; and in Palma I observed it, but sparingly. In
Gomera it was foimd, rather abundantly, by Dr. Crotch. In size it
is intermediate between the last species and the following one ; and
it may easily be recognized by its somewhat broad, compact, and
ovate outUne, rather wide and laterally-rounded prothorax (which
has the punctures comparatively remote, distinct, and weU defined,
a shallow, more or less rounded fovea in the centre of its base, and
its extreme hinder angles minutely prominent), by its redcUsJi-hrown.
hue (particidarly of the head and prothorax), and by its pallid limbs,
— even the antennal club not being infuscated.

253. Corticaria tenella, n. sp.

C. ovata, nigro-picea, minutissime et parce cinereo-pubescens ; capite
prothoracequc subopacis, hoc angusto, ad latera subintegro necnon
sequaHter et leviter rotundato, dense rugoso-pimctato, postice fovea
transversa subarcuata impresso ; elytris vix nigrescentioribus, sub-
nitidis, convexis, leviter punctate -striatis, interstitiis imiseriatim
punctulatis ; antennis pedibusque nifo-testaceis, illarum clava ob-
scuriore.

Var. ft. Capite prothoraceque paulo rufescentioribus. [Insulce Gomera.
et Hierro.] — Long. corp. lin. i-vix g.

Habitat in Canaria, TenerifFa, Palma, Gomera et Hierro, passim.

In its minute size, convex, ovate body, and narrow, posteriorly-
impressed prothorax, the present insignificant little Corticaria is closely
aUied to the common European C. gibhosa. It is however, on the
average, still smaller than that species, and of a blacker (or less fus-
cous) hue ; its prothorax is not quite so narrow, a trifle rounder at
the sides, more closely, roughly, and less defijiitely punctured, and
with the hinder impression shallower; its head and prothorax are
often (at any rate in the var. j3, from Gomera and Hierro) of a rather
more piceous, or even subrufescent, hue ; and its antennae are a httle
less abbreviated. I have taken it sparingly, and in various positions,
in Grand Canary, Tenerifie, Palma, and Hierro ; and it was found,
rather plentifully, by Dr. Crotch in Gomera ; but it has not yet been
detected in the two eastern islands of the Group.

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 151

Genus 107. LATRIDIUS.
Herbst, Natursyst. v. 8 (1793).

254. Latridius minutus.

Teiiebrio minutus, Linn., Si/st. Nat. ii. 675 (1767).
Lathridius minutus, Mann., in Germ. Zeitsch. v. 96 (1844).

, TFolL, Im. Mad. 190 (1854).

, Id, Cat. Mad. Col. 65 (1857).

Habitat in Canaria, Teneriffa, Gomera, Palma et Hierro, passim.

The Canarian specimens of this common European Latridius (which
has an excedingiy wide geographical range) have theii' elytra perhaps
a trifle more deeply punctate-striated (causing the interstices to ap-
pear rather more convex) than is the case in the ordinary ones and
in those from Madeira, and their humeral callus is more evidently
rufescent ; but I can detect nothing about them to warrant the suspi-
cion that they are specifically distinct. It is not a very abundant
insect in these islands, but widely distributed over them. I have
taken it in the region of El Monte in Grand Canary ; at the Agua
Garcia, the Agua Mansa, and Ycod el Alto, of Teneriffe ; in the Bar-
ranco da Agua of Palma ; and in Hierro. And it was captured, in
considerable numbers, by Dr. Crotch in Gomera. I have but little
doubt that it has been naturalized from more northern latitudes.

255. Latridius opacipennis, n. sp.

L. oblongo-ovatus, rufo-ferrugineus, opacus ; capite prothoraceque
profunde rugoso-punctatis, in medio canaHculatis, hoc latiusculo,
transverse, angulis anticis obtuse rotundato-ampliatis, postice
paulo angustiore, ad latera minute crenulato ; elytris subdepressis,
leviter substriato-punctatis, interstitiis latis planis ; antennis bre-
vibus, testaceis, clava minus abrupta. — Long. corp. lin. ^.

Habitat Teneriffam sylvaticam, ad Agua Garcia semel tantum re-
pertus.

Amongst many examples of the L. minutus taken at the Agua
Garcia, in Teneriffe, I find a single one which differs to a very re-
markable extent (in some measure indeed even structurally) from the
remainder ; and from this the above diagnosis has been compiled. It
differs from that species in its bright rufo-ferruginous hue, opalce and
less convex surface, in its verj' much broader prothorax (which has
the anterior angles largely and obtusely rounded, and its edges mi-
nutely crenulated), in its very Hghtly sculptured elytra (the striae of
which are scarcely at all impressed, and the interstices wide and
flattened), and in the less abrupt club of its rather shorter antennae.

152 CANAEIAN COLEOPTEKA.

25G. Latridius ruficoUis.

Corticaria mficollis, Mshm, Ent. Brit. i. Ill ( 1802).
Latridius nificollis, Steph., III. Brit. Ent. iii. lU (1830).
Latliridiiis lilipiitanus, Mmin., in Germ. Zritsch. v. 85 (1844).
ruficoUis, Woll, Cat. Mad. Col. 06 (1857).

Hahhat Ljinzarotam borealem, prope oppidum Haria semel leetus.

The only Canarian example of this Eiu'opeaii Latridius which I
have yet seen was taken hj myself, from beneath the refuse at the
base of a corn-stack, at Haria, in the north of Lanzarote. It occurs
in similar positions at Madeira.

Fam. 20. MYCETOPHAGID^.

Genus 108. MYRMECOXENUS.

Clievrolat, in ISilh. Bcv. iii. 207 [script. Myrmechixenus^ (1835).

257. Myrmecoxenus sordidus, n. sp.

M. rufo-ferrugineus, subnitidus, parce cinereo-pubeseens ; capite pro-
thoraceque dense et sat fortiter punctatis, h(k' rotimdato-quadrato
^wstice \'ix attenuato ; elytris paulo obscurioribus, vix minus dense
punctatis ; antennis pedibusque rufo-testaceis. — Long, coi'p. lin.
vix 1.

Habitat Fuerteventuram, sul) stercore camelino ad llio Palmas de-
lectus.

Although unwilling, in a small and rather obscure genus, to estab-
lish a species on the evidence afforded by merely two examples, I am
nevertheless compelled to do so in this instance, since I cannot refer
the present Myrmecoxenus (though partaking, in a measure, of the
characters of them all) to any of the three European exponents of it
which have been hitherto recognized. Thus, from the M. vapora-
riorum it differs, inter alia, in its smaller size, darker hue, and more
deeply punctured and less densely pubescent surface ; from the sub-
terraneus it may be known by being a trifle larger and broader, with
its prothorax less straightened (and less narrowed) behind, and (to-
gether with the head) of a paler hue, and by its surface being rather
more pubescent ; whilst from the picinus its much paler colour and
longer and coarser pile, combined with its more thickly and less
strongly punctured surface, and its duller, somewhat flatter, and less
cylindric body, wiU equally remove it. The M. epulo, Miiklin, I
have not been able to procure for comparison ; so that I am unable
to say to what extent the Canarian one may tally with that insect.
The only two specimens of it which I have seen hitherto were cap-

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tured by myself, from beneath camels' dung, in the lUo Talmas of
Fuertevontura, at the beginning of April 1859.

Genus 109. SYMBIOTES.

Eedteubaclier, Fna Anstr. 198 (1819).

258, Symbiotes pygmseus.

Symbiotes pygma3us, Hampe, in Ent. Zeit. Stett. 353 (1850).
Microchondrus dornuum, WolL, Ins. Mad. tab. iv. f. 2 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 71 (1857).

Symbiotes pygmeeus, J. Duval, Gen. des Col. d'Eio: ii. 221. pi. 54. f. 270
(1859).

Habitat Palmam, a Dom. Gray mense Februario a.d. 1858 repcrtus.

The small beetle which I described in 1854 under the name of
Microchondrus dornuum appears (as indeed I have elsewhere stated)
to be identical with the European Symbiotes pygmams. At least I
can detect no sufficient difference to warrant its separation from that
species ; though, at the same time, the only two authentic specimens
which I have yet seen of the latter (and which have been commu-
nicated by Dr. Hampe of Vienna) are certainly somewhat larger than
those from the Atlantic islands. It seems to be very rare at the
Canaries (even more so than it is in Madeii-a), where indeed I have
n^ot myself hitherto met with it. Two examples, however (one of
which he has presented to the National Collection), were captured by
Mr. Gray, during February 1858, in Palma.

Genus 110. TYPH^A.
(Khby) Staph., III. Brit. Ent. iii. 70 (1830).

259. Typhaea fumata.

Dermestes fumatus, Linn., Syst. Nat. ii. 564 (1767).
Mycetopliagus fumatus, Gi/IL, Ins. Suec. iii. 399 (1813).
Typhfea fumata, WolL, Ins. Mud. 199 (1854).
, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 71 (1857).

Habitat in Lanzarota, Fuerteventura, Teneriffa et Gomera, sub
quisquiliis, rarior.

Of the common European T. fumata (which occurs also, though
not very abundantly, in Madeira) I have seen hitherto but sixteen
Canarian examples. Eleven of them were taken by myself, from
beneath vegetable refuse, in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, and Tene-
riffe ; and the remaining five by Dr. Crotch in Teneriffe and Gomera.
My Lanzarotan specimens were captured near Haria; those from
Fuerteventura, in the liio Palmas ; and those from Teneriffe, at Ta-
ganana, the Agua Mansa, and close to the Puerto of Orotava.

154 CANAEIAN COLEOPTEHA.

Genus 111. LITARGUS.
Ericlison, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 415 (1848).

260. Litargus trifasciatus, n. sp.
L. eUipticus, dense pubescens, rufo-ferrugineus, elytris uigris, Isete
rufo-testaceo-fasciatis ; oculis conicis, postice ciliatis ; prothorace
ad latera vix pallidiore ; coleopteris uigrescentibus in limbo dilu-
tioribus necnon in fasciis tribus [una sc. basali valde obliqua, se-
cunda postmedia sub-obluniformi, et tertiii parva apieali, omnibus
plus minus fractis] i-ufo-testaceis ornatis ; antennis pedibusque
paUide testaceis, illis versus apicem obscurioribus. — Long. corp. Hn.
l-lf

Habitat Gomeram, prope " Hermigua " a Dom. Crotch repertus.

This most interesting Litargus was detected near Hermigua, in
Gomera, by Dr. Crotch, during the spring of 1862. It is of precisely
the same type as the two Madeiran representatives of the group —
the L.pictus and pilosus ; though, in its small bulk, general structure,
very conical eyes*, and unstriated elytra, it is perhaps, specifically,
nearer to the latter than to the former. It may, however, be known
from them both by its paler (or more rufeseent) head and prothorax,
and by its elytra being ornamented with three, usually well-defined
(but occasionally broken up, or disjointed) reddish-yellow fasciae —
the first of which is basal and very oblique (running from either
shoulder to nearly the middle of the suture), the second postmedial
and somewhat obluniform (being less obhque than the preceding one,
and drawn in an opposite direction), and the third small and sub-
apical (being represented by two mere patches, or spots). It is more
elliptical and depressed than the European L. hifasciatus ; its head
and prothorax (the latter of which is narrower posteriorly) are more
rufeseent ; and its elytra have their markings more abbreviated late-
rally, and the two apical spots so largely developed as to form an
additional (or third) fascia.

Fam. 21. DERMESTID^.

Genus 112. DERMESTES.

Limiffius, Si/st. Nat. ii. 561 (17G7).

* In the diagnosis given in my ' Ins. Mad.' I overlooked the anomalous fact
that the eyes of the Litargi are furnished behind with a few long, posteriorly-
directed sette. This peculiarity is correctly figured in the 347th plate of Stm-m's
' Deutschlands Fauna ' ; yet I cannot see that it is noticed in any of the diagnoses
to which I have had access. It exists, however, in all the S2>ecies which I have
examined, — namely, in the European hifasciatus, the Madeu'an pilosus and (com-
pai'atively gigantic) j^ictus, and the Canarian trifasciatus.

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 155

261. Dermestes vulpinus.

Dermestes vulpiuus, Fah., Spec. Ins. i. 64 (1781).

, Bridle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 59 (1888).

, Stunn, DeuUch. Fna, xix. 42. tab. 350. f. A (1847).

, JFolL, Ins. Mad. 202 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 72 (1857).

Habitat Lanzarotam, Teneriffam et Gomeram, in cadaveribus pelli-
busque sat vulgaris.

The almost cosmopolitan D. vulpinus (well characterized by the
exceedingly minnte spine with which the extreme apex of each of its
elytra is furnished) is occasionally pretty abimdant, in certain spots,
at the Canaries. Hitherto, however, I have myself observed it only
in Lanzarote and Teneriffe, — namely, near Arrecife of the former
(where it was taken also by Mr. Gray), and near S*'' Cruz of the
latter (where it was found likewise by the Barao do Castello de Paiva).
But it was captured in Gomera by Dr. Crotch. It occurs in Madeira.

262. Dermestes Frischii.

Dermestes Frischii, Kuqel., in Schneid. Maq. 478 (1794).

, Sturm, Beutsch. Fna, xix. 44. tab. 350. f. D (1847).

, Erich., Nat. der Ins. Dmtsch. iii. 428 (1848).

Habitat Lanzarotam, Canariam et Teneriffam, in iisdem locis ac
praecedens.

The present Dermestes is almost identical prima facie with the vul-
pinus ; nevertheless the apices of its elytra are destitute of the minute
spinules which characterize that insect, its pubescence is blacker
(with the paler portions, however, at the sides of the head and pro-
thorax and on the scuteUum, usually of a clearer white), and the
ultimate segment of its abdomen beneath has merely a small, ter-
minal, sublunate dark patch — instead of a band extending along its
entire length. It is about equally common in these islands with the
preceding species, with which it is generally found in company. It
was taken by Mr. Gray and myself, from out of dead animals, near
Arrecife, of Lanzarote ; and subsequently, by myself, in the sandy
region of Grand Canary between Las Palmas and the Isleta, as also
close to S'" Cruz in Teneriffe.

Genus 113. ATTAGENUS.

Latreille, Gen. Crust, et In^. ii. 32 (1802).

263. Attagenus pellio.

Dermestes pellio, Linn., Fna Suee. 141 (17G1).
, Fab., Si/st. Bleu. i. 313 (1801).

156 CANARIAN COLEOriEEA.

Attageuus pellio, Step],., III. Brit. Ent. iii. 120 ( 1830).
Megatoma pellio, limllc, in Webb et Berth. {Vol.) 59 (1838).

Habitat ? [testibus DD. Webb et Berth., in ins. Canariensibus] mihi
non obvius.

I have not myself detected this almost cosmopolitan insect at the
Canaries ; nevertheless, since it is recorded by Messrs. Webb and Ber-
thelot, and since the species is so well marked that it could scarcely
be mistaken for anything else, I have ventured to admit it into the
present Catalogue. I am totally unable, however, to state in which
island it was found, — the miserably poor and loosely- strung list of
Canarian Coleoptera included in that work not having so much as a
single locality entered for any one of them ! It is fortunate therefore
that the A. j^ellio is quite unimportant, since, wherever taken, it was
clearly a mere accidental introduction from more northern latitudes.

1^64. Attagenus Schsefferi.

Megatoma Schajfferi, Hbst, Kaf. iv. 93 (1791).

macellariumP, Bridle, in IVebb et Berth. {Col.) 59 (1838).

Attagenus Schasfteri, Erich., Nat. der Ins. Bent sch. iii. 440 (1848).

Habitat TenerifFam, in domibus Sanctse Crueis captus ; nisi fallor,
introductus.

I believe that the few Canarian examples which I have yet seen
of the present Attayenus are rightly referred to the A. Schafferl,
rather than to the A. mcf/atonia ; nevertheless they do not precisely
accord with Erichson's diagnosis of that species. I have taken the
insect sparingly in houses at S'" Cruz, of Teneriife, — where, however,
it has evidently been naturalized through the mediimi of commerce.
When immature the specimens are more or less piceous, or even fer-
ruginous. It occurs, in similar situations, at Madeira.

Genus 114. TELOPES.

Redtenbacher, //* Husset/. Reise, i. 984 (1843).
Although agreeing with Attagenus proper in the exceedingly elon-
gate, ensiform last joint of the male antennal club of at any rate one
of its species, I have nevertheless retained the present genus as dis-
tinct (even though it has been re-merged into the former by Erich-
son), because it seems to me to possess sufficient peculiarities to ren-
der its separation therefrom desirable. Without entering into minor
details, TeJopes may be known from Attagenus by the relatively
shorter, obtuser, and convexer bodies of the insects which compose
it, — the surfaces of which are densely pubescent (and are likewise
studded, in addition to the decumbent under-pilc, though sometimes
very sparingly so, with long and suberect hairs towards either side),

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whilst their maxillae and palpi are longer, and their legs are more
rohiist, — the tibiae being especially broader, much more coarselj^ spi-
nulose along their outer edge, and with the terminal spurs consider-
ably larger and stronger (that of the anterior pair being greatly de-
veloped, thickened, outwardly directed, and flexuose). It would ap-
pear to be peculiar, principally, to Mediterranean latitudes ; and the
species which constitute it, although variable in hue, are more or less
evidently adorned with transverse (though often obscure and inter-
rupted) fasciae. They are less strictly Dermestideous in their modes
of life than the true Attageni, — occurring for the most part (like
Anthremis) on flowers in the open country, and only occasionally
exhibiting the skin-infesting habits which (as in the case of the
normal members of the family) characterize the latter.

Although, as has already been intimated, one of the insects de-
scribed below has the last joint of its male-elava enormously elon-
gated as in the true Attageni, I nevertheless consider this fact of but
slight importance, seeing that the antennae of nearly all these im-
mediate Dermestideous forms have their club so peculiarly modified
that it is hardly possible to regard even the structural features of
that organ as of more than specific signification ; for it is scarcely
too much to assert that we actually find them (within certain fixed
limits) differently proportioned in almost every individual species.
Hence the discrepancies (both specific and sexual) in the antennae of
the three insects here characterized (each of which possesses its own
exact modification) ofifer no obstacle to their being generically asso-
ciated ; and I have but little doubt (when their many points of agree-
ment, above alluded to, are duly considered) that they are strictly
members of a single and perfectly natural assemblage. The two
comprised under my latter Section have their tibiae still more robust
(and broader) than the representative of the former one ; but this
is merely a difierence in degree, and not in kind : nevertheless the
female tarsal pecuHarity of the T. ohtusus (which has the second joint
of its four posterior feet less elongated than is the case in those of its
males, and in those of both sexes of the other two species) is cer-
tainly much more remarkable.

§ I. Corpus versus latera p*7is longissimis erectis sat dense obsitum :
tibice S'ublineares : tarsi in seocu fcemineo minus elongati, posteriores
articido 2^^° quam tertius paxdo {in sexu foemineo) longiore : anten-
narum articulus ultimus in maribus longissinms.

265. Telopes obtusus.
T. ovalis, uiger vel fusco-niger, fulvo-cinereo-pubescens ; prothorace

158 CANARIAN COLEOPTEKA.

utrinque et basi elytrisque in fasciis tribus necnon ad apicem den-

sius pallido-pilosis ; antennis nigris, ad basin picesceiitibus ; pedi-

bus piceis, tarsis pallidioribus.
Var'iat fasciis plus luinus obsoletis vel etiam confluentibus, pube plus

minus albido-cinerea.
Mas antcnnarum articulo ultimo longissimo ensiformi.
Fcem. antennarum articulis O""", 10'"'' et 11'"° inter se subsequalibus

(ultimo vix majore). — Long. corp. lin. 1-vix 2,

Dermestes obtusus, GylL, in ScJmi. Syn. Ins. ii. 88 (1808).

Attagenus obtusus, Lucas, Col. (VAlgerie, 239 (1849).

abbreviatus, Hartimg, Geoloy. Verhliltn. Lanz.und Fuert. 140&141.

Habitat Lanzarotam, Fuerteventuram et Canariam, in floribus tem-
pore vernali, passim.

The excessive variability of this insect, in conjunction with the
very different aspect of the sexes, might well lead to the establisli-
ment of two or three supposed species out of it, were but a few ex-
amples present (and those perhaps divergent ones inter se) to form an
opinion from. Nevertheless, after a close examination of a very ex-
tensive series obtained in both Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, I am
bound to confess (despite the opposite appearance of the highly
coloured individuals and those in which the markings are obsolete)
that I cannot detect any character sufficient to warrant its separation
from the Mediterranean T. obtusus — an insect which occurs in Por-
tugal and in the north of Africa. It is tolerably common, on flowers,
in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, during the spring ; and I have also
taken it, though sparingly, in the low sandy district between Las
Palmas and the Isleta, of Grand Canary, as well as in the little
island of Graeiosa (off the extreme north of Lanzarote), Although
principally, however (when in the imago-state), of flower-infesting
habits, it is not entirely so ; for, like the Anthreni and other allied
Dermestideous forms, it will occasionally attack the skins and diled
remains of animals also ; and in such positions I have observed it on
the sea-beach near Arrecife, of Lanzarote.

I possess Fuerteventuran specimens, communicated by Dr. Heer,
and which were collected in that island by M. Hartung ; so that I
am enabled to assert positively that it is the Attagenus abbreviatus
described in the volume (above cited) of the latter. Nevertheless
without this corroboration such would have been sufficiently evident,
since it is apparently the ordy Attagenus (or TcJopes, as I have re-
garded it) which is common to the two eastern islands of the archi-
pelago,— in both of which M. Hartung records the A. abbreviatus.

Brightly coloured examples of it approach very closely at first sight

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to the T. multifasdatus from Grand Canary ; nevertheless, apart from
its structural peculiarities — of slenderer tibiae, the immensely deve-
loped last joint of its male-clava, and the shorter feet of its female
sex (which have their second joint less conspicuously elongated), —
it may be further known by its rather larger size, by the long and
suberect additional hairs with which it is studded towards either side
being much more numerous, and by the dark portions of its surface
being usually browner, whilst the fasciae are generally of a duUer and
obscurer white.

§ II. Co)j)us antice ad latera pills longiusculis suherectis vix vestitmn :
tihice dilatatte : tarsi posteriores {in utroque sexu) elongati, articulo
2°'*'' (in utroque sexu) quani tertius multo longiore : antennarum
articidus ultimus vel in uU'oque sexu parvus, vel in maribus paido
elongatus.

266. Telopes anthrenoides, n. sp.

T. ovalis, fusco-niger, cinereo-pubescens ; jirothorace utriiique ely-
trisque in fasciis tribus obscuris necnon ad apicem densius pallido-
pUosis ; antennis nigris, ad basin picescentibus, articulo ultimo
(in utroque sexu) jjarvo ; pedibus rufo-piceis, tarsis pallidioribus.

Mas antennarum clava paulo longiore, articulis penultimo et ante-
penultimo leviter elongatis.

Foem. antennarum clava paulo breviore, articulis penultimo et antepe-
nultimo quam terminalis vix (singulatim) majoribus. — Long. corp.
lin. vix 11.

Habitat Canariam australem, in arenosis aridis ad Maspalomas
captus.

It is just possible that this insect may be only a depauperated state
of the T. multifasciatas pecidiar to the dry sandy region of Maspa-
lomas, in the extreme south of Grand Canary (where my few speci-
mens were captured) ; nevertheless I can hardly believe that such is
really the case. It differs in being smaller than that insect, in its
pubescence (as well as even the few elongate additional hairs with
which it is studded on either side anteriorly) being altogether whiter
or more cinereous and still more decumbent, in its elytral fasciae
being less distinct, and in its tibiae being perhaps (if anything) a trifle
narrower.

267. Telopes multifasciatus.
T. ovalis, niger, nigrescenti-pubescens ; prothorace utrinque et in
maculis duabus posticis elytrisque in fasciis tribus, neenon ad api-
cem, pallido-pilosis ; antennis nigris, ad basin picescentibus, arti-
culo ultimo (in utroque sexu) parvo ; pedibus piceis, tarsis vix pal-
lidioribus.
Mas antennarum clava paulo longiore, articulis penultimo et ante-
penultimo leviter elongatis.

160 CANAEIAN COLEOPTERA.

Fcem. antennainim clava paulo breviore, articulis penultimo et ante-
peniiltimo qiiam teiTainalis vix (singulatim) majoribus. — Long.corp.
lin. 1^-vix 1|.

Telopes multifasciatus, WolL, Ann. Nat. Hist. (3rd series) xi. 218 (1863) .

Hahitat Canariam Grandein, ad flores varios (sed prsesertim Cisti
moifispeliensis L.) tempore vernaK hinc hide vulgaris.

The present Telopes seems to be the universal one of Grand Ca-
nary, which is the only island in which I have hitherto observed it.
It occurs more particiilarly at intermediate elevations, — where, during
the spring months, I have taken it throughout the region of El
Monte, in the district between Tarajana and Maspalomas, &c. ; in
the latter of which it abounds on the blossoms of the Cistus monsiye-
liensis. At first sight it very much resembles the following species
(from Tenerifi'e and Palma) ; but it is, on the average, a trifle larger,
with indications (more or less expressed) of three elytral fasciae (in-
stead of only two), and with the terminal joint of its club rather
smaller in loth sexes than either of the two which precede it, — the
males, moreover, having their penultimate and antepenultimate ones
slightly elongated, causing the entire clava to be less shortened than
that of the females.

268. Telopes fasciatus.

T. breviter ovalis, niger, nigrescenti-pubesceiis ; prothorace utrinque
et in maculis duabus posticis elytrisque in fasciis duabus (postica
subevanescente) necnon mox ante apicem pallido-pilosis ; antennis
nigris, ad basin pieescentibus; pedibus ])iceis,tar.sisvix pallidioribus.
Mas antennarum clava paulo longiorc, articulo ultimo leviter elongato,
Fcem. antennarum clava paulo breviore, articulis tribus inter se sub-
aequalibus. — Long. corp. lin. 11- vix 1|.

Telopes fasciatus, WoIJ., Ann. Nat. Hist. (3rd series) xi. 218 (1863).

Hahitat in floribus Tenerifi^a% Gomeras et Palmte, tempore vernali
frequens.

"Whilst the last species is the ordinary one of Grand Canary, the
T. fasciatus is apparently universal throughout the low and inter-
mediate elevations of Tenerifte, Gomera, and Palma. It will pro-
bably occur in Hiorro likewise, though, as we visited that island too
early in the season for the flower-infesting Coleoptera, I did not ob-
serve it there. Between the Villa and Puerto of Orotava it abounds
during the spring, and it is almost equally common in the Barranco
above S''' Cruz of Palma. In Gomera it was taken by Dr. Crotch,
near San Sebastian. It is, on the average, a little smaller and pro-
portionally shorter than the preceding species, and its elytral fascite
(instead of being three in numl)er) are reduced to only two ; and

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even of these the hinder one is usually more or less obsolete. Its
antennal club, however, constitutes its chief distinctive feature — the
three joints being subequal in the females, whilst the terminal one
is slightly elongated in the males ; whereas in its ally the last one
is comparatively minute in both sexes, and the penultimate and ante-
penultimate ones (instead of the terminal) are a little enlai'ged in
the males.

Genus 115. ANTHRENUS.
Geoffi'oy, Hist, des Ins. i. 118 (1764).

269. Anthrenus varius.

Antbreuus verbasci, Oliv. [nee Linn. 17(^7],Ent. ii. 14. pi. 1. f. 2 (1790).

varius, Fab., Ent. Si/st. i. 262 (1792).

Megatoma verbasci, Bndle, in Webb ct Berth. (Col.) 59 (1838).
Anthrenus varius, Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 455 (1848).

, Woll, Ins. Mad. 205 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 73 (1857).

Habitat in Lanzarota, Fuerteventura, Canaria et Teneriffa, ad
flores, passim.

The common European A. variiis (which occurs in Madeira and
Porto Santo) is probably universal at the Canaries, though (owing to
our visit to those two islands having been too early in the season for
the flower-infesting Coleoptera) I did not captui-e it in either Gomera
or Hierro ; nor indeed do I happen to have detected it even in Palma :
but in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Grand Canary, and Teneriffe it is
here and there abundant — both on flowers and about the inner walls
of houses. From Teneriffe it has also been communicated by the
Barao do Castello de Paiva, It may be readily known, inter alia, by
its 11 -jointed antennae and triarticulate club.

270. Anthrenus claviger.
Anthrenus claviger, Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 458 (1848).
Habitat in Palma, tempore vernali a.d. 1858 sat copiose leetus.
It is rather singular that, whilst failing to detect the last species
in Palma, I shoidd have met with the common European A. claviger
there instead. It is the only island of the seven in which I have
hitherto observed this small and very distinct Anthrenus.

Fam. 22. BYRRHIDiE.

Genus 116. SYNCALYPTA.

(DillwvTi) Stepli., ///, Brit. Ent. iii. 133(1830).

162 CAXAKIAN COLEOPTERA.

271. Syncalypta Integra, n. sp.

S. breviter ovalis, valde convexa, nigra, setis rigidis parce obsita ;
prothorace punctato ; elytris leviter striatis (striis obsolete et valde
remote punctatis) ; an tennis pedibusque rufo-ferrugineis ; tibiis
anticis bievibus, latis, extus integris. — Long. corp. lin. 1^.

Habitat inHierro, in regione sylvatica "El Golfo" dicta semel capta.

The present Syncalypta is about the size of the Madeiran S. eaj^i-
tata ; nevertheless it is a little rounder (or more reyularly oval) than
that insect, its prothorax is less deeply punctured, its elytra are more
convex, with their strips (which, except under the microscope, seem
to be quite impunctate) very much finer, its front tibiae are broader,
shorter, and apparently entire along their outer edge, and the ter-
minal joint of its elava is larger. The only example which I have
seen was captured by myself, during February 1858, in the sylvan
district of El Golfo, on the western slopes of Hierro.

272. Syncalypta ovuliformis.

S. breviter obovata, convexa, nigra, setis rigidis obsita ; prothorace
profunde punctato ; elytris profunde striato-punetatis ; antennis
pedibusque rufo-ferrugineis ; tibiis anticis extus parce spinulosis.
—Long. Corp. lin. 1.

Syncah-pta ovuliformis, JVoIl, Ins. Mad. 207 (18ri4).
— '■ — , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 73 (1857).

Habitat Teneriffam sylvaticam, ad Agua Garcia semel reperta.

Although I have at present no type in my possession for com-
parison, I believe nevertheless that this Syncalypta is identical with
the Madeiran^. ovuliformis. It may be known from the last species
by its rather smaller size and more obovate outline, by its prothorax
being more coarsely punctured, by its elytra being less convex and
regularly and deeply striate-punctate, and by its fore tibise being
relativel}'^ less dilated, and minutely (though sparingly) spinulose
along their outer edge. As in the case of that insect, I have hitherto
seen but a single example — which was taken by mj'self at the Agua
Garcia, in Teneriffe.

Fam. 23. HISTERID^.

Genus 117. HOLOLEPTA.
Paykull, Man. Hist. 101 (1811).

273. Hololepta Perraudieri.

H. parallclo-ovalis postiee subangustior, depressa, atra, nitidissima ;
li'onte lata, hand striata ; mandil)ulis elongatis, porrectis, iu medio

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 163

unidentatis ; prothorace lato, ad latera marginato, intra angulos
anticos fovea valde profunda auriculiformi notato, postice canalicula
tenui media impresso ; elytris ad apicem valde oblique truncatis,
sulco subhumerali sinuato utrinque abbreviato striisque 2 dorsali-
bus (sc. 1™'~' abbreviata profunda, et 2^ valde abbreviata quasi fo-
veam punctiforraem simulante) impressis ; propygidio utrinque
punctis perpaucis magnis irrorato ; pygidio impunctato ; tibiis an-
ticis 4-, posterioribus 3-dentatis. — Long. eorp. lin. 6.

Hololepta Perraudieri, de Mars., Ann. de la ^ioc. Ent. de France, (Si^me
s^i-ie) V. 397. pi. 10 (1857).

Habitat Teneriffam (sec. cl. de Marseul) et Gomeram, rarissima, in
hac a Dom. Crotch tempore vernali a.d. 1862 semel deprehensa.

This large and peculiar Histerid altogether escaped my own obser-
vation in these islands, and I should have had no other evidence of
its existence beyond the assertion of M. de Marseul (who has figured
it, very accurately, from a specimen stated to have been found in
TenerifFe by M. Henri de la Perraudiere) had not a single example,
now before me, been captured by Dr. Crotch in Gomera. Dr. Crotch
informs me that he took the individual referred to in a house at San
Sebastian ; and I have but little doubt, therefore, that it must have
crawled from out of one of the dried Eu2)horhia-stem.s which it is the
custom to bring down from the hills for fuel. It corresponds precisely
with de Marseul's admirable diagnosis, except that it is considerably
larger than the type which he appears to have described from.

The excessively depressed and highly polished surface of the H.
Perraudieri, in conjunction with its subparallel-oval outline (which,
however, is perceptibly wider in front than behind), its elongate por-
rect mandibles (which are armed with a small central tooth inter-
nally), its large and wide prothorax (which has a deep auricuhform
impression immediately within each of its anterior angles, and a thin
line, or channel, down its posterior disc), and the two very short
dorsal striae (particularly the inner one, which is nearly obsolete, or
reduced to a mere fovea) with which its obliquely- truncated elytra are
furnished, will suflRce, apart from minor characters, to distinguish it.

Dr. Crotch has presented his specimen to the British Museum col-
lection.

Genus 118. TERETRIUS.
Erichson, in Kluf/ Jahrb. i. 201 (ia34).

I refer the insect described below to Terefrius because in nearly all
its structural characters, and every one of its external ones, it agrees
precisely with the members of that group. Nevertheless, on care-
fully dissecting it, I find that there are a few points at all events in

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PANARTAN COLEOPTERA.

which its generic features do not coincide with those given by de
Marseul, — which, however, I ought perhaps to add, do not completely
agree with the conclusions that I have arrived at even as regards the
ordinary European T. picipes. Thus, in the Teneriffan species the
mentum is semicircular (being regularly rounded, instead of emar-
ginated, in front), the second and third joints of the maxillary palpi
are subequal (instead of the former being much the longer of the
two), and the antennas have their club exceedingly solid and xm-dLn-
nulated (which, however, is equally the case in the T. picipes), the
first joint of their funiculus considerably enlarged and subglobose, and
the last (or anteclaval) one extremely thin and lamelliform.

274. Teretrius cylindricus, n. sp.

T. cylindricus, niger, nitidus, ubique punctulatus ; prothorace amplo,

convexo,-\dx piceseentiore ; prosterno brevi, simplici (nee bistriato);

mesosterno canaliculato, lobo antico magno ; pedibus rufo-piceis ;

tibiis anticis extus 6-, posterioribus 5-spinosis. — Long. corp. linJl^ .

Habitat Teneriffam sylvaticam ; ad Agua Garcia exemplar unicum
cepi.

The present Teretrius is about the size of (or perhaps a trifle larger
than) the European T. picipjes, which at first sight it much resembles.
It is, however, a little broader than that insect, its prothorax (which
is slightly picescent) is convexer and more developed (it being pro-
portionally somewhat wider in front), its tibiae are more powerfully
spinulose (the hinder pair, wliich are more evidently curved, having
Jive spines along their outer edge, instead of only two), its prostemum
is rather shorter (being more broadly truncated at the apex) and free
from the two longitudinal costae which exist in that species, and its
mesosternum is channeled down the centre, with its anterior lobe
larger, or more produced. The proportions of its abdominal segments,
likewise, are not quite the same as in the T. picipes. The only ex-
ample of it which I have hitherto seen was captured crawling on the
inner canvas of my tent, whilst encamped at the Agua Garcia, in
Teneriffe, during April 1859.

Genus 119. EUTRIPTUS.

WoUaston, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (3rd series) i. 157 (1862).

275. Eutriptus putricola.

Eutriptus putricola, WoU., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (3rd series) i. 159.
pi. vii. f. 7 (1862).

Habitat in Lanzarota, Fuerteventura, Canaria, Teneriffa, Gomera

f't Hierro, sub rortioe Euphorbiainim laxo putrido. hinc inde hand iu-

tVequens.

C^NARIAN (X)LEOPTEKA. 105

This very distinct little insect, so remarkable {inter alia) for its
6-jointed funiculus, and tlie immense outwardly-directed spine into
which the inner apical angle of its fore tibiae is merged, as also for
its keeled prosternum, which is much produced in front and elon-
gated into a lobe (instead of being excavated) behind, whilst the meso-
sternum is scooped-out at the central point of contact, to receive this
hinder prosternal process, has been so fully described in my Paper
on the " Euphorbia-infesting Coleoptera of the Canaries" (lately pub-
lished in the ' Transactions of the Ent. Soc, of London') that I need
not enter here into its many peculiarities. It appears to be con-
fined (so far as observed hitherto) to the rotten Eu2)horbia-stems, —
beneath the damp putrid bark of which it resides, in company with
the numerous other insects of similar habits. There can be little
douot that it is universal throughout the archipelago ; although I did
not happen to meet with it in Palma. But in Lanzarote, Euerte-
ventura, Grand Canary, TenerifFe, and Hierro T have captured it,
more or less abundantly ; and it was found, during the spring of
1862, by Dr. Crotch, near San Sebastian, in Gomera. In Lanzarote
it was taken also by Mr. Gray ; and I detected it even in the little
island of Lobes, off the north of Fuerteventiu'a. It has been dis-
covered during the past year in Madeira, — where four examples of
it were obtained by Mr. Bewicke, from out of the decayed branches
of Euphorbias, in the east of the island.

Genus 120. HISTER.
Linnaeus, Si/st. Nat. ii. 56G (1767).

276. Hister major.

Hister major, Linn., Syst. Nat. ii. 506 (1767).

, BruUe, in Webb et Berth. {Col.) 50 (1838).

, de Marseul, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, (3ienie s^rie) ii.

173. pi. 6. f. 4 (1854).

, WolL, Ins. Mad. 210 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 74 (1857).

Habitat in inferioribus Canariae et Teneriffae, minus frequens.

The H. major, which is found throughout southern Europe and
northern Africa, and which occurs sparingly in the Madeiran Group,
appears to be somewhat scarce in these islands. I have taken it in
Grand Canary ; and it has been communicated by the Bev. B. T. Lowe
from Orotava, and by the Barao do Castello de Paiva from S*^" Cruz,
in Teneriffe.

277. Hister canariensis, n. sp.
H. subquadrato-ovalis, niger, nitidus ; stria frontali arcuata ; pro-

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thoracis striis duabus lateralibus subparallelis fere integris (exte-
riore postice vix abbreviata) ; elytronim stria humerali obliqua,
siibhumerali nulla, l-S''^'™ dorsalibus integris, 4t'iobsoleta (e punctis
perpaiicis elongatis versus apicem composita), 5'^ nulla, sutiu-ali sat
elongata (postice vix, sed antice valde abbreviata), striis omnibus
fere impunctatis ; i^ygidio subopaco, fortiter punctato ; antennis
pedibusque nigro-pieeis ; tibiis anticis 3-dentatis, posterioribiis bi-
seriatim multispinosis. — Long. corp. lin. 2^3^;

Habitat in montibus Teneriffge, rarior.

Although unwilling to erect an additional species in a group so
extensive as Ulster, yet, after a careful survey of de Marseul's mono-
graph, I am satisfied that the present one cannot be referred to any
of those which he has recorded. Its jwsition, however, in his arrange-
ment is easily determined, since it belongs to that comparatively
small Section of the genus in which the lateral, or " subhumeral,"
stria is obsolete and in which (at the same time) the pronotum is
furnished with fzvo striae at either side. Judging from his figures
and diagnoses, its nearest allies would appear to be the H.fossor from
Senegal, and the obesus from Guinea and southern Africa : but the
following combination of characters will serve to distinguish it from
the forms which it most closely resembles. Thus, its two prothoracic
lines are nearly entire (the outer one only being very slightly ab-
breviated behind) ; its elytral strite are deep and simple (though the
sutural one is sometimes just perceptibly crenated), the three dorsal
ones being complete (for the inner two are merely a trifle shorter at
the base) ; the fourth is obsolete (being represented by a few elongate
punctures, or a broken-up line, behind) ; the fifth is quite absent ;
and the sixth (or sutural one) commences at about a third of the
distance between the scutellum and the apex, and is continued almost
to the latter. Its front tibiae are externally tridentate (the apical
tooth being large, obtuse, and surmounted by three spinides, whilst
the second and third are gradually smaller and capped, each of them,
by a single spinule) ; and its four posterior ones are densely spinose.

Hitherto the H. canariensis has been observed only in Teneriffe,
where it would seem to be somewhat scarce. I have taken it at
Taganana, and it has been communicated by the Barao do Castello
de Paiva from Las Mercedes.

Genus 12L CARCINOPS.

De Marseul, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, (8ieme senc) iii. 83 (1855),

278. Carcinops 14-striatus.
Dendropliilus 14-striatus, Stcph., Ill Brit. Eni. v. 412 (1832).
Paromnlu? piiinilio, Erich., in Khtrj Jahrh. i. 169 (1834).

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA, 107

Paromalus pumilio, WolL, Ins. Mad. 213 (1864).

Carcinops pumilio, de Marseul, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, iii. 91.

pi. 22. f. 4 (1855).
Paromalus pumilio, Woll, Cat. Mad. Col. 74 (1857).

Habitat Lanzarotam, Euerteventuram, Teneriffam et Gomeram,
sub quisquiliis degeus.

The little C. 14:-striat'us, which occurs tliroiigliout central and
southern Europe, the north of Africa, and Madeira, is pretty widely
distributed over these islands — where in all probability it will be
found to be universal, if searched for in the proper situations. Never-
theless, hitherto, I have observed it only in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura,
and Teneriffe ; in the last of which, however, as well as in Gomera,
it has been captured by Dr. Crotch. It is chiefly to be met with
beneath decaying vegetable detritus, especially under the putrid
leaves of the Prickly Pear {Opuntia Tuna), in waste spots where
they have been thrown away as refuse.

Genus 122. SAPRINUS.
Ericbson, in Klnc/ Jalirh. i. 172 (1834).

§ I. Elytrorum stria suturali antice plus minas ahhreviatd.

279. Saprinus nobilis, n. sp.

S. cyaneo-niger, supra subopacus, densissime rugoso-punctatus ; pro-
thorace in disco postico elytrisque in spatio communi obcordato
pone scutellum necnon per marginem ipsis.simum posticum politis ;
stria frontali nulla ; elytris singulis stria suturali tenui antice valde
abbreviate (a medio usque ad apicem continuata) necnon duabus
parvis obliquis versus humeros impressis ; prosterno punctulato,
lineis antice late divaricatis ; mesosterno sat dense et profunde
punctato ; tibiis anticis extus leviter et obtuse denticulatis, poste-
rioribus biseriatim spinulosis ; tarsis (sed prsesertim anticis) piceis.
— Long. Corp. lin. 2^-3^.

Habitat Teneriffam, rarissimus ; propc Sanctam Crucem necnon
sub stercore humano in sylva " Las Mercedes " dicta captus.

I believe that the present Saprinus is undoubtedly distinct from
every species described in de Marseul's Monograph, though perhaps
it approaches nearer to the S.Jir/uratus, from northern Africa, than
to any other of them. Apparently, however, it is much larger than
that insect, of a dark cyaneous-blue (instead of a brownish black),
with its polished prothoracic space single (instead of being shaped-
out into three compartments), and with its sutural Line (instead of
being complete) greatly abbreviated anteriorly. Apart from minor
characteristics, its almost evanescent striae, combined with its cya-

168 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

neons and very densely punctured upper surface (which has only the
disc of its pronotum, and an obcordate elytral space behind the
scutellum, highly polished and impunctate), will at once sepai'ate it
from the other Canarian Saprini. The only two specimens which I
have yet seen were captured by myself in Tencriffe, — one of them
near S'" Cruz, and the other at a comparatively high elevation in the
wood of Las Mercedes.

280. Saprinus osculans, n. sp.

S. subcyaneo-niger, supra convexus, vix subopacus, dense rugoso-
punctatus ; prothorace in disco late elytrisque in spatio communi
obcordato pone scutellum necnon per marginem ipsissimum pos-
ticum politis ; stria frontali subobsoleta ; elytris singulis stria sutu-
rah antice paulo abbreviata necnon quinque obliquis abbreviatis (in-
ternis tcnuibus subpunctulatis, et secundA, vel tertia dorsali, brevi
fere obsoleta) impressis ; prosterno sublaevi, lineis antice paulo di-
varicatis ; mesosterno paree pnnctato ; tibiis anticis extus dentieii-
latis, posterioribus biseriatim spinulosis ; tarsis (sed praesertim an-
ticis) piceis. — Long. corp. lin. 2^.

Habitat in Fuerteventura, semel tantum captus.

Closely allied to the preceding species ; from which, however, it
differs in being smaller and less evidently cyaneous, in the sculptured
portion of its upper surface being rather less densely punctured, and
therefore not quite so opake (the polished jirothoracic space more-
over being larger, and occupying -in its middle the entire length of
the pronotum), in its sutural line being less abbreviated in front, in
its having at leant Jive oblique striise (instead of only two) developed
at the base of its elytra (the inner ones of which are minutely punc-
tured, but the second nevertheless, or third " dorsal " one, short and
subobsolete), in its presternum being almost impunctate and with
the lateral lines less divergent in front, in its mesosternum being
less closely and less deeply punctured, and in its anterior tibiae being
more powerfully spined.

Judging from de Marseul's diagnosis and figure, the S. osculans
would perhaps agree better with the detersus (from the south of
France, Spain, Portugal, Algeria, Senegal, ifcc.) than with any other
species ; nevertheless it has no indication of the small additional
polished space between the second and third dorsal stria? (at the base
of the elytra), or of the less-defined one at the shoulders, which
characterize that insect ; and, moreover, in the description of the
S. detersus no mention is made of the obscure cyaneous tint which is
very traceable on the oscidaus. Tt is hitherto unique, a single ex-
ample having been capturcrl by myself in Fuerteventura.

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 169

281. Saprinus nitidulus.

, aeneo-niger, nitidus ; fronte postice minus punctulata, stria sub-
obsoleta ; prothorace ad latera necnon per basin ipsam profunde
piinctato, intra angulos anticos (rotundatos) distincte impresso ;
elytris postice profunde puuctatis (punctis versus latera inter strias
minus ascendentibus), striis profundis, punctatis, suturali antice
valde abbreviate, humerali in subbumeralem mergente, l-4ta'" dor-
saUbus plerumque ultra medium postice continuatis ; prosterno ob-
tuse subcarinato, lineis antice divergentibus ; mesosterno profunde
punctate (per marginem posticum serie punctorum quasi bisec-
torum terminate), antice sat profunde emarginato angulis obtusis ;
antennis pedibusque nigro-piceis, capitulo soepius vix dilutiore. —
Long. Corp. lin. 2-3.

Hister nitidulus, Fab., Syst. Eleu. i. 85 (1801).

, Brtille, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 59 (1838).

Saprinus nitidulus, WolL, Ins. Mad. 215 (1854).

, de Mars., A?m. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 402. pi, 17. f. 40

(1855),
, Woll, Cat. Mad. Col. 75 (1857).

Habitat Lanzarotam et TenerifFam, in cadaveribus frequens,
I have given the above comparative diagnosis of this common Eu-
ropean insect for the sake of calling attention to the exact points in
which it differs from the following closely allied species. I have
taken it, in tolerable abundance, from out of dead animals, both
near Arrecife of Lanzarote and around S** Cruz of Teneriffe, — from
the latter of which islands it has also been communicated by the
Barao do Castello de Paiva.

282. Saprinus subnitidus.

-S^. niger, nitidus ; fronte densissime punctulata,.stria obsoleta ; pro-
thorace ad latera necnon per basin ipsam punctato, intra angulos
anticos (oblique subtruncatos) leviter impresso ; elytris convexis,
postice leviter punctulatis (punctulis versus latera inter strias plus
minus ascendentibus), striis tenuibus, vix punctulatis, suturali an-
tice paulo abbreviata, humerali in subbumeralem mergente, l-S*'^'"
dorsaHbus vix ultra et S'''"^ 4t^que vix ad medium postice conti-
nuatis ; prosterno minus carinato, lineis antice leviter divergenti-
bus ; mesosterno leviter et vage punctato, antice paulo emarginato
angulis sat argute determinatis ; antennis pedibusque nigro-piceis,
capitulo saepius ferrugineo.

Yar. /3 [an species ?]. Elytris paulo distinctius punctulatis, punctulis
inter strias utrinque densius ascendentibus. \_Ins. Palma.] — Long,
corp. lin. 2-vix 3.

Saprinus subnitidus ?, de Mars., Ami. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 404.
pi. 17. f. 41 (1855).

Habitat in Lanzarota, Fuerteventura et Canaria, una cum sp. praj-

cedente deorens.

170 CANJkRIAN COLEOPTEKA.

As may be gathered from the above comparative diagnosis, the
present Saprinus differs from the nUidulus in being blacker (with
scarcely any perceptible senescent tinge), in its forehead being as
densely punctured behind as in front, in the punctures and strias of
its upper surface being altogether very much finer (the latter being
nearly simple, or but delicately cvcnulated), in the anterior angles of
its pronotum being rather more obliquely-truncated at their apex
and with the shallow depropsion within them a trifle less distinct, in
its elytra being somewhat rounder and convexer, with the sutural
stria a Httle less abbreviated in front, and the others (particularly
the two inner ones) perceptibly shorter, in its prosternum being a
little more depressed (or less carinated down the centre) and perhaps
somewhat less divergent anteriorly, in its mesosternum being very
much less deeply punctured, more lightly emarginate at its apex, and
with the angles better defined, and in its antcnnal club being nsuaUi/
paler, or more ferruginous. It is found in company with the S. ni-
tididus, but is very much the scarcer of the two. I have, however,
taken it sparingly around Arrecife in Lanzarote, close to the Puerto
de Cabras in Fuerteventura, and in the sandy region between Las
Palmas and the Isleta in Grand Canary. A single example which
I captured in the island of Palma I have regarded as a " var. /3 " of
this species. It differs merely in having the punctures of its upper
surface a little denser — particularly on the elytra, where they ascend
more decidedly on either side, nearly filling the whole space between
the striae. I believe, however, it is nothing more than a slight in-
sular modification of the present insect.

As to the synonymy of this Saprinus, I am somewhat in doubt. I
have therefore referred it to the siibnitidus of de Marseul (with which,
judging from the description, in its lightly punctured upper surface
and rather flattened prosternum it would seem to agree), in j)i"efer-
ence to treating it as new ; nevertheless, since there are many points
in which it certainly does not accord with the diagnosis of that insect
(such as its blacker, or unmetallic, tint, its humeral stria merging
into the subhumeral one, and its prosternal lines being by no means
parallel anteriorly, though they do not diverge quite so much as those
of the S. nitidulus), I would propose for it the provisional name of
proximus, in the event of its proving hereafter to be distinct from
the stihnitidus. In some respects it might be assigned to the S.
algericus ; but (judging from de Marseul's diagnosis) that appears to
be a much smaller species than the present one, and of a pitchy-
brown hue.

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 171

§ II. Elytrorum strid suturali antice integrd {cum quartd
dorsali coeunte).

a. Fronte a clypeo hand distincte divisd.

283. Saprinus chalcites.

S. geneus, nitidus ; fronte dense piinctulata, stria nuUa ; prothorace
sat dense punctate, in disco postico Isevi, intra angulos anticos (ob-
lique subtnmcatos) distincte impresso ; elytris punctatis, spatio
communi pone scutellum (stria tertia, vel secunda dorsali, termi-
nato) laevi, necnon versus humeros minus dense punctatis, striis in-
distincte punctulatis, hunierali saepius indistincta, 1-4'^a'" dorsalibus
circa medium postice continuatis ; prosterno lineis antice et postice
divergentibus ; mesosterno sat profunde punctate, angulis obtusis ;
antennis pedibusque Isete rufo-piceis ; tibiis anticis extus multi-
denticulatis, intermediis parce, posticis (angustulis) vix spinulosis ;
calcaribus minutis ; tarsis longiusculis, subgracilibus.

Mas metasterno postice in medio leviter bituberculato. — Long. corp.
lin. 1-vix 2.

Hister clialcites, Itlif/., Maq. fur Ins. vi. 40 (1807).

asneus ?, BrulU [nee Fah.'], in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 59 (1838).

Saprinus clialcites, WolL, Ins. Mad. 216 (1854).

, de Mars., Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 445. pi. 18. f. 71

(1855).
, Woll, Cat. Mad. Col. 75 (1857).

Habitat Lanzarotam, Fuerteventuram, Canariam, TenerifFam, Go-
meram et Palmam, vel in cadaveribus vel in stercore humane, hinc
inde sat vulgaris.

The S. clialcites, which is common throughout Mediterranean lati-
tudes and which is rather abundant in the Madeiran Group, is in all
probability universal in these islands, — though I do not happen to
have met with it in either Gomera or Hierro, in the former of which,
however, it was captured by Dr. Crotch. But in Lanzarote, Fuerte-
ventura, Grand Canary, Teneriffe, and Palma I have taken it, more
or less plentifully ; and in the first of these it was found also by Mr.
Gray. It is exceedingly variable in stature ; but it may be readily
known from the other species here described by its bright aeneous
surface and pale rufo-piceous limbs, by its forehead being densely
punctulated and with its stria obsolete, by its prethorax having the
front angles very obtuse and the rounded depression within them
comparatively deep, by the sculptured portion of its elytra being not
very closely punctured, and the polished part (which is not always
very rigidly bounded) terminated laterally by the third oblique stria
(or second " dorsal " one), by the teeth of its anterior tibiae being
rather small and numerous, whilst its intermediate pair are but
sparingly spinulose, and the hinder ones (which are comparatively

172 CANAEIAN COLEOPTEEA.

narrow) still less so, by its tarsi being somewhat long and slender,
by its prosternal lines divaricating equally at the base and in front,
and by the metasternum of its male sex being furnished with two
small tubercles in the centre (between the posterior coxae) behind.

284. Saprinus fortunatus, n. sp.
S. virescenti-subfeneo-niger, nitidus ; fronte densissime punctulata,
stria nulla ; prothorace ad latera necnon per basin ipsam dense
punctato, intra angulos anticos (oblique subtruncatos) vix im-
presso ; elytris densissime punctulatis, spatio communi pone scu-
tellum (stria recurva, vel quarta dorsali, terminato) politissimo
necnon ad humeros minus punctulatis, striis sat tenuibus, vix
punctulatis, humerali in subhumeralem mcrgente, l-4tam dorsaHbus
versus medium postice continuatis ; prosterno lineis antice subap-
proximatis i^araUelis, ad basin divergentibus ; mesosterno sat pro-
funde punctato, angulis sat argute determinatis ; antennis pedi-
busque piceis ; tibiis anticis cii'ca 7- (fortiter 4-) dentatis, inter-
mediis parce, posticis (angustis, subcurvatis) vix spinulosis ; calca-
ribus parvis ; tarsis longiusculis, gracilibus. — ^Long. corp. Hu. 1^—2,

Histervirescens, Sndle[nec Pai/k.], in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 59(1838).

Hahitat Lanzarotam, Fuerteventuram et Canariam, in stercore
bovino, equino, camelino prajcipue degens : in Lanzarota plerumque
abundat.

The present well-marked Saprinus appears to be intei'mediate in
structure between two distinct specific types, namely that of the S.
virescens and r«r///"/-ons,— agreeing with the former in its somewhat
narrow and comparatively unspinulose hinder tibiae, minute spurs,
slender feet, and simple, densely punctulated forehead ; but with the
latter in. its anteriorly ^rtr«?/e7 and subapproximated prosternal lines,
and in its rather powerfully dentate fore tibiae. In its greenish hue
(which, however, is very much duller than that of the S. virescens, and
is also slightly subaenescent) it is more suggestive, prima facie, of the
first of those insects than of the second ; nevertheless I am inclined
to think that it has, in reality, almost as great an afimity with the
species around the metallicus and rugifrons as it has with those around
the chalcites and virescens* .

The S. fortunatus is rather a common insect in Lanzarote and

* Apart from the characters above alluded to (which, being striicti<7-al, are
necessarily all-important), the most superficial inspection, one would imagine,
must have sufficed to distinguish the present Saprivns from the Em'opean i'ircs-
ccns — which has its colour immensely brighter, its pimctation vcr>/ much less
dense (though, at the same time, continued lightly even over the disc of the pro-
notum), its forehead more convex, its outline considerably rounder, &c. ; but
scarcely a " superficial " examination seems to have been bestowed on the few
Coleoptera which constitute the very meagre list included in MM. Webb and

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. . 173

Fuerteventura, where it occurs (principally in dung) during the
spring months ; and I have likewise taken it, though sparingly, in
the region of El Monte, in Grand Canary. In Lanzarote it was found
also by Mr. Gray.

285. Saprinus ignobilis, n. sp.

S. niger, nitidus ; fronte vix marginata, minute punctulata ; protho-
race subaequaliter punctato, intra angulos anticos (valde obtusos)
hand impresso ; elytris sat pi'ofunde (pone scutellum vix levins)
punctatis, striis profundis sat distincte crenulatis, humerali indi-
stincta a subhumerali disjuncta, 1-4'"^'" dorsalibus versus medium
postice continuatis (1°^^ interdum longiore), suturali postice obso-
lete, parte basali recurva minute irregulariter undulata ; prosterno
horizontali, obelisciformi (?'. e. striis a basi usque versus apicem sub-
parallelis vel potius paulo subapproximatis, et dein subito oblique
approximatis, ad apicem ipsum confluentibus) ; meso- et meta-
sternis depressis, sat dense et profunde punctatis, illo antice minus
emarginato sed angulis parum argute determinatis ; antennis brevi-
bus pedibusque piceis ; tibiis anticis circa 6-angulato-dentatis, in-
termediis parec, posticis vix spinulosis ; calearibus parvis, anticis
paulo majoribus subeurvatis. — Long. corp. lin. 11.

Habitat Lanzarotam, prope oppidum Arrecife a Dom, Gray repertus.

In their small size and dark hue, as weU as in the fact of their upper
svirfaces being minutely punctulated throncjlioiit, the present Saprinus
and the following one have much in common. The S. ignobilis, how-
ever, is a Kttle larger and blacker than its ally ; its punctures are
deeper, and canied more evidently over the entire surface ; its fore-
head is less distinctly margined, more rounded-off at the anterior
angles, and without any appearance of being separated from the epi-
stome by a transverse line; its elytral strise are coarser, slightly
longer, and not quite so oblique (the sutural one, moreover, being
evanescent, except at its extreme base, and with the recurved portion
which connects it with the ordinary " dorsal " one minutely and irre-
gularly undulated) ; its prosternum is flatter, or more horizontal, and
very peculiarly formed, — the stria? being ^sw&parallel, or only very
slightly approximating, from the base to about two-thirds of the dis-
tance to the apex, at which point they suddenly converge obliquely
(causing the space between them to be, what I can only express in-
telligibly by calling, of an obelisk-^lia-^e) ; its meso- and meta-sterna
are more depressed, and very much more deeply and closely punc-
tured (the former being also less excavated at the apex, but with its

Berthelot's ponderous work ; and therefore it is not surprising that we should
find this insect (through the mere fact of its possessing a slightly greenish tinge I)
referred to the H. v/rcsce7is.

174 CANARIAN COLEOPXERA.

angles nevertheless more rigidly defined) ; its four hinder tibiae have
their spines shorter, and less concentrated towards the outer extremity;
and the front pair have their terminal spur (instead of being obsolete)
well defined, and (although not large) subflexuose.

Hitherto I have seen but three specimens of the >S'. ignohilis. Thev
were all taken by Mr, Gray near Arrecife, in Lanzarote, — by whom
one of them has been presented to the British Museum collection.

b. Fronte a clijpeo lined (vel carina) transversa plus minus
distinctd divisd.

286. Saprinus minyops, n. sp.

S. niger (vix obsoletissimc subsenescens), nitidus ; fronte semicircu-
lari, grosse marginata, carina transversfl recta sed utriuque minute
sinuata, angulis ipsis prominulis subacutis (oculos parvos occultan-
tibus), minutissime punctulata ; prothorace leviter (pra^sertim in
disco) punctulato, intra angulos anticos (obtusos) hand impresso ;
elytris minute et parce punctulatis, antice paulatim lajvioribus (sed
etiam ibidem, oculo fortiter armato, minutissime punctulatis), striis
minute crenulatis, humerali a subhumerali disjuncta, l-3tiam dorsa-
libus fere ad medium postiee eontinuatis, 4''' plus minus interrupta
breviore ; prosterno subsinuato, lineis subapproximatis, antice fere
paralleHs, ad apicem vix sed ad basin paulo divergentibus ; meso-
et meta-sternis subconvexis, parce (pi'SJcipue hoc) et leviter punc-
tatis, illo angulis anticis obtusis ; antennis brevibus pedibusque
piceis ; tibiis anticis circa 6-dentatis, posterioribus versus apicem
longe spinuloso-ciliatis ; calcaribus parvis, anticis obsoletis. — Long.
Corp. lin. f- 1^.

Habitat Lanzarotam, Fuerteventuram et Canariam, in cadaveribus
necnon etiam in stercore humano, in arenosis degens.

This very minute Saprinus is still smaller and of a less intense
black than the last species (thoiigh its subsenescent tinge is often
hardly traceable) ; and, apart from its diminutive bulk, it may be
readily known by its distinctly margined, semicircular forehead, which
has the transverse line which separates it from the epistome rather
strongly defined, and its anterior angles sharp and prominent, so as
almost to conceal from view the (rather small, reniform) eyes beneath
them. This prominence of the frontal angles causes the transverse
frontal keel, which at first sight appears quite straight, to be minutely
sinuated towards either end. Its punctui'es are considerably smaller,
and perhaps a little less dense, than those of the S. ignohilis, being
in fact so small on the disc of its prothorax and (more particularly)
on the anterior portion of its elytra as to require a high magnifying
power to be perceived : nevertheless (though less conspicuously so
than in that insect) they do certainly extend over the whole surface.

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Its elytral striae are rather shorter, finer, and more oblique than those
of the last species, the recurved " dorsal " one is more or less short-
ened, or interrupted, and the sutural one is continued to the apex ;
its antennae are much abbreviated ; its four hinder tibiae (particularly,
however, the intermediate pair) are studded with very long spinules,
especially towards their extremities ; its two front spurs are almost
(if not, indeed, entirely) obsolete ; and its prosternal lines are nearly
parallel, or only very obscurely divergent, anteriorly (enclosing an
exceedingly narrow space), but slightly divaricate behind.

I have taken the S. minyops, from out of dead animals, &c., in low
spots behind the sea-beach, immediately outside Arrecife of Lanza-
rote ; as also, though more sparingly, in Fuerteventui'a, and in the
sandy region between Las Palmas and the Isleta of Grand Canary.

287. Saprimis angulosus, n. sp.

S. piceo-a^neus, nitidus ; fronte semicirculari, immarginata, carina
transversa recta, angulis prominulis rectis (oculos fere oecultanti-
bus), ubique (sed proesertim antice) minute transversim strigulosa ;
prothorace in disco postico levissime sed versus latera et per basin
profundius punctato, pimctis utrinque longitudinaliter confluenti-
bus, intra angulos anticos (vix oblique subtruncatos) hand impresso ;
elytris postice minute et parce punctulatis, antice laevibus, striis
profundis crenulatis, humerah a subhumerali disjuncta, 1^^^^ 2^^qu.e
dorsalibus longe ultra sed 3*'^ 4tfique vix ultra medium postice con-
tinuatis, suturalis parte recurva transversa subrecta angulos duos
(sc. cum suturali et cum quarta dorsali) effieiente ; prosterno lineis
subapproximatis, parallelis sed ad basin paulo divergentibus; meso-
sterno leviter punctato; antennis pedibusque laete rufo-piceis ; tibiis
anticis extus minute multispinulosis, posterioribus praesertim versus
apicem longe ciliato-spinulosis ; calcaribus parvis, anticis obsoletis.
— Long. Corp. lin. 1.

Habitat Lanzarotam, in cadaveribus proj)e oppidum Arrecife captus.

In its prothorax being punetulated throughout (though very mi-
nutely so on the hinder disc), and in the rather prominent anterior
angles of its semicircular forehead, the present Saprinus nearly coin-
cides with the S. minyops ; nevertheless the resemblance there ceases,
for it has no other distinctive feature in common with that insect.
It may readily be known by the two characters just mentioned, in
conjunction with its aeneous (and somewhat pitchy) hue and its
brightly rufescent limbs, by almost its entire forehead (which is un-
margined at the sides) being minutely strigulose transversely, by its
prothoracic punctures being longitudinally subconfluent towards the
edges, by the recurved portion of its sutural stria (at the base of the

176 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

elytra) being rather straightened — thus forming a tolerably defined
angle with each of the striae which it connects, — by merely the pos-
terior half of its elytra being finely (and somewhat sparingly) punc-
tured, by its front tibiae being armed externally with a row of short
and small spinules (as in the S. cJialcites), whilst the four hinder ones
are studded (particularly towards their extremities) with long spinose
cilia, and by its anterior spurs being apparently almost obsolete.

The only four examples which I have seen of this minute Scqrrimm
were captured by myself in the low ground immediately outside
Arrecife, in Lanzarote.

288. Saprinus mundus, n. sp.

S. subvirescenti- vel subaenescenti-niger, nitidus ; tronte marginata,
carina transversa recta, antice valde irregulariter transversim sca-
broso-strigosa ; prothorace leviter striguloso-punctato, in disco pos-
tico lae'sd, intra angulos anticos (oblique subtruncatos) baud im-
presso ; elytris postice in medio sat profunde et densissirae punc-
tatis, striis ijrofundis crenatis, humerali a subhumerali disjuncta,
lma2(iiique dorsalibus ultrii sed St'i^ 4'^que ^'ix ad medium postice
continuatis ; prosterno lineis antice subapproximatis parallelis eva-
nescentibus, ad basin paulo divergentibus ; mesosterno impuuctato ;
antennis pedibusque piceis ; tibiis anticis circa 6- (longe 3-) den-
tatis, posterioribus longe ciliato-spinulosis ; calcaribus posteriori-
bus elongatis ; tarsis paulo incrassatis, subconicis.

Var. fi [an species ?]. Laete aeneus, elj'trorum striis 3*'^ 4'^que dor-
salibus paulo longioribus, mesosterno subpunctato. [Ins. Canariae
Grandis.] — Long. corp. lin. 1^1 1.

Hister metallicus?, Brulle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 59 (1838).
Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventuram, in cadaveribus et stercore
humano : var. ft in Canaria Grandi adhuc sola coUegi.

The present Sapriims may be known by its greenish-black hue
(which has also a just perceptible aenesceut tinge), by the very close
and rather deep punctures on the hinder half of its elytra, by its frontal
keel being straight, and its forehead very irregularly scrtftroso-strigu-
lose anteriorly, by the third and fourth " dorsal " striae of its elytra
being usually much shorter than the first and second, and by its four
hinder tibiae being rather thickly studded with exceedingly long seti-
form spinules, and with their apical spurs (though somewhat slender)
considerably developed. It is nearly allied to the European S. metal-
licus. Its prothorax, however, is relatively a little larger than is the
case in that insect ; its elytra are more densely punctured behind and
have their striae very much shorter — the two inner dorsal ones being
exceedingly abbre-vdated, and the outer (or first) one, which is greatly

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elongated in the metallicus, reaching scarcely to the middle ; and its
surface has a more conspicuously cenescent tinge.

The /S, mundus is not uncommon in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura ;
and in the sandy region of Grand Canary between Las Pabnas and
the Isleta I captured two specimens which are uniformly of a pure
aeneous hue, like the S. chalcites ; but I hardly think they are more
than a variety of the present species. Nevertheless their third and
fourth dorsal striae are a little longer than is the case in the ordinary
type, and their mesostenium has a slight tendency to be obsoletely
punctured.

289. Saprinus erosus, n. sp.

S. niger postice picescens, nitidus ; fronte marginata, carina trans-
versa bisinuata, antice irregulariter transversim bistrigosa ; pro-
thorace magno, convexo, leviter striguloso-punctato, in disco pos-
tico laevi, intra angidos anticos (obtusos) hand impresso ; elytris
postice in medio leviter et parce punctatis, striis profundis crenatis,
humerali indistincta a subhumerali disjuncta, lnia_4tam dorsalibus
paulo ultra medium postice continuatis ; prostemo striis antice sub-
approximatis subparaUelis, mox ante apicem confluentibus, ad basin
paulo divergentibus ; mesosterno longiusculo, impunctato ; antennis
pedibusque (crassis) rufo-piceis ; tibiis anticis pone apicem profunde
erosis, ante excavationem dentibus 2 obtusis subconfluentibus et
pone excavationem dente singulo obtuso armatis, posterioribus
longe, dense et grosse ciliato-spinulosis ; calcaribus posterioribus
elongatis, robustis ; tarsis valde incrassatis, setosis, subconicis. —
Long. corp. lin. 1|.

Habitat Fuerteventuram,subrejectamentis per Htora maris repertus.

Had I but a single example to judge from, I might perhaps have
been inclined to consider the curious excavation, or cavity, in the
outer edge of the front tibiae of this insect as accidental ; but since
it exists equally, and without the slightest variation, in six specimens
from which the above diagnosis has been drawn out, I am compelled
to regard it as a most remarkable specific feature. The two teeth,
moreover, between this sinus and the apex are short, obtuse, and
subconjluent ; and a similarly blunt one exists behind it, — after which
the margin is hardly perceptibly serrated. Apart, however, from this
peculiarity of its anterior tibiae, the S. erosus may be distinguished
by its black but posteriorly piceous hue ; by its large and convex
prothorax, which has its front angles obtusely prominent (and 7iot
obliquely truncated) ; by its frontal keel being bisinuated (instead of
istraight), and its forehead branded with two rather irregular trans-
verse strigae ; by its elytra being only lightly and sparingly punctured
behind ; by its rufo-piceous legs being exceedingly thick and robust

178 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

— the foiir posterior tibiae being densely armed with long spinules,
and with their apical spurs largely developed ; and by its feet being
much incrassated, subcorneal, and more powerfully spinose beneath
than is the case with the generality of the Saprini.

The 8. erosus appears (like the following species) to be of maritime
habits, as indeed the very robust structure of its greatly thickened
four hinder legs, with their densely spinulose tibiae and feet and
somewhat largely developed apical spurs, would seem to indicate.
My six specimens were all captured, from beneath marine rejecta-
menta, on the sandy beach at Corralejo, in the extreme north of
Fuerte Ventura.

290. Saprinus lobatus, n. sp.

8. nigro-seneus (postice interdum piceus), nitidus ; fronte marginata,
carina transversa recta, antice transversim bistrigosa (striga postica
plus minus obsoleta) ; prothorace laevissimo (per marginem ipsis-
simum posticum serie punctorum solum notato), intra angulos
anticos (porrectos, rotundatos) baud impresso ; clytris postice in
medio sat dense punctatis, striis profundis crenatis, humerali a sub-
humcrali disjuncta, lni;i_4tam dorsalibus vel versus vel paulo ultra
medium postice continuatis ; prosterno sinuato, antice valde desi-
liente lobiformi, lineis ad basin paulo divergentibus, inde usque
ad medium gradatim approximatis (fere confluentibus), dein vix
divaricatis et ad apicem ipsum junctis ; mesosterno impunctato ;
antennis pedibusque rufo-piceis ; tibiis anticis circa 6- (longe 3-)
dentatis, posterioribus longe et dense ciliato-spinulosis ; calcaribus
posterioribus elongatis, parum robustis ; tarsis elongatis, incras-
satis, setosis, subconicis. — Long. corp. lin. l|-2.

Habitat per oras arenosas maritimas Lanzarotae, Fuerteventurae et
Canariae, sub rejectamentis haud infrequens.

Although very closely allied to the European 8. maritimus ( =sahu-
losus, de Mars.), it certainly would not be safe to refer the present
Saprinus to that species. It may be known from it by its entire
surface having a more or less conspicuous aeneous tinge (though oc-
casionally picescent posteriorly), instead of being black ; by its elytra
having their striae rather shorter and considerably finer, and their
punctation denser and less coarse, and extending over a larger por-
tion of the posterior disc ; by the three apical teeth of its anterior
tibiae being perhaps a trifle longer ; by its pronotum being rather
more narrowly punctured along its extreme base ; by its presternum
being somewhat more imeven, or sinuated, with its apex a little more
prominent (or downwardly directed), and with its lines almost par-
allel (or not quite so approximated in the middle, and therefore not
so perceptibly divergent before the middle) ; and by its mesostemum

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being less coarsely bordered, especially in front, and always totally
impunetate. Its smooth and shining prothorax (which has merely
a row of punctures along its extreme hinder margin) will, apart from
all other distinctions, at once separate it from the other Saprini here
enumerated.

Like its more northern ally, the S. lohatus is purely a maritime
species, occurring beneath marine and other rejectamenta on the sandy
sea-shores. In such situations I have taken it in Lanzarote, Fuerte-
ventura, and between Las Palmas and the Isleta of Grand Canarj^ ;
in the second of which islands it was- also found by Mr. Gray. I
have likewise captured it at Mogadore, on the opposite coast of
Morocco.

Genus 123. XENONYCHUS (nov. gen.).

Corpus ut in Saprino, sed subtus valde convexum (meso- et meta-
stemis abdomineque crassis inflatis) necnou subtus utrinque lon-
gissime pilosum : f route marginata, valde depressa ; oculis parvis,
demissis, semicircularibus, sub frontis angulo lateral! absconditis :
pronoto ubique aequaliter punctulato ; prosterno (ut in Padiylopo)
valde carinato {i. e. striis mox ante basin confluentibus, carinam
acutam inde ad apicem efficientibus) : elytrorum stria etiam 5'*^
dorsali (i. e. inter suturalem et quartam recurvam sita) baud om-
nino obsoleta, interdum parum distincta : alls magnis : propygidio
longiusculo. Antemup, fere ut in Saprino, sed scapo pilis multo
longioribus (sc. longissimis) subtus et supra obsito. Instrumenta
cibaria fere ut in Saprino ; sed mandihulis acutioribus necnon ad
apicem multo magis et subito incurvis, longe intra apicem deute
(in una magno, in altera minore obtuso) armatis ; paJporum (max-
iUarium ac labialium) articulo idtimo paulo longiore et omnino cy-
lindrico, in lahialibus multo majore et crassiore quam penultimo ;
2mra(j/lossis longissimis, usque ad basin articuli ultimi ductis. Pedes
anomali, robustissimi, posteriores valde distantes et postici e coxis
crassis alte conicis perpendicularibus surgentes: femoribus parce
sed longe pilosis, anticis paulo longioribus quam tibiis, intermediis
tibiarum longitudine, postkis ovatis brevioribus : tihiis anticis ver-
sus apicem profunde tridentatis, inde ad basin minute crenulatis,
posteriorihus intra longissime sed parce pilosis, extus longe et den-
sissime multispinulosis : tarsis anticis gracilibus, subcalvis, poste-
riorihus subincrassatis brevibus subconicis, art'^ 2""'-4""' supra in
medio pilo gracili sed infra ad apicem singulis seta robustissima
longissimis instructis, tarsis omnibus art" 1™° longiusculo, ultimo
ovali ungidcidis setiformibus rectis (sed in anticis ad apicem ipsum
paido inflexis) longissimis {sc. articulo sublongioribus) instructis.
Obs. — Genus corpore subtus convexissimo et longe sed parce piloso,
coxis posticis valde distantibus incrassatis alte conicis perpendi-
culariter elevatis, tibiis posterioribus super faciem internam pilis
tenuibus longissimis 'instructis necnon unguiculis valde clongatis

N 2

180 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

setiformibus rectis inter Histcridas anomalum. Prostemi forma
antice acute carinati cum gen. Pachi/lopo congruit ; sed mandi-
bulis ad apicem longe et subito inflexis acutis necnon intus dente
armatis, pronoto ubique ajqualiter punctulato, propygidio longi-
usciilo, antennarum scapo pilis longissimis densius instructo, pal-
porvimque articulo ultimo cylindrico, in labialibus magno, a Pa-
chylopo et Baprino insiiper dignoscitur.

A ^evos, alienus, et owl, unguiculus.

The singular insect for which I have estabKshed the present genus
resides about the drifting sand-hills of Fuerteventura, where it bur-
rows at the roots of the various sand-plants which stud those arid
maritime wastes, in company with the two anomalous CnrcuUonklie
(one of them blind, and the other nearly so) which I described at
considerable length in a recent Paper* on the " Atlantic Cossonides ";
and, although exponents of families so remote from each other, one
nevertheless cannot help remarking a certain cm'ious analogy in
several of the structural peculiarities of all these sand-infesting
Coleoptera. Whether we regard indeed the enormous length of the
hairs and cUia with which they are beset on portions of their surface
and organs which are not usually thus clothed, or their unnaturally
abbreviated antennae and more or less diminished eyes, or their ex-
traordinarily spinulose legs, and the fact of their feet being in every
instance most wonderfully modified (either by additions to or detrac-
tions from what is normal in their respective central types), it is
impossible not to be struck by the quaint and mysterious analogy
which would seem to bind them together (however distant in affinity)
into at any rate a loccdly associated assemblage.

Viewing the characters, however, of Xenonychus as compared
with those of its actual aDies, it is at once remarkable amongst the
Histerido} by the singular convexity of its body beneath (occasioned
by the inflation of its meso- and meta-sterna and abdominal seg-
ments), and the thickened, conical, elevated form of its (most widely
separated) posterior coxai ; by the enormously long hairs with which
either side of its under surface, and the inner face of its four hinder
tibioe, are studded ; and by the wonderful construction of its tarsal
claws, which are immensely long, slender and setiform, and (with
the exception of the anterior pair which are slightly incurved at the
apex) almost perfectly straight.

In minor details the genus is distinguished by its shortened an-
tenna? (which have the scape beset Avith excessively long hairs) and

* Vide Trans. Ent. Soc. Loncl. (new series) v. pp. 388, 394.

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 181

small semicircular eyes, which are concealed beneath the lateral angles
of the forehead ; by its prosternum being sharply keeled in front (as
in Pachylopus) ; by its prothorax being densely and equally punctu-
lated throughout, and the four dorsal strise of its elytra entire ; by
its propygidium being less abbreviated than is ordinarily the case ;
by its mandibles being exceedingly acute, greatly and suddenly in-
curved at their apex, and armed with a tooth internally ; and by the
ultimate joint of its palpi being perfectly cylindric, and in the labial
pair somewhat enlarged.

291. Xenonychus fossor, n, sp.

X. piceo-niger, subnitidus, ad latera ipsissima longissime fulvo-ciH-
atus ; fronte impunctata, carina transversa tenui subobsoleta bi-
sinuata; prothorace densissime sed levissime punctulato (punetis
serratulis et minus impressis sed vix minutis) ; elytris in medio
(praesertim postice) sat profunde punctatis, striis profundis crenatis,
humerali in subhumeralem mergente, lnia_4tam dorsahbus postice ad
apicem continuatis, suturah tenui Integra cum 4*'^ dorsali ad basin
juncta, necnon in spatio inter suturalem et quartam stria 5*^ plus
minus indistincta antice evanescente impressis ; mesosterno sat
profunde punctate, apice late sed leviter excavate ; antennis bre-
vibus, flavo-piceis ; pedibus robustissimis, riifo-piceis. — Long. corp.
Hn. li-lf.

Habitat Fuerteventuram, praesertim ad radices plantarum (Zt/go-
phylU Fontanesii, "Webb, et caet.) in arenosis aridis submaritimis cres-
centium fodiens.

As already stated, this curious insect is found m the dry sandy re-
gions of Fuerteventura adjoining the coast. It was taken, sparingly,
both by Mr. Gray and myself, around the roots of Zygophylhim Fon-
tanesii and other shrubby plants, on the exposed sand-hUls about a
mile to the south of Puerto de Cabras, during February 1858.

Genus 124. EUBRACHIUM.
WoUaston, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (3rd series) i. 159 (1862).

292. EubracMum punctatum.

Eubrachium punctatum, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (3rd series) i.
162 (1862).

Habitat in lauretis Teneriffae et Palmae, sub cortice ai'borum laxo
humido, rarissime.

I have pointed out the distinctive characters of the present and
two following species in a paper which has lately been published in
the 'Trans, of the Ent. Soc. of London.' The E. punctatum appears

182 CANAEIAN COLEOPTERA.

to be of the greatest rarity, and confined (so far as I have observed

hitherto) to the laurel-regions of Teneriffe and Palma. In the former,

I have taken it at the Agua Garcia, at Las Mercedes, and in the forest

above Taganana ; and in the latter, at a rather high elevation in the

Barranco de Galga. It occurs principally beneath the loose, damp,

rotten bark of trees.

293. Eubrachium ovale.

Eiibrachium ovale, Woll,, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (3i-d series) i. 161.
pi. vii. f. 9 (1862).

Habitat in Hierro, sub cortice Euphorhiarum laxo putrido in re-
gione El Golfo repertum.

The only island in which I have as yet observed this interesting
little insect is Hierro — -where, during February 1858, I captured
several specimens of it, from beneath the rotten bark of old Euphor-
bias, in the lower part of the region of El Golfo.

294. Eubrachium politum.

Eubrachium politum, WoJl, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lotid. (3rd series) i. 163
(1862).

Habitat in Lanzarota et Hierro, in iisdem locis ac praecedens, ra-
rissimum.

Of the present Eubrachium four specimens only have hitherto come
beneath my notice. One of them I took on the Euj^horbia-clad cliffs
(known as the " Risco") overlooking the Salinas, in the extreme north
of Lanzarote ; and the other three, in company with the last species,
at El Golfo, on the western side of Hierro.

Genus 125. ACRITUS.
Le Conte, Proc. of the Acad, of Philad. iii. 288 (1853).

§ I. Prothorax lined punctorum ante basin hand impressus.

295. Acritus punctum.

A. oblongus, fusco-niger, nitidus ; fronte minutissime et parce punc-
tulata, oculis sat magnis prominulis, minute et parce setosis ; pro-
thorace elytrisque distinctius sed parce punctatis, illo antice et pos-
tice subgequaliter latiusculo, lateribus ipsis paulo sinuatis et stria
Integra impressis, his versus humeros obsolete oblique striatis ; pro-
sterno et mesosterno vix punctatis, iUo striis integris, a basi usque
ad apicem gradatim arcuato-divergentibus, hoc antice integro ob-
tuse lobato, ad latera marginato, sutura postica indistineta ; meta-
sterno magno, punctate ; pygidio et propygidio densissime subtilis-
simeque transversim rugatis sed baud punctatis ; antennis pedi-
busque piceo-ferrugineis ; tibiis anticis arcuatis, extus minutissime

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spinulosis et ante apicem subito dilatatis, posterioribus sxibrectis,
parce ciliato-spinulosis. — Long, corp, lin. |.

Abrseus p;inctiini, Aube, Ann. tie la Soc. Ent. de France, 232 (1842).
Acritus pimctum, de Mars., ibid., 607 (1856).

Habitat Lanzarotam, per oram arenosam maritimam prope oppidum
Arrecife sub fueis captus.

Its oblong, entirely punctulated body, its freedom from a punctured
subbasal protboracic line, and tbe shape of its sterna, no less than
its maritime habits, prove the present Acritus to be identical with
the A. punctum from the south of Europe — of which I have lately
received four examples from A. H. Haliday, Esq., taken by himself
in Italy ; nevertheless many of its most important characters are
totally unalluded to by De Marseul. Thus, he expressly says, of the
punctum, " Front convexe, saillant sur les yeux"; whereas in reality
the forehead is depressed, and the eyes are not only large and pro-
minent, but also (which is a most unusual feature) minutely and
sparingly setose*. Again, he states, "pygidium et propygidium tres
finement ponctues " ; whereas there is not the vestige of a puncture
on that portion of the surface (which is closely and delicately trans-
versely-rugulose). And, lastly, he speaks of the colour of the limbs
as pale-testaceous ; whereas they are piceo-fernigiuous. In addition
to these discrepancies, I should add that he makes no mention of the
arcuated and rather suddenly dilated anterior tibiae, which constitute
one of its most conspicuous peculiarities. Nevertheless the Canarian
insect is clearly identical with the A. punctum ; with which (as just
stated) it likewise agrees in its mode of life. Indeed the only six
specimens which I have seen were captured, by myself, from beneath
sea- weed on the sandy beach close to Arrecife of Lanzarote ; and
in the 'Faune Frangaise' the habitat given for i]xQ punctum is "La
Teste, sous les algues."

§ II. Protliorax lined punctorum ante basin impressus.

296. Acritus minutus.

Hister minutus, Hbst, Natursyst. iv. 41. tab. 36. f. 4 (1791).
Acritus minutus, de Marseul, Ann. de la Soc. E)it. de France, (Sienie

serie) iv. 614 (1857).
, Woll, Cat. Mad. Col. 76 (1857).

Habitat in Fuerteventura, Canaria, Teneriffa, Gomera et Palma, sub
quisquiliis, passim.

* I can recall but few Coleopterous insects in which tliis structure exists ;
indeed the only ones that I now recollect, in which it obtains, are Litargus and
my genus Tarphiodes (from the Malay Peninsula).

184 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

The common European A. minutus (which occurs in Madeira and
Porto Santo, and which I have also taken at Mogadore, on the oppo-
site coast of Morocco) is probably universal in these islands, though
from its small size it is very liable to escape observation. Hitherto,
however, I have myself met with it only in Fuerteventura, Grand
Canary, Teneriffe, and Palma ; but I have received specimens which
were found by Dr. Crotch in Gomera. My Fuerteventuran examples
are from the Rio Palmas ; and the Teneriffan ones from Orotava, the
Agua Garcia, and Ycod el Alto.

Fam. 24. THORICTID^.

Genus 126. THORICTUS.
Germar, in Silb. Rev. Ent. ii. 2. 15 (1834).

297. Thorictus gigas.

T. quadrato-oblongus, rufo-pieeus, nitidus, minute et parce asperato-
punctatus, subtiliter fulvescenti-pubescens ; prothorace brevi,
transverso, in disco postico convexo, ad latera valde rotundato
dilutiore vix subpellucido, angailis posticis obtusis ; elytris piceis,
ad humeros calloso-incrassatis et ibidem obtuse prominentibus, in
disco valde convexis, ad basin ipsissimam Hnea media sinuatti ter-
minatis necnon utrinque breviter longitudinaliter bicostatis ; pedi-
bus longiusculis. — Long. corp. lin. l|-vix Ig.

Thorictus gigas, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. (3rd series) ix. 439 (1862).

Habitat Canariam Grandem, in formicarum nidis rarissimus.

The large size of this gigantic Thorictus and its relatively shorter
and more transverse prothorax (which is slightly subpeUucid towards
the edges and has its posterior angles obtuse), combined with its
greatly prominent nodiform shoulders, the very distinct biflexuose
costa with which the central portion of the extreme base of its elytra
is terminated, its conspicuous subhumeral plicae, and its comparatively
elongated legs, will readily characterize it. The punctules of its upper
surface, although small and distant, are sharply defined and somewhat
asperate (the anterior edge of each being a little raised) ; and they
are much denser on the humeral callosity than elsewhere. It is appa-
rently of the greatest rarity, and confined (so far as I have observed
hitherto) to Grand Canary — in which island I have taken it sparingly,
from out of the nests of a large brown Ant (a Formica) on the moun-
tains above San Mateo, as well as on the northern side of the Bar-
ranco at Aldea de San Nicholas. It is about the size of the T. Ger-
mari, Lucas, from Algeria (of which a specimen has been communi-

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catecl to me by Mr. Janson), but is totally distinct in all its charac-
ters— of colour, outline, sculpture, clothing, proportions, and the in-
equahties of its surface.

298. Thorictus canariensis.

T. oblongus, rufo-piceus, nitidus, minutissime et parce punctulatus,
subtilissime (oculo fortiter armato) cinereo-pubescens ; prothorace
convexo, ad latera valde rotundato, angulis ipsis posticis oblique
impresso-marginatis ; elytris pieeis, antice subparallelis, in disco
valde convexis, ad basin linea mediii vix terminatis sed utrinque
breviter longitudinaliter subcostatis ; pedibus brcvibus.

Variat capite prothoraceque plus minus rufescentioribus necnon re-
gione scuteliari plus minus obliquo-desihente.

Var. ft. obsitus [an species distincta?]. Prothorace vix rufescentiore,
paulo distinctius punetato, versus utrumque latus obsoletissime
impresso ; elytris vix angustioribus, pube longiore erecta irroratis,
versus humeros paulo evidentius subplicatis. — Long. corp. lin. |—
vix. 1.

Tliorictus canariensis, Woll.,Ann. Nat. Hist. (3rd series) ix.439 (1862).
Habitat insulas omnes Canarienses, sub lapidibus in formicarum
uidis hinc inde parum vulgaris. Var. ft ad locos editiores Tenerifiae
necnon ad Gomeram pertinet.

In its general outhne and very minutely punctulated surface the
present Thorictus closely resembles the Sicilian T. grandieoUis* . It
differs from it, however, in being, on the average, of a distinctly darker
hue (though the head and prothorax, nevertheless, are more or less
rufescent), in having the sides of its pronotum a little rounder behind,
with the posterior angles more conspicuously depressed by an oblique
marginal band (which lops them off on their upper surface), in its
elytra being almost free from the minute central rim which terminates
the middle portion of their extreme base in that species, and with
the short subhumeral (posteriorly evanescent) costae perhaps some-
what less developed, and by its surface being very delicately and
sparingly pubescent ; whereas in the grandieoUis I cannot detect,
except at the lateral margins, the slightest trace of pile even under
the highest microscopic power. It is also very nearly allied, both in
aspect and hue, to the hicolor of Kraatz, from Greece and Sicily (vide
Berl. Ent. Zeit. 1858, p. 141) — for types of which I am indebted to

* The Madeiran T. Westwoodil differs from the canmiensis in being paler and
a little more strongly punctured, in having its prothorax still more rounded at
the sides, and its scutellum (although very minute) quite traceable beneath a high
magnifying power, in the small elevated line with which the central portion of
the extreme base of its elytra is terminated being distinctly developed, and in its
antenna; and feet (particularly the liinder pair) being shorter and thicker.

186 CANADIAN COLEOPTEKA.

Dr. Schaum ; nevertheless it has its elytra just perceptibly narrower
and longer than is the case in that species, as also less ventricose on
their hinder disc (or less incurved posteriorly), very much less plicate
at the shoulders, and with the extreme basal rim less elevated ; the
anterior angles of its prothorax are somewhat more rounded off;
and its tarsi are a trifle longer and slenderer.

I have given a provisional name, in the event of their proving to
be specifically distinct, to the specimens which I have regarded as
the " var. /3." I think, however, it would be scarcely safe, at any
rate until further evidence is obtained, to treat them as more than
a local modification ; though, at the same time, when viewed even
beneath an ordinary lens, they are easily separable from the normal
examples. They have been taken hitherto only in Gomera and the
higher regions of Teneriffe ; and differ in having their prothorax a
trifle more evidently punctured, and their elytra (which are perhaps
just perceptibly narrower, and have their abbreviated subhumeral
plicse rather more developed) sparingly beset with comparatively long
and erect hairs.

The T. ccmariensis is universal throughout the archipelago ; though,
at the same time, I should state that the only example which has
hitherto been taken in Gomera belongs to the " var. (3 " (which, as
already implied, may 2iossibhj be distinct). I have captured it, how-
ever, in its normal state, on the rocky groiuid immediately behind
the Salinas, in the extreme north of Lanzarote (where a single spe-
cimen was first detected by Mr. Gray, during January 1858) ; at La
Antigua, and in the Rio Palmas, of Fuerteventura ; at a high eleva-
tion, close to the Roca del Soucilho, on the mountains of Grand
Canary ; near the Puerto Orotava, in Teneriffe ; in the Barranco
above S*"* Cruz, of Palma ; and near Valverde, in Hierro. It occurs
beneath stones, and either actually in Ants' nests or in the imme-
diate vicinity of them.

Of the " var. /3 " a single specimen was found by Mr. Gray in the

Barranco above San Sebastian, of Gomera ; and I have myself taken

it in Teneriffe — namely at the Agua Mansa, and on the lofty Cumbre

(adjoining the Caiiadas) above Ycod el Alto, at an elevation of more

than 8000 feet.

299. Thorictus vestitus, n. sp.

T. praecedenti similis, sed vix minor angustior, paulo minus nitidus
(oculo fortissimo armato minutissime alutaceus), profundius punc-
tatus ct pube elongata robusta demissa fulvescente ubique parce
vestitus ; prothorace ad basin ipsissimam paulo magis constrieto ;
elytris ad basin ipsissimam Uneii tenuissima (subobsoleta, vix ob-

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servanda) in medio paulo arcuata terminatis, versus humeros vix
distinetius subplicatis, regione scutellari obliquo-desiliente. — Long,
corp. lin. |.

Habitat Lanzarotam, sub lapidibus in saxosis submaritimis inter
Haria et Barranquillo d. 15. Mart. a.d. 1859 repertus.

From out of a large number of the T. canariensis, collected through-
out the archipelago, I find three specimens, captured in Lanzarote,
which difier very considerably from the remainder ; and from these
the above diagnosis has been compiled. Nor can I believe them to
be any local phasis of that insect, since I have taken the T. cana-
riensis (in its most typical state) in Lanzarote also, and therefore
exposed to the same external influences as the vestitus. The cha-
racters which distinguish the latter are its stronger punctation
(which is very evident when viewed under a high magnifying power)
and less shining surface, its just perceptibly smaller and relatively
narrower outline, and (more especially) the long, coarse, decumbent
fulvescent pile with which it is sparingly clothed. Its prothorax,
also, is a trifle more constricted at its extreme base ; and its elytra
are rather more uneven (or longitudinally subplicate) towards either
shoulder, and have just traceable indications, beneath the microscope,
of being terminated by a minute basal line — behind the central (ob-
solete) portion of which the scutellary region is more sloping, or ob-
liquely-depressed.

My three specimens of the T. vestitus were captured, from be-
neath stones, in the submaritime district adjoining the coast-road
between Haria and Barranquillo, in the north-east of Lanzarote, on
the 15th of March 1859.

Fam. 25. APHODIAD^.

Genus 127. APHODIUS.

lUiger, Kdf. Preuss. i. 28 (1798).

300. Aphodius hydrochseris.

Scai-abseus hydrochaeris, Fab., Ent. Syst. Siqypl. 23 (1798).
Aphodius hydrochferis, Wall, Ins. Mad. 222 (1854).

, Id, Cat. Mad. Col. 78 (1857).

, Harttmcj, Geolof/. Vcrhdltn. Lanz. mid Ftiert. 140 et 141.

Habitat insulas Canarienses, in Palma sola adhuc hand detectus.

The A. hydrocha^ris, which is general throughout southern Exirope
and northern Africa, and which is tolerably common in the Madeiran
Group, is almost certainly umve):sal in these islands, — though hitherto

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it does not happen to have been observed in Palma. But in Lanzarote,
Fuerteventura, Grand Canary, TenerifFe, and Hierro I have myself
taken it, more or less abundantly ; and in Gomera it was found by
Dr. Crotch. In TenerifFe it was also captured by Dr. Crotch and
Mr. Gray. Apart from minor distinctions, it may be known from
the other Aplwdii here enumerated by its larger size and less shining
surface, by its duU, brownish-testaceous hue and densely punctured
scuteUum, and by its anteriorly margined prothorax.

301, Aphodius Wollastonii.

A. elongatus, ovato-oblongus (antice subangustatus), nitidus, testa-
ceus, clypeo (rugoso, utrinque ante oculos angulato-exstante), scu-
tello pedibusque picescentioribus, capite postice, prothorace in dorso
late necnon in nebulfi parvci sublaterali elytrisque anguste per
suturam nigrescentibus ; prothorace brcviusculo, leviter inaequaliter
punctate ; elytrorum striis subtenuibus, interstitiis minutissime et
parce punetulatis ; palpis antennisque pallide testaceis ; tibiis pos-
terioribus, sed prtesertim intermediis, longe spinulosis.

Mas tuberculis frontalibus (prsesertim medio) distinctioribus, pro-
thorace vix latiore subtiliusque punctate. — Long. corp. lin. 21-3^.

Aphodius Wollastonii, Harold, Berl. Ent Zeit. 397 (1862).

Habitat Lanzaretam et Fuerteventuram, in stercore bovine, equino,
camelino, tempore vernali parum vulgaris.

In size and general colouring the present Apliodms is somewhat
intermediate between the A. hydrocJia^ris and nitididns ; its surface,
however, is brighter and less deeply sculptured, and its colour is al-
together clearer, than that of the former, and moreover its pronotum
is ?Mimargined anteriorly, its scuteUum is mere sparingly punctured,
and its elytral striae are narrower ; whilst its prothorax (which has
only a broad cloudy band down the disc, and a small iU-defined spot
towards either side, piceous-black) is very much paler than that of
the latter. From both of them, however, its anteriorly subacumi-
nated outline and more roughened clypeus, combined with its very
pale antennae and the much longer spinules of its four hinder (though
more particularly of its intermediate) tibiae, will additionally dis-
tinguish it. It is rather a common insect in Lanzarote and Fuerte-
ventura diu'ing the spring months, in the former of which it was
also captured by Mr. Gray ; but I have not yet observed it in any of
the other islands of the Group.

302. Aphodius nitidulus.

Scarabaius nitiduhis. Fab., Ent. Si/st. i. 80 (1792).

Aphodius sordidus, Brulle [necFab.], in Webbet Berth. (Col.) 60(1838).

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 189

Aphodius nitidulus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 223 (1854).
:, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 78 (1857).

Habitat insulas omnes Canarienses, in stercore bovino vulgaris.
This common European insect, which abounds throughout the
Madeiran Group, is universal at the Canaries — in the whole seven
islands of which I have myself taken it, more or less profusely. In
Lanzarote and Gomera it was also found by Mr. Gray ; and in Go-
mera and Teneriffe by Dr. Crotch.

303. Aphodius taeniatus, n. sp.

A. cylindricus, nitidissimus ; capite, prothorace (convexo, latiusculo,
leviter insequaUter punetato, versus latera sola paUidiore) elytrisque
late per suturam nigris ; clypeo ad latera picescente, recurvo ; ely-
trorum striis tenuibus, interstittis subdepressis minutissime et sat
dense punctulatis ; pedibus picescentibus, tarsis, antennis paljiisque
inf u scato-testaceis.

Mas tubercuhs frontalibus (prsesertim medio) distinctioribus, protho-
race vix latiore subtiliusque punetato. — Long. corp. lin. 2-2^.

Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventuram, una cum A. Wollastonii
degens.

The rather small size and cylindric outline of this Aphodius, in
conjunction with its very convex prothorax, which (together with the
head, scutellum, and a broad sutural band) is black except at the ex-
treme edges, its fine elytral strise, its somewhat more densely (though
equally minutely) punctulated interstices, and its rather darker femora
and tibiae, will serve to separate it from the other species here enu-
merated. In colouring and general aspect it resembles a good deal
the common European A. merdarius ; nevertheless it is a little larger,
more cylindric, and much more shining than that insect, its clypeus
(which is subpicescent) is more truncated at the apex and more re-
curved at the sides, its prothorax is more convex, its elytral inter-
stices more depressed, its head is broader and with the frontal suture
and tubercles (instead of being obsolete in both sexes) well deve-
loped in the males, and its antennae and palpi are paler.

The A. tceniatus I have observed hitherto only in Lanzarote and
Fuerteventura, where it occurs, during the spring months, in com-
pany with the A. Wollastonii ; it is, however, the rarer of the two
species.

304. Aphodius maculosus, n. sp,

A. elongatus, nitidus ; capite lato piceo, clj^jeo (ante oculos angulato-
exstante) rufescentiore ; prothorace (sat profunde inaequaliter pune-
tato) fusco-piceo ad latera late (necnon saepius per basin ipsis-
simam anguste) testaceo et utrinque macula parva media nigres-

190 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

cente ornato ; scutello fusco-piceo ; elytris pallide testaceis, sin-
gulis maculis parvis irregularibus uigrescentibus (circa 5) ornatis,
interstitiis alutaceis convexis minutissime punctulatis ; antennis,
palpis pedibusque subpicescenti-testaceis, tarsis elongatis, articulo
primo in posterioribiis longissimo.
Mas tuberculo frontali paulo distinctiore, prothorace vix latiore sub-
tUiusque punctato. — Long. corp. lin. 2,\-2^.

Apbodius conspurcatus, Bridle [nee Linn.\ in Webb et Berth. ( Col.) 60
(1838). _

sticticus, Hart, [nee Pnz.^ Geolog. Verhdltn. Lonz. umlFnert. 140.

niaeulosus, Harold, in litt.

Habitat in Lanzarota et Fuerteventura sat vulgaris, necnon in
Canaria Grandi rarior ; in stercore humano prsesertim gaudet.

The present ApJiodms may be regarded as the representative in
these islands of the European A. inquinatus, which at first sight it
much resembles. It is, however, a little larger and more elongate than
that insect, its surface is more alutaceous (and therefore somewhat
less shining), its elytra are of a paler yeUow and with their small
broken patches less developed (the elongate dash within the lateral
margin of that species being entirely absent), its head and prothorax
are less black (the former having the clypeus rufescent, and the
latter being much more broadly pale at the edges and with the ex-
treme basal margin more or less testaceous, whilst even the darker
portions are merely of a brownish-piceous hue), its elytral inter-
stices are more convex, and its antennae, palpi, and legs are paler.

From the A. conspurcatus, Linn., judging from specimens which I
have received from Bordeaux (and which I beheve to be correctly
identified), the A. maculosus is abundantly distinct, — differing from
it, apart from minor characters, in its larger size and more palHd
hue, in its more developed clypeus and head, in its more convex
elytral interstices, and in its paler and longer limbs — the basal joint
of its four hinder feet being more particularly elongate, and the
tibial spurs proportionally enlarged.

The A. maculosus is common in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura
during the spring (in the former of which it was also taken by Mr.
Gray, and in both by M. Hartung) ; and I have likewise captured it,
though very sparingly, in the south of Grand Canary. Having re-
ceived it from Dr. Heer under the name of " sticticus, Pnz.," I am
enabled to state for certain that it is the Aphodius referred by him
(though erroneously) to that species in the list compiled for M. Har-
timg's volume ; and there can be no doubt whatsoever that it is also
the A. conspurcatus of M. Brulle's inaccurate Catalogue, in the work
of Messrs. Webb and Berthelot.

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305. Aphodius lividus.

Scarabaeus lividus, OUv., Bid. i. 3. 80 (1789).

bilitm-atus, Mshm, E)d. Brit. i. 15 (1802).

Aphodius lividus, Woll, Ins. Mad. 225 (1854).
, Id, Cat. Mad. Col. 78 (1857).

Habitat Canariam, Teneriifam, Gomeram et Palmam, in stercore,
rarius.

The European A. lividus; which occurs sparingly in Madeira and
Porto Santo, and which I have taken at Mogadore on the opposite
coast of Morocco, is decidedly rare in these islands. I have, how-
ever, captured it in the region of El Monte in Grand Canary, near
the Puerto Orotava of TenerifFe, and below Argual (in the district
of the Banda) on the western side of Palma ; and I have received
examples which were found by Dr. Crotch in Gomera. The Palman
specimens are unusually dark ; but it is a variable species as to
colour. Its more or less livid hue, however, in conjunction with its
short outline, its highly polished and comparatively unpunctured sur-
face, and the wwmargined hinder edge of its pronotum, will readily
distinguish it from the other Apliodii here enumerated.

306. Aphodius granarius.

Scarabfeus granarius, Linn., Syst. Nat. i. ii. 547 (1767).
Aphodius carbonarius, Bridle, in Wehh et Berth. ( Col.) 60 (1838).

granarius, Woll, Ins. Mad. 226 (1854).

^ Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 79 (1857).

Habitat insulas omnes Canarienses, vulgaris.

This common European Ai'>liodius, which abounds in the Madeiran
Group and which is recorded by M. Morelet at the Azores, is uni-
versal at the Canaries — in all the islands of which I have myself
met with it except Gomera, where however it has been found lately
by Dr. Crotch. In Lanzarote it was captured also by Mr. Gray,
and in Teneriffe by Dr. Crotch and the Barao do Castello de Paiva.
It may be known at once from all the foregoing species by, inter alia,
its totally black hue.

Genus 128. OXYOMUS.
(Eschscholtz) De Castelnau, Hist. ii. 98 (1840).

307. Oxyomus brevicollis.

Oxyomus brevicoUis, Woll, Ins. Mad. 229 (1854).
, Id., Cat. Mad. Col 79 (1857).

Habitat Gomeram et Palmam ; in ilia a Dom. Crotch, in hac a

Dom. Gray repertus.

The only Canarian examples which I have seen of this insect

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CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

(which is tolerably common around Funchal, in Madeira) were cap-
tured in Gomera by Dr. Crotch (near the sea-shore below Hermigua),
and in Palma by Mr. Gray — who took a single specimen in that
island, during February 1858.

Genus 129. PSAMMODIUS.

Gyllenhal, Ins. Suec. i. 6 (1808).

308. Psammodius csesus.

Scarabaeus cresus, P/iz., Fna Ins. Genu. 35. 2 (1796).
Psammodius c.'esus, Erich., Nat. cler Ins. Deidsch. iii. 913 (1848).

, Woll., Ins. 3Iad. 231 (1854).

, Id, Cat. Mad. Col. 79 (1857).

Habitat in Lanzarota et Canaria, sub quisquiliis, minus frequens.

The European P. ccesits (which occurs also in the north of Africa
and in Madeira) is apparently scarce, or at any rate very local, in
these islands. I have taken it in the north of Lanzarote, and about
Las Palmas in Grand Canary.

309. Psammodius sabulosus.

Oxyomus sabidosus, DeJ. Cat. (edit. 3) 163 (1837).
Platytomus sabulosus, Muls., Lamell. de France, 310 (1842).
Psammodius sabulosus, Woll., Ins. 3Iad. 230 (1854).
, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 79 (1857).

Habitat insulas Canaricnses, in Palma sola adhuc baud detectus ;
sub quisquiliis (praesertim in arenosis) hinc inde occurrit.

The P. sabulosus is eminently an insect of Mediterranean lati-
tudes, being found in the south of Europe, the north of Africa, and
in the Madeiran Group. Like the last species it is very local in this
archijDelago, though not rare in the districts where it occurs ; and
we may be quite certain that it is universal, Palma being the only
island where it has not hitherto been observed. I have taken it in
Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, in the sandy region between I/as Palmas
and the Isleta of Grand Canary, near S"' Cruz and Orotava in Tene-
riffe, and also in Hierro ; and it was captured by Dr. Crotch near
Hermigua in Gomera.

310. Psammodius porcicollis.

Aphodius porcicollis, Illir/., Mag.filr Ins. ii. 195 (1803).
Psammodius porcicollis, Muls., Lamell. de France, 322 (1842).

, Lucas, Col. de TAlgerie, 267 (1849).

, Woll, Cat. Mad. Col. 80 (1857).

Habitat in arenosis (prsesertira maritimis) Lanzarota^ et Fuerte-
venturae, sub quisquiliis necnon ad radices plantarum fodiens.

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

193

The geographical range of the P.porckolUs is almost identical with
that of the last species, being found, like it, in the south of Europe
and the north of Africa. At the Madeii'an Group it occurs about
the roots of sand-plants behind the sea-beach in Porto Santo ; and
at the Canaries I have taken it in precisely similar situations — near
Arrecife of Lanzarote, and (more particularly) at Corralejo, in the
extreme north of Fuerteventura.

Fam. 26. TROGIDiE.

Genus 130. TROX.
Fabricius, FM. Syst. i. 86 (1792).

311. Trox confluens, n. sp.

T. subovato-oblongus, niger, marginibus longe fulvo-ciliatis ; clypeo
apice subporrecto acutiusculo ; prothorace inaequali, sat dense in-
asqualiter punctato; elytris singulis 10-striatis (striis latis, utrinque
costula marginatis) , interstitiis depressis subnitidis seriatim tuber-
culatis (serie alterna majore), tuberculis singulis postice parce et
breviter fulvo-fasciciilatis ; antcnnis rufo-ferrugineis ; tarsis pi-
ceis ; tibiis anticis subgracilibus, processu obtusissimo (e dentibus
duobus omnino suifusis confluentibus composite) extus terminatis
et pone hunc dentibus duobus brevibus valde obtusis armatis. —
Long. Corp. lin. 3|.

Trox hispidus?, Bridle {nac Fab.\ in Webb et Berth. (Col.) GO (1838).

Habitat Teneriffam, juxta oppidum Sanctam Crucem exemplar
unicum cepi.

After comparing this Trox carefidly with the tyi^es of no less than
nine species which have been lent me by Dr. Schaum, and four more
in my own possession, I cannot identify it with any of them ; and
although I have unfortunately but a single example to compile my
diagnosis from, I am nevertheless compelled to regard it as new.
Indeed, in the structure of the tooth at the outer apex of its front
tibiae it differs from all the members of the genus to the descriptions
of which I have had access ; for whilst that process is composed
normally of two teeth more or less s?(6confluent (and usually very
distinct from each other), in the present species (judging £rom the
individual before me) they are completely suffused, so as to form a
single obtuse projection having no appearance whatsoever of being
even ohsoletely bipartite. In other respects the T. confluens is about
the size and general outline of the European T. sabulosus, but is rather
more oblong and much less coarsely (and differently) sculptured. Al-

194 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

together it seems to approach nearer, j^rimd facie, to the T. mixtus of
Mulsant, from Syria, than to any other, perhaps, with which I have
compared it ; but the clearJy -deiined sculptiirc of its elytra, which
have their ten striae broad, unconfused, and sharply expressed and
their tubercles weU marked and isolated (the alternate series more-
over differing less considerably in size from the remainder), will, apart
from the structure of its tibia; and numerous minor characters, readily
separate it both from that insect and from others to which it is in some
respects allied. My unique specimen was captured, from beneath a
stone, at a low elevation in the Barranco do Passo Alto, near S*" Cruz
of TenerifFe. I have little doubt that it is the species referred by
M. Brulle' to the T. hisjiidus, F. — from which however it is totally
distinct.

Fam. 27. MELOLONTHID^.

Genus 131. OOTOMA.

Blanchard, Cat. Col. Ent. 120 (1850).

The present genus is regai'ded by Lacordaire as a mere Section of
Pachydenm, in which the froyit tarsi only (instead of the anterior /o«r)
have their second and third joints dilated in the males ; nevertheless,
since he seems to have overlooked one or two of its most important
features, which equally escaped the notice of M. Blanchard (by whom
the group was enunciated, from Messrs. Webb and Bcrthelot's Cana-
rian types which still exist at the Jardin des Plantes), I think it may
be desirable to retain it as distinct, more particularly since the
insects which compose it form a small geographical assemblage appa-
rently peculiar to these islands. The structural character to which
I especially allude, and which I am not aware obtains in Pachydema
proper, is the immense sexual difference in the development of the last
joint of the maxillary palpi — which is more or less greatly enlarged
in the males, but comjjaratively cylindric in the females. With re-
spect to its feet. Prof. Lacordaire is not quite correct when he says
" les tarses anterieurs sont simples et sans brasses de poUs chez la
seule de leurs femeUes qui soit connue " ; for the front pair have in
both sexes their four basal articulations clothed beneath with short
densely-set seta; (though of course less so in the females) ; whilst
even the intermediate pair have their second and third joints (though
scarcely, in the female sex, theii' first and fourth) sparingly setose. So
that the generic diagnosis of Ootoma requires revising, as regards the
sexual peculiarities both of its feet and palpi.

M. Blanchard was clearly wrong (as indeed Prof. Lacordaire has

CANARIAN COLKOPTKRA. 195

remarked) in stating that the antennae of Ootoma are 9-articulate,
for they have distinctly ten joints, — the pentaphyllous club appro-
priating (as in Pachydema) five of them. Both sexes are winged ;
and the habits of the species (which have very much the external
aspect of the Elapliocerai) are subterraneous, like those of the earth-
boring i27i?zo<ro^i ( = Geotrogus, Guerin) of northern Africa.

Were it not that M. Brulle expressly mentions that he had not
seen the female of his Melolontha {Ootoma) ohscura, I should have
concluded that the difference to which he calls attention, in the fact
of the maxillarj' palpi of that species having their terminal joint hut
very sligJitly under than the preceding one, and which he regards as
abnormal, was simply due to his having drawn up his diagnosis from
a female spemnen ; but as the great length of its antennal clava
necessarily implies that it was a male one, this hypothesis is hardly
tenable.

§ I. ScuteUum impunctatum, sed lineis duabns ohliquis postice
connexis ionpresstiin.

a. Tarsorxm intermediorum masculoruni art. pemdtimifs
aidytus viw setoso-peniciUatus.

312. Ootoma bipartita.

0. nigra, nitida, subtus (abdomine excepto) necnon supra ad margines
longe subnigrescenti-pilosa, elj^tris rufo-castaneis ; capite densis-
sime punctato, clypeo recuiTo ad latera ampliato, a fronte linea
obsoleta diviso ; prothorace dense punctato ; elytris parcius subru-
goso-punctatis, singulis stria suturali sat profundi! lineisque tribus
obsoletis instructis ; pedibus piceis, tarsis clarioribus ; palpis an-
tennisque rufo-testaceis, clava pallidiore.

Mas plerumque minor, pygidio propj-gidioque subtilius punctatis, an-
tennarum clava elongata, palporum maxillarium articulo ultimo
lato obovato.

Foem. plerumque major, pygidio propygidioque profundius punctatis,
antennarum clava breviore, palponira maxillarium articulo ultimo
subcylindrico (quam prsecedens vix crassiore), versus apicem sub-
incrassato. — Long. corp. lin. 5-8|.

Melolontha hi^iirtit&, Bndle, in Webb et Berth. {Col.) 60 (1838).
Ootoma bipartita, 5/a«cA., Cat. Col. Mus. de Paris, 120 (1850).
Melolontha bipartita, Hartunq, Geoloq. Verhdltn. Lanz. und Fnert. 140
et 141.

Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventnram (rariiis Canariam et Tene-

riffam), in cuniculis fodiens.

Although the descriptions which M. Brulle intended to apply to

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196 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA,

his four Canarian Melolonthkht* are both inadequate and inaccurate
— and from which the identification of the species is rendered even
still more hopeless by his entire omission (as is the case throughout
the wJioIe of his Catalogue) of the particular islamh which they in-
habit,— I think that the fact of his mentioning that the M. hipartita
has its head and pro thorax " noiratres " is sufficient to render it at
least pro6rt6?e that that insect is identical with the present one.

Although excessively inconstant, both in size and in the develop-
ment of its (Ttnore or less darkened) pile, the present species may be
known from the 0. fuscij^ennis (with which it agrees in its usually
quite impunctate but biimpressed scutellum) by, apart from minor
distinctions, its head, prothorax, and scutellum being of a blackish
hue, whilst its elytra are rufo-castaneous ; by its pubescence (espe-
cially on the under side of the body) being generally darker ; by its
pronotum being just perceptibly more densely punctured ; and by the
last joint of the maxillary palpi of its males being less enormously
enlarged, whilst those of its females are likewise a little narrower —
being (instead of oblong or suboval) nearly cylindrie.

The 0. hipartlta occurs principally in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura
(especially the former) ; nevertheless I have taken it sparingly in
Grand Canary, as also a single specimen in Teneriffe. It is found,
for the most part, in small holes, or burrows, in the soil, — either
beneath stones or the dung of cattle. It was captured likewise (in
Lanzarote and Fuerteventura) by M. Hartung.

b. Tarsorum intermecUorum masculorum art. penultinim subtus
hand setoso-penicUlatus.

313. Ootoma fuscipennis.

0. fusco-castanea, nitida, subtus (abdomine excepto) necnon supra ad
margines longe subflavescenti-pilosa ; capite densissime punctato,

* He ignores the very few distinctire featiires which these exceedingly variable

insects possess, — veievrmg almost solely, in his four "diagnoses," to the characters
which they have in common. Take, for instance, his "description" of the M.
fuscip€n7iis. " Moindre d'un tiers que le biparfita [this is incorrect], cet insecte
se distingue par la couleur obscure de ses elytres qui sont presque noirs, tandis
que tout le reste du corps est chatain. [This is equally inaccurate ; in rare cases
the head and prothorax are slightly more rufescent than the elytra, but the in-
sect is usually perfccfl// concolorous.] Ce petit hanneton a le dessous du corps
tres-velu excepte le bout de I'abdomen [which is the case with them all], et de
longs polls se montrent en outre aux bords anterieur et posterieur de son corselet,
de manirre a caclier presque entierement I'^cusson [a genc7-ic feature which, al-
though exceedingly variable, is applicable alike to the v^hole of the species]. La
ponctuation du dessus du corps et la disposition des stries et des cotes sur les
elytres sont analogues a ce que Ton remarque dans le M. hipartifa, et la forme
du chaperon est a peu pres la meme." In which entire description there is not
fo much ae one single statement which is even tipproximntrly diagnostic.

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 197

clypeo reeiirvo ad latera ampliato, a fronte linea obsoletissima di-
viso ; prothorace bre^d, ^ax dense punctato ; elytris parcius sub-
rugoso-pimctatis, singulis strici suturali lineisque tribus obsoletis-
simis instructis ; pedibus rufo-pieeis, tarsis darioribus ; palpis an-
tennisque rufo-testaceis, clava pallidiore.

Mas jilerumque minor, pygidio propygidioque subtilius punctatis, an-
tennarum clava elongata, palporum maxillarium articulo ultimo
latissimo obovato-ovali.

Foem. plerumque major, pygidio propygidioque profundius punctatis,
antennarum clava breviore, palporum maxillarium articulo ultimo
subovali (in medio paulo latiore). — Long. corp. lin. 0-8.

Melolontha fuscipennis, Brulle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 61, pi. 1, f. 1

(1838).
Ootoma fuscipennis, Blanch., Cat. Col. Mtis. de Paris, 120 (1850).

Habitat Fuerteventuram et Teneriffam, in iisdem loeis ac praecedens
degens.

As may be gathered from what has been said, the dull, brownish-
castaneous, more or less concolorous hue of this insect (in which,
however, occasionaUy the prothorax and ocmsionally the elytra are
somewhat more rufescent than the rest of the surface), combined wdth
its just perceptibly less densely punctured pronotum, and the enor-
mously developed last joint of the maxillary palpi of its males, whilst
that even of its females is slightly wider (and less ci/Undrlc) than is
the case in the corresponding sex of the hipartita, will serve to dis-
tinguish it from that species. I have taken it, from out of burrows
in the soil beneath camels' dung, in the Rio Palmas of Fuerteventui'a ;
as also, though more sparingly, in Teneriife : and I captured two dead
specimens in Palma which are in all probability referable to this
species ; but they were in such a mutilated condition (having been
extracted from a cobweb) that I cannot state this for certain.

§ II. Scutellum puree punctatum, sed lineis dimhus ohliquis
vix impressimi.

314. Ootoma Integra, n. sp.

0. fusco-castanea, nitida, subtus (abdomine excepto) necnon supra
ad margines subfulvescenti-pilosa ; capite densissime et profunde
punctato, clypeo recurvo ad latera ampliato, a fronte linea obsoleta
diviso ; prothorace valde profunde rugoso-pimctato ; scutello pos-
tice rotundato-obtuso, ad basin ipsam punctis perpaucis (et vix
lineis duabus brevissimis rudimentaribus) notato ; elytris paulo
rufescentioribus parciusque rugoso-punctatis, singulis stria suturali
obsoleta lineisque tribus obsoletissimis instructis ; pedibus rufo-pi-
ceis, tarsis clarioribus, tibiis anticis extus fere integris (i. e. dentibus
obsoletis) ; palpis antennisque rufo-testaceis, clava pallidiore.

Mas adhuc latet.

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CANAKIAN COLEOPTERA.

Fcem. palponun maxillarium articulo iiltimo subcyliudrico-ovali. —
Long. Corp. lin. 6|.

Habitat Canariam Grandem, in regione " El Monte " dicta capta.

In its scutellum having only three or four scattered punctures at
its extreme base and the merest rudiments of two very abbreviated
obliquely impressed hues behind, the 0. integra is somewhat inter-
mediate between the last Section and the present one ; and did it
not possess one or two decided structural peculiarities of its own, I
should have been unwilHng to erect an additional species from the evi-
dence afforded by a single specimen, in such a variable groiip. But
since it has really a few very remarkable characters, which I have no
reason to regard as accidental, and since its Jiahitat-island, moreover,
is different irom. that of any of the remainder, I have been almost
compelled to treat it as distinct.

The 0. integra differs from the last species and the following one
in the above-mentioned sculpture of its posteriorly rounder (or more
obtuse) scutellum, in its more deeply punctured surface, in the last
joint of the maxillary palpi of its females being more strictly ob-
long, and blunter at the tip (the corresponding articulation in the 0.
castanea being regularly acuminated, or conical), and in its two front
tibiiB having their outer edge almost entire — the teeth being nearly
obsolete. Its elytra are not quite so rufescent as those of the 0.
hipartita ; and its head, prothorax, and scutellum are much less dark
— being, in fact, scarcely obsciirer than the elytra. The unique ex-
ample from which the above diagnosis has been compiled was captured
by myself, during the spring of 1858, in the region of El Monte in
Grand Canary.

315. Ootoma castanea.

0. fere ut 0. fuscipennis, sed corpore subtus ssepius paUidiore ; clypeo
vix breviore, a fronte Hnea recta distinctiore diviso, antice paulo
magis sinuate, ad latera minus ampliato-recurvo (ergo mox ante
oculos minus angulato-exstante) ; prothorace paulo densius punc-
tato, per basin ipsissimam minus evidenter marginato ; elytris stria
suturali plerumque levius impressa ; tibiis anticis \dx obsoletius
dentatis.

Mas palporum maxillarium articulo ultimo magno lato sed minore et
breviore quam in 0. fuscipenni necnon magis regulariter ovaH.

Fcem. palporum maxillarium articulo ultimo regulariter conico (quare
apicem versus magis acuminato quam in 0. fuscipenni).

Variat colore a pallido-castaneo usque ad fusco-piceo. — Long. corp.
lin. 4|-6|.

Melolontha castanea, BrvlU, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 60 (1838).

CANAKIAN COLEOPTEllA. 199

Dasysterna canariensis ?, Rambur, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France^ 331

(1843).
Ootoma castanea, Blanch., Cat. Col. Mas. de Paris, 120 (1850).

Habitat Teneriifam, rarissime, in cuniculis fodiens.

The present Ootoma (which seems, so far as observed hitherto, to
be peculiar to Teneriffe) might be almost regarded at first sight as a
mere insular modification of the 0. fuscipennis ; nevertheless, since
the sexual proportions of its palpi are different, I am bound to regard
its other small distinctions as of greater importance than I should
have been inclined to have done had there been no structural charac-
ter to warrant its separation. Judging from the few examples which
I have seen, it is, on the average, a little smaller than that insect ; its
colour is more variable (being sometimes of a pale reddish-chestnut,
and at others of a dark piceous-brown) ; its body beneath is nearly
always of a more paUid hue than is the case in that species (being
often yellowish-testaceous) ; its clypeus is relatively a trifle shorter,
more sinuated in front, less recurved and developed at the sides (and
therefore less laterally -prominent immediately in front of either eye),
and more evidently divided from the forehead by a straight transverse
line ; its prothorax is just perceptibly more densely punctured, and
less coarsely margined along its extreme basal edge ; its elytra have
their sutural stria usually less deep ; its scutellum is beset with a few
rather large pimctui-es, but apparently not impressed with two oblique
Knes ; and its anterior tibiae have their external teeth perhaps some-
what less developed. In addition to which, the terminal joint of its
maxillary palpi is relatively smaller in both sexes, — being, also, more
regularly oval in the males and much more acuminated (or conical) in
the females.

The only two of the above diagnostic features which M. Brulle has
mentioned are, the fact of its abdomen being pale and of its clypeus
being separated from the forehead by a transverse line ; nevertheless
the latter of these is, after all, only a relative difference, the suture
being merely a little more evident in the 0. castanea than in the other
species ; whereas his description would certainly lead to the supposi-
tion that it was only traceable in the present one. However, I think
there is sufficient to conclude (even from such meagre evidence) that
the Teneriffan insect is the one which he referred to (described from
a single indi\ddual, without anterior feet, palpi, and antennae !) under
the trivial name of castanea*.

* Scarcely more intelligible is Rambur' s description of liis Dasysterna cana-
riensis, nearly all the characters wliich he gives being merely such as are common
to the Ootomas generally. Nevertheless, since he alludes to the species as " infra

200 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

I have taken the 0. castanea near Orotava ; and it has likewise been
communieated by the Barao do Castello de Paiva from the vicinity of
Laguna.

316. Ootoma obscurella, n. sp.
0. fere ut 0. castanea, sed ubique (snbtiis et supra) fusco-nigra, pube

obsciiriore ; sutura frontali vix minus distinct;! ; scutello paulo

densius pimctato ; pedibus piceis, tarsis clarioribus ; palp is an-

tennisque rufo-testaceis,
Mas palporum maxillarium articnlo ultimo magno, lato et paulo lon-

giore quam in 0. castanea.
Fcem. palporum maxillarium articulo ultimo subcylindrico-ovali

(multo minus conico quam in 0. castanea). — Long. corp. Kn. 5-6.

Habitat in Hierro, mense Februario a.d. 1858 duo specimina collegi.

Were it not for the slight differences in the shape of the ultimate
joint of their respective maxillary palpi, I might perhaps have re-
garded the present Ootoma as a dark insular modification of the cas-
tanea, peculiar to Hierro ; but as I cannot suppose that those organs
would vary structurally in the same species, I am compelled to treat
the 0. obscurella as an additional member of this small geographical
assemblage. It may be known from the castanea by its uniformly
dark hue (both the under and upper surfaces being of a brownish-
black), by its obscurer pubescence, by its frontal suture being a little
less distinct, by its scutellum being apparently somewhat more thickly
punctured, and by the terminal articulation of its maxillary palpi
being (relatively) a trifle longer in the males and much less conical
(or more oblong) in the females.

Judging from its colour alone, I should have had no hesitation in
referring this insect to the Melolontha obscura of Brulle ; but since
he mentions that that species has the last joint of its maU maxillary
palpi only very slightly wider than the preceding one (and the en-
larged antennal clava to which he alludes would seem to imply that
it cannot have been a female from which he drew up his diagnosis),
I am precluded altogether from acting on that supposition. The only
two examples which I have seen were taken by myself, in the island
of Hierro, during February 1858.

317. Ootoma obscura.

Melolontha obscura, Bmlle, in Wehh et Berth. ( Col.) 61. pi. 1. f. 2 (1838).
Ootoma obscura, Blanch., Cat. Col. Mas. de Paris, 120 (1850).

Habitat?

dilutior, tibiis anticis obsolete trifidis," and cites it as coming from

" I'ile de Teneriffe," I think we may safely assign it to the 0. castanea (for it is
manifestly, as Lacordaire lias rightly conjectured, an Ootoma).

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 201

Although I cannot say whether it belongs to the present Section or
the preceding one, I nevertheles.s admit this species into the Catalogue,
— feeling sure (from the reasons already stated, and assuming M,
Brulle's description to be correct) that it cannot be referred to any
of the preceding members of the genus ; though in its darkened hue it
would appear to agree with the 0. obscurella. The enlarged spatuli-
form clava of its antennae, moreover, which it is stated to possess,
would still further tend to distinguish it. AU the other particulars
to which M. BruUe calls attention are merely generic ones, existing
equally in all the representatives of the group hitherto detected. As
to the island in which it was found I am, of course, unable to con-
jecture,— M. Brulle, as though to make his Catalogue (if possible) even
still more inaccurate and incomprehensible, having entirely omitted
all reference to " habitat " throughout the whole of it.

Fam. 28. DYNASTIDiG.

Genus 132. PHYLLOGNATHUS.

Eschscholtz, Bull, de Moscoti, 65 (1830).

318. Phyllognatlius Silenus.

Scarabaeus Silenus, Fab., Si/st. Ent. i. 13 (1775).

, Brulle, in Webb et Berth. {Col.) 60 (1838).

Phyllognathus Silenus, Muls., Lamell. de France, 379 (1842).

, Lucas, Col. de TAlyerie, 273 (1849).

Oryctes Silenus, Hartung, Geolog. Verhdltn. Lanz. und Fuert. 141.

Habitat Lanzarotam, Fuerteventuram et TenerifTam, prassertim sub
rejectamentis stabulorum neenon sub stercore bovino, equino, came-
liuo fodiens.

The excessive variability of the males of this insect, both in size
and in the development of the frontal horn, which is often so reduced
in dimensions as to be almost obsolete (under which circumstances
the sublateral cavities of the prothorax, and the wider central one,
are comparatively evanescent), renders extreme specimens of that sex
sometimes liable to be confounded, at first sight, with the females ;
nevertheless the inequality of the claws of the anterior feet will serve
immediately, in every instance, to distinguish the males. It is emi-
nently a species of Mediterranean latitudes, occurring in the south
of Europe and the north of Africa* ; and the only differences, at all
constant, that I can detect in the Canarian examples are, that their

* I have captured it at Mogadoi-e, on the opposite coast of Morocco ; and it is
recorded by M. Lucas in Algei'ia.

202 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

clypeus is somewhat more pointed, and less recurved, at the apex,
and, tog-ether with the basal portion of the frontal process, more
rugosely sculptured ; whilst the gence (or the lateral rim of the head
which projects over either eye) are not quite so prominent, and the
prothorax of its female sex is rather less regularly rounded at the
sides (or more obliquely truncated anteriorly) : but these are points,
I imagine, of but slight impoi'tance in an insect so essentially variable.
T have taken the P. Silenus in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura (in
the latter of which islands it was also found by M. Hartung) ; and
it has been communicated by the Barao do Castello de Paiva from
Teneriffe. The females would appear to be very much scarcer than
the males ; for out of 16 specimens which I captured in the Rio
Palmas of Fuerteventura (from beneath the refuse of a camels' stable)
two only belong to the former sex. In Lanzarote (and probably in
the other islands likewise) it is called " Chamorro " by the inhabitants.

Genus 133. ORYCTES.

Illiger, Ktif. Prems. 11 (1798).

319. Oryctes prolixus, n. sp.

0. fere ut 0. Grypus, sed paulo minor, prothorace minore, elytris
parum longioribus (aut potius abdomine breviore), propygidium
vel fere vel omnino tegentibus, subtus densius pilosus ; clypeo in
rosteUum brevius, magis triangulare et plerumque magis recm'vum
producto ; genis aiitice minus jjorrectis, postice brevioribus, hand
ultra medium oculorum (nigrorum) ductis; prothoracis excavatione
(in maribus) latins pohtissima, postice utriaque argutius determi-
nata et ibidem impressione parva adjuncta profimdiore aucta, parte
media basali minus convexa necnon antice acutiore baud tridentata
(sed obsolete trisinuata necnon ad apicem, vix bipartitum, paulo
magis quam ad angulos laterales porrecta) ; elytrorum pimctis
versus seriem subsuturalem majoribus ; propygidio (necnon pygidio
in sexu masculo) midto magis pubescente grossiusque transversim
scrobinato.— Long, coi-p. lin. 13-15.

Scarabaeus nasicornis, Bridle [nee Linn.'\, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 60
(1838).

Habitat in Teneriffa, Gomera et Hierro, rarissimus.

The present Oryctes belongs to the same Section of the genus as
the European 0. Grypus, in which the anterior tibiae are 3-dentate,
the beak-Hke projection of the clypeus is comparatively small and
narrow, and the elytra are furnished along their hinder margin with
a narrow fringe of short yellowish hairs. Indeed it is closely aUied
to that species, though I believe undoubtedly distinct, — displaying a
number of small differential characters which I cannot detect in a)iy

CANARIAN COLEOPTEKA. 203

of the speciinens which I possess of the 0. Grypus from Portugal,
Spain, and the south of France. Thus, it is rather smaller (its male
prothorax being more particularly diminished) ; and its body beneath,
as also its pygidium and propygidium, are more pilose, — the two lat-
ter moreover being less developed, so that the elytra cover either the
whole or nearly the whole of the propygidium (which also has its
minute transverse strigae, used for the purpose of stridulating, very
much coarser). In other respects, the beak-like process of the cly-
peus is rather shorter, more triangular, and usually more recurved
(though less evidently excavated) at the apex ; its f/ence are much less
porrect in front and less produced behind (where they do not ex-
tend below the middle of either eye) ; the large prothoracic excava-
tion of its males is more ividely polished posteriorly, and has the
hinder supplemental depression at either side deeper and better de-
fined, whilst the elevated middle portion at the base is much less
convex and has its edge acuter and differently formed — being obscurely
trisinuate, with the centre minutely and obsoletely bifid and rather
more advanced than the lateral angles (instead of being obtusely tri-
dentate, with the outer projections greatly developed) ; and the
punctures of its elytra immediately outside the subsutural series are
larger*.

The 0. prolixus appears to be decidedly rare. I took a single
specimen of it in Hierro, during February of 1858 ; and another, at
Taganana, in Teneriffe, towards the end of May 1859, — from which
latter island a male has lately been communicated by the Barao do
CasteUo de Paiva ; and a fourth example was captured by the Eev.
E.. T. Lowe at Hermigua, in Gomera, during April of 1861. So that
it probably exists throughout at any rate the central and western
portions of the archipelago.

Fam. 29. CETONIAD^.

Genus 134. EPICOMETIS.
Burmeister, Handb. der Ent. iii. 434 (1842).

320. Epicometis squalida.

Scaraboeus squalidus, Linn., Si/st. Nat. i. 2. 556 (1767).
Cetonia crinita, Charp., Horce Ent. 213 (1825).

* It will be seen at once that the^'rm^'erjzMmSer of these characters distinguish
it eqvially from the 0. naskornis (which has very much in common with the
0. Grypua).

204 CAXARIAN COLEOPTERA.

Cetonia liirta, BruUe [nee Fab.], in Webb et Berth. ( Col.) 62 (;1838).
Tropinota Reyi, Muls., Lnmell. de France, 575 (1842 ).

Habitat insulas omnes Canarienses, ad flores vulgaris.

The present insert, which occurs in the south of France, Italy,
Sicily, ifec, is universal in the Canaries — in the whole seven islands
of which I have myself captured it, and in some of them very abim-
dantly. It is particularly partial to the flowers of the Aspliodelus
Jtstulosus, on which it may often be taken in actual clusters, — as I
have more especially observed in the region of El GoKo on the western
side of Hierro, and on the mountains above S*" Cruz of Teneriffe (in
the direction of Las Mercedes). Nevertheless it is frequently almost
as common on thistles. From Teneriffe it has likewise been com-
municated by the Barao do Castello de Paiva and Dr. Crotch, the latter
of whom foimd it also in Gomera. Messrs. Webb and Berthelot's
examples are referred by Blanchard [Cat. CoJ. 3Ims. de Paris, p. 9]
to the E. hirtelJa, L. ; but aU the specimens which I have hitherto
seen from these islands belong certainly to the larger of the two
nearly allied species (in which the outer elytral costa is comparatively
weU developed and elevated, and obscurely bifurcate at either shoul-
der), namely the E. squalida.

321. Epicometis femorata.

Cetonia femorata, /%., Macj.fur Inseht. ii. 231 (1803).

hispanica, Gory et Perch., Mon. des Cet. 280 (1833).

Epicometis femorata, Burm., Handb. der Ent. iii. 435 (1842).
, Blanch., Cat. Col. Mas. de Paris, 9 (1850).

Habitat Fuerteventuram borealem, in arenosis ad Corralejo capta.

The only locality in the whole seven islands in which I have taken
this insect (which occurs in Spain and Algeria) is the sandy region
at Corralejo, in the extreme north of Fuerteventiira, — where, during
the spring of 1859, I captured eight specimens of it, burrowing in
the loose sand around the roots of the few shrubby plants which stud
that arid waste. It is therefore of extreme rarity at the Canaries.

Fam. 30. BUPRESTID^.

Genus 135. ACM^ffiODERA.
Eschscholtz, Zool. Atlas, i. 9 (1823).

322. Acmseodera cisti.

A. elongata, subconvexa, nigra, subtus cinerco-pilosa ; capite pro-
thoraceque submetallicis subnitidis profunde et dense punctatis et

CANARIAN COLEOPTER.V. 205

pube longiuscula (praesertim in illo) suberecta cinerea fulvaqxie
obsitis, boc leviter canaliculato ; elytris flavo multivittatis, pro-
fimde stiiato-pimetatis, interstitiis minute uniseriatim punctiilatis.
— Long. Corp. lin. 2-3^.

Acmseodei-a cisti, IVolL, Ann. Nat. Hist. (3rd series) ix. 439 (1862 ).
Habitat Canariam, TeneriiFam et Palmam, prassertim ad flores Cis-
torum (sc. inonspeliensls atque vagantis) in excelsioribus crescentium.

Its very deeply and densely punctured head and protborax, in
conjunction witb tbe exceedingly numerous and more or less con-
fluent yellow vittce of its very coarsely punctate-striated elytra, wbicb
seem in a great measure as tbough formed by broken -up lines, will
sufficiently distinguisb the present Aema^odera from any of the fol-
lowing species*. It appears to occur for the most part in tbe higher
regions of Grand Canary, Teneriffe, and Palma ; in the first of which
I captured it in the lofty Pinal of Tarajana, above San Bartolome,
during April 1858, — almost exclusively on the flowers of the Cistus
monspeliensis and var/ans ; whilst in the second I beat it, more
sparingly, from off the blossoms of the Spartium nuhigena, on the
Cumbre adjoining the Canadas (above Ycod el Alto), at an elevation
of more than 8000 feet, early in May of 1859 ; as also, at the begin-
ning of June of the preceding year, from amongst the herbage grow-
ing on the perpendicular rocks which bound the great Pinal, above
the plains known as " Los Llanos," in the Banda of Palma. In Tene-
riffe it was found also by Dr. Crotch. The Palman specimens are,
on the average, larger than those from Grand Canary and Teneriffe.

323. Acmaeodera fracta, n. sp.

A. breviuscula, subdepressa, nigra, subtus cinereo-pilosa ; capite pro-
thoraceque submetaUicis subnitidis ruguloso-punctatis et (una cum
elytris) pube brevi demissa albido-cinerea dense irroratis, hoc sub-
convexo leviter canaliculato et ad latera macula parva obscura
flavescente ornato ; elytris subdepressis, flavo multivittatis, sti'iato-
punctatis, interstitiis valde rugosis et minute uniseriatim punctu-
latis. — Long, corp. lin. lf-2i.

Habitat Canariam Grandem, in inferioribus ad El Charco necnon
in pineto quodam in montibus excelsis eapta.

* In markings and general aspect the A. cisfi is closely allied to a species given
me by the Kev. Hamlet Clark, and whicli he captured near Algiers. It is, how-
ever, not quite so narrow as that insect ; its prothorax is more particularly wider,
as also proportionally shorter, rounder at the sides, regularly punctured (instead
of being rugosely imbricafed), and very much more even (being entirely free from
the bipartite gibbosity which forms the anterior disc in that species) ; its elytral
vittcB are more numerous ; its upper surface has the jjubescence both considerably
longer and very much more erect ; and its antennfe are less abbreviated.

206 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

The present species (which appears to be of the greatest rarity) is
very closely related to the A. cisti. It is, however, a little smaller,
and relatively shorter, as also a tiifle wider anteriorly, than that in-
sect ; its prothorax is somewhat convexer, rather less deeply (though
perhaps a little more roughly) punctured, and (instead of being con-
colorous) with an obscure testaceous patch behind the middle of
either lateral edge ; its elytra are flatter, less coarsely punctate-stri-
ated, but with the interstices considerably more rugose (being sculp-
tured after the fashion of seal-skin) ; and its entire upper surface has
the pubescence very much shorter, perfectly decumbent, and of a pure
cinereous -white — being apparently unmixed with the fulvous hairs
which are sufficiently conspicuous on the A. cisti. The only two
specimens which I have seen were captured by myself in Grand Ca-
nary, during April 1858, — one of them (in company with the A. cisti)
in the lofty Pinal of Tarajana, above San Bartolomc ; and the other
in the low sandy tract at El Charco, in the district of Maspalomas,
in the extreme south of the island. It would appear, therefore, to
be quite independent of elevation.

324. Acmaeodera plagiata, n. sp.

A. subconvexa, nigra, subtus cinereo-pilosa ; capite prothoraceque
metallicis nitidis minus dense punctatis et pube longiuscula (proB-
sertim in illo) suberecta fulva cinereaque obsitis, hoc convexo an-
tice et postice canaliculato ; elytris singulis vittis quatuor (sc. basali
minuta, postbasali majore, discali elongata undulata, et apicali mi-
nore)pallide testaceis ornatis,profunde punctato-striatis, interstitiis
minutissime uniseriatim punctulatis. — Long. corp. lin. 21.

Habitat Canariam Grandem ; in clivo quodam submaritimo inter
Maspalomas et Juan Grande d. 12. Apr. a.d. 1858 specimen unicima
sub lapide deprehendi.

The convex, very metallic, and rather less densely punctured pro-
thorax of this Acmaiodera, which has its central channel interrupted
in the middle, combined with its rather long, suberect, and more ful-
vescent pile and the large and very pale longitudinal patches of its
dark elytra (the basal one of which is small, the second larger, the
third very large, irregular and elongate, and the foiu'th, which is
nearly connected with it, narrow and subapical), and the excessively
minute punctules of their interstices, will sufficientlj' distinguish it.
It is hitherto unique, the only specimen which I have seen having
been captured by myself (on the 12th of April 1858), from beneath
a stone, on a dry arid slope in the south of Grand Canary — between
Maspalomas and Juan Grande.

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325. Acmseodera ornata, n. sp.

A. angustula, convexa, nigra, subtiis albido-S(]uamosa ; capite pro-
thoraceque ciipreo-metallicis nitidis dense sed mimis profunde
punctatis et (una cum elytris) pube brevissiraa demissa minutissima
cinerea pares irroratis, hoc antice convexo profunde canaliculate ;
elytris postice acutis, singulis maeulii minuta basali et altera longiore
postmedia (e linea fracta efformatis) necnon plagix maximii sinuata
sublaterali (a basi usque ad apicem ducta) testaceis ornatis, leviter
striato-punctatis, interstitiis sat minute punctulatis. — Long. corp.
Hn. 2.

Habitat Fuerteventuram, Aprili ineunte a.d. 1859 exemplar uni-
cum ad Rio Palmas collegi.

The shining, cupreo-metallic, and comparatively finely (though
densely) punctured prothorax of this sjjecies, which has its anterior
disc prominent and convex and its longitudinal channel very deep, in
conjunction with its narrow and posteriorly rather acute outline, its
less coarsely striated elytra (which however have the minute punc-
tules of their interstices rather conspicuous), and the peculiar shape
of its pale elytral vittce (the basal and postmedial ones of which are
small and narrow, as though caused by a broken-up line, whilst the
outer, or sublateral, one is large, sinuated, and elongate — reaching
from the base to the apex), will readily separate it from the three
preceding species*. The only example which has come beneath my
notice I brushed from out of vegetation in the Rio Palmas of Euerte-
ventura, at the beginning of April 1859.

Genus 136. BUPRESTIS.
Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i. ii. 659 (1767).

326. Buprestis Bertheloti.

B. nitida, submetallico-nigra, fronte (maculis duabus virescentibus
exceptis), prothoracis margine antico ipsissimo necnon laterali an-
tice elytrorumque (nigrorum) fasciis quatuor obliquis confluentibus
(e maculis miuutis disjunctis compositis) flavo-omatis ; capite pro-
thoraceque profunde punctatis, hoc antice angustato, in disco an-

* The A. ornata is a good deal allied to the discoidea, Fab., from northern
Africa ; but is rather smaller and narrower, with its jorothorax less developed,
much more shining and metallic, and regularly punctured (instead of being
coarsely imbricated), its elytra are more acute behind and with their inner,
broken-up line almost obsolete, its limbs are slenderer, and its entire upper sur-
face has the pubescence very much more minute, sparing, and depressed. Possibly
it may approach nearer to the A. flavovittata, Lucas ; but, judging from the de-
scription, the different punctation of the head of that species, and the broken-up
sublateral band of its elytra (which appears to be resolved into four viftm and
two spots) would, apart from minor characters, seem to i*emove it from the A.
ornata.

208 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

tieo utrinque sputio polito iiistructo ; elytris profunde siibcrenato-
striatis, interstitiis minute et parce punctulatis, singulis ad apicem
excavatis bispinosis ; tibiis anticis (in maribus saltern) robustis, le-
viter incurvis, intus paulo excavatis. — Long. corp. lin. 11.

Bupi-estis Bertheloti, Bridle, inWehh etBerth. (Col.) pi. 2. f. 12 (1838).
Hahitat Teneriffam, mihi non obvia ; exemplar unicum a Barone
Castello de Paiva communicatum solum vidi.

Judging from the figure of the Buprestis Bertheloti given by M.
Bridle in Webb and Berthelot's volume (for it is unaccompanied by
a description — in at all events the portion of the work which I pos-
sess), there can be no doubt that the specimen from which I have
compiled the above diagnosis is the insect there referred to. This
example has lately been communicated by the Barao do Castello de
Paiva, who obtained it from TenerifFe in a small (but very old) col-
lection which was formed there by a friend ; and I may add that I
have found the various localities assigned to the species so exceed-
ingly correct, in every instance, that I have no hesitation in regard-
ing the present Buprestis as having been undoubtedly captured in
the island. Unfortunately, however, no special hahitat was assigned
to it; though, fi-om subsequent inquiries instituted by the Baron
Paiva, the species (if not indeed this actual specimen) appears to have
been taken in the vicinity of the Agua Garcia*, and also (on one
occasion at any rate) even in the Plaza de San Francisco, of S'" Cruz,
where it was found, on the wing, by a Spaniard. Since, however, it
entirely escaped my own observation, I conclude that it is at all
events, considering its large size and conspicuous ajtpearance, of the
greatest rarity.

Genus 137. ANTHRAXIA.

Eschscholtz, Zool. Atlas, i. 9 (182:3).

327. Anthraxia senilis, n. sp.

A. paraUela, sat nitida, subdepressa, aenescenti- necnon subcupres-

centi-nigra, ubique (scutello polito excepto) dense transversim

rugosa (baud punctata) et piUs tenuibus longiusculis (praesertim

in capite) suberectis cinereis vestita ; prothorace latiusculo, trans-

* With respect to the exact hahitaf of this fine Buprestis, the Baron Paiva
writes to me as follows : " M. S. Berthelot m'a repondu tcxtueUemcnf a ee siijet
les ligiies siiivantes : ' Le Buprestis Bertheloti, clont vous me demander Vhafjiiat,
est un beau Coleoptere que j'ai trouve la premiere fois a Tenerife, en 1824 ou
1825, aux environs de la Foret d'Agua Garcia. II a ete rencontre ensuite, dans
la raeme localitii, par mon ami Dumont d'Urville, toujours pres de I'auge debois
oil Ton abreuvait les chevaux, a quelques pas de I'entree de la Foret. C'ette auge
ou abreuYoir se trouve situte sur Ic bord de I'ancienne route qui conduisait alors
de Lagune a TOrotave.' "

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 209

verso, grossius rugoso et versus latera reticulato, intra angulos
posticos subrectos late impresso ; elytris (prseeipue ad basin) paulo
insequalibus, sutura margineque leviter incrassatis, hoc versus
apicem minutissime serratulo ; antennis pedibusque gracilibus, vix
metallicis. — Long. corp. lin. 2^-3.

Habitat Canariam Grandem, in pineto quodam in montibus excelsis
sito pauca speeimina inter flores Clstorum volantia mense Aprili
ineunte a.d. 1858 deprehendi.

The present Anthraxia is a little larger than, and relatively not
quite so broad as, the A. sepulchralis and morio of southern Europe.
It is, however, considerably brighter and more metallic ; its sculp-
ture is less dense, and on the pronotum reticulose (and very widely
so) only towards either side ; its prothorax is straighter at the edges,
and much more deeply impressed within the posterior angles (which
are nearly right angles) ; its scutellum is unsculptured and highly
polished ; the margins of its elytra behind are minutely serrated ;
and its entire upper surface is clothed with very much longer, sub-
erect, and whitish-cinereous hairs. The few specimens which I have
seen were taken by myself in the lofty Pinal above San Bartolome,
in the district of Tarajana, of Grand Canary, at the beginning of
April 1858. They were exceedingly active on the wing, — flying, in
the hot sunshine, amongst the flowers of the Cistus monspeliensis and
vayans, to which they seemed to be specially attached.

Fam. 31. THROSCID^.

Genus 138. THROSCUS.
Latreille, Prec. ties Caract. Gen. des Ins. 42 (1796).

328. Throscus integer.

Trixagus integer, WuU., Cat. Mad. Col. 82 (1857).

Habitat in sylvaticis excelsis Teneriffae et Palmae, rarissimus.

Although I no longer possess a specimen of the Madeiran T. integer
for comparison, I nevertheless refer the few examples of Throscus
which I have hitherto seen from these islands to that insect, inas-
much as I can detect nothing in my original diagnosis to warrant the
suspicion that the two species are distinct. Perhaps the elytral in-
terstices may be a little more evidently punctulated in the Canarian
one ; but the eyes are totally ungrooved, as in the T. integer, — though
with the faintest possible tendency to be truncated-off (scarcely sub-
emarginated) at that particular point of their anterior edge (close to

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the insertion of the antennae) where in certain other species the ob-
lique groove commences. But this (which indeed is scarcely per-
ceptible, even beneath the microscope) may be equally the case in
the Madeiran type. I have taken it sparingly, out of damp rotten
sticks, in the laurel -regions between Taganana and Point Anaga, of
Teneriife ; as also, in similar situations, on the ascent to the Cumbre,
above Buenavista, of Palma.

Fam. 32. ELATERID^.

Genus 139. COPTOSTETHUS.
Wollaston, Ins. Mad. 238. tab. iv. f. 8 (1854).

329. Coptostethus brunneipennis.

C. elongatus, niger vel fusco-niger clytris plus minus brunneis, fulvo-
pubescens ; prothorace elongate, basi paulo angustato ; elytris pube
suberecta tenui vestitis, sat profunde cronato-striatis, interstitiis
subconvexis ; antennis pedibusque elongatis, testaceis.

Vanat prothorace ad latera elytrisque ad humeros plus minus con-
spicue pallidioribus, necnon etiam (immaturus) colore omnino fer-
rugineo.

Var. j3. obscurus [an species ?]. Prothorace elytrisque obscurioribus
concoloribus, illo ad basin angustiore, pedibus (sed pra^sertim tar-
sis) vix brevioribus. — Long. corp. lin. 2^3|.

Coptostetlius bnmneipennis, Woll, Ami. Nat. Hist. xi. 218 (1863).

Hahitat in TenerifFa, Palma et Hierro, sub lapidibus, passim.

The excessive variability of this insect makes it a very difficult one
to define ; for, after carefully studying many specimens, collected in
various islands and altitudes, it appears to me that nearly the whole
of its characters are inconstant. Its colour is eminently so, and even
the relative length of its tarsi seems to be unstable ; but as the latter
are always a trifle longer in the males than in the females, this may
occasionally perhaps be more apparent than real. Upon the whole,
however, it is more elongate than the other Coptostethi here enume-
rated, and also larger than any of them, except perhaps the C. ohtusus ;
its elytra are generally of a browner tint ; and even its prothorax
(which is less abbreviated and convex, and not quite so narrowed
behind, as is the case in the C. canarietisis and glohuUcollis) is often
more or less diluted in hue. In its comparatively elongated limbs it
agrees with the C. gracilis. It occurs principally at intermediate
elevations, though sparingly in lower ones also. Thus, it was taken
both by Mr. Gray and myself close to the Puerto Orotava in Tene-

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riffe ; and I subsequently captured it at the Agua Garcia, on the
mountains above S''^ Cruz, and at Las Mercedes and Taganana, in the
same island ; as also in the Barranco de Galga of Palma, and near
Valverde in Hierro. But it is decidedly everywhere scarce. The
var. 0 was found in the district of El Golfo, on the western side of
Hierro.

330. Coptostethus gracilis, n. sp.

O. angusto-elongatus. fusco-niger elytris plus minus brimneis, fulvo-
pubescens ; jjrothorace elongato, basi angustato ; elytris pube sub-
crecta tenuissima vestitis, sat profunde erenato-striatis, interstitiis
subconvexis ; antenuis pedibusque elongatis pallide testaceis, tarsis
pra3sertim elongatis gracilibus.

Var. /3. Elytris ad humeros paulo rufescentioribus. — Long. corp. lin.

Habitat in montibus excclsis Teneriifce, usque ad 8000 vel 9000'
8. m. ascendens.

Whether this be anything more than a small and narrow state of
the C. hrunneipennis, peculiar to the higher regions of Teneriffe, I
will not undertake to pronounce. Judging, however, from the six
individuals now before me, it is not only smaller and narrower than
that insect, but is perhaps of a somewhat browner hue, its prothorax
is a little more drawn-in at the base, and its legs (particularly the
tarsi) are relatively rather longer still ; it is likewise a trifle more
opake ; and in aU the specimens except one (which was found at a
lower altitude) the shoulders are concolorous with the rest of the sur-
face. Three of my examples were captured, from beneath stones,
in the lofty district adjoining the Caiiadas, above Ycod el Alto (at
an elevation of more than 8000 feet), during May 1859 ; and two a
few weeks later, in similar situations, on the opposite Cumbre, above
the Agua Mansa ; whilst the remaining one {var. ft) was taken at
the Agua Mansa itself.

331. Coptostethus canariensis.

C. nitidiusculus, niger elytris vel vix vel distincte fuscescentioribus,
subcinereo-pubescens ; prothorace convexo, basi angustato, antice
lato, prosterno antice subhorizontali ; elytris convexis, pube brevi
subdemissa tenui parce vestitis, ad humeros oblique truncatis,
leviter erenato-striatis, interstitiis subdepressis ; antennis pedi-
busque gracilibus, pallido-tcstaceis.

Variat elytris ad humeros plus minus obscure dilutioribus necnon
(immaturus) colore omnino ferrugineo. — Long. corp. lin. 2- vix 2|.

Coptostethus canariensis, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. ii. 196 (1858).

— , Candhze, Mon. des Flat. iii. 105 (1860).

p2

212 CANARIAN COLKOPTEEA.

Habitat sub lapidibus in inferioribus Teneriifse, hinc inde baud in-
frequens.

In theii' general outline and size, as weU as in their comparatively
globose prothoraces (which are very convex anteriorly and much
narrowed behind) and in their elytra being more truncated obliquely
at either shovilder, the present CoptostetJius and the following one
have a good deal in common. The C. canariensis however is, on the
average, browner (or less dark), as also a little more shining, than
the glohidicoUis ; its elytra are more finely crenate-striated, with their
interstices flatter, and their pubescence perhaps somewhat shorter and
less dense ; its antennae, palpi, and legs are always paler (being in-
variably pale-testaceous) ; and its prosternum is horizontal anteriorly,
instead of being bent downwards just behind the mouth. The C.
canariensis appears to occur in the hiver altitudes of TenerifFe — where
it is not uncommon, beneath stones, around the Puerto Orotava, from
the sea-level up to the elevation of about 800 feet. And although
it may very likely exist in spots of a rather higher altitude, it evi-
dently does not ascend into the regions of the C. glohulicollis.

332. Coptostethus glohulicollis.

C. niger elytris rarius dUutioribus, subcinereo-pubescens ; prothorace
convexo, basi angustato, antice lato, prosterno antice deflexo ; ely-
tris convexis, pube subdemissa tenui vestitis, ad humeros oblique
truncatis, sat profunde crenato-striatis, interstitiis subconvexis ;
antennis pedibusque subgracilibus, infuscato-testaceis, illis inter-
duni etiam subnigrescentibus.

Variat elytris vel concoloribus vel versus humeros plus minus di-
stincte rufoscentioribus. — Long. corp. lin. 1|— 2|.

Coptostethus glohulicollis. WoU., Ann. Nat. Hist. (3rd series) ix. 440
(1862).

* Habitat sub lapidibus in montibus excelsis Teneriffae, a 3500' usque
ad 8000 vel 9000' s. m. ascendens.

Whilst the C. canariensis occurs in the lower elevations of Tene-
rifFe, the globulicoIJis, on the other hand, would appear to be confined
to the higher ones of the same island, — attaining its maximum on the
lofty Cumbres, at an altitude of from about 8000 to 9000 feet above
the sea. It may be known from its ally by being, on the average,
darker and a little less shining (being often quite black throughout,
except the limbs) ; by its elytra being more deeply crenate-striated,
with their interstices more convex and their pubescence perhaps
somewhat denser ; by the front portion of its prosternum (which
covers the mouth) being more e\'idently bent downwards ; and by its

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antennae, palpi, and legs being always more or less infuscated — the
two former being occasionally much darkened. I have taken it, rather
abundantly, from beneath stones, during the spring, both on the lofty
Cumbre (adjoining the Caiiadas) above Ycod el Alto, and likewise on
the opposite one (separated from the other by the great interval which
constitutes the valley of Orotava) above the Agua Mansa ; and I have
also captured it, though more sparingly, at the Agua Mansa itself.
This last locality represents the lowest altitude (about 3500 feet) at
which I have hitherto observed it. Dr. Crotch likewise met with it
on the Cumbre above Ycod.

333. Coptostethus obtusus, n. sp.
C niger elytris vix dihitioribus, subfulvescenti-pubescens ; protho-
raee longiusculo, basi vix angustato, lateribus subrectis ; elytris
pube longiuscuki suberecta tenui dense vestitis, versus hunieros
paulo rufescentioribus, valde profimde crenato-striatis, interstitiis
convexis ; antennis pedibusque longiusculis, testaceis, tibiis poste-
rioribus ad basin ipsissimam nigrescentibus. — Long. corp. lin. 3|.

Habitat TenerifFam sylvaticam, ad Agua Mansa sub lapide semel
lectus.

Although unwilling to establish an additional species amongst
these variable Coptostetlii from the evidence afforded by a single ex-
ample, I am nevertheless compelled to do so, since the insect from
which the above diagnosis has been compiled differs so essentially
from all the others here enumerated that I cannot possibly refer it
to any of them. In its general colour, however, and deeply striated
elytra (with their convex interstices) it has perhaps a greater affinity
with the 0. globidicolUs than with any of the remainder ; but its
comparatively enormous bullc and longer, more erect, and denser pu-
bescence, combined with its more elongate limbs and totally different
prothorax, which is scarcely narrower behind than in front, will
readily separate it from that sjjecies. The unique specimen was
captured, during May 1859, in the sylvan region of the Agua Mansa,
in Teneriffe.

334. Coptostethus crassiusculus, n. sp.

C nitidiusculus, subobtusus, niger elytris vix dilutioribus, subful-
vescenti-pubescens ; prothorace convexo, basi vix angustato ; ely-
tris basi minus contractis, pube longiuscula suberecta tenui dense
vestitis, leviter crenato-striatis, interstitiis depresses ; antennis
pedibusque pallide testaceis.

Variat elytris vel concoloribus vel ad humeros laete rufescentioribus,
necnon (immaturus) colore omnino ferrugineo.

Var. (3. Prothorace elytrisque ad basin paulo magis (singulatim) con-

214 CAJTAEIAN COLEOPTEKA.

tractis, horum striis i)aiilo profundioribus interstitiisque minus de-
pressis. — Long. corp. lin. 2-3.

Habitat Cauariam Grandem, in locis intermediis et editioribus sub
lapidibus parce captus.

Like the C. hrunneipennis, the present Coptostethus is exceedingly
variable in all its characters. It is the only one that I have taken
hitherto in Grand Canary ; and, in its normal state at all events, it
may be known from all other species here described by its rather
obtuse, thickened, and more pilose body ; by its prothorax and elytra
being, each of them, less contracted at their respective bases; and
by the latter being but very finely crenate-striated, with their in-
terstices depressed, and with their pile denser and more erect. Its
elytra are extremely inconstant in hue, being sometimes quite dark
and concolorous, and at others more brightly rufescent towards the
shoulders than is the case in any of the preceding species — under
which circumstances the reddish dash frequently extends backwards
more than half-way to the apex.

The C crassiusculus seems to be peculiar to Grand Canary. I
have taken what I regard as the normal phasis of it in the region of
El Monte ; but the form in which the prothorax and elytra are a
trifle less pubescent and somewhat narrower at their respective bases,
with the striae of the latter a little dee^jer and the interstices more
convex, appears to occur at a higher elevation, — for I have captured
it both on the mountains above San Mateo and in the lofty Pinal of
the district of Tarajana, above San Bartolome.

Fam. 33. CYPHONID^.

Genus 140. CYPHON.
PaykiUI, Fna Suec. ii. 117 (1798).

335. Cyphon gracilicornis, n. sp.

C. oblongus, dense griseo-pubescens, fusco-testaceus ; capite protho-
raceque nitidis, subtilissime punctulatis ; elytris paulo fuscescen-
tioribus et minus nitidis, densissime profundiusque punctulatis
(nee striatis, nee costatis) ; anteimis gracilibus, nigrescentibus,
versus basin pedibusque testaceis.

Variat (immatm'ns) colore omnino testaceo. — Long. corp. lin. 1-1 g.

Habitat Canariam, Teneriffam et Gomeram, in sylvaticis et subsyl-
vaticis humidiusculis baud infreqtiens.

In size, oblong outline, and infuscated hue, the jiresent Cyplion is
very similar to the common European C. coarctatus ; from which it

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seems mainly to differ in its elytra being a little more densely and
evidently punctulated, and free (as in the C. variabilis) from the ob-
scure longitudinal costae which are always traceable (though occa-
sionally indistinct) in that species. Its antennae, also, are perhaps a
trifle slenderer, I am very doubtful, however, whether it is more
than a geographical phasis of that insect. It is far from uncommon
in damp sylvan (and subsylvan) spots of the intermediate altitudes
of Grand Canary and Teneriffe. In the former I have taken it
throughout the region of El Monte, and elsewhere ; and in the latter,
at Taganana, Las Mercedes, the Agua Garcia, &c. And I have ex-
amined specimens which were found by Dr. Crotch in Gomera.

Genus 141. EUCINETUS.

Schiippel, in Germ. Mag. iii. 255 (1818).

336. Eucinetus ovum.

Eucinetus ovum, Woll, Ins. Mad. 242 (1854).
, Id, Cat. Mad. Col. 85 (1857).

Habitat in excelsis sylvaticis Teneriffge, rarissimus.

A single specimen only of this very distinct Eucinetus (the differ-
ential characters of which, as compared with those of the European
E. Jio'morrJioidulis, are fully pointed out in my ' Ins. Mad.') has hi-
therto come beneath my observation in these islands. It was taken
by myself on the wooded mountains above Point Anaga, in the north-
eastern extremity of Teneriffe, during May 1859. In Madeira it is
not uncommon in certain spots, though exceedingly local.

Fam. 34. DRILID^.

Genus 142. MALACOGASTER.
Bassi, Maff. de Zool. (Ins.) pi. 99 (1832).

337. Malacogaster tilloides, n. sp.

M. angustulus, niger, nitidus, pilis longissimis erectis fulvis obsitus ;
capite prothoraceque rufis (hoc interdum postice, sed baud inter
antennas, obscuriore), hoc leviter sed illo vix punctulatis ; elytris
postice valde rugulosis, antice paulo la^vioribus ; antennis paUide
rufo-fuscis ; pedibus rufo-testaceis, femoribus (apicibus exceptis)
obscurioribus. — Long. corp. liu. 2i-vix 3.

Habitat Fuerteventuram, rarissimus ; mense Aprili ineunte a.d.
1859 specimina septem inter Arundines ad Rio Palmas deprehendi.

The present insect differs from the European M. Passerinii (of

216 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

which I possess two Sicilian siiecimens) in being a little smaller, nar-
rower, and more shining, — its entire surface (which is studded with
longer, more erect, and paler hairs) being less sculptured. Indeed its
prothorax (which is more cyhndric, being much less widened, or mar-
gined, at the hinder angles) is almost free from punctures, whilst its
elytra are less densely (though perhaps even more roughly) rugulose.
Its head is usually, like the prothorax, of a light red (being rarely
somewhat darkened behind) ; its antennae (instead of being black)
are of a pale rufous-brown ; and its tibise and tarsi are more brightly
testaceous. It is of the greatest rarity, — the only specimens which
I have seen (seven in number) having been captured by myself, in
the Rio Palmas of Fuerteventura, at the beginning of April 1859, by
brushing the Arundo donax in swampy spots alongside the stream.
I believe that they are all of them males.

Fam. 35. TELEPHORID^.

As the members of the present and following two families (MaJa-
cJiildce and Meh/ridce) formed the subjects of a lengthened Paper "on
the Canarian Malacoderms," published by myself in the first volume
of the ' Journ. of Ent.' in 1862, I must refer to that memoir for the
actual descriptions of the several species. Nevertheless, since (as in
the analogous case of the CalatJii) the diagnostic, and other, observa-
tions which it will be desirable here to add can scarcely be compressed
into less space than that which I there devoted to them, I shall in
the present re-enumeration extract such of them, verhatim, as appear
necessary to impart the information required. Two additions, how-
ever, and some fresh loccdities, the result of Dr. Crotch's late re-
searches in the islands, will render occasional alterations necessary.

Genus 143. MALTHINUS.

Latreille, Gen. Crust, et Im. i. 261 (1806).

338. Malthinus mutabilis.
Malthinus mutabilis, Wall, Journ. of Ent. i. 424 (1862).
Habitat insulas omnes Canarienses, ad flores, frequens.
The present Malthinus may be regarded as the representative in
these' islands of the European M. JJaveolus. It is, however, on the
average considerably smaller than that insect (descending to a com-
paratively minute size) ; its limbs and elytra are relatively shorter ;
its head, although greatly narrowed, is not quite so attenuated pos-

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teriorly, and has its darker portion more often resolved into separate
patches ; its prothorax has merely the disc ornamented with two
longitudinal lines (which are sometimes broken up into detached
spots, and at others completely confluent) ; its elytra have even their
basal region usually of a rather clearer yellow ; and its legs are less
uniformly pale, the hinder paii" (and often the intermediate ones also)
having the apex of their femora black, and frequently their tibiae and
tarsi a good deal infuscated. It is a most variable species, both in
size and hue ; and in some of the smaller examples, particularly cer-
tain ones of those from the more barren islands of Lanzarote and
Fuerteventura, the femora, especially the posterior pair, are clouded
towards their base (leaving only the apex paler), and their palpi have
the terminal joint more decidedly blackened ; but after comparing
them with an extensive series collected in the seven islands of the
Group, I have come to the conclusion that they cannot be detached
from the remainder, — their slight differences seeming to be the mere
result of depauperation, in those individuals in which the stature is
diminished. Nevertheless I have thought it desirable to treat them
as a variety — the " var. /3. depaiiperatus.''^

The M. mutabiUs is universal thi'oughout the archipelago, in the
whole seven islands of which, except Gomera, I have myself captured
it ; whilst in Gomera it was found, during the spring of 1862, by
Dr. Crotch. In Teneriffe, Palma, and Hierro it was taken also by
Mr. Gray.

339. Malthinus croceicoUis.
Malthinus croceicoUis, WoU., he. cit. 420 (1862).

Habitat Canariam Grandem, ad flores in regione "El Monte" captus.

In general colour and aspect this species a good deal resembles the
European sanguinolentus ; nevertheless, by the construction of its
anteriorly widened and posteriorly contracted head, it is a true Mal-
thinus, and no Maltliodes. Apart from which, it is considerably
smaller than that insect, its forehead and the extreme apex of its
elytra are more broadly flavescent, and its limbs are shorter, darker,
and less robust. Hitherto I have observed it only in Grand Canary ;
where it is not uncommon, on flowers, during the spring months,
throughout the region of El Monte.

Fam. 36. MALACHIIDiE.

Genus 144. PECTEROPUS.
WoUastoii, Ins. Mud. 247 (1854).

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340. Pecteropus angustifrons.
Pecteropus angustifrons, Wo/L, loc. cit. 427. pi. xx. f. 1 (1862).

Habitat Gomeram, in collibus mox supra Sanctum Sebastianum
mense Februario a.d. 1858 ad flores deprchensus.

Apart from its structural characters (of narrower and more rostrate
head, &c.), the present insect is prima facie remarkable amongst the
Attali, to which it necessarily bears a general resemblance, by its
brightly rufous prothorax and dark-cyaneous elytra and head (the
latter of which is subopake, and most densely and minutely rough-
ened). Its four anterior legs, also, are more or less rufo-testaceous,
whilst the two hinder ones are nearly black. The second joint of
the front feet of its males is so verj^ shghtly produced into a hood-
like lobe on the upper side, that the latter is scarcely perceptible ex-
cept beneath the microscope ; but when thus viewed it will be seen,
nevertheless, to be more strongly pectinated than is usually the case
in the true Attali. Hitherto it has been observed only in Gomera,
where, during February 1858, it was taken by Mr. Gray and myself
from off flowers on the ridge immediately to the north of San Se-
bastian.

341. Pecteropus scitulus, n. sp.

F. viridi-aenescenti-niger prothorace vel ad latera vel ad angulos pos-
ticos rufo-testaceo, parce et minute cinereo-pubescens, nitidus, ubi-
que minutissime et parce punctulatus ; capite angusto, ovali, fronte
dcpressa, oculis minus promineutibus, clypeo paUido ; elytris mi-
nute subrugulosis, pihs erectis longiuscuhs (prgesertim postice) ob-
sitis ; antennis bre\ibus, ad basin rufo-testaceis,

Variat pedibus vel concoloribus, vel anterioribus (rarius posticis) plus
minus pallidis. — Long. corj:*. hn. 2.

Habitat Gomeram, a cl. W. D. Crotch tempore vernali a.d. 1862
captus.

In its general colouring (which is greenish -brassy, with only the
clypeus, either the sides or merely the hinder angles of the prothorax,
and occasionally the anterior legs pale) this insect is almost coin-
cident with the Attains ovatipennis, nevertheless it is considerably
larger and has its legs more elongate ; and, moreover, its somewhat
narrow, oval head and depressed forehead, in conjunction with its
but sHghtly prominent eyes and its short antennae, would all tend,
I think, to refer it to the Pecteropus-gvow^ rather than to Attains
proper. It was detected by Dr. Crotch in Gomera, during the spring
of 1862.

Genus 145. ATTALUS.
Erichson, Uidomof/raph. 89 (1840).

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§ I. ProtJiOiXuv plus minus (i. e. vel omnitio, vel in parte majore, vel
versus angulos soJos postlcos') palUdus.

342. Attains ruficoUis.
Attalus ruflcoUis, WolL, loc. cit. 428 (1862).

Habitat Teneriffam, ad flores vulgaris ; ab ora maritima usque ad
8000' s. m. ascendit. In Palma est minor, depauperatus, tibiis tar-
sisque plus minus testaceis, varietatem (="var. /3. pauperculus,"
mihi) efficiens.

The present Attalus and the following one are the universal species
of Teneriffe, aboimding on flovrers from the sea-level to an elevation
of at least 8000 feet. The A. rufieollis may be known by its bright-
red prothorax, which is usually quite immaculate. The specimens
from the higher altitudes are generally a Kttle more densely punc-
tured and senescent, and have their minute wncZer-pile (of short, de-
cumbent, subcinereous haii's) more evidently developed; but they
merge gradually into the others as we descend into the lower districts.
The " var. /3 " appears to be only a small state peculiar to Palma, in
which the tibiae and tarsi and the base of the antennae have a ten-
dency to be testaceous : I captured it high up in the Barranco da
Agua, as also in the Barranco de Galga, and (in a state approaching
nearer to the Teneriffan one) at the Banda. In Teneriffe it seems
to occur universally ; and it has also been taken in that island by
Mr. Gray, Dr. Crotch, and the Barao do Castello de Paiva.

343. Attalus peUucidus.

Pecteropus peUucidus, Woll, Ins. Mad. 247 (note) (1854).
Attalus peUucidus, Id., loc. cit. 429 (1862).

Habitat Teneriffam, vulgaris, in iisdem locis ac prsecedens.

The only important character which separates the present Attalus
from the preceding one is, that its prothorax, instead of being bright-
red, is (like the rest of the surface) black, with merely a small portion
at either posterior angle (and sometimes the basal margin itself, though
very narrowly) of a somewhat pellucid yellow. I can detect no other
differential feature (except that the surface is usually a trifle more
senescent) ; and I might therefore have been inclined perhaps to re-
gard it as a variety of the other, had I been able to discover the least
trace of a passage between the two. But since both of them are
equally diffused over Teneriffe, independently of elevation, and since
in an extensive series now before me, collected in ten or twelve dif-
ferent (and distant) localities, each is equally constant, I have iio
option but to treat them as distinct. Like the last species, it was

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met with also by Mr. Gray, Dr. Crotch, and the Barao do Castello de
Paiva.

344. Attalus pallipes, n. sp.

A. nitidus ; capite (vel omniuo vel autice solum) prothoraceque (vel
omnino vel hand in disco nigro) rufo-testaceis, minutissime et
parce punctulatis ; elytris subaenescenti-nigris, dense et sat pro-
funde ruguloso-punctatis, pilis nigris crectis longiuscidis obsitis ;
antennis nigris, versus basin pedibus(]ue (elongatis) testaceis. —
Long. Corp. lin. lf-2.

Habitat in TenerifFa et Gomera, a Dom. W. D. Crotch deprehensus.

I do not feel perfectly satisfied that this Attains is more than an
extreme modification of the ruJicolUs ; nevertheless, since the whole
of the specimens now before me (seventeen in number, and all of
them except one, which is from Gomora, captured by Dr. Crotch
in Teneriffe) show no tendency to merge into the type assumed by
that rather constant species, I do not think it would be safe to
treat it as such. It differs from the ruficolUs, chiefly, in its legs
being invariably pale (instead of black), and in the basal portion of
its antennae being likewise more or less brightly testaceous ; in its
head being either altogether pale reddish-testaceous (like the pro-
thorax), or else (as in that insect) with the hinder portion dark ; in
its prothorax being of a paler, or yellower, hue, and "with its disc
sometimes black ; and in its elytra being a little more roughly punc-
tidated. Its legs are perhaps a trifle longer; and its head just per-
ceptibly more produced, with the antennae inserted, if anything, some-
what further from either eye.

345. Attalus ovatipennis.

Attains ovatipennis, JFoll, he. cit. 429 (1862).

Habitat in Lanzarota, Fuerteventura, Canaria, Teneriffa, Gomera
et Palma, ad flores, passim.

E\T.dently a most variable insect (having a slightly different aspect
in each of the islands in which it has been observed), but one which
may be known generally by its ovate (or posteriorly-expanded) out-
line, by the greenish-brassy tinge of its dark elytra and head, by its
prothorax having usually only the hinder margin and angles pale
(though occasionally a larger portion of its surface), and by its tibiae
and tarsi (and parts of the femora) being diluted-testaceous. It
appears to be more widely spread over the Group than any of the
other species, Hierro being the only island in which it has not been
detected. I have myself taken it in Fuerteventura, Grand Canary,

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TenerifFe, Gomera, and Palma. In Lanzarote it was captnrecl by M.
Hartnng (one of whose specimens has been communicated to me by
Dr. Heer), and in Palma by Dr. Crotch.

346. Attalus bisculpturatus.

Attakis bisculptviratus, Woll, loc. cit. 4.30 (1862).
Habitat Fuerteventuram, Aprili ineunte a.d. 1859 repertiis.

This singular little Attalus may be known at once from the other
species here emimerated by its very remarkable sculpture, — the head
and prothorax (which are much depressed, particularly the former)
being opake, and coarsely and evenly alutaceous (or minutely granu-
lated) throughout, whilst the elytra are shining and merely rough-
ened in the ordinary manner. Its colour is black, except the hinder
part of the prothorax (which is dull yellow), and the tibia3, tarsi, and
the base of the antennae (which are brownish-testaceous). The only
two examples which I have seen (a male and a female) were captured
by myself in Fuerteventura — I believe, in the Rio Palmas — early in
April of 1859.

347. Attalus rugifrons.
Attains rugifrons, Wall, loc. cit. 431 (1862).

Habitat Gomeram, in coUibus prope Sanctum Sebastianum ad flores
lectus.

The present Attalus, which has been observed hitherto only in
Gomera, is, like most of the species, very variable in colour ; never-
theless its subopake and densely and minutely rugulose head (in
which respect it somewhat resembles the Peeteropus angustifrons),
combined with the rufo-testaceous hue of its four anterior legs and
the base of its antennae (the former of which, however, have the upper
edge of their femora, and occasionally of the tibiae also, black), will
sufficiently distinguish it. Its prothorax has usually the sides and
base broadly testaceo -rufous ; but sometimes it is entirely dark, ex-
cept towards the hinder angles ; whilst at others even the discal
patch is almost obsolete, when nearly the whole siu'face is pale. It
was taken from off flowers by Mr. Gray and myself on the hills above
San Sebastian of Gomera, at the beginning of February 1858.

348. Attalus ornatissimus.
Attalus ornatissimus, Woll., loc. cit. 431. pi. xx. f. 2 (1862).
Habitat in montibus Palmae, ad flores frequens.
The bright cyaneous, or greenish-cyaneous, head and elytra of
this beautiful Attalus, combined with its rufous prothorax, which

222 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

has generally only a very broad central band darker, and its usually
black limbs, will serve to characterize it. Its head is less shining
than the rest of the surface, and is very closely and most minutely
rugulose ; and much the same kind of sculpture exists, though less
densely, on its pronotum ; whilst its elytra are very thickly though
delicately punctulated, and with the additional erect hairs almost
evanescent at the base but very long towards the apex. It has been
observed hitherto only on the mountains of Palma. On the 12th of
June 1858 I captured it rather abundantly from off flowers, at a high
elevation, immediately below the Cumbre above Buenavista; and
during the preceding February it was taken more sparingly by Mr.
Gray at a lower altitude — I believe, in the district of Buenavista
itself. Mr. Gray's examples I indicated in my diagnosis as a " var. /3,"
in which the prothorax is either almost or entirely rufous, and in
S07ne of which the anterior legs and the base of the intermediate
femora are infuscated-testaceous. The A. ornatissimus was likewise
met with, in Palma, by Dr. Crotch.

349. Attains chrysanthemi.

Attains chrysanthemi, Wall., loc. cit. 432. pi. xx. f. 3 (1862).
Anthoconuis analis, Hart, [nee Pnz.^ Geolog. Verhdltn. Lcmz. und
Fuert. 140.

Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventuram, ad flores (prassertim Chri/-
fiiinthemi ochroleuci, W. et B.) hinc inde vulgaris, sed prcecipue in ilia.

This beautiful and comparatively constant Attalus may immediately
be known by its bluish-green, and sometimes aiuescent, surface, —
the hinder angles and extreme base of the prothorax, together with
a large apical portion of the elytra (and a narrow lateral strip arising
out of it, and extending to about the middle of the margin) and the
legs, being of a pale yellow. The legs, however, which are sometimes
infuscated in parts, should perhaps be described as testaceous rather
than strictly " yellow." Its surface also is very densely and rather
coarsely sculptm'cd, particiilarly the head and prothorax (which are
less shining than the elytra) ; and its antennae are black, with the basal
joints more or less obscurely rufo-testaceous. That it is the species
referred in M. Hartung's list to the Anthocomns analis, Panzer, I am
enabled to state for certain, having received examples thus identified
from Dr. Heer (who compiled it) : it does not, however, possess a single
feature in common with that insect. In very rare cases the large
yellow portion at the apex of the elytra is much reduced both in di-
mensions and intensity, when the legs also are apt to bo almost, or

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even entirely, dark. Such specimens as these (which however can
be connected gradually with the others) I defined, in my diagnosis,
as the "var. (5. dasi/toides.'"

So far as observed hitherto, the A. clirysanthemi appears to be
peculiar to Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, where it occurs on the
flowers of various plants during the winter and spring, though more
particularly those of the Chrysanihemwm ochroleucum of Webb and
Berthelot. In such situations it was taken abundantly by Mr. Gray
and myself, between Haria and Magui, in the north of Lanzarote,
diiring January 1858 ; as also subsequently, by myself, in the same
locality, diiring March of the following year ; and, a few weeks later,
at Oliva, in Fuerteventura.

350. Attalus commixtus.

Attalus commixtus, Woll, he. cit. 433 (1862).

Habitat Lanzarotam borealem, ad flores Eupliorhiarum captus.

This Attains is apparently a good deal allied to the A. chrysan-
tJiemi. It is, however, less depressed, and more acuminated an-
teriorly ; its surface, instead of being C5^aneous-green, is dark-
aeneous, with the entire margins of the prothorax (and not merely the
posterior one) of a dull fulvous-yellow ; its head and i^ronotum are
narrower, much more shining, and very much less sculptured (the
former being almost impunctate, whilst the punctures of the latter
are exceedingly shallow and ill-defined) ; its elytra (which have,
especially towards the suture, obscure indications of being longitu-
dinally costate) have a much smaller portion at the apex, and also
the entire lateral margin (instead of only half of it) pale ; and its
paler parts are altogether of a duller or browner tint. The few spe-
cimens which I have seen (five in number) were captured by myself
from off the flowers of the EupJiorbia piscatoria and bahamifera, on
the lofty cliffs known as the " Eisco " (overlooking the Salinas), in
the extreme north of Lanzarote.

351. Attalus laevicollis.

Attains Ifevicollis, IFolL, loc. cit. 434 (1862).

Habitat Lanzarotam borealem, cum sp. praecedente semel lectus.

In general character and outline the present species somewhat
resembles the last one. It is however larger, with its head and pro-
thorax very highly polished and almost entirely impunctate (a few
extremely minute and remote points being alone traceable even
beneath the microscope) ; its elytra are blacker, more coarsely sculp-

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tured and with the punctures better defined, apparently free from
any indications of longitudinal costse, and rather less pilose (parti-
cularly in front) ; and its pale portions are altogether of a much
lighter yellow, — the prothorax, moreover, having merely a broad
central band on its fore disc dai'k. It is hitherto unique, the single
example from which the diagnosis was compiled having been cap-
tured by myself (in company with the last species and the A. clinj-
santhemi) in the extreme north of Lanzarote.

352. Attains posticus.

Attains posticus, WoU., loc. clt. 4^)4 (18G2).

Habitat Fuerteventuram, juxta oppiduhmi Betancuriam semel
lectus.

The present Attains may readily be known by its rather large size
and somewhat parallel outline ; by its short and depressed elytra
(which leave, at any rate in the female sex, a considerable portion
of the pygidium uncovered) ; by its large, convex, and deeply punc-
tured head ; by its exceedingly bright and very lightly punctulated
prothorax ; and by its dark hue, the hinder margin of the prothorax
and the extreme apex of the elytra (which are less senescent than
the rest of the surface) being alone of a pale whitish-yellow. It
was taken by myself in the Rio Palmas of Fuerteventiu-a, close to
the little town of Betanciuia, at the beginning of April 1859 ; and
is hitherto unique.

353. Attalus anthicoides.
Attalus anthicoides, WolL, loc. cit. 435. pi. xx. f. 4 (1862).

Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventuram ; vel ad flores vel prsesertim
sub recremento farris circa basin acervorum tritici sparse, una cum
Anthico canariensi et cset. degcns.

In its general outline, size, and colour this Attains bears such a
cui"ious2"'»"«/rtt'''e resemblance to the JLcteroma-vons Anthicns cana-
riensis that, until carefully examined, it might literally (although in
affinity so remote) be mistaken for that insect. And this analogy
is the more remarkable from the fact of the Jiabits of the two being
almost identical, — the A. anthicoides receding from the other members
of the group here enumerated in being found not merely upon flowers,
but (far oftener), like the Anthici, beneath dry vegetable refuse lying
upon the ground. In such situations I have captured it, rather
abundantly, both in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, to which islands
(so far as observed hitherto) it would seem to be peculiar. In fact
I have frequently taken it i)i conqjany with the little ^vi^7;/fMS above

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alluded to ; and when in motion, at all events, it is next to impossible,
from their likeness to each other, to recognize the difference between
them. It is usually under the rubbish around the base of corn-stacks
that it is to be found ; in which positions it appeared pretty general
around Haria, in the north of Lanzarote, during March of 1859 ; and
it was only at the dose of our sojourn there, when the sun had become
more powerful, that I succeeded in detecting it upon flowers. My
Fuerteventuran specimens are principallj'' from the Eio Palmas.

The almost testaceous hue of the A. antliicoides— which has merely
its head, the disc of its prothorax, its femora, the basal joint and
apical portion of its antennoe, and the region of its elytra about the
base and suture dark (the latter being only gradually obscured, the
two tints shading off into each other) — will immediately characterize
it. Its minute cinereous undcr-pile is rather denser than is the case
in any of the preceding species ; and its elytra, which are much less
shining than the head and prothorax, are of a somewhat softer texture

§ II. Pfotliorax cwn capite elytrisque concolor (rarius ad aur/idos
ipsissimos posticos obscunssime et amjuste paUidus).

354. Attains tuberculatus.

Attalus tuberculatus, Woll, he. cit. 43G (1862).

Habitat Teneriffam, ad flores juxta Portum Orotavae baud infre-
quens.

Its uneven prothorax, which is distinctly longer than broad, and
has the central portion at the base slightly raised and divided in the
middle (so as to form two obsciu'e nodules), and of which the extreme
margin at the posterior angles is usuaUtj narrowly and obscurely pale,
combined with the minute and somewhat longitudinally disposed sub-
glabrous tubercles of its elytra (the additional hairs of which are
very long and very erect), will easily characterize this Attalus. Its
colour is black, with a barely traceable metallic tinge (which, however,
is a little more apparent on the head and prothorax than on the
elytra) ; its cinereous under-pile is comparatively coarse and dense ;
and its limbs are rather thickened, or robust. Hitherto I have ob-
served it only around the Puerto Orotava in Teneriffe ; where, how-
ever, it is far from uncommon, during the spring months, ou flowers.

355. Attalus obscurus.

Attalus obscunis, WoU., he. cit. 437 (1862).
Habitat Canariam Grandem ; in regione El Monte, prsesertim in
summo montc " Bandama," tempore vernali ad flores captus.

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CANARIAN COLEOPTEEA.

The jiresent Attahis I have detected hitherto only in Grand Canary,
where it is tolerably common throughout the region of El Monte —
particularly towards the summit of the Bandama mountain — during
the spring. It may readily be known by its black and subo_pake
surface (which however has a slightly senescent tinge) ; by its very
closely, evenly, and minutely granulose, or alutaceoiis, head and pro-
thorax (in which respect it approaches the A. bisculpturatus) ; by its
elytra being almost free from additional erect hairs (the few which
are present being moreover exceedingly short) ; and by the antennge
of its male sex being rather longer than is the case in the generality
of the Attali here enumerated. Its prothorax is even, and more
transverse than that of the last species ; its cinereous under-pile is
more minute ; and its elytra have no indications of the small sub-
glabrous longitudinally disposed tubercles which are so evident in
that insect.

356. Attalus subopacus.
Attains subopacus, Woll, loc. cit. 437 (18G2).

Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventuram, tempore vernali sat
frequens.

This Attalus appears to be peculiar to Lanzarote and Fuerteven-
tura, where it is rather common during the spring months on flowers,
and in the former of which it was taken also by Mr. Gi'ay. It may
be known by its daxYk-cyaneous hue and but slightly shining (though
scarcely subopake) surface, which is more or less perceptibly clothed
with a minute cinereous pubescence ; by the light (but not very
regular) subalutaceous sculpture of its head and prothorax, on which
there are only a few excessively small and remote punctures inter-
mixed; and by its very closely pimctulated elytra, which are rather
flattened on the disc, usually with very faint indications of longitudi-
nal costse, and beset with erect hairs. My Fuerteventuran examples
are principally from the Rio Palmas.

357. Attalus metallicus.

Attalus metallicus, WoU., loc. cit. 438 (1862).

Habitat Lanzarotam, ad flores prassertim Eujjiliorbiarum. frequens :
etiam in Teneriffa specimen unum, vix distinctum (=var. /3. similis,
mihi), deprehendi.

The comparatively deeply sculptiired and almost glabrous surface
of this Attahis, in conjunction with its metalhc hue (which is generally
greenish -brassy, but occasionally almost cyaneous), will sufficiently
characterize it. It is rather common in Lanzarote. in the north of

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which island it was taken by Mr. Gray and myself, during January
1858, from off the flowers of Euphoi'bias; in which district I again
met with it early in March of the following year. I also captured a
single sjiecimen (the " var, /3. similis " of my diagnosis) in TenerifFe,
which is altogether a little more deeply and closely punctured, and
has the base of its pronotum a trifle raised and uneven ; but I cannot
think that it is specifically distinct.

358. Attains senescens.

Attalus ajnescens, WolL, loc. cit. 4.38 (1862).
Habitat in Canaria, Teneriifa, Gomera et Palma, ab ora maritima
usque ad 8000' s. m. ascendens.

A variable insect, in size, hue, and sculpture ; nevertheless it may
be known generally by its oeneous tint, and the small bulk to which
it descends ; by its rather pubescent and finely punctulated surface ;
and by its usually dark and more or less slender limbs. The state
which I should regard as its typical one is eminently attached to the
intermediate and higher elevations of Tenerifl^e, occurring at the Agua
Mansa and on the lofty Cumbre above it, as well as on the opposite
Cumbre adjoining the Canadas : it is almost always of a bright-reneous
hue, and has its prothorax moderately punctured. The examples
in the lower regions have their prothoracic punctures perhaps a trifle
more dense, whilst those from the wooded slopes above Taganana
have them denser still. The specimens from Palma have, also, their
prothorax very thickly, though minutely, punctulated ; whilst the
few that I met with in the district of El Monte, in Grand Canary,
are of a blacker tint. It was taken by the Rev. E.. T. Lowe at Gara-
chico, in Teneriff'e ; and by Dr. Crotch on the Canadas, in the same
island, as well as in Gomera and Palma.

Genus 146. MICROMIMETES.

WoUaston, Joiirn. of Eat. i. 439 (1862).

Corpus (in utroque sexu) alatum, instrumenta cibaria et pedes fere ut
in Attalo et Pecteropo ; sed capite paulo majore et (una cum pro-
thorace) convexiore ; et tarsis antlcis masctdis 4-articulatis, sim-
plicibus [nee 5-artieulatis art° 2'^" supra in lobnm producto].

359. Micromimetes alutaceus.

Micromimetes alutaceus, IVoIL, loc. cit. 441. pi. xx. f. 5 (1862).
Habitat Canariam Grandem australem, ad Maspalomas repertus.
Although perfectlj^ distinct from it in real structure, yet, regarding
the present insect superjicialhf as an Attains (for which at first sight

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it would be taken), I -will just add that it may readily be known from
its apparent allies by its subopake and entirely alutaceous surface ;
by its dull brassy-black hue (which has often a slightly greenish
tinge), the hinder margin of the prothorax, the extreme apex and
lateral edges of the elytra, and the limbs (except occasionally a portion
of the posterior legs) being pale-yellow ; by its head and pronotum
being convex, whilst the elytra are somewhat parallel and depressed ;
and by the latter being almost entirely free from any indication of
adflitional erect pile. The few specimens which I have seen (only
fourteen in number) were captured by myself, during April 1858,
in the sandy district at Maspalomas, in the extreme south of Grand
Canary.

300. Micromimetes ? jucundus.
Mieromimetes? jucundus, If 'oil., loc. cit. 441 (1802).
Habitat Canariam Grandem; in regione El Monte exemplar unicum
(foemineum), tempore vernali a.d. 1858 coUegi.

I have placed the present insect here merely provisionally, and
not with the idea that it is truly a second species of Micromimetes ',
but having unfortunately only a single individual to judge from, and
that a female, I am unable to conjecture to what group the fore tarsi
of its males would tend to assign it. From the shape however of its
posteriorly contracted prothorax, which is raised in the centre behind,
as well as from its general fades and nearly glabrous surface, I feel
pretty confident that it is not an Attains. But, apart from these
particular featui'es, it may readily be known from aU the Attali here
enumerated (with which in some respects it of course agrees) by its
rather large, convex, oval, and regularly punctured head; by its
bright-rufous and nearly unsculptured prothorax ; and by its dark-
cyaneous elytra, which apparently have no minute under-pile, and
merely an exceedingly few and remote additional erect hairs. My
unique example was captured in the region of El Monte, in Grand
Canary, during the spring of 1858.

Genus 147. CEPHALOGONIA.

Wollaston, Journ. of Ent. i. 442 (1862).
Capnt in marihus antice excavatinn, excavatione postice trisinuatd, in
medio tnhercnlo sat magno (ciliato) instructd. Tarsi antici in ma-
ribiis -i-articidati.

301. Cephalogonia cerasina.

Cephalogonia cerasiua, TVull., loc. cit. 444. pi. xx. f. G (1862).
Hcdiitnt in TenerifFa et Palma. floribus P?i)/.mlidis aristatcn gaudens.

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The very remarkable colour of this beautiful insect — the head (!)
and prothorax being of a clear cherry-red, whilst the elytra and legs
are dark-cyaneous — will, apart from its structural peculiarities, im-
mediately distinguish it from everything else here enumerated. Its
legs are extremely long and slender, and its surface is almost glabrous.
I have myself observed it only around the Puerto Orotava and Ilealejo,
in the north of Teneriife — where it is not uncommon during the spring-
months, making its appearance about the end of February. I have
examined, however, a specimen which was taken in Palma, during
the spring of 1862, by Dr. Crotch. It is particularly attached to the
flowers of the Phy sails aristata ; indeed I have never yet detected it
upon any other plant or shrub.

Genus 148. CEPHALONCUS.
Westwood, m Proc. Ent, Soc. Loud. (1863).

Caput in vnanhus postice excavatum, excavatione lata, antice trisinuatd,
in medio tuberado minuto obscure instructd. Tarsi omnes (in utro-
que sexii) 5-articulati.

362. Cephaloncus capito.

C.subtilissime pubescens, flavus ; capite in maribus plerumque nigro-
maculato, sed in foeminis nigro ; prothorace brevi, transverse,
subrufescenti-flavo, nigro uni- vel trimaculato (macidis interdum
transversim confluentibus) ; elytris macuhs duabus (sc. unji hume-
rali, sed altera in medio longe ante apicem sita) in singulis necnon
communi scutellari (ssepius in humerales utrinque mergente) nigris
ornatis ; antennis, palpis pedibusque pallidis. — Long. corp. lin. 1.

Ogcoceplialus capito, Westtc, he. cit. (1863).
Habitat Canariam Grandem ; super arbusculas Plocanice pendulce
juxta Aldea de San Nicholas die 18. Apr. a.d. 1858 parcissime collegi.

The comparatively minute size and yellow surface of this insect, the
head of which is black in the females, but (judging from the single
male example now before me) only spotted with black in the opposite
sex, whilst the prothorax has three more or less distinct (though
sometimes transversely confluent) patches across its disc, and each of
the elytra two larger ones (namely at the shoidders and towards the
apex, respectively), render it as easy to be recognized, even prima
facie, as the last species. Its limbs, which are relatively not so elon-
gated as those of the Cephalogonia cerasina, are entirely pale ; the
whole of its tarsi (in botJi sexes) are 5-articulate ; its siu'face is more
perceptibly, though very minutely, pubescent ; and the excavation on
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ill front, and the trisinuated edge which terminates it being at its
anterior extremity instead of at the posterior one. The little tubercle
in the centre of the scooped-ont portion is very minute, and (from
the depth of the depression) only just traceable.

The C. capita appears to be of the utmost rarity, the very few
specimens which I have seen having been captured by myself, on
the 18th of April 1858, from o& the flowers of PJocama pendula in
the Barranco at Aldea de San Nicholas, on the western side of Grand
Canary.

Fam. 37. MELYRID^.

Genus 149. DASYTES.

Paykull, Fita Stiec. ii. 15G (1708).

303. Dasytes subsenescens.

Dasytes uigricoruis ?, BruUe [uec Fah.\ in Webb et Berth. {Col.) 60

(1838).
subfenescens, WoU., loc. cit. 444 (1862).

Habitat iusulas Canarienses, in Hierro sola adhuc baud detectus.

The present Dastftes is closely allied to the common European B.
jkivipes ; nevertheless it is a little larger and more pilose, its pro-
thorax is less abbreviated (or somewhat more produced anteriorly)
and more transversely constricted behind the apex, its antenuEe and
tarsi are relatively a little longer, and its entire sculpture is more
coarse. We may be almost certain that it is universal throughout
the archipelago, though I did not happen to meet with it in Hierro ;
but in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Grand Canary, Teneriffe, and Palma
I have taken it (more or less abundantly), and in Gomera it was found
by Dr. Crotch. Lanzarotan examples, which were collected by M.
Hartung, have been communicated by Professor Heer ; and from
Tenerifie it has been sent by the Barao do Castello de Paiva. In
Teneriffe I have captured it from the level of the shore, at the Puerto
Orotava, to the lofty Cumbre overlooking the Cariadas — more than
8000 feet above the sea.

364. Dasytes dispar.

Dasytes dispar, Woll, loc. cit. 445 (1862).
Habitat Canariam Grandem, in regione El Monte ad flores captus.
Were it not for the structural dissimilarity between the male an-
tennae of the present Dasi/tes and the last one, I might perhaps have
regarded them as but states of the same insect ; biit since those organs

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in the species now under consideration are longer and slenderer than
in the subcenescens (their last five joints being considerably more elon-
gated, narrower, and differently shaped), I am compelled to lay greater
stress upon certain small additional characters than I should other-
wise have done. Apart, therefore, from the antennae of its male sex,
the D. dispar may be known from its ally by being a trifle slenderer,
blacker, and more pilose ; by its prothorax (particularly in the males)
being narrower and less developed, and in the females a little more
deeply and less closely punctured ; by its elytra in the latter sex being
more rugose ; and by the legs of its males (especially the feet) being,
like the antennae, longer and less robust. I have taken it sparingly
throughout the district of El Monte, in Grand Canary, in company
with the D. subcenescens.

Genus 150. DOLICHOSOMA.

Stephens, Man. Brit. Col. 193 (1839).

365. Dolichosoma Hartungii.

Dasytes filiformis, Heer, in litt.

, Hartung, Geolog. Verhdltn. Lanz. tmd Fuert. 140, 141.

Dolicliosoma Hartimgii, Woll., loc. cit. 446 (1862).

Habitat Lanzarotam, Fuerteventuram, Canariam et Teneriifam, ad
flores tempore vernali hinc inde vulgaris.

Judging from the description and figure, the present insect is closely
allied to the D.])rotensimi, Gene, from Sardinia, though at the same
time quite distinct from it specifically in most of its characters. It
is apparently altogether darker and more deeply punctured, with its
prothorax narrower behind and unehanneled on the disc, and with its
entire surface considerably less pUose. The sixth joint of its antennae,
from the apex, is perceptibly smaller than either of those which pre-
cede and follow it ; but this may very probably be the case in its
European representative also, though I do not see any notice of the
fact in the generic formula. It is locally rather common, during the
spring months, throughout the eastern and central islands of the
Group. I have taken it around Haria, and elsewhere, in Lanzarote ;
near Oliva, in Fuerteventura ; on the calcareous ground at Tafira,
in the region of El Monte, in Grand Canary ; and on the mountains
above S'" Cruz, as well as around the Puerto Orotava, in Teneriffe.
In Lanzarote and Fuerteventura it was captured likewise by M. Har-
tung ; and that it is the insect referred to in his volume under the
title of Dasytes filiformis I can state for certain, having received a
specimen thus identified from Dr. Heer (who prepared the list). It

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is, however, unaccompanied by any description ; and even if it had
been characterized, the name could not have been retained, it having
been employed by Greutzer for the type of the genus — the D. linearis
of Fabricius.

Genus 151. HAPLOCNEMUS.
Stepliens, Bl. Brit. Ent. iii. 310 [script. Aplocnemus] (1830).

36 G. Haplocnemus sculpturatus.

Ilaplocueums sculptiu-atus, Woll, he. cit. 447 (1862).
Habitat Teneriffam, Gomeram et Palmam, in locis intermediis et
elevatis (prajsertim his) ; rarissimus.

This large Haplocnemus is remarkable for its brassj' -brown surface
and very deeply sculptured elytra. Its head and prothorax arc clothed
with a line silken decumbent pile ; but its elytra are comparativelt/
bald, the hairs (likewise decumbent ones) with which they are studded
being short and few. Its prothorax is convex, with the extreme lateral
edges rather pale and minutely crennlated ; its legs are testaceous,
with the tibiie sometimes a little darkened ; and the last joint of its
maxillary palpi is distinctly securiform. It is apparently extremely
rare, though widely distributed over Teneriife, occurring at interme-
diate and lofty elevations. I have taken it in the wood at La Espe-
ranza, at the Agua Garcia, the Agua Mansa, and from beneath the
dead sticks (as well as on the blossoms) of the " Eetamas " on the
Cumbro overlooking the Cafiadas — more than 8000 feet above the
sea. I also observed the mutilated remains of it (for they were un-
questionably referable to this species) in Palma ; and have examined
an individual which was captured by Dr. Crotch, during the spring
of 1862, in Gomera.

307. Haplocnemus vestitus.

Ilaplocuemus vestitus, IFolL, loc. cit. 447 (1862).
Habitat in Hierro, in regione El Golfo parce depi-ehensus.

The present Haplocnetnus differs from the precechng one (which
at tirst sight it much resembles) in being densely beset all over (in
addition to the decumbent under-pile of its head and prothorax) with
very long, fine, and erect hairs, of which there is no indication what-
soever in the H. sculpturatus. Its elytra are perhaps a trifle less
deeply punctured ; and the antennoB of its male sex are somewhat
longer and thicker. Hitherto I have observed it only in Hierro,
where, during February 1858, I captured five specimens of it in the
sylvan district of El Golfo, on the western side of that island.

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Genus 152. MELYROSOMA.
Wollastou, Lis. Mad. 253 (1854).

368. Melyrosoma costipenne.

Melyrosoma costipenne, WolL, loc. cit. 448 (1862).

Habitat in montibus Canariae Grandis ; ad flores in pincto quodam
excelso Tarajanae, mense Aprili a.d. 1858, sat copiose coUcgi.

The intensely black hue of this Melyrosoma, combined with its
short, robust, and decumbent pile, its subconical prothorax, and the
three very elevated costs? with which each of its elytra is furnished,
will sufficiently characterize it. It is allied to the Madeiran M.
oceanieum, but is rather larger and of a deeper black, its pubescence
also is darker and more decumbent, its prothorax is less abbreviated
and more conical, its elytral ridges are more distinct, its entire sculp-
ture is denser and coarser, and its antennae and palpi are a little more
elongated. Like that insect, it is strictly a mountain species ; and
the only region in which I have hitherto observed it is the lofty Pinal
of Tarajana (above San Bartolome) in the centre of Grand Canary,
where, during April 1858, I took it, not uncommonly, on the blos-
soms of the Cytisi and Cisti.

369. Melyrosoma hirtuin.

Melposoma liirtum, JFolL, loc. cit. 449 (1862).
Habitat m montibus valde excelsis TenerifFae, rarissimum.

The present Melyrosoma may be known from the preceding one by
the very long, erect, and fine hairs with which it is densely clothed ;
by its still coarser sculpture ; by its prothorax being shorter and more
transverse, and with a lightly impressed channel down the disc (in-
stead of merely an abbreviated one, or fovea, behind) ; and by its
elytral costae being less developed. It bears about the same relation
to the Madeiran M. ahdomlnale as the last species does to the ocea-
nieum of those islands ; nevertheless its elongated pubescence is still
denser, its prothorax is altogether wider (particularly behind), and,
together with the head, much more deeply and closely sculptured, and
its elytral punctures are larger and more confused (or roughened),
having no tendency whatever to be disposed in longitudinal rows.

The M. hirtum appears to be confined to the higher elevations of
TeneriiFe, ascending to the very summit of the Peak itself (more than
12,000 feet above the sea), where it was taken by Dr. Crotch, during
the spring of 1862. Previous to his detection of it at this immense
altitude, I had captured only a single individual,— namely, from off

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the blossoms of a Cytisus, during May 1859, on the ascent to the
Cumhre above the Agua Mansa.

370. Melyrosoma flavescens.

MeljTosoma flavescens, Woll, loc. cit. 449 (1802).

Habitat in montibus Palmae, Junio ineuiite a.d. 1858 ad flores
cap turn.

The comparatively small size and narrow outline of this interesting
little Melyrosoma, in conjunction with the rather robust but nearly
decumbent yellowish -ainQYQOwi pile with which it is densely clothed,
and its slender limbs, will at once separate it from both of the pre-
ceding species. And it is somewhat remarkable that, whilst the M.
costipenne and hirtum would seem to represent at the Canaries the
Madeiran M. oceanicum and ahdominale, respectively, the present one
may be regarded as the analogue of the M. ariemisiie of those islands.
And yet, in spite of this general resemblance, it is abundantly distinct
from it specifically. Thus, it may be known from it by its larger size
and more anteriorly -acuminated outline ; by its pubescence being
comparatively short and decumbent (instead of long, fine, and erect) ;
by its prothorax being much narrower, less abbreviated, and more
conical ; by its entire sculpture being closer and less coarse ; and by
its male antennaj being very much shorter, with each individual joint
considerably less developed.

The M. Jlavescens was captured by myself on the mountains of
Palma — from off the perpendicular rocks which bound the great
Pinal (above the plains of Los Llanos) in the district of the Banda,
at the beginning of June 1858.

Fam. 38. CLERID^.

Genus 153. CLERUS.
Geoi&oy, ITist. Ahr. ties Ins. 303 (1764).

371. Clerus Paivae.

Clerus PaivEe, WolL, Trails. Ent. Soc. Lmul. (3rd series) i. 163. pi. vii.
f. 5 (1862).

Habitat in ramis Euphorbiarum emortuis in Lanzarota, Fuerte-
ventura, Canaria, Teneriffa et Hierro, rarissimus.

This most interesting little Clerus, which is the only member of
the genus hitherto detected in any of these Atlantic islands, is appa-
rently extremely scarce ; though from the peculiarity of its habits it

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would probably be found more plentifully if searched for in the proper
situations. It is quite peculiar to the stems and branches of the de-
cayed Euphorbias; and although it has not been observed as yet
in either Gomera or Palma, there can be little doubt (despite its
rarity) that it must exist there also, and that it is consequently uni-
versal throughout the archipelago. I have taken it on the Eujyhorhia-
clad cliffs in the extreme north of Lanzarote ; near Betancuria, in
the Rio Palmas, of Fuerteventura ; close to Puerto da Luz and the
Isleta, in Grand Canary ; and on the mountains above S'" Cruz, as
well as around Orotava, in Teneriffe : and it was likemse captured
by'Mr. Gray in Lanzarote, and near Valverde in Hierro.

Genus 154. CORYNETES.
Herbst, Kiif. iv. 148 [script. Korynetes] (1791).

§1. Cor^nis minus profunde sculpturatum ; oculis magnis ; antehna-
i'um clavd magna obtrianr/ulari, ad apicem lata ti-uncatd ; palpormn
maxillarlum articulo ultimo fusiformi. [Necrobia, Oliv.'\

372. Corynetes rufipes.

Anobiiuu rufipes, Tlninh., Nov. Ins. Spec. i. 10 (1781).
Corynetes rutipes, Fuh., Si/st. Eleu. i. 286 (1801).
Necrobia rufipes, BruUe, in Webb et Berth. {Col.) 60 (1838).
Corvnetes rufipes, Klug^ Abhandl. der WissenscJi. Acad, zu Berl. 340
(1840).

Habitat Lanzarotam, Puerteventuram, Canariam, Teneriffam et
Gomeram, in cadaveribus et circa domos, hinc inde sat vulgaris.

This almost cosmopolitan insect (which is found at the Cape de
Vei'ds and Ascension, and which I have captured abundantly at Mo-
gadore, on the coast of Morocco) has established itself pretty gene-
rally at the Canaries, occurring principally in and around the towns.
We may be tolerably sure that it is universal throughout the archi-
pelago ; nevertheless I have myself observed it only at Arrecife in
Lanzarote, in Fuerteventura, about Las Palmas in Grand Canary, and
near S'* Cruz in Teneriffe. But I have examined specimens which
were taken by Dr. Crotch in Gomera ; and I have little doubt that
it must exist equally in Palma and Hierro. In Lanzarote it was met
with likewise by Mr. Gray ; and from Teneriffe it has been commu-
nicated by the Barao do Castello de Paiva.

373. Corynetes ruficoUis.

Anobium ruficoUe, TJiunb., Nov. Ins. Spec. i. 8 (1781).
Dermestes riiticoUis, Fab., Ent. Si/st. i. 230 (1792).
Necrobia ruficoUis, Woll, Ins. Mad. 258 (1854).
, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 88 (1857).

Habitat Teneriffam, juxta urbem Sanctse Crucis captus.

236 CANAEIAN COLEOrTERA.

Like the last species, the present oi]e(whicli abounds ai'oimclFnn-
chal in Madeira) is nearly cosmopolitan — having become naturalized,
through the medium of commerce, in most countries of the civilized
world ; nevertheless hitherto I happen to have taken but two speci-
mens of it in these islands, namely in the Barranco Santo, near S'"*
Cruz, of TenerifFe. It is clearly, therefore, scarcer than the C.rujipes.

§11. Corjms profitnde sculpturatum ; oculis paulo minorihus ; an-
tennarum davd minore {sed ad basin tnagis ahrnpta) ohlongd, arti-
cidis inter se subcequalibus (ultimo via- Jongiore); palporum 'inaxiUa-
rium articulo idtimo fusifonni, apice sidjacuminato . [Opetiopalpus,
Spinola.~\

374. Corynetes fimetarius.

C. nitidus, pilis erectis mollibus et (prajsertim in capite prothoraceque)
eiongatis ubique vestitus ; capite prothoraceque lajte eupreis, dense
et profunde punctatis ; scutello cupreo-viridi ; elj'tris cyaneis, valde
profunde seriatim rugoso-punctatis ; antennis nigris\ basin versus
vix dilutioribus; pedibus nigrescentibus, tarsis dilutioribus ad basin
testaccis.

Variat (rarissirae) capite prothoraceque (ut scuteUo) eupreo-viridibus.
— Long. Corp. lin. I3-2.

Corynetes fimetarius, WoU.,Ann. Nat. Mist. (3rd series) ix. 440 (1862).

Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventuram, in stercore arido bovino,
cquino, camelino (nee humano), tempore vernali hand infrequens.

I believe that this beaiitiful Corynetes should be regarded as a mem-
ber of the subgenus Opetiopalpus, Spinola ; though certainly in the
last joint of its maxiUary palpi (which is but venj slightly acuminated
at the apex), and in the shape of its protliorax, it departs hss from the
ordinary Necrohice than the 0. collaris (from the Cape of Good Hope)
does, of which I have several examples now before me. However,
eveii in these two particulars it undoubtedly approaches the South-
African Opetiopalpi ; whilst in its general /«c«Vs, deeply sculptured
and greatly pubescent siu-face, as also in the structure of its antennae
— which have their anteclaval articulations minute, and the club
itself (which is consequently abrupt at the base) much smaller and
more oblong (the first and second joints being -equal, whilst the third
is not at all wider, and but very slightly longer) — it is so precisely
similar to the representatives of that group that I suspect it should
be included in it. Nevertheless, being osculant in some respects, it
Avoidd tend still further to prove that the group itself, like Necrobia,
is, at the utmost, but a Section of Corynetes.

In its purely specific details, the C. Jlmetariiis maybe immediately
known by its coarsely sculptured and very hairy surface, by the bright

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copperj'' hue of its head and prothorax, and by its cyaneous elytra.
So far as observed hitherto, it appears to be confined to Lanzarote
and Puerteventura ; and in its habits it is (for a Corynetes) exceed-
ingly anomalous, for I have never yet captured it except in the dung
of cattle (horses, oxen, camels, (fee.) in the open country. But in
such situations it is far from uncommon during the spring months
(in company with the Notiomimus Jhnicola and various Saprini and
Aphodii), preferring the driest and most barren spots. In Lanza-
rote it was found also by Mr. Gray.

Fam. 39. PTINID^.

Genus 155. CASOPUS,
Wollaston, Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud. i. 194 [script. Cusaims] (1862).

375. Casopus Bonvouloirii.

Casapus Bonvouloirii, Woll.^ Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud. (3rd series) i. 196.
pi. yiii. f. 1 (1862).

Habitat in sylvaticis subeditioribiis humidis Teneriffie, rarissimus.

I do not think it necessary to give any lengthened details (dia-
gnostic or critical) respecting the members of the present Family here
enumerated, having fuUy done so (both as to genera and species) in
my Paper on the " Ptinida; of the Canary Islands " which has lately
been published in the ' Trans, of the Ent. Soc. of London.' I must
therefore refer the reader, for all minute particulars, to that Memoir.

The large and posteriorly-acuminated C. Bonvouloirii appears to be
confined to the damp sylvan regions of a rather high elevation, in
Teneriffe, my specimens being from the mountain -district of the Agua
Mansa. It is evidently both local and rare. It was found also, though
sparingly, by Dr. Crotch.

37(3. Casopus dilaticollis.

Casapus dilaticollis, WuU., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (3rd series) i. 197
(1862).

Habitat Teneriffam et Gomeram, in locis inferioribus necnon inter-
mediis (pra3sertim illis) degens.

Whilst the C. Bonvouhirii is confined to the damp sylvan districts
of a rather high elevation, in Teneriffe, the present species (which,
inier alia, has its prothorax much dilated anteriorly) descends to the
sea-level, — the upper limit of its range scarcely reaching the lower
one of that insect. Indeed the examples from the intermediate dis-
tricts (Taganana, Las Mercedes, Souzal, (fee.) are less typical than those

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from the inferior ones, being a little less densely setose, rather more
acute behind, and with the basal ridges of their elytra more developed.
Such specimens I regarded in my Paper as the " var. /3." In its
normal phasis I have taken it in the Barranco do Passo Alto, close
to S*^^ Cruz ; on the lower mountain-slopes towards Laguna ; adjoin-
ing the beach at the Puerto Orotava, in the direction of the Cemetery
and Lazaretto ; and at Ycod el Alto. Two examples of it have also
been communicated by the Barao do Castello de Paiva ; and I have
inspected two more which were found by Dr. Crotch in Gomera.
These latter have their inner prothoracic costse rather more deve-
loped than in the ordinary Teneriffan specimens, and their outer ones
somewhat less so ; and their elytra are a little more oblong. But I
do not think that they are indicative of more than an insular state
(var. y) of the C. dilaticollis.

377. Casopus alticola.

Casapus alticola, WolL, Trans. Enf. Soc. Lo)uI. (3rd series) i. 198. pi. viii.
f. 2 (1862).

Habitat in locis intermediis etvalde elevatis Teneriffa?, rarissimus.

As stated in my Paper above alluded to, it is just possible that this
insect may be but a phasis of the preceding one peculiar to the loftier
elevations of TenerifFe, — in which case, however, it would of course
imply the range of that species to be greater than I have supposed.
Nevertheless I gave my reasons for concluding that, although un-
doubtedly nearly allied to the dUaticoUis, it is probably distinct from
it. It differs mainly in its elytra being more deeply striate-punc-
tate, a little more di'awn-in at the shoulders and with theii' fascia?
generally more conspicuous, and in the first joint of its hinder male-
feet being somewhat less developed. I have taken it, sparingly, on
the wooded mountains about the Agua Munsa, and also on the Cumbre
(adjoining the Canadas) above Ycod el Alto — at more than 8000 feet
above the sea.

378. Casopus radiosus.
Casapus radiosus, WoU.,Tra)is.E)it. Soc.Lond. (3rd series)!. 1J)9( 1862).

Habitat in montibus Canaria; Grandis, sub lapidibus parce lectus.

This Casojnts (remarkable, inter alia, for its prothorax being scarcely
at all dilated in front, and for its elytra being distinctly striate-punc-
tate, with their abbreviated basal ridges very numeroiis and well de-
fined) seems to be peculiar to the mountains of Grand Canary — where,
during the spring of 1858, 1 captured it, very sparingly, on the ascent
to the Eoca del Soucilho. above San Mateo.

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379. Casopus subcalvus.

Casapus subcalvus, WolL, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (3rd series) i. 200.
pi. viii. f. 3 (1862).

Habitat in ins. Hierro, hand proeul ab oppido Valverde, mense
Febniario a.d. 1858, sub lapidibiis parce repertus.

The entire, or almost entire, freedom of the elytra of this Casopus
from erect hairs (but which are nevertheless studded with a very
minute decumbent pile), combined with the immensely developed
basal joint of its hinder male-feet, will, apart from numerous other
characters of secondary importance, at once distinguish it. So far as
observed hitherto, it is confined to the island of Hierro — where, in
February of 1858, it was captured, very sparingly, by Mr. Gray and
myself, from beneath stones, about a mile to the north-westward of
Valverde. It must be regarded, therefore, when the remoteness of
its habitat is taken into account, as one of the rarest of the Canarian
Coleoptera.

Genus 156. DIGNOMUS.
WoUaston, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (3rd series) i. 201 (1862).

380. Dignomus gracilipes.

Dignomus gracilipes, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (3rd series) i. 202.
pi. viii. f. 4 (1862).

Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventuram, in stercore arido (bovino,
equino, camelino, nee humano) tempore vernali, rarissimus.

Of this singular insect (which has all the aspect prima facie of a
parallel, slender, and ciu'iously mottled Ptinus) I have given the full
structural and diagnostic details in my Paper on the Canarian Ptinidce.
It seems to be of excessive rarity, and to be peculiar to Lanzarote
and Fuerteventura — where, during the spring of 1859, 1 took it, very
sparingly, in the low sandy districts, near Arrecife of the former and
Corralejo in the extreme north of the latter. In its habits it is (for
a member of the present Family) very anomalous — occurring only,
so far as I have observed hitherto, in the dried dung of horses, oxen,
and camels, in company with the Notiomimus Jimicola (of the Ano-
biadce), the beautiful Corynetes fimetarius (of the Clericke), and sun-
dry other insects of normcdly stercoracious propensities.

Genus 157. PTINUS.
Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. ii. 565 (1767).

381. Ptinus testaceus.

Ptinus testaceus, Oliv., Ent. ix. 8 (1790).
advena, Woll, Lis. Mad. 261 (1854).

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CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

Ptinus testaceiis, de Boield., Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, (Si^me serie)

iv. 654 (1857).
, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 89 (1857).

Habitat in Hierro, semel tantum lectus,

A single (female) example of this European Ptinvs was taken, by
myself, on the walls of a house, in Hicn'o, during our visit to that
island in February 1858. It is unquestionably a mere importation,
or at the utmost naturalized from more northern latitudes, and is
therefore of but trifling importance.

Genus 158. MEZIUM.
(Leach) Curtis, Brit. Ent. v. 232 (1828).

382. Mezium sulcatum.

Ptinus sidcatus, Fah., S2)(C. Ins. i. 73 (1781).

Gibhium sulcicolle, Bridle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 60 (1838).

Mezium sulcatum, Woll, Ins. Mad. 273 (1854).

-^_ , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 92 ( 1857).

Gibbium sulcicolle, Hartunci, Geolofi. Vcrh(dt)n. Lanz. mid Faert. 140.

Habitat insidas omnes Canarienses, praesertim sub lapidibus in ari-
dis vulgaris.

The M. sulcatum (which is common at Madeira, and which is scat-
tered sparingly over central and southern Europe) is universal at the
Canaries ; for although I did not happen myself to meet with it
during our short stay at Gomera, it has been found there subse-
quently (at Hermigua) by Dr. Crotch, and in the other six islands of
the Groiip I have taken it, more or less abundantly. It occurs prin-
cipally beneath stones and scoriae in dry, rocky spots, — especially in
the open basaltic caves towards the coast (in company with certain
Hegeters), and at a rather low elevation. It varies immensely in
size, and has its elytra occasionally studded with a few stiff erect
bristles ; nevertheless they are usually quite glabrous. From Tene-
riffe it has likewise been communicated by the Barao do Castello de
Paiva.

Genus 159. NITPUS.
Duval, Glan. Entom. 138 (1860).

383, Nitpus gonospermi.

Nitpus gonospermi, Duv., Glan. Entom. 138 (1860).

, Woll, Trans. Ent. Soc. Bond. (3rd series) i. 200 (1862).

Habitat TeneriflPam et Gomeram, hinc inde hand infrequens.

The remarkable fact of the antennce of this minute member of the
Ptinidce being composed of merely nine joints is sufficient of itself to
chai-acterize it : nevertheless in other respects it has much the ap-

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pearance, primd facie, of the two following Sp7i(enci, and of the S.
albopictiis from the Madeiran Group, Hitherto I have myself ob-
served it only in Teneriffe ; but it was taken rather commonly, by
Dr. Crotch, near Hermigua in Gomera. In the rocky ground above
the Puerto of Orotava, in Teneriffe, I have brushed it, abundantly,
from off the dead plants of a large Tanacetum ; and I have likewise
met with it in a small Barranco near Souzal, as well as at Taganana.
Like the JSphcerici it is excessively variable in stature, descending to
a most diminutive bulk.

Genus 160. SPH^RICUS.
WoUaston, Ins. Mad. 263 (1854).

384. Sphaericus simplex.

Sphsericus simplex, Wo/l, Trmis. Ent. Soc. Land. (3rd series) i. 207.
pL viii. f. 6 (1862).

Hahitat in Gomera et Hierro ; in hac haud procul ab oppido Val-
verde mense Februario a.d. 1858 pauca specimina collegi ; in iUa cepit
W. D. Crotch.

The distmctions between the present insect and the Madeiran S.
albopictus, which at first sight it closely resembles (its almost undi-
lated penultimate tarsal joint being the most important of them),
have been fuUy pointed out in my Paper on the Canarian Ptinidce.
The few specimens of the S. simplex which I have myself taken were
captured near Valverde, in the island of Hierro, during February
1858 ; but I have lately examined an individual which was found by
Dr. Crotch in Gomera.

385. Sphaericus gibbicollis.

Sphaericus gibbicollis, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (3rd series) i. 208
(1862).

Hahitat in Lanzarota et Fuerteventura, rarissimus.

Foiir specimens only of this distinct Sphcericus (which may be
known, inter alia, by its anteriorly-gibbous prothorax) have as yet
come beneath my notice. Two of them I captui'ed at Ye, in the ex-
treme north of Lanzarote, during March 1859 ; and the other two I
beat out of an old bush of the Common Rosemary {Rosmarinus offi-
cinalis) at Agua Bueyes, in Fuerteventura, on the 28th of January of
the preceding year.

386. Sphaericus impunctipennis, n. sp.

S. vel nigro- vel fusco-piceus ; capite prothoraceque ruguloso-punc-
tatis, squamis magnis llavescenti-cinereis densissime tectis, hoc bre-

242 CANABIAN COLEOPTERA.

viter subcylindrico, in disco postico vix subgibboso ; elytris con-
vexLS, rotundato-obovatis, baud sculpturatis sed parce et minute
subflavescenti-brunneo-squamosis et fascia postmedia albidiore
(valde indistincta et valde fracta) ornatis ; antennis pedibusque
robustis, vel piceis vel rufo-ferrugineis, dense subflavescenti-squa-
mosis. — Long. corp. lin. 1-1-j.

Habitat Gomeram, a cl. W. D, Crotch nuper repertns.

The three specimens from which the above diagnosis has been com-
piled were taken near Hermigua in Gomera, by Dr. Crotch, during
the spring of 1862. They are at once characterized by their totally
unsculptured elytra (which are convex and oftovate, and ornamented
with a very indistinct and much broken postmedial paler fascia), and
by their surface being clothed with yellowish-brown silken scales —
which however are paler, denser, and more robust upon the head and
pro thorax than on the elytra.^ The species is very closely related to
the Madeiran S. pinguis.

387. Sphaericus Crotchianus, n. sp.

S. capite prothoraceque squamis cinereo-brunneis densissime tectis,
hoc sat magno, ad latera subangulato-amiiliato, in disco postico
gibboso et in medio canaliculate ; elytris rotundato-subquadratis,
profunde punctato-striatis, brunneo-squamosis, setulis brevissimis
suberectis parcissime obsitis et fascia postmedia albida (plus minus
indistincta fracta) omatis; antennis pedibusque robustis, clare rufo-
ferrugineis, fulvo-squamosis, — Long. corp. lin. l^li.

Habitat Gomeram, a Dom. Crotch cum specie praecedente captus.

This robust Sjihcericus may at once be known from the three pre-
ceding species by its larger size, and by its surface being more uni-
formly and densely clothed with dirty-brown mud-like scales (which,
however, are a shade paler on the head and prothorax than on the
elytra) ; by its prothorax (which is a good deal developed) being-
uneven, or gibbose, on the hinder disc, with a wide but shallow
channel, and suddenly rounded-out on either side so as to form almost
an angle in the middle ; and by its elytra being subquadrate, a good
deal drawn-iu (or downwards) at their apex, very deeply pimctate-
striated, beset with exceedingly short and remote suberect setae, and
ornamented with a whitish postmedial fascia (which, however, in one
of the examples now before me is scarcely traceable) . Like the last
species, it is due to the researches of Dr. Crotch, — the only two spe-
cimens which I have seen having been taken by him near Hermigua
in Gomera, during the spring of 1862. I have much pleasure in
dedicating to its discoverer so distinct and interesting a Sphcericus.

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Genus 161. PIARUS.
WoUaston, Trans. Eat. Soc. Lond. (3rd series) i. 209 (1862).

388. Piarus basalis.

Piarus basalis, Woll, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (3rd series) i. 210. pi. viii.
f. 7 (1862).

Habitat Lanzarotain et Fuerteventuram, in stercore arido (sc. bo-
vino, equino, camelino) una cum Dignomo, Notlomimo et ctet. dcgens.

The dark blackisb-piceous hue of this insect, combined with its
very densely and roughly punctured prothorax, the fascia of pale
scales with which its elytra are ornamented immediately behind their
extreme base, and the long, stiff, and suberect hairs with which it is
thickly clothed, will readily distinguish it. It seems to be peculiar
to Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, where it is not uncommon during
the winter and spring months, — secreting itself principally (like Di-
gnomus, Notiomimm, and the Corynetes fimetarius) iu the dried dung
of horses, oxen, and camels, in the most arid and dusty spots. It
occurs, however, though less frequently, beneath stones hkewise. In
both of those islands it was found also by Mr. Gray.

Genus 162. PIOTES.
WoUaston, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (3rd series) i. 211 (1862).

389. Piotes inconstans.

Piotes inconstans, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (3rd series) i. 212,
pi. viii. f. 8 (1862).

Habitat Canariam Grandem, sub lapidibus in locis aridis, raris-
sima.

The present insect, which I have observed only in Grand Canary,
is a most variable one, both in its clothing and in the ornamentation
of its elytra. As regards the former, the rigid scale-like pubescence
with which it is densely beset is sometimes unmixed with additional
erect hairs ; and this state, which is found at Maspalomas in the ex-
treme south of the island, is the "a" of my diagnosis (above referred
to) : at others the additional erect hairs are elongate and robust
(the " /3 " of my diagnosis, which occurs at Arguiniguin) : whilst oc-
casionally they are extremely long and fine — in which last predica-
ment it corresponds with the " y " indicated in my description ; and
this is the form which it assumes in sandy and calcareous places
around and above Las Palmas. And with respect to the arrange-
ment of its paler scales, it may be sufficient here to remark that the
two large transverse fasciae with which its elytra are adorned are

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244 CANABIAN COIEOPTEHA,

sometimes (though rarely) distinct and well defined, whilst at others
they are almost, or even entirely, suffused inter se and lost sight of
— under which cii'cumstances the elytra are simply of a dull dirty-
white, with scarcely any indications of markings at all.

390. Piotes vestita.

Piotes vestita, Woll., Tram. Ent. Soc. Lmd. (3rd series) i. 213. pi. viii.
f. 9 (18G2).

Habitat Palmam, in locis intermediis sub lapidibus, rarissima.

The very short and perfectly decumbent yellowish-brown pile with
which the entire surface of this large Piotes is uniformly and densely
clothed, combined with the two greatly elevated and parallel ridges
of its laterally-compressed prothorax, and its very oval elytra (which
are much rounded-off about the shoulders), will sufficiently charac-
terize it. It is apparently peculiar to Palm a, and of excessive rarity.
I have taken it, very sparingly, high up in the Barranco above S*"*
Cruz ; as also on the sylvan slopes above Buenavista, on the ascent
to the Cumbre ; and I have examined a specimen which was captured
in Palma by Dr. Crotch.

Fam. 40. ANOBIAD^.

Genus 163. STAGETUS.
Wollaston, Ann. Nat. Hist. (3rd series) vii. 11 (1861).
After comparing my Star/eti (published on the 1st of January 1861,
and re-enumerated below) with a specimen of the Theca hyrrhoides
of Aube, which has been lent me by Mr. Pascoe, and which was cap-
tured by him in the south of France, I feel almost certain that the two
genera are identical; though, as I have not been in a position to dissect
the latter, perhaps I ought to speak with some little hesitation, seeing
that there are undoubtedly a few points even externally in which the
members of them do not exactly coincide. Upon the whole, I should
say that Theca was rather more on the true Anohimn-i^'-pc than Sta-
fjctus, — its entire outline being less orbicular and its prothorax less
strictly conical : its scutellum, also, is considerably larger, and less
triangular ; and its antennte are slenderer, except the club, which,
on the contrary, is rather more developed — its first and second joints
being more produced internally (whOst in Stagetus the whole three
are comparatively parallel at the sides, or elongate-quadrate). Still,
whether these modifications are indicative of others, of at least equal
importance, in the oral organs, I am of course unable to say ; though.

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245

as I have given the full details ofStagetus in my Paper on the "Ano-
hiadce of the Canary Islands," this point may perhaps be decided
positively by those who possess the genus Tlieca in sufficient abun-
dance to permit them to destroy a specimen for dissection. Even
should they prove, however, to be identical, I believe that Stagetus
will have the priority as regards the date of publication.

391. Stagetus crenatus.

Stagetus crenatus, JVoU., Ann. Nat. Hist. (3rd series) vii. 13 (1861).
Habitat Teneriffam, rarissimus, inter lichenes ad truncos arborum
vetustos crescentcs prgecipue degens.

Apparently of the greatest rarity, but scattered over the inter-
mediate elevations of Teneriffe, — occurring usually amongst lichens on
the trunks and branches of trees. In such situations I have taken
it in the woods above Taganana, in a smaU Barranco near Souzal,
and at Ycod de los Vinhos ; and I have examined a single specimen
which was captured by Dr. Crotch — I believe, at Ycod el Alto.

392. Stagetus hirtulus.

Stagetus hirtulus, WoU., Ann. Nat. Hist. (3rd series) vii. 12 (1861).
Habitat in Gomera et Hierro, in locis simUibus ac praecedens raris-
simus.

Whether the S. Iiirtulus be more than an insular modification of the
last species I will not undertake to pronounce for certain. It differs
from it mainly in the striae of its elytra being finer and scarcely per-
ceptibly (if indeed at all) crenated, and by the pubescence which
clothes its entire upper surface being longer and somewhat denser.
I have observed it hitherto only in Hierro — where, during Febniary
1858, 1 captured it, veiy sparingly, from amongst rubbish at the base
of an old waU in an exposed situation near Valverde. Possibly, how-
ever, it may have fallen from off the minute Cryptogamic plants with
which the waU was partially studded. And I likewise took it in the
sylvan district of El Golfo, on the western side of that island. I
have inspected an example which was found by Dr. Crotch, during
the spring of 1862, in Gomera ; and likewise two others (captured
in the same locality) which differ in being larger and in having their
elytral striae still more lightly impressed. But I doubt if they can
be regarded as more than a " var. /3 " of the hirtulus.

Genus 164. XYLETINUS.
Latreille, Regne Anim. (ed. 2) iv. 483 (1829).

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§ I. Ocxdi maximi : pal])i maodllares articulo ultimo securlformi,

simplici.

393, Xyletinus latitans.

Xyletinus latitans, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. (3rd series) vii. 14 (1861).

Habitat in Lanzarota, Fuerteventura, Teneriifa et Hierro, sub cor-
tice Euphorbiarum arido laxo latitans.

Not to mention the slight difference in the form of the ultimate
joint of its maxillary palpi, which appears to have no indication what-
ever of a scooping-out along its oblique apical edge, the less evidently
punctulated surface and rather longer and paler pubescence of this
Xyletinus, combined with its somewhat less rounded-off shoidders,
very much larger eyes, and usually paler limbs, will serve to distin-
guish it from the following one (which at first sight it closely re-
sembles). It seems to be pretty widely spread over the archipelago ;
and indeed, from its Eupliorhia-mfe^im^ habits, it is most probably
universal. Hitherto, however, I have observed it in only four out
of the seven islands of the Group — namely Lanzarote, (in the Rio
Palmas of) Fuerteventura, (at Taganana and Orotava in) Teneriffe,
and (at a low elevation in the district of El Golfo in) Hierro.

§ II. Ocull minores (sed sat magni) : palpi maxillares articulo ultimo
securiformi, sed per apicem internum plus minus oblique excavato.
[Gen. Metholcus, Duval.]

394. Xyletinus desectus.

Xyletinus desectus, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. (3rd series) vii. 13 (1861).
Habitat in Canaria et Teneriifa, rarissimus.

On re-examining this insect, I find that the securiform last joint
of its maxillary palpi is sHghtly excavated along its oblique apical
edge ; so that it must needs be removed into the present Section.
The scooping-out, however, of this terminal articulation is a character
(even though a structural one) which is more or less expressed accord-
ing to the species ; and I am doubtful, therefore, whether it can be
employed for more than a sn&generic purpose. As may be gathered
from a reference to the diagnosis given in my Paper (above alluded
to) on the Canarian Anobiadce, the present Xyletinus and the pre-
ceding one approach each other very closely at first sight ; but in spite
of this, their distinctions are not the less real. Apart from the dif-
ference in the last joint of their respective maxillaiy palpi, the X.
desectus may be knoAvn from the latitans by being (althoiigh minutely)
much more evidentlj^ punctulated (when viewed beneath the micro-

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scope) ; by its pubescence being a little shorter and yellower, and with
a more perceptible tendency to be longitudinally disposed on the
elytra ; by its humeral angles being a trifle more rounded-off ; by its
eyes being considerably smaller ; and by its Hmbs being usually a
shade darker, — the antennae having, also, their basal articulation a
little less inflated.

Hitherto I have seen but three specimens of the X. desectus, — two
of which I captured in the region of El Monte in Grand Canary, and
the remaining one (which is rather smaller) at Souzal in Teneriffe.

395. Xyletinus brevis.

Xyletinus brevis, WoU., Ann. Nat. Hist. (3rd series) vii. 15 (1861).

Habitat Palmam, mense Maio a.d. 1858 deprehensus.

The last joint of the maxillary palpi of the present little Xyletinus
is rather more evidently scooped-out than in the preceding species,
but not so much so as is the case in the following one. In other re-
spects it may be known by its small size and short-oval outline, and
by its subventricose elytra, which are a good deal rounded at the sides.
The only two specimens which I have seen were captured by myself
in the Barranco above S*'' Cruz in the island of Palma, during May
1858.

396. Xyletinus excavatus.

Xyletinus excavatus, Woll, Ann. Nat. Hist. (3rd series) vii. 15 (1861).

Habitat Canariam Grandem ; mense Aprili a.d. 1858 exemplar uni-
cum cepi.

In the X. excavatus the ultimate joint of the maxiUary palpi is very
considerably scooped-out along its oblique apical edge; and, apart from
this, it may be known by its comparatively dark hue, more distinctly
punctulated prothorax, broader tibiae, and slender feet, the first and
second articulations of which are relatively somewhat longer. The
only example which I have seen was captured, by myself, in th6
south of Grand Canary, during April 1858.

Genus 165. NOTIOMIMUS.
WoUaston, Ann. Nat. Hist. (3rd series) vii. 15 (1861).

397. Notiomimus fimicola.

Notiomimus fimicola, Woll, Ann. Nat. Hist. (Srdseries) vii. 17 (1861).
Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventuram, in stercore arido (bovino,
equino, camelino, nee humano) latitans.

For the less conspicuous structural details of this species I must

2i8 CANAEIAN COLEOPTERA.

refer to my Paper on the Canarian Anobiadce, already alluded to. In
its reddish-brown hue, minutely sericeous surface, crenate-striated
elytra, and general outhne, it is more on the Anohium-tj])e than the
Canarian Xyletini just enumerated ; whilst the strictly ftisiform last
joint of its palpi, and the comparatively elongated second one of its
feet, win still further separate it therefrom. Its head is rather largely
developed, and closely applied to the chest when the insect is in a
state of repose ; and its habits, for a member of the present family,
are decidedly anomalous — being, in fact, precisely similar to those
of Dir/nonms c/radlipes (of the Ptlnidce) and the Corynetes fimetarhts
(of the Cleridaf). Indeed I have never yet detected it except in the
dried dung of oxen, horses, and camels — in which situations it is not
uncommon throughout Lanzarote and Fuerteventura during the spring
months, particularly in the most arid and dusty spots. So far as I
have observed hitherto, it is peculiar to those two islands.

Whether Notiomimus be identical with Pseudochina of M. Duval,
I have no means of deciding for certain ; but as the diagnosis of that
genus asserts the terminal joint of its palpi to be exceedingly long and
subcylindric, its body ovate, and its elytra merely minutely punctu-
lated (whilst those of Notiomimus are deeply crenate-striate), I am
inclined to beheve that it is probably distinct from it.

398. Notiomimus holosericeus.

Notiomimus holosericeus, Wvll., Ann. Nat. Mist. vii. 17 (1861),

Habitat Tenerilfam et Palmam, mihi non obvius : mense Februario
A.D. 1858 exemplar unicum in hac deprehendit Dom.Gray; et alterum
in iUa cepit W. D. Crotch.

As stated in my Paper on the Canarian Anobiadoi, this species may
be readily distinguished from the preceding one " by its less rufescent
hue and more densely and coarsely sericeous surface (which is more
glossy, or variegated, with the short silljen pubescence), by its rather
larger and more prominent eyes, its obscurely raised alternate elytral
interstices, its more decidedly carinated forehead, and by its longer •
and robuster limbs." A single example of it was captured by Mr.
Gray in Palma, during February 1858, and has by him been pre-
sented to the collection of the British Museum ; and a second was
found by Dr. Crotch in Teneriife (" from under rubbish in the ravine
below Ycod el Alto"), during the spring of 1862.

399. Notiomimus punctulatissimus.

Notiouiimiis punctulatissimus, WolL, Ann. Nat. Hint. Vii. 17 (1861).
Habitat Canariam Grandem, mense Aprili a.d. 1858 repertus.

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The smaller size and rather more oval outline of this Notiomhmis,
combined with its perceptibly shorter limbs, yellower pubescence,
most densely (though minutely) punctulated surface, and unstriated
elytra (which entirely cover the pygidium), will sufficiently distin-
guish it from both of the foregoing species. Indeed its entire aspect
is altogether somewhat different ; and it is not impossible that it, at
least, may be congeneric with Fsettdochitia. Like the N. holosericeus
it is hitherto unique, the single example from which I drew out my
diagnosis having been captured by myself in the south of Grand
Canary during April 1858.

Genus 166. ANOBIUM.

Fabricius, S>/st. Ent 62 (1775).

400. Anobium velatum.

Anobium velatum, Woll., Ins. Mad. 276. tab. 5. f. 3 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 92 (1857).

, Id., Ann. Nat. Hist. (3rd series) vii. 18 (1861).

Habitat Lanzarotam et Gomeram, rarissimum.

The distinctions between the present insect and the following one
have been fully pointed out in my Paper on the Anobiadce of these
islands. The only example of the A. velatum (which is not uncom-
mon in Madeira) which I have myself detected at the Canaries was
found, dead, in a house at Haria, in the north of Lanzarote, during
the spring of 1859. A second, however, has lately been communi-
cated by Dr. Crotch — who captured it in Gomera, during the spring
of 1862.

401. Anobium villosum.

Anobium villosum, Bonelli, incd.

, Dej., Cat. 130 (1837).

, Bridle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 60 (1838).

, Woll, Ann. Nat. Hist. (3rd series) \di. 18 (1861).

Habitat Teneriffam, hinc inde in domibus, rarissime.

The A. villosum (of southern Eui'ope), which differs jirincipally
from the last species in the form of its rather smaller and more pos-
teriorly-rounded prothorax, may perhaps have been naturalized in
these islands from higher latitudes. At any rate I have as yet ob-
served it only in houses in Teneriffe, — particularly (though very
sparingly) at S** Cruz. Nevertheless I took the remains of a single
example in the house at the Agua Mansa likewise — which is certainly
far removed from, at aU events, the towns. The minor characters

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which distinguish it, additionally, from the A. vela turn have been fuUy
pointed out in my paper on the Canarian Anobiadce.

402. Anobium paniceum.

Dermestes paniceus, Linn., Fna Sitec. 431 (1761).
Anobium paniceimi, Steph., III. Brit. Ent. ill. 340 (1880).

, Woll, Ins. Mad. 277 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 93 (1857).

Habitat in domibus Lanzarotae, Canarise, Teneriffae et Gomerae,
passim.

Clearly naturalized through the medium of commerce — being a
species liable to importation, in farinaceous substances, throughout
the civilized world. I have taken it sparingly, in or about houses,
in Lanzarote, Grand Canary, and Teneriffe ; and I have examined a
specimen which was found by Dr. Crotch in Gomera.

403. Anobium moUe.

Dermestes mollis, Linn., Fna Suec. 415 (1761).
Anobium molle, Steph., III. Brit. Ent. iii. 341 (1830).
, Woll, Cat. Mad. Col. 93 (1857).

Habitat Palmam ; mense Maio a.d. 1858 specimen unieum (mor-
tuum) cepi.

A single example of what I believe to be the common European
A. molle was taken by myself, dead, from out of a cone of a Finus
canariensis in the Barranco above S'^ Cruz in the island of Palma,
during May 1858. Although considerably mutilated, I can detect
nothing about it to warrant the suspicion that it is distinct from that
species. It occurs also, sparingly, around Funchal in Madeira.

404. Anobium striatum.

Anobium striatum, Oliv., Ent. ii. 16. 9 (1790).

, Gyll, Ins. Suec. i. 291 (1808).

, Wall., Lis. Mad. 278 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 92 (1857).

Habitat in domibus Teneriffae et Palmae, baud frequens.

This common Eiu-opean insect (which is rather abundant in Ma-
deira, and which is evidently a mere importation into these islands)
is decidedly scarce at the Canaries. I have, however, taken it spa-
ringly in houses both in Teneriffe and Palma, in the former of which
it was found likewise by Dr. Crotch.

405. Anobium cryptophagoides, n. sp.

A. oblongo-ovatum, rufo-brunneum, sat nitidum, grosse sericeo-pu-
bescens ; prothorace subconico (ad latera baud explanato-margi-

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nato), sequali, convexo, subtuberculato-rugoso (vix punctato) ;
elytris profunde subcrenato-striatis, interstitiis depressis et parce
punctiilatis ; anteniiis vix obscurioribus, articiilis ultimis tribus
baud valde elongatis. — Long. corp. lin. 1.

Habitat ins. Hierro ; in loco quodam mox supra mare in regione
"El Golfo" dicta sito mense FebruarioA.D. 1858 exemplar unicum cepi.

Of this minute Anohium, which has much the colour and prima
facie aspect of a Crujptophagus, I have seen hitherto but a single ex-
ample— which was taken by myself, during February 1858, in a
sandy lane at a very low elevation in the district of El Golfo, on the
western side of Hierro. It is remarkable for its reddish-brown hue
and rather shining and sericeous surface, for its oblong-ovate outline,
for its prothorax being even and subcorneal and not at all margined
(or expanded) at the sides, and for the last three joints of its antennae
being rather less elongated than is the case in the generality of the
true Anohia.

Genus 167. PTILINUS.
Geoffi-oy, Hist. Ahr. ties Ins. i. 65 (1764).

406. Ptilinus lepidus, n. sp.

P. Tuas opacus, fusco-niger, densissime et minute pubescens ; pro-
thorace postice insequaU dense et minute granulato et carina abbre-
viata laevi instructo, antice asperato ; elytris (prsesertim versus
basin) paulo rufescentioribus, subpunctato-rugulosis ; antennis
pedibusque pallidioribus, illis longe flabellatis (flabeUis nigrescen-
tioribus) .

P. fcem. nitidus, rufo-brunneus, glaber ; prothorace postice cylindrico
parce et minute punctulato, antice latiusculo convexo et valde as-
perato ; elytris minutissime punctulato-subrugulosis ; antennis
pedibusque vix pallidioribus, iUis serratis. — Long. corp. lin. (mas)
ll-vix 2, et (fcem.) l|-2l.

Habitat Teneriffam et Pahnam, in locis intermediis degens.

The excessive dissimilarity of the sexes of this insect renders it
absolutely necessary to give a separate diagnosis for each of them,
since they have scarcely a single feature in common. In my Paper
on the Canarian Anobiadw I queried it as probably identical with the
Madeiran P. cylindripennis, of which I did not, at the time, happen
to possess a type for comparison. A subsequent examination, how-
ever, of the two proves them to be unquestionably distinct ; for al-
though they do not differ materially in their male sex (which indeed,
in both cases, has much the prima facie aspect of the common Euro-
pean P. pectinicornis) , the females of the P. lepidus, when closely in-
spected, wlU be seen to have nearly all their characters considerably

252 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

modified. Thus, they have their entire surface more shining and
quite glabrous (whereas that of the eylindripennis is very minutely,
but densely, pubescent) ; their prothorax is larger, relatively wider
anteriorly, more obtusely rounded (or less acuminate) in front, and
delicately jjiino<w?«ief? (instead of granxilose) behind ; and their elytra
are rather more decidedly (though most minutely) punctulated, and
apparently without even the faintest tendency to be longitudinally
subcostatc.

Hitherto I have observed the P. leindus only in the intermediate
elevations of Teneriffe and Palma, — namely at Taganana of the for-
mer, and (more abundantly) in an old paling at Galga, of the latter.

Fam. 41. BOSTRICHID^.

Genus 168. XYLOPERTHA*.
Gu^rin, Ann. cle la Sac. Ent, de France, Bull. 17 (1845).

407. Xylopertha barbifrons, n. sp.

X. cylindrica, fusco-picea, subnitida, pube flavescente sericea demissa
grosse irrorata ; capitis limbo longissime barbate ; prothorace an-
ticc mucronibus maximis asperate et ibidem jDilis tenmbus longis-
simis ercctis obsito, postice parce granulate ; elytris basin versus
paulo pallidioribus, subseriatim punctatis (punctis postice magnis,
antice paulatim minutissimis), ad apicem retusis, parte truncata
utrinque nodulo parvo instructa necnon per suturam elevata ; an-
tennis pedibusque tcstaceis, illarum clava tibiisque subinfuscatis.
— Long. corp. Hn. 1^.

Hahitat Palmam ; mense Maio a.d. 1858 exemplar unicum hand
procul a Galga dcprehendi.

The present insect differs, inter cilia, from the Madeiran X. har-
bata in being more densely clothed with a coarser decumbent sericeous
pile ; in the hinder region of its prothorax being much less polished,
and distinctly f/ratiulose (instead of most minutely punctulated) ; in
the paler ])arts of its sm-face being darker, or more infuscated ; in its
forehead being still more densely penicillatcd ; and in its suture being
more uniformly raised along the whole of the truncated portion at
the apex of its elytra. The single specimen from which the above

* It appears that the Xt/lojperthcs (at any rate the European ones) have but
nine distinct joints to their antenna\ and not ten as has been usually supposed.
Consequently M. Mulsant's genus Enneadesmuti, which was based solely on the
former iliar;ictcr, has to be suppressed ; and the Madeiran insect which I described
in 18G0 {vide Ann. of Nat. Hist.. 3rd series, v. 359), under the name of Ennca-
desMus harbatus, must be regarded, therefore, as a Xylopertha.

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diagnosis has been compiled was captured by myself in the east of
Palma (on the mountains between Galga and the sea), on the 24th
of May 1858.

Genus 169. DINODERUS.
Stephens, Man. Brit. Col. 203 (1839).

408. Dinoderus bniiineus.

D. cylindricus, pieeo-bninneus, fere opacus, ubique densissime et
grosse rugoso-asperatus, breviter et parce sed in limbo longius
fulvo-pubescens ; prothoraee antice subangustato et valde mucro-
nato, postice dense granulato truncate ; elytrorum granulis magnis
sed vix subseriatim dispositis ; antennarum clava tarsisque paulo
magis testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 2-2|.

Dinoderus brunneus, Woll.,Ann. Nat. Hist. (3rd series) ix. 440 (1862).
Habitat in pinetis Teneriffae et Palmse, truncos Pini canariensis
emortuos destruens.

I am doubtful whether this Dinoderus is more, in reaKty, than a
local phasis of the European D. substriatus, — from which it seems to
differ merely in its rather smaller size, narrower outline, and browner
hue, in the sculpture of its elytra being somewhat closer and not quite
so coarse, and in its prothorax being relatively a trifle narrower in
front, less dilated in the middle and more truncated at the base —
the hinder angles being rather less rounded off. It seems to be ex-
ceedingly rare, or at all events local, being confined (so far as I
have observed hitherto) to the rotten trunks of the Pimis canariensis,
at intermediate and somewhat lofty elevations. In such positions I
have taken it at the Agua Mansa in Teneriife, and high up in the
Barranco above S*^^ Cruz in Palma.

Fam. 42. CIOIDiE.

Genus 170. CIS.
Latreille, PrSc, des Caract. Gen. des Lis. 50 (1796).

409. Cis lauri.

Cis lauri, Woll, Ins. Mad. 282. tab. v. f. 7 (1854).
, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 94 (1857).

Habitat in lauretis Teneriffae, hinc inde sat vulgaris.

The C. lauri, so common in the laurel-regions of Madeira, occurs
in similar spots at the Canaries — where, however, it seems to be
both more local and less abundant. Hitherto I have observed it only
in the woods of Las Mercedes and the Agua Garcia, in Teneriffe ;

254 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

but we may be almost certain that it will be found generally, where-
ever the remains of the old laurel-forests, which are fast disappearing,
still exist. TenerifFan examples have also been communicated by
Dr. Crotch.

Genus 171. OCTOTEMNUS.
Mellie, Ami. de la Soc. Ent. de France, (2ieme serie) vi. 384 (1848).

410. Octotemnus opacus.

Octotemnus opacus, Mellie, loc. cit. 386 (1848).

, Woll, Ins. Mad. 283 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 94 (1857).

Habitat in sylvaticis Teneriffae et Palmse, minus frequens.

Like the Cis hmri, the present insect abounds in Madeira, but is
comparatively scarce, and also exceedingly local, at the Canaries.
Hitherto I have observed it only in sylvan and subsylvan spots of the
intermediate altitudes of TenerifFe and Palma, — namely at the Agua
Garcia and the laurel-woods above Taganana of the former, and
high up in the Barranco da Agua of the latter.

Fam.43. TOMICID^.

Genus 172. TOMICUS.
Latreille, Hist. Nat. des Ins. iii. 203 (1802).

411. Tomicus nobilis.

T. cylindricus, piceo-niger, subnitidus, pilis tenuibus longissimis
erectis fulvescentibus praisertim in limbo obsitus ; prothorace elon-
gato, postice profunde punctato, antice valde asperato ; elytris pi-
cescentioribus, profunde punctato-striatis, ad apicem subito et valde
retusis, parte excavata dentibus lateralibus tribus(superiore maximo
noduliformi), uno parvo antico et duobus vel tribus obscuris sub-
confluentibus posticis utrinque armata ; femoribus tibiisque rufo-
ferrugineis, tarsis antennisque rufo-testaeeis.

Variat (immaturus) colore omnino ferrugineo ; necnon (forsan in sexu
foemineo) dentibus elytrorum apicalibus minus distinctis. — Long.
Corp. lin. lg-2.

Tomicus nobilis, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. (3rd series) ix. 441 (1862).

Habitat in pinetis TenerifFa? et Palmae, lignum antiquum destruens.

This large Tomicus is remarkable for the hinder portion of its pro-
thorax being coarsely punctured (with the punctures distinct and
well defined) ; for its elytra being more or less piceous and the head
and prothorax piceous-black, whilst its legs are more rufeseent, with
their tarsi (like the antennae) testaceous ; and for its elytra being

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very deeply punctate-striated, with the excavated portion at their

apex bounded on either side by a large obtuse tooth, two acuter ones

behind it, and two or three still smaller, obscurer, and more or less

subconfluent ones towards the apex ; in addition to which there is a

minute and sharp one in front, on each side of the suture. In some

examples, however, which are perhaps the females, these teeth are

altogether smaller and more confused. It seems to be confined to

the rotten wood of the Pinus canariensis, beneath the loose bark of

which it is locally abundant, in the intermediate elevations of Tene-

riffe and Palma. In such situations I have taken it at the Agua Mansa

of the former, and in the Barranco above S'* Cruz of the latter.

I am far from certain, however, that the present Tomicus is in

reality distinct from the Madeii'an T. erosxis ; from which it appears

mainlj to differ in its larger size and relatively broader outline ; in

its pro thorax being rather more deeply punctured behind and just

perceptibly narrower in front ; in its elytra being xisually more pi-

ceous or nifescent, and with the large punctures of their striae a trifie

more distant inter se ; and in its tibiae being perhaps a little less spi-

nulose externally.

412. Tomicus Saxesenii.

Bostrichus Saxesenii, Ratz., die Forst-Insect. i. 167 (1837).
Tomicus Dohmii, Wall., Ins. Mad. 290 (1854).
, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 96 (1857).

Habitat Teneriffam et Pahnam, rarissimus.

The T. Saxesenii, which in Madeira seems to be confined principally
to the laurel-woods of a high elevation, where it is often extremely
abundant, would appear (so far as I have observed hitherto) to be
very rare in these islands ; and it is somewhat remarkable that the
few examples of it which I have met with were beneath the bark of
the Pinus canariensis. Under such circumstances I have taken it,
very sparingly, in Teneriffe, and in the Barranco above S*^ Cruz in
Palma.

Genus 173. XYLOTERUS.
Erichson, in Wiegm. Archiv, ii. 60 (1836).

Although I have but a single example (and that, I beheve, a female
one) to judge from, I nevertheless refer the insect described below to
Xyloterus, since in the exact proportions of its quadriarticulate funi-
culus, as well as in the shape of its compressed and extremely solid
club, it agrees precisely vpith (at all events the corresponding sex of)
that genus. Its feet, too, have their antepenultimate joint nearly
simple, whilst its tibiae (which are a good deal widened) have their

256 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

outer edge rounded and minutely serrated, as in the Xyloieri. Never-
theless, in its very much smaller size and concolorous hue, as well as
in its much longer prothorax, which is considerably more produced
in front, and its total freedom from a visible scutellum, it recedes from
Xyloterus, and perhaps might almost seem to constitute the ty^DO of
an allied Group. In the absence, however, of further material, and
considering the essential points which it possesses in common with
Xyloterus, I prefer treating it as an exponent of that genus. The
only other genera of the Tomicidce which have, so far as I am aware,
a 4-jointed funiculus are Cryphalus and Leiparthrwn, — from both of
which it differs far more, in its primary details, than it does from
Xyloterus.

413. Xyloterus longicollis, n. sp.
X. breviter cylindricus, crassiusculus, rufo-ferrugineus, subnitidus,
pilis erectis subcinereis sat parce obsitus ; prothorace elongato,
asperato (etiam postice vix punctate) ; clytris paulo rugulosis et
leviter seriatim punctatis, ad apicem obtusis sed integris ; antennis
pedibusque clarioribus ; tibiis latis, extus minute spinuloso-serratis.
— Long. corp. lin. 1.

Habitat Fuerteventuram ; sub stercore camelino ad Eio Palmas d.
6. Apr. A.D. 1859 exemplar unicum collegi.

The unique specimen from which the above diagnosis has been com-
piled was captui-ed by myself, on the 6th of April 1859, together with
numerous other insects, from beneath the refuse of a camels' stable in
the Eio Palmas of Fuerteventura. It is probable, however, that its
presence in a position so anomalous for a member of this famUy was
merely accidental.

Genus 174. CRYPHALUS.
Erichson, in Wiegm. Archiv, ii. 61 (1836).

414, Cryphalus aspericoUis.
Crj'phalus aspericoUis, WoH.,Ann. Nat. Hist. (Ord series) v. 365 (1860).
Habitat Teneriffam, in caulibus emortuis lignoque antique degens.

This very minute wood-borer, which is not uncommon in Madeira,
occurs also at the Canaries. Hitherto, however, I have detected it
only in TenerifPe, namely (sparingly) near S''^ Cruz, and (more abun-
dantly) above the Puerto of Orotava ; in the latter of which localities
I captured it, during May 1858, from out of the dead stalks of a Gera-
nium in the garden of the " Dehesa." From its diminutive size it is
extremely hkely to escape observation ; but there is reason to believe
that its geographical range is by no means restricted to these imme-

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diate Atlantic Groups, for a single example of it was found by Mr.
Bewicke at Ascension ; and although it was probably imported acci-
dentally into that island, there is nothing to warrant the suspicion
(but quite the reverse) that it had been brought there from either the
Canaries or Madeira.

Genus 175. APHANARTHRUM.

Wollaston, Ins. Mad. 292. tab. vi. f. 2 (1854).
For the diagnoses of nine out of the eleven Aphanarthra enume-
rated below I must refer to a Paper on the members of this curious
Enphorhki-micBim^ genus, published in the 'Annals of Nat. Hist.,'
and which I have cited under each of them ; though, at the same
time, the few diagnostic observations which I here add may perhaps,
in some instances, almost suffice, practically, for identifying them. It
will be seen that two of the representatives were not included in that
Memoir, — one of them (the A. armatum) having escaped my obser-
vation amongst a mass of specimens of the A. bicinctum and affine ;
whilst the other (the A. concolor) I had failed until recently to re-
cognize as an Aphamtrtlinmi at all.

§ I. Pronotum antice productum, caput fere occultans.
A. Pronotum ad apicem ipsissimum tuberculis minutis armatum.

415. Aphanarthrum Jubse.

Aphanarthrum Jubse, JVoIl, Ann. Nat. Hist. (3rd series) v. 164 (1860).

Habitat Lanzarotam, in ramis Eupliorbice rer/is-Jubce desiccatis

prope oppidum Haria mense Martio a.d. 1859 sat copiose repertum.

The comparatively large size and very long and coarse pubescence
of this Aphanarthrum, combined with the lurid apex of its prothorax,
which is armed with two tolerably distinct tubercles (besides one or
two smaller collateral ones) at its extreme point, and its pale-testa-
ceous elytra, which are ornamented with two large, black, zigzag
transverse fascia3 (the anterior one of which is much developed, and
more or less double, or looped, in the middle), wiU sufficiently cha-
racterize it. Hitherto I have observed it only in the north of Lan-
zarote, where, during March 1859, 1 captured it in considerable abun-
dance from out of some dried stems of the Euphorbia regis- Juhce which
had been piled up for burning, at Haria.

416. Aphanarthrum armatum.

A. nigro-fuscum, pilis bre^•ibus demissis dense vestitum ; prothorace
alutaceo et minute punctulato, apice producto acutiusculo vix sub-

258 CANARIAN COLEOPTEKA.

hirido et ibidem tuberculis duobus spiniformibus porrectis subap-
proximatis iustructo ; elytris dense sed leviter subseriatim punc-
tatis, fascia magna transversa testacea mox pone basin ornatis ;
antennis pedibusque iufuscato-testaceis. — Long. corp. liu. vix |.

Apliauarthrum armatum, Woll, Tram. Ent. Soc. Lond. (3rd series) i.
167 (18(32).

Habitat Lanzarotam, duobus speciminibus a meipso deprehensis.

When preparing my Paper on the Aplianarthra of these islands I
overlooked, as has been already stated, the present species, — having
(without accurate examination) regarded the two specimens from
which the above diagnosis has been compiled as merely immature
ones of the A. bicinctum. A more careful inspection of them, how-
ever, shows that (amongst other characters) they have the extreme
apex of their pronotum (which is not at all thickened or recurved)
armed with about four tubercles, of which the inner pair are com-
paratively elongated, acute, somewhat spiniform, and subapproxi-
mated. Indeed in this respect they approach the A. Jubas ; never-
theless, apart from the different shape of these minute projections
(the inner two of which are relatively longer, more porrect, and
placed closer together), the A. armatum may be immediately known
from that insect by its very much smaller size and by its consider-
ably shorter, finer, and more decumbent pubescence; by its alutaceous
prothorax (which is rather acuter, and less decidedly diluted, at its
extreme apex) ; by its entire punctation being closer and less coarse ;
and by its elytra (so far, indeed, as I am able to judge from the two
examples now before me) being ornamented by merely a large trans-
verse pallid fascia immediately behind their base. It was taken by
myself in Lanzarote (I believe, in the vicinity of Haria), along with the
A. Juhce, affine, and bicinctum.

B. Pronotum ad apicem ipsissimimi hand (rarius vix) tubercidatHm,
scd ibidem anguste plus minus incrassatum.

417. Aphanarthrum glabrmn.

Aphanarthrum glabrum, Woll., loc. cit. 1G7 (1860).

Habitat in Gomera et Hierro, rarissimum.

The rather small size and comparatively glahrous surface of this
little Aplianarthrum (the pubescence of which is so excessively short
and minute as to be quite untraceable except beneath the micro-
scope), in conjunction with its alutaceous and densely (though deli-
cately) punctulated prothorax, the extreme apex of which is some-
what lurid and has occasionally the faintest possible indications of

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being studded with two just perceptibly elevated points, or tubercles,
will serve to characterize it. Its elytra (which are testaceous, and
ornamented, when the insect is mature, wdth two exceedingly black
transverse dentate fasciae) are substriated, and closely and finely
punctulated, — the punctures, however, having but a slight tendency
to be arranged in longitudinal rows. Hitherto I have myself ob-
served it only in Hieryo, where I captured it sparingly, from out of
dead Euphorbia-steras, during February 1858 ; but I have examined
two more individuals which were found by Dr. Crotch, during the
spring of 1862, in Gomera.

418. Aphanarthrum bicolor.

Aphanarthrum bicolor, Wo/L, lac. cit. 1G5 (18G0).
Habitat in Teneriffa, Gomera, Palma et Hierro, Euphorbias emor-
tuas destruens.

The present beautiful Aphanarthrum (which occurs also in Madeira)
is not uncommon, in dead EKjohorbia-stems, m TeneriiFe, Gomera,
Palma*, and Hierro, in the last of which it was found likewise by
Mr. Gray. It may be easily known by its whitish-testaceous hue,
and the number of dark patches and broken fasciae with which it is
ornamented ; and by its elytra being rather more shining than is
the case in the generality of the species, somewhat diaphanous (or
subhy aline), most lightly sculptured, and nearly unpubescent — being
studded with only a few distant and stiff erect hairs. It is probably
universal throughout the archipelago ; nevertheless, as yet, I am
unable to record it except for Tencriffe, Gomera, Palma, and Hierro.

419. Aphanarthrum affine.
Aphanarthnxm afRne, IVoll., loc. cit. 166 (1860).

Habitat in Lanzarota, Fuerteventura, Canaria et Gomera, vulgaris.

When viewed beneath a high magnifying power, the sculpture of
the elytra of this insect (the punctures being more distant mter se,
and more evidently disposed in longitudinal rows) would almost
suffice to separate it from the other Aphanarthra here enumerated.
In minor particulars, its prothorax, which in matured specimens is
generally brownish -black with the apex (the extreme margin of
which is a good deal incrassated) lurid yellow, is rather coarsely

* In my Paper on the Aphanarthra I have stated that I captured tlie A. bicolor
in Palma, but (through a typ' igrapliical error) the island " Gomera" is recorded,
instead of Palma, in tlie habitaf which immediately follows the diagnosis. How-
ever, it has subsequently been taken in Gomera also by Dr. Crotch.

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260 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

ahitaceous and most minutely punctulated ; its elytra are pale-tes-
taceous, with the two ordinary darker dentate fascias strongly ex-
pressed (the anterior one heing deeply looped, or double, in its central
portion, whilst the hinder one is considerably removed from the
apex) ; and its entire surface is studded (though not very densely so)
with rather long and coarse erect hairs. It is the common species of
Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, where it often swarms in the stems and
branches of the decayed Euphorbias ; and it is likewise pretty abun-
dant in Grand Canary ; whilst in Gomera it was found by Dr. Crotch.
In Lanzarote it was taken also by Mr. Gray ; and, on the 28th of
March 1859, I captured it even on the little uninhabited island of
Lobos, off the extreme north of Fuerteventura, where the Euphorbias
attain a most gigantic size*.

420. Aphanarthrum piscatorium.

Aphanarthnnu piscatorium, WulL, he. cit. 166 (1860).
Hahitat in Teneritfa, Gomera, Palma et Hierro, ramos Euphor-
biarum emortuos (praesertim E. piscatoncv) perforans.

Whilst the A. afftne is more particularly abimdant throughout the
eastern islands of the archipelago, the present somewhat insignifi-
cant little species would appear to be exceedingly common in the
central and western ones. In Teneriffe, Gomera (where it was
found by Dr. Crotch), Palma, and Hierro it is locally abundant, oc-
casionally teeming in the rotten EKjphorbia-stems — princii^ally those
of the E. piscatoria (under which circumstances it occm^s likewise at
Madeira). It may be known by its rather small size and by the
dull- or brownish-testaceous hue of its elytra — the darker fasciae of
which are not very well defined, the hinder one being more espe-
cially sufiused and reaching consequently almost (or entirely) to the
extreme apex. Its elytra, which are closely punctured, have their
sides perhaps just jperceptihhj less parallel than is the case in the
other species ; and its entire surface is densely beset with rather soft
and suberect hairs.

421. Aphanarthrum bicinctum.
Aphauarthrum bicinctum, Wall., loc. cit. 105 (1860).
Hahitat in Lanzarota et Fuerteventura sat vulgaris, necnon in
Canaria et Teneriffa minus frequens.

* The A. affne is a good deal allied, in general /ac?ci, to the A. evphorhics of
the higher elevations of Madeira ; it is, however, on the average, a little smaller
than that insect, its pubescence is longer, its prothorax is relatively more deve-
loped and less acuminated in front, and the punctm-es of its eljtra are larger,
fewer, and mere decidedly arranged in longitudinal rows.

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The dark brovmish-yellow hue of the elytra of this species, which
has usually both of its fasciae well expressed (the anterior one being
largely developed), together with the apex of its pro thorax being
almost, or even entirely, dark, and its surface clothed with some-
what long and erect hairs, will serve to discriminate it. It is rather
common in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, where it occurs in com-
pany with the A. affine ; in Grand Canary it is scarcer, and in Tene-
riife still more so : so that it would seem to be more particularly
characteristic of the eastern portion of the archipelago. The few
examples which I have taken in Grand Canary and Teneriife are a
trifle larger than those from Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, and at
first sight might easUy be mistaken for the A. canariense. Never-
theless, on closer inspection, they will always be seen to have their
pubescence longer and more erect, and their prouotum almost (or
even entirely) concolorous at its apex : their elytra, too, are generally
a shade darker, with the sculpture less dense, and with the fascia
(although occasionally suffused) more developed — the anterior one
extending to the outer margin, and the hinder one being less often
broken in the centre (and even when resolved forming two large and
conspicuous patches). In its habits, also, it is not quite the same,
since it infests the Euphorbias promiscuously, and is not partial like
that insect to the £J. canariensis especially.

422. Aphanarthrum canariense.

Aphanarthrum canariense, Woll., loc. cit. 1G4 (1860).
Habitat in Canaria, Teneriffa, Gomera, Palma et Hierro, plantas
Euphorhice canariensis joutridas destruens.

The rather broad and shortly-cyHndric outline (in proportion to
its size) of this Aphanarthrum, in conjunction with its very abbre-
viated pubescence, the brightly lurid apex of its prothorax (which
has the extreme anterior margin perceptibly thickened), and the
dense (though not very deep) sculpture, and somewhat c/Ms7i:?/-yellow
hue, of its elytra (which are usually, nevertheless, a shade clearer
than those of the A. bicinctum), will sufficiently characterize it. Its
fasciae are more or less transversely abbreviated — the anterior one
(which is thick, and much developed, in the centre) seldom reaching
to the lateral margins, whilst the hinder one is more or less obso-
lete, being always broken in the middle, and generally represented
by a detached central dash at a short distance from the apex of each
of the elytra.

In its habits, the present species would seem to be almost (if not

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indeed entii-ely) confined to the decayed stalks of the Euphorbia cana-
riensis, and I have consequently observed it in those islands only
where that curious plant still remains — that is to say, in all of them
except Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, in which (if indeed it ever
existed there at all) I do not remember to have ever met with the
E. canariensis. But in Grand Canary, Teneriffe, Gomera, Palma, and
Hicrro I have captured the species, more or less abundantly. In
Teneriffe it was found likewise by Dr. Crotch.

§ II. Pronotum antice ininus produchim, caput Qongiusculum,

fere subrostratwn) hand occultans.

423. Aphanarthrum luridum.

Aphanarthrum luridum, fVolL, loc. cit. 1G3 (1860).
Hahitat Teneriffam et Gomeram, in plantis Euphorhke canariensis
putridis degens.

The present species and the two following ones differ from the
rest of the Aplianarthra here enumerated in having their pronotum
only sKghtly produced in front, so that their heads (which are some-
what longer and more rostrate) are less concealed from view. In
their external details, however, they all three differ very considerably
inter se, — the A. luridum, in its comparatively large size and testa-
ceous colour, being, to all appearance {prima facie), a true Apha-
narthrum ; whilst the second, in its diminutive bulk, dark-brown
surface, and less parallel outhne, has a totally different aspect ; and
the third, which is blacker still and relatively more elongate, recedes
so completely, both in its fades and habits, from the Aphanarthra,
that, were it not for the exact form of its antennae with their biarti-
culated funiculus, I should have totally failed to recognize it as a
member of this groiip.

In its minor details, and apart from its less produced prothorax
and rather square, subrostrate head, the A. luridum may be known
by its pale lurid-testaceous hue, — a longitudinal dash on the hinder
disc of each of its elytra (representing the anterior fascia), the dorsal
line of its prothorax, a spot on either side of the latter, and a suffused
portion in front being alone more or less dark. It is sparingly studded
with long and erect hairs ; its punctation is fijie ; and (which is one
of its most distinctive features) its elytra are suddenly shortened, or
slightly truncated obliqueh/, at their apex.

The A. luridum seems to be confined (so far as I have observed
hitherto) to the rotten plants of the Euphorbia cananensis, — in which
situations I have taken it on the mountains above S*" Cruz of Tene-

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riffe (in the direction of Las Mercedes), and (more abundantlj^) on a
hill-top in Gomera, immediately to the north-west of San Sebastian.
In this latter locality it was found also by Mr, Gray ; and in Tene-
riife it has been captured subsequently by Dr. Crotch.

424. Aphanarthrum pusillum.

Aphanartkrum pusillum, WolL, he. cit. 167 (1860).

Habitat Canariam, TeneriiFam et Gomeram, in iisdem locis ac prse-
cedens, ramos Euphorbice canariensis putridos destruens.

This curious httle insect may be known from all the AplumartJira
which precede it by its very minute size and uniformly dark-broAvn
hue, by its triangular head and laterally rounded prothorax, and
by its lightly sculptured surface, which is sparingly beset with soft
erect pUe. Like the (comparatively gigantic) A. kiridum, it appears
to be peculiar to the rotten stalks of the Euphorbia canariensis ; in
which situations I have taken it, in company with that species, in
the two localities above alluded to — of Teneriffe and Gomera ; as
also in the great crater of the Bandama mountain, in Grand Canary.
In Teneriffe it was found Ukewise by Dr. Crotch.

425. Aphanarthrum concolor, n. sp.

A. nigrum vel subfusco-nigrum, subnitidum, pilis erectis et demissis
fulvescenti-cinereis obsitum; prothorace distincte punctate et (oculo
fortiter armato) minute reticulate ; elytris striato-punctatis ; an-
tennis testaceis ; pedibus piceo-testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. \ix |.

Habitat Teneriffam et Palmam, sub cortice Pini canarieyisis degens.

As already implied, the present diminutive insect (which, however,
is not quite so small as the A. jiusillmn) is so aberrant as an Aplia-
narthrmn that it is with reluctance I am compelled to regard it as a
member of that group. In its uniformly dark surface (which, except
occasionally from immaturity, is scarcely at aU diluted in hue), as
well as in its general contour and rather distinct sculpture, it has
much the appearance of an excessively minute Hylastes ; whilst in
its habits, on which I lay far greater stress, it recedes entirely from
the whole of the preceding species, whose exclusive attachment to
the various Euphorbias is one of their most remarkable peculiarities.
Nevertheless, after a careful examination of its antennae, they seem
to me to be moulded on precisely the same type as those of the nor-
mal Aphanarthra* ; nor is there any difference in its tarsi that I can

* As stated in my Paper " on the Eiqyhorbia-inkstmg Coleoptera of the Cana-
ries," the fimiculus of Aphanarthrum is not distinctly more tlian biarticulate.
There may possibly be a third (excessively minute) joint wlaich is rendered in-

2G'4 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

detect : so that I have no option but to treat it as congeneric with
the ten insects just enumerated. But having hitherto looked upon
the Aphmmrthra as essentially of Eiqjhorbia-iniesting propensities,
I must confess that I am somewhat loath to associate with them a
species of another mode of life, and (in the majority of its characters)
of a very ojjposite aspect.

The A. concolor, so far as I have observed hitherto, is confined to
the rotten trunks of the Finns canariensis, of intermediate and rather
lofty elevations, — beneath the dead bark of which I have taken it at
the Agua Mansa in TenerifFe, and in the Barranco above S'^'' Cruz in
PaLma.

Genus 176. TRIOTEMNUS (nov. gen.).

Corpus, antennce et pedes fere ut in Aplianarthro, sed funiculo di-
stincte 3-articulato, articuUs 2*^** et 3"" parvis (nee minutissimis),
inter se aequalibus, capitulo solidissimo compresso (nee 4-annu-
lato) ; ehjtris apice subretusis (nee omnino integris) ; colore ob-
scure (ut in Tomicidis typicis), nee Isete variegate.

A rpels, tres, et re^i'w, seco.

Although unwilling to erect a genus for the reception of a unique
insect which has nothing anomalous in its structure, yet the present
species is so completely removed from Aphanarihrum (the only other
group, I believe, except Hypothenemus, as yet enunciated, in the To-
m'lcidce, with a professedly 3-jointed funiculus) that I am compelled
to separate it therefrom. As above defined, the funiculus in Trio-
temnus is very conspicuously triarticulate (whereas in Aiihanarthrum
it seems doubtful whether that organ has in reality more than two
joints*), the second and third joints being comparatively distinct,
and of equal dimensions, and the club (instead of being quadriarti-
culate) is extremely solid and compressed ; moreover the former is

visible from the oblique implantation of the funiculus into the club (for I believe
that I can just detect one in, at all events, the Madeiran A. ewphorbice); never-
theless, even under the liighest power of the microscope, I cannot satisfy myself
that it exists in the generality of the species. In the figure given of the A. euphor-
hi<B in my 'Ins. Mad.,' this infinitesimal exti'a articulation is made very much
too conspicuous.

* Vide the observations (Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 3rd series, i. 165) in my Paper
"on the EupliQr}tia-\\\ie%i\x\g Coleoptera of the Canary Islands," where I implied
that I was doubtful whether the funiculus of Aphanarihrum could be regarded,
after all, as more than biarticulate ; for although in my original diagnosis of the
gi'oup (Ins. Mad. 292) I affirmed that portion of the antennre to be 3-jointed,
and although I still tliink that I am able to detect a third, infinitesimal joint in
the particular species (the A. ciiphorhia') on which the genus was established, yet
I have been so completely unable to satisfy myself of the presence of more than
two articulations iia the funiculi of any of the Canarian Aphanarthra, that I am
half inclined to believe that the supposed additional one in the Madeiran A. eu-
phorhice may perhaps be more apparent than real.

CANARIAN COLEOPTEKA. 265

implanted into the axis of the latter in the ordinary way, and not
obliquely. The elytra, also, instead of being entire, have a faint
tendency to be lopped-off at theii' apex, as in Tomicus ; and the
colour, instead of being variegated, is of the ordinary kind for the
members of this family.

426. Triotemnus subretusus, n. sp.

T. nigro-piceus elytris piceis, nitidus, cylindricus postice vix latior,
pilis longiusculis suberectis cinereis parce obsitus ; prothorace lon-
giusculo, subconico, parce et sat profunde punctato (antice hand
asperato) ; elytris profunde rugoso-punctatis (nee striatis), punctis
baud seel pilis evidentius seriatim dispositis, ad apicem subretusis ;
antennis pedibusque piceo-testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 1.

Habitat Gomeram, a Dom. Crotch tempore vernali a.d. 1862 semel
captus.

Apart from the structural peculiarities of its funiculus and club
already referred to, the present insect (which has much the appear-
ance, j3r««rt/rtc/e, of an ordinary, though minute, Tomicus) maybe
known by its rather shining and deeply punctured surface (parti-
cularly of the elytra, where the punctures are not disposed in longi-
tudinal rows), and by its being sparingly beset all over with rather
long, coarse, and partly suberect, cinereous hairs. The unique spe-
cimen described from was captured by Dr. Crotch in Gomera during
the spring of 1862, and has by him been presented to the collection
of the British Museum.

Genus 177. LIPARTHRUM.
Wollastou, Im. Mad. 294 [script. Leiparthmm'] (1854).

427. Liparthrum bituberculatum.

Leiparthrum bituberculatum, WolL, Ins. Mad. 297. tab. vi. f. 3 (1854).
, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 97 (1857).

Habitat Teneriffam, prtesertim in sylvaticis et editioribus, raris-
simum.

The present insect, which is not uncommon in the sylvan districts
of Madeira, and which may be known from the L. curtum by its
relatively somewhat narrower and more cylindric outline, rather
darker hue, slightly longer antennae, more developed mandibles, and
by the pustules on the anterior portion of its pronotum being usually
more numerous and coarse, is decidedly rare in these islands, where
it appears to occur at intermediate and lofty elevations. I have
taken it hitherto only in Teneriffe, — namely, in the wood of the
Agua Garcia, and (though merely a single specimen) on the Cumbre

266 CANAKIAN COLEOPTERA.

above the Agua Mansa (at an elevation of more than 7000 feet above
the sea). The individual from the latter locality is altogether a Httle
darker than those from the former, and has its prothoracic tubercles
a trifle more evident ; but I can detect nothing about it to warrant
the suspicion that it is specifically distinct. A Teneriffan example
has also been communicated by Dr. Crotch.

428. Liparthrum curtum.

Leiparthrum curtum, WoN., Lis. Mad. 298 (1854).
, Id, Cat. Mad. Col. 97 (1857).

Habitat insulas Canarienses, in Gomera sola adhuc hand detectum.

The L. curtum, which likewise occurs in Madeira, and (on the
average) at a rather lower elevation than the hituhcrcidatum, is
almost certainly universal at the Canaries, — though I did not happen
to meet with it in Gomera, during our short visit to that island : but
in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Grand Canary, Teneriife, Palma, and
Hierro I have captui'cd it, more or less abimdantly. It is foimd
more particularly beneath the old and loosened bark of palings,
gates, tkc, and in the dead Eiq)horbia-stejns ; and it is, aj^parently,
less strictly sylvan in its habits (or, at all events, less peculiar to the
laurel-districts) than the last species. It may be known from it by
its outline being relatively rather shorter and broader, by its paler
hue, and by its antenna?, mandibles, and prothorax being a trifle
more developed, — the last, also, having the pustules of its anterior
portion considerably smaller, and indeed often nearly imperceptible.

429. Liparthrum inarmatum.
Leiparthrum inarmatmu, Wall, Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 364 (1800).
Habitat Lanzarotam, Canariam, Teneriflam, Gomeram et Palmam,
ramos Euphorbiarum emortuos parce destruens.

This little Liparthrum, which seems to be peculiar to the branches
and stems of the dead Euphorbias, and which (Uke the last two spe-
cies) occurs also in Madeira, may be known by its short and poste-
riorly-obtuse outline ; by its jirothorax being a good deal developed,
though rather acuminated in front, and quite free from anterior pus-
tules, or tubercles ; and by its elytra being somewhat wide, and sud-
denly truncated, at their apex, very deeply striate -punctate (the
punctures being large and conspicuous), with their interstices per-
ceptibly elevated, and with theii* pubescence comj)aratively long
(especially behind) and very decidedly arranged in longitudijial rows.
Like the L. curtum, it will probably be found to be universal thi'ough-

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267

out the archipelago, — its Euphorbia-mfesting habits rendering this

the more certain ; nevertheless hitherto I happen to have met with

it only in Lanzarote, Grand Canary, Teneriffe, and Palma, — though I

have examined two specimens which were found by Dr. Crotch in

Gomera.

430. Liparthrum Lowei.

Leiparthrura Lowei, Woll, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. i. 174 (1862).

Habitat TeneriiFam et Gomeram, in ramis Euphorbiarum emortuis
degens.

This excessively minute wood-borer was detected by the Rev. R.
T. Lowe, in dead Eiqjhorbia-stems, near Garachico, in the north of
Teneriffe, during April 1860. In the diagnosis of it, given in my
Paper (cited above) " on the ^it/^Aov6/«-infesting Coleoptera of the
Canaries," I have stated that " it is not only smaller than the smallest
examples of the inarmatum, but it is usually of a blacker (and quite
concolorous) hue, of a strictly cylindric outline (being neither ex-
panded nor subtruncated posteriorly), with its pi'othorax shorter and
sinuated along the extreme base, and with its elytra (the intei'stices
of which are not raised) less deeply punctured and without any ad-
ditional seta3 at their apex. Its limbs also are considerably darker
than is the case in that insect. Its structural characters are quite
those of Liparthrum , the proportions of its 4-jointed funiculus and
feet being precisely similar to what obtains in the other members of
the group. Its fore tibias, however, are not altogether unarmed,
there being two short, obtuse teeth on their outer edge." It occurs
likewise in Gomei'a, where a single example was found by Dr. Crotch ;
and we may expect it, therefore, to be pretty general amongst the
decayed Euphorbias.

Fam. 44. HYLESINID^.

Genus 178. HYLESINUS.
Fabricius, Syst. Eleu. ii. 390 (1801).

431. Hylesinus indigenus, n. sp.

//. ovalis, convexus, niger, pilis robustis (fere squamis) demissis fid-
vescentibus vestitus ; prothorace subconico, per basin ipsissimam
bisinuato, subopaco, leviter et obscure punctato sed utrinque as-
perate ; elytris vix nitidioribus, leviter et obscure seriatim punctatis
sed ad basin asperatis ; antennis rufo-testaceis. — Long. corp. Hn. 1.

Habitat in Hierro, sub cortice lauri cujusdam antiquae laxo emortuo
in regione " El Golfo " dicta Februario a.d. 1858 rei^ertus.

I have, unfortunately, but a single individual of this insect to judge

268 CAN ARIA N COLEOPTERA.

from, which was extracted, dead and mutilated, from out of an old
laurel, the decayed portions of which were completely perforated with
its burrows, in the wooded district of El Golfo, on the western side
of Hierro. Although it has merely the scape of one of its antenna?
remaining, I have little doubt nevertheless, from its convex, ovate
body and general aspect, as well as from the peculiarity of its sculp-
ture (the extreme base of its elytra, and cither side of its subcorneal
prothorax, being coarsely asperate, or mucronated), that it is a true
Hylesinus ; and I have therefore treated it accordingly. And if such
should be the case (of which I feel pretty confident), it is of the
greatest importance that its imperfect condition shoidd not prevent
me from admitting it into the present Catalogue, it being the only
veritable Hyles'mus which has liitherto been detected in awj of these
Atlantic islands. Moreover, from the extent to which its devastating
powers were traceable in the old tree from whence my example was
taken, there is reason to believe that it must play a significant part
amongst the Xylophagous Coleoptera of (at any rate a portion of) the
Canarian Group ; but as our sojoiu-n in Hierro Avas both brief and
during the month of February (when the insects of this Family are
necessarily difficult to procure), I was unable to obtain specimens in
a more satisfactory state.

Genus 179. HYLURGUS.
Latreille, Gen. Cncst. et Ins. ii. 274 (1807).

432. Hylurgiis ligniperda.

Bostrichus ligniperda, Fah., Ent. St/d. i. ii. 367 (1792).
Hyliu'gus ligniperda, Erich., Wiegm. Archiv, ii. 52 (183G).

, Woll., Ins. Mcifl. 302 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 99 (1857).

Habitat in pinetis Teneriffae et Palm®, truncos Pini canariensis
destruens.

The H. ligniperda, which occurs throughout the whole of Europe,
and which has become naturalized in the fir-woods of Madeira, al-
though extremely local is far from uncommon in certain situations at
the Canaries. Hitherto I have observed it only in Teneriffe and
Palma ; but it will probably be found wherever the remains of the
old Finals still exist, — that is to say, in all the islands except Lan-
zarote and Fuerteventura. I have taken it from beneath the rotten
bark of the Finns canariensis at the Agua Mansa, and in the Pinal
above Ycod el Alto, in Teneriff'e ; as also, in similar situations, in the
Barranco above S'"" Cruz of Palma.

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Geuus 180. HYLASTES.
Erichson, in Wiegm. Archiv, ii. 47 (1836).

433. Hylastes Lowei.

Hylastes Lowei, Paiva, Ann. Nat. Hist. (3rd series) viii. 211 (1861).
Habitat TenerifFam et Palmam, in iisdem locis ac prsecedens, hinc
inde vulgaris.

This insect appears to have exactly the same range as the preceding
one, and will probably be found to be equally universal throughout
the scattered remains of the ancient Finals, wherever such still exist.
Nevertheless, up to the present time, I have observed it only in pre-
cisely the same spots as that insect,— namely, at the Agua Mansa,
and in the fir- woods above Ycod el Alto, of Teneriffe ; and in the
Barranco above S''' Cruz in Palma. In Teneriffe it was captured
also by Dr. Crotch. It is closely allied to the European H. ater ; but
is smaller, with its punctation much finer and denser, and with the
unsculptured line down the middle of its pronotum more distinct.

Fam. 45. CURCULIONID^.

(Subfam. COSSONIDES*.)

Genus 181. EREMOTES.
WoUaston, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (new series) v. 864 (1861).

434. Eremotes crassicomis.

Hylurgus crassicomis?, Bridle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 71 (1838).
Eremotes crassicomis, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond, v. 365. pi. 18. f. 1
(1861).

Habitat in pinetis Canariae, Teneriffae et Palmse, rarissimus, truncos
Pini canariensis antiquos emortuos perforans.

This curious insect, so remarkable for its exceedingly round and
prominent eyes, enormously thickened antennae, with their reduced
capitulum and the greatly abbreviated second joint of their fimiculus,
which is almost buried within the enlarged basal one, as well as for
the small spine with which the inner apex of its tibiae is armed, seems
to be confined to the rotten trunks of the Pinus canariensis, at inter-
mediate and lofty elevations. It will probably be found wherever

* For the exact details (stractural and diagnostic) of the various members here
enumerated of this Subfamily of the Rhynchophora. I must refer to my Paper "on
the Atlantic Coiy^onidcs." published in the fifth volume (new series) of the " Trans-
actions of the Entom. Soc. of London.'

270 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

the remains of the old Finals still exist ; nevertheless hitherto I
have observed it only on the mountains above San Bartolome (in the
district of Tarajana) of Grand Canary, at the Agua Mansa in Tene-
rifFe, and in the Barranco above S"^ Cruz in Palma, — in the last of
which islands it was captured also by Dr. Crotch. Its cylindric out-
line, intensely black hue, and deeply sculptured surface give it much
the appearance at first sight of certain members of the Hylcsinidce ;
nevertheless, apart from all minor distinctions, the struetiire of its
undilated, apically uncinate, and externally simple tibise will imme-
diately remove it from the whole of those groups.

Genus 182. EHYNCOLUS.
(Creutzer) Germ., Ins. Spec. 307 (1824).

435, Ehyncolus crassirostris.

Rhyncolus crassirostris, WoU., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. v. 367. pi. 18.
f. 3 (18G1).

Habitat in montibus Canarise Grandis, pinos cmortuas destruens.

The few examples which have come hitherto beneath my notice of
this insect I captured, during April 1859, from out of the trunk of
an old Finns canariensis, on the ascent to the Pinal above San Bar-
tolome, in the mountains of Grand Canary. It would appear, there-
fore, to have the same habits as the Eremotes crassicornis, and may
consequentl}^ be expected to occur in spots where the latter, and other
pine-infesting species, are found. Its distinctions from the European
i?. truncorum, which at first sight it somewhat resembles, may be
gathered from a reference to my Paper cited above.

Genus 183. PHLCEOPHAGUS.

Schonherr, Gen. et Spec. Cure. iv. 1047 (1838).

436. Phloeophagus caulium.

Phloeopbagus caidium, WoU., Trans. Ejit. Soc. Lond. v. 370 (1861).
Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventuram, in tnxncis ramisque Eu-
phorbiarum emortuis degens.

So far as observed hitherto, the present Pldceophagus seems to be
peculiar to the dead Euj)ho7-bia-stems of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura,
where it is occasionally veiy abundant, and in the former of which it
was first captured by Mr. Gray and myself, at Haria, during January
1858. It may be known by its deei)ly sculptured surface (the punc-
tures of its pro thorax, particularly in the Lanzarotan specimens, being
exceedingly large) and by its obsolete scutellum. the latter being

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usually quite untraceable even beneath the highest powers of the
microscope.

437. Phlceophagus laurineus.
Phloeophagus laurineus, Wall., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. v. 371 (1861).
Habitat in sylvaticis editioribus TenerifFa?, Gomerce et Palmae, sub
cortice laurorum erodens.

Although approaching each other at first sight, the present Phloeo-
phagus and the last one will be seen, on a closer inspection, to be
totally distinct. Their habits, also, are quite different > for whilst
the P. caulium is apparently peculiar to the decayed Eiiphorhia-siems,
in the two arid islands of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, the laurineus,
on the other hand, has been observed hitherto only in the laurel-
regions of a comparatively high elevation in Teneriife, Gomera, and
Palma, where it occurs beneath the dead bark of the old trees, in
the dampest and most sylvan spots. It may be known from the
caulium by its elytra being just perceptibly less ovate and stiU more
deeply sculptured (the punctures being excessively large and the in-
terstices somewhat raised, or convex), by its antennae and legs being
a trifle longer and paler, and by its scutellum (although minute) being
always developed and readily distinguishable even under an ordinary
lens. The Palman form, which in my Paper " on the Atlantic Cos-
sonides " I have regarded as the " var. /3. capittilatus,''^ dififers a little
from that which obtains in Teneriffe, " having its prothorax (when
viewed beneath the microscope) subalutaceous, with the punctures
rather smaller and more dense, its elytral interstices somewhat less
convex, and its antennal club a trifle more abbreviated and abrupt ;"
but there can be no doubt, I think, that it is a mere insular phasis
of the other.

I have taken the P. laurineus, in its typical state, in the laurel-
woods above Taganana, as also in those at Las Mercedes and the
Agua Garcia, of Teneriffe ; and the var. /3, in similar situations, in
the Barranco da Agua and the Barranco de Galga, of Palma. It was
likewise found, though sparingly, by Dr. Crotch in Gomera.

438. Phlceopliagus afl&nis.

Phloeophagus affinis, Woll, Trans. Mit. Soc. Lond. v. 373 (1861).

Habitat in Teneriff'a et Hierro, ramos Euphorbiarum emortuos nisi
faUor praecipue destruens.

In my Paper " on the Atlantic Cossonides" I have remarked that
"For the present Phlceojohagus I have no very decided structural
character, and I can therefore best express it negatively — i. e., by

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stating what it is not. Thus, its exceedingly perceptible scutellum
(when viewed beneath the microscope) at once removes it from the
P. caul'mm and p'lceus, whilst its sufficiently expanded third tarsal
joint will likewise prevent its confusion with the latter, and therefore
a fortiori with the simplicipes. It remains, therefore, only to point
out its distinctions from the laurineus ; and this, in its normal state,
is easily done, since it is not only less deeply sculptured, and with its
antennae somewhat darker and not quite so elongate, but its elytral
interstices are less convex, and its prothorax (like the var. /3 of the
laurineus) is more or less subalutaceous, and with its punctures a
little smaller and more dense,"

The P. ajjinis is, I believe, attached principally to the Euplwrhia-
stems of low and intermediate altitudes ; at all events I have taken
it in such situations at Taganana, and the Agua Mansa, in TeneriflPe ;
as also, at a very slight elevation above the sea-level, in the district
of El Golfo, on the western side of Hierro. The specimens from
Hierro (corresponding to the " var. /3. proximus" of my Paper) have
their elytral interstices a trifle more elevated and their jirothorax
(when viewed beneath the microscope) not perceptibly alutaceous ;
but I think they merely represent a slight variety of the TenerifFan
species.

439. Phloeophagus simplicipes.
Phloeophagus simplicipes, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Land. v. 374 (1861).

Habitat TenerifFam, arbores Fici antiquas in inferioribus perforans.

In its dark hue and deeply sculptured surface the present PJiloeo-
phagus has every appearance, at first sight, of the laurineus, except
that it is a little smaller ; nevertheless on a closer inspection it will
be seen to have its third tarsal joint scarcely at all dilated or bilobed
— at any rate very much less so than is the case in that sjjecies ;
whilst, in minor particulars, its somewhat shorter scape, and just
perceptibly less ventricose elytra, the punctures of which avQ propor-
tionally still larger, should be noticed. In its habits also it is not
the same as that insect ; for whilst the P. laurineus occm's in damp
sylvan spots of intermediate and lofty altitudes, the only examples
(ten in number) which I have seen of the simplicipes were captured
from out of the dry, rotten wood of an old fig-tree, at the mouth of
the Barranco do Passo Alto, near S'"* Cruz, in Teneriffe, on an arid
slope only just elevated above the sea-level. It is probable, however,
that its attachment, in that particular locality, to the fig-ivee may
have been accidental ; though such, at all events, would imply that
its range is lower than that of the laurineus.

CANARIAN COLEOPTKKA. 273

440. Phlceophagus piceus.

Phlceophagus piceus, JFolL, Tram. Ent. Soc. Loud. v. 374 (1861).

Habitat Lanzarotam, Fuerteventuram et Canariam, in arboribus
antiqiiis Fici praecipue degens.

Its somewhat narrower outline and more piceous hue, in conjunc-
tion with its rather k^ss coarsely punctured prothorax, its obsolete
(or subobsolete) scutellum, and its only slightly expanded antepe-
nultimate tarsal joint, will sufficiently characterize this species. As
regards its mode of life, it seems to occur principally in the rotten
wood of old fig-trees at low and intermediate elevations ; imder
which circumstances I have taken it in Lanzarote and Puerteventura,
and at Megan in Grand Canary, — in the first of which islands it was
found also by Mr, Gray. The Lanzarotan and Fuerteventuran spe-
cimens, which in my Memoir " on the Atlantic Cossonides " I have
regarded as the '* var. /5. sabparalhlus" are a little larger and more
parallel than those from Mogan in Grand Canary, and have their
prothorax somewhat more finely and closely punctured ; but their
other details, no less than their habits, do not appear to differ from
the Canarian ones, and I believe that it would scarcely be safe to
treat them as specifically distinct.

Genus 184. PENTATEMNUS.
Wollaston, Trans. Ent. Sue. Loml. v. 385 (1861).

441. Pentatemnus arenarius.

Pentatemnus arenarius, Wul!., Travis. Ent. Soc. Lond. v. 388. pi. 19.
f. 1 (1861).

Habitat Lanzarotam, Fuerteventuram et Canariam, ad radices
plantarum in arenosis aridis submaritimis crescentium fodiens.

Of this cimous insect, so remarkable [amongst the Cossonides) for
its convex, fusiform, pilose body, obsolete eyes, thick, abbreviated
antennae (ydth. their 5-jointed funiculus), subfossorial habits, and for
the minute spine with which the inner apical angle of its tibite is
furnished, I have given the full details (structural and diagnostic)
in my Paper *' on the Atlantic Cossonides.'"' Its mode of life is very
peculiar, it being found about the roots of the few shrubby plants
(particularly the Zygophiillum Fontanesii, Webb, and a small Eu-
pJiorhia) which stud the dry sandy wastes of Lanzarote, Fuerteventura,
and Grand Canary, — usually at a considerable depth beneath the
surface of the ground. Hitherto I have observed it principally in
Fuerteventura, where it was first captured by Mr. Gray and myself

274 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

(on the sand-hills to the south of the Puerto de Cabras) at the end
of January 1858, — in which locahty I again met with it during April
of the following year. But it is in the arid tracts in the north of
that island, at Corralejo, that I have taken it more abundantly. My
few Lanzarotan specimens are from the neighbourhood of Arrecife ;
and the Grand Canarian ones from the sandy district in the extreme
south, around Maspalomas. I likewise met with it (on the 11th of
March 1859) in the Little island of Graciosa, off the north of Lanza-
rote.

Genus 185. ONYCHOLIPS.
Wollaston, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. v. 389 (1861).

442. Onycholips bifurcatus.

On vch clips bifurcatus, Woll., Tram. Ent. Soc. Lond. v. 394. pi. 10. f. 2
(1861).

Habitat Lanzarotam, Fuei'teventuram et Canariam, in loeis simili-
bus ac Pentatemntis arenarins et una cum illo degens, sed rarior.

It will be needless for me here to enter into any details concerning
the 0. bifurcatus, since I have done so, at very great length, in my
Paper " on the Atlantic Cossonides.''' I may, however, just repeat,
what I there stated, that '' in its marvellously reduced antennal scape
(which is so excessively short as to be entirely buried within the
deep fovea, or abbreviated scrobs, in which it is implanted), as well
as in the very unusual proportions of its s«.v-joiated funiculus*, its
total freedom from even the rudiments of eyes, and its most won-
derful tibiae and feet, this extraordinary insect presents a combina-
tion of features perfectly anomalous, and which I believe are quite
unparalleled in any Coleopterous genus on record. Indeed the struc-
ture of its tibiae and tarsi are so outrageously abnormal, that, did not
the general outward contour of the creature, and the formation of its
rostrum, oral organs, and antennae (not to mention its saj^erficial
points of resemblance with the exponent of the preceding genus)
bespeak it as Rhynchophorous, it would have been quite impossible
to decide to what primary division of the Coleoptera it should be re-
ferred."

In its subglobose, hairy, and testaceous body, as well as in its fos-
sorial habits, no form could appear further removed, prima facie, from
the normal members of the present Section of the RliynchopJiora than
Onycholijjs. Nevertheless, after considering this question very care-

* The first and second (!) joints of the funicuUis are very hvrge and thick, whilst
the remaining four are short and small.

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 275

fully, I am satisfied that the whole of these blind, pilose, sand-infest-
ing, burrowing Gurculionklce of the Atlantic islands (namely, Penta-
temnus, OnychoUps, and the Porto Santan Lipommata) are most
intimately allied ; and in my Memoir above alluded to I discussed
their afiinities in extenso, together with those of the almost blind
Mesoxenus, and arrived at the conclusion that the four genera could
not properly, in a natural system of arrangement, be placed far
asunder, — adding, "If we may consider, therefore, their near relation-
ship as a settled point, it becomes comparatively easy to discuss their
affinities ; for, had the second of them only (/. e. Onydiolips) been
brought to light, we might have had great difficulty in referring it
to any known subfamily or group, — the structure of its four hinder
tarsi and other minutiae being quite unintelligible without the aid of
some collateral form to suggest a partial explanation. But, granting
its kinship with Pentatemnus and LijJommata, we at once connect
it with the Mesoxeni (of Madeira and Teneriffe), which Pentatemnus
manifestly approaches, and thence with PentartJirum and the typical
Cossonides.'^

In its mode of life OnychoUps seems to be identical with Pentatem-
nus, with which indeed it is found in company. It was first taken,
by Mr. Gray and myself, at the end of January 1858, about the roots
of the few shrubby plants, around which solid hillocks have been
gradually accumulated from the drifting sand, in the arid ti'act to the
south of Puerto de Cabras in Fuerteventura — a spot in which I again
met with it during April of the following year. And I also captured
a single specimen, in a similar situation, on the sandy isthmus of
Grand Canary which connects the Isleta with the mainland ; as well
as in the little island of Graciosa, off the north of Lanzarote.

Genus 186. MESOXENUS.
WoUaston, Trans. Ent. Sac. Land. v. 395 (1861).

443. Mesoxenus Monizianus.

Pentarthrum Moniziauum, WoU., Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 450 (I860).
Mesoxenus Monizianus, Id., Trans. Ent. Sac. Land. v. 396. pi. l9. f. 4
(1861).

Habitat in Teneriifa, rarissimus.

This insect is the only member of the Cossonldes enumerated in
the present Catalogue which has been observed hitherto beyond the
Canarian Group, it having been detected also in Madeira — by Senhor
Moniz, who obtained many specimens of it from under old boards
lying on the damp earth, in his garden at Funchal. At the Canaries

I 2

27C? CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

it would aj)pear to be very rare, two examples only, both of them
from Teneriffe, having as yet come beneath my notice, — one of which
I captured in a house immediately above the Puerto of Orotava,
during March 1858, whilst the other was found by the Eev. R. T.
Lowe, during April 1860, in a dead Euphorbia -stem, at Garachico.
Its convex, fusiform body, ajneous hue, and shining, lightly sculp-
tured surface, in conjunction with its obsolete eyes and 5-jointed
funiculus, will, apart from numerous secondary characters (fully
pointed out in my diagnosis), sxifRce to distinguish it.

Genus 187. MESITES.
Schonherr, Gen. et Spec. Cure. iv. 1043 (1838).

§ I. Corpvs sat magnum, paraUelum ; femorihxis onmibus muticis.

444. Mesites complanatus.

Mesites complanatus, fVoIl, Trans. Eid. Soe. Loud. v. 401 (1861).
Habitat Palmam, sub cortiee laurorum laxo in editioribiis sylvaticis
hinc inde hand infrcquens.

In my Paper on the Cossonides I have stated that '' the present
large and beautiful Mesites (which, so far as I have hitherto ob-
served, appears to be peculiar to the island of Palma) may be known
readily from the following one by its broader outline, more depressed,
deeply sculptured surface, and darker hue. Its prothorax is wider,
and more rounded at the sides, than is the case in that iiisect, with
its punctures considerably larger and less dense, and its central keel
more evident ; whilst its elytral striae are much deeper, wider, and
more coarsely crenated, and the interstices proportionally narrower
and more costate. I took it, not uncommonly, beneath the loose
bark of the native laurels, in the dense sylvan ravines of Palma, at
rather a high elevation — especially the Barranco da Agua and the
Barranco de Galga — during May and June of 1858."

445. Mesites persimilis.

Mesites persimilis, Woll, Tram. Ent. Soc. Loud. v. 402 (1861).

Habitat in locis similibus ac prsecedens,sed in TenerifFa (nee Palma).

" The M. persimilis, which abounds in certain spots within the

sylvan regions of Teneriflfe, is narrower, less depressed, more piceous,

and (on the average) rather smaller than its Palman representative 5

its prothorax, also, is less rounded, or widened, at the sides, more

closely and less deeply punctured, and with its central keel less dis-

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 277

tinct ; whilst its elytra have their striae very much narrower and less
deeply crenated, and their interstices (proportionally) broader and
less convex,

" Both the present Mesites and the last one belong more particu-
larly to the same type as the 31. niaderensis and the British 31. Tard'd;
and, indeed, the pershnilis is very closely allied to the former, with
which I had at first imagined it to be identical. It may, however,
be at once known from it through its almost entirely wanting (as is
the case also with the 31. complmuitus) the fine elytral pubescence
which is so conspicuous in the Madeiran species ; its prothoracic
keel, also, is more obscure ; and its elytra are less convex, with their
strife much broader, deeper, and more coarsely crenidated. In both
of these Canarian species the eyes are rather smaller, and more ob-
long, than in the M. maderensis." [he. cit. pp. 402, 403.] Tene-
riffan examples of the 31. pcrsimilis have also been communicated by
Dr. Crotch.

446. Mesites proximus.
Mesites proximus, Woll., Tram. Ent. Soc. Land. v. 404 (1861).
Habitat TenerifFam, ad Taganana Maio a.d. 1859 parce repertus.
" In outline the 31. prox'unus is a trifle less parallel than the pi'e-
ceding members of this Section, though its elytra have only a faint
tendency to the posterior attenuation which is so very evident in the
two exponents of the following one ; its male femora, however, have
not any appearance of that obtuse, subdentiform projection on their
underside which characterizes the M. fusiformis and puhipennis. It
is a little smaller and more depressed than the pefsim'dis, its colour
is more cloudy, or unequal (after the fashion of tortoiseshell), its
pro thorax is more rounded at the sides, rather coarsely alutaceous,
and very much more finely and remotely punctured (and with com-
paratively larger additional punctures in its central basal depression),
its elytra are more evidently (though very slightly) subpubescent and
with their striae proportionally broader and deeper, and its funiculus-
joints are altogether somewhat shorter and more compact. From
the Madeiran 31. euphorhicH it may be known by its darker hue,
more lateraUy-rounded prothorax (which has its hinder central punc-
tures much more coarse), by its larger frontal fovea, and by its elytral
striae being very much broader, deeper, and more distinctly crenated."
\loc. cit. pp. 404, 405.]

Hitherto I have seen but two examples of this species, both of
which I captured at Taganana, in the north of TenerifFc, during May
1859.

278 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

§ II. CoijJus minus, subfusiforme {elytris postice senshn acuminatis);
femoribus masculis svbtus obtuse subdentatis.

447. Mesites fusiformis.

Mesites fusiformis, WolL, Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud. v. 405 (1861).

Habitat insulas Canarienses, in Palma soIjx adhuc hand detectus,
tnincos ramulosqiie Euphorbiarum emortuos ubique destruens.

" The present Mesites and the M.pubipennis may at once be known
from those already enumerated by their sub fusiform outline (their
elytra being more or less perceptibly attenuated posteriorly) and by
their male femora being obtusely srcSdentate beneath ; whilst inter
se they will be recognized by the M. fusiformis being (like the three
preceding species) free from any trace of the lurid pubescence which
is so conspicuous in the Palman representative. The M. fusiformis
is, likewise, less deeply sculptured than the pubipennis, and its ely-
tral interstices are less convex and more sparingly (and even more
minutely) punctulated."

"The M. fusiformis is most abundant thi'oughout the Canarian
Group, — Palma being the only one of the seven islands in which,
up to the present date, I have not taken it. Being thus universal,
however, there can be little doubt that it must exist in Palma like-
wise ; and the fact of my sojourn there, in May and Jime of 1858,
being somewhat late in the season for the Eujyhorbia-insects, may
perhaps be a sufficient explanation for its having escaped me in that
island. Nevertheless it is certainly remarkable that the few speci-
mens of the genus Mesites which I happened to secure whilst at Palma
(or which were secured pre\'iously by Mr. Gray) from the dead stems
of the Euphorbias should have been specifically distinct from those
which obtain throughout the remainder of the archij)elago. Nor is
this rendered the less curious from the circumstance that the large
M. persimilis, which infests the laurel-woods of Tencriffe, should bo,
also, represented in the sylvan districts of Palma by an allied but
most conspicuous species, the M. complanattis I" [he. cit. pp. 405,406.]

In Lauzarote and Hierro the M. fusiformis was taken likewise by
Mr. Gray, in Teneriff'e by the Barao do Castello de Paiva, and in
Teneriffe and Gomera by Dr. Crotch ; and in the little islands of
Graciosa and Lobos, off the extreme north of Lanzarote and Fuerte-
ventura (respectively), I have myself captured it.

448. Mesites pubipennis.
Mesites pubipennis, Wall., Trans. Hut. Soc. Loml. v. 406 (1861).

Habitat in locis similibus ae prsecedens, sed in ins. Palma, nee alibi.

CANAEIAN COLEOPTERA. 279

As already stated, the M. puhlpennis is apparently peculiar to
Palraa, where it was first captured by Mr. Gray during February
1858 ; and where, at the end of May of the same year, I took a few
more specimens, from out of the decayed Eujyhorbia-stems in the
Barranco above S'"* Cniz. " That it is no modification of the if. fusi-
formis, which is so abundant and universal throughout the other
islands of the Canarian archipelago, seems evident from the fact that
that insect remains constant under the various circumstances and
conditions, and in the innumerable localities, in which it is elsewhere
found — being, to all appearance, quite independent both of external
agencies and altitude. I conclude, therefore, that the very decided
characters of sculpture and clothing which distinguish the M. puhi-
pennis are truly specific ones, and such as cannot be referred to local
influences of any kind."

" The pubescent elytra of the M. puhlpennis (which have their in-
terstices more convex and evidently punctulated, and their striae
broader and deeper), in conjunction with its more closely and roughly
punctured prothorax (especially, however, of the female sex)," will
immediately distinguish it from the last species, [loc. cit. p. 407.]

(Subfam. RHYNCHOPHORIBES.)

Genus 188. SITOPHILUS.
Schonhen-, Gen. et Spec. Cure. iv. 9G7 (1838).

449. Sitophilus granarius.

Curculio gi-auarius, Linn., Fna Suec. 587 (1701).

Sitophilus granarius, ScMn., Gen. et Spec. Cure. iv. 977 (1838).

* linearis?, Brulle, in IFebb et Berth. (Col.) 73 (1838).

granarius, WolL, Ins. Mad. 321 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 104 (1857).

Habitat insulas Canarienses, in Gomera sola adhuc hand observatus.

This cosmopolitan insect has become naturalized at the Canaries (as
completely as in Madeira), where it is doubtless universal. Hitherto,
however, like the following one, I do not happen to have observed it
in Gomera — where, however, there can be no question that it is as
common as elsewhere. But in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Grand Ca-

* M. Brulle omits all notice of the common S. granarius, which aboimds at
the Canaries, but records in his list (in addition to the 8. oryzcB) the S. linearis,
Hbst. Amongst the numerous Sifophili which I have examined from the various
islands, I cannot detect a vestige of any species except the granarius and oryza ;
and, from the inaccuracy, therefore, of M. Brulle's Catalogue, which moreover
does not give so much as a single habitat, I have little doubt that he has mistaken
an immature example of the former for that insect.

280 CAXARIAX COLEOVTERX.

nary, Palma, and Hierro I have captured it, more or less abundantly.
In Lanzarote and Hierro it was found likewise by Mr. Gray ; and
fi'om Tencrifi'e it has been comiminicated by the Barao do Castello de
Paiva. It occurs principally beneath the refuse around the base of
corn-stacks ; though it may also be taken in, and about, houses and
granaries.

•fSO. Sitophilus oryzae.

Curculio orvzfe, Linn., Cent. Lis. 12 ( 17():V).

Sitophilus orvzre, BrnlU, in Webh ct Berth. {C'oL) 73 (1838).

, WulL, Ins. 3LuI. 322 ( 18o4).

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

, IlartuHcj, (icoloy. Yolddtn. Lanz. nnd Faert. 141.

Habitat insulas omnes Canarienses, vulgaris.

Like the last species, a mere importation into these islands, where,
however, it has established itself even more completely than it has at
MadeLra. It is universal throughout the archipelago ; for although
I did not myself meet with it during our short sojourn in Gomera,
four Gomeran examples have lately been communicated by Dr. Crotch.
But in the other six islands of the Group I have taken it, more or
less abundantly. In Lanzarote, Palma, and Hierro it was found also
by Mr. Gray ; and from Tenciiffe it has been sent by the Barao do
Castello de Paiva. It occurs in similar spots as the /S'. (jranarlus, and
usually indeed in company with it. It is recorded by M. Morelet at
the Azores.

(Subfam. CllYPTOEHYXCHIDLS.)

Genus 189. CEUTHORHYNCHUS.

Sclionherr, Cnrc. iJisp. Jlrfli. 208 ( 182()).

451. Ceuthorhynchus pollinarius.

Curculio pollinarius, Forst., Nov. Ins. Spec. 33 (1772).

deutatus, 3Ishm, Ent. Brit. 280 ( 1802).

Ceuthorhynchus pollinarius, Schiin., Gen. et Spec. Cnrc. iv. 543 (1837).

Hahitat in Teneriifa ct Hierro, hinc inde super folia Urticarum,
The common European C. pollinarius occurs sparingly at the Ca-
naries, where it has perhaps been naturalized from more northern
latitudes. I have taken it, from off nettles, in semicultivated spots,
above the Puerto Orotava, as also at the Agua Garcia, in Teneriffe,
and near Valverde in Hierro, — in the first of which islands it was
found likewise by Mr. Gray and Dr. Crotch.

452. Ceuthorhynchus quadridens.

f 'urcnlio qnadridenp, A/r., Fini derm, xxxvi. 13 (1706).
r'rijthorhyncliiip qiiadridrns, Schdn., Crcn. rt Spec. Cnrc. iv. 5.34 (1837).

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Ceutorhynchiis quadridens, WoU., Im. Mad. 326 (1854).
, Id., Cat. 3Iad. Col. 105 (1857).

Habitat in Fuerteventui-a, Teneriifa, Gomera, Palma -et Hicrro,
super folia plantarum prsecipue in cultis occurrens.

There can be little doubt, I tliink, that the present insect, which
abounds in most parts of Europe and which occurs also at Madeira,
has been imported into these islands. I have taken it, in culti-
vated spots, in the Rio Pahnas of Fuerteventura ; at S''' Cruz and
on the mountains above it, as well as about Souzal, in Tencriffe, and
near Valverde in Hierro ; and it was captured by Mr. Gray in Go-
mera and Palma, and by Dr. Crotch in Teneriffe and Gomera. We
may be pretty sure, therefore, that it is universal throughout the
archipelago ; for it can scarcely be absent from either Lanzarote or
Grand Canary.

453. Ceuthorhynchus nigroterminatus.

Ceutorhynclius nigroterminatus, Wall., Ins. Mad. 327 (1854).
, Id., Cut. Mad. Col. 106 (1857).

Habitat in Teneriffa et Hierro, passim.

This insect, which occurs sparingly in Madeira, is in all proba-
bility pretty generally distributed over the Canarian Group, though
hitherto I have observed it only in TeneriiFe and Hierro, — namely,
at Souzal, the Agua Garcia, the Agua Mansa, and near Orotava, of
the former, and close to Valverde of the latter. A Teneriffan ex-
ample has also been communicated by Dr. Crotch. It occui's prin-
cipally in, or in the vicinity of, cultivated spots.

454. Ceuthorhynchus pyrrhorhjmchus.

Curculio pvrrhorhynohus, Mshm, Ent. Brit. 257 (1802).
Nedyus suturalis, Iteph., III. Brit. Ent. v. 419 (1832).
Ceuthorhynchus pulviuatus, Sclion., Gen. et Sijec. Cure. iv. 494 (1837)

Habitat Fuerteventuram, in cultis parce deprehensus.

The common European C. pyrrhorhipichus may perhaps have been
accidentally introduced from more northern latitudes into these
islands, where, however, it is extremely rare. Hitherto I have met
with it only in Fuerteventura, namely at Agua Bucyes and at Ohva.

455. Ceuthorhynchus phytobioides, n. sp.

C. niger, capite prothoracequo dense rugoso-punctatis, hoc pone api-
cem (dilutiorem subrecurvum) profuude constricto, postice canali-
cula media lata necnon utrinque tuberculo instructo ; elytris pi-
cescentioribus, rotundato-obovatis basi truncatis, profunde striatis
(striis vix punctatis), interstitio tcrtio (necnon extra hoc etiam al-

282 CANARIAN COIEOPTERA.

ternis, sed minus evideuter) latiore elevato et uigro albidoque squa-
moso-tessellato ; antennis pedibusque elongatis, rufo-testaceis, il-
larum ciqjitulo nigrescente ; femoribus dentatis ; tarsorum articulo
primo longiusculo.
Mas tibiis jjosterioribiis ad aj)icem internum spina minuta armatis. —
Long. Corp. lin. 1^.

Habitat TeneriiFam sylvaticam, suj)ra Tagananam semel captus.

The present Ceuthorhi/nchas and the he^perus are remarkable, inter
alia, for their third elytral interstice (and indeed the alternate ones
also on the outer side of it, though less evidently so) being not only
widened and somewhat raised, but also sparingly tessellated with
blackish and whitish scales. Their femora, moreover, are armed be-
neath with an acute spine. In its special characters, the C. ])hyto-
bioides is rather smaller than its ally ; its elytra (which are rounder
and more obovate) are not quite so black and have their striae less
evidently punctured ; and its limbs are longer and rather paler — the
first two joints of the funiculus and the basal one of the feet being
conspicuously more elongated. As in many of the CeutJiorhi/nchi, its
male sex (which I have alone seen) has the inner apices of its four
hinder tibiae produced into a very minute terminal spine. It is
hitherto unique, the single example from which the above diagnosis
has been di'awn out having been captured by myself, during May
1859, at Taganana, in the north of Teneriflfe. Its rounded elytra
and elongate legs, in conjunction with its tubercled prothorax, give
it much the appearance, prima facie, of a Phytobius — a fact which
has suggested its specific name*.

456. Ceuthorhynchus hesperus, n. sp.

C. sp. prsecedenti similis, sed paulo major, clytris minus rotundatis
(magis obovato-quadi-atis), nigrescentioribus, striis evidentius punc-
tatis ; antennis pedibusque brevioribus, paulo magis obscurioribus,
funiculi articulis (praisertim 1™** et 2"") necnon tarsorum basali con-
spicue minus elongatis.

Mas adhuc latet.

Fcem. tibiis omnibus ad apicem internum simplicibus. — Long. corp.
lin. vix 1|.

Habitat in ins. Hierro ; ad rupes aquosas herbidas excelsas in re-
gione El Golfo dicta exemplar unum, Februario a.d. 1858, deprehendi.

* In affinity the C.fhytohioidcs is evidently very close to the Madeiran lineafo-
tesseUahis, agreeing with that insect almost exactly in its outline and sculpture
and in the general plan of its ornamentation ; nevertheless specifically it is abun-
dantly distinct from it, being scarcely more than half the size and of a different
colom-, with the basal joint of its feet relatively more elongated and with the
tooth of its front tibiae much more developed.

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 283

From my having obtained but a single specimen, and that a fe-
male, of the present insect, and in like manner only a male of the
preceding one, I had at first irnagined, from their near resemblance
to each other, that they might perhaps be but the sexes of one spe-
cies ; nevertheless a closer examination shows an abundance of dif-
ferences which, I think, cannot possibly be sexual. Thus, the C. hes-
perus is rather the larger of the two ; its elytra are blacker, and less
rounded at the sides (being somewhat broader and more quadrate),
and have their striae more evidently pimctured ; and its limbs, parti-
cularly the antennae, are shorter and (although pale) of an obscurer
tint. My miique example was captured from amongst vegetation
on some wet rocks, at a high elevation, on the descent from the
Cumbre into the region of El Golfo, on the west of Hierro.

From the fact of the C. Tiesperus and j^hytobioides having so strong
an affinity with the (nevertheless comparatively gigantic) lineato-
tessellatus of Madeira, and since the last insect appears to be attached
exclusively to the fohage of the flat Sempervivum patina, Lowe, which
studs the rocks in the damper spots of that island, I have little doubt
that both of these Canarian species wiU be found to have a similar
habit, and that they must consequently be searched for on the succu-
lent leaves of the Semperviva and Seda within the sylvan districts.

Genus 190. ACALLES,
Schonherr, Cure. Disp. Meth. 295 (1826).

In describing the following twelve species of Acalles I do not think
it necessary to give their sexual distinctions, which are the same (or
very nearly so) in all of them. In the males the rostrum is opake
and coarsely sculptured ; whilst in the females it is a trifle longer,
narrower, and more arcuate, as also more piceous and shining, and
much more lightly sculptured.

457. Acalles argillosus.

A. squamis argillosis et brunneo-albidis densissime nebulosus ; rostro
subrecto, ad basin ipsissimam minus conspicue exciso ; prothorace
postiee leviter angustato, ante medium setoso-bituberculato ; ely-
tris profunde punctato-striatis, postiee valde productis coarctatis,
ad apicem ipsissimum obtuse subbisinuato-truncatis, carinis inter-
ruptis nodulisque (praesertim post medium) instructis, ante apicem
fascia hastata pallidiore plus minus obscura ornatis ; tarsis latis,
valde squamosis. — Long. corj). lin. 3|^-4.

Acalles argillosus, Schon., Gen. et Spec. Cure. iv. 327 (1837).
Tylodes scaber, Brulle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 72. pi. 1. f. 14 (1838),

Habitat TenerifFam, intra canles Kleinic^ neriifolice?, DC, degens.

284 CANAEIAN COLEOPTERA.

In their gigantic size the present Acalles and the following one
differ widely from the other species enumerated. Inter se, however,
they are very nearly related ; nevertheless the arglllosus is perhaps,
on the average, a little larger than the ceonii, and the scales with
which it is thickly clothed are altogether of a paler, or more silvery,
hue ; its rostrum (at any rate of the females) is a trifle shorter and
straighter, more densely squamose posteriorly, less perceptibly incised
on either side at its extreme base (though this is partly due to the
scales being more numerous in that region), and in both sexes less
deeply sculptiu'ed ; its prothorax is rather less narrowed behind ;
its elytra (which have their immense punctures more evidently
arranged in longitudinal strioe) have their extreme apex (although
equally constricted) less regularly roimded, or somewhat more obtuse
and subbisinuate ; its tarsi are, if anything, a little shorter and
broader ; and its tibial hook is a trifle shorter and more acute.

Hitherto the A. arglllosus has been observed only in TeneriflTe,
Avhere I obtained several examples, during May of 185'J, at Taga-
nana. It is an insect of eminently musical powers, being able to
create a loud jarring noise by the friction of the inner apical portion
of its elytra (which is roughened, or reticulated) against the setose
surface of its pygidium. Indeed this curious capability (which ap-
pears, however, to exist, more or less, in all the members of the
present genus, as well as in certain other* Curculionids) formed the
subject of a short Paper which I contributed to the ' Ann. of Nat.
Hist.' in July 1860. In fact the specimens were actually discovered
on account of this very fact, by my Portuguese attendant, who,
while shaking the hollow stem of a maritime shrub, was diverted by
a concert of no less than eleven musicians within ! And it would
consequently appear (since additional examples moreover were in
the pupa state) that the creature undergoes its transformations
within the branches of that particular plant, whatsoever it may have
been, and which, from the description given me at the time, I con-
cluded was probably the Kleinia neriifolia, DC. And that this con-
clusion was correct seems now pretty evident, since, on examining
M. BruUe's figure of his Tylodes scaber (for his " description," so
called, is positively worthless, and applies equally to the whole twelve

* In my Paper above aUuded to, I described two large Plinfhi which are
similarly musical ; and Mr. F. Smith has tested the British species of Acalles,
and finds them to be gifted with a like power. Mr. Bewicke, who made most
careful observations in Madeira, heard the various Acalles of that island stridu'.ate
most audibly; and he has lately informed me that he has defected the same
noise in the Ccufharhi/nchus cckii. " which sings beautifully — working its pygi-
dium against the elytra, which are curiously thickened."

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 285

species of the genus), I have not the slightest doubt that that insect
is identical with the AcalJcs argUlosus, and he expressly states
(though, as usual, without any reference to the island in which it
was found) that MM. Webb and Berthelot record its capture " dans
les branches et les vieux trones du Cacalia Kleinia " — which is the
savie plant as DeCandoUe's K. nenifolia.

M. Chevrolat has kindly communicated to me, from his collection,
a type of Schcinherr's A. argillosus, which appears to differ in no
respect from my Teneriffan specimens except that its scales are a
little paler stiU, or more silvery. I have, therefore, no doubt as to
the synonymy of the species.

458. Acalles aeonii, n. sp.

A. squamis brunneis et albido-brunneis densissime nebulosus ; rostro
subarcuato, longiuscnlo, ad basin ipsissimam conspicue utrinque
exciso ; prothorace postice angustato, ante medium sctoso-bitu-
bci'culato ; elytris profunde substriato-punctatis, postice valde
productis coaretatis, ad apicem ipsissimum conjunctim subrotun-
datis, carinis interruptis nodulisque subsetosis (pra3sertim post
medium) instructis, ante apicem fascia hastata pallidiore plus
minus obseura ornatis ; tarsis longiusculis, piceis, articulo prime
subgracili. — Long. corp. lin, 3|-vix 4.

Acalles aeonii, Chevrolat, in litt.
Habitat Teneriffam, intra eaules Sempervivi latens, a Dom. Chev-
rolat communicatus.

As already implied, the distinctly darker, or browner, scales with
which this species is clothed, and its slightly longer and more ar-
cuated rostrum (at any rate of the females), which in both sexes is
more roughly punctured and is also more naked posteriorly, which
causes it to appear more conspicuously incised on either side of its
extreme base, in conjunction with its prothorax being somewhat
narrower behind, the termination of its elytra rather more pointed
and entire (or less obtusely bisinuated), and its feet just perceptibly
longer and less squamose, will serve to separate it from its near ally
the A. argillosus.

The specimens (eight in number) from which the above diagnosis
has been compiled have been communicated by M. Chevrolat, who
purchased them from the material of a French naturalist who
collected plants (and a few insects) at the Canaries and elsewhere.
And I think that the note which accompanied them, as to their
habits, is sufficiently special to vouch for its accuracy ; so that even
if no other evidence had existed I believe that I should have been

286 CANAEIAN COLEOPTHEA.

justified in admitting the insect into the present Catalogue. But
since, in point of fact, I myself captured a single individual (crawl-
ing on the outside of a house at the Puerto Orotava) in Tenerifie,
of a species which is so near to M. Chevrolat's that I imagine it
cannot be regarded as more than a variety of it, I further conceive
that it may safely be recorded (not merely as Canarian but) as Tene-
riffan ; and I have consequently entered it as such.

The note above alluded to was to the effect that the insect under-
went its transformations within the stems of the JEoniuni frutescens
{ionium being, as I am informed by the Kev. R. T. Lowe, " a
needless genus of Webb's made out of Sempervlvmn, Linn., and cm-
bracing about twelve out of the numerous Canarian Sempervlva ").
And as this accords well with my own observations on the mode of
life of the A. argillosus, to which it is most nearly allied, I accept it
unresei'vedly, and have adopted the name proposed for it by M.
Chevrolat.

459. Acalles fortunatus, n. sp.

A. sp. pra3cedente minor et magis varicgatus, rostro foemineo angus-
tiore, magis tereti, rufescentiore et multo subtilius ijunctato ; rostro
masculo sensim breviore ; elytris postice magis subito et bre\dter
coarctatis, — Long. corp. lin. ^^-Sg.

Ohs. Species A. acuto major, minus sctosa et postice minus acuta ;
rostro foemineo longiore et sensim j)rofundius punctulato ; rostro
masculo latiore grossiusque punctato ; tarsis robustioribus.

Habitat Gomeram, supra " Hermigua " a Dom. Crotch lectus.

The six specimens from which the present diagnosis has been com-
piled were taken by Dr. Crotch at Hermigua, in Gomera, during the
spring of 1862. They have no very decided distinguishing specific
character, and appear in some measure to be intermediate between
the A. ceonii and acutus, being smaller and more variegated than
the former, more suddenly (and shortly) constricted behind, with
their male rostrimi rather more abbreviated, and their female one
slenderer, more cylindric, more rufescent, and more lightly punc-
tured,— but larger than the latter, less acute posteriorly, and alto-
gether a little less setose, with their rostrimi in both sexes some-
what more coarsely punctured — the male one moreover being broader,
and the female one longer, than is the case in the A. acutus.

To what extent the characters of aU these Canarian Acalles are
liable to vary, it is most difficult to ascertain ; and further material
must decide whether any of those here enumerated are due to either
local influences or isolation.

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 287

460. Acalles xerampelinus.

A. elongato-suboblongus, angustuliis, squamis flavo- (vel etiam rufo-)
bruuneis densissime tectus ; prothorace postice vix angustato, ante
medium leviter setoso-bituberculato; elytris postice longissime pro-
ductis anguste coarctatis, carinis vix interruptis nodulisque dnobus
parvis nigrosetosis pone medium instructis, longe ante apicem fascia
angusta bastata albida (ad utrumque latus antrorsum recto pro-
ducta, intus argute nigro-terminata sed extus plus minus suftusa)
ornatis; pedibus robustis, squamoso-concoloribus. — Long. corp.
lin. 2-3.

Habitat Teneriffam sylvaticam, in herbidis humidiusculis captus.

In its rather straightened body, which however is very much drawn
out, or acuminated, behind, as well as in its more or less yellowish-
(or even reddish-) brown surface, which (in unrubbed specimens) has
merely the ordinary postmedial paler fascia of its elytra narrow and
hastate but nevertheless 2:)ro(luced anteriorly on either side in a straight
line (it being, also, abruptly bounded i^iternally by blacker scales,
whilst externally it is more or less suffused, or gradually shaded off),
this Acalles has such a singular appearance that it cannot possibly be
confounded with any of the other species here enumerated. Although
thickly coated with mud-like scales, it is less setose than perhaps any
of its Canarian allies, some rigid bristles at the apex of its prothorax
and two small darker fasciculi which clothe the minute nodules on
the hinder disc of its elytra being almost the only conspicuous ones.
Its ridges, or alternate interstices, are but very slightly raised, and
hardly at all interrupted ; and its legs, which are densely squamose,
are concolorous with the rest of the surface — not being annulated
with black.

The A. xerampelinus is extremely rare, and apparently confined
to the sylvan districts of the intermediate elevations of Teneriffe. I
have brushed it, sparingly, from out of the rank vegetation in damp
spots, at the Agua Garcia, as well as in the laurel-woods on the
mountains above Taganana.

461. Acalles nubilosus,n. sp.

A. squamis brunneis et albido-brunneis densissime variegatus ; pro-
thorace postice vix angustato, ante medium leviter setoso-bitu-
berculato ; elytris postice productis coarctatis, carinis interruptis
nodulisque duobus parvis nigro-setosis pone medium instructis,
ante apicem fascia hastata albidiore (intiis in medio argute ter-
minata, sed postice fere in apicem pallidiorem suffusa) ornatis ;
pedibus squamoso-variegatis. — Long. corp. lin. If- 2^.

Habitat in lauretis editioribus Teneriffe, rarissimus.

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Known from the A. xeramjieUmis by its more ovate outline, and
by the apex of its elytra being less drawn out, or produced ; by its
rather more variegated hue, the less rufescent colour of its darker
scales, and \>j its paler ones being spread over a larger portion of its
surface (including more or less of the basal region of its elytra) ; by
its interriipted ridges being a little more developed ; and by its post-
medial fascia not being produced forward (in a straight line) on
either side. Like that species, its surface is comparative?)/ free from
setiB, and its prothorax is but very slightly narrowed behind. The
two specimens from which the above characters have been compiled
were both taken in the sylvan districts of Teneriife — one of them at
Las Mercedes, and the other in the laurel-woods above Taganana.

462. Acalles sigma, n. sp.

A. squamis nigro-brunneis et (prajcipue) nigrescentibus densissime
tectus ; protliorace postice angustato (ad latera rotimdato), ante
medium leviter setoso-bituberculato ; elytris postice coarctatis,
apice obtusis, carinis interruptis nodulisque duobus pone medium,
omnibus setosis, instructis, pone medium fascia magna (postice in
medio fasciculo elongato suturali nigrescente terminata) necnon
ante medium utrinque macula parva albido-ornatis ; pedibus elon-
gatis, squamoso-variegatis. — Long. corp. lin. 2g.

Habitat in lauretis editioribus Palmte, rarissimus.

Judging from the two examples now before me, this Acalles is
rather larger than any of the other species here enumerated except
the argUlosus, ceonii, and vemicosus. They were both of them taken
in the laiirel-districts of Palma ; and the species seems to be remark-
able for the dark, or blackish-brown, scales with which it is densely
clothed, and for the very thick and almost snowy-white postmedial
fascia of its elytra, which (in addition to having their interrupted
ridges, or nodules, a good deal developed and setose) have likewise
a small spot of paler scales, on either side, before the middle. Its
elytra (which have an elongate sutural fascicle of darker setne ad-
joining the centre of the hinder edge of their fascia) have their punc-
tures large and deep, and the extreme apex of their constricted por-
tion obtuse.

463. Acalles senilis, n. sp.

A. squamis cinereis densissime nebulosus ; prothorace postice angus-
tato (ad latera valde rotundato), ante medium leviter setoso-bitu-
berculato ; elytris postice coarctatis, apice obtusis, carinis inter-
ruptis nodulisque duobus pone medium, omnibus setosis, instructis,
pone medium fascia vix albidiore (antice in medio sat argute ter-
minata, sed postice suffusa) ornatis ; pedibus breviusculis, squa-
moso-variegatis.— Long. Corp. lin. 2.

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 289

Habitat in Hierro, hand procul ab oppido Yalverde semel captus.

I do not think that the single specimen from which the above
diagnosis has been drawn can safely be referred to any of the other
species here enumerated, particularly when the remoteness of its
habitat is taken into account. It was captiu'cd, by myself, near
Valverde, in the island of Hierro, on the 11th of February 1858 ;
and it may be known by the cinereous scales with which it is densely
clouded, by its postmedial fascia being suffused behind almost into
the apex of the elytra, but bounded anteriorly by three darker fas-
cicles of setae, and by its limbs being rather short.

464. Acalles brevitarsis, n. sp.

A. squamis brunneis et flavo-brunneis densissime nebulosus ; pro-
thorace postice angustato (ad latera valde rotundato), ante medium
setoso-bi~ (vel etiam quatuor-) tuberculato ; elytris postice bre-
viter et subito coarctatis, apice sat obtusis, carinis interruptis no-
duHsque duobus orauino elevatis et valde setosis pone medium in-
.structis, ibidem vix faseiatis sed antice pone scutellum plus minus
dilutioribus ; pedibus crassis, squamoso-variegatis, tarsis postieis
breviusculis.^ — Long, eoip. lin. 2-2|.

Habitat Canariam Grandem, in subsylvaticis regionis El Monte
tempore vernali a.d. 1858 repertus.

The present Acalles, which I have taken hitherto only in the
region of El Monte in Grand Canary, may be known by the yellowish-
brown scales with which it is thickly mottled, and by its much de-
veloped and greatly setose nodules. It is nearly allied to the acutus,
but is rather larger and of a paler brown ; with its general surface
less setose, though with its nodules (which are altogether consi-
derably elevated) more so ; with its prothorax wider in the middle
and considerably rounder at the sides ; with its elytra (which have
their fascia apparently obsolete) somewhat more shortly constricted
posteriorly, and obtuser at their extreme apex ; with its legs a trifle
more robust ; and with its two hinder tarsi more abbreviated.

465. AcaUes acutus, n. sp.

A. fere ut A. brevitarsis, sed obscurior (minus brunneus) squamisque
albidioribus irroratus, magis aequaliter setosus ; prothorace an-
gustiore, ad latera minus rottmdato ; elytris ad apicem coarctato-
acutioribus, fascia postmedia plerumque magis determinata sod
nodulis minus elevatis ; pedibus paulo minus incrassatis, tarsis
gracilioribus et (pi-aesertim posticis) sensim longioribus. — Long.
Corp. lin. 2-2 1.

Habitat in sylvaticjs Teneriffae, passim.

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CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

This seems to be the least scarce of the Canarian AcaJles, though
I have hitherto observed it only in TeneriiFe ; but in the sylvan dis-
tricts of that island, at intermediate and rather lofty elevations, it
IS apparently not very uncommon, occurring in the thickest parts
of the forest. Although extremely variable in bulk, and difficult to
procure in a perfect (or unrubbed) state, it may usually be recog-
nized by the dark scales with which it is densely clothed, which are
more or less besprinkled (especially behind the scutellum and across
the disc of each elytron) -with ashy ones and somewhat paler bristles ;
by its surface being more eqttalhf setose than in any of the other
species (the seta3 being longer, and more evidently developed, between
the fascicles which stud the nodules) ; by its hastate fascia being
(in clean and unabraded examples) rather well defined, both before
and posteriorly ; and by its legs and tarsi being somewhat slender.

The A. acutus may be regarded as the Canai'ian representative of
the Madeiran A. dispar, which at first sight it a good deal resembles.
It is, however, on the average, a little smaller and more setose than
that insect ; its elytra are less deeply sculptured, more pointed at
their apex, and with less appearance of the elongate, darker, narrow
sutural patch in front of the postmedial fascia ; and its rostrum and
feet are just perceptibly slenderer.

46G. Acalles instabilis, n. sp.

A. fere nt A. acutus, sed minor, minus setosus ; prothorace ad latera
vix rectiore ; elytris posticc ^dx minus coarctatis, fascia postice
plerumque magis suffusa ; rostro famiineo paulo levins punctato.

Var. ij. mundus [an species ?]. Ltetius coloratus, prothorace ad latera
paulo magis rotimdato, elytris squamis albidioribus adspersis. [Ins.
Palma.] — Long. corp. lin, 1^-3.

Habitat in sylvaticis subsylvaticisque Canariae, Teneriifte et Palmar,
hinc inde haud infrequens.

Owing to the excessive variability of these Canarian Acalles, both
in size and in the arrangement of their scales, and (above all) to the
great difficulty of procuring perfect, or unrubbed, specimens, the
Hmits of the species are not always easy to define ; and thus, jxxdg-
ing from the numerous examples now before me, the present one
and the A. acutus would seem. jJrimd facie to merge into each other.
Yet I believe that they are nevertheless really distinct, even though
the unsatisfactory state of certain more or less abraded specimens
may render it doubtful to which of the two they should be assigned.
Typically, however, the A. instabilis is smaller and less setose than
the acutus, its prothorax is not quite so much rounded at the sides,

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its elytral fascia is usually more suffused behind, and its female ros-
trum is a trifle more finely punctured. Two examples (the " var. j3 ")
which I caj)tured in Palma, and which possibly should be separated,
are more highly coloured than the others, with their prothorax less
straightened at the sides, and with their elytra besprinkled with a
few more conspicuous snowy-white scales.

The A. instahiUs is far from uncommon in the sylvan districts of
Teneriffe (where I have taken it at the Agua Mansa, Las Mercedes,
and in the laurel-woods above Taganana) ; and I have also a specimen
(rubbed and somewhat unsatisfactory, but which I believe nevertheless
to be conspecific with the remainder) captured in Grand Canary ; as also
the pair above alluded to from the sylvan regions of Palma. So that,
if my conclusions be correct, it would seem to have a wide range
throughout the archipelago.

If the last species be regarded as representing the Madeiran A.
dispar, perhaps the present one maj' be looked upon as the analogue
of the A. limulatiis of that Group.

407. Acalles seticollis, n. sp.

A. ovato-oblongus, angustulus, squamis brunneis et cinereis dense
nebulosus ; prothorace postice paulo angustato, utrin(2ue obscure
albidiore, in medio (prsecipue ad basin) subnigrescente, ubique (sed
praesertim antice et in medio) setis erectis obsito ; elytris postice
vix coarctatis, hand nodulosis sed setis erectis inter se distantibus
obsitis, fascia postmedia albidiore fere obsoleta, versus basin plus
minus indistincte albido-nebulosis ; pedibus (praesertira posticis)
brevibus, obscure squamoso-variegatis. — Long. corp. lin. ^-1.

Habitat in Hierro, hand procul al) oppido Valverde parce repertus.

I am far from certain that this very minute Acalles may not be a
modification, peculiar to the island in which I obtained it, of the
Madeiran A. WoUasto7ii; nevertheless, since its surface is more setose,
and its prothorax (which is rather less powerfully constricted behind
the apex) will be seen, when denuded of its scales, to be much more
deeply and closely punctured, whilst, on the other hand, the punc-
tures of its elytral striae are less developed, and with the interstices
more rugulose, I think it would scarcely be safe to treat it absolutely
as such. It may be known from all the other species here enumerated
by its exceedingly diminutive bulk and rather narrower, or more
oblong, outline ; by its surface being free from both nodules and
ridges, and most obsciirely clouded with brown and ashy-brown
scales ; by its elytra being scarcely at all constricted posteriorly ;
and by its legs, especially the hinder pair, being somewhat ai)bre-

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292 CANAP.TAX COLEOPTEEA.

viated. It is evidently extremely rai-e, — the only four specimens
which I have seen having been captured by myself, immediately to
the westward of Valverde, in the island of Hierro, on the 11th of
February 1858.

468. Acalles pilula, n. sp.

A. ovatus, lateraliter subcompressus, squamis brunneis vestitus et
cinereis parce irroratus ; prothorace subconico, subconvexo, pos-
tice vix angustato, in medio leviter nigro-setoso-bituberculato ;
scutello obsoleto ; elytris convexis, postice vix coarctatis et ibidem
valde decurvis, fascia postmedia plerumque obsoleta sed fasciculis
parvis setosis nigris (pniesertim pone medium) instructis ; pedibus,
prsesertim posticis, brevibus, obscure squamoso-variegatis.
Var. ft. semrnidmn [an species?]. Multo major, pedibus longioribus.
— Long. corp. lin, 1-lj; var. /?, Ik-
Habitat in sylvaticis TeneriiFae et Palmse, rarissimus.
In its general fades, outline, and obsolete scutellum, the present
Acalles is very nearly allied to the Madciran A. glohnU^pennis, of which
it is strictly the Canarian representative ; though I believe that it
cannot be absolutely referred to it. With the exception of the " var.
/3," which is perhaps specifically distinct, it is rather smaller than
that insect ; its rostrum (at all events in the female sex) is a little
slenderer and more convex ; its prothorax is relatively narrower and
more conical, and when denuded of its scales will be seen to be less
constricted behind the apex, as also more deeply and less closely
punctured ; its elytra are somewhat convexer still, especially at their
base ; and the arrangement of its scales is not quite the same.

The A.2y>hda seems, like most of the species, to be extremely rare,
and confined to sylvan and subsylvan spots of intermediate elevations.
I have taken it in Teneriife and Palma, — namely, at Souzal, the Agua
Garcia, and in the wood of La Esperanza, of the former, and in the
Barranco de Galga of the latter.

469. Acalles verrucosus.

A. lateraliter compressus, supra valde arcuatus, squamis nigrescen-
tibus densissime tectus et dilutioribus irroratus ; prothorace postice
paulo angustato, ad latera late albido-squamoso, ante medium se-
toso-4-tuberculato ; elytris postice paulo coarctatis sed ibidem de-
curvis, nodulis plurimis setosis instructis, argute sti'iato-punctatis,
mox pone medium macula parva obluniformi utrinque valde abbre-
viate albido-ornatis ; pedibus tarsorumque articulo prime elongatis,
tibiarum squamis erectis elongatis. — Long. corp. lin. 2^-3.

Acalles verrucosus, JFoll, Ann. Nat. Hist. (Srd series) xi. 219 (1863).

Habitat in elevatis sylvaticis Teneriffae et Palmae, rarissimus.

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293

This large Acalles is one of the most distinct and remarkable of
the species hitherto detected in these islands, though belonging to
somewhat the same tjiiie as the (comparatively diminutive) A. pilula.
It may readily be known by its laterally compressed outline and greatly
arcuated upper surface, and by the dark scales (besprinkled never-
theless with browner, or more diluted, ones) with which it is clothed,
— the sides of its prothorax, however, being broadly white, as also a
very minute, lunulate siitural patch, placed at about midway between
the base and (much decurvcd) apex of its elytra. Its nodules are
extremely numerous, and (although not particularly large) sharply
defined and setose, its legs and first tarsal joint are considerably
elongated, and the scales of its tibiae are setiform and erect.

The A. verrucosus appears to be excessively rare, and peculiar, so
far at least as I have yet observed, to the sylvan districts of Tene-
riffe and Palma — where it occurs, beneath loosened bark and rotten
wood, in humid spots of a rather lofty elevation. I have taken it
in the laurel-foi'ests overlooking Point Anaga, and towards Taganana,
of the former ; and in similar situations on the ascent to the Cumbre,
above Buenavista, in the latter.

Genus 191. ECHINODERA (nov. gen.).

Corpus, et caet., fere ut in Acalles, sed a^quale, ubique subsequaliter
setosum (nee nodosum nee costatum, et vix fasciculatiun), postice
minus (sc. vix) coarctatum atque ibidem magis decurvum ; oculis
minoribus (sc. minutis), regulariter ovalibus, valde demissis ; scu-
tello nidlo ; funiculi articido secundo plus minus sensim longiore
quam primo.

Ab Echinus, et Bepri, collum.

There can be no doubt that the six insects described below are very
closely related to Accdles, though I think they possess, in common,
sufficient features to render their generic detachment advisable ;
but, from the fact of the oral organs being universally ignored in
the numerous members of the RhyncJiopliora, I am unable to say
Avhether any more decided characters might be brought to light from
an accurate examination of those organs in this group. They difier
mainly from Acalles, so far as their external details are concerned,
in their more even, and more ecpudly-setose, surfaces — which are
alike free fi-om nodules and ridges, and have their squamose bristles
more regularly distributed throughout (being scarcely at all collected
into fasciculi, or bunches) ; by their elytra being much less constricted,
and more decurved, behind ; by their eyes being considerably smaller,
more strictly oval, and so extremely sunken, or depressed, that they

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do not project in the slightest degree beyond the curvature of the
head ; and by the second joint of their funiculus being more or less
perceptibly longer than the first, whereas in the typical Acalles it is
more or less distinctly shorter than the basal one.

In enunciating the following six species, the diagnoses of which
have been drawn out from the careful survey of a large number* of
individuals, I have been compelled to rely in a great measure upon
their sculpture — which, unfortunately, is somewhat difficult of ob-
servation, since in order to be appreciated it requires the scales to
be removed with which the insects are densely clothed. Eut, on the
other hand, it should be borne in mind that a character is not the
less real and important because it happens to be an inconvenient one
to examine ; and that, consequently, when other details are more or
less unstable, it must be regarded as of primary significance. Next
to the sculpture, I have found the most constant feature to consist in
the precise outline of the elytra — modified, according to the species,
bj' their more or less c/fcurved ajjcx, and the oblique lopping-off, in
opposite directions, of their humeral region and terminal half (which
occasions a more or less evident angle to be shaped-out at either side).
Then the greater or less erection, and lengtJi, of the additional scale-
like setae seems to be the most satisfactory character. And last of
all, as least to be depended upon (though varying, nevertheless, within
limits pretty intelligible), is the exact colour, or markings, which the
decumbent scales impart to the entire surface. Of course there are
some other minutiic, such as size, the relative dilatation of the feet,
&c., which afl:brd collateral aid in the determination of these closely
allied insects ; but they are of less consequence, and will be adverted
to in the several descriptions.

470. Echinodera hystrix, n. sp.

E. squamis fusco-brunneis nigrescentibusque dense variegata et fusco-
cinereis plus minus obscure maculata, setis longiusculis erectis sat

* No less than 173 specimens of Echinodera are now before me, — of which 40
belong to the E. hystrix, 36 to the crcnafa, 57 to the cmgulipennis, 38 to the or-
iticuluta, one to the compacta, and one to the picta. And, bearing out the con-
clusions, as to tlie species, at which I have independently arrived, their toi^ogra-
jjliical distribution seems extremely natural, — the hi/sfrix occvu'ring in Palma and
Ilierro (the two western islands of the G-roup). the crcnafa at the loftiest altitudes
of Teneriffe (existing within the range of the " Eetamas," from about 6000 to
9000 feet above the sea), the angulipennis in the sylvan and subsylvan districts
of , Teneriife, at a distinctly lower (but nevertheless considerable) elevation, the
orhiculafa at the upper limits of the wooded regions of Tenerifte, and even as-
cending above ihc\i\.\\\e compacta in Grand Canary, and the picta in the dry and
barren island of Fuerteventui-a.

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dense obsita ; prothorace valde profunde et densissime piinctato,
setis apicalibus saepius distincte longioribus; elytris elongato-ovatis,
ad humeros vix oblique truncatis, valde profunde pnnctato-striatis
(punctis maximis), pone medium macula magna obluniformi (an-
tice, sod vix postice, plus minus obsciu-e nigro-terminata), necnon
nebida parva indistincta (plus minus obsoleta fractil) versus humeros
subcinereo-ornatis.
Variat fere immaculata, squamis pallidioribus plus minus obsoletis.
— Long. Corp. lin. 11-2.

Habitat in Palma et Hierro, locis intermediis passim.

In their somewhat elongate-ovate elytra, which are more gradually
narrowed towards the base (or less truncated, obliquely, at the shoul-
ders), the present species and the following one have much in com-
mon ; nevertheless when denuded of their scales they will be seen to
be abundantly distinct from each other ; for whilst the latter has its
striae comparative! 1/ fine and merely crenated, the E. hystrix has them
very deeply and regularly punctured — the punctures being of an
enormous size. This difference in their sculpture causes the inter-
stices of the crenata to be proportionally wide and flattened, whilst
in the hystrix they are narrower and more costate. In minor details,
the present insect is rather more obscurely coloured than its Tene-
riffan ally (the paler scales being usually less developed, and covering
a smaller portion of the entire surface) ; the setae with which it is
studded are somewhat more numerous and erect ; its rostrum is per-
haps a trifle longer and slenderer ; and the shape of its cloudy patches
is not quite the same.

As yet I have observed the E. hystrix only in Palma and Hierro,
in the sylvan districts of which I took it, sparingly, during the winter
and spring of 1858.

471. Echinodera crenata.

E. squamis fiiscis nigrescentibusque dense variegata et cinereis plus
minus maculata, setis longiusculis suberectis obsita ; prothorace
profunde et dense punctate, setis apicalibus vix longioribus ; ely-
tris elongato-ovatis, ad humei'os vix oblique tnmcatis, sat ])rofunde
crenato-striatis, pone medium macula magna obluniformi (antice
et postice plus minus nigro-terminata)^ necnon nebiUa (plus minus
magna siiffusa) versus humeros cinereo-ornatis.

Variat squamis paUidioribus minus distinctis, — Long. corp. lin. l|-2.

Echinodera crenata, WolL, Ann, Nat. Hist. (3rd series) xi. 219 (1863).
Habitat in montibus excelsis Teneriflae, sub lapidibus inter 6000'
et 9000' s. m., ultra regiones sylvaticas, occurrens.

The E. crenata appears to be confined to the higher elevations of

296 CANARIAN COLEOPTEEA.

TenerifFe, — occurring, beneath stones, in the region of the Spartium
nuh'ujena (or " Retama"), from about 6000 to 9000 feet above the
sea. In such situations I took it, not uncommonly, on the Cumbre
adjoining the Cauadas, above Ycod el Alto, during May 1859 ; as
well as on the opposite Cumbre, above the Agua Mansa. It is, on
the average, a more variegated species than any of the others hitherto
detected, — highly coloured and perfect examples (in which the scales
are uninjured) having often their paler portions very distinctly and
beautifully expressed. But in all instances it may be easily recog-
nized (at any rate when sufficiently denuded to expose the sculpture)
by its elytral stria; being comparativeJii fine and simply crenated,
with the interstices broader and less costate than is the case in the other
Eclihiodercn here enumerated. Even small and dark specimens may
always be known from corresj^ondingly obscure ones of the anrpiU-
penms by this character ; as also by the shape of the elytra, which
are more regularly elongate-ovate, being less obhquely truncated
both at the shoulders and along the margin of their termmal Jialf.

472. Echinodera angulipennis, n. sp.

E. fere ut E. crenafa, sed plennnque obscurior (minus variegata), setis
paulo longioribus robustioribusque obsita ; prothorace vix profun-
dius densiuscpie punetato ; elytris profundius crenato- (fere punc-
tate-) striatis, interstitiis convexioribus, paulo magis convexis, sub-
ellipticis (minus elongato-ovatis), versus humcros necnon postice
magis oblique trimcatis, quare utrinqi;e pone basin magis angulatis.
— Long. Corp. lin. 14—2.

Hahitat in sylvaticis subsylvaticisque Teneriffie, passim.

The present species seems to be the universal one throughout the
sylvan (and even subsylvan) regions of TenerifFe, having a distinctly
lower range than the E. crenata. Indeed it is emphatically an insect
of intermediate elevations, — never ascending, apparently, above the
wooded districts, and only occasionally to be met with (in subsylvan
spots) a little below them. I have taken it at Ycod el Alto, the Agua
Mansa, the Agua (irarcia, at Las Mercedes, and on the laurel-clad
slopes above Taganana.

The E. arir/tdipennis is usually a dull or obscurely coloured spe-
cies,— a more or less faintly expressed hinder fascia and a few scat-
tered palish scales being the only relief to its mottled-brown surface.
It is rather more deeply sculptured than the crenata (though much
less so than the hi/sfri.v), and the erect scale-like bristles with which
it is beset are a little longer and more robust ; its elytra too are con-
vexer, as also more shorfh/ elliptic (or less oblong-ovate)— a struc-

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tare which is caused by theii" humeral region and apical half being
more obliquely truncated, or lopped-off, in opposite dii'ections, so as
to shape-out a more evident angle on either side at about a third of
the distance behind their base.

473. Echinodera orbiculata, n. sp.

E. sp. prajcedenti similis, sed paulo minor, squamis nigrescentibus
brunneo-albidisc^ue magis regulariter irrorata et setis mid to brevi-
oribus ac minus erectis obsita ; prothorace valde profunde et den-
sissime punctato ; elytris profundius punctato-striatis, suborbicu-
latis, i. e. rotundatioribus et ad apicem magis incurvis, ergo postice
obtusius rotimdatis neciion ad humeros minus oblique trimcatis ;
tarsis vix brevioribus et paulo minus dilatatis. — Long. corp. lin.

Habitat TeneriiFam, proecipue in sylvaticis editioribus sed interdum
etiam ultra regiones sylvaticas (uscpie ad 7000' s. m.) ascendens.

The rather smaller size of this species, in conjunction with its much
shorter and more decumbent seta3, its usually more speclded surface
(which is more or less irrorated with blackish, brown, and whitey-
brown scales), its more globose and deeply sculptured elytra (which
are more obtusehj rounded behind, with their apex more decurved,
and less obliquely truncated at their shoulders), and its just per-
ceptibly more abbreviated and less expanded feet, will serve to dis-
tingviish it from the E. anguTipennis. It occupies, also, a somewhat
higher range than its ally, — never descending (so far as I have yet
observed) beloiv the wooded districts, but ascending, not iinfrequently,
above them. Thus, in the sylvan region of the Agua Mansa, in
Teneriffe, it is the dominant species ; and I have likewise taken it,
though more rarely, on the lofty Cumbre above it (in company with
the E. crenata), at an elevation of from aboiit 6000 to 7000 feet. I
also found it on the densely laurel-clad mountains overlooking Taga-
nana.

474. Echinodera compacta, n. sp.

E. prascedenti similis, sed paulo obscurior, setis minus abbreviatis
obsita ; elytris minus rotundatis (versus humeros sensim latioribus
necnon ad latera rectioribus), protundius punctato-striatis, punctis
maximis. — Long. corp. lin. 1|.

Habitat Canariam Grandem, in regione El Monte semel capta.

I have little doubt that the single specimen from which the above
diagnosis has been compiled will form the type of a distinct species
peculiar to Grand Canary — where I captured it, in the region of
El Monte, during the spring of 1858. So far as I can judge from
the individual before me, it differs from the orbicalata in being of a

298 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

rather obscurer hue and with its sette less abbre\dated, and in having
its elytra much more deeply punctured (indeed quite as coarsely as
in the E. hystrix), and considerably less rounded at the sides, — the
basal region being relatively wider than is the case in that insect.
Its feet, however, are but slightly expanded, and its elytra are a
good deal decurved at their apex, as in the orhkaJata.

475. Echinodera picta, n. sp.

E. fere ut E. oriiculata, sed minor, multo laetius picta et setis fere
carens ; elytris paulo minus rotundatis, levius punctato-striatis,
interstitiis densissime rugulosis, versus basin (pra^sertim circa hu-
meros) latins albido-oriiatis, fascia postmedia distincta ; antennis
pedibusque bx-evibus, tarsis brevissimis, vix dilatatis. — Long. corp.
lin. li.

Habitat Fuerteventuram, ad Rio Palmas Aprili ineunte a.d. 1859
lecta.

The unique example described above was taken by myself, from
beneath a stone, in the Rio Palmas of Fuerteventura, at the begin-
ning of April 1859 ; and, apart from the peculiarity of its Jiahitat
(amongst species which are either essentially sylvan in their modes
of life or else found in spots of a very lofty elevation), it differs so
remarkably from all the EcJiinodene above enumerated that I have
no hesitation, even in the absence of further material, in treating it
as distinct from the whole of them. Independently of the compara-
tively small size of the specimen before me, which may possibli/ be
accidental, the E. picta may be easily recognized by its much more
higlily coloured (and indeed prettily variegated) surface, by its free-
dom from erect seta), by its elytra having the punctures of their striaj
rather shallow and their interstices densely rugidose, and by its limbs,
especially the feet, being somewhat abbreviated — the latter of which,
moreover, have their penultimate joint but very slightly expanded.

(Subfam. BARIDIIDE8.)

Genus 192. BARIDIUS.

Schouherr, Cure. Disp. Mdh. 274 (1826).

476. Baridius sellatus.

B. oblongus, niger, subopacus : capite minutissime et leviter punctu-
lato, rostro valido profundius punctato et basi utrinque striolato ;
prothorace subquadi-ato, mox intra apicem subito constricto, den-
sissime et profunde punctato, punetis longitudinaliter confluentibus,
in medio carinato. ad latera squamis nonnuUis albidis obsito ; ely-
tris striatis, interstitiis planis, squamis albidis atrisque lajte mar-

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moratis (albidis parcius adspersis, sed in macula communi media
transverso-subquadrata, ante banc per suturam, nccnon versus
basin, densius condensatis) ; antcunis pedibusque breviusculis,
robustis, iUis rufo-piceis, his plus minus albido atroque squamosis.
— Long. Corp. lin. 3|-4.

Baridius sellatus, Schon., Gen. et Spec. Cure. viii. 124 (1844).
, Lucas, Col. cle VAlgerie, 452 (1849).

Habitat in aridis arenosis Fuerteventurse, rarissimus.

This large and beautiful Baridius is at once remarkable for its
coarsely punctured, longitudinally strigulose prothorax, and for its
intensely black surface being prettily variegated with snowy-white
scales, particularly on the elytra — where they are irregularly
sprinkled towards the base, sides, and apex, but more densely con-
centrated along the anterior portion of the suture and in a large
transverse-quadrate medial patch common to both. I cannot detect
any real difference between the Canarian examples now before me
and a North- African type of the B. sellatus which has been commu-
nicated by M. Chevrolat, though the latter has its prothorax a little
more coarsely sculptured — caused by the punctures being more de-
cidedly confluent, so as to make the oblique longitudinal strigce better
defined. It is apparently of the greatest rarity in these islands — the
only two specimens which I have seen having been captured by my-
self, during the spring of 1859, on the hillocks of loose drifting sand
in the baiTen region of Corralejo, at the extreme north of Puerte-
vcntura.

(Subfam. CIONIDES.)

Genus 193. NANOPHYES.

Schciuherr, Gen. et Spec. Cure. iv. 780 (18.38).

§ I. Antemice ante medium rostri insertee, clavd laxd. Rostrum pone
antennas distincte striatum. Femora suhtus hispinosa {spina inte-
riore longitiscidd, acuta).

477. Nanophyes longulus, n. sp.

N. oblongo-ovalis, angustulus, rufo-ferrugineus, nitidus flavescenti-
albido- et fulvescenti-pubescens ; elytris sat profunde subpunctato-
striatis, fasciis duabus dentatis (antica in medio profunde arcuata
necnon ibidem parte suturali obscuriore terminata), plus minus
obsoletis suffusis, pallido-ornatis ; anteunis pedibusque elongatis,
gracilibus, illarum clava saepius obscuriore ; tarsorum articulo primo
longiusculo, subgracili. — Long. corp. lin. 1-1^.

Habitat Canariam et Teneriffam, super folia plantarum in humidi-
usculis, rarissimus.

300 CANARTAN COLEOPTEBA.

This distinct and beautiful Nanophyes may easily be known by its
rather narrow and oblong-oval outline, rufo-ferruginous hue, and by
the two zigzag (but more or less obscure or suffused) paler fasciae
with which its elytra are adorned. It is further remarkable for its
antennae being inserted considerahhj before the middle of its (basally
striated) rostrum ; for its femora being, all of them, 6/spinulose
underneath (the outer tooth being very minute, but the inner one
comparatively large) ; and for its tarsi having their first joint longer
and slenderer than is usually the case in the members of this geims.
Its antennal clava is much more lax, or perfoliated, than that of the
following species.

The N. lomjulus is apparently of gTeat rarity, and occurs amongst
rank vegetation in rather damj) spots. I have observed it hitherto
only in Grand Canary and Teneriife, — namely at Mogan, and at the
edges of a small watercourse in the region of El Monte, of the for-
mer; and at Souzal of the latter. In Teneriffe it was taken also
(though only a single example) by Dr. Crotch.

§ II. Antenna', vLv ante medium rostri insertee, davd compactd. lios-
tramj)one antennas piinctato-sidistfiatum. Femora subtiis spina mi-
n utiss imd arma ta .

478. Nanophyes hmulatus.

N. ovatus, pallide testaceus, flavescenti-albido-pubesceus ; elytris pro-
fundc subpunctato-striatis, fascia media parva subluniformi utrin-
que valde abbreviata (interdum per suturam fracta), necnon in in-
terstitio quinto sa^pe maculis (una vel duabus) parvis, nigro-ornatis.

Variat elytris omnino pallidis (fascia centrali obsoleta). — Long. eorp.
lin. f-|.

Nanophyes hmulatus, Wall., Ann. Kat. Hist. (.3rd series) xi. 218 ( 1863).
Habitat Canariam Grandem, in foliis arbuscularum Tamaricis r/al-
liccc per margines rivuli ad Mogan crescentium deprehensus.

Known immediately from the preceding species by its smaller size,
more ovate outline, and pale-testaceous hue, — the elytra being orna-
mented with only a minute, central, laterally-abbreviated, sublunate
fascia, or patch, which is occasionally interrupted at the suture so as
to form two detached spots, and in rare instances is altogether obso-
lete : and there are geuci-aUy, moreover, two very obscure dashes, or
abbreviated streaks, on the posterior portion of the fifth interstice.
In other respects, the whole of its femora are fui'nished beneath with
an extremely diminutive spine ; and its antennae are more medialli/
inserted than is the case in the last species, and have their club
shorter and more compact.

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Although attached to the Tamarisk, the present insect is appa-
rently quite distinct from the Mediterranean N. famarisci, palli-
dulus (which has unarmed femora), posticus, and stigmaticus, of which
the habits are similar. Indeed the first two of these are now before
me ; whilst the third is remarkable (inter alia) for its anterior femora
being- 6/spinulose, and for its elytra having merely a short, obscure,
darker line towards the apex of each. And judging from the de-
scription of the stigmaticus, I gather that that insect must have its
rostrum free from basal sulci, and its elytra more finely striated, and
with only a small speck on the third interval. I am, further, in-
formed by M. Jekel that he believes this species to be new, andj^er-
hai^s identical with an uncharacterized one from Egypt.

Hitherto I have observed the N. lunulatus only in Grand Canary
— where, ou the 16th of April 1858, I brushed it, somewhat abun-
dantly, from off the shrubs of Tamarix gallica, L., growing at the
edges of the stream at Mogan, in the south-western district of that
island.

(Subfam. TYCHIIDES.)

Genus 194. SIBYNES.
Schonherr, Cure. Disp. Meth. 247 (1826).
Apart from minor distinctions, the genus Sihynes may be recog-
nized by its 6-jointed funiculus, and by the apices of its elytra being
separately rounded-off so as to expose a small portion of the pygi-
dium. The species are for the most part rather thick and oblong-
quadi-ate, though with their upper surface a little flattened ; their
prothorax is usually somewhat bisinuated along its hinder edge ; and
the scales with which they are densely clothed are more or less
shining and sericeous.

479. Sibynes sericeus, n. sp.

8. piceo-nigcr, squamis angustis aureo-fuscis sericeis densissime tec-
tus necnon paulo albidioribus parcissime irroratus ; prothorace
densissime punctate, utrinque et per lineam mediam vix albidius
squamoso ; elytris subcrenato-striatis, interstitiis dense et profunde
punctatis ; antennis brevibus, ad basin, tibiis versus apicem tar-
sisque rufo-ferrugineis.

Variat elytris maciUa media communi scutellari obsoletissima (pos-
tice, utrinque, parte obliqua paulo obscuriore terminata) vix albi-
diore plus minus evidenter ornatis. — Long. corp. lin. 1^—1 1.

Hahitat in Lanzarota, Fuerteventura, Canaria et Teneriffa, passim.
This fine Sihynes is at once remarkable for the sericeous golden-
brown scales with which it is densely clothed, and which are be-

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sprinkled with a few very obscurely whiter ones. Its elytra have a
tencUnaj to be marked with a very obsolete oblique line, or patch,
extenduig from about the disc of each to (and becoming gradually
wider at) the hinder portion of the suture — an arrangement which
causes the scutellary region which it encloses to apjicar as though
formed of somewhat paler scales. The species is decidedly rare,
though widely spread over the group. I have taken it at Haria, in
Lanzarote ; in Grand Canary ; and near S''' Cruz, in TenerifFe : and
it was captured by Mr. Gray in Fuerteventura.

Genus 195. TYCHIUS.
(Germar) Schcin., Cure. Disj). Meth. 245 (182G).

480. TycMus aridicola, n. sp.

T. fusco-piceus, squamis subflavescenti-cinereis dense nebulosus; pro-
thorace transverse, densissime 2)unctato, ad latera rotundato ; ely-
tris cylindrico-oblongis, profunde crenato-striatis, interstitiis mi-
nutissime punctulatis ; rostro antennisque rufo-piceis, illo lineari,
tereti, arcuato, longitudinahter punctato-sulcato ; pedibus robustis ;
ocuHs magnis, reniformibus. — Long. corp. liu. 2-2|.

Habitat in calcariis Lanzarotte, Fuerteventurae et Canaria^, rarissi-
mus.

Although the present gigantic Ti/chius is so nearly allied to the
Madeiran T. robustus that, prima facie, I had regarded it as actually
identical with that insect, nevertheless a closer inspection has dis-
closed so many small differences (one of them even structural) that
I believe it must be treated as specifically distinct. It differs mainly
in its elytra being less inflated and convex, or more cylindric (the
sides being considerably straigliter), and in its feet being rather nar-
rower— the bilobed third joint being perceptibly less dilated. Its
scales, also, are whiter and more cinereous, or with less of a yellowish
tinge. It appears to be exceedingly rare, and confined (so far as I
have observed hitherto) to calcareoixs spots in Lanzarote, Fuerteven-
tura, and Grand Canary. In the first of these I have taken it, from
beneath stones, on the arid mountain-slopes between Los Valles (de
S'''' Catalina) and San Miguel deTeguise ; in the second, in a similar
locality, close to the little town of S''^ Maria Betaneuria ; and, in the
third, on the low sandy isthmus between Las Palmas and Puerto da
Luz.

481. Tychius decoratus.
T. niger ; rostro (antice, pra}sertim in fa3mineis, sensim attenuate) ad

apiccm riifo-piceo nitido calvo, pone antennas densissime punctu-

lato et nigro-squamoso, in fronte albido-squamoso; prothorace den-

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 303

sissime pimetulato, nigro-squamoso, linea media (in disco inter-
rupta et postice dilatata, maculam eiformante) albida ; elytris nigro-
squamosis sed laete albido-sqiiamoso-lineatis, lineis siibsutm-alibus
plus miuus obsoletis brunneis; antennis pedibusque (squamosis)
rufo-ferrugineis, illis ad apicem et his ad basin obscurioribus ;
oculis rotundatis, prominulis. — Long. corp. lin. l|-2.

Tychius decoratus, Rosenh., Die Thier. Amlalus. 271 (1856).

Habitat in intermediis Canarise Grandis, foliis Ononis natricis, L.,
gaudens.

After comparing carefully this superb Tychius with an Andalusian
type of the T. decoratus of Rosenhauer, communicated by Dr. Kraatz,
and also with another specimen (clearly referable to the same species)
which was taken by the Rev. Hamlet Clark at Granada, I cannot de-
tect any difference, either in sculpture or coloration, of sufficient im-
portance to warraiit its separation from that insect. The only points
in which the Canarian examples would seem to recede from the
Spanish ones are, first, that perhaps they are a trifle larger (though,
with only two individuals of the latter to judge from, I am scarcely
in a position to affirm this positively), and, secondly, that the sub-
sutui'al lines of their elytra are hroivner or more obscui'e, whilst the
sublateral ones are (like the suture itself) quite pale, and more or less
confluent— an arrangement of the scales which I do not see so deci-
dedly expressed in either of the types of the decoratus now before me.
Even if this, however, should be peculiar to the sx^ecimens from the
Canaries (of which I feel by no means certain), still I do not imagine
that such a character can be looked upon as indicating more than a
mere geographical variety : nevertheless, should future material from
the south of Spain prove the two to be really distinct species, I would
in that case propose for the Canarian one (fully enunciated above)
the trivial name of gloriosus. The only district in which I have
hitherto observed it is the great Barranco in the south-west of Grand
Canary in which the little town of Mogan is situated — where, on the
16th of April 1858, I captured it rather abundantly from off a bean-
tiful yellow Ononis (the 0. natria\ L.) which is common by the road-
sides, and on the dry mountain-slopes, of that particular region.

482. Tychius depauperatus, n. sp.
T. piceo-niger, squamis fulvescenti-cincreis sericeis (hinc inde sub-
seneo-micantibus) densissime tectus ; rostro (antice, prsesertim in
fcemineis, sensim attenuato) ferrugineo, ad apicem nitido calvo, basi
(una ciun fronte) densissime punctulato squamoso ; prothorace den-
sissime punctulato, squamis per lin cam mediam albidioribus ; ely-
tris subcylindrico-oblongis, subcrenato-striatis, interstitiis obsolete

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et leviter punctulatis, squamis per sutiiram et versus latera vix
albidioribus ; antennis (brevibus) pedibusque (squamosis) rufo-fer-
rugineis, — Long. corp. lin. Ij.

Hahitat Fuei'teventaram : sub lapidibus in inferioribus arenosis
maritimis die 9. Apr. a.d. 1859 specimina duo collegi.

Two specimens (a male and female) of this insignificant little Tij-
chius were captured by myself, from beneath stones, in a flat sandy
spot at the edges of the coast-road, in Fuerteventura, about three
miles to the north of Puerto de Cabras, on the 9th of April 1859.
They are about the size of the common European T. Jlavicollis, but
are somewliat narrower and more parallel, with their scales a little
browner and more metallic, and with their rostrum and antennae (in
both sexes) shorter. The last indeed are rather singular from the
second joint of the funiculus being not at aU longer than the third,
whilst the basal one is (relatively) a trifle more swollen perhaps than
is the case in the ordinary I'ycliii. In minor particidars, I may just
mention that, wlien denuded of its scales, the forehead of the T. de-
pauperatus will be seen to be much more opake and densely punc-
tured than in theJlKvlcolIis, and its elytra! stria? to be less distinctly
crenulated.

(Subfam. RHINOMACERIDES.)

Genus 19G. AULETES.
Schonherr, Cure. Diqh Mvth. 46 (182(5).

483. Auletes cylindricollis, n. sp.

A. rufo-ferrugineus eh'tris plus minus testaceis, subnitidus, jjube
fulvo-cinereji subdemissa sat dense vestitus ; rostro elongato, utrin-
que punctato; capite prothoraceque profunde, dense et rugose punc-
tatis, hoc elongato subcylincMco ad basin ipsam transversim con-
stricto in disco bre\dter obsoleteque subcarinato ; elytris nitidiori-
bus, parce sed vix seriatim punctatis (punctis magnis, postice mi-
noribus); antennis pedibusque testaceis.

Variat fronte, prothorace utrinque in disco, elytrorum sutura femori-
busque posterioribus plus minus infuscatis. — Long. corp. lin. l|-2i.

Hahitat in intermediis TenerifFa? et Palma?, ad flores varies in her-
bidis, rarissimus.

The three Auletes here enumerated are very closely allied inter se,
and I do not feel altogether satisfied that they should be regarded as
more than varieties of a single very plastic species. Nevertheless I
think it is more probable that they are distinct, though nearly re-
lated, and therefore I consider it safer not to amalgamate them.

The A. Cj/Jimh-icol1is appears to be widely distributed, tliough spa-

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 305

ringly so, throughout the intermediate elevations of Tenoriffc and
Pahna — occurring amongst dense vegetation, in sylvan and subsj'lvan
spots. It is remarkable for its rather elongate, subcjiindrical pro-
thorax (which is constricted at the extreme base, and but slightly
widened hffore it), for its coarse punctation, which is also remote
on the elytra (which are more shining than the rest of the surface),
and for its longish rostrum and feet. Its colour would seem gene-
rally to be pale — merely the forehead and either side of the protho-
racic disc being more or less infuscated ; however, in one of my spe-
cimens, from the island of Palma, the suture, as well as the four
hinder femora, are likewise darkened. My Teneriffan examples are
from Las Mercedes, Souzal, and the Agua Garcia.

484. Auletes anceps, n. sp.
A. prtecedenti affinis, sed prothorace minus cyliudi-ico (postice sensim
latiore nee ibidem transversim constrieto) ; oculis subrainoribus ;
pmictuni omnino paulo densioi'e ac magis grossa ; elytris paulo mi-
nus nitidis ; antennarum articulo secundo vix minus infiato ; tar-
sorum articulo primo subbreviore. — Long. corp. liji. 2.

Habitat in Hierro, Februario a.d. 1858 parce repertus.

In the shape of its prothorax, as well as in its dense pimctation
and its not very shining elytra, this Auletes is exceedingly near to the
A. maderensis of the Madeiran Group ; from which it appears mainly
to differ (apart from its paler hue, on wliich I lay but little stress) in
its slightly longer rostrum, and in the rather less abbreviated and
somewhat less thickened second joint of its antennjB. From the A.
cylimlricollis, of Teneriffe and Palma, it may be known by its punc-
tation being altogether rather closer and less coarse, by its pro-
thorax being a little more expanded behind (or less cylindrical), by
its elj-tra being somewhat less shining, by its eyes being a trifle
smaller, by the second joint of its antennae being just perceptibly less
swollen, and the basal one of its feet being perhaps a little shorter.
Nevertheless, considering the excessive variability of the A. ct/Iindri-
colUs, I cannot but feel doubtful whether it is more than a mere in-
sular state of that species. As yet I have observed it only in Hieri'o,
where I captured two examples during February of 1858.

485. Auletes coiivexifrons, n. sp.
A. speciebus pra^ccdentibus affinis, sed minor, rostro paulo breviore
nitidiore graciliore minus grosse sculp turato, antennis ad basin ejus
ipsissimam insertis ; fronte convexiore, oculis distinete minoribus ;
prothorace sensim breviore, ad latera subajcpialiter rotuudato; piiiic-
tura omnino paulo la;viorc ac dcnsiore ; antennis gracilioribus, clavii

306 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

tarsisque (proesertim versus fvpices) obscurioribus, horum articulo
primo minus elongato quam in A. conicicolli.
Far. ft. Eostro vix longiorc ; prothorace angustiore, magis cylindrico ;
tarsis omnino palliclis. — Long. corp. lin. l^— 1^.

Habitat in Canaria Grandi, rarissimus : "var. /3 " ad TenerifFam
pertinct.

This appears to be a smaller insect than the A. cylindricoUis, and
its punctation is both denser and less coarse ; its rostrum is rather
shorter, narrower, more shining and less sculptured, and has the an-
tenna} (which are somewhat slenderer) inserted, if anything, even still
more evidently into its extreme base ; its forehead is convexer ; its
eyes smaller ; and its prothorax is more abbreviated and less cylindric
— being about equalhj rounded at cither side. Its colour is variable ;
nevertheless its feet and antennal club would seem perhaps to be
more evidently infuscated. The normal state I have observed hitherto
only in Grand Canary (principally in the Barranco of Mogan) ; but a
single example captured at the Agua Mansa in TenerifFe offers slight
modifications in its features (indicated above), though, I think, of
scarcely sufficient importance to warrant its specific separation from
the Grand-Canarian ones.

(Subfam. APIONIDES.)

Genus 197. APION.
Ilerbst, Kiif. vii. 100 (1797).

§ I. Antcnnoi aut versus basin aut (jxirius') pone medium rostri inserta'.

486. Apion senex, n. sp.
A. testaceum, fronte (angusta), prothorace elytrorumque sutura ni-
gr-escentibus, opacum, squamis valde robustis albidis omnino de-
pressis (ncc piliformibus ) dense (in disco elytrorum postico minus
dense) tectum ; rostro in fcemineis tenuissimo, tereti, arcuato, valde
pallido, glabro, polito, minutissime et parce punctulato (fere, nisi
oculo armato, impunctato) ; prothorace elytrisque ad basin inter se
latitudine subajqualibus, his ovato-oblongis, subpunctato-striatis ;
pedibus bre\T.bus, robustis, albido-squamosis ; antennis gracilibus,
paUidioribus. — Long. corp. lin. 1.

Habitat Palmam ; mense Maio a.d. 1858 specimina duo (foeminea)
in montibus supra Sanctam Crucem doprehendi.

In its general aspect and testaceous hue, this little Apion seems,
at first sight, a good deal alUed to the common European A. malvce ;
nevertheless, when closely inspected, it will be perceived to be very
distinct in all its details. Thus, it is not only smaller and narrower
(the prothorax, however, being nlativehj broader— of about the

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same breadth posteriorly as the base of the elytra), but it is also more
opake, densely clothed, except on the hinder disc of its elytra, with
large, robust, snowy- white scales (which moreover are flattened, and
closely applied to the surface, instead of being narrow and piliform);
the female rostrum is verij much slenderer, brighter, paler, and com-
paratively unsculptured, as well as a little longer and more arcuated ;
its eyes are less widely separated, which causes the forehead to be
narrower ; its elytra are entirely pale, except the suture ; its legs are
shorter, robuster, and squamose ; and its antenna) are considerably
slenderer and of a moi'e paUid hue. The only two specimeiis which
I have seen were captured by myself on the mountains above S'" Cruz,
in the island of Palraa, during May 1858.

487. Apion vernale.
Attelabus vernalis, Fah., Ent. Si/st. i. ii. 392 (1792).
Apiou veruale, Schon., Gen. et Spec. Cure. i. 273 (1833).

, Woll, Ins. Mad. 409 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 120 (1857).

Hahitat in Teneriffix et Hicrro, prsesertim super folia Urticcn rirentis,
passim.

This common European insect, which occurs also (though sparingly)
in Madeira, appears to be extremely local at the Canaries. It wns
taken by Mr. Gray and myself, from off nettles, near the Puerto Oro-
tava of Teneriffe, during January 1 858 ; and during the following
month, by myself, in Hierro.

488. Apion delicatulum.
Apion delicatulum, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 120 (1857).

Habitat in TenerifFa, Palma et Hicrro, hinc inde baud infrequens.

The A. delicatulum (which I first detected in the north of Madeira,
during August 1855) is widely spread, though apparently nowhere
common, over the Canarian Group. I have taken it near the Puerto
Orotava and Souzal, in Teneriffe (in the former of which localities it
was also captured by Mr. Gray) ; as well as in the Barranco da Agua
of Palma, and in Hierro. In Teneriffe it was likewise met with by
Dr. Crotch. It may be known from the A. vernale by its rather longer
and a little more arcuated rostrum (which is of the same breadth
throughout, and is oiot widened at its extreme base, behind the inser-
tion of the antennte, and which, moreover, is minutely alutaeeous
when viewed beneath a high magnifying power, instead of shining
and distinctly punctulatcd); by its elytra being a trifle more ovate (or
more expanded behind the middle), and less evidently subrecurved,

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308 CAXAKIAN COLEOPTERA.

and subdivaricated, at the apex ; by its antennae being slenderer, and
with their funiculus-joints laxer ; and by its legs being more infns-
cated — the femora (especially, however, the fonr hinder ones) being
more or less pieescent in the centre.

489. Apion sagittiferum.

A. fnsco-picenm, subopacnm, squamis snbtlavescenti-albidis adsper-
sum ; rostro in foemineis glabro, polito, minutissime et parce pnnc-
tnlato ; prothorace rugoso-pnnctato ; elytris crenato-striatis, ma-
cula seutellari svibsagittiformi et fascia postmedia transversa sub-
recta, communibus, pallido-ornatis ; antennis ad basin pcdibusque
obscure testaceis, illis versus apicem femoribus(|ue (pra?sertim in
medio) plus minus picescentioribus.

Var. /3. Pedibus pallidioribus (an A. German melius referenda?).
\_Ins. Fuerteventura.] — Long. corp. lin. 1-1-g-.

Apion sao-ittiferiuu, Woll, Ins. Mad. 410 (1854).
-, Id, Cat. Mad. Col. 121 (1857).

Hahitat insulas Canarienses, in Lanzarota sola adhuc baud obser-
vatum.

The A. sagittiferum, so abundant throughout the Madeiran Group,
is almost equally common at the Canaries — where, although hitherto
it does not happen to have been observed in Lanzarote (the specimens
from that island, as well as the generality of those from Fuerteventura,
pertaining apparently to the A. Germari), we may be pretty certain it
is universal. In the central and western portions of the archipelago
it is common ; but as it seems to be less so in Grand Canary, and stiU.
less in Fuerteventura, it is certainly possible that it maj' not occur
at all in Lanzarote — where its place is supplied by the A. Germari
(if indeed the two be really distinct from each other). My Teneriffan
specimens are principally from the mountains above S*'' Cruz, Taga-
nana, and Orotava ; in the last of which localities, as well as in Hierro,
it was found also by Mr. Gray. In Gomera I did not myself capture
it ; but it has been taken there, lately, by Dr. Crotch (who also met
with it in Teneriffe and Palma).

490. Apion Germari.

A. prsecedenti simile sed vix minus opacum squamisque paiJo albi-
dioribus adspersum ; rostro in foemineis vix latiore et paulo minus
evidentius punctulato ; elytris vix minus distincte albido-pictis
(fascia postmedia ssepius magis suffiisa indeterminata) ; pedibus
clarioribus, omnino pallidis. — Long. corp. lin. li.

Apion Germari, Walton, Ann. Nat. Hist. xiii. 456 (1844).

albopilosuni, Lucas, Col. de rAlr/erie, 408. pi. 35. f. 5 (1849).

Hahitat in Lanzarota et Fuerteventura, prajciinie (nisi fallor) super

folia Mercurialis annutr hine inde degens.

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It is with the greatest hesitation that I cite this Aplon as more than
a variety of the A. scKjittiferum ; and certainly I shoukl not have
ventured to do so had not my attention been lately directed to it by
Mr. Haliday, who has captured examples in Italy, from off the Mer-
mrialis annua, which he considers to be conspecific with a pair from
Lanzarote which I sent him for comparison, but distinct from the
Madeiran A. sagittiferum (which appears, also, to be universal, or
nearly so, throughout the Canarian archipelago). And the difficulty
of recognizing it as more than a phasis of the latter is not diminished
by the consideration that certain individuals from Fuerteventura seem
to me (though perhaps fallaciously) to be intermediate between the
two. Still, it is by no means impossible that the species may be truly
distinct, although so closely allied that they are occasionally difficult
to separate, — a contingency which is rendered all the more probable
by the fact that their habits are, I believe, different — the present one
being attached, apparently, to the foliage of the Mercurialis annua,
whilst the A. sagittiferum occiu-s indiscriminately on various plants,
and is extremely common (in Madeira at any rate) even amongst the
lichens which clothe the crevices of the weather-beaten rocks at in-
termediate (and even lofty) elevations. Backed, therefore, by this
circumstance, as well as by the high authority of Mr. Haliday, I think
it is not too much to register the two as distinct ; but (if such be really
the case) it is at least very remarkable that I should have met with
the A. sagittiferum abundantly in six of the Canarian islands, whilst
in the seventh it should be represented by a species which is so nearly
akin to it as to be but just separable. Be this, however, as it may,
the Lanzarotan(and ??ios^, also, of the Fuerteventuran) examples (which
are certainly, according to Mr. Haliday, conspecific with the Algerian
albopilosus of Lucas, and probably likewise with the ordinary Euro-
pean A. Germari) dift'er from the normal ones of the sagittiferum (found
throughout the remainder of the Group) in being a trifle less opake
and clothed with rather whiter scales ; in the rostrum of their female
sex being (if anything) just perceptibly broader and less evidently
punctulated (being in fact nearly impunctate); in their elytral mark-
ings being more suffused, and consequently less defined ; and in their
legs being of a clearer, and altogether palHd, hue.

The A. Germari (if such be its true title) was taken both by Mr, Gray
and myself around Haria in the north of Lanzarote, during January
1858, and by myself, at the beginning of April 1859, in the Eio Palmas
of Fuerteventura, — I helieve, in all instances, from off the common
Mercurialis a nnua.

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491. Apion chalybeipenne.

Apion chah beipenne, Schon., ined. (teste Bohemati).

,'Woll., Ins. Mad 413 (1854).

■ , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 122 (1857).

Habitat in Fuerteventura, TeneriiFa, Palma et Hierro, passim.

The A. chalijheipenne, so well distinguished by its rather large size,
elliptic outHne, and submetaUic surface (especially, hoAvever,of the ely-
tra), which is sparingly besprinkled all over with decumbent cinereous
piliform scales, by its somewhat elongate deeply sculptui'ed rostrum
(which has the antenna3 inserted into it at a considerable distance
from the base), its regularly punctured prothorax, and its subarcuated
anterior tibia), is widely distributed over the Canarian archipelago —
where indeed in all probabihty it will be found to be universal. 1
have taken it near IS*'' Cruz, Orotava, and at the Agua Mansa, in
Teneriffe ; in the Barranco da Agua, of Palma ; and in Hicri'o. It
was captured by Mr. Gray in Fuerteventura and Palma, and by Dr.
Crotch in Teneritfe. In the Madeiran Group it is miiversal, occurring
in Madeira proper, Porto Santo, and on the Desertas.

492. Apion calcaratum, n. sp.

A. subopacum, nigrum elytris obsoletissime subviolaceis vel subajneo-
metallicis, pube minuta cinerea demissa parce tectum ; rostro elon-
gate, tereti, arcuato, ad antennarum insertioncm paulo incrassato
et una cum capite prothorace(]ue alutaceo ; illo longitudinaliter
striguloso ; hoc subcylindrico, profundc rugoso-punctato et postice
iu medio fovea impresso ; elytris grosse crenato-striatis, utrinque
juxta scutellum in plaga minutissima albido-squamosis ; an tennis
pedibusque robustis, nigris, parce cinereo-pubcscentibus ; tibiis an-
ticis subarcuatis.

Mas tibiis anticis e\'identius curvatis necnon ad angulum internum in
spinam minutam acutissimam productis. — Long. corp. lin. l|^-l-l^.

Habitat in Hierro, in regione " El Golfo " sylvatica repertum.

This species might perhaps be regarded as the representative in
these islands of the common European A. carduorum ; and its habits I
believe are similar — the only four examples which I have seen having
been brushed from off thistles, during February 1858, in the sylvan
region of El Golfo, on the western side of Hierro. It is in fact about
the same size as, and with much the general aspect of, the A. car-
duorum ; nevertheless, when aceiu-ately inspected, it will be seen to
be abundantly distinct. Thus, it is more thickly clothed with a de-
cumbent cinereous pubescence ; its elytra are a little more ovate,
more coarsely crenate-striated, and furnished on cither side of the
scutellum with an exceedingly minute dash of paler scales ; its pro-

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thorax is somewhat shorter and more roughly punctured ; its anterior
tibiae have an evident tendency, particularly in the males, to be sub-
arcuated, and are also in that sc\v armed at their inner apical angle
with an extremely diminutive spine* ; and its rostrum is a trifle slen-
derer, and is but faintly thickened at the point where the antennoB are
inserted into it — instead of being (as in that insect) conspicuously
tubercled.

493, Apion Westwoodii, n. sp.

A. nigrum elytris teneo-micantibus, squamis pallide flavo-fuscis ro-
bustis demissis parce vestitum ; rostro clongato, lincari, tereti, ar-
cuato, polito, parce punctulato, ad basin, capite prothoraceque alu-
taceis, hoc profunde sod parce punctato, postice in medio linea tenui
abbreviata impresso ; elytris grosse subcrenato-striatis, interstitiis
latis fere impunctatis, utrinque juxta scutellum in plaga parva in-
distincta pallido-squamosis ; antennis pedibusque nigris, flavo-
fusco-squamosis. — Long. corp. lin. 1-1^.

Habitat in montibus Canarige Grandis, rarissimum,
I have much pleasure in dedicating this the most distinct and beau-
tiful of all the Canarian Apions to my friend Professor Wcstwood, of
Oxford, whose long and varied labours in the cause of Entomological
science have justly placed him in the foremost rank of the European
naturalists. It may immediately be known by the robust, brownish-
yellow or dirty yellowish-white, decumbent pilifomi scales with which
it is sparingly clothed ; by its otherwise dark hue, though more or less
brassy and shining elytra (which have their striae deep and coarse,
though very obscurely crenated) ; by its alutaceous head and pro-
thorax (the latter of which is also deeply, but not very closely, punc-
tured) ; by its almost unsculptured interstices ; and by its long, slen-
der, linear, arcuated, bright, and finely punctulated rostrum.

The A. Westwoodii is peculiar, so far as I have observed hitherto, to
the mountains of Grand Canary — where, during the spring of 1858, 1
captured it in the region of El Monte ; and also (though more sparingly)
on the lofty Pinal of Tarajana, above San Bartolomc.

§ IT. Antenna} aut versus ant ante medium rostri insertoi.

494. Apion tubiferum.
Apion tubiferum {Dej.), Schon., Gen. ct Spec. Cure. i. 284 (1833).
Habitat in Canaria et Hierro, in montibus, rarissimum.

* This character is, however, indicated (though less distinctly) in the cardu-
onim; as well as in certain other European species, — as, for instance, in the mncum
and radiolus, and very obscurely in the male of onopordi. It likewise exists in
the chalybeipenne.

312 CANARIAN COLEOPTEEA.

I can detect no specific difference between four examples of an
Apion now before me and two of the A. tnhifcrum, Schon., from
northern Africa. The Canarian ones are certainly more seneous, and
the erect seta) with which they are clothed are not quite so white ;
also their prothoracic punctures are a trifle less coarse and less con-
fluent : but none of these are characters of any real importance. The
only point indeed in which the least approach to a structural differ-
ence seems to be indicated, is that the rostrum (of both sexes) may
possibly be a little shorter in the Canarian specimens ; but as the
entire individuals happen to be a trifle smaller, and even the length
of the rostrum is subject to slight variations in those species in which
that organ is so largclj' developed, I do not lay much stress upon this
fact. Nevertheless if further material should hereafter prove the two
species (however nearly allied) to be really distinct, I would in that
case propose the name of tuhuUferum for the Canarian one, in order
to express its evident afSnity with the tuhiferum.

Of the four Canarian examples which have as yet come beneath my
notice, three were captured (I believe, from off a species of Cistus) in
the sylvan district of El Golfo, on the western side of Hierro, during
February 1858 ; and the remaining one, in the following April, on the
lofty Pinal of Tarajana, above San Bartolome, in the centre of Grand
Canary. It would appear, consequently, to be of the greatest rarity

in these islands.

495. Apion austrinum, n. sp.

A. angustum, nigrum elytris obsolctissime (\-ix perspicue) subme-
tallicis, subopacum, squamis cinereis de missis piliformibus parce
vestitum ; rostro elongato, lineari, tereti, arcuato, polito, minutis-
sime et parce punctulato ; prothorace parvo, subcylindi-ico, punc-
tate, fovea centrali antice evanescente canaliculato ; elytris ellip-
ticis (postice acutiuscuUs), leviter punctato-striatis ; antennis gra-
cilibus, ad basin rufescentioribus. — Long. corp. lin. Ij.

Habitat Gomeram, a Dom. W. D. Crotch semel captum.

The only specimen which I have seen of this insignificant little
Apion was captured by Dr. Crotch, during the spring of 1862, in
Gomera. In its small size, and narrow, elliptic outHne, it has much
the appearance of the common European A. scniadus ; it is, however,
rather more ovate (or less strictly elliptic) and less clothed with
cinereous pubescence, its rostrum is apparently a little shorter and
brighter (or less ahitaccous), and its prothorax is a trifle more cy-
lindric. The position of its antennae (at any rate in the sex before
me) is suffioiently equivocal to render it doubtful to which of my
two Sections it should be referred — being implanted distinctly 1)e-

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hind the middle of the rostrum. I think, however, it is perhaps
better phiced in this situation than elsewhere.

496. Apion fallax, n. sp.

A. elongato-ovatum, subopacum, nigrum elytris plus minus obscure
subteneo-viridi-micantibus, ubiquc subtilissime alutaceum et pubc
minuta cinerca demissa parce vestitum ; rostro elongate, lineari,
tcreti, dense punctate ; capite prothoracoque profunde et dense
punctatis, hoc conico, postice in medio fovea punctiformi impresso ;
elytris subdepressis, crenato-striatis, interstitiis parce et subtilis-
sime punctulatis ; antennis pedibusque robustis, nigris. — Long.
Corp. lin. l|-2.

Hah i tat in Lanzarota, Canaria, Teneriffa, Palma et Hierro, sat
frequens.

Apparently the representative in these islands of the common Eu-
ropean A. violaceum. It is, however, on the average, larger than
that insect ; and the colour of its elytra is never cyaneous-blue, but
of a more or less obscure brassy-green ; its rostrum is rather longer,
and, together with the head and prothorax, more thickly, though
somewhat more finely, punctured ; its prothorax is more conical, or
less rounded at the sides ; and its elytra are a trifle more depressed,
and with their strise much less coarsely crenated. In its general
prima facie aspect it is perhaps closer still to the (nearly allied) A.
hydrolapathi; nevertheless its longer rostrum and somewhat robuster
limbs, in conjunction with its entire freedom from a prothoracic
channel (which, as in the violaceum, is replaced by a small central
punctiform fovea) and its more flattened, difierently coloured elytra,
the interstices of which (though minutely so) are more evidently
punctulated, will sufficiently distinguish it from that species also.

The A. falhuv is probably universal throughout the archipelago,
though as yet it has been observed only in Lanzarote, Grand Canary,
Teneriffe, Palma, and Hierro. My Grand-Canarian examples are
principally from the region of El Monte ; the Tenerifian ones from
the vicinity of S*"" Cruz, Souzal, and Orotava ; and the Hierro ones
from the hills to the westward of Valverde. In Teneriffe it was
taken also by Mr. Gray and Dr. Crotch, the former of whom captured
it likewise in Palma.

497. Apion rotundipenne.

Anion rotundipenne, WoU.,Ins. Mad. 415. tab. viii. f. G (1854).
— . , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 122 (1857).

Habitat in Canaria, Tcnerifta, Palma et Hierro, praoscrtim in cultis

vulgaris.

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This Apion, which is most ;ibunclant, and universal, in the Ma-
cleiran Group (occurring iu Madeira proper, Porto Santo, and on the
Desertas), is equally common at the Canaries — where, although it
does not happen as yet to have been observed in Gomera, it is
doubtless universal throughout the central and western portions of
the archipelago. Whether, however, it exists in the two eastern
islands, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, is perhaps questionable, as I
have myself collected with great assiduity in both of them and have
not detected it. But in Grand Canary, TenerifFe, Palma, and Hierro
I have met with it in profusion — chiefly in semicultivated spots of
intermediate elevations. My Teneriffan examples are principally
from the vicinity of S*'' Cruz, Taganana, Las Mercedes, the Agua
Garcia, and Orotava ; and the Palman ones from the Barranco da
Agua. In TenerifFe it was found also by Dr. Crotch, and in Palma
and Hierro by Mr, Gray. Its anteriorly acute and posteriorly
rounded outline, in conjunction with its small and narrow prothorax,
dark hue but more or less metallic elytra (which are exceedingly
convex, and have their stria? very coarsely crenate), and its slender
rostrum and limbs, will at once distinguish it from the other species
here enumerated.

498. Apion ceuthorhynchoides, n. sp.
A. curtulum, nigrum elytris obsoletissime subcyanescentibus, squamis
cinereis demissis piUformibus parce vestitum ; rostro bre\dusculo,
crassiusculo, lineari, tereti, arcuato, parce punctidato ; capite pro-
thoraceque alutaceis, illo inter oculos magnos longitudinaliter stri-
guloso, hoc brevi transverse convexo punctato foveaque centrali
antiee evanescente canahculato ; elytris nitidioribus, convexis, sub-
quadrato-oblongis, punctato-striatis. — Long, corp. lin. 1.

Habitat Teneriffam, a Dom. Gray prope Portum Orotavse Januario
A.D. 1858 semel repertum.

Like the A. austrinum, this little Ap'ioti is hitherto unique, — a
single example, captured by Mr. Gray near the Puerto Orotava, in
the winter of 1858, being the only one which has as yet come be-
neath my notice. It may, however, be easily known from the other
species here enumerated by its smaU size and thickish form, by its
abbreviated and ventricose prothorax, convex, more shining, and ob-
soletely subcyaneous elytra (which are of a rather elongate -quadrate
outline, and a good deal obliquely-truncated at the shoulders), and
by its somewhat short and thick (though linear) rostrum. Altogether
it is a little suggestive prima facie of a minute, dark, elongate Ceu-
thorhynclius ( particulai-ly of those species allied to the common Eu-

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ropean C. contmctas) — a circumstance wliich has suggested its trivial

name.

499. Apion umbrinum, n. sp.

A. nigro-plumbeum, subopacum, squumis cinereis demissis piliformi-
bus parce vestitum ; rostro elongate, lineari, tereti, arcuate, leviter
punctulato ; capite prothoraceque alutaceis, rugose punctatis, illo
in fronte longitudinaliter strigoso, hoc subconico tenuiter canali-
culate ; elytris crenato-striatis ; antennis pedibusque gracilibus,
illis ad basin ipsissimam rufo-ferrugineis. — Long. corp. lin. lg-l|-

Habitat Canariam, TenerifFam et Palmam, in sylvaticis subsylvati-
cisque hinc inde vulgaris.

A species somewhat resembling the common European A. ononis,
but rather larger and more pubescent, with the prothorax a little
more closely and coarsely punctured, ^vith the elytra wider at the
shoulders, and with the limbs longer. This last character is parti-
cularly evident as regards the feet, the basal joint of which is very
perceptibly more elongated. It appears to be a common insect
throughout the sylvan and subsylvan regions of Grand Canary, Te-
neriffe, and Palma, occurring amongst thick vegetation in shady spots.
My Grand-Canarian specimens are principally from the district of
El Monte ; and the Teneriflfan ones from Las Mercedes, Souzal, and
the Agua Garcia. In Teneriife it was taken also by Dr. Crotch.

500. Apion longipes, n. sp.

A. plumbeum elytris magis cterulescentibus, squamis cinereis demissis
piliformibus dense vestitum ; rostro in fcemineis elongate, lineari,
gracili, subnitido, impunctato ; capite prothoraceque alutaceis, illo
in fronte grosse longitudinaliter strigoso, hoc rugose punctate et
postice canaliculate ; elytris crenato-striatis ; pedibus (prsesertim
in sexu masculo) elongatis.

Mas antennis sajpius fere ad clavam (minus abruptam) rufo-testaceis ;
tibiis anticis robustis, subbicurvatis.

Fcem. antennis ad basin solam rufo-testaceis (clava abruptiore) ;
tibiis anticis gracilioribus, rectis. — Long. corp. lin. l|-2.

Ohs. — Species A. voraci valde affinis, sed paulo major pubescentior,
pedibus omnino longioribus, tarsorum articuio primo sensim lon-
giore.

Habitat in sylvaticis subsj-lvaticisque Teneriffa3 et Palm», sat vul-
garis : in hac, a DD. Gray et W. D. Crotch parce repertum, niihi non
obviiim.

The present large Apion is so closely allied to the common Euro-
pean A. vorax, that I feel doubtful whether it should be treated as
more than a shghtly altered state (brought about perhaps by local
influences) of that insect. It seems to- possess all the distinctive

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features of the A. vorax, only exuygemted ; and mainly differs from
it in being a little larg-er and more pubescent, and in having its legs
still longer. This last peculiarity is very evident as regards the
tarsi, the basal joint of which is very perceptibly more lengthened.
It appears to be an abundant species in the intermediate districts of
Teneriffc, occurring in sylvan and sabsylvan spots : thus, I have
taken it commonly at Taganana, Souzal, and the Agua Garcia. A
single example was also captm-ed by Dr. Crotch ; and several more,
during February 1858, by Mr. Gray, in the island of Palma.

(Subfam. ERIKHIXIDES.)

Genus 198. SMICRONYX.
Schonherr, Geti. et Sjwc. Cure. iii. 423 [script. Micronyx'] (1836).
The genus Smicronyx possesses most of the characters of Tycliius ;
nevertheless its more sunken eyes and its basally approximated claws
(those of the latter being distant, and furnished with a small appen-
dage between them) will, apart from minor features, usually suffice
to separate it therefrom. The species are, on the average, still smaller
than the Tychii ; their surfaces are more or less sparingly variegated
with scales ; their rostrum is long, filiform, arcuated, and slender ;
the punctation of their prothorax, instead of being deej) and dense,
is shallow and remote (the punctiu'es moreover being of a rather pe-
culiar kind, and often merging anteriorly into very minute granules) ;
their clytral striiie are (at any rate, I believe, in most instances) al-
most simple, or unerenulated ; the joints of their funiculus are more
closely compacted together ; and the extreme apices of their tibia)
have the outer angle more prominent and spinulose, and the inner
one also generally somewhat more powerfully armed with a small
horizontally-directed spine.

501. Smicronyx albosquamosus.

S. niger, squamis maximis latis albidis et dilute albidis dense tectus ;

prothorace angustulo, le\-iter punctulato ; elytris subparallehs,

striatis ; antennis pedibusque concoloribus, squamosis.
Var. fi. vicinus. Multo parcius squamosus (squamis albidioribus prae-

sertim perpaucis) ; prothorace alutaeeo sed paulo remotius levius-

que punctato. — Long. corp. lin. 1-1^.

Tychius albosquamosus, WolL, Ins. Mad. 345 (1854).
, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. Ill (1857).

Habitat Teneriffam, in sylva " Agua Garcia " semel tan turn lectus :
varietatis /3 specimina duo (sc. prope Orotavam Tcneriffie necnon in
ins. Hierro, inter mare ct oppidum Yalverde) cepi.

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A single specimen of this insect, captured (dead) from beneath a
stone, in the wood of the Agua Garcia of TenerifFe, during March
1858, seems to agree preciselywith the unique example of my " Tij-
chius alhosqnamosiis " which I found (likewise dead, and under a
stone), in May 1850, on the Dcserta Grande of the Madeiran Group.
At least, after a very accurate comparison, I cannot detect a real
difference between the two ; and I have therefore regarded them as
identical. The S. alho^quamosns recedes from the paupcrcuivs in
being a little larger and more parallel ; in the colour, both of its
body and limbs, being (when denuded of the scales) completely black ;
in its prothorax being a trifle more sparingly and less roughly punc-
tured ; and in its scales being not only very much larger, wider, and
more robust, but likewise of a more chalky white (though apparentlj^
with brownish ones intermixed).

The examples, four in number, which in the above diagnosis I
have treated as the " var. fl " may possibly prove to be specifically
distinct from their supposed type. Two of them were taken by Mr.
Gray near Orotava in Teneriffe, another was captured by myself in
the same locality, and the remaining one I met with (on tlie 11th of
February 1858) on the ascent from Port Hierro to Yalverde, in the
island of Hierro. They differ in being very much less densely squa-
mose (the paler scales, more particularly, being few in number), and
in their prothorax being a little more sparingly and finely punctured.
Still, in the absence of further material (both of them and of their
supposed type) to judge from, I think it would scarcely be safe to
consider them as more than a variety of the albosquamosus.

502. Smicronyx pauperculus, n. sp.
5^. niger, squamis elongatis dilute albidis et fuscis parce nebulosus ;
prothorace angusto, sat dense ruguloso-punctato ; elytris fuscescen-
tibus, striatis ; femoribus tibiisque rufo-ferrugineis. — Long. corp.
Hn. I-H.

Habitat in Cauaria et Teneriffa, in locis infcrioribus et intermediis,
passim.

This insect, which seems to be one of the most minute of the Cana-
rian CurcuUonidce, will probably be found to be universal, tlu'oughout
at all events the central and western islands of the archipelago.
Hitherto, however, I have observed it only in Grand Canary and
Teneriffe, — namely in the region of El Monte and at Teror of the
former, and about S'* Cruz and Orotava of the latter. It is appa-
rently, on the average, a little smaller than the S. albosquamosus, its

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elytra are not quite so parallel at the sides, its colour is less black
(the elytra being more or less fusccscent, and the femora and tibia}
pale rufo-ferruginous), its prothorax is somewhat more roughly and
closely punctured, its entire surface is much more sparingly clothed
with scales, though proportionally perhaps a trifle more variegated,
and the scales themselves, in which the brown ones preponderate,
will be seen (when viewed beneath the microscope) to be narrower
and less robust.

Genus 199. PROCAS.
Stephens, III. Brit. Ent. iv. 90 (IS-Sl).

503. Procas Steveni.

Curculio picipes?, 3Islim, Ent. Brit. 272 (1802).
Procas picipes ?, Steph., 111. Brit. Ent. iv. 91 (18.31).
Erirhinus Steveni, Schon., Gen. et Spec. Cure. iii. 287 (183G).
Procas Steveni, Schon., Id. vi. 387 (1842).

Habitat in Fuerteventura et Palma, rarissimus.

Although widely distributed over the Group, the present insect
appears to be of the greatest rarity in these islands, the only two
Canarian examples which I have seen having been captured in Palma
and Fuerteventura respectively, — one by the Rev, E.. T. Lowe, at
the end of May 1858, high up in the Barranco de Nogales, near the
village of Galga, in the former ; and the other by myself, on the 31st
of the following March, at Oliva, in the latter. It seems probable
that the P. Steveni is not specifically distinct from 'Marsham^s 2^ icipcs
(which of course is the prior name) ; nevertheless, since the former
is at any rate the title imder which the individuals from southerii
Europe are usually quoted, I have thought it safer, in the absence
of further material for a more critical examination, to cite it accord-
ingly.

(Subfam. CLEONIDES.)

Genus 200, LIXUS,
Fabricius, Si/st. Ent. ii. 498 (1775).

504. Lixus anguinns,

Lixus anguimis, Linn., Si/st. Kat. i. ii. 010 (17G7).

, SeJio/i., Gen. et Spec. Cure. iii. 11 (1836).

, Bru/le, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 72 (1838).

Hahitat in Canaria et Teiieriffa, rarissimus.

The only two Canarian examples which I have seen of the present
Li.viis are not very typical of the anguimis (of southei-n Europe and
northern Africa), being not only smaller than specimens (from Sicily
and Algeria) now before me. but having likewise the produced apices

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of their elytra less divergent (indeed almost straight) and their pro-
thorax rather more densely variolose. Still, in every other respect,
particularly coloration, they agree with the anguimis ; and I do not
think therefore that it would be safe to treat them as more than
small varieties of that insect. And moreover, as M. Brulle registers
the species as Canarian, it is at least possible that Messrs. Webb and
Bcrthelot's examples were more normal in their characters ; or, at
any rate, the fact of its having been thus recorded gives an additional
prohahility to the correctness of my determination, and likewise (apart
from this) an additional reason for the desirabDity of admitting the
species, even independently of my own specimens, into this Catalogue.
My own belief, however, is that the latter are truly referable to the
anguimis, and that the slight peculiarities which they present indi-
cate no more, at the utmost, than a mere geographical variety. One
of these examples I captured in the south of Grand Canary, and the
other near S'" Cruz in Teneriffe.

505. Lixus anguiculus.

Lixus anguicidus et liiieatus, Schon., Gen. et Spec. Cure. iii. 11, 12 (1830).

Habitat Fuerteventuram, a Barone " Castello de Paiva " nupcr
connnunicatus.

Of this Lixus also I have seen as yet but two Canarian examples,
both of which have lately been communicated from Fuertevcntura
by the Barao do Castello de Paiva. Although not in a very satisfac-
tory state of preservation, I can detect no traces whatever of paler
lines down the disc of their elytra (though there is a broad and con-
spicuous one along either side), whilst their other differences from
the anguhms, such as they are, accord so weU with the diagnosis of
the (Grecian and Egyptian) anguiculus that I have little hesita-
tion in referring them to that species. Apart from their want of
elytral lines, their rostrum is just perceptibly more shining and eon-
vex than is the case in the anguinus, their j)rothoracic keel is a trifle
more evident, and the acuminated apices of their elytra are straighter,
or less divergent. They are also perhaps a little narrower, though
I think scarcely shorter ; in which latter respect, consequently, they
do not accord precisely with the published diagnosis of the anguiculus.

506. Lixus Chawneri.

Lixus Chawneri, Woll, Ins. Mad. 350 (1854).
, Id, Cat. Mad. Col. 112 (1857).

Habitat Fuerteventuram, Martio exeunte a.d. 1859 ad Olivam
captus.

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A single example only of this insect has hitherto come beneath my
observation in these islands. It was captnrcd by myself, on the 31st
of March 1859, at Oliva in Fuerteventnra, and seems to differ in no
respect from the Madeiran specimens.

507. Lixus guttiventris.
Lixus guttiventris {Germ. ), Schm., Gen. ef Spec. Cure. vii. 4G9 (1843).

Habitat in Lanzarota et Fuerteventnra, pra?sertini ad folia ^rmicZ*'-
nis tJonacis, rarior.

I am informed by M. Jekel, who examined carefully one of my
Fuerteventuran specimens of this Lixus, that he believes it to be
correctly referred to the guttiventris of Schonherr — a species which
occurs in Sicily and the north of Africa ; and it seems to accord
sufficiently well with the diagnosis to leave little doubt in my own
mind on the subject. Its comparatively thick and cyhndric body
(the elytra being conjointly rounded, or obtuse, at their apex), com-
bined with its rufo-ferrugiuous antennaj and feet, its very evenh/
punctured striae, and the fact of its upper surface being vniformh/
clothed with a minute cinereous pubescence and frequently with a
yellowish poUinosity, there being no lateral band of whiter scales,
wiU sei"ve to distinguish it. It appears to be exceedingly rare, and
confined (so far as I have observed hitherto) to Lanzarote and Fuerte-
ventnra,— in the former of which I captured a specimen between
Haria and Magui, during January 1858 ; whilst, in the latter, I
brushed four more from off some plants of the Anmdo dona.v, in the
Rio Palmas, early in April of the following year*.

Genus 201. BOTHYNODERES.
Schonherr, Cure. iJisp. Meth. 147 (182G).

508. Bothynoderes Jekelii.
B. cylindricus, niger, minutissime cinereo-squamulosus ; rostro tri-

* I should add that M. Brulle includes the Lixus anyusfatus in his list, com-
piled for MM. Webb and Berthelot's volimie. It is far from impossible that
it may occur at the Canaries ; nevertheless I cannot admit it into the present
Catalogue, seeing that it is common in Madeira, and that I have (as already
stated) the most conclusive evidence of Mr. Webb's having mixed ii]i his Ma-
deiran and Canarian material in the most inaccurate manner. I feel, therefore,
that it is exceedingly probable tliat the example (or examples) on wliich its ad-
mission into the faima rests was in reality brought by Mr. Webb from Madeira
— a supposition wiiich is rendered the more reasonable when we consider that
his excessively meagre collection (nominally Canarian) contained so many species
(such as the Scarifcs ahhrrviafus and the Harjxili/s consentancu.><). all of them
abundant in Madeira, but which do not exist either amongst my own enormous
amount of specimens amassed in the whole seven islands of the archipelago, or in
the various sma'ler collections formed by others, which have been communicated
to me.

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angulari, densius albido-squamoso sed ad apicem niido polito, te-
nuiter carinato ; prothorace seqiiali, apice bisinnato, miniitissime
punctixlato puncttsque majoribiis parcius adsperso, ad latora (sub-
recta) paulo densius pallidiore ; elytris striato-punctatis, squamulis
in interstitiis lineas obscuras necuon etiam in stria suturali linea
interrupta efficieutibus, ntroqne ad apicem minute divaricato nee-
non longe ante apicem macula parva media ornato ; antennis basi
rufo-piceis. — Long. corp. lin. 3|-5|.

Cleonus Jekelii, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. ix. 441 (1862).

Habitat Lanzarotam, Fuerteventuram et Canariam, in aridis infe-
rioribus sub lapidibus degens.

In its short, conical rostrum and the elongate second joint of its
funiculus this insect belongs to Schonherr's subgenus Bothynoderes
(recently elevated to a genus by Lacordaire), of which the European
Cleonus h'evirostris is the type. I have named it after M. Jekel, who
informs me that it is unquestionably new, — differing, inter alia, fi'om
its cognate species " in having its rostrum more deeply emarginated
at the tip, so as to expose a larger portion of the mandibles." It
occurs for the most part in low and sandy positions, particularly near
the coast, — under which circumstances I have taken it, in profusion,
in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura ; as also, though more rarely, at San
Juan, in the south-east of Grand Canary. In Lanzarote it was found
likewise by Mr, Gray and M. Hartung ; and from Fuerteventura it
has been obtained by the Barao do Castello de Paiva.

The B. Jel-eUi is at once remarkable for its cylindrical outline, and
for its surface being sparingly clothed with excessively minute cine-
reous scales, or pubescence ; by its' prothorax being subcylindrical
and almost even, though densely sculptured with a double system of
small and larger punctures, and considerably bisinuated along the
anterior edge ; and by its elytra (which are but very minutely diva-
ricated at their apex) having the delicate pubescence of their inter-
stices obscurely condensed into dull longitudinal lines, whilst even
the stria of each next to the suture is likewise squamose, but at the
same time interrupted by the punctures so as to form (in unrubbed
specimens) a broken-up line.

Genus 202. CLEONUS.
Schonherr, Cure. Disp. Meth. 145 (1826).

509. Cleonus Armitagii, n. sp.

C. cylindrico-fusiforrais, niger, subnitidus, parcissime albido-squa-
moso-pictus ; rostro cylindrico, subarcuato, minute punctulato,
postice utrinque longitudinaliter impresso ; prothorace subtequali

322 CANARIAN COLEOPTEKA.

(utrinque leviter impresso necnon apice in medio fovea parva, ante
carinulam tenuissimam brevissimam posita, notato), scabroso-rti-
guloso (vix piinctulato) et tuberculis magnis parcissime adsperso,
albido trUincato (linea media tenuiore, recta), per basin bisiuuato ;
elytris convexis (versus scutelliim depressioribus), le\iter punctato-
■ striatis et tiiberciilis magnis irregularibus remotis (prsesertim antice
necnon in limbo) asperatis, singulis (ad apicem \'ix prodiictis)
fasciis 4 valde obKqnis albidis (longe ante suturam terminatis) or-
natis ; antennis (sensim pone apicem rostri insertis) basi jiiceis. —
Long. corp. lin. 7.

Habitat TenerifFam, mihi non obvius : specimen unicum tempore
vernali a.d. 1848 cepit Rev''"' Dom. W. J. Armitage, cnjus in memo-
riam (heu ! deflendam) nomen trivialc proposui.

The unique example from wliich the above diagnosis has been
compiled was captured in TenerifFe during the spring of 1848 by my
lamented friend and associate, the late Rev. W. J. Armitage, the spe-
cies having altogether escaped my own observation in these islands.
Its general appearance is almost as much that of a LLvus as of a
Cleomis, so that it is not entirely evident to which group it should be
assigned*. It may easily be lyiown from the other Canarian CJeoni,
as yet detected, by its cylindric-fusiform outline ; and by its dark
and rather shining surface being roughened ^^dth large, remote tuber-
cles (some of which are transversely subconfluent, so as to iorva. plicai
on the anterior portion of the elytra) and sparingly ornamented with
white scales. These last arc condensed on the prothorax into three
lines (the central one of which is straight and narrow, whilst the
lateral ones are broad and irregular), and down the disc of each of
the elytra into four very oblique fasciae (which are greatly abbrevi-
ated both towards the suture and margin). Its antennoe are inserted
somewhat further from the apex of its (cyHndrical, subarcuated,
miinitely punctured, and on either side longitudinally-impressed)
rostrum than is usual with the true Cleoni ; its prothorax is compa-

* Of the close affinity of these two genera, although widely separated in Sclion-
herr's most unnatural system, there cannot be the smallest doubt ; and it is there-
fore satisfactory to find that Lacordaire has recently, in his admirable volume,
placed tliem in juxtaposition. Indeed M. Jekel, who examined the present insect
for me very critically, returned it witli the following observation : "As a Cleonus
nothing to my knowledge aiaisroaches it ; but it is allied to some Lixi from con-
tinental Africa (from Senegal down to the Cape of G-ood Hope) in which the ros-
trum is short. It seems to me that nobody has yet been able to trace out a real
line of demarcation between Lixu» and Clcomis ; and the transposition of many of
the species, even by Schonherr himself, proves how difficult it is to do so, and how
much the group requires revision. After a close inspection of the example which
you have sent me, I have been much struck with its Lixus-Ukc appearance ; and
(if a Lixus at all) I would place it near to the L. vefiila, Fab., and other cognate
forms."

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 323

ratively even (being but slightly impressed on either side, and with
a small shallow fovea down the centre in front — immediately behind
which there is a very minute, abbreviated, and slender discal keel) ;
and its elytra, which are but finely punctate-striate, are hardly at
all produced (separately) at their extreme apices.

The C. Armitagii may be presumed to be extremely rare ; and it
is, therefore, the more remarkable that it should have been acciden-
tally met with by Mr. Armitage during his few days' sojourn in
Tenerifl^e.

510. Cleonus variolosus, n. sp.

C. tahido et excoriato affinis, sed magis cylindricus, rostro minus alte
carinato ; prothorace longiore, subcylindrico, magis aequali sed
profunde varioloso-punctato (variolis maximis, remotis, plus minus
subconfluentibus), basi in medio multo minus ante scutellum pro-
ducto (fere simplieiter rotundato) ; elytris subcylindricis, seriatim
(vix striato-) punctatis (punctis maximis) sed fcro absque lacunis,
ftisciis duabus brevibus transversis nigris minus oblique atquc hand
conicis ornatis, ante apicem minus constrictis necnon act apicem
ipsum singulatim obtusioribus (?'. e. singulis minus acuminatis) ;
pedibus sensim robustioribus. — Long. corp. lin. 5-6.

Habitat in arenosis inferioribus Fuerteventurae, rarissimus : etiam
in insula parva " Lobos " dicta exemplar unicum collegi.

Of the present Cleonus I have seen but two examples, — one of
which was taken by myself in a low sandy spot close to Puerto de
Cabras in Fuerteventura, and the other on the little rock of Lobos off
the extreme north of that island. It is allied to the C. tahklus and
e.vcoi'iatiis*, but is more cylindrical, with its prothorax longer and
less uneven (though more deeply pitted with enormous, but remote,
punctures or varioles), and very much less produced in the centre
behind, and with its elytra (which are obtuser, or less constricted,
posteriorly, and very much less separately-acuminated at their ex-
treme apices) more coarsely punctured though less deeply striated,
with their two dark fasciae more developed but less regular or defined,
less conical and less oblique, and with the elongate longitudinal im-
pressions (or lacunae) which are so conspicuous in that species almost,
or entirely, obsolete. Its legs, likewise, are a trifle more robust ; and
the keel of its rostrum is not quite so elevated.

* M. Jekel, after examining the present insect, wrote to me as follows: "It is
fl. new Cleonus belonging to the group oi excoriatns, erlcw, &c., much allied to an
unde.scribed species from the south of Spain {gaditanus, Rambur, in lift), and
so closely related to another from Barbary (likewise unjDublished), in Mr. Bow-
ring's collection, that I am inclined to regard the two as but varieties of a single
species."

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324 CANARTAN COLEOPTERA.

511. Cleonus taMdus.

Lixus tabidus, Oliv., Ent. v. 83. 262 (1807).

Cleonus tabidus, Schon., Gen. et Spec. Cure. ii. 192 (1834).

Cleonis o\)\\(i\\?i,IIartim(i\ji&cIll.'],Geolog. VerhaUn.Lanz.undFuert.lAl.

Habitat Lanzarotam, Fiierteventuram, Canariam et Teneriffam, sub
lapidibus in aridis, passim.

I believe that the Canarian Cleonus here referred to is correctly
identified with the tabidus of Olivier, a species which is not uncom-
mon in southern Europe. At any rate it accords precisely with the
description given in Schonherr's work, and also with a Sicilian ex-
ample Avhich I have received from M. Jekel. Nevertheless I should
add that it agrees almost equally with the diagnosis of the excoriatus,
as well as with two specimens from northern Africa, thus named,
which M. Jekel has likewise communicated to me. Indeed so exactly
do these supposed types tally inter se, that I have not the slightest
hesitation in regarding them as conspecific with each other ; and as
there is absolutely no character whatever, that I can detect, in Gyl-
lenhal's long descriptions by which the two can be separated, I should
doubt their being in reality distinct. Be this, however, as it may, I
am inclined, on the whole, to refer the Canarian insect to the tabidus
— which moreover, being prior in publication to the earoriatus, will be
the name which must eventually be retained if the two should here-
after be acknowledged as identical.

The C. tahidus (as here determined) is often abundant in diy spots
of low and intermediate elevations, in Lanzarote, Fuertevcntura, Grand
Canary, and Teneriffe ; but I have not as yet observed it in the three
western islands of the Group. My Lanzarotan examples are princi-
pally from Yaiza and the \acinity of Haria, the Fuerteventuran ones
from Puerto de Cabras, the Grand Canarian ones from Las Palmas
and Arguinjguin, and the TenerifFan ones from Lagima. In Lanza-
rote it was taken also by M. Hartung, and is evidently the Cleonus
referred in his Catalogue (which was prepared for him by Dr. Heer)
to the obUquus, Illiger — a species, however, from which it is totally
removed, not merely in fades and markings but in several of even
its structural details (amongst which the shape of the eyes should be
especially noticed). From Fuertevcntura and Teneriffe it has also
been sent by the Barao do Castello de Paiva.

Genus 203. EHYTIDODERES.
Schonhcrr, Cure. Disp. Meth. 149 [script. Rhytideres] (1826).
I believe that the present group is truly distinct from Cleonus,

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 325

from which it differs, mainly, in its antennae and (regularly sulcated)
rostrum being longer ; in its prothorax being smaller, narrower,
squarish cylindric, simple at the base (or unsinuated), and deeply
grooved above with numerous longitudinal more or less flexuose sulci
(which are consequently separated inter se by more or less curved
and elevated plicce) ; by its scutellum being more conspicuous ; by
its elytra being almost parallel at the sides, with their shoulders sub-
porrect (though obtuse), and with their alternate interstices obscurely
raised ; and by its claws being distant at their base, and free, instead
of apiiroximated and soldered. M. Duval has redescribed it under
the name of Dlastoclielus.

512. Ehytidoderes siculus,

Cleonis plicata, Bridle [nee Oliv.'], in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 72 (1838).
Cleonus sicidus (Dupont), Schon., Oen. et Spec. Cure. vi. 61 (1842).

plicatus, Woll, Ins. Mad. 401 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 119 (1857).

Cleonis plicata, Hartuny, Genloc/. Verhaltn. Lanz. und Fuert. 141.

Habitat in Lanzarota, Fuerteventura, Canaria et Hierro, rarissimus.

The present insect is very nearly allied to the R. plicatus of southern
Europe, of which I had formerly regarded it as a mere geographical
state ; but, upon a closer inspection, it ajipears to me now to be truly
distinct ; and the more so since both the Canarian and Madeiran
individuals agree in every respect with those from Sicily, — which at
any rate indicates that it cannot be a local phasis peculiar to the last
of those countries. It differs from the plicatus in being altogether a
trifle narrower ; in its prothorax having the outer sulci not quite so
elevated and the two inner ones more strongly biflexuose (being bent
inwards not merely posteriorly but also in front, somewhat after the
fashion of a figure of 8) and wider apart, particularly behind (where
the included space is obsoletely keeled) ; and by its elytra having the
punctures of their strite more numerous and considerably smaller (a
fact which is very evident when the scales are removed), and their
alternate interstices less conspicuously raised. Its rostrum, also, is
just perceptibly slenderer.

The R. siculus is rare at the Canaries, though widely spread over
the archipelago — where it will almost certainly be found to be uni-
versal. I have taken it in Grand Canary and Hierro, and it was
found by the Rev. E. T. Lowe in Fuerteventura (from whence also it
was obtained by the Barao do Castello de Paiva) and by M. Hartung
in Lanzarote. In the Madeiran Group (though wrongly recorded by
me as the plicatus) it is universal— occurring, sparingly, in Madeii'^,
proper, Porto Santo, and on the Desertas.

326

CANARIAN COLEOPTEEA.

(yubfam. HYPEHIDES.)

Genus 2U4. ALOPHUS.
SclicinheiT, Cure. Disp. 3Ieth. 106 (1826).

513. Alophiis magnificus, n. sp.

A. fusco-niger, sqiiamis luscis densissime tcctiis albiclioribusque pic-
tus, et setulis cinereis demissis parcissime irroratiis ; rostro elon-
gate, indistincte pnnctalato, supra nccnoii ad latera longitudinaliter
sulcato ; prothorace parvo, subcylindi'ico-conico, profunde sed parce
punctato (pimctis maximis) et densissime interpunctiilato (quasi
granulato), canalicula media profunda (antice et postice evanes-
cente) impresso, versus latera parce subalbido-squamoso ; elytris
inflatis, rotundato-ovalibus, prothorace multo latioribus, profunde
substriato-punctatis (punctis maximis), intcrstitiis, pnesertim al-
ternis, paulo elevatis et minutissirae punetulatis (qua«i granidosis),
ante apicem macula magna communi hastata, necnon in disco sin-
gulorum antico plaga minorc obscuriore irregulari, albidioribus, or-
natis; funiculi artieulo seciindo primo sensim longiore. — Long.corp.
lin. 5-5 1 .

Hahitat in montibus TenerifFaj, raiissimus.

The superb Ciu'culionid described above I believe to be a true
Alophus, though its gigantic size (compared with the European 3-
guttntus), in conjunction with its relativeh/ narrower prothorax and
broad inflated elytra, as well as the fact of the second joint of its
funiculus being perceptibly longer than the first, would give it j^nmd
facie a rather diiierent appearance. Still, its essential details seem
to be those of Alojihus, whilst the form of its elytral fascia and spots
(which are almost precisely those of the 3-guttatiis) would tend to
point out its affinities still more certainly. It is one of the rarest of
the Canarian Coleoptera, the only locahty in which I have observed
it being at the base of the Organo Rocks in the lofty region of the
Agua Mansa in Teneriff'e — where, during May 1859, 1 obtained two
specimens (and the mutilated remains of a third one) from beneath
stones.

Genus 205. HYPERA.
Germar, Mciff. der Ent. iv. 3.35 (1821).

514. Hyper a lunata.

Phytonomus Dauci, BniUe, in Wvhh et Berth. (Col.) 72 (1838).
Ilvpera lunata, Woll, Ins. Mad. 398 (1854).
, Id., Cut. Mad. Col. 118 (1857).

Hahitat insulas Canarienses, sub lapidibus, passim, — in Gomera sola
adhuc baud detecta.

That this is the insect referred to by M. BruUe under the name of

CANAKIAN COLEOPTERA. 327

" Phytonomus Daucl " I am enabled to state for certain, having exam-
ined his specimens in the Collection at the Jardin des Plantes. But
as he gives neither any authoritij for the specific title nor so much as
a single word of description or diagnosis (merely adding " Espece
du midi de I'Europe "), it has of course no claim for consideration.
Indeed I can find no notice, in any M^ork to v^hich I have access, of
a Phytonomus^Y\n.Gh. has ever been published under that name. The
H. lunata, which is universal in the Madeiran Group (occurring in
Madeira proper, Porto Santo, and on the Desertas), there can be no
doubt is also universal at the Canaries, — Gomera being the only one
out of the seven islands in which, hitherto, I have not met with it.
Nevertheless we may feel pretty certain that it exists in Gomera like-
wise. In Fuerteventura and Palma it was taken also by Mr. Gray.
It is usually found beneath stones, in the driest and most arid spots ;
particularly in calcareous ones of a rather low elevation.

515. Hyper a irrorata, n. sp.

//. scjuamis fuscis, albidis et albido-fuscis densissime irrorata et se-
tulis brevibus subdemissis obsita ; rostro gracih, subcylindrico ; pro-
thorace parvo, angusto, postice vix angustiore, plus minus indi-
stincte trilineato (lined media tenui); elytris latis, subquadrato-ob-
longis, punctato-striatis, interstitiis (proesertim alternis) plus minus
irrorato-tessellatis, in limbo albidioribus, per sutiiram (ad apicem
nigro-terminatam) latins fulvo-tiiictis ; antennis jjedibusque gra-
cihbus, his albido-variegatis, tarsorum articulis primo, secundo et
prsesertim tertio (\-ix dilatato-bilobo) sat pai-vis. — Long. corp. lin.
3i-4.

Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuertevcnturam, in arenosis et calcariis de-
gens.

Although in its large size and general (though, at the same time,
more variegated) hue this fine Hypera is a little suggestive at first
sight of the common European H. punctatay it does nevertheless, in
reality, belong to a totally different Section (of which the R. isabel-
Una, from Egypt, may perhaps be regarded as the type) ; its nar-
rower and more cylindrical rostrum, in conjunction with its much
slenderer antennae and legs (the latter of which have their feet very
consideralAy narrower, with the third articulation hardly at all en-
larged) and the less develoijed second joint of its funiculus, will at
once serve, apart from other conspicuous characters, to remove it
from that insect. In minor details, I may just mention that its
rather small and subcylindrical prothorax, combined with its some-
what broad and squarish-oblong elytra, which have their interstices
(especially the alternate ones) more or less sprinkled, or tessellated.

328 CANAEIAN COLEOPTERA.

with dark and whitish scales (the latter of which preponderate
towards the sides and apex, as also on the hinder disc of each), should
be particularly noticed.

So far as I have observed hitherto, the H. irrorata is confined to
Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, and is extremely local even in those
islands, occurring principally in sandy and calcareous spots of a low
elevation. In the former I took it, from beneath stones, during
March and April of 1859, in the flat, arid district immediately to the
south of Arrecife ; as also on the calcareous slopes adjoining the town
of Betancuria in the latter.

51H. Hypera variabilis.

Curculio variabilis, Hcrhat, Kiif. vi. -203 (1795).
Phytouonius variabilis, Schrn., Gen. et Spec. Cure. ii. 384 (1834).
Ilvpera variabilis, Woll, Lis. Mad. 400 ( 1854).
— , Id, Cat. Mad. Col. 119 (1857).

Habitat insidas omnes Canarienses, vulgaris ; forsan introducta.

This common European weevil is universal at the Canaries, in the
whole seven islands of which I have myself captured it (more or less
abundantly). In Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, and Teneriffe it was
taken by Mr. Gray also ; and in the last of those islands by Dr.
Crotch and the Barao do Castello de Paiva. It occurs principally
about cidtivated grounds and corn-fields, and in all probability is a
mere importation from more northern latitudes. It is equally abun-
dant in the Madeiran Group, being found in Madeira proper, Porto
Santo, and on the Desertas. It is a variable insect ; and I beKeve
that the Canarian examples certainly include amongst them the form
which I have recorded (perhaps erroneously) in my ' Ins. Mad.' as
the H. murina, but which I now suspect cannot be specifically dis-
tinct from the remainder ; though whether it be really coincident
with the true murina of Fabricius I wiU not undertake to pronounce
for certain.

Genus 206. CONIATUS.
Germar, Mar/, der Eiit. ii. 340 (1817).

517. Coniatus taniarisci.

Curculio tamarisci, Fab., Mant. Ins. 113 (1787).
Hj'pera taniarisci, Germ., Mag. der Ent. iv. 337 (1821).
Coniatus tamarisci, Schdti., Gen. et Spec. Cure. ii. 406 (1834).

Habitat Canariam Grandem, in foliis Tamaricis (jaUicce, hand fre-
quens.

The only examples of Coniatus from these islands (and which were
captured by inyself, from off Tamarisks, in the Barranco of Mogan

CANARIAN CULEOPTERA, 329

and at El Charco — in the south-west and the extreme south, re-
spectively, of Grand Canary) are, I think, referable to the common C.
tamarisci of Mediterranean latitudes, though they are certainly of a
darker, or more cinereous-coppery, hue than the bright metallic-
green types now before me, from Italy and the south of France. In
spite, however, of their obscurer colour, I believe that they cannot be
identified with the C. re^andus — which is a darker insect still, with
its rostrum nearly black, and with its prothorax almost always con-
spicuously tnlineated (the central line particularly being weU defined
by a blackish portion on either side of it).

(Subfam. MOLYTIDES.)

Genus 207. PLINTHUS.
Germar, Ins. Spec. 327 (1824).

518. Plinthus musicus.

Pliuthus musicus, Wull, Ann. Nat. Hist. vi. 18 (1860).

Habitat in humidis sylvaticis Teneriffae, hinc inde hand infrequens.

This superb Plinthus, a full description of which I published in the
' Ann. of Nat. Hist.' for July 1860 (where also is added a notice of
its stridulating capabilities, and of the anal apparatus by the vibra-
tion of which the noise is genei'ated), appears to be peculiar to the
intermediate and lofty altitudes of Teneriife, occurring more parti-
cularly in the damp laurel- woods from about 2000 to 3000 feet above
the sea. In such situations I have taken it at the Agua Garcia, at
Las Mercedes, on the sylvan mountains above Taganana, near Ycod
el Alto, at the Agua Mansa, and even (in the " Retama "-district)
on the elevated Ciunbre above it. The species may be known by its
large size and dark -brown surface, which (in fresh and unrubbed ex-
amples) is more or less ornamented with paler scales at the sides of
its prothorax, as well as about the humeral region and apex of its
elytra — which last have likewise a small patch on the fore disc of
each, and a much broken postmedial fascia.

519. Plinthus velutinus.

Plinthus velutinus, Woll, Ann. Nat. Hist. vi. 19 (1860).

Habitat in montibus excelsis Teneriffae, usque ad8000's.m. ascendens.

Like the P. musicus, the present species seems to be confined to
Teneriff'e, though to a higher altitude than that insect. Indeed most
(if not aU) of the few examples of it which I have yet seen were cap-
tured on the two lofty Cumbres — above the Agua Mansa, and adjoin-

330 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

ing the Canadas ; whereas the musicns, although ranging to an equal
elevation, descends to about 2000 feet above the sea. In my Paper
on these two Plintlu, I have stated that the P. velutinus " nearly re-
sembles the mnsicus ; nevertheless its much darker surface and almost
total freedom from additional decumbent seta3, as well as its nearly
obsolete elytral patches (which, luhen not obliterated, are reduced to
four small punctures, or spots), in conjunction with its sHghtly shorter
and broader rostrum (which is rather more distinctly widened at the
base, immediately in front of the eyes), its nearly tm^ninctured pro-
thorax, and the entire and less laterally-constricted apex of its more
feebly sculptiu'ed elytra, will readily separate it from that species."
And I may further add that its prothorax is a trifle more rounded
and produced, or less straightly truncated, at the apex (though not
so much so as is the case in the P. ciwuUiis) ; and that its elytral in-
terstices (when denuded of their scales) will be seen to be rather
more shining — being a Little less roughened, and consequently less
opake.

520. Plinthus cucuUus, n. sp.

P. inter musicum et velutinum aliquo modo situs, sed minor, rostro ad
apicem vix magis subito dilatato, prothorace (in disco minus evi-
denter biimpresso) densius punctato iiecuon antice in medio magis
rotundato-producto (nee truucato), elytris ad humeros paulo minus
porrectis (?'. e. vix magis obli(]ue truncatis).

Cum musico colore general! elytrorumque interstitiis subopacis
rugulosis necnon femoribus antieis fortiter spinosis congruit ; sed
rostro breviusculo crassiusculo elytrisque ad ajiicem obtusis integris
velutinum potius simulat. — Long. corp. lin. S^.

Habitat in montibus humidis Canariae Grandis ; die 21. Apr. a.d.
1858 exemplar unicum cepi.

Having but a single example of this Plinthus to judge from, I
should have been disinclined to believe that the few peculiarities
which it presents were indicative of an additional species did not its
Jiabitat (in the laurel-districts of Grand Canary) render such a priori
probable. Although with many characters in common with them
both, it certainly does not accord with either of those just enumerated,
being in many respects indeed intermediate between the two. If the
individual now before me be a normal one, the P. cucullus seems to
differ from both of its Teneriifan allies in being a little smaller, with
its rostrum perhaps somewhat more suddenly dilated at its apex, with
its prothorax (which is less evidently impressed on its disc, on either
side of the keel) more thickly besprinkled with large punctures, and
more produced (or rounded) in the centre at its apex, and in its

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elytra being a trifle less porrect, or more drawn in, at the shoulders.
In its general colouring, as well as in the interstices of its elytra
being (when the scales are removed) opake and rugulose, and in its
more acutely spined femora, it agrc^es best with the P. miisicus ; but
in its somewhat shorter and thicker rostrum, as well as in its elytra
beiug obtuse and entire at their extremity (instead of separately
pointed), it accords better with the velutinus.

The unique specimen I captured between Guia and Osorio, on the
mountains of Gi'and Canary — in the laurel-region (fast decreasing)
which represents the ancient forest of El Dorames.

Genus 208. XENOMICRUS (nov. gen.).

Genus affinitate cum Liosomate Steph., conjimctum atque illud prima
facie simulans, sed corpore parce pubescente (nee glabro),antennis
ad (nee pone) apicem (sensim dilatatum) rostri bre\doris crassioris
et minus arcuati insertis, oculis majoribus, prothorace cylindrico,
scutello conspicue observando pedibusque longioribus gracilioribus
certe distinctum vidctiir.

A ievos, mirabilis, et yuapos, parvus.

The little Curculionid from which the above structural diagnosis
has been drawn out is closely related to Liosomus, with which indeed,
until critically examining it, I had supposed it to be congeneric ;
nevertheless when acciu-ately inspected it will be seen to difier in
most of its details from the members of that group. Thus, it is
pubescent (even though minutely and sparingly so), instead of being
glabrous ; its rostrum is shorter, thicker, and less arcuated, and is
much more expanded at the apex — where the antennee are inserted
(instead of at some distance behind it) ; its eyes (although equally
sunken) are larger ; its prothorax is cylindrical ; its scutellum is con-
spicuous and rounded ; its elytra are inflated and elliptic (being acute,
and constricted, at their apex) ; and its legs are rather longer and

slenderer.

521. Xenomicrus apionides, n. sp.

X. piceo-niger elytris subaenescentibus, pube brevi demissa cinerea
parcissime vestitus ; capite prothoraceque (leviter punctato) sub-
opacis, subtilissime alutaceis, rostro longitudin alitor rugoso ; ely-
tris eUipticis (antice angustatis, postice acute subconstrictis), con-
vexis, ad basin singulatim oblique subrotundatis, nitidis, sat pro-
funde punctato-striatis, interstitiis uuiseriatim punctatis ; antennis
rufo-ferrugineis, ad apicem piceis ; pedibus piceis, tarsis (et inter-
dum tibiis) clarioribus ; femoribus simplicibus.

Variat (immaturus) capite prothoraceque rufo-ferrugineis. — Long.
Corp. lin. 1-1|^.
Habitat in sylvaticis intermediis Tenerifias et Palmse, rarissimus.

332 CANARIAN COLEOPXERA.

Apparently extremely rare, and confined (so far as I have obsei'ved
hitherto) to the moist sylvan regions in Teneriffe and Palma, of a
rather lofty elevation. Thus, during May of 1858, I captured it in
the latter — from amongst damp herbage in the Barranco da Agua ;
and, exactly a year afterwards, in the former — on the densely wooded
mountains above Taganana. Its elytra are more or less obscurely
brassy (occasionally with even a greenish tinge) ; and, when imma-
ture, its head and prothorax are sometimes rufosccnt.

(Subfam. BYIISOPSIDES.)

Genus 209. GRONOPS.
Schonherr, Cure. Disp. Meth. 157 (1826).
Although placed so mdely apart from each other in Schonherr's
most artificial classification, that they are treated as members of dif-
ferent /Subfamilies, I am nevertheless persuaded that the present
genus and Ehytidorhinus are intimately related. Indeed it appears to
me that they are but just separable ; for after the most careful com-
parison of the various details of their structure, the only real difi'er-
ential features which I can detect arc, that, whilst Gronops is winged
and has only the basal joint of its funiculus enlarged, Ehytidorhinus, on
the contrary, is apterous and has its first and second funiculus- joints
elongated. Nearly all the other details of the genera, although made
to sound diifurent in the respective diagnoses, are, when actually ex-
amined, found to be identical, — those characters oiRhytidorhinus which
are based upon the larger size and more uneven surfaces of the several
representatives being merely in degree, and not in kind. My own
belief is that they should be regarded as Sections of a single group ;
nevertheless, since the smallness, in Gronops, of the second articula-
tion of the funiculus, which is quite as short and transverse as the
third, and its developed wings are real and structural differences
(whatever value may be attached to them), it will perhaps be desi-
rable to consider the genus, however nearly allied to Mhytidorhinits, as
at any rate distinct from it, and, thus far at least, to endorse the ordi-
nary ideas on the subject*.

522. Gronops lunatus.

Curculio lunatus, Fab., Syst. Ent. 148 (1775).
Rhynchsenus costatus, Gyll., Lis. Suec. iii. 89 (1813).
Gronops lunatus, Schon., Gen. et Spec, Cure. ii. 253 (1834).

* Since the above remarks vpere written, I am happy to perceive that tliey have
been fully borne out by Lacordaii'e, who places the two genera referred to in juita-
position.

CANARIAN COLEOPXERA. 333

Habitat in Lanzarota ct Fuerteventura, sub lapidibus in arenosis
vulgaris : etiam in TenerifFa (in ipsa urbe Sanctse Crucis) specimen
unum deprehendi.

I cannot detect any real difference between the Canarian specimens
which I refer to the above insect and the ordinary British ones, —
though, since the species is so exceedingly variable both in the colour
of its scales and in the greater or less development of its fascia3, cer-
tain extreme individuals if taJcen alone might almost have been re-
garded as distinct. Nevertheless out of 58 examples now before me
(hardly two of which are precisely alike) I seem to have all the va-
rieties which are indicated amongst my English specimens ; and I
have therefore no hesitation in identifying the whole of them with
the European O. limatus. It is an insect which has exactly the same
habits as the Rhytidorhinns hrevitarsis, with which indeed it is usually
found in company. I have captured it in similar spots both in Lan-
zarote and Fuerteventura, namely beneath scoriae — within the holes
and inequalities of which it is apt to secrete itself, and out of which
it is often difficult to extract it^ It would appear to exist in Tene-
riffe also, for I once met with a single example of it in S''' Cruz.

Genus 210. RHYTIDORHINUS.
Schonherr, Cure. Disp. Meth. 102 [script. Rhytirhimis] (1826).

523. Rhytidorhinus brevitarsis, n, sp.

R. subovato-oblongus, squamis fuscis et albido-fuscis densissime ne-
bulosus ; rostro profunde canaliculate, ad basin bituberculato ; pro-
thorace valde inaequah, in dorso late canaliculato, utrinque profun-
de longitudinaliter impresso, apice in medio elevato, antice rotun-
dato-ampliato, postice angustiore ; elytris obsolete nigro-irroratis,
profunde punctato-striatis (pimctis magnis), sutura intcrstitiisque
alternis costato-elevatis, pra^scrtim ante apicem (desilientem) no-
des efficientibus; an tennis pedibusque brevibus, illis rufo-piceis, his
squamosis, femoribus plus minus nigro-annulatis, tarsis brevibus.

Variat elytris in medio obsoletissime transversim subpallido-fasciatis.
— Long. Corp. lin. 2^-3.

Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventuram, in iisdem locis ac Crronops
lunatus degens : sub scoriis in arenosis aridis hinc inde abundat.

The present Rhytidorhinus is very closely allied to two species now
before me, which were taken by the Rev. Hamlet Clark in the south
of Spain, particularly however to one of them (which may perhaps
be the crispatus, Schon.). Nevertheless from both it may immediately
be recognized by its shorter antennae and legs, the tarsi especially
having the basal and apical joints much more abbreviated — a struc-

334 CANAEIAN COLEOPTERA.

tural character of considerable importance. In minor particulars,
the Canarian insect has its elytra perhaj)S a trifle more expanded be-
hind the middle than is the case in the Spanish species which it most
nearly resembles ; and their nodules, formed by the interrupted al-
ternate ridges, at that particular point, are, if anything, somewhat
more developed ; whilst their apex itself is a little more drawn in, or
suddenly shortened.

The R. hrevitarsis seems to be confined to Lanzarote and Fuerte-
ventura, where it is far from imcommon — occurring beneath stones
and scorice in arid places, particularly sandj- ones of a low elevation.
Under such circumstances it was taken sparingly by Mr. Gray and
myself in Lanzarote, during January 1858 ; in which island, however,
I captured it much more plentifully during March of the following-
year — in submaritime spots between Arrecife and Yaiza, as well as
at Papagayo in the extreme south : and 1 like'oise met with it a few
weeks later, in equal abundance, at the edges of the coast-road, to the
north of Puerto de Cabras, in Puerteventura ; and, more sparingly,
in the little island of Lobos in the Bocayna Strait. It is very gre-
garious, often congregating in clusters beneath a single stone.

(Subfam. BRACHYCEPIDES.)

Genus 211. BRACHYCERUS.

Fabricius, Sijst. Elm. ii. 412 (1801).

524. Brachycerus opacus, n. sp.

J5.niger,opacus,valdeinaxiualis; capiteprothoracequeparcissime])unc-
tatis variolisque maximis notatis, illo supra oculos singulos altissirae
lobato (lobo alterum, minorem sod sat magnum, retrorsum ]ii-o-
ductum, ad basin rostri situm, attingcnte), hoc ad latera in medio
acute angulato necnon per discum plicis duabus maximis altis loii-
gitudinaliter instructo, postice inter plicas obsolete carinato, antice
utrin(]ue late impresso ; elytris subquadratis, grosse transversim
plicato-nodosis, in disco singulorum necnon in limbo plica altiore
grosse dentata serrato-rugatis. — Long. corp. Un. 7.

Habitat in montibus Lanzarotae borealis, semel tantum captus.

The unique specimen from which the above diagnosis has been com-
piled, and which was captured, during March 1859, on the hills above
Haria, in the north of Lanzarote, differs from every Brachycerus with
which I am acquainted in its entirely opake body (even when de-
nuded of tlie mud-like scales with which it is a good deal clothed) ;
by its excessively %ineven surface (the elytra being densely beset with
very elevated transversely-subconfluent nodules, or undulated 'plicft;.

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and with a zigzag line of still larger prominences clown the disc, as
well as along the outer margins of each) ; by its immense occipital
humps (which constitute a ridge above either eye) almost touchinr/
anteriorly the smaller, though svffi,ciently large, backwardly-produced
one on each side of the base of the rostrum ; and by the two longi-
tudinal folds of its (laterally angulated) prothorax being considerably
raised, and comparatively well defined. Its elytra, although thus
fringed with enormous notches, or remote, unequally shaped teeth,
are nearly square in outline.

(Subfam. OTIORHYNCHIDES.)

Genus 212. ATLANTIS.
Wollaston, Ins. Mad. 361 (1854).
Whether the five insects described below be strictly referable to
the same genus as the ordinary Madeiran Atlantkles I will not under-
take, in my present doubt as to the actual value of certain structural
characters in this immediate department of the CurcuUonidce, to pro-
nounce for certain. But that they cannot be assigned to Laparocerus
proper (of which the L. morio was Schonherr's acknowledged type)
I am satisfied, — seeing that their 7nvch tludcer antenna3 (the scajie
of which is rather less ahrnptly clavated at its tip) and the different
proportions of their more obconical funiculus-joints (of which the
second is conspicuously longer than the first) will of themselves, I
think, more than suffice to prevent such an amalgamation. It is,
however, no less true that in several particulars they do not tally
with the normal members of Atlantis ; nevertheless the features in
which they agree with the latter, I am inclined to believe, are more
important than those which would tend to affiliate them with Lapa-
roeerus (and, a fortiori, with Eremnus, of southern Africa) ; so that
I prefer, for the present, treating them as Atlcmtides to the risk of
erecting a new genus (or — which would rather be necessary — two
new genera) for their reception in this extensive and obscure division
of the Rhynchopliora.

§ I. Corpus parviim ; scrohe valde 2^'>'ofundd, brevi, auriculiformi,
siirsum (^supra marginetn oculi superiorent) ascendente ; ocidis mi-
nutis, ohlique stibconicis, postice alte prominentihus. Fades sexualis
valde dissimilis, sed ptedibus in iitroque sexu fere similibus. (Subg.
Amphora, Woll.)

525. Atlantis canariensis.

A. piceo- vel fusco-nigra, subnitida, subcinereo- (vix submetaUico-)
squamoso-tesseUata setisque suberectis in elytris obsita ; rostro

336 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

crasso, subtriangnlari, sat rugose subpunctato, canalicula valde
profunda (inter ocnlos parvos, oblique subconicos, postice alte pro-
minentes, latiore, fovea^formi) impresso ; prothoracc dense et pro-
funde punctato, carinato ; elytris prcfunde crenato-striatis, sutura
postice interstitiisque alteruis plus minus obscure subcinereo-tes-
sellatis ; an tennis pedib usque robustis, fusco-ferrugineis.

Mas paulo minor, angustior ; rostro vix graciliore ; prothorace cre-
brius et rugosius punctato, minus carinato (carina tamen rarius
omuino obsoleta) ; elytris anguste et regulariter ovalibus, paulo
levius crenato-striatis, setulis superadditis brevibus.

Foem. jiaulo major, latior ; rostro vix crassiore ; prothorace minus
crebre et magis cequaliter punctato, in disco valde carinato (carina
interdum altissime elevata) ; elytris subobtriangularibus (basin
versus latiusculis), vix profundius crenato-striatis, setis super-
additis longioribus. — Long. corp. lin. 2^-3.

Laparocerus canariensis {Chevr.),Sclio)i.,Gen.et <S^;. C'»/T.vii.228(1843).
Habitat supra regionem sylvaticam in montibusvalde excelsis Tene-
riffae, usque ad 9000' s. m. ascendens : sub lapidibus scoriisque inter
arbusculas Sjxirt'n nubigence congregat.

As indicated in my Sectional diagnosis, this insect is so peculiar
in many respects that I believe it will eventually be found desirable
to erect a separate genus for its reception : nevertheless, as this may
possibly be necessary for the four succeeding species likewise, and
I am anxious not to establish additional groups amongst these ob-
scure Rhynchophorous forms, I have thought it better to refer them
all to Atlantis (since *' Laparoceri " they clearlj^ are 7iot) ; and I
have consequently given merely a subgeneric name to each of
the Divisions, in the anticipation of further data rendering their
isolation absolutely unavoidable. Thus, the A. canariensis is more
especially remarkable for its deep, short, and upwardly-directed
scrobs, for its excessively prominent, minute, and obliquely -conical
eyes (which are consequently greatly elevated behind, instead of at
their middle point), and for the curious dissimilarity of its sexes —
the females being not only larger and wider than the males (which
is of very common occurrence amongst the Curculionida;), but also
with their prothorax less closely and more regularly punctured, and
with the central keel (which is always much smaller, and sometimes
nearly obsolete, in the opposite sex) more or less greatlj' elevated ;
whilst the suberect seta5 with which the elytra are beset are con-
siderably longer.

Through the kindness of M. Chevrolat I have been enabled to
examine the type of Schonherr's Laparocems canariensis, which was
furnished originally by his collection, and there can be no doubt that

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it is identiccal with our present species. It is, however, a rather
small, rabhed, and not quite mature (male) example, in which the
prothoracic keel is but slightly developed. These facts may account
in some measure for the excessive badness of Boheman's description,
though they cannot justify absolute misstatements, in which the
diagnosis and description are made to contradict each other.

The A. canariensis appears to be confined to very lofty altitudes
in TenerifFe, never descending (so far as I have observed hitherto)
even into the wooded districts, but occupying the elevated regions
which are specially characterized by the presence of the Spartlmn
nuhigena, or '' Retama " — the superb Broom pecuHar to those upland
tracts. In such situations I took it abundantly, during May 1859,
from beneath stones and scoriae, on the Cumbre adjoining the Caiiadas,
above Ycod el Alto (from about 8000 to 9000 feet above the sea) ;
as well as on the opposite Cumbre, above the Agua Mansa. In the
former of those localities it has been also found, more recently, by
Dr. Crotch.

§ II. Corpus sat m%gnum ; scrobe postice lata divaricatd ; ocuUs modice
prominentibus. Fades sexiialis hand valde dissimiUs, sed pedibvs
secundum sexum plus minus dlversis. (Subg. Canopus, WoU.)

526. Atlantis subnebulosa, n. sp.
A. fusco-nigra, subopaca, parce et minute submetallico-squamoso-
tessellata; rostro parallelo, minute et leviter subpimctato, late
concave, canalicula (antice tenui sed postice inter ociilos parvos
prominentes profuiidfi foveoeformi) impresso ; prothorace angustulo,
profunde et dense ruguloso-punctato, carina antice evanescente
instructo ; scutello parvo ; elytris profunde punetato-striatis, in-
terstitiis exterioribus postice subelevatis ; antennis pedibus<iue vix
dilutioribus.
Mas adhuc latet.
Foem. tibiis posticis simplicibus. — Long. corp. lin. 5.

Habitat Canariam Grandem, tempore vernali a.d. 1858 semel tan-
tum lecta.

Judging from the unique example (a female one) of this insect
now before me, I think it will be impossible to regard it as an insular
modification of the A. tibialis, though in size and general proportions
it has certainly much in common with it. Nevertheless its rather
browner and more opake surface, which is sparingly tessellated all over
(though particularly on the elytra) with minute palish-metallic scales,
in conjunction with its more rugose prothorax (on which there is a
distinct central keel, which vanishes in front), its rather less dimi-
nutive scutellum, the somewhat smaller punctures of its striye, and

338 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

the fact of its outer elytra! interstices being perceptibly (though but
a little) raised behind, will all tend to remove it from that species.
The single indi\'idual described from was captured by myself, during
the spring of 1858, in Grand Canary ; but whether in the district of
El Monte or in the Isleta I cannot now exactly recall.

527. Atlantis tibialis, n. sp.

A. nigra, subnitida, (oculo fortissime armato) subtilissime et brevis-
sime pubescens ; rostro minute et leviter striguloso-subpunctato,
late coneavo, canalicula (antice tenui sed postice inter oculos par-
vos prominentes profunda foveseformi) impresso ; prothorace pro-
funde et dense punctato ; scutello minutissimo ; elytris basi con-
junctim subemarginatis, ad humeros oblique rotundatis, profunde
punctato-striatis (punctis magnis) ; antennis tarsisque piceo-ferru-
gineis ; femoribus tibiisque nigro-piceis.

Mas vix angustior, tibiis posticis intus ante apicem subito sed leviter
rotundato - ampliatis .

Foem. vix latior, tibiis posticis simplicibus. — Long. corp. lin. 4-5.

Habitat Teneriffam et Palmam, in inferioribus sub lapidibus,
passim.

This large and black species, so well distinguished by its dull and
only slightly shining surface, deeply punctured prothorax, excessively
minute scutellum, the enormous punctures of its elytral striae, and
by the two hinder tibiae of its male sex being increased, a little be-
fore their inner apex, by a slight flattened amplification, or as it were
by a small portion suddenly rounded outwards, is apparently not
uncommon at low elevations in TenerifFe and Palma. In the former
of those islands I have taken it frequently, from beneath stones, in
the diy cindery region around the Puerto of Orotava — a locality in
which it was likewise found hj Mr. Gray ; whilst in the latter I met
with it, in similar situations, in the Barranco immediately above S*"

Cruz.

528. Atlantis tetrica.

A. speciei prsecedenti simihs, sed \dx minor, angustior, nitidior, magis
atra et paulo magis glabra ; prothorace sensim convexiore, in disco
minus profunde et minus dense punctato (punctis minoribus sub-
obsoletis) ; scutello in utroque sexu majore (sed parvo) ; elytris ad
basin paulo rectius truncatis, striarum punctis vix minoribus.

Mas vix angustior, tibiis posticis intus ante apicem latiusculum le-
viter excavatis.

Ff^em. vix latior, tibiis posticis fere simplicibus. — Long. corp. lin.
4-4 i

'± '±2.

Eremnus telvicuR, Schon., Gen. et Spec. Cure. ii. 542 (1834).
Otiorhynchus simplex, Briille, m Wehh et Berth. (Col.) 71 (1838).
Laparocerus tetricus, Schon., Gen. et Spec. Cure. vii. 228 (1843).

OANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 339

Habitat Teneriifam, in inferioribus prope Sanctam Crucem sub la-
pidibus necnon in plantarum bifurcationibns baud infrequens.

From types wbicb bave been communicated to me by M. Cbevro-
lat, I am enabled to state for certain that Scbonberr's Laparocerus
tetricus is the Curculionid which I would desire now to characterize
— and not the preceding one : indeed the published diagnosis of it,
though far from accurate, is sufficiently clear on several points (par-
ticularly the punctation of the prothorax) to prevent its being con-
founded with that insect. Nevertheless it is unquestionably very
nearly allied to it — so much so, in fact, that until I had overhauled
the two critically I had regarded them as the sexes of a single species.
But finding, on closer examination, that I possess males and females
of both of them, and which present features which I had at fii'st
overlooked, I now perceive that such cannot be the case. It may be
known easily from the A. tibialis by being, on the average, a trifle
smaller and narrower, as well as rather more shining and of a deeper
black; by its prothorax being a little convexer and more lightly,
finely, and distantly punctured on the disc ; by its scutellum (although
minute) being perceptibly larger than is the case in that insect ; by
its elytra being a trifle less conjointly-emarginated (or more straiglitly
truncated) at their base, and with the punctures of their stria; perhaps
less immense ; and by the two hinder tibiae of its male sex being rather
scooped-out internally at a short distance from their apex, causing
them to appear curved inwards (and rather enlarged) at the tip.

I have observed the A. tetrica only in Teneriife, and hitherto
merely at low elevations near S'" Cruz, where it woiild seem to
occupy much the same sort of position as the tibialis does around
Orotava. It was also found in the vicinity of S*" Cruz by the late
Rev. W. J. Armitage ; and it has recently been sent therefrom by
the Barao do Castello de Paiva, who captured it " in CacaUce bifurca-
tionibus " in the Barranco Santo.

The Otiorliynclms simplex of M. Brulle appeared to me, from the
type which I examined in Paris, to be founded on nothing more than
an immature example of this species ; and indeed his description
(such as it is) would, I think, imply that it cannot be referable to the
A. tibialis, since he expressly states of the prothorax, " sa surface
inferieure et laterale est fortement ponctuee ; sa surface dorsale est
au contraire presque depourvue de points."

529. Atlantis angustula.

A. angustulo-subcylindrica, atra, subnitida, subtiliter pubescens pi-

z 2

340 CANAKTAN COLEOPTERA.

lisque elongatif? erectis in elytris obsita ; rostro crassiuscixlo, piinc-
tato, supra baud concavo, oculis rotundatis, prominentibus ; pro-
thorace convexo, per basin ipsissimam subsinuato et distincte mar-
ginato, sat profundc subruguloso-punctato punctiilisqne minntis
intermcdiis valde distinctis parum crebre irrorato ; elytris sub-
cylindricis, profundc punetato-striatis ; antennis tarsisque piceis ;
femoribus tibiisque nigris.
In utroque sexu fere similis. — Long. eorp. lin. 3-4|.

Atlantis angustula, Wall, Ann. Nat. IliU. xi. 219 (1863).

Habitat Canariam Grandem, sub lapidibus in inferioribus et inter-
mediis late diffusa.

This well-defined species appears to be peculiar to Grand Canary,
where it is probably universal at low and intermediate elevations.
During the spring of 1858 I took it throughout the region of El
Monte, particularly on the Bandama mountain ; as also, in tolerable
abundance, at Arguiniguin, in the south-west of the island ; and it
was captured by the Eev. R. T. Lowe in the Isleta (to the north of
Las Palmas). It may be known immediately by its rather narrow
and subcylindric outline, intensely black hue, and minutely pubescent
siuface (which is studded on the elytra with long, erect additional
hairs), by its rather thick rostrum (which is 7iot concave above, as
is the case with the three preceding species), by its prominent eyes,
by its roughly punctured and somewhat convex prothorax (which is
strongly margined along its posterior edge), and by its sexes being
almost identical in their external features.

Genus 213. LAPAROCERUS.

Schonlierr, Gen. et Spec. Cure. ii. 530 (1834J.
As may be gathered from a glance at the following pages, Lajmro-
cerus plays a most significant part amongst the Canarian Curculionicla;
— no less than thirty well-defined species having already been de-
tected throughout the archipelago. It is intimately allied to the
genus Atlantis, which is so strongly expressed at the Madeiras, but
which seems to have but few representatives (and those somewhat
aberrant ones) in these islands. It would appear indeed that, whilst
both genera are foimd in the two Groups, Laparocerus is as essentially
Canarian as Atlantis is Madeiran — since but three exj)onents of the
former have hitherto been observed in Madeira, whilst of the latter
only five ahnormal ones have yet been brought to light at the Cana-
ries. Apart from minor distinctions, the Laparoceri may be known
immediately from the Atlantides by the construction of their scape
— which is excessively slender but suddenly clubbed at its extreme

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apex, whilst in Atlantis that portion of the antennae is robust and
thick throughout, it being gradvAxlly incrassated from its base.

530. Laparocerus morio.

Laparocerus morio, Schon., Gen. et S^jec. Cure. ii. 531 (1834).

, Woll, Ins. 3Iad. 360. tab. vii. f. 1 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 113 (1857).

Habitat in Teneriffa et Gomera, mihi baud obvius, a Barone " Cas-
tello de Paiva " benigne communicatus.

The L. morio, which absolutely swarms througbout every portion
of the Madeiran Group, has not yet come beneatb my own observa-
tion in these islands. Nevertheless three specimens of it have been
communicated by the Barao do Castello de Paiva which I can have
no doubt are (as they profess to be) truly Canarian, so that I have
not any hesitation in admitting the species into this Catalogue. Two
of these, he informs me, were captured by himself on a dry cindery
hill near Orotava in Teneriffe, whilst the other was sent to him by
a Spanish correspondent from Gomera.

The L. morio may be known from all the other Laparoceri here
enumerated by its dark hue and dull, most minutely pubescent (but
often obscurely subtessellated) surface; by its convex, subglobose
prothorax (which is regularly punctured and densely beset with ex-
tremely diminutive punctules between the larger ones) ; and by the
structure of its tibiae — the anterior four of which are more evidently
armed with a minute horizontal spine at their inner apex, whilst the
hinder pair of the males have their internal angle largely scooped
out, or emarginated, so as to form an obtuse and slightly prominent
heel at a considerable distance behind the extremity,

531. Laparocerus sculptus.

L. brunneo-niger (immaturus rufo-brunneus), subopacus, minute et
densissime sculpturatus necnon pube minutissima brevissima de-
missa ubique eonfertim obsitus ; prothorace angustulo, minute et
densissime punctulato ; elytris convexis, basi subrecte truncatis,
callo humerah incrassato, crenato-striatis, interstitiis minutissime
et densissime transversim substriguloso-rugatis ; antennis pedibus-
que rufo-ferrugineis. — Long. corp. Hn. 5|.

Otiorhynchus sculptus, Bridle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 71 (1838).
Habitat Palmam, in lauretis editioribus humidis, rarissimus.
The nearly opake and very minutely pubescent surface of this large
Laparocerus, in conjunction with its exceedingly dense but extremely
fine sculpture (the head and prothorax being most closely and deli-

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cately pvuictulated, whilst the elytra are roughened by diminutive,
transversely-confluent punctules which form as it were irregidar
strigce), will sufficiently characterize it. Its prothorax, like that of
the L. undatus, is rather narrow and slightly conical ; and its entire
colour when immature is of a more or less reddish brown — except
the limbs, which are pale rufo -ferruginous. Hitherto I have met
with it only in the laurel-districts of the island of Palma, where it
would seem to be extremely rare in damp spots of intermediate and
rather lofty elevations. I captured the four specimens (female ones)
from which the diagnosis has been compiled towards the upper ex-
tremity of the Barranco de Galga, and on the ascent of the Cumbre
above Buenavista*.

532. Laparocerus undatus, n. sp.

L. subellipticus, niger, obsoletissime subfenesceus, subnitidus ; rostro
longiusculo ; prothorace angustido, inajqualiter subpunctulato-ru-
guloso et punctis majoribus levibus parce adsperso ; elytris basi
subrecte truncatis, postice subproducto-acutiusculis, callo humerali
incrassato, punctato-striatis, interstitiis undulato-insequahbus, sub-
rugulosis, punctis perpaucis magnis sed valde levibus notatis et
pilis brevibus suberectis cinereis valde remotis obsitis ; antennis
tarsisque ferrugineis ; femoribus tibiisque nigro-piceis. — Long.
Corp. lin. 5|-5|^.

Habitat in humidis sylvaticis TenerifiPae, supra Tagananam captus.

This is perhaps, on the average, the largest of the Canarian Lapa-
roceri as yet detected ; and it may at once be known by its somewhat
elliptic outline (it being rather acute both before and behind) ; by
its only slightly shining, dull-black surface, which has a just percep-
tible senescent tinge ; and by its elytral interstices being waved (or
undulated) , less evidently transversely- strigulose than in the L. sculp-
tus, but with a few very large though extremely shallow punctures,
as well as a few exceedingly distant, suberect haii's, down each.
Like the L. scidptus it is of the greatest rarity, being attached to
similar spots as that insect, though in Teneriife instead of Palma,
Indeed the only region in which I have observed it hitherto is, at a
high elevation, on the damp laurel-clad mountains above Taganana
— where during May of 1859 I met with the four specimens (all
females) from which my diagnosis has been drawn out.

* Althougli M. Brulle's " description " does not indicate a single character by
which his Otiorhynchus scidptiin could by any possibility be identified, I am
nevertheless enabled to state for certain that the present Laparocerus is the species
to which he referred, having myself examined his type, which still exists at Paris,
in the collection at the Jardin des Plantes.

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533. Laparocerus excavatus.
L. niger, nitidus, fere calvus ; prothorace convexo, minutissime, dense
et levissime punctulato punctisqiie majoribus sed vix profundis
parce (in disco antico saepius parcissime) notato, fere simplici (i. e.
in medio \dx lineato); elytris basi subbisinuato-truncatis, callo
humerali valde incrassato, profimde punctato-striatis, interstitiis
minutissime transversim substriguloso-rugatis et punctis (versus
suturam parvis) remote obsitis ; antennis rufo-ferrugineis, pedibus
rufo-piceis.
Mas saepius subiiitidior, tibiis anticis intus versus apicem profunde

excavatis, posticis fortiter sed parce serratis.
Foem. ssepius subopacior, tibiis fere simplicibus.
Var. /3. lugahris [an species?]. Paulo major, opacior et fere omnino
(etiam ociilo fortissime armato) calvus ; prothorace densius punc-
tate ; elytrorum interstitiis magis asqualibus punctulisquo minoi'i-
bus adspersis. — Long. corp. lin. 4-5i.

Laparocerus excavatus, JVoll., Ann. Nat. Hist. xi. 219 (I860).
Habitat in montibus sjlvaticis TeneriflPae, prsesertim inter muscos
et Hchenes ad truncos arborum crescentes, necnon sub ligno marcido
latens.

The present insect, which has been observed hitherto only in Tene-
riife, is essentially a sylvan one, — the few examples which I have met
with in more barren spots being, as I should imaghie, the result of an
accidental transportation, either through the instrumentality of floods
or other contingencies. Thus, for instance, it is rather common on the
damp laurel-clad mountains at Las Mercedes (beneath stones, pieces
of wood, and under moss and lichen growing upon the trunks of
trees); and on one occasion I captured a stray specimen, at an alti-
tude only slightly higher than that of S''' Cruz, even towards the en-
trance of the Barranco do Passo Alto — ivliicli, however, takes its rise
in the Las Mercedes ratige. But in the forest districts of intermediate
and rather lofty elevations it appears to be pretty widely spread over
the island. On the sylvan slopes above Taganana and Point Anaga,
as well as at the Agua Garcia, it is by no means scarce.

The L. excavatus may be recognized by its dark, shining, and (except
under a high magnifying power) almost glabrous surface — there being
only a few longer hairs at the apex of its elytra ; by its convex pro-
thorax, which is a good deal rounded at the sides, most minutely,
finely, and densely pimctulated, and with larger and deeper punctures
(which are usually more or less obsolete on the anterior disc) sparingly
intermixed ; by the front tibiae of its male sex being deeply scooped
out internally, whilst the hinder pair are powerfully crenulated ; and
by its elytra being somewhat bisinuated along their basal edge, with

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their humeral callus a good deal developed, and with their interstices
rather coarsely transversely-substrigulose and studded with remote,
shallow punctures — which are tolerably large towards either side,
but smaller and less impressed towards the suture.

The few specimens which I have treated, in my diagnosis, as a
" var. jS " of the present species, and which I hardly imagine can be
truly distinct, are a little larger and less shining than the ordinary
type, ^vith their prothorax more closely sculptured, with their elytral
interstices more even (caused partially by the few scattered punctures
being smaller), and with their entire surface even balder still, — the
minute hairs with which the species is sparingly beset being so di-
minutive as to be scarcely traceable even beneath the microscope. One
of them was taken by Dr. Crotch on the subsylvan mountains above
Ycod el Alto ; and the remainder by myself at the Agua Garcia.

534. Laparocems grossepunctatus, n. sp.

L. subellipticus, niger (vix obsoletissime subaenescens), parum nitidus,
parce metallico-squamosus ; rostro subgracili, grosse punctato, pro-
funde canalieulato ; prothorace parvo, profunde punctato pixnctu-
lisque minutis intermediis sat dense irrorato, in medio simplici (?'. e.
baud lineato) ; elytris apice acutiusculis, callo himierali fere obso-
leto, profunde punctato-striatis, interstitiis inaequalibus, pimctis
perjiaucis maximis profundis notatis et pilis suberectis valde re-
motis proesertim postice obsitis ; antennis rufo-ferrugineis, pedibus
piceis.

Mas tibiis auticis intus versus apicem leviter sinuato-excavatis, pos-
ticis intus rectis et minutissime subcrenulatis.

Fcem. tibiis fere simplicibus. — Long. corp. lin. 4.

Habitat in lauretis humidis TeneriffiB, rarissimus.

The only two examples of this Laparocerus which I have yet seen
were captured by myself in Teneriffe, on the damp laurel- clad moun-
tains above Taganana, during May of 1859. The species may easily
be known by its rather narrow and deeply channeled rostrum, by its
somewhat small and coarsely punctured prothorax, by its surface
being more or less sparingly tessellated with metallic scales, and by
the immense punctures of its elytral interstices. It is the last of these
characters, in conjunction with its somewhat narrower rostrum and
its totalh/ unkeeled and rather less basally-margined prothorax, which
appears to distinguish it prlncipalhj from the L, squamosus.

535. Laparocerus squamosus.

L. niger vel piceo-niger, parum nitidus, parcc metallico-squamosus ;
rostro crassiusculo, grosse longitudinaliter striguloso-punctato, pro-

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funde canaliculato ; prothorace angustulo, profunde punctato punc-
tulisque minutis intermediis irrorato, in medio obsolete carinato,
per basin anguste sensim marginato ; elytris callo humerali fere
obsoleto, profunde punctato-striatis, interstitiis punctis valde per-
paucis levibus notatis et pilis brevibus suberectis remotis prsesertim
postice obsitis ; aji tennis rufo-ferrugineis, pedibus rufo-piceis.

Mas tibiis anticis intus versus apicem vix sinuato-excavatis, posticis
intus rectis et minutissime subcrenulatis.

Foem. tibiis fere simplicibus. — Long, corp, lin. 3^4.

Otiorhynchus squamosus, Brulle, in Webb et Berth. ( Col.) 71 (1838).

Habitat in sylvaticis intermediis Teneriffae, rarissimus.

The rather small, deeply and somewhat densely punctured pro-
thorax of this species, which is obsoletely keeled down the middle and
narrowly (but conspicuously) margined along its basal edge, combined
with its roughly longitudinally-sculptured, rather deeply channeled
rostrum, and its coarsely punctate-striated elytra, which (even in
unrubbed examples) seem to be but sparingly squamose and studded
(particularly on their posterior half) with a few short, very distant,
and suberect bail's, will serve to distinguish it from its allies. Its in-
terstices are most remotely besprinkled with a very few shallow punc-
tures, which are nearly evanescent towards the suture ; and its pos-
terior male tibire are rather sharp and straightened along their inner
edge, where they are very minutely and obscurely crenulated. I
have little hesitation in identifjing it with M. Brulle's Otiorhynchus
squamosus, since the type of that insect, which I examined in Paris,
although a very unsatisfactory one, appeared to agree sufficiently weU
\vith the few examples (captured by myself in the intermediate ele-
vations of Teneriffe, namely at the Agua Garcia, the A.gua Mansa, and
Ycod el Alto) from which the above diagnosis has been drawn out.
M. Brulle's descrijition applies equally to the whole of these imme-
diate species, containing no allusion to any single feature which could
possibly be regarded as diagnostic.

536. Laparocerus crassirostris, n. sp.

L. angustulo-elongatus, subdepressus, fusco-piceus, subnitidus, parce
metaUico-squamoso-tessellatus sed pilis superadditis fere carens ;
capite crasso, minutissime et dense punctulato, rostro brevi crasso
subquadrato vix canaliculato sed postice inter oculos fovea magna
profunda impresso ; prothorace brevi, apice subsinuato-truncato,
minute et dense punctulato pimctisque majoribus (sed hand magnis)
sat crebre obsito ; elytris elongato-suboblongis, pimctato-striatis ;
antennis rufo-ferrugineis ; pedibus rufo-piceis.

Mas (nisi fallor) tibiis (etiam posticis) intus simplicibus.

Fosm. adhuc latct. — Long. corp. lin. 3|.

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Habitat in montibus Canariae Grandis ; mense Aprili a.d. 1858 ex-
emplar unicuni in pineto quodam excelso regionis " Tarajana" dictse
deprehendi.

In its narrow, elongate outline, its short, thick rostrum, and its api-
cally truncated prothorax, the specimen from which the above dia-
gnosis has been compiled somewhat resembles at first sight a Brachy-
deres ; nevertheless its longer antennae and dififerently formed scrobs,
in conjunction with the deeply excavated tip of its rostrum and the
excessively minute subhorizontal spine with which the inner angle
of its tibiae is armed, will of themselves at once remove it from the
members of that group. Amongst the Laparoceri it (or at any rate
the sex which I have examined) is remarkable for its slender, elon-
gate form and comparatively depressed, brownish-piceous surface ;
for its rostrum being short, thick, subquadrate, and densely and mi-
nutely punctulated, but only slightly channeled ; by its thick forehead
having a very deep longitudinal fovea between the eyes ; and by its
prothorax being rather abbreviated, much truncated (and faintly sub-
sinuate) along its anterior edge, and with the double system of punc-
tures comparatively dense and well defined. The individual described
from was taken by myself, during April 1858, in the lofty Pinal of
Tarajana, above San Bartolome, in the centre of Grand Canary.

537. Laparocerus crassifrons.

L. niger vel piceo-niger, parum nitidus, plus minus dense et grosse
submetallico-squamoso-tessellatus ; capite convexo, crasso, rostro
crasso subtriangulari grosse denseque punctato et profunde canali-
ciilato, oculis sat parvis rotundatis ; prothorace convexo, punctato
punctulisque minutis intermediis dense irrorato ; elytris oblongo-
subovalibus, callo humerali obsolete, punctato-striatis, interstitiis
vix punctulatis et pUis brevibus suberectis remotis pra^sertim postice
obsitis ; antennis rufo-ferrugineis ; pedibus rufo-piceis.
Mas angustior, nitidior, elytris profundius striatis.
Fcem. latior, paulo opacior, elytris minus profunde striatis. — Long,
corp. Hn. 3^5,

Laparocerus crassifrons, Woll, Aii/i. Nat. Hist. xi. 220 (1863).
Habitat sub lapidibus scoriisque in regionibus valde elevatis Tene-
riffoe, usque ad 9000' s. m. ascendens.

The present Laparocerus, which is most variable in stature, seems to
be peculiar to the lofty altitudes of Teneriffe which are characterized
by the presence of the Sparfmni nuhigetui (or " Retama "), above the
sylvan districts, and embracing from about 6000 to 9000 feet above
the sea. In such situations it abounds, beneath scoriae, on the ele-
vated Cumbre adjoining the Canadas, above Ycod el Alto ; as well

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347

as on the opposite Cumbre, above the Agua Mansa, — on both of which
I met with it in profusion during May 1859, and on the former of
which it has lately been captured by Dr. Crotch.

The L. crassifrons may be known by its convex head and thick,
subtriangular, coarsely punctured rostrum ; by its convex and rather
densely punctured prothorax (on which the larger and smaller systems
of punctures are strongly expressed); by its somewhat oblong-oval
elytra (which have their humeral callus and the punctures of their
interstices obsolete) ; and by its surface being more or less clothed
with robust, yellowish- brown, and but faintly metallic, piliform scales.

538. Laparocerus scapularis, n. sp.

L. fere ut L. crassifrons, sed multo minor, rostro graciliore (vix lon-
giore) et minus tiiangulari, oculis minoribus rotundatioribus et
paulo magis prominentibus, prothorace minus profunde sed magis
confertim punctato, elytris vix magis pilosis necnon ad apicem ip-
sum sensim magis deflexis, antennis pedibusque brevioribus et
saepius paUidioribus, illarum scapo magis curvato, horum tarsis
sensim angustioribus. — Long. corp. lin. 2-1—3.

Habitat Teneriffam excelsam, in iisdem locis ac prsecedens : sub
lapidibus et scoriis inter arbusculas Spartii nubigence humi jacentibus
etiam ultra 9000' s. m. ascendit.

In habits the L. scapularis does not differ from the L. crassifrons,
with which indeed it is found in company — on the elevated Cumbres
of Teneriffe, from about 6000 to at least 9000 feet above the sea.
It may, however, be easily recognized from it by its considerably
smaller bulk ; by its rostrum being slenderer, and (though scarcely
longer) rather straighten' at the sides, or less triangular; by its eyes
being smaller, rounder, and more prominent ; by its prothorax being
less deeply and more closely punctured ; by its elytra being usually
perhaps a trifle more pilose, and just perceptibly more decurved at
their apex ; and by its antennae and legs being shorter and generally
paler, with the scape of the former more curved, and the feet of the
latter distinctly narrower. I took it less abundantly than the L.
crassifrons ; and I have three specimens now before me which were
captured on the Canadas by Dr. Crotch.

539. Laparocerus setMops, n. sp.

L. ater, nitidus, ealvus ; rostro subconcavo, sat profunde longitudi-
naliter punctato, leviter canaliculato ; prothorace subconvexo, ad
latera rotundato, sequaliter et sat profunde punctato punctulisque
minutissimis intermediis indistinctis irrorato ; elytris punctato-
striatis, interstitiis punctulis perpaucis minutissimis notatis ; an-

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tennis tarsisque fcrrugineis ; femoribns tibiisquc piceo-nigris, ge-
nibus nifescentioribus. — Long. corj). lin. 35-4.

Habitat in montibus ins. Hierro, sub lapidibus in graminosis apertis
degens.

The bald, shining, and intensely black surface of this species, com-
bined with its rather excavated, or concave, rostrum, its evenly
punctured and laterally-rounded prothorax and the excessively minute
punctules of its interstices, wiU serve to separate it from all the other
Laparoceri here enumerated. So far as I have observed hitherto, it
is confined to the lofty elevations of Hierro — where, on the 21st of
February 1858, I met with it, beneath stones, on the open grassy
Cumbre immediately above the district of El Golfo, whilst crossing
the (comparatively flat) mountain-region which constitutes the cen-
tral ridge, or backbone, of that remote island.

540. Laparocerus hirtus, n. sp.

L. nigcr, vix sxiboenescens, nitidus, parce submetallico-squamoso-tes-
sellatus pilisque longissimis mollibus crectis prasscrtim in elj'tris
obsitus ; prothorace parvo, breviusculo, subconvexo, grosse punc-
tato sed punctulis intermediis minutissimis fere obsoletis ; elytris
oblongis, profunda punetato-striatis, interstitiis altcrnis (prajsertim
postice et ad latera)tubcrciJato-ina3qualibus,tubercuHs paulo squa-
moso-fasciculatis ; antennis tarsisque ferrugineis, femoribus tibiis-
que ferrugineo-piceis. — Long. corp. lin. vix 4,

Habitat in montibus Cauaria3 Grandis, semel tantum lectus.

The exceedingly elongate, soft, and erect hairs with which this
LajMrocerus is rather densely studded (particularly on its elytra), in
conj miction with the large but not very deep jmnctui'es of its small
and transverse prothorax (on which the intermediate punctules ap-
pear to be almost obsolete), and its oblong and deeply pimctate-stri-
ated elji;ra, which have their alternate interstices (at any rate towards
the sides and behind) undulated with large and slightly squamose
tubercles, will sufficiently characterize it. It is barely possible that
it may be but an insular modification (peculiar to Grand Canary) of
the following species, — a question, however, which can be decided
only by the inspection of further material. The unique example
from which the above diagnosis has been drawn out was captured
by myself on the mountains of Grand Canary (I believe, in the lofty
Pinal above San Bartolome, in the district of Tarajana), during the
spring of 1858.

541. Laparocerus insequalis.
L. a;ncscenti-nigcr, nitidus, parce submetallico-squamoso-tessellatus

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pilisque plus minus elongatis ereetis fulvescentibus praesertim in
elytris parce obsitus ; prothoraee parvo, angusto, subcylindi'ico-
conico, sat grosse sed vix profunde punetato punctulisque minu-
tissimis intermediis dense irrorato ; elytris latiusculis, subquadrato-
oblongis, punctato-striatis, interstitiis alternis valde taberculato-
inaequalibus, tuberculis paulo fulvescenti-squamoso-fasciculatis ;
antennis, tibiis tarsisque ferrugineis, femoribus ferrugineo-piceis.
— Long. Corp. lin. 3-4.

Laparocerus inrequalis, Wall., Ann. Nat. Hist. xi. 220 (1863).
Habitat Teneriffam sylvaticam, in lauretis editioribus supra Taga-
nanam Maio exeunte a.d. 1859 sat copiose deprehensus.

This distinct and beautiful Laparocenis appears to be confined to
the damp laurel-clad regions of a high elevation in Teneriffe. It
may readily be known by its distinctly jenescent tinge ; by its surface
being more or less sparingly clothed with dull metalKc-yellow, or
brownish-golden, scales, as well as studded (particularly on the ely-
tra) with distant and suberect fulvescent hairs ; by its narrow, sub-
cylindric- conical pro thorax being beset with rather large but not
very deep punctures, and with the intermediate punctules close and
apparent ; and by its wide, squarish-oblong elytra having their
alternate interstices more powerfully undulated (and fasciculated)
with large squamose tubercles than is the case in the L. Jiirtiis — an
arrangement which causes them to be, also, for the most part, more
conspicuously tessellated with small tufts of fulvescent, or brownish-
golden, scales.

The specimens (34 in number) which I have examined hitherto
of the L. incequaUs were all brushed from out of the rank fern, and
other vegetation, at the edges of the Vueltas leading down to Taga-
nana, through the dense forest of laurels, from the Cumbre above it,
during May 1859.

542. Laparocerus globulipennis, n. sp.

L. speciei praecedenti similis, sed colore squamisque omnino obscimo-
ribus, elytris sensim rotmidatioribus (/. e. paulo minus oblongis),
ad humeros vix magis prominentibus, profimdius punctato-striatis,
pilis paulo longioribus, magis mollibus ac minus fulvescentibus
obsitis, necnon in interstitiis alternis minus conspicue faseiculato-
tuberculatis. — Long. corp. lin. 4.

Habitat in locis similibus ac prsecedens, sed in Palma (nee Tene-
riffa).

The only two examples of this species which I have seen were
taken by myself, during May 1858, in the damp laurel-woods towards
the upper extremity of the Barranco de Galga, in Palma. It would

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seem, therefore, to be the representative in that island of the Tene-
rifFan L. mce.qtiaUs ; for I think it would certainly be unsafe to treat
it as an insular modification of the same. It may be known from
its ally by the altogether darker colour both of its surface and clothing ;
and by its elytra being a little rounder or more ventricose, with the
punctures of their striae considerably larger, the hairs with which
they are studded somewhat longer, softer, and less fulvescent, and
with their alternate interstices less conspicuously imdulated with ob-
tuse tubercles — the tubercles themselves being not only less elevated,
or defined, but also less clothed (and more darkly so) with decum-
bent scales.

543. Laparocerus occidentalis, n. sp.

L. niger vel fusco-niger, subnitidus, parce et obscure submetallico-
squamoso-tessellatus sed pilis superadditis carens (tan turn setulis
minutissimis brevissimis demissis obsitus) ; rostro subplano ; pro-
thorace angustulo, subconvexo, ad latera rotundato, profunde et
aequaKter punctato punctulisque minutissimis intermediis distinctis
crebre irrorato ; elytris ovalibus, latiusculis, crassis, convexis, punc-
tato-striatis ; antennis pedibusque breviusculis, robustis, illis tar-
sisque ferrugineis, scapo curvato ; femoribus tibiisqiie piceis ; pe-
dibus liosticis prtesertim brevibus. — Long. corp. lin. 4^.

Habitat in ins. Hierro, ad rupes humidas sylvaticas excelsas in
regione "El Golfo" dicta mense FebruarioA.D.1858 a meipso repertus.

The unique example from which the above diagnosis has been
compiled was captured by myself, during February 1858, from amongst
vegetation on some wet rocks at a lofty elevation in the island of
Hierro — namely, on the wooded mountains above the district of El
Golfo. It may readily be known by its large size and only slightly
shining, obscure- (though scarcely brownish-) black surface ; by its
rostrum being somewhat flattened, and with the channel not much
impressed ; by its prothorax being regularly, evenly, and deeply punc-
tured, with the minute intermediate punctules close and distinct ; by
its elytra being thick, oval, and convex (the alternate interstices not
being tubercled as in the three preceding species) ; by its antennae
and legs (particularly the posterior pair) being rather short and ro-
bust (the former, also, having their scape a good deal curved) ; by
its scales being of a dull brownish-metallic hue ; and by its surface
being free from additional erect hairs, though beset on the elytra
(especially behind) with excessively abbreviated and minute decum-
bent seta;. The L. occidentalis, gJohtdipennis, inaqualis, and hirttis,
although most distinct inter se, belong to much the same fy2^e ; and
perhaps the oht riangularis might be included with them.

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544. Laparocerus obtriangularis, n. sp,
L. niger, vix subaenescens, subnitidus, parce metallico-squamoso-tes-
sellatus pilisque longiusculis suberectis robustis nigrescentibus in
elytris parce obsitus ; rostro angustulo, longiusculo, oculis subde-
missis ; prothorace subcylindrico, grosse et profimde rugoso-punc-
tato, in disco antico leviter canaliciilato ; elytris obtriangularibus
(basi latis truncatis, ad humeros siibporrectis, apicem versus gra-
datim acutioribus), profunde punctato-striatis ; antennis tarsisque
ferrugineis ; femoribus tibiisque fiisco-piceis. — Long. corp. lin. 3.

Habitat Teneriffam sylvaticam, semel tantum lectus.

The only example (a female) which I have yet seen of this Lapa-
rocerus was taken by myself in the sylvan regions of Teneriffe — 1
believe, at the Agua Mansa. It may immediately be recognized by
its rather elongate rostrum and its subcylindrical, rugosely punctured
prothorax, by the obtriangular outline of its sparingly setose elytra
(which are wide and truncated at the base, with the shoulders
slightly porrect, and gradually acuter to the apex), and by its surface
being tessellated with robust, greenish-metallic scales. It is pro-
bable, however, that the peculiarity in the shape of its elytra would
(as in the case of the Atlantis canariensls) be less expressed in the
male sex.

545. Laparocerus eUipticus.

L. vel ferruginous vel piceus, subnitidus, dense et grosse sericeo-
metallico-squamoso-tesseUatus pilisque elongatis suberectis versus
elytrorum apicem obsitus ; rostro crasso, leviter canaliculato, oculis
magnis ; prothorace parvo, angusto, subcylindrico, ruguloso-sub-
alutaceo, parce et leviter punctato, per basin subemarginato ; ely-
tris convexis, ovato-ellipticis (versus humeros angustis, inde pone
medium gradatim latioribus, sed ad apicem parum subito acutis),
basi conjunctim trisinuatis, leviter punctato-striatis, interstitiis al-
ternis plus minus laete tessellatis ; antennis subrobustis pedibusque
rufo-ferrugineis (femoribus tibiisque ssepe obscurioribus).

Mas vix minor, angustior, tibiis paulo magis curvatis necnon ad
apicem internum distinctius uncinatis.

Fcem. vix major, latior, tibiis paulo rectioribus, ad apicem internum
fere simplicibus.— Long. corp. lin. 4-5.

Laparocerus eUipticus, Woll., Aim. Nat. Hist. xi. 220 (1863).

Habitat in sylvaticis excelsis Teneriffae et Palmae, vel inter muscos
lichenesque ad truncos arborum crescentes,vel subcortice laxo latitans.

This large and beautiful Laparocerus, which I have observed
hitherto only at a rather high elevation within the sylvan districts of
Teneriffe and Palma, is at once conspicuous by its sericeous, densely
squamose surface (the preponderating colour of the scales being either
an obscure metallic green or a pale coppery or golden brown) and

352 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

by its peculiar outline, — the prothorax being extremely smaU and
narrow, whilst the elytra are inflated and convex (being much rounded-
off at the shoulders, gradually widened to behind the middle, and
then suddenly contracted so as to cause the apex to be pointed and
acute). In minor respects, it may be known by its large (but not
particularly prominent) eyes ; by its prothorax (which is subemargi-
nated along its posterior edge) having its punctures rather fine and
tolerably distant ; by its elytra (which are somewhat trisinuated at
their base) having their alternate interstices more or less conspi-
cuously tessellated, and their apical portion beset with a few long
and suberect hairs ; and by its antennae being a trifle thicker than
is the case in the ordinary Laparoceri .

Although by no means common, the L. elJipticus appears to be uni-
versal throughout the wooded regions of Teneriffe, particularly in the
laurel-forests of a rather high elevation. I have taken it by brush-
ing the dense herbage in the rankest and dampest spots, and also from
amongst the moss and lichen growing on the trunks of trees, as well
as from beneath dead, loosened bark (where it delights to secrete
itself). In such situations I have frequently met with it at Las
Mercedes, Taganana, the Agua Garcia, &c. It was also captured by
the Rev. R. T. Lowe at a lofty altitude on the mountains above the
Agua Mansa ; and it has recently been communicated by the Barao
do Castello de Paiva. During May of 1858 I obtained it, in similar
situations, in the island of Palma.

546. Laparocerus lepidopterus, n. sp.

L. niger vel piceo-niger, subopacus, dense submetallico-squamoso-
tessellatus piHsque plus minus elongatis mollibus erectis in elytris
obsitus ; rostro crassiusculo, subdepresso, leviter canaliculate, ocuhs
magnis, oblongis, hand valde promincntibus ; prothorace ad latera
rotundato, in disco leviter scd utrinque profundius subremote pune-
tato punctulisque intermediis valde distinctis dense irrorato, obso-
lete carinato ; elytris oblongo-ovalibus, punctato-striatis ; antennis
tarsisque rufo-ferrugineis ; femoribus tibiisque sajpius obscuriori-
bus.

Var. /3 [an species ?]. Vix minor, colore obscuriore, nitidior, protho-
race paulo levins punctato, elytrorum pilis brevioribus. [/».s. Ca-
naria Grandis.] — Long. corp. lin. 4- 4i.

Habitat in Teneriff'a, Palma et Hierro, in sylvaticis rarissimus :
" var. ft " ad Canariam Grandem pertinet.

The four examples from which the above diagnosis has been com-
piled, collected in widely distant localities (indeed, each of them, in
different islands), have perhaps fewer distinguishing characteristics

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than is the case with any of the other Lcqiaroceri here enumerated ;
and I feel therefore that fiu'ther material must be obtained before we
are able to pronounce satisfactorily on the limits of the species, and
to decide whether or not what I have now regarded as the " var. /3 "
(from Grand Canary) should rank as a separate though nearly allied
form. The L. lepidopterus appears to be a sylvan insect ; and its
most marked features seem to consist in its surface being somewhat
opake, of a dull ijiceous-black, and densely tessellated with brownish-
or fulvo-metallic scales, whilst its elytra are additionally beset with
fine, erect, elongate hairs ; in its rostrum being thickish and flat-
tened, and with the central channel but lightly impressed anteriorly ;
in its eyes being large and oblong, but not very prominent ; in its
prothorax being rather sparingly punctured (finely so on the disc),
but with the intermediate punctules dense and conspicuous ; and in
its oblong-ovate elytra not being very coarsely punctate-sti'iated.
Whether the males present any tibial modifications I am unable to
state, the female sex only having come hitherto beneath my notice.

Of the specimens now before me, the first (" var. (3 ") was taken
in the lofty Pinal of Grand Canary above San Bartolome (in the dis-
trict of Tarajana) ; the second at the Agua Garcia in Tenerift'e ; the
third in Palm a (I believe, in one of the wooded Barrancos in the east
of the island) ; and the fourth in the forest-region of El Golfo, on the
western slopes of Hierro. The last one has the additional erect pile
of its elytra rather shorter than is the case with the second and third ;
but it does not appear to dififer from them in anything essential.
The Grand-Canarian one, ho^^'ever, is a trifle smaller, darker, and
more shining than the rest, with its prothorax a little more finely
punctured and the hairs of its elytra less developed ; and it is pos-
sible therefore (as already intimated) that it, at all events, may be
specifically distinct.

547. Laparocerus seniculus, n. sp.

L. niger vel piceo-niger, subopacus, sat dense cinereo-metallico-squa-
moso-tesscllatus pilisque longiusculis erectis ad elytronim apicem
solum obsitus ; prothorace dense et minutissime punctulato punc-
tisque majoribus sed levissimis, valde remotis (in disco antico fere
obsoletis) parce adsperso, carina loevi tenui sensim (prsesertim pos-
tice) instructo, per basin distincte marginato ; elytris oblongis,
valde profunde punctato-striatis (punctis magnis) ; pedibus rufo-
piceis. — Long. corp. lin. -4.

Habitat in Canaria Grandi, hand procul ab urbe Las Palmas captus.

Although I have but two, imperfect examples of this Laixirocerus

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to judge from, nevertheless, since they certainly cannot be referred to
any of the other species here enumerated, I have ventured to treat
them as distinct — believing, in addition, that their mere habitat alone
would of itself tend to that conclusion. They were captured near
Las Palmas, in Grand Canary ; but whether in the sandy region im-
mediately to the north of the town or on the Isleta, I cannot now
exactly recall. Judging therefore from the specimens before me, I
may add that the L. senimlvs appears to be mainly characterized by
the o/w^r^o»s-metallie scales with which it is tessellated, and by its
surface being free from erect hairs except at the apex of its (oblong
and very deeply punctate-striated) elytra. Its prothorax is most
denselj' covered with minute but rather coarse punctules, and has
some larger but extremely shallow and distant ones intermixed ;
whilst a fine and obscure polished keel is traceable down its disc —
more especially behind.

548. Laparocerus rasus, n. sp.

L. piceo-nigcr vel piceus, parum nitidus, sericeo-metallico-squamoso-
tessellatus sed pilis erectis carens ; rostro ssepius rufescentiore, sub-
tereti, supra planiusculo, vix canaliculato sed postice inter oculos
fovea impresso, minute et leviter punctidato ; prothorace parvo, mi-
nute et leviter punctidato punctisque paulo majoribus sed levibus
irrorato, antice saepius obsoletissime subcarinato ; elytris ovahbus,
punctato-striatis, interstitiis alternis plus minus distincte tessel-
latis ; antennis pedibusque rufo-ferrugineis ; funiculi art° 2^° primo
sensim longiore.

Mas paulo nitidior, tibiis ad apicem internum distinctius horizonta-
liter uncinatis, anticis intus vix minutissime subcreuulatis.

Fcem. paulo opacior. tibiis fere simplioibus.

Va7\ /3. Elytris profundius punctato-striatis, pedibus panlo obscu-
rioribus (et vix brevioribus ?). \_Ins. Euerteventura.] — Long. corp.
lin. 31-4^.

Habitat in montibus Lanzarotce et Fuerteventurre, sat rarus.

The present Laixirocerus appears to be peculiar to Lanzarote and
Fuertcventura — though it is more particularly the former in which
I have hitherto observed it, since the single example which I have
yet seen from the latter has a few trifling characters of its own in
which it differs from the Lauzarotan type ; nevertheless I cannot re-
gard them as indicative, at the utmost, of more than a mere insular
variety, or phasis, of the species. On the hills above Haria, in the
north of Lanzarote, it was taken by Mr. Gray and myself, during
January 1858 ; and I subsequently met with it in the same locality
during March of the following year. It was likewise captured, by

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the Rev. R. T, Lowe, on the summit of the Monte Famara, more than
2000 feet above the sea.

The L. rasus may be known by {inter alia) its surface being densely
tessellated with fine and sericeous (though metallic) scales, but alto-
gether free from additional erect hairs ; by its rostrum (which is only
minutely and lightly punctulated, and usually subrufescent) being
comparative! 1/ subcylindric, though flattish above and but obscurely
channeled ; by its (small) prothorax being delicately and faintly punc-
tiu'ed (though with a few somewhat larger, but shallow, punctures
intermixed) ; and by the oval outline of its elytra.

549. Laparocerus mendicus, n. sp.

L. fusco-niger, subnitidus, parce cinereo- (vix siibmetallico-) squa-
moso-tessellatus setulisque brevissimis subereetis in elytris obsitus ;
rostro nitidiore, angustulo, concavo-canaliculato, parce et leviter
punctate, oculis rotundatis, prominentibus ; prothorace parce et
profunde punctato punctulisque minutissimis le-\-ibus intermediis
dense irrorato ; elytris ovalibus, profunde punctato-striatis ; an-
tennis pedibusque rufo-fcrrugineis, his plus minus obscurioribus ;
fimiculi art" 2'^" prime sensim longiore.

Mas tibiis anticis vix magis sinuatis ; posticis intus versus apicem
obsolete subserratis.

Fcem. tibiis simplicibus. — Long. corp. lin. 3-3|.

Habitat in ins. Hierro, sub lapidibus in montibus haud infrequens.

The brownish -black surface of this Laparocerris, which is sparingly
clouded with didl-cinereous scales (which are almost free from any
metallic tinge), and has its elytra beset with very short and rather
stiff hairs, which are extremely abbreviated, and subdecumbent, an-
teriorly, in conjunction with its narrowish, concave, somewhat polished
and remotelj^ sculptured rostrum, its prominent eyes, its deep and
distantly punctured prothorax, and its coarsely punctate-striated ely-
tra, will sufficiently characterize it. As in the case of the last species
and the four following ones, the second joint of its funiculus is very
distinctly longer than the first. The L. vrendicus appears to be pe-
culiar to the mountains of Hierro ; in which island I captured it,
during February 1858, from beneath stones, on the hills around Val-
verde, as well as on the open grassy Cumbre to the south of S. Andre.

550. Laparocerus obscurus, n. sp.

L, niger, stibopacus, minute et parce cinereo-squamoso-irroratus sed
pilis erectis carens (versus apicem elytrorum setulis bre\"ibus sub-
demissis parce obsitus); rostro minute et leviter punctato, concavo-
canaliculato, oculis sat parvis, rotundatis ; prothorace subconvexo,
parum profunde punctato punctulisque minutissimis intermediis

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356 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

levibus irrorato ; elytris subtilissime subalutaeeo-rugulosis, punc-

tato-striatis, per basin trisinnatis; antennis pedibusque rufo-pieeis ;

funiculi art' 2''° primo multo longiore.
Mas gracilis, tibiis antieis intns versus apicem sat distincte subexca-

vato-sinuatis.
Foem. adhuc latet. — Long. corp. lin. 3.

JTahhat Teneriffam, a raeipso semel tantum repertus.

The unique example from which the above diagnosis has been com-
piled was captured by myself in Teneriffe ; but I have unfortunately
no recollection as to its precise locality. I believe, however, that it
was probably found either in the vicinity of Orotava or else of S*"
Cruz. Luckily the species has such decided characters of its own
that a single individual is abundantly sufficient for distinguishing it.
Perhaps its most remarkable feature is the comparatively immense
length of its second fnniculus-joint, which is almost (if not indeed
qiate) twice as long as the basal one. But apart from this, the L.
ohscurus may be fiirther recognized by its black surface, which is
sparingly clothed with minute cinereous scales, or pubescence, but
which is free from additional erect hairs ; and by its rather opake,
subalutaceous, and Ijasally-trisinuated elytra. Its eyes are somewhat
small and round ; and its prothorax (which is a little convex) is
deeply and sharply punctured, but with the diminutive intermediate
punctules shallow and not very dense. Its male sex (of which I can
alone speak) is slender in outline ; but in all probability the females
would be broader and more ovate.

551. Laparocerus gracilis, n. sp.

L. gracilis, piceus vol fusco-piceus, subnitidus, parce cinereo-squa-
moso-ncbulosus ; rostro subconcavo-canaliculato, minute et leviter
punctate, oculis rotundatis, prominentibus ; prothorace parce punc-
tato punctuHsque minutissimis intcrmediis obsoletis irrorato ; elj'-
tris elongato-ovalibus, leviter punctato-striatis ; antennis pedibus-
que rufo-ferrugineis ; funiculi art" 2''" primo sensim longiore.

Mas gracilior (interdum valde gracilis), pilis carens, tibiis antieis
intus versus apicem sat profimde excavatis.

Foem. elytris versus apicem pilis perpaucis suberectis obsitis, tibiis
simplicibus. — Long. corp. lin. 2^-3|.

Hahitat Gomcram, in clivis mox supra oppidum Sanctum Sebasti-
anum, Februario incunte a.i). 1858, captus ; in foliis Chrysantliemi
frntesce))fis Linn, prjecipue gaudet.

This is one of the most distinct Laparoceri hithei-to detected, and
apparently peculiar (so far at least as observed hitherto) to Gomera
— where, at the beginning of February 1858, I brushed it from off

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the plants of the Chrysanthemum frutescens, Linn, (known locally as
the " Magarza "), upon the slopes of the low mountain-ridge imme-
diately outside (and to the north of) San Sebastian. It was in toler-
able profusion, and many of the specimens were in coitu. It was
captured also by Mr. Gray, though more sparingly, in the same loca-
lity. The L. gracilis may be known by its slender outline (particu-
larly of the male sex), by its remotely (but not deeply) punctured
prothorax, by its elongate-oval (or elliptic) elytra, which fall away a
good deal at the shoulders, and by its surface being more or less
clothed, and tessellated, with cinereous scales, which have scarcely
any metallic tinge. Its males (which are often extremely narrow^)
have their front tibiae a good deal scooped- out towards their apex in-
ternally, and are free from additional erect pile ; but in the opposite
sex there are a few tolerably robust hairs scattered over the apical
portion of the elytra.

552. Laparocerus dispar, n. sp.

L. fusco-piceus, subnitidus, parce cinereo- (vix submetallico-) squa-
moso-nebiilosus sed pilis erectis carens ; rostro nitidiore, subtereti,
supra planiusculo vix canaliculato, minute puuctulato, oculis ro-
tundatis, prominentibus ; prothoracc parcissime sed profuude punc-
tate ; elytris convexis, punctato-striatis ; antennis robustis pedi-
busque rufo-ferrugineis ; funiculi art" 2'^" prime scnsim loiigiore.
Mas minor, multo angustior, prothoracis punctulis minutissimis in-

termediis obsoletis, tibiis anticis vix sinuatis.
Foem. major, multo crassior, prothoracis punctulis minutissimis inter-
mediis distinctis, tibiis simplicibus. — Long corp. lin. 2-2j.
Habitat Lanzarotam borealem, sub lapidibus in aridis \'ix supra
" Salinas " captus.

The only four examples which I have yet seen of the present
insect were captured on the rocky ground at the base of the lofty
cliffs known as the " Risco," immediately behind the Salinas, in the
extreme north of Lanzarote. One of them was taken by Mr. Gray,
and the other three by myself. The species is remarkable, inter alia,
for the unusual dissimilarity of its sexes — the females being more
decidedly broader and intiated, as compared with the males, than is
the case in the generality of the Laparoceri hitherto detected. It
may be further recognized by its small size and brownish-piceous
hue ; by its surface being sparingly clouded with cinereous, or fulvo-
cinereous, scales, but destitute of erect hairs ; by its prothorax being-
very remotely, but rather deeply, punctured (and with, the minute^
intermediate punctules obsolete in the male sex, but sufficiently con -
spicuous in the female) ; and by its antenntc, particularly of the

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males, being robuster than in the ordinary Lcqxiroceri, and with their
scape more r/radualh/ clavated, — though I think, nevertheless, from
its manifest affinity with the species with which I have associated it,
that it is better referred to Laparocerus than to Atlantis.

553. Laparocerus vestitus, n. sp.

L. niger vel piceus, nitidus, paree cinereo-squamoso-uebulosus pilis-
que elongatis erectis molHbus obsitus ; rostro leviter punctato,
concavo-canalicnlato ; prothorace minutissime et dense punctnlato
punctisque majoribus (pra^sertim versus latera) parce irrorato ;
elytris oblongo-ovalibus, profunde punctato-striatis, interstitiis
densissime sed obsolctissime et levissime subpunctulatis punctu-
Usque paulo majoribus (scd minutis) parcissime irroratis ; an-
tennis pedibusque piceo-ferrugineis ; funiculi art" 2''° primo di-
stincte longiore.

In utroque scxu tibiis inter se fere similibus.

Var. fi. affinis. Elytris vix subconvexioribus, minus profunde punc-
tato-striatis sed punctidis minutissimis paido distinctioribus. —
Long. corp. lin. 2|-3.

Habitat Teneriffam, sub lapidibus in inferioribus, passim.

This appears to be the common Luparocerus throughout the di'y
cindery region around the Puerto Orotava, in Tenerifie ; and I tliink
I may also add, around S''' Cruz, — for the very slight differences
which the examples from that district present, as contrasted with
those from Orotava, cannot, I imagine, be regarded, at the utmost,
as indicative of more than a local phasis of the species. The L. ves-
titus may easily be known by its surface being sparingly clouded
with rather robust subcinereous scales, and beset all over (though
particularly on the elytra) with soft, erect, elongate hairs ; by its
prothorax being densely covered with minute punctules, and re-
motely studded with larger punctm-es ; by the second joint of its
funiculiLS being considerably longer than the first ; and by its sexes
being almost similar both in outline and tibiae.

It is possible that what I have treated as the " car. /3 '* may be
specifically distinct, though (as just mentioned) I do not believe such
to be the case. It seems to be the form which obtains around S'"
Cruz, and differs from that from the vicinity of Orotava in having its
elytra just perceptibly more inflated or convex, and less coarsely
punctate- striated, though with their minute and closely-set punc-
tules perhaps more evident.

Around Orotava and the Puerto the state which T have assumed
to be the typical one of the L. vestitus is imiversal ; in which dis-
trict it was found also by Mr. Gray. The var. (3 is equally common

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in the neighbourhood of 8'" Cruz — where I have frequently taken
it, and whence it has also been communicated by the Barao do Cas-
tello de Paiva.

554. Laparocerus sulcirostris, n. sp.
L. uiger, subopaeus, compactus, parce et obscure subfulvescenti-
squamoso-nebulosus sed pilis carens (sc. setulis brevissimis pubi-
formibus subdemissis a^gre observandis obsitus) ; rostro brevi, sub-
triangulari, crasso, minutissime punctulato, profunde et argute
sulcato, oculis parvis, subdemissis ; prothorace subconico, minute
et parce punctato punctulisque minutissimis intermediis levibus
densissime obsito ; elytris parallelo-oblongis, per basin conjunctim
subemarginato-truncatis, ad humeros subporrectis, punctato-stri-
atis, interstitiis subtilissime et densissime subalutaceo-rugulosis ;
antennis pedibusquo piceo-ferrugineis ; funiculi art'* 1"'° et 2*^" elon-
gato-obconicis, subaequalibus.

In utroqm sexii (nisi fallor) tibiis fere simplicibus. — Long. corp.
Un. 21.

Habitat in montibus Canarite Grandis, semel tantum Icctus.
The present Laparocerus and the following one, in their curiously
compact and rather parallel outline and basally subemarginated
elytra (causing the shoulders to be comparatively, though slightly,
porrect), in conjunction with theii- thick, sub triangular, sharply chan-
neled rostra, and their small aiid less prominent eyes, would seem,
at first sight, almost to merit generic isolation from the species with
which I have associated them ; nevertheless I cannot detect any
structural characters of sufficient importance to warrant their re-
moval from the remainder, — particularly since, in external contour,
they (especially, howe\'er, the L. sulcirostris) are singularly sugges-
tive, albeit on an absurdly diminutive scale, even of the L. morio,
which is the actual type of the group — indeed far more so than is
the case with most of the Laparoceri here described. And yet, in
spite of this, their minute size, and most of their other features,
would certainly tend rather to affiliate them with the L. tesseUatas
and its allies than with the comparatively gigantic insects with
which I have commenced the genus.

Unluckily I have but a single individual of the L. sulcirostris to
judge from ; nevertheless I believe it to be truly distinct from the
folio-wing species. It was taken by myself on the mountains above
San Mateo, in Grand Canary, during the spring of 1858.

555. Laparocerus compactus, n. sp.
L. prsecedenti similis, sed minor, subpicescentior, paulo densius squa-
mosus setulisque sensim longioribus (sed brevibus)piliformibus sub-

OGO CANARIAN COLKOPTEEA.

erectis dense obsitus ; oculis etiam subminoribus ; prothorace vix
densiiis profundiusque punctulato ; elytris per basin vix minus con-
jimctim emarginatis, interstitiis paulo minus rugulosis (quare minus
opacis); tarsis sensim angiistioribus, brevioribus ; funiculi art'* 1"'°
et 2"^" (subsequalibus) distincte brevioribus et (prajsertim illo) magis
obovatioribus (i.e. minus el ongato-obconicis). — Long.corp.lin.l|-2.

Habitat Canariam Grandem, in iisdem locis ac pra;cedens.

I believe that the four specimens from which the above diagnosis
has been compiled cannot be referred to the L. sakirostris, though
(as already stated) they have much in common, both in outline and
general aspect, with that insect. They are, however, considerably
smaller and more densely clothed — both with dull fulvescent scales
and short suberect setae (the latter being very e'sddcntly longer than
is the case in that species) ; their eyes are, if anything, even stiU
more minute ; their prothorax is a trifle more thicldy and coarsely
punctulated; their elytra are perhaps somewhat less conjointly scooped
out (or more straightly truncated) at the extreme base, and with the
interstices less perceptibly rugulose (and therefore rather less opake) ;
their tarsi are narrower and more abbreviated ; and the first and
second joints of their funiculus (although subequal) are manifestly
shorter — the former being relativehj a little thicker and less obco-
nical (or more obovate).

Like the L, sulcirostris, the present siJecies was captured, during
the spring of 1858, on the mountains of Grand Canary.

550. Laparocerus tessellatus.

L. ovatus, piceo- vel fusco-niger, subnitidus, interdum obsolete sub-
senescens, cinerco -fulvescenti - submetallico - sqiiamoso - tessellatus
sed pilis superadditis fere carens ; rostro planiusculo, Icviter cana-
liculate, minute et parce punctulato ; prothorace profunde et plus
minus dense pimctato ; elytris convexis, punctato-striatis ; antennis
pedibusque vel rufo- vel piceo-ferrugineis.

In titroque scant tibiis inter se fere similibus.- — Long. corp. lin.
2-2|.

Omias tessellatus ?, Bndle, in Webb et Berth. ( Col.) 72. pi. 1. f. 15 (1838).

Habitat in Tenerifl^a, Palma et Hierro, in intermcdiis editioribus-
que hinc inde vulgaris.

This appears to be rather a common insect in certain districts of
intermediate and lofty elevations in Teneriffe ; and it was taken by
Mr. Gray in Palma also, and by myself in Hierro. In Teneriffe
(where it was likewise captured by Dr. Crotch) it seems to be widely
spread over the island ; thus, I have met with it in the laurel-woods
above Taganana, at Las Mercedes, La Esperanza, Souzal, the Agua

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Garcia, Ycod el Alto, and at the Agua Man.sa ; as well as, in pro-
fusion, on the ascent to the Cumbre above the last of these localities.
Although M. Brulle's description and figure are alike absolutely-
worthless, I am induced to refer his Omias tessellatus to the present
species through the simple fact of the small size which he records for
it; for I know of no Canarian Laparoceri which would so well tally
with it in that respect as this common Teneriffan one and the L. oh-
situs ; whilst if it had been the latter to which he wished to allude,
he could scarcely have failed to notice the suberect setae with which
that insect is densely studded.

The L. tessellatus varies a little according to the region in which
it occurs, — being, on the average, somewhat larger, and with the
limbs correspondingly a little more developed, within the sylvan dis-
tricts than elsewhere ; though I believe I am able to connect its two
extremes of form most completely. As compared with the other La-
IKtroceri here described, it may be known by its small size and ovate
outline ; by its more or less strongly punctured j)rothorax ; and by
its (frequently subsenescent) surface being obscurely tessellated with
cinereous-brown scales (which have often a yellowish, as well as
slightly submetaUic, tinge), but free from additional erect hairs — it
being merely beset with short and subdccimibent setae which are only
traceable beneath a lens.

557. Laparocerus obsitus, n. sp.
L. praecedenti similis, sed plerumque paiilo minor, setulis suberectis
in elytris obsitus ; prothorace minus profunde punctate, postice ad
latera \'ix magis rotundato ; elytris sensim oblongioribus, ergo ad
latera subrectioribus necnon ad humeros paulo minus rotundatis. —
Long. Corp. lin. lf-2J^.

Habitat in montibus Canarioe Grandis, hinc inde parum vulgaris.

I am not altogether satisfied that this Laparocerus is more than an
extreme insular state of the last one ; nevertheless, since the L. tessel-
latus seems to remain sufiiciently constant in the three islands of Te-
neriffe, Palma, and Hierro, I can scarcely assume that the decided
(even though not very important) differences which the Grand-Ca-
narian insect presents can be in any way the result of mere isolation.
The main points, however, in which the L. ohsitus appears to recede
from its ally are in its elytra being rather more oblong (or straighter
at the sides, and with the shoulders less falling away), and densely
beset with suberect seta?, or short stiffish hairs. Its prothorax is
a little more finely punctured, and, if anything, perhaps a trifle rounder
laterally. It is widely spread over, and somewhat abundant in, the

362 CANARIAN COLEOPXERA,

intermediate and lofty elevations of Grand Canary — where, duiiiig
the spring of 1858, 1 captured it throughout the region of El Monte,
and also on the mountain-slopes above San Mateo (on the ascent to
the E,oca del Soucilho), as well as on the ascent to the old Pinal of
Tarajana above San Bartolome.

558. Laparocerus tenellus, n. sp.

L. ovatus, niger, subopacus, subtilissime fulvescenti-cinereo-squa-
moso-tessellatus sed pilis superadditis carens ; rostro gracili, grosse
punctato-rugoso, canaliculate, oculis minutis, rotundatis, promi-
nentibus ; prothorace densissime et argute rugoso-punctato ; ely-
tris leviter punctato-striatis, ad apicem subito decurvis ; antennis
pedibusque brevibus ; illis rufo-piceis, ad basin necnon in funiculo
clarioribiis ; his piceo-nigris, tarsis rufescentioribus.

Mas tibiis (prsesertim anterioribus) spina horizontali armatis.

Foem. adhuc latet. — Long, coi-p. lin. l^lf .

Habitat in sylvaticis editioribus Teneriffse, rarissimus.

Apparently of the greatest rarity, — the only two specimens which
I have seen having been captured by myself, from beneath small
stones, at the base of the Organo Rocks, above the Agua Mansa, in
Teneriffe. It is the smallest of the Laparoceri hitherto detected,
and one which may immediately be known by its ovate outline and
short, slender limbs (of which the legs are blackish-piceous, though
"with theii' tarsi, like the base and funiculus of the antennae, more
rufescent) ; by its rostrum, which is narrow, being closely and
coarsely roughened ; by its prothorax being very densely and sharply
punctured (the punctures being deep and exceedingly closely packed,
but not particularly large) ; by its eyes being mimite, rounded, and
prominent ; by its elytra being finely i)unctatc-striated, and rather
suddenly deciu'ved towards their apex ; and by its (black and sub-
opake) surface being obscurely tessellated with extremely minute
fulvo- cinereous scales, but free from additional erect hairs.

559. Laparocerus puncticollis, n. sp.

L. piceo-niger, subnitidus, parce sed grosse cinereo- (vix submetal-
lico-) squamoso-nebulo.sus pilisque elongatis suberectis mollibus
in clytris obsitus ; rostro prothoraceque profunde, dense et argute
punctatis, iUo planiusculo vix canaKculato, hoc sat magiio subovaH ;
oculis rotundatis, valde prominentibus ; elytris nigrescentioribus
(saipius nigris), suboblongis, punctato-striatis ; antennis tarsisque
rufo-fernigineis ; femoribus tibiisque rufo-piceis.

Mas tibiis anticis intus versus apicem sat profunde excavatis.

Foem. tibiis fere simplicibus. — Long. corp. lin. 2.

Habitat in ins. Hierro, die 16. Feb. a.d. 1858 in intermediis parce

captus.

CANAEIAN COLEOrTERA. 363

This very distinct little species I have observed hitherto only in
Hierro — where, on the 16th of February 1858, I brushed five ex-
amples of it from off vegetation at the edges of the I'oad about mid-
way between Valverde and the district of El Golfo (at an elevation,
I should imagine, of not more than perhaps 1000 feet above the sea).
It may at once be known by its deeply, closely, and regularly punc-
tured head and prothorax (the latter of which is proportionaJJij a
little larger, and more oval, than is the case in the generality of the
Laparoceri), by its extremely prominent eyes, and by its (oblong)
elytra being studded all over with soft, elongate, suberect hairs. Its
surface is either black or piceous-black (the head and jirothorax being
rather more picescent than the elytra), and more or less sparingly
tessellated with robust cinereous or fulvo-cinereous (and but slightly
metallic) scales. The front tibia3 of its male sex have their inner
apical half somewhat conspicuously scooped out.

Genus 214. TKACHYPHL(EUS.

Germar, Ins. Spec. i. 403 (1824).

560. Trachjrphlceus scaber.

CurCLilio scaber, Linn., Fna Suec. 176 (17G1).

Trachvpliloeus scaber, Schan., Gen. et Spec. Cure. ii. 490 (1834).

, WvU., Ins. Mad. 394 (1854).

— , Id, Cat. Mad. Col. 118 (1857).

Habitat in intermediis Teneriffae, sub lapidibus, rarissimus.

The common European T. scaber, which is universal in Madeira,
appears to be extremely rare at the Canaries. Hitherto indeed I
have observed it only in the intermediate elevations of TenerifFe —
where, at the end of April 1859, I captured a single specimen from
beneath a stone on the open Sierra above the Agua Garcia, and, a
week later, four more, on a lofty, grassy headland, at the edge of the
deep Barranco immediately below Ycod el Alto.

Genus 215. LICHENOPHAGUS.
WoUaston, Ins. Mad. 389. tab. viii. f. 1 (1854).

561. Lichenophagus auctus, n. sp.

L. squamulii minutissimis fuseo-nigris et submetaUico-fusco-cinereis
densissime et obscure tessellatus sed setulis fere carens (sc. brevis-
simis, segre observandis) ; rostro late concave, argute angusteque
canaliculate, antiee obscure pallidiore ; oculis minutis, domissis ;
prothorace breviusculo, ad latera fortiter rotundato, argute sed vix
grosse punctate, obscure et irregulariter paUido-trilineato, postice

3G4 CVXAIUAX COLKOPTERA.

carina media brevissima laevi instructo ; clyti-is elougato-subovatis
(ad hnmeros gradatim paulo deticientibus, per basin singvdatim
subrotundatis ct postice subito decm'\'is), sutura interstitiisque ob-
scure pallido-tesseUatis ; antennis brevibus, scapo crasso robusto,
funiculi art" 2**° aucto (primo sensim majore), reliquis brevissimis
snbajqualibus monUiformibus. — Long. corp. lin. 2l-2|.
Habitat ins. Hierro, in clivis inter mare et oppidum Valverde, mense
Februario a.d. 1858, sub lapidibus parce repertus.

Of tbe present Lichenophagus I have seen hitherto but five ex-
amples, all of which were taken by myself in the island of Hierro,
about midway up the ascent from Port Hierro to Valverde, during
February 1858 ; and it is a curious fact that they are totally distinct
specifically from others (the L. suhnodosus, described below) which I
captured at a slightly higher elevation, near to Valverde itself. Apart
from minor features, the L. audus is remarkable for its comparatively
swollen second funiculus-joint — which, if anything, is altogetlier a
trifle larger than the first (not merely in length, but even in breadth),
whilst the remaining articulations are exceedingly short, subequal,
and monUiform. In less important particulars, it may be known by
its (rather abbreviated) pi'othorax being a good deal rounded at the
sides, with the punctures well defined but not very large, and with
the rudiments of a glabrous central keel at the extreme base ; by its
elytra (which are not very coarsely punctate-striated) being subovate
in outline (that is, a little narrowed anteriorly, with the shoulders a
good deal falling away, ratlier suddenly decurvcd at the apex, and
separately rounded along their base) ; by the seta) of its entire sur-
face being so minute as to be traceable only under a high magnifying
power ; and by its antennse being altogether shortish, and Avith their
scape not very much cm-ved.

562. Lichenophagus tesserula, n. sp.

L. prsecedenti similis sed plerumque lajtius tesseUatus et setulis sen-
sim longioribus (sed brevibus) obsitus ; rostro obscure (nee solum
antice) pallidiore ; prothorace paulo longiore, ad latera minus ro-
tundalo, profundius punctate (punctis magnis), simplici (postice in
medio baud carinato) ; elytiis paulo magis oblongis (ad latera sen-
sim rectioribus, per basin conjunctim suborn a rginatis, ad humeros
oblique truncates vix magis porrectis, et postice minus subito de-
curvis) ; antennis vix longioribus, scapo sensim magis curvato et ad
basin etiam robustiore, funiculi gracilioris art" 2''" prin!o angustiore,
reliquis brevibus (sed vix brevissimis). — Long. corp. lin. 2\-2^.
Habitat in inferioribus intermediis(|ue Tenerift'a;, hinc inde vulgaris.
This species appears to be widely spread, at low and intermediate

elevations, in the north of Tcneriff"e — where it occurs, during the

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winter and (more particularly) the spring months, from the sea-level
to an altitude of about 3000 feet. On the rocky ground along the
shore, between the Puerto Orotava and the Lazaretto, I have cap-
tured it sparingly, from beneath stones ; but a little below the alti-
tude of the Villa it becomes more common — being at times, and in
certain spots, extremely abundant. It differs from the L. auctus in
being, on the average, more brightly tessellated, and beset all over
with very evident and rigid (though at the same time short) setae ;
in its prothorax being more coarsely punctured, a trifle longer, less
rounded at the sides, and free from the glabrous abbreviated keel
which is there so evident in the centre behind ; in its elytra being
more oblong (or a little straighter at the sides, with the shoulders
more porrect but obliquely truncate, and slightly scooped-out con-
jointly along the basal edge), as well as more deeply punctate-stri-
ated and more drawn-out towards the apex ; and in its antennae
being perhaps a trifle longer, with their scape even thicker still (at
any rate at the base) and more flexuose, and with their funiculus
slenderer — the second joint being distinctly narrower than the first,
and the remaining ones somewhat less moniliform.

563. Lichenophagus persimilis, n. sp.

L. species L. tesserxJam simulans, sed plerumque paulo major et
squamulis subpallidioribus nebulosus, antennis sensim longioribus
et (prassertim in scapo) gracilioribus.
• Var. j3. seriesetosa. Elytris paulo evidentius setulis subpallidioribus
seriatim obsitis. [Ins. Palma.] — Long. eorp. lin. 2|-vix 3.

Habitat in intermediis TenerifFse et Palmae, var. (3 ad banc solam
pertinente.

So very closely does the present Liclienopliagus resemble the L.
tesserida that until lately I had regarded it as a variety of that
insect ; nevertheless, after a careful examination of a very extensive
series of them both, I find that (however slightly so) the antennae of
the L. persimilis are so invariahly longer than those of its ally, and
with their scape so conspicuously slenderer, that I cannot but believe
it to be specifically distinct ; and more particularly so since it is not
confined to merely a single district, or even island (which would
probably be the case were it but a phasis of the other), but is found
equally in both Teneriffe and Palma. In minor respects it is, on the
average, a trifle larger and paler than the tesserida ; and the Palman
examples have the longitudinal rows of short setae with which the
elytra are beset somewhat longer and paler (and therefore more per-
ceptible) .

366 CANARIAN COLEOPTKRA.

I took the L. pershniUs in profusion, diu'ing May of 1859, from
beneath stones, in the Barranco at Ycod el Alto, in TenerifFe— im-
mediately above the bridge ; and I also met with the var. /3, though
more sparingly, in the Barranco above S'" Cruz, of Palma, early in
June of the preceding year.

564. Lichenophagus subnodosus, n. sp.

L, species a L. persimili baud valde remota, sed prothorace magis
cylindrico (?'. e. ad latera paulo minus rotundato), elytris setis lon-
gioribus crassis robustissimis parce obsitis, interstitiis plus minus
elevatis interruptis nodes plus minus distinctos efficientibus, an-
tennarum scapo ad basin sensim graciliore.

Variat squamulis vel fusco-, vel (rarius) etiam submetallico-fusco-
cinereis, vel (strpius) omnino brunneis.

Var. ft. suhcalva. Elytrorum setis brevioribus. \_Ins. Hierro.] — Long.
Corp. lin. 2^—3.

Habitat Teneriifam sylvaticam, in intermediis degens : var. ft ad
insulam Hierro solam pertinet.

The present Lichenophagus seems to occur, on the average, at a
rather higher elevation than the last one, and to attain its maximum
within the sylvan districts of intermediate altitudes. It will pro-
bably be found to be universal throughout the central and western
portions of the Group, though hitherto I have observed it only in
TenerifFe and Hierro. It may be known by its elytra being spa-
ringly studded with rather elongate and very robust (often indeed
almost subclavate) setae, and in having their interstiQps more or less
raised and interrupted, so as to form (greater or less) nodules — in
both of which respects it agrees with the L. impressieoUis ; though
that insect has those characters not only much exaggerated, but also,
apart from the sexual peculiarities of its tibiae, others in addition.
In the colour of its scales it is extremely variable ; for although the
generality of specimens are of a dull uniform brown, more highly
developed ones, on the contrary, have often a fusco-cinereous (and
occasionally even a yellowish, or slightly metallic) tinge — with some-
times the sutural and sometimes the lateral region paler than the
rest of the surface. The only individuals which I have yet seen
from Hierro (five in number, and which were captured by myself on
the hills immediately outside the town of Valverde) have their bristles
considerably shorter than is the case in the Teneriffan ones ; but I
can perceive nothing about them to warrant the suspicion that they
are specifically distinct. I have not been able to detect any appre-
ciable difference in the tibia} of its two sexes.

CANARTAN COLEOPTERA. 367

The L. sidmodosus is widely spread over the wooded districts of
TenerifFe. I have taken it on the laurel-clad mountains above Ta-
ganana, at Las Mercedes, La Esperanza, the Agua Garcia, and the
Agua Mansa.

565. Liclieiiophagiis sculptipennis, n. sp.

L. species inter L. suhnodosum et impressicollem aliquo mode sita sod
(nisi fallor) vere distincta ; pra)sertim elytris multo grossius sculp-
turatis (punctis striarura maximis, inter se fere subconfluentibus
quasi arete adpressis) bene dignoscitur. Forma genei-ali et colore,
f route minus profunde excavata, prothorace aequali necnon elj'tro-
rum setis hand longissimis cum illo congruit, sed antennis rostro-
que sublongioribus, sculptura omnino grossiore et nodis elevatiori-
bus differt.

Var. jS [an species distincta? — forsan L. st(b7iodosi mera varictas].
Minor, elytris paulo minus profunde sculp turatis. — Long. eorp. lin.
(var. ft excepta) 2|-3.

Habitat Palmam, in intermediis (praesertim sylvaticis) rarior.

In certain respects the present Lichenopliagns is intermediate be-
tween the L, subnodosus and impressicollts ; nevertheless, apart from
minor distinctions, the enormous size of its elytral punctures, which
are consequently (even whilst somewhat fewer in number) more
closely packed together, will serve, prima facie, to separate it from
them both. In the majority of its details, however (as, for instance,
its general outline and hue, its less deeply excavated forehead, its
unimpressed prothorax, and its shorter setae), it agrees better with the
former of those species than it does with the latter ; yet its very much
coarser sculpturfe, in conjunction with its just perceptibly longer an-
tennae and rostrum and its more developed nodes, would seem to
imply that it cannot be referred to it. But what I have regarded
as the " var. /3 " I am more doubtful about, being far from sure that
at any rate the few specimens of it which I have examined are more
than the exponents of a mere insular state of the subnodosus — from
which they seem mainly to differ in the rather more coarsely punc-
tured striae of their elytra. Until, however, further material has been
obtained, I prefer keeping them in their present position — though
their smaller size and less deeply sculptured sxu'faee do apparently
tend to remove them from their assumed type.

The L. sculptipennis (both in its normal state and the " var. ft ")
I have met with hitherto only in the intermediate elevations of
Palma — in which island I captured it sparingly, duiing June of
1858, in the Barranco above S*'' Cruz, as well as in the laurel-woods
on the ascent to the Cumbre above Buenavista.

368 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

5GG. Lichenophagus impressicoUis, n. sp.

L. species L. suhnodoso et sculptlpenni afRnitate proxima, sed ple-
rumque paulo major, nigrescentior ; elytris quadratioiibus, mixlto
magis nodosis setisque multo loiigioribus obsitis ; rostro et fronte
valde profunde excavatj-concavis ; prothorace basi sensim angus-
tato, profimdiiis punctate, conspicne inteqiiali (sc. in disco late
longeque impresso necnon iitrinque fovea media laterali subrotun-
data obscuriore notato).

Variat elytris ad biimeros necnon in fascia postmedia valde fracta
plus minus obsoleta niveo-squamosis.

Mas tibiis anticis intus minutissime serratis necnon ante apicem sat
distincte subexcavato-sinuatis.

Fcem. tibiis anticis sensim latioribus, intus giabris rufo-ferrugineis
simpHcibus et ante apicem minus (tamen evidenter) subexcavato-
sinuatis. — Long. corp. lin. 2|-3.

Habitat TenerifFam sylvaticam, in lauretis ad Las Mercedes et
supra Tagananam hand infrequens.

This is the only LiclienopJiagus in which I have been able to detect
any sexual modifications (at all appreciable) in the anterior tibiae.
Even in this one indeed the characters, however decided, are rather
small ; nevertheless, when carefully inspected, it will be seen that the
males have their front tibite very minutely serrated internally, and
rather conspicuously sinuated (or subemarginate) before the apex,
whereas in the opposite sex the tibiae are not only a trifle broader
and less evidently scooped out, but likewise with their inner surface
fllahrous, rufo-ferruginous, and shining, and perfectly simple along
the edge. But, apart from this sexual peculiarity, the L. hnpressi-
colUs is well distinguished by its somewhat dark surface (which in
fresh and highly coloured examples is often ornamented with a few
small dashes of snowy-white scales — particularly at the shoulders
and across the hinder disc of the elytra, in which latter position they
occasionally assume the form of a broken, transverse fascia) ; by its
forehead (or perhaps, more properly, the base of its rostrum) being
very widely and deeply concave ; by its prothorax (which is percep-
tibly narrowed at the base and most coarsely punctured) being un-
even (that is, with a broad but rather shallow impression along the
fore disc, which is gradually contracted posteriorly, as well as with
an obscurer and rounded one on either side about the middle) ; and
by its elytra being comparatively square, considerably wider at the
shoulders than the prothorax, with their nodes greatly developed and
sparingly beset with extremely elongate setae. It is, on the average,
a trifle larger than any of the Lichmophagi as yet detected.

The L. hnpressicolJls is eminentlj' a sylvan insect. Indeed hitherto

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I have observed it only in the laurel -forests on the north-eastern
mountains of Teneriffe — at Las Mercedes, Taganana, and towards
Point Anaga — where (like the Tarphii) it occurs beneath stones and
pieces of rotten wood in damp, shady spots.

(Subfam. BEACHYDERIDES.)*

Genus 216. HERPYSTICUS.

Gemiar, Ins. ^lec. i. 413 (1824).

The genus Herpiisticus (which seems to be peculiarly Canarian) is

remarkable for the large and apterous insects which compose it, and

which reside under stones in the most diy and barren places, — the

only instance in which I have ever obsei'ved them elsewhere being

on one occasion, at the Banda, in Palma, where they were tolerably

common on the flowers of the Opuntia tuna, or Prickly Pear. Their

antennte are exceedingly short; and the funiculus appears at fii'st

sight to be only 6 -articulate, but this merely arises from the fact of

* I may insert here, as its probable right location, a reputed Teneriffan
weevil, tlie original type of which has been lent uie by M. Chevrolat (in whose
collection it exists) — tlie Curcul/o cribrarius of Olivier. Schonherr, wlio (by
his own admission) never examined it at all, followed Dejean and placed it in
Geoncmus — to which, however, it clearly does not belong ; and I think it is far
more likely that M. Jekel's conjectxire is nearer the truth, that it should bo assigned
to the South-African genus Gatamonus [Schon., Mant. Cure. 422]. It does
not, however, accord precisely with the published diagriosis even of Gatamonus ;
nevertheless, in the absence of a type to judge from, I am content to cede it to
that group provisionally, — the following short description being sufficient, I think,
to determine at any rate the ajiecies (with which more particularly I am now con-
cerned). Although recorded by Olivier as a Teneriffan insect, I do not apolo-
gize for refusing it a place in this Catalogue except in a foot-note, because I
suspect that some mistake may have arisen as to the country from whence it was
obtained, and I am loth to admit anything into the body of the work wliich rests
upon doubtfid evidence. Considering the enormous mass of Canarian material
which has passed under my eye, I am at least in a position to offer an opinion as
to the iwohahility, or otherwise, of its supposed habitat being correct ; and I am
bound to add that it recedes so entirely from all the Eht/ncJiophorous tyj^es which
I have yet seen from these islands, that I cannot but believe that it must have
been erroneously referred to them.

Gatamonus ? cribrarius.
G. elongato-ovatus, squamulis submetallico-fuscis et submetallico-cinereis densis-
sime tectus ; rostro longiusculo, obsolete tricarinato, apice subdilatato ; oculis
oblongis, demissis ; prothorace parvo, subtriangidari, rugoso-pimctato, angulis
posticis subrectis, obsolete canaliculato ; elytris profunde punctato-striatis, apice
singulatim acuminatis sed baud divaricatis, singulis intra apicem subgibbosis,
puncto discali medio albido ornatis necnon ad marginem obsolete subalbido-
irroratis, interstitiis alternis obsoletissime subelevatis ; antenuis pedibusque
longiusculis, subgracilibus. — Long. corp. liu. 6.

Cm-culio cribrarius, Oliv., Ent. v. 83. 34S. tab. 24. f. 344 (1807).
Geoncmus cribrarius, Bej., Gat. (edit. 3) 284 (1837).

, Schon., Gen. et Spec. Gurc. vi. 214 (1842).

Habitat "in Teneriffa" (sec. cl. Olivier), mihi non obvius; forsan ex Africa
australi deportatus.

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370 CANAKIAN COLEOPTERA.

the seventh joint being much enlarged, and so closely applied to the
club that it seems to (and in fact, in some measui'e, does) form a
portion of it. Their tibise are minutely serrated along their inner
edge ; and their prothoraces are rather uneven, having a tendency
(more or less expressed in the several races and species) to be branded
with a transverse irregular fovea, or flexuose line, on either side in
the middle, and two small rounded impressions (which are often
nearly obsolete, and always a good deal concealed beneath the mi-
nute, hardened, granuliform scales with which the surface is covered)
on each side of the central Hne on the disc. I have constantly cap-
tured them in coitu ; but after a most careful comparison of the two
sexes, I can detect no external difFei'ences between them, either in
outline or structure, unless it be that the males are occasionally just
perceptibly narrower and with their legs a trifle more robust.

The Herpystici are essentially variable, both in stature and clothing,
assuming slightly different phases according to the region which they
inhabit, but which pass so imperceptibly into each other (however
opposite in the tAVO extremes) that it is impossible to regard any of
them as of specific imj)ortance. Thus, what I have treated as the
type of the H. eremita (mainly from the fact of the insect having
been originally described from an individual of that particular state),
although sometimes small, ascends to a large size and has its elytra
usually entirely fi'ee from erect hairs — with the exception of a very
few towards their apex. This is the form which seems to obtain
(subject to trifling modifications) throughout Teneriff'e, Gomera, and
Palma. But in certain districts of Grand Canary the examples have
the additional pile not confined merely to the apex, but more or less
developed over the entire surface of the elytra, — the hairs being
sometimes short, decumbent, and but faintly traceable (at any rate
anteriorly), sometimes considerablj' longer and more erect, whilst at
others they are exceedingly elongated, fine, and thicldy set together.
Nevertheless I have observed so many instances in which this deve-
lopment of the pubescence is unmistakeably a mere topographical
character and not a specific one — as in the Piotes inconstans of the
Ptinidce, and the Sitones latipennis of the present family — that I do
not consider it so significant as it might at first sight appear to be.

§ I. Funiculi articidi primus et secnndus inter se longitudine sub-
cequales (i. e. secundo primo I'ix Jongiore).

5G7. Herpysticus eremita.
H. elongatus, niger, squamis minutis duris gTanulifornoibus (vel fuseo-

CANARIAN COLEOPXERA. 371

cinereis vel submetallico-fuscis) nebulosus ; capite prothoraceque
leviter rugose subpunctatis, rostro longitudinaliter canaliculate, hoc
subinajquaH (utrinque fovea irregular! transversa media laterali
necnon punctis duobus soepe obsoletis juxta canaliculam discalem
impresso), mox intra apicem anguste constricto ; elytris elongato-
ovatis, striato-punctatis ; antennis brevibus ; pedibus elongatis,
crassis,

n (status typicus). Elytris sat profunde striato-punctatis, pilis erectis
(etiam versus ajjicem) fere earentibus.

/8. snbvestita. Elytris, praesertim postice, pilis erectis mollibus sed
hand dense obsitis.

y. lanata. Paulo magis rugulosa squamisque pallidioribus vestita, ely-
tris pilis erectis mollibus elongatis cinereis densissime obsitis et
minus profunde striato-punctatis. — Long. corp. lin. 5-8.

Cm-culio eremita, Oliv., Ent. v. 85. 321. tab. 24. f. 38-3 (1807).
Herpysticus Igesicollis, Germ., Ins. Spec. i. 413. tab. 2. f. 3 (1824).

, ScJwn., Gen. et Spec. Cure. i. 556 (1833).

eremita, Brtdle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 72 (1838).

Habitat Canariam, Teneriffam, Gomeram et Palmam, sub lapidibus
in aridis degens.

Witb the exception of the typical one (or that from which the in-
sect was originally described), I have given names to the states indi-
cated above of this variable Curculionid, in case that either the /8 or
y should prove eventually to be specifically distinct. My belief, how-
ever, is, as before expressed, that they cannot be so regarded ; for I
think that I am able to complete the passages between the whole of
them, and that it is impossible therefore to look upon them as more
than topographical varieties — brought about by surrounding circum-
stances and the more or less calcareous nature of the regions in which
they occur. Indeed the tendency which many insects possess of hav-
ing their clothing more developed in sandy and calcareous cUstricts
than elsewhere I have more than once had occasion to comment upon,
though for what purpose they should be thus additionally pubescent
I am quite unable to conjectui'e. Certainly, however, it appears to be
a fact, — no less than that scaly species are apt to have their scales
perceptibly whiter, or more cinereous, in such localities.

In accordance with the above remarks, it appears to me that this
unstable insect is, on the average, rather darker and larger in the
more western islands of the Group — TenerifFe, Gomera, and Palma
(and doubtless Hierro also, though I did not happen to meet with it
there) — than it is in Grand Canary, — and that its elytra are usually
almost entirely free from additional erect hairs, with the exception
of a very few towards their apex. It was from a Teneriffan speci-
men that it was originally described — as I am able to vouch for cer-

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372 CANARIAN COLEOPTEKA.

tain, since M. Chevrolat has kindly communicated to me an Olivierian
tifpe from his collection. In Grand €anary, however, the examples
show a more evident tendenci/ to become pubescent, — even the com-
paratively bald ones being seldom free from traces of a shght addi-
tional pile ; whilst some (as those from the arid neighbourhood of
Las Palmas) have the hairs much more developed, and others (as is
the case in the sandy region of Maspalomas, in the extreme south of
the island) are excessively pilose and of a paler hue — being densely
beset with very fine, Avoolly, elongate cinereous hairs. These last I
have indicated as the " y. lanata.''' Assuming therefore that I am
correct in regarding these states as conspecific with each other, the
H. eremita may be said to be universal throughout the low and in-
termediate elevations of (at all events) Grand Canary, Teneriffe, Go-
mera, and Palma — in each of which I have taken it, more or less
abundantly. From Teneriffe it has likewise been communicated by
the Barao do Castello de Paiva ; where, as well as in Gomera, it was
captured by Dr. Crotch.

§ II. Funiculi articuhis seciindus primo distincte Jongior.
568. Herpysticus calvus, n. sp,
//. praicedenti similis sed paulo minor ; capite prothoraceque minus
sculpturatis, illo saepius canaHcula longiore impresso et plaga parva
obscura frontaH albidiore distinctius ornato, oculis paulo magis pro-
minentibus, hoc minus incequali ; elytris \'ix magis ovatis, plus mi-
nus brunneo-subtesseUatis, fere calvis, profunde striato-punctatis,
intcrstitiis minus rugulosis ; antennis pecUbusque paulo graciliori-
bus et saepius minus pilosis. — Long. corp. lin. 4|-6.

Herpysticus eremita, Hartimq [nee OlivX Geolog. VerliaUn. Lanz. und
Fuert. 141 & 142.

Habitat in Lanzarota et Fuerteventura, sub lapidibus, passim.

After allowing so wide a range for variation in the H. eremita, it
may perhaps appear inconsistent, prima facie, that I should regard
the present insect as distinct from it ; nevertheless, not to mention
its many other features, I believe that the fact of the second joint of
its funiculus being so much more evidently longer than the basal one
is a structural character which would of itself suffice to establish its
specific claims. Apart from this, however, it has many pecidiarities
essentially its own. Thus, it is on the average a trifle smaller than
the eremita ; its head and prothorax (when deprived of their scales)
are less sculptured, and the former of these has the rostral channel
usually somewhat longer, the eyes more prominent, and (in unrubbed
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the latter is less uneven (oi- with the inequalities shallower) ; its ely-
tra are generally more ovate (or a little rounder behind the middle),
jierfectly free from erect pile, and with the interstices less rugulose ;
and its antennae and legs are both slenderer and less hairy.

In addition to the above particulars, the H. calvus seems to be re-
stricted to Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, where it takes the place of
the eremita which is so universal throughout the remainder of the
archipelago. In the latter of those islands it was found also by Mr.
Gray, and examples have likewise been communicated from them by
the Barao do Castello de Paiva. That it is the species which M. Har-
tung registers as the " II. eremita, Oliv." there can be no doubt, for
I have received one of his specimens, thus named, from Dr. Heer
who compiled the Catalogue.

569. Herpysticus oculatus, n. sp.

H. calvo similis, sed paulo minor squamisque albidioribus tectus ; ocu-
lis subminoribus, multo magis prominentibus ; prothorace variolis
pjofundis parce impresso ; eljtris pilis brevibus albicantibus sub-
demissis distinctius obsitis ; antennis (paulo brevioribus ot pices-
centioribus) pedibusque vis gracilioribus ac paulo magis pilosis. —
Long. Corp. lin. 4-5.

Habitat in calcariis intermediis Lanzarotae, rarior.

Although very closely allied to the preceding one, the present Her-
pysticus must, I think, be regarded as distinct. It appears to be, on
the average, a trifle smaller than the calvus, and altogether whiter or
more cinereous ; its eyes are somewhat rounder and very much more
prominent ; its prothorax, when deprived of its scales, will be seen
to be pitted with large and deep varioles ; its elytra are rather more
evidently beset with a short, silvery, subdecumbent pile ; and its
limbs are perhaps a trifle slenderer, — the antennae being, also, per-
ceptibly shorter and more pieescent, whilst the legs are rather more
hairy. Hitherto I have observed it only in calcareous districts of
Lanzarote, but it will probably occur in Fuerteventui-a likewise. My
specimens were taken, on the 22nd of January 1858, from beneath
stones, on the arid hills between Haria and San Miguel de Teguise ;
and I have a single Lanzarotan example which was captured by M.
Hartung. ,

Genus 217. THYLACITES.
Germar, Ins. Spec. i. 410 (1824).

The only member of this genus which I have detected hitherto at
the Canaries belongs to a small and rounded type which has much
the appearance, ^5run(f /ftCi'e, of a Cneorhinus ; and which further re-

374 CANABIAN COLEOPTERA.

cedes from the ordinary Thylacites in having its fiiniciilus-joints free
from rigid setse, its prothorax comparatively narrow and cylindric,
and its third tarsal joint very much less expanded or bilobed. From
the CiieorJiim, however, it may immediately be known by, inter alia,
its rostrum being less deeply excavated at the tip, by its scuteUum
not being visible, and by its surface being studded with long and
erect hairs. Its legs also are slenderer than is the case in the repre-
sentatives of that group, — the tibiae, particularly however the ante-
rior ones, being (although more evidently fringed with minute spi-
niiles) less dilated at their extreme apices.

570. Thylacites obesulus, n. sp.

T. densissime albido-squamosus et pilis longissimis suberectis moUi-
bus parce obsitus ; capite prothoraceque vix subochraceo-tinctis,
hoc angusto, subcylindrico, mox ante basin transversim constricto,
longitudinaliter vix sublineato-macidato ; elytris valde convexis,
rotundato-subquadratis, irregulariter nigro-maculatis, maculis
valde irregularibus plus minus confluentibus et versus sutiiram
longitudinahter dispositis ; antennis pedibusque rufo-ferrugineis,
illis subcalvis, his albo-squamosis ; tarsorum articulo tertio vix
dilatato. — Long. corp. lin. 2|.

Habitat Lanzarotam ; in aridis maritimis arenosis prope oppidum
Arrecife, mense ApriH a.d. 1859, exemplar unicum cepi.

A single specimen only of this very distinct Thylacites has hitherto
come beneath my notice. It was captured, during April 1859, at the
roots of sand-plants, on a sandy slope behind the sea-beach of Lan-
zarote, about a mile to the south of Arrecife.

Genus 218. SITONES.
Germar, Im. Sjx'c. i. 414 (1824).

571. Sitones gressorius.

Curculio gressorius, Fab., Eat. Si/st. i. ii. 465 (1792),
Sitones gressorius, Schdn,, Gen. et Spec. Cure. ii. 97 (1834).
Sitona gressoria, Bridle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 72 (1838).

, Woll, Ins. Mad. 403 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad Col. 119 (1857).

Habitat in TenerifFa, Gomera, Palma et Hierro, super folia Liijpini
termis Forsk. hinc inde sat abundans.

As in Madeira, the S. gressorius of Mediterranean latitudes appears
to be attached in these islands to the Lupines (Lupinus termes, Forsk.),
which are often cultivated at intermediate elevations. Under such
circumstances I have captured it near Las Mercedes and about
Orotava in Teneriffe ; in the Barranco above 8'" Cruz of Palma ;

CANAKIAN colt;opter\. 375

and near Valverde in Hierro — in the last of which islands, as well .
as in Gomera, it was found likewise by Mr. Gra3\ In TeneriiFe it
was met with also by Dr. Crotch, who informs me that it is called
"San Pedro" by the inhabitants.

572. Sitones latipennis.

Sitones latipennis, ScJtdn., Gen. et Spec. Cure. ii. 99 (1834).
Sitona verrucosa* P, Brulle, in Webb et Berth. {Col.) 72 (1838).

latipennis, WoU., Ins. Mad. 404 (1854).

, /(/., Cat. Mad. Col. 119 (1857).

Habitat in intermediis Canariae et TeneriiFae, ad folia Genlstce degens.

This insect, which is common on the Genista scoparia in Madeira,
occurs likewise, though less abundantly, at the Canaries — where it
is found on the same shrub, as also on the Spanish Broom, at inter-
mediate elevations. I have taken it on the hills at Osorio in Grand
Canary, and outside the wood of Las Mercedes in TeneriflFe. The
specimens from these islands differ from the Madeii'an ones in being
rather more densely and ivhitely scaly, and in the pile with which
their elytra are additionally studded being both longer and much
more erect. I am satisfied, however, that this peculiarity of their
clothing is merely a geographical one, and does not indicate a sepa-
rate, closely allied, species ; for although the generality of the Cana-
rian examples are furnished on their elytra with these erect elongate
hairs, still the length of the pubescence varies consiclerahhj (even in
the same locality), so that in some individuals it is as short as in
those from Madeira. Moreover I have already shown, in several in-
stances, how variable a character the pilosity is apt to become, under
particular circumstances — as in the case of the Piotes inconstans of
the Ptinidce, and as in the genus Herpysticus (already noticed) of the
present family. I conclude therefore that, all other particulars being
the same, this tendency of the pubescence to be more developed in the
Canaries than at Madeira is a fact of some local interest but without
any specific signification.

573. Sitones punctiger.

S. oblongus, niger, squamis griseis et cinereis variegatus setisque pili-
formibus demissis obsitus ; cajjite prothoraceque profunde rugoso-

* I have little doubt that M. Brulle's *S. verrucosa was established on a small
example of this variable insect. At any rate the few and imimportant particulars
to which he calls attention are, all of them, those which belong to the S. latipennis,
except the one in which he says " le troisieme intervalle des stries est petit de sa
nature et un pen plus eleve que les autres" ; but since the whole of his descri])-
tions which I have yet had an opportunity of testing are wanting in accuracy, I
am not di9)')osed to lay nnich stress upon this character.

376 CAJfARIAX COLEOPTERA.

punetatis, illo postice punctis duobus cinereis ornato oeulis oblongo-
rotundatis valde prominentibus, hoe ad latera pallidiore rotundato,
linea media et punctis 2 vel 3 utrinque aniiexis pallidioribus or-
nato ; elytris cjiindricis, per suturam obscure albidis, interstitiis
alternis tete fulvo nigroque tessellatis ; antennis ad basin pedi-
busque (squamosis) clarioribus. — Long. corp. lin. 2|-3.

Sitones punctiger, WolL, Ann. Nat. Hist. xi. 220 (1863).

Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventurara, sub lapidibus in aridis
arenosis et calcariis degens.

This large Sitones is at once remarkable for its deeply sculptured,
rounded prothorax (which, in addition to a few scattered and some-
times obsolete ones, has two or three small cinereous punctiform
spots on either side of its paler central line) ; for its cylindric, prettily
tessellated elytra (the suture of which is of a more or less obscure
chalky white) ; for its extremely prominent eyes ; and for the two
subaj)proximated cinereous specks (similar to those on the prothorax)
with which the hinder portion of its head is ornamented. It appears
to be very rare (or, at all events, extremely local), and confined to the
two eastern islands of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura — in the former
of which I took it, not uncommonly, during March and April of 1859,
from beneath stones, in the flat sandy district to the south of (and
adjoining) Arrecife ; whilst, in the latter, I met with it, though more
sparingly, a few weeks later, on the calcareous hill immediately out-
side the little town of S'* Maria Betancuria.

574. Sitones cambricus.

Sitona cambrica (Mi/), Steph., Ill Brit. Ent. iv. 140 (1831).
Sitones cribricoUis, Schon., Gen. et Spec. Cure. ii. 101 (1834).
Sitona cambrica, WolL, Ins. Mad. 405 (1854).
, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 120 (1857).

Habitat in Canaria et Teneriffa, rarior.

The European S. cambrici's, which is common in the east of Ma-
deira and in Porto Santo, is decidedly scai'ce in these islands — where
hitherto I have met with it only in Grand Canary and Tenerifffe. In
the latter, however, it is widely spread, my specimens being from the
vicinity of Orotava, the mountains above S*" Cruz, the Agua Garcia,
and the Agua Mansa.

575. Sitones lineatus.

Curculio lineatus, Linn., Fna Suec. 183 (1761).
Sitones lineatus, Schon., Ge7i. et Spec. Cure. ii. 109 (1834).
Sitona lineata, Woll, Ins. Mad. 406 (1854).
, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 120 (1857).

Habitat Canariam,TenenfFam et Palmam, prsecipue in eultis degens.

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 377

This common insect, which is universal throughout Europe, and
which occurs also in Madeira, and is recorded by M. Morelet at the
Azores, is by no means abundant at the Canaries — where (as in Ma-
deira) it may very probably have been introduced from more north-
ern latitudes. I have, however, taken it about Las Palmas in Grand
Canary, around Orotava, ifec. in Teneriffe, and in Palma. From Tene-
rifFe it has likewise been communicated by Dr. Crotch and the Barao
do Castello de Paiva*.

576. Sitones hunieralis.

Sitona hunieralis {Kbt/), Stoph., III. Bnt. Ent. iv. 138 (1831).
Sitones proniptus, Schon., Gen. et Spec. Cure. ii. 113 (1834).
Sitona hunieralis, WolL, Ins. Mad. 407 (1854).
, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 120 (1857).

Habitat ins. omnes Canaricnses, passim, praesertira in aridis calcariis.

* Evidently akin to the <S'. lineafus is a reputed Teneriffan species, which I
would briefly describe as follows : —

Sitones setuliferus.
8. oblongus, niger, squamis einereo-albidis densissime teetus setulisquo brevissi-

mis adspersus ; capite prothoraceque ad latera obsolete suboehraceo-tinctis, illo

oculis oblongo-rotundatis, hoc linea media albidiore ornato ; elytris leviter

jjuiictato-striatis, interstitio quarto per discum posticum ochraceo-tiucto ; pe-

dibus clarioribus, albo-squamosis. — Long. corp. lin. 2^.

Sitones setidiferus, Schon., Gen. et Spec. Cure. vi. 273 (1840).

Habitat (sec. Dom. Chevrolat) in Teneriffa, milii non obvius.

The above diagnosis has been compded from a unique specimen wliich M.
Chevrolat has been kind enough to lend me, and wliich is the actual type described
in Sehonlierr's work. It is somewhat singidar that I have met with no other ex-
ample of the species either amongst the enormous amoimt of material amassed
by myself in these islands, or in the smaller collections formed by others ; and I
cannot but feel a little doubtful, therefore, whether some mistake may not have
arisen as to its habitat — more particularly since another Curculionid, likewise
registered as Teneriffan, from the collection of M. Chevrolat, namely the Cata-
ononus cribrarius, and wliich is so large and conspicuous that it seems scarcely
possible that it should have escaped our combined observations (and which, I may
further add, has nothing in common with any of the known Canariau types), is
in exactly the same predicament. My impression is that both of them may have
come from some other country, and may perhaps have been accidentally mixed up
afterwards with insects from Teneriffe. Nevertheless since theii- published habitat
cannot be disallowed until the S2)ecies have been redetectcd elsewhere, and since it
is of course possible that they may, after all, be tridy Canariau, I have thought it
desirable to include their diagnoses, at any rate as foot-notes, in tliis Catalogue,
though I cannot without fin'ther evidence admit them into the body of the work.

Judging from the specimen before me, the S. setidiferus is of about the size of the
common lineatus, but is much more densely clotliect with robust cinereous-white
scales, and closely besprinkled with coarser, but very abbreviated, seta; ; its eyes
are a trifle smaller and less roiuided ; its prothorax has a most distinct white line
down the centre ; and its elytra are scarcely ornamented with longitudinal lines.
Their third interstice, however, is curiously (though obsciu'ely) ocJiraceous down
the hinder disc of each elytron — a colour which is likewise faintly expressed about
the shoulders, as also along either side of the head and prothorax. Altogether it
appears to me as though it might be a small and rather highly-coloui-ed variety
of a species which I have received from Dr. Schaum mider the name of <S'. alter-
nans ; though, with only a solitary example (of both) to judge fi-om, it is of course
impossible to say this for certain.

378 CANARIAN COLEOPTEEA.

The European S. humeralis, which is scattered sparingly over the
Madeiran Group, is universal, though by no means common, at the
Canaries — in the whole seven islands of which I have myself cap-
tured it. In Palma it was likewise found by Mr. Gray, and from
Teneriffe it has been communicated by Dr. Crotch and the Barao do
Castello de Paiva. It occurs more particularly in diy, calcareous
spots.

577. Sitones setiger.
/S. oblongus, niger, squamis griseis inaequaliter vestitus ; capite pro-
thoraceque densissime et profunde rugoso-punctatis, illo oculis ob-
longo-rotundatis prominentibus, hoc subcylindrico, intra apicem
(subelevatum) constricto, ad utrumque latus linea paulo albidiore
omato ; elytris profunde pmictato-striatis, vel obscure variegatis
(interstitiis alternis obsolete tessellatis) vel dense fusco aut ochra-
ceo-fusco squamosis, saepius versus latera squamis albidioribus ob-
scure plagiatis, interstitiis setosis (setis nigrescentibus sed in inter-
stitiis alternis setis albidioribus clistantibus commixtis); antennis
(brevibus) pedibusque rufo-fcrrugineis, capitulo fcmoribusque ob-
scurioribus. — Long. corj). lin. l|-2,

Sitones setiger, WolL, Aim. Nat Hist. xi. 221 (18G3).

Habitat in aridis insularum Canariensium, in Palma sola hactenus
hand detectus.

Judging from the diagnosis, this little Sitones is probably allied to
the S. seriesetosus, Schon., from Egypt. Unless, however, the pub-
lished description of that insect is so inaccurate as to be absolutely
worthless, the two species cannot possibly be identical ; for the pro-
thorax of the seriesetosus is said to be remotely and lightly punctured,
and with two approximated paler lines down its disc, whereas that
of the setiger is most densely and coarsely so, with the longitudinal
lines extremely wide apart (being in fact completely lateral); then,
its elytra are described as " tenuissime punctato-striata " and with
the interstices alutaceous, whereas in the Canarian insect they are
deeply punctate-striated, and the interstices (which are shining) have
not the slightest tendency to be alutaceous ; and, lastly, the eyes of
the Egyptian species are stated to be round, whereas (although a Httle
variable in outline) they are never quite round in the setiger, being
more frequently oblong.

There can be little doubt that the S. setiger is universal throughout
the archipelago, though it does not happen to have been observed in
Palma ; but in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Grand Canary, Teneriffe,
and Hierro I have taken it, more or less abundantly ; and in Gomera
it was captured by Dr. Crotch (who also met with it in Grand Canary
and Teneriffe). In Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, and Teneriffe it was

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found likewise by Mr. Gray. It occurs principally in dry spots at
low and intermediate elevations — often abounding around S'" Cruz
and Orotava in TenerifFe ; as also near Las Palnias and throughout
the region of El Monte in Grand Canary.

Genus 219. BRACHYDERES.
Schonherr, Cure. Disp. Meth. 102 (1826).

578. Brachyderes rugatus, n. sp.

B. elongatus, niger, nitidus, pube subcinerea demissa parce tectus ;
capite prothoraceque punetatis, hoc in disco obsolete canaliculato
et ibidem levius punctato ; elytris ellipticis, levissime substriato-
punctatis, interstitiis minutissime subasperato-punctulatis et trans-
versim rugulosis ; antenuis pedibusque rufo-piceis.

Mas elytris angustis, vix profundius striato-punctatis, apice obtuse
rotundatis.

Foem. elytris multo latioribus, apice lateraUter subcompressis acuti-
uscuhs. — Long. corp. lin. 41-6.

Habitat Palmam, super folia floresque Phii canariensis in elevatis
degens.

Both of the Brachyderes here described are attached to the foliage
and flowers of the Pinus canariensis, at loftj altitudes ; and although
they are certainly veiy closely related inter se, I can hardly suppose
them to be insular modifications of the same species. The B. rugatus
abounds in the old Finals of Palma — where I observed it in consi-
derable numbers, during June 1858, in that extensive one which
clothes the region from the elevated plains known as " Los Llanos "
up to the edges of the great Caldeira. It is, on the average, a trifle
larger than the sc^dpturatus, and is more thickly beset with a some-
what paler and more decumbent pile ; and its elytra are much more
finely punctate-striated, with their interstices rather more densely
transversely-rugulose .

579. Brachyderes sculpturatus, n. sp.
B. prsecedenti similis, sed vix minor, pube paulo magis robusta et
erecta parcius obsitus (pube praesertim ad apicem necnon per su-
turam saepius submetallica) ; elytiis in utroque sexu multo pro-
fimdius striato-punctatis, interstitiis minus dense transversim -ru-
gulosis, in sexu foemineo ad apicem ipsissimum vix minus acutis.
— Long. Corp. lin. 4-5^.

Habitat in locis similibus ac praecedens, sed in montibus Canarise
et Tenerifiae (nee Palmae).

Whilst the last species occurs in the ancient Pinals of Palma, the
present one I have observed in those of Grand Canary and Teneriff'e

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— where it is found in similar spots at a high altitude. On the lofty
mountains of the former, above San Bartolomd, in the district of Tara-
jana, I brushed it, not uncommonly, during April 1858, from off the
foliage of the gigantic pine-trees which clothe those elevated slopes ;
and a month later I met with it in the great Pinal above Ycod de los
Vinhos of Teneriffe. It differs from the B. rugaius in being perhaps
a trifle smaller ; in the pubescence with which it is beset being more
sparing, but nevertheless a little robuster and more erect, as well as
(at any rate posteriorly and along the suture) of a more decidedly
metallic tinge ; and in its elytra (which are just perceptibly less acute
at their extreme apex) being much more deeply punctate-striated,
though with their interstices a little less closely rugulose.

Fam. 46. BRUCHIDiE.

Genus 220. BRUCEUS.
Geoffi-oy, Ins. dc Park, i. 103 (1762).

580. Bruchus pisi.

Bruchus pisi, Linn., Syst. Nat. i. ii. G04 (1767).

, Schon., Qen. et Spec. Cure. i. 57 (1833).

Fabfe?, Bridle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 71 (1838).

pisi, Lticas, Col. de VAlycrie, 401 (1849).

Habitat insulas omnes Canarienses, in cultis et granariis vulgaris.

The European B. pisi (which occurs sparingly in Madeira) is uni-
versal at the Canaries, in the whole seven islands of which, except
Gomcra, I have myself captured it ; and in Gomera it was taken,
during the spring of 1S02, by Dr. Crotch. In Palma and Hierro it
was found likewise by Mr. Gray ; and from Teneriffe it has been
communicated by the Barao do Castello de Paiva. It is closely alKed,
at first sight, to the B. rufimanns ; though, when carefullj" inspected,
it •will be seen to be abundantly distinct. Thus, apart from minor
characters, it is not only, on the average, a trifle larger and more ob-
long (seldom, if ever, descending to so small a size as certain examples
of that insect), but its antennaB are a little shorter and thicker, its pro-
thorax is somewhat broader, with the lateral angle more prominent
and spiniform, its elytral interstices are rather more coarsely punc-
tured, its pygidium (and indeed its entire surface) is more brightly
variegated with black and white scales (the two black patches at the
apex being larger and more conspicuous), its anterior pair of legs have
their femora always darker than the (rufescent) tibiee and feet, whilst
the intermechatc tibial are more or less rufo-ferruginous at their apex.

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its hinder femora are armed beneath with a much longer and more
powerful spine, and its third tarsal joint is perceptibly more expanded.

581. Bruclius rufimanus.

Bruchus rufimanus, Schon., Gen. et Spec. Cure. i. 58 (1833).

, Woll, Ins. Mad. 419 (1854).

, Id, Cat. Mad. Col 123 (1857).

Habitat insulas omnes Canarienses, in iisdem locis ac proDcedens,
vulgaris.

This common European BnicJms, which occiu'S also in Madeira (and
which has probably been imported into both Groups from more north-
ern latitudes), is, like the B. pisi, universal at the Canaries, in the
whole seven islands of which, except Gomera, I have myself captured
it ; whilst in Gomera it was found by Dr. Crotch (who also met with
it in Palma). In Lanzarote, Palma, and Hierro it was taken like-
wise by Mr. Gray ; and in Teneriflc by the Barao do Castello de Paiva
and M. Hartung. As in the case of its ally, it abounds principally
in houses, granaries, and about cultivated grounds.

582. Bruclius terminatus, n. sp.

B. fere rufimanum simulans, sed paulo minus ovatus ; antennis bro-
vioribus, crassioribus, articulis inter se magis transversis ; oculis
sensim minus profunde excavatis ; prothorace ad latera argiitius
angiilato ; olytris oblongioribus ; tibiis anticis crassioribus, inter-
mediis angustioribus rectioribus necnon ad angulum internum spina
valde obtusa subbifida terminatis ; tarsis intermediis (ut pedibus
anticis) Isete rufo-testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 1|^.

Habitat Teneriffam, in montibus supra Sanctam Crucem repertus.

Two examples only of this Bruchus, captiu'ed by myself in Tene-
riffe (on the mountains above S"' Cruz), have as yet come beneath
my notice. The species is very closely allied to the B. rtifimamis,
for which at first sight it might be mistaken ; nevertheless, judging
from the individuals before me, it is a trifle smaller and more oblong ;
its antennae are shorter and thicker, the subclaval joints being more
transverse ; the excavation of its eyes is not quite so deep (a struc-
ture which causes the eye itseK to be slightly broader, or less scooped
out) ; its prothorax is more angulated on either side in the centre ;
its pubescence is browner ; its elytra are a little less ovate ; its front
tibite are thicker ; its intermediate pair are slenderer and straighter,
and are terminated at their inner apical angle by a robust, blunt, up-
wardly-directed, subbifid spine, or process (which is best seen when
the insect is viewed with its abdomen foremost) ; and its middle feet
are, like the whole anterior legs, of a bright rufo- testaceous hue.

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583. Bruchus Teneriffae.

B. ovatus, niger, subtus dense cinereo-, supra insequaliter cinereo-
et fusco-squamosus, antennarum basi pedibusque rufo-testaceis ;
femoribus (prajsertim posticis, subtus denticulo minutissimo inter-
dum aegre observando ai'matis) tibiisque posticis basi nigris ; capite
prothoraceque subconico punctatis ; elytris teniiiter subcrenato-
striatis ; antennis versus apicem vel rufo- vel nigro-brunneis.

Mas elytris vix quadratioribus ; anteruais pedibusque (praesertim
tibiis tarsisque posterioribus) longioribus ; tibiis posticis sensim
gracilioribus, extus minus evidenter subserratis ; pygidio sequaliter
cinereo-tomentoso (nee nigro-subbimaculato). — Long. corp. lin.
1J_11

Bruchus TeueriffcB (Steven), Schon., Gen. et Spec. Cure. v. 105 (1839).
Habitat in montibus Canariae, TenerifFai et Palmae, floribus Spartii
et Ci/tisi gaudens.

"Were it not for the habitat " insula Teneriffa, in Spartio," it would
scarcely have been possible to recognize the present Bruclms in the
long but inaccurate description given in the 'Gen. et Spec. Cure.';
but as it is, I feel perfectly satisfied that it is the species there re-
ferred to. It abounds in certain districts, chiefly of a high elevation,
on the mountains of Grand Canary, TenerifFe, and Palma ; and on
the lofty Cumbre of TenerifFe, above Ycod el Alto and adjoining the
Caiiadas, as well as on the opposite Cumbre above the Agua Mansa,
it absolutely teems — occurring on the flowers of the Spartium mibi-
gena (or " Retama "), and being most common from about 7000 to
9000 feet above the sea. Nevertheless it is also found, though less
profusely, at lower altitudes : thus, in Grand Canary I have taken it,
from off the blossoms of Cytisus prolifenis, throughout the region of
El Monte, as well as on the mountain-slopes above San Mateo (to-
wards the Roca del Soucilho), and on the ascent to the Pinal of
Tarajana, above San Bartolome. And whilst in Palma, during June
1858, 1 met with it in the great Pinal of the Banda above the plains
known as " Los Llanos," on the western side of that island. Li
Teneriffe it was likewise captured by Dr. Crotch, though sparingly,
on the Canadas.

The B. Teneriffoi is remarkable, inter alia, for a certain, though
not very considerable, sexual dissimilarity which it presents (for I
think I can scarcely be mistaken in regarding the two forms now
before me as sexes of a single species). Thus, the male (which would
seem to be rather the rarer of the two) is, on the average, a little
larger and squarer in outline, and has its pygidium more uniformly
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patches towards the apex which are seldom absent in the opposite
sex), and its antennae and legs are longer ; — added to which, the two
hinder tibiae are perceptibly slenderer, and perhaps a trifle less evi-
dently subserrated along their outer edge, than is the case in the
females.

584. Bruchus floricola, n. sp.

B. minutus, ovatus, niger, subtns dense cinereo-, supra insequaliter
cinereo- et fusco-squamosus, antennarum (robustarum) basi pedi-
busque rufo-testaceis ; femoribus (praesertim posticis, subtus den-
ticulo minutissimo vix observando armatis) tibiisque posticis basi
nigris ; cajjite prothoraceqne subconico dense punctiilatis ; elytris
striatis, interstitiis subnitidis, leviter subreticulato-rugulosis; tibiis
posticis robustis.

Variat antennis vel omnino rufo-testaceis, vel versus apicem obscu-
rioribus. — Long. Corp. lin. |-1.

Habitat insulas Canarienses, in Gomera et Palma solis baud obser-
vatus.

This excessively minute Brucfms would seem to be the represen-
tative in these islands of the Madeiran B. lichenicola, which at first
sight it very closely resembles. Nevertheless, when accurately in-
spected, it will be seen to differ from that insect in many particulars.
Thus, its antennae and legs are a httle longer and thicker ; its femora
and two hinder tibiae are black at their respective bases ; the latter
are very perceptibly broader and rather less straightened ; and the
third joint of its four anterior feet is somewhat more expanded. Its
elytra, also, are a trifle convexer and less opake ; and its prothorax
perhaps is a little more deeply sinuated posteriorly.

The B. floricola is probably universal throughout the Group, though
I did not happen to observe it in either Gomera or Palma ; but in
Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Grand Canary, Teneriffe, and Hierro I
have captured it, more or less abundantly. It occurs more espe-
cially, on flowers, in calcareous spots of intermediate elevations. My
Fuerteventuran examples are from Agua Bueyes and the Rio Palmas ;
the Canarian ones from the vicinity of Tafira (adjoining the region
of El Monte) ; and the Teneriffan ones from the mountains above
gta (jj.u2. Those from Lanzarote were, I think, taken at Haria, and
the Hierro ones in the neighbourhood of Valverde.

585. Bruchus antennatus, n. sp.
B. ater sed minute subflavescenti-pubescens, subopacus ; eapite pro-
thoraceqne conico densissime ruguloso-punctulatis ; elytris sub-
crenato-striatis, interstitiis densissime et minute subpunctulato-
rugulosis ; antennis pedibusque vix dilutioribus ; illis in maribus

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longissimis serratis, his in iitroqiie sexu elongatis gracilibus ; fe-
moribus posticis vix edeuticiilatis. — Long. corp. lin. Ig-lf •

Hahltat in montibus Canarise, TenerifFo) et Palmse, in pinetis parce
degens.

This most interesting Bruclms, so remarkable for its deep-black
hue (the surface, however, being more or less clothed with a very
minute, short, decumbent, yellowish- or whitish-brown pubescence),
its excessively conical prothorax, slender legs, and the enormous length
of its male antennaj, would seem to be extremely rare, though widely
spread over the archipelago, and confined (so far at least as I have
observed hitherto) to those regions of a high elevation occupied by
the ancient Pinals ; though, at the same time, I am not absolutely
certain that it is in any way actually dependent upon the fir-trees.
I have taken it in Grand Canary, TeneriiFe, and Palma ; in the first
of these in the Pinal of Tarajana (above San Bartolome), in the second
at the Agua Mansa (close to a Piniis cananensis), and in the third
in the great Pinal of the Banda (above the plains of Los Llanos) to-
wards the Caldeira. It will probably be found in all the islands of
the Group except Lanzarote and Fuerteventura.

Fam. 47. AGLYCYDERID^.

Genus 221. AGLYCYDERES.

Westwood, in Proc. Ent. Soc. Loncl. (1803).

Corpus oblongum, subdepressum, rugosum, valde subsquamoso-seto-
sum ; capite deplaiiato, ocidis minutis rotundatis alte prominenti-
bus, in foemineis triaugulari apice truncate, in maribua latissimo
necnon ante oculos in cornu utrinque producto et mox pone oculos
rigide setoso-penicillato. Antennce rectte, graciles, filiformes, 11-
artieulatfe ; art° 1""° longiusculo crassiusculo, ultimo elongato-ovali.
Mandibulce validte, breves, crassaj, subtriangulares, obtuse triden-
tatse. MaxiUce lobis singiilis subtriangularibus, intus spinis rigidis
curvatis ciliatis, instructaj. Palpi maxiUares brevissimi, crassi,
conici, articuKs 1'"°, 2''° 3'"'que brevissimis ; lahiales minuti, conici.
Pedes breves, crassi, ad basin (praesertim postici) parum distantes ;
tarsis brevissimis, 4-articulatis, articuHs 1"'" et 2'*" subbilobatis, 3"°
minuto, ultimo longiore late clavato unguiculis simplicibus munito.

The affinities of this most anomalous genus, -^hich Prof. Westwood
has not discussed, are extremely difficult ; and whilst placing it in
the present position, I do so with the utmost hesitation ; for although
in many respects it certainly approaches the Anthrihidce, yet the
structure of its oral organs (as evinced by its triangular mandibles
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of the sub-Ehynchophoroiis Xylophagous groups (such as Hylastes,
&c.) at the opposite extremity of the Curcidionidce. Yet its entire
external conformation, particularly of the antennae, removes it com-
pletely from all such forms ; whilst its 4-jointed (or " pseuclotrime-
rous ") feet (the third articulation being- excessively minute) render
its relationship still more dubious. Upon the whole, it seems to me
to combine the two ojyjiosite extremes of the Rliyncliopliora (as repre-
sented by the Hylesinidce and Antlirihidce) with certain setose genera
of the Colydiadoi (such as Sarrotrium and Diodesma) in which the
body is hispid and the tarsi quadriarticulate. Nevertheless, not
venturing to assign it positively to the Antlirihidce, I have been com-
pelled to place it in a separate Family.

586. Aglycyderes setifer.
A. niger vel piceo-niger, opaeus, valde asperato-rugosus setisque ro-
bustis squamiformibus fuseo-albidis (in capite prothoraceque sub-
demissis, sed in eljtris erectis) obsitus ; prothorace subquadrato, ad
latera rotundato, profunde canaliculato ; elytris dense et rugose
punctato-striatis, interstitiis subelevatis ; antennis (gracilibus)
pedibusque (robustis) paulo picescentioribus, squamosis. — Long,
corp. lin. 1-1 3.

Aglycyderes setifer, Westtv., loc. cit. (1863).
Habitat in infcrioribus intermcdiisque Lanzarotse, Fuerteventuree,
Canarise, Teneriffse et Palmae, vel in caulibus Euphorbiari'm putridis
vel sub cortice Ficorum arido laxo, hinc inde congregans.

This curious little insect, so remarkable (even prima facie) for its
dark, brownish-black, opake, setose surface, thick, abbreviated legs,
slender antennae, and for its (flattened) head being in the female sex
triangular, whilst in the male it is dilated in front of either eye into
a lateral lobe, or horn, wiU almost certainly be found universally
throughout the Group, though hitherto it does not happen to have
been observed in either Gomera or Hierro ; but in Lanzarote, Fuerte-
ventura (or rather on the little island of Lobos, off the extreme north
of it). Grand Canary, Teneriffe, and Palma I have taken it (more or
less abundantly). I first detected it congregating beneath the dry
loosened bark of a fig-tree in the waste ground above the Puerto
Orotava of Teneriffe ; and I subsequently met with it under similar
circumstances in the Banda of Palma. Nevertheless even in those
instances it was in the immediate vicinity of Euphorbias ; and since
I have also actually captured it (on the mountains of Teneriffe, above
Laguna, as well as in Lobos, and elsewhere) within the rotten stalks
of the Euphorbia canariensis, I suspect that it is, at any rate in its
earlier stages, of ^M^:)7io»-5/rt -infesting habits.

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Fam. 48. CERAMBICID^.

Genus 222. HYLOTRYPES.
Semlle, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, iii. 77 [script. Hylotrupes] (1834).

587. Hylotrypes bajulus.

Cerambyx Bajulus, Linn., Fna Suec. 489 (1746),
Callidium Bajulus, Bridle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 62 (1838).
Hylotrupes Bajulus, Mtds., Longic. de France, 55 (1840).
, Wall, Cat. Mad. Col. 125 (1857).

Habitat TeneriiFam, in urbe Sanctae Crucis baud infrequens ; certe
introductus.

Tbis common European insect bas been introduced into tbe Cana-
ries, in like manner as it bas into Madeira and at tbe Azores. It
appears, bowever, to be scarce. I bave taken it occasionally in Tene-
riffe, in tbe streets and bouses of S*'' Cruz ; and it bas likewise been
communicated from tbe same island by tbe Barao do CasteUo de Paiva.

Genus 223. BLABINOTUS.

Wollaston, Ins. Mad. 426 (1854).

588. Blabinotus spinicollis.

Blabinotus spinicollis, Wall, Ins. Mad. 426. tab, ix. f, 1 (1854).
, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 126 (1857),

Habitat Teneriffam et Palmam, sub cortice laxo in lauretis parum
excelsis parcissime degens.

Tbe B. spinicoUis, ^o generally (tbough sparingly) distributed over
tbe laurel-districts of Madeira, occurs in similar situations at tbe
Canaries — wbere, bowever, it would seem to be of tbe utmost rarity.
At tbe end of May 1858 I captured a single example of it in tbe
island of Palma (bigb up in tbe Barranco de Galga); and a few
weeks later I met witb a second, in TenerifFe — under the dry, loosened
bark of an old laurel in tbe wood of Las Mercedes.

Genus 224. OXYPLEURUS.

Mulsant, Longic. de France, 57 (1840),

589. Oxypleurus pinicola.
Oxypleurus pinicola, Woll,, Jotirn. of Ent. ii. 102 (1863).

Habitat Palmam ; exemplar uuicum (mortuum) in cono quodam
Pini canariensis arido, tempore vernali a.d, 1858, collegi.

Tbe OL leric distinctions between Oxypleurus and Blabinotus bave
been fully pointed out in my Paper " on tbe Canarian Longicorns."

CANABIAN COLEOPTERA. 387

But, apart from minor characters, I may just add that the present
insect may at once be recognized from the B. spinicolHs by its paler
or more reddish-brown hue and less hairy (though pubescent) sur-
face, by its convexer and more even head and prothorax, larger and
more emarginated eyes, and by its antennae being more distant at
their base and with their third joint a trifle shorter (instead of longer)
than the fourth. Its prothorax, also, is more abbreviated — being
truncated at the apex, where its edge is drawn in and subsinuated
(instead of being slightly raised and, if anything, somewhat produced).
The only example of the 0. pinicola which I have seen was taken
by myself, dming the spring of 1858, from within a dried cone of a
Pinus canariensis in the island of Palma — high up in the Barranco
above S** Cruz. It will probably be found, therefore, to occur gene-
rally (though perhaps sparingly) in the Finals of intermediate eleva-
tions. It is closely allied to the 0. Nodieri of southern Europe ;
but is a little less pubescent ; with its prothorax altogether a trifle
narrower, more contracted behind (where the sides are rather
straighter, though very oblique), and with the lateral spine shorter
and more anyuliform ; and with its elytra almost free from the small,
rounded, punctiform, subglabrous spaces which are tolerably evident
(and have somewhat the appearance, prima facie, of tubercles) in that
species. From the Madeiran 0. Bewichii it may be known by its
prothorax being more coarsely punctured, less conspicuously margined
along the anterior edge, and with the lateral spine very much shorter
and more angidiform, and by its elytra being comparatively free
from subglabrous spaces.

Genus 225. CRIOCEPHALUS.
Mulsant, Longic. de France, 63 (1840).

590. Criocephalus rusticus.
Cerambyx rusticus, Linn., Fna Suec. 492 (1746).
CaUidium rusticum, BrulU, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 62 (1838).
Criocephalus rusticiis, Muk., Lonqic. de France, 63 (1840).
, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 124 (1857).

Habitat in intermediis Teneriffse et Palma?, rarissimus.

The European C. rusticus, which occurs in the pine-woods of com-
paratively recent introduction on the moimtains of Madeira, is appa-
rently rare at the Canaries — though perhaps it might be found more
abundantly if the ancient Pinals were diligently searched. Hitherto,
however, I have myself met with it only in Palma — where, during
June of 1858, I obtained a few specimens at the Banda, on the
western side of that island. Nevertheless a Teneriffan example, pur-

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porting to have been taken at the Agua Garcia, has been communi-
cated by the Barao do Castello de Paiva.

The Canarian examples have the tubercles on either side of their
prothorax a trifle more developed than is the case in specimens which
I have examined from the south of Europe, and the posterior edge of
their pronotum is somewhat less thickened and more sinuated ; but
I can detect no diff'erence about them of sufficient importance to war-
rant the suspicion that they are specifically distinct.

591. Criocephalus pinetorum.

Criocephalus pinetorum, JVoU., Journ. of Ent. ii. 103 (18G3).

Habitat Palmam, in trunco vetusto Pini canariensis, in pineto
quodam antique elevato crescentis, Junio ineunte a.d. 1858 repertus.

The example from which this Criocephalus was described was cap-
tured by myself, in the pupa state, from the dead stump of a Finns
canariensis, in the old Pinal of the island of Palma between the
plains of Los Llanos (of the Banda) and the great Caldeira. Un-
fortunately it is scarcely mature ; but I beheve that it is truly the
exponent of a separate species, and cannot be regarded as a depau-
perated individual of the C. rusticus. Nevertheless, until further
specimens have been obtained, I can hardly consider that its differ-
ential characters have been satisfactorily defined.

Assuming, however, the example above alluded to to be typical, I
may add that the C. pmetorum would appear to be smaller and paler
than the rusticus — being of a reddish-brown, with the Umbs bright
rufo-ferruginous; its forehead is more triangularly-impressed between
the eyes, but less deeply foveolated in the centre ; its prothorax, on
which the lateral tubercles are fewer, has its anterior and posterior
margins straighter (or less sinuated) ; and its elytra are rather more
abbreviated behind, and have their longitiulinal costaj less evident.

"Whether distinct or not from the C. rusticus, the present Criocephalus
is decidedly common in the Pinal of Palma already referred to (and
perhaps, therefore, throughout the Pinals generally) ; but as my visit
there happened to be at the wrong season of the year for the perfect
insect, I could only obtain larvae and pupae — both of which, however,
were abundant in the decaying trimks of the pine-trees.

Genus 226. HESPEROPHANES.

Miilsant, Longic. de France, 66 (1840).

592. Hesperophanes senex.

Trichoferus senex, Wall., Lis. Mad. 428. tab. ix. f. 3 (18.54).
Hesperophanes senex, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 127 (1857).

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 389

Habitat TeneriiFam, a Barone " Castello de Paiva " communicatus ;
mihi non obvius.

Apparently extremely rare at the Canaries, the only specimen
which I have seen having been communicated by the Barao do Cas-
tello de Paiva — by whom it was obtained from an old (but very ac-
curate) collection which was formed many years ago in Teneriffe. At
Madeira it occurs sparingly, principally at low elevations around

Funchal.

593. Hesperophanes roridus.

Callidium (Hesperophanes) roridum, Bridle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.)
62. pi. 1. f. 6 (1838).

Habitat ?

I can give no information about this insect, though I think that
even M. Brulle's description will prevent its being assigned to any
of the Longicorns enumerated in the present Catalogue. It must at
any rate, therefore, have been included amongst the scanty material
collected by MM. Webb and Berthelot, and which M. Brulle under-
took to describe for their gigantic work ; but as the latter never in-
serted a single critical remark upon any of the species — pertaining to
their structure, habits, or habitat — I am unable, inter alia, to state
even the island in which it was found.

Genus 227. CLYTUS.
Fabricius, Si/st. Eleu. ii. 345 (1801).

594. Clytus Webbii.

Leptura 4-punctata (var.) ?, Geoff r., Hist, des Ins. 213 (1762).
Clytus 4-punctatus (var.)?, Fab., But. S>/st. i. ii. 337 (1792).

Webbii, BruUe, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 63 (1838).

Webbei, Gory, Mon. des Clytus, 80 (1841).

Habitat TeneriiFam (sec. Dom. Gory), mihi non obvius.

In my Paper " on the Canarian Longicorns," I stated my reasons
for suspecting that this insect (which M. Brulle considered to be a mere
variety of the European C. ^-jMnctatus) is not properly a Canarian
one — or, at any rate, that its habitat appears to have been so confused
by Mr. Webb, who would seem to have reported it both for Madeira
and the Canaries, that nothing certain can be affirmed respecting it.
It is far from unlikely that Mr. Webb (whose excessive inaccuracy
in mixing up his Madeiran and Canarian material has been more than
once commented upon, and of which I possess the most conclusive
evidence) may have obtained it in Fvmchal (perhaps introduced with
foreign timber), then taken it (as he undoubtedly did many of his

390 CANAKIAN COLEOPTERA.

species — both of insects and shells) to Teneriffe, and finally reported
it for both Groups — when in reality it pertained to neither of them !
At least, taking all things into account, some such solution as this
seems to be highly probable. Nevertheless, since it is cited (even
though on Mr. "Webb's authority) for Tenerilfe by M. Gory, and ad-
mitted (on the same authority) by M. Brulle as Canarian (for it was
not the habit of the latter to record the particular island in which
aw?/ of Mr. Webb's species were taken), I have no choice but to in-
clude it in the present Catalogue*.

Genus 228. GRACILIA.
Serville, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. ile France, iii. 81 (1834).

595. Gracilia pygmaea.

Callidiimi pygmseum, Fah., Ent. Syd. i. ii. 323 (1792).
Obrium miuutum, Steijh., III. Brit Ent iv. 250 (1831).
Gracilia pygmaea, Muls., Lungic. de France, 103 (1840).

Habitat Fuerteventuram, Gomeram et Palmam, prsesertim in vi-
mineis circa domes, hinc inde parum vulgaris.

This common European insect has doubtless been naturaliged at
the Canaries from more northern latitudes. It seems to be attached
principally to the different kinds of wicker- and basket-work, and
to occiir consequently in (or about) houses more frequently than else-
where. Thus, at the Souces, in the island of Palma, I took it
abundantly, in May 1858, emerging from its perforations on the sides
of the light open trays in which silkworms were fed ; and during
April 1859 1 met with it in the Eio Palmas of Fuerteventura. More
recently a single example has been communicated by Dr. Crotch,
captured by himself in Gomera. It is found, though sparingly, in
similar situations at Madeira f.

* A (supposed) second Clyius (the C. griseus) is indeed quoted by M. Gory
as Tenerilfan, and by M. Brulle as Canarian, in both eases on the authority of a
specimen in the collection of Mr. Webb ; but I really cannot conscientiously in-
clude it also in the body of tliis work, — first, because the evidence for its admis-
sion is quite as unsatisfactory as in the case of the C. Webbii ; and, secondly, be-
cause the C. griseiis is allowed in the Eiu-opean Catalogues to be a mere variety
of the common 4:-2ninctatiis, Fab. — to which species it is probable that even the C.
Webbii equcdiy pertains\ Hence, apart from all consideration of the reasons
(alluded to above) for which I would esjjunge them both from the Canarian fauna,
I think that if one of the two is admitted (on the unsatisfactory evidence of Mr.
Webb) it is as much as should be ventured upon ; seeing that the utmost that
can be conjectiu-ed is that some slightly erratic state (or states) of the C. i-jmnc-
tatus may perhaps have been obtained by Mr. Webb in (either Madeira or) Te-
neriffe !

t In a Paper on "Additions to the Madeiran Coleoptera " published in the
'Ann. of Nat. Hist.' for December 1858, I inadvertently quoted the above insect
as the Obrium brunneum. Fab. — from which, however, it is totally distinct.

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 391

Fam. 49. LAMIAD^.

Genus 229. LEPROSOMA.
(Dejean) Thorns., Essai Classif. Ceramb. 23 (1860),

596. Leprosoma gibbiun.

Leprosoma asperatum, De/., Cat. 372 (1837).

Lamia gibba, Brum, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 62. pi. 1. f. 6 (1838).

Leprosoma asperatum, Thorns., Essai, 23 (1860).

gibbum, WolL, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. i. 178 (1862).

Habitat Fuerteventuram et Teneriffam, in truncis Euphorbiarum
emortuis degens.

Of this singular insect, which is attached exclusively to the decay-
ing stems and branches of the various Euphorbias (within which it
undergoes its transformations), I gave a full description in my Paper
" on the Eupliorhia-mie^im^ Coleoptera of the Canary Islands." At
the beginning of April 1859 I took it, both in the imago and pupa
state (though particularly the latter), on the hills above 8*'' Maria
Betancuria, in the Rio Palmas of Fuerteventura ; and during the
following month (as well as in the preceding February) I met with
it on the mountain-slopes of Teneriffe between S** Cruz and Las Mer-
cedes, and towards Lagima. Teneriffan examples (obtained from an
old collection) have also been communicated by the Barao do Castello

de Paiva.

Genus 230. STENIDEA.

Midsant, Coleopt. de France {LaineU. Suppl.) (1842),

The insects enumerated below I carelessly referred, in my Paper " on

the EuphorUa-hxiestm^ Coleoptera of the Canary Islands," to Blabi-

notus. In reality, however, they belong to a totally different Section

of the Eucerata (as has been recently pointed out by Mr. Pascoe), —

their deflexed head, more deeply emarginate and less prominent eyes,

the apically- acute (instead of securiform) last joint of their palpi, and

their much longer antennae, all tending to remove them from the Calli-

dium-f orma of the Gerambiddce into the Saperdideous ones of the La-

miadce — the position, in fact, which is ordinarily conceded to the genus

which must undoubtedly receive them.

597. Stenidea annulicornis.

Cerambyx annulicornis, Brulle, in Webb et Berth. {Col.) 62, pi, 1. f, 3

(1838),
Blabinotus annulicornis, Woll, Travis. Ent. Soc. Lond. i, 179 (1862),
Stenidea annulicornis, Id., Journ. of Ent. ii, 108 (1863).

Habitat in Teneriffa et Hierro, sub cortice Euphorbiarum emor-

tuarum laxo latitans.

392 CANABIAN COLEOPTEKA.

The S. ammlicornis, the distinctive characters of which I have fully
pointed out in my Paper "on the Enjihorbi a -infesting Coleoptera of the
Canary Islands," occurs beneath the bark, and within the branches, of
dead Euphorbias — in which situations I have taken it on the moun-
tains above S*" Cruz of TenerifFe, and in the lower regions of El Golfo
on the western side of Hierro. A Teneriffan specimen has also been
communicated by Dr. Crotch.

598. Stenidea albida.

Ceramb^'x albidus, JBrulle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.)62. pi. 1. f. 4(1838).
Blabinotus albidus, JFolL, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. i. 180 (1862).
Stenidea albida, Id., Journ. of Ent.'\\. 109 (18G3).

Habitat Lanzarotam, Fuerteventuram et Teneriffam, in iisdem locis
ac prascedens.

The whiter and less dense pubescence of the S. albida, in conjunc-
tion with its nearly concolorous prothorax (which is free from a broad
pale band down the centre, and has the lateral spiae still more power-
fully developed), its less evident and more broken elytral lines, and
its usually more conspicuous elytral (punctiform) spots, will readily
suffice to distinguish it from the S. annuUcornis. Like that species,
it is found (I believe exclusively) beneath the loose outer fibre of the
various Euphorbias — under which circumstances I have captured it
in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, as well as at Taganana and on the
mountains above S*''' Cruz in Teneriffe.

599. Stenidea pilosa.

Blabinotus pilosus, WoU., Trans. Ent, Soc. Lond. i. 181 (1862).
Stenidea pilosa, Id., Jmirn of Ent. ii. 109 (1863).

Habitat Lanzarotam, in Eupho7-biis emortuis, rarissima.

The present Stenidea would appear to be of the greatest rarity —
three specimens only, all of them from Lanzarote, having as yet come
beneath my notice. The first of them was captured by Mr. Gray,
during January 1858, near Haria, in the north of that island ; and
the other two by myself, in the same region, exactly twelve months
afterwards. Like the two preceding species, I believe it is strictly of
Euphorbia-iniesting habits.

600. Stenidea Hesperus.

Stenidea Hesperus, WoU., Journ. of Ent. ii. 110 (1863).
Habitat ins. Hierro ; die 11. Feb. a.d. 1858, exemplar unicum supra
folia Eumicis Innarice depi'ehendi.

The present Stenidea is hitherto unique, the specimen described

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 393

from in my Paper on the Canarian Longicorns having been beaten off
a busli of the Bumex lunaria, on the 11th of Pebrnaiy 1858, in the
island of Hierro — at a low elevation (scarcely indeed above the sea-
level) on the ascent from Port Hierro to Valverde. Prima facie it
somewhat resembles a minute example of the S.pilosa; nevertheless
it is much smaller than that insect, and its antenna? are considerably
longer ; its pubescence is more cinereous (or of a less yellowish white) ;
its surface is entirely free (except at the apex of the elytra and on the
prothorax) from additional erect hairs ; its prothorax is concolorous,
rather less constricted behind, and has its lateral spine (although
small) more defined, or less anguliform ; and its elytra are more
rounded- off separately at' theii' tip, and are more perceptibly orna-
mented with broken longitudinal darker lines.

Genus 231. AGAPANTHIA.

Serville, Ami. de la Soe. Ent. cle France, iv. 35 (1835).

601. Agapanthia cardui.

Cerambyx cardui, Linn., Syst. Nat. (ed. 12) i. 632 (1767).
Saperda suturalis, Fah., Si/st. Fleu. ii. 326 (1801).
Leptura suturalis, Brum,\n Webb et Berth. (Col.) 63 (1838).
Agapauthia suturalis, Mills., Longic. tie France, 178 (1840).

Habitat in Canaria, Teneriffa et Palma, ad flores carduorum, tem-
pore vernali hand infrequens.

The A. cardui, which is pretty general throughout the south of
Europe and the north of Africa, is widely spread over these islands
— where it occurs, principally on the flowers of thistles, at interme-
diate elevations. I have taken it in the region of El Monte in Grand
Canary, at Las Mercedes in Teneriffe, and in Palma.

Fam. 50. CRIOCERID^.

Genus 232. LEMA.
Fabricius, Ent. Syst. v., Snp2Jl. 90 (1798).

602. Lema melanopa.

Clirysomela melanopa, Linn., Fna Suec. 573 (1761).
licma melanopa, BruUe, in Webb et BeHh. {Col.) 74 (1838).

-, Woll, Ins. Mad. 436 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 129 (1857).

, Hartumj, Geolog. Verhiiltn. Lcinz. and Fuert. 141.

Habitat insulas omnes Canarienses, vulgaris, praesertim in cultis
degens.

394 CAJTARIAN COLEOPTERA,

This common European insect (which is universal also at the Ma-
deiras— being found in Madeira proper, Porto Santo, and on the
Desertas) abounds in the Canarian Group, in the whole seven islands
of which 1 have myself captured it except in Gomera — where, how-
ever, it was taken by Dr. Crotch. In Lanzarote it was met with
likewise by M. Hartung ; in Teneriffe by the Barao do Castello de
Paiva and Dr. Crotch ; and in Palma by Dr. Crotch and Mr. Gray.
It occurs chiefly in cultivated spots, particularly corn-fields, and has
probably been introduced from more northern latitudes.

Genus 233. CRIOCERIS.
Geoflfroy, Ins, des Env. de Paris, i. 237 (1764).

603. Crioceris nigropicta, n. sp.

C. pallide flava, nitida ; capite, prothoracis disco scutelloque aeneo-
nigrescentioribus ; iUo trapeziformi, latiusculo, intra oculos inte-
gros dcpresso, grosse substriguloso-ruguloso et ibidem profunde ca-
naliculate ; hoc breviter cylindrico (ad basin vix constricto), parce
punctato ; elytris profunde seriatim punctatis, laete nigro-pictis (so.
in sutura, humeris, plagis parvis mediis subconfluentibus subba-
salibus, fasciisque duabus abbreviatis subobluniformibus pone me-
dium positis, nigris); an tennis pedibusque robustis, iUis testaceo-
ferrugineis, his testaceis, tibiis (preesertim anticis) extus in medio
plus minus evidenter nigro-plagiatis. — Long. corp. lin. 2^.

Habitat Canariam Grandem, rarissima ; mense Aprili a.d. 1858 in
foliis Arundinis donacis ad Mogan parcissime capta.

This beautiful Crioceris, so remarkable for its light-yeUow elytra
being prettily ornamented with black spots and broken fascise, and
which has the head and (though more palely so) the prothoracic disc
of a brassy-black, appears to be one of the rarest of all the Coleoptera
of this archipelago. Indeed the only four specimens which I have
seen were collected by myself in Grand Canary — brushed from off
some plants of Arundo donax, on the l(3th of April 1858, at Mogan,
in the south-western district of that island.

Fam. 51. EUMOLPID^.

Genus 234. PSEUDOCOLASPIS,
Laporte, Hist. Nat. des Ins. Col. ii. 514 (1840).

§ I. Scutelhim siihsemicirculare.

604. Pseudocolaspis divisa, n. sp.

P. obscui'c asnea, grosse sed breviter argenteo-pubcscens, dense et
parum minute punctulata ; prothorace longiuscido, convexo, ad

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 395

latera rotundato-ampliato ; elytris breviusculis, convexis, ad latera
rotundatis, vix siibseriatim pubescentibus ; antennis nifescentibus,
apicem versus obscurioribus ; pedibus infuscato-rufescentibus, fe-
moribus obscurioribus. — Long. corp. lin. li-l|.

Habitat Lanzarotam borealem, sub lapidibus in aridis, rarissima.

The present Psevdocolaspis, which appears to be of the greatest
rarity, and confined (so far as I have observed hitherto) to Lanzarote,
may be known from the other species here enumerated by its pro-
thorax and elytra being, both of them, more convex and more rounded
at the sides, and by the former being a little longer, whilst the latter
are very evidently shorter, than is the ease in any of its allies ; by its
scutellum being more semicircular (instead of subquadrate), and less
truncated behind ; and by its surface being more regularly brassy, and
somewhat less densely clothed with short silvery pile. The few spe-
cimens which I have seen were taken in the extreme north of Lan-
zarote— from beneath stones on the dry rocky ground at the base of
the Risco, and immediately behind the Salinas.

§ II. Scutellum subquadratum.

605. Pseudocolaspis dubia, n. sp.

P. praecedenti fere similis, sed paulo minus seuea ; prothorace ely-
trisque minus convexis necnon ad latera minus rotundatis, illo
breviore, his longioribus, magis oblongis ; antennis pedibusque sub-
gracilioribus. — Long. corp. lin. 1|-1|.

Habitat Fuerteventuram, Aprili ineunte a.d. 1859 in Rio Palmas
capta.

In its subquadrate scuteUum and oblong outline, this species has
more in common with the following two than it has with the pre-
ceding one ; nevertheless in some respects it is intermediate between
the latter and them. It may be known from the splendidula and
obscurijpes (with which alone, from the shape of its scutellum, it need
be compared) by its somewhat shorter prothorax (which is obscurely
ferruginous along its anterior edge), by its rather convexer and more
rounded elytra, slenderer limbs, and altogether slightly different hue.
The only three examples which I have seen were captured by myself
in the Rio Palmas of Fuerteventura, at the beginning of April 1859.

606. Pseudocolaspis splendidula.

P. laete ajneo-cuprea, grosse sed breviter argenteo-pubescens, dense
et minute punctulata ; elytris plus minus obsolete subseriatim pu-
bescentibus : antennis rufescentibus, apicem versus plus minus ob-
scurioribus ; pedibus rufescentibus.

396 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

Varkit femoribus plus minus obscure nigro-maculatis. — Long. corp.
lin. 11-21.

Pseudocolaspis spleudidula, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. ix. 442 (1862).

Hahitat in Canaria, Palma et Hierro, in locis inferioribus et inter-
mediis (prsesertim illis) degens.

This is certainly the most beautiful of the four species of Pseudo-
colaspis here enumerated ; and it would seem likewise to be more
widely spread over the archipelago, having been observed in Grand
Canary, Palma, and Hierro — occurring principally in low and sunny
spots, and becoming gradually rarer to an elevation of about 1000 feet
above the sea. Thus, in the low sandy region around Maspalomas,
in the extreme south of Grand Canary, it abounds, on various shrubs
which stud that arid tract ; and extends also to a certain distance on
the mountains which rise gradually to the north of it. In Palma I
took it sparingly in the Barranco above S*** Cruz. And in Hierro a
single example was captured by Mr. Gray — at a low altitude (scarcely
indeed above the sea-level) on the ascent fi'om Port Hierro to Val-
verde, on the 11th of February 1858.

The P. splendidula may easily be recognized by its more beautifully
metallic surface (which is generally of a coppery-brassy hue) and by its
brightly rufo-ferruginous limbs (the club of the antennae being alone
obscured). The short silvery pubescence with which it is clothed is
perhaps somewhat denser than is the case in the ohscuripes, and is on
the elytra rather less evidently disposed in longitudinal lines ; never-
theless the individuals now before me from Palma and Hierro have this
latter peculiarity a little less apparent than in the ordinary Grand-
Canarian ones.

607. Pseudocolaspis obscuripes.

P. obscure senea, grosse sed breviter argenteo-pubescens, dense et pa-
rum minute punctulata ; elytris obsolete seriatim pubescentibus ;
antennis nigrescentibus, articulo secundo ad basin rufescentiore ;
pedibus submetallico-nigris. — Long. corp. lin. li-S.

Pseudocolaspis obscimpes, Wall., Ann. Nat. Hist. ix. 441 (1862).

Hahitat Canariam Grandem, ad flores Cistorum (sc. C. monspeliensis
et vagantis) in montibus excelsis crescentium, deprehensa.

The altogether obscurer surface of this Pseudocolasjyis, which is of
a dull-brassy hue with the limbs (except the second antennal joint)
of a metallic black, in conjunction with the short silver}^ pile with
which it is clothed being on the elytra perhaps rather more percepti-
bly disposed in longitudinal rows, will serve to distinguish it from the
P. splendidida. I have observed it hitherto only in Grand Canary,

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 397

where it would seem to be conlined to lofty altitudes, and to be par-
ticularly attached to the flowers of the ClstL Thus, in the elevated
Pinal of Tarajana, above San Bartolome, I captured it, during April
1858, on the blossoms of the Cistus vagans and monspeliensis, Linn.,
rather abundantly.

Fam. 52. CRYPTOCEPHALID^.

Genus 235. CRYPTOCEPHALUS.

Geoffroy, Hist. Abr. dcs Ins. de Paris, i. 231 (1702).

608. Crjrptocephalus nitidicollis, n. sp.

C. uitidus, flavo-testaceus ; capite prothoraceque (convexo) nitidis-
simis, minute, parce et levissime punctatis (stepe fere impuuctatis),
iUo longitudinaliter in fronte et hoc utrinque in disco antico plus
minus rufo-fulvescenti-obscurioribus ; ely tris profunde striato-pune-
tatis, vel omnino pallidis vel per suturam necnon utrinque in plaga,
longitudinal! subobUqua discali plus minus obscurioribus ; antennis
(gracilibus) pedibusque pallide testaceis, iUis versus apicem obscu-
rioribus.

Vnriat (prsesertim in locis editioribus) maculis plagisque fere nigres-
centibus ; necnon, in locis valde elevatis, etiam pedibus obscuriori-
bus.— Long, corp, lin. 1-1 1.

Habitat insulas omnes Canarienses, longe lateque parce diffusus —
ab era maritima usque ad 9000' s. m. ascendens.

The present Cri/ptocephahis is universal throughout the Canarian
archipelago, in the whole seven islands of which I have myself cap-
tured it except in Gomera — where, however, four examples (now
before me) were taken by Dr. Crotch. In Lanzarote and Palma it
was met with also by Mr. Gray, and in TeneriiFe by the Barao do
CasteUo de Paiva. Although nowhere very common, it occurs inde-
pendently of elevation — from the level of the shore to about 9000
feet above the sea ; and in the higher altitudes it is apt to vary a
good deal in hue — the obscure portions of its surface (and occasion-
ally even the limbs) becoming at times almost black. In this state
I have brushed it off the blossoms of the " Ketama '' on the lofty
Cumbre of TeneriiFe above Ycod el Alto and adjoining the Caiia-
das (where it was likewise found, subsequently, by Dr. Crotch), as
well as on the opposite Cumbre (above the Agua Mansa). My other
Teneriffan specimens are principally from the Agua Mansa, Orotava,
and the mountains above S''^ Cruz. In Grand Canary it is pretty
general throughout the region of El Monte, as well as at Maspalomas
(in the south of the island) ; whilst my Palman examples are chiefly

1398 CANAEIAN COLEOPTERA,

from the Barraneo de Agua, and the Hierro ones from the region of
El Golfo.

Both of these Canarian Cryptoctpliali are closely related to the C.
crenatus* of Madeira, and are also very nearly allied inter se ; but
that they are not sexual forms of a single species I am convinced,
inasmuch as I possess males and females of them both. Apart, how-
ever, from the greater instability of its colour, and its apparently
wider range (both horizontal and vertical), the C nitidicoUis may
immediately be known by its bright and almost unpunctured pro-
thorax, and by its elytral stria? being less impressed.

609. Cryptocephalus puncticollis, n. sp.
C. prsecedenti simiiis et valde affinis, sed prothorace vix breviore mi-
nusque convexo necnon subopaco (baud nitido) et profunde dense-
quo punctato ; elytris ad apiccm sensim minus singulatim rotun-
datis, striis (profunde pimctatis) magis impressis, quare iuterstitiis
paulo magis convexis ; pedibus vix crassioribus. — Long, corp. lin.

1-13

Habitat in Teneriffa, Palma et Hierro, sat rarus.

As may be gathered from what has already been said, the present
Cryptoce'phalus may immediately be recognized from the last one by
its prothorax being a trifle shorter and less convex, as also subopake
and deeply and closely punctured (instead of being bright and nearly
impunctate) ; by its elytra (which are rather less rounded off, sepa-
rately, at their respective apices) having their coarsely punctured
strife more impressed, and therefore their interstices a little more
convex ; and by its legs being, on the average, perhaps somewhat
thicker, or more robust. Moreover the sixteen specimens now before
me are uniformly pale, there being no trace of the darker markings
which certain examples of the nitidicoUis (particularly those from the
higher elevations) tend to assume ; but whether this character is a
constant one, I am of course unable to aifirm.

The 0. puncticollis appears to be rather scarcer, and less widely
spread, than its ally, and may perhaps be confined to the central and
western islands of the archipelago. At any rate I have observed it
hitherto only in Teneriffe, Palma, and Hierro, in the first of which it
has also been taken by Dr. Crotch. My Teneriffan examples are from
Taganana, Souzal, and the Agua Garcia.

* The Madeiran C. crenatus differs, inter alia, from both of the Canarian spe-
cies in having its elytral strite finely and closely crenated (instead of deeply and
remotely punctured). In the sculpture of its prothorax it is somewhat inter-
mediate between the nitidicoUis and puncticollis — though nearer, I tliink, to the
former.

CANAKIAN COLEOPTERA. 399

Genus 236. STYLOSOMUS.

SufFrian, in Linn. Ent. iii. 140 (1848).

610. Stylosomus biplagiatus, n. sp.

S. flavo-testaceus ; capite prothoraceqiie sat grosse punctatis, hoc im-
maculato sed basin versus (elevatam) saepius paulo infuscatiore ; elj'-
tris profunde substriato-punctatis, oculo armato minute seriatim
pubescentibus, pone scutellum obsoletissime et pone medium obso-
lete transversim nigro-fasciatis (fascia antica interdum omnino ob-
soleta, et postica ssepius fracta — vel plagam parvam singulam vel
plagas duas disjunetas efficiente); an tennis versus apicem tarsisque
plus minus nigrescentibus. — Long. corp. lin. 1-1^.

Ohs. — Sp. S. tamarisci affinis, sed paulo major, pallidior et minus
pubescens ; capite prothoraceque immaculatis ; elytris per suturam
concoloribus sed transversim obsolete bifasciatis (fasciis saepius ob-
soletis, postica plagam parvam solam postmediam in elytris singulis
positam efformante).

Habitat Fuerteventuram, in foliis Tamaricis galUcce infra oppidu-
lum Betancuriam, Aprili ineunte a.d. 1859, sat copiose deprehensus.

Although with similar habits, the present Stylosomus is certainly
distinct from the S. tamarisci ; and, judging from the diagnoses, I
think it can scarcely be referred to any of the few other members of
the genus hitherto recorded. It was detected by myself in the Rio
Palmas of Puerteventura, at the beginning of April 1859 — where I
brushed it, not uncommonly, off the shrubs of Tamarix gallica at a
short distance below the little town of S*'' Maria Betancuria.

Fam. 53. CHRYSOMELID^.

Genus 237. CHRYSOMELA.
Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. edit. 1 (1735).

611. Chrysomela sanguinolenta.

Chrysomela sanguinolenta, Linn., Fna Suec. 165 (1701).

lucidicollis ?, Kiist., Kaf. Europ. ii. 73 (1844).

ssx}ig\xmo\sn.i&, Hartmiy,Geoloy. Verhdltn.L(mz.undFuert.l41,l'i2,

Habitat sub lapidibus in insulis Canariensibus, in Gomera et Hierro
solis adhuc hand detecta.

The Canarian examples of this Chrysomela recede a little from the
ordinary European ones, and may perhaps be referable to the C. lu-
cidicollis, Kiist. — which is admitted, however, to be a mere variety
of the sanguinolenta. They differ in having their prothorax much
more shining and almost impunctate (except at the sides), and in
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400 CANAKIAN COLEOPTEEA.

more distant inter se. Although undoubtedly constant, I cannot think
that such small modifications of a ti/jye so u'ell marked, both in colour
and sculpture, as that embodied by the C. sangulnohnta can be indi-
cative of more than a slight geographical phasis of that insect.

The C. sanguinolenta is common (particidarly in low and sandy
spots) in the eastern portion of the archipelago, but seems to become
gradually rarer as we approach the west. In all probability it is
universal, though hitherto it does not happen to have been observed
in either Gomera or Hierro ; but in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Grand
Canary, TenerifFe, and Palma I have myself captured it, more or less
abundantly. In Lanzarote and Fuerteventura it was found also by
M. Hartung ; in the former of those islands by Mr. Gray ; and from
Teneriffe it has been communicated by the Barao do CasteUo de Paiva.

012. Chrysomela bicolor.

Chrysomela bicolor, Fab., Si/st. Ent. 95 (1775).

regalis, Oliv., Ent. v. 91. 538. tab. 7. f. 98 (1807).

canariensis, BnilU, in Webb et Berth. {Col.) 73 (1838).

regalis, Hartung, Geolog. Verlialtn. Lanz. uml Fuert. 141.

Habitat Lanzarotam, Fuerteventuram et Canariam, sub lapidibus
hand infrcquens.

This large and superb Chrysomela, so well distinguished by its
oblong outline, shining, brassy-green surface, and by the immense
punctures (or varioles) of its elytra being extremely wide apart,
each of them encircled by (or, as it were, set into) a rounded purple
spot, and, although irregularly disposed, having a tendencij to ar-
range themselves in pairs (a peculiarity which causes certain of the
spots to be either almost or entirely confluent), appears to be con-
fined, so far as observed hitherto, to the eastern portion of the archi-
pelago— occurring in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, and Grand Canary.
In the first of these (where it was found also by M. Hartung) I have
taken it, from beneath stones, on the open grassy plain above Los
Valles de S''^ Catalina, about two miles to the south of Haria ; in
the second (from whence it has likewise been communicated by the
Barao do Castello de Paiva) near Port Gabras ; and in the third it was
tolerably abundant around Maspalomas, in the extreme south of that
island, during April 1858. The specimens off'er scarcely any appre-
ciable diiference from a Sicilian one in my collection, unless it be that
the elytra have a less tendency to be obsoletely striated and to be
sprinkled with minute and shallow punetules between the varioles.

1 have adopted the specific name of bicolor (which is prior to that
of regalis) for this insect on the authority of the ' Cat. Col. Europae ';

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 401

but it would certainly have been altogether impossible to recognize
the present Chrysomela in the absurd " diagnosis " (so called) given
of it by Fabricius.

613. Chrysomela obsoleta.

C. rotujidato-oblonga, crassa, obscure viridi-seneo-micans, ubique
(oculo fortiter armato) subtilissirae alutacea ; capite prothoraceque
minutissime et levissime punctulatis, hoc utrinque versus latera
postice impresso (imprcssione antice omnino evanescente) ; elytris
vage, parce et irregulariter subseriatim suboblique punctatis et
punctulis minntissimis intermediis paree irroratis ; antennis tar-
sisque nigro-piceis ; alis minutissimis, angustissimis, ad apicem
fusco-maculatis. — Long. corp. lin. 4-6.

Chrysomela obsoleta, Brulle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 73 (1838).
, Hartung, Geolot/. Verhultii. Lanz. imd Fiuirt. 141.

Habitat in TeneriiFa et Gomera, pra3scrtim in regionibus parum
elevatis sylvaticis, hinc inde hand infrequens.

The obscure brassy-green hue of this large and thick Chrysomela
(which, however, is exceedingly variable in size), combined with
its very minutely (sometimes scarcely perceptibly) punctulated head
and j)rothorax (the latter of which is broadly margined, on either
side, only behind, — the impression becoming evanescent anteriorly),
and the small, distant, and widely scattered punctures of its elytra
(the larger ones of which have a tendency to arrange themselves in
suboblique longitudinal rows), wiU serve readily to distinguish it.
In its general aspect it is a little suggestive, at first sight, of the com-
mon European O. Banksii, though abundantly distinct when closely
examined. It is widely spread over Teneriffe, and in certain districts
(particularly sylvan ones of a rather high elevation) tolerably com-
mon. Thus, I have taken it in considerable numbers from under
the loose moss growing on the trunks of old trees on the summit of
the Las Mercedes range ; as also from beneath the outer fibre of dead
Euphorbias on the mountains between S"* Cruz and Laguna ; as well
as at Taganana, Souzal, the Agua Garcia, and the Agua Mansa. And
I have met with it, at even a low altitude, in the Barranco do Passo
Alto, near S'" Cruz ; in which locality, however, it had probably be-
come naturalized (either through the medium of floods or human
agency) from the heights above. It was also found by M. Hartung
in Teneriff'e, from whence additional specimens have been communi-
cated by the Barao do Castello de Paiva. It seems to exist likewise
in Gomera, for I have examined an indi^'idual which was captured
by Dr. Crotch at Hermigua*.

* The C. ohsok'ta is cited by M. Hartung as coming even from Lanzarote :

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402 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

614. Chrysomela fortunata, n. sp.

C. praocedenti similis,secl cyanescens (nee viridi-feneus),antenms pcdi-
busque Isete rufo-fcrnig-ineis ; prothoracc distinctius (sed minute
et le\assinie) puuctulato, antice paulo magis aequaliter angustato,
angulis auticis sensini acutioribus ; elytronim punctis minoribus.
— Long. Corp. lin. 4|.

Habitat Palmarn, in montibus supra Sanctam Crucem semel lecta.

Whether the single individual from which the present diagnosis
has been compiled, and which was taken by myself in the Barranco
above S*'' Cruz in the island of Palma, be indicative of a species truly
distinct from the preceding one, or merely of a well-marked insular
variety, it is scarcely possible, in the absence of further material, to
decide ; nevertheless, since the differential characters which separate
it from that insect, although perhaps not very important in Ic'ind, are
so extremely conspicuous, I think that it would scarcely be safe to
treat it as a phasis of the O. ohsoleta. If the example now before
me be a normal one, the C. fortunata may be known from that species
by its bluish (instead of brassy-green) hue and bright rufo-fernxgi-
nous limbs. Its prothorax, likewise (though very minutely and
lightly so), is rather more evidently punctulated, and is a little more
regularly attenuated in front (causing the anterior angles to be per-
ceptibly acuter) ; and its elytral punctures are altogether smaller.

615. Chrysomela rutilans, n. sp.

C similis C obsoletcp, sed nitidissima (nee minute alutacea), Isetissime
ssneo-micans ; prothoracc majore, longiore, transverso-subquadrato
(antice minus angustato), paulo distinctius (sed minute et levissime)
punctulato necnon utrinque ad latera multo profimdius impresso
(impressione fere ad marginem anticum ducta) ; elytrorum punctis
minoribus, sed magis numerosis ; alis par^-is, angustis (vix minu-
tissimis angustissimis) et ad apicem fusco-maculatis. — Long. corp.
lin. 4|-5.

Habitat Gomeram, rarissima.

Hitherto three specimens only of this large and superb Chrysomela
have come beneath my notice. They were all of them taken in the
Barranco above San Sebastian in the island of Gomera, — one by Mr.

but I have not the slightest hesitation in regarding this habitat as erroneous ;
and more particularly so since I have already had occasion to notice other
instances in wiiich a confusion has manifestly arisen through his having mixed
up his material frtm the different islands — which was, in consequence, misquoted
subsequently by Dr. Heer (who prepared the Catalogue for M.Hartung's volume).
And this is all the more probable, inasmuch as I have received the species from
Dr. Heer himself (from M. Ilartung's collection) labelled as coming from " Te-
neriffe."

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 403

Gray, another by myself, and the third (more recently) by Dr. Crotch.
It may readily be known from the C. ohsoleta by its much more
brilliant, unaliitaceous, and bright-brassy surface ; by its larger and
squarer prothorax being perhaps a trifle more evidently punctulated,
and very much more deeply impressed on either side (the impres-
sion, moreover, running from the extreme base to almost the anterior
margin); by its elytral punctures being smaller and rather more
numerous ; and by its wings (although minute and narrow) being
somewhat less narrowed than is there the case, and Hkewise infus-
eated more decidedly throughout their entire apical portion (whereas
the wings of the C. ohsoleta are more often maculated with a cloudy
spot in the middle only).

616. Chrysomela gemina.

C.ovalis, nitidissima, vel oeneo-cuprea, vel viridi-euprea, vel senea, vel
viridi-senea ; capite parce punctulato ; prothorace fere impunctato
(oculo fortissimo armato punctulis subtilissimis plus minus perspi-
cuis adsperso), utrinque (punctis perpaucis notato) vel integro vel
jiostice versus latera obsoletissime (plus minus perspicue) impresso ;
elytris parce subseriatim punctatis, seriebus alternis inter se paulo
approximatis ; antennis pcdibusque picescentioribus.

Variat in ins. Palma elytrorum punctis paulo majoribus. — Long.corp.
Hn. 3-5.

Chrysomela gemina et nitens, BruUe, in Webh et Berth. {Col.') 73, 74
(1838).

Habitat in Teneriffa et Palma, hinc inde vulgaris.

Judging from the diagnoses, and taking into account the very
scanty material of Messrs. Webb and Berthelot which M. Brulle
appears in nearly all instances to have described from, I have little
doubt that the C. gemina and nitens of the latter were founded on
extreme individuals of this variable Chrysomela ; for although he
speaks of the former of them as having the thorax entire, and the
other as furnished with " un demibourrelet sur les cotes du corselet,"
it seems to me, after the inspection of 213 examples, collected in
many locahties widely separated from each other, that the majority
of them might be said to have the prothorax *' entire," though there
is a tendency in a certain number to possess a slight longitudinal de-
pression on either side behind, which in rare instances becomes rather
decidedly expressed. And I tliink it is more than probable, there-
fore, that M. Brulle may have di-awn up his diagnoses from a large
•arid small individual, in which these differences chanced to be more
than usually appreciable, and in which also the colour was respectively
ceneous and coppery.

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404 OANARIAN COLEOPTEKA.

The C. gemina has been observed hitherto only in TeneriiFe and
Palma ; in the former of which it is rather common — occurring in
many districts and at various altitudes, and attaching itself to very
opposite kinds of plants. Thus, in Teneriffe it was captured by Mr.
Gray and myself, near the Puerto Orotava, during January 1858,
almost exclusively on the Lavandula ahrotanokles ; whereas in the
woods above Taganana it seems to prefer a species of Bystropogon
(after the fashion of the curious C. onycMna of Madeira), where I
have seen bushes of that plant absolutely sparkling with it. And I
have also met with it around the roots of Euphorbias on the moun-
tain-slopes forming the northern side of the Barranco do Passo Alto,
near S'''' Cruz, as well as at the Agua Garcia and the Agua Mansa.
My Palman specimens are from the Barranco above S*''' Cruz of that
island. Examj)les from Teneriffe have also been communicated by
the Barao do Castello de Paiva and Dr. Crotch ; in which island it
was likewise met with by my friend the late Rev. "W. J. Armitage.

Genus 238. PH^DON.
(Megerle) in Bald, Cat. 74 (1823).

617. Phaedon menthse, n. sp.
P. ovale, feneum, nitidum, ubique minute et Icvissimc punctulatum ;
elytris leviter substriato-punctatis ; antennis (longiuscuhs), tibiis
ad apicem tarsisque j)lus minus pallide rufo-ferrugineis, femoribus
tibiisque piceis ; metasteruo profunde sed parce punctate. — Long.
Corp. lin. l|-2.

Chrysoniela rufipes ?, Bnille [nee De Geer\ in Webb et Berth. ( (Jol^ 74
(1838).

Habitat in intermediis humidis Canariae Grandis, foliis Mentha}
gaudens.

Although it does not entu'ely agree with his diagnosis, I think it
is far from improbable that this insect is the ChrysomeJa rufipes of
M. Brulle ; nevertheless, since the specific title of rufipes was already
preoccupied in the genus ChrysomeJa by De Geer, M. BruUe's name
would of necessity have to be suppressed — which is the less to be
regretted since I am by no means certain that the present Phcedon is
absolutely identical with his insect *.

The P. menthce may readily be known by its bright- aeneous, densely

* Thus, he speaks of " le corselet obseur," which does not in the least apply to
the P. menthce, wliere the entire surface is uniformly wneous and equally sJiining
tliroughout. Then, he omits all alkision to the dense (though light) punctation
of its whole upper surface ; though, as it is his habit to avoid noticing the most
distinctive features of his several species, citing those only wliich are common to
all of the same gi'oup, I lay but little sti-ess upon tliis latter circumstance.

CAN-AEIAN COLEOPTEBA.

405

pnnctulated surface, and by its antennoe (which are exceedingly-
elongate for a Phcedon) and tarsi being of a more or less pallid rufo-
testaceous hue. Its femora and tibiae are piccous, though the ex-
treme apices of the latter (and occasionally of the former also) are
rather paler. I have observed it hitherto only in Grand Canary —
whore, during the spring of 1858, I took it abundantly from the
foliage of a large Mentha growing in the stream at San Mateo (in the
region of El Monte), and subsequently (under similar circumstances)
at the edges of the small river at Teror.

Genus 239. PHRATORA.
(Chevrolat) Redt., Fua Austr. 554 (1849).

618. Phratora vulgatissima.

Chrj'somela vulgatissima, Linn., St/st. Nat. i. ii. 589 (1767).

, Biffis., Fna Amtr. iii. 210 (1825).

Phaedon miicolor, Stcph., III. Brit. Ent. iv. 336 (1831).

Habitat Palmam ; exemplar unum deprehendit W. D. Crotch.

A single example only of this common European insect has hitherto
come beneath my notice at the Canaries. It was captured by Dr.
Crotch in the island of Palma, during the spring of 1862. I can
detect in it no appreciable difference from the ordinary type ; but it
is an important addition to the fauna, seeing that we have no evidence
of its existence in any other of the Atlantic Groups.

Fam. 54. GALLEEUCID^.

Genus 240. CALOMICRUS.

Stephens, III. Brit. Ent. iv. 293 (1831).

619. Calomicrus WoUastoni.

Calomicrus WoUastoni, Paim, Ann. Nat. Hist. viii. 210 (1801).

Hahitat in TenerifFa, Palma et Hierro, floribus Cistontm [sc. va~
gantis et monsjpeliensis Linn.] in intermediis prsecipue gaudens.

This large and truly indigenous Calomicrus, so remarkable for its
extremely pallid upper and dark under surfaces, I have captured in
Teneriffe, Palma, and Hierro — where it would appear to delight espe-
cially in the flowers of the Gistus vcujans and monspeliensis, between
the limits of about 1 500 and 3000 feet above the sea. In Teneriffe
I have observed it only at the Agua Mansa ; in Palma (where it was
found also by Dr. Crotch) chiefly in the regions occupied by the
Pinals ; and in Hierro, in the sylvan district of El Golfo, on the
western slopes of that island.

406 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

Fam. 55. HALTICIDiE.

Genus 241. HALTICA.
Geoffroy, Hist. Ahr. des Ins. i. 244 [script. Altica] (1762).

(Subgenus Crepidodera, CJiev.)

620. Haltica Allardii.

Haltica Allardii, Woll, Journ. of Ent. i. 1 (1860).

Crepidodera Allardii, Allard,Ann. de hiSoc.Mit.deFrance,312 (1862).

Habitat TcnerifFam, foliis Physalklls aristatce circum Portum Oro-
tavae gaudens.

This interesting little Haltica, so remarkable for its pubescent sur-
face, coarsely punctured, basally-impressed prothorax, deeply punc-
tate-striated elytra, and pallid hue (the suture and an abbreviated
medial elytral fascia being alone, in normally coloured specimens,
more or less dark), is closely allied to the European H. atropce. It
is, however, a trifle smaller than that insect, and its head and pro-
thorax are pale rufo-testaceous (instead of black) ; its limbs also are
paler, its punctation (although coarse) is not quite so riigose, and
the dark portions of its elytra are very much narrower and less
developed. Hitherto I have observed it only in the district around
the Puerto Orotava in Teneriffe, where it is tolerably common during
the spring months on the foliage of the Physalis aristata — a shrub
intimately related to the Atropa belladonna, on which its more north-
ern ally exclusively subsists.

621. Haltica lubrica, n. sp.
H. subovalis, convexa, nitida, rufo-ferruginea, elytris paulo magis
testaceis ; capite prothoraccquc minutissime et levissime pimctu-
latis, hoc angusto angulis posticis obtiisis, postice in medio levissime
transversim impresso sed utrinque foveji parva profunda notato ;
elytris profunde striate- punctatis. — Long. corp. lin. li.

Habitat TcnerifFam ; exemplar unicum tempore vernaU a.d. 1862
deprehendit W. D. Crotch.

The present Haltica is a good deal allied, at first sight, to the
European H. ventralis, lUig. ; it is, however, a Httle larger, more
shining, and convex, its colour is considerably darker, or more ferru-
ginous, its prothorax is altogether narrower (especially in front), less
deeply impressed at the base, and with its posterior angles more ob-
tuse, and its elytra are somewhat moi'e oval and more deeply punc-
tate-striated. The unique example described from was taken by
Dr. Crotch in Tenerilfe, during the spring of 1862.

CANAEIAN COLEOPTERA. 407

(Subgenus Phyllotreta, Chev.)

622. Haltica variipennis.

Ilaltica variipennis, Boiehl., Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 477 (1859).

Phyllotreta varians, Foudr., AUisides, 248 (1860).

variipennis, Allard, Ann. de la Soc. Ent, de France, 385 (1860).

Habitat Teneriffam, a W. D. Crotch semel reperta ; forsan ex alienis
introducta.

A single specimen of a Haltica which was taken by Dr. Crotch,
during the spring of 1862, in Teneriife appears to me to present no
diiferences of sufficient importance from the H. variipennis of Medi-
terranean latitudes to warrant its separation therefrom. Judging
from two examples of that insect which have been communicated by
M. Allard, the Canarian individual seems merely to be a little larger,
and to have its two longitudinal testaceous elytral bands somewhat
broader and more developed (so as to extend over a larger space, and
to be less scooped out externally) ; but in its depressed, finely punc-
tured surface and general colouring, as well as in the enlarged fifth
joint of its antennae, and in the apices of its elytra being, separately,
a little rounded off, it agrees entirely with the variipennis.

(Subgenus Aphthona, Chev.)

623. Haltica Paivana.

Haltica Paivana, Woll., Journ. of Ent. i. 2 (1860).

Aphthona Paivana, Allard, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 333 (1862).

Habitat in Lanzarota, Canaria, Teneriffa et Hierro, foliis Euphor-
biarum gaudens.

This beautifully metallic species (which, however, is very variable
in tint, shading off from bright cyaneous-blue into golden-green, or
even into coppery-brown, whilst the tibia3 and tarsi, and sometimes
the four entire anterior legs, are testaceous) is peculiar to the foliage
of the various Euphorbias — on which I have taken it abundantly in
the north of Lanzarote (where it was found also by Mr. Gray), on
the mountains above San Mateo in Grand Canary, near the Puerto
Orotava in Teneriffe, and in the region of El Golfo on the western
side of Hierro. From Teneriffe it has likewise been communicated
by the Barao do Castello de Paiva, after whom the species was ori-
ginally named. M. Allard states concerning it, " Cette espece est
tres-facile a reconuaitre a sa couleur d'un vert ou bleu elair, a sa
ponctuation extremement forte et ruguouse, et a sa forme etroite et
lua peu aplatie qui la rapprocho de VA. FoiipilUeri, mihi."

4U8 CAJTARIAN COLEOPTERA.

624. Haltica plenifrons, n. sp.

H. oblongo-ovata, parum iiitida, la^te cyanea; capitc omnino pro-
thoraceque fere impunctatis, illo subrotundato couvexo, hoc bre\i
transverse, postice in medio brevissime at obsolete carinato, angnlis
ipsissimis posticis acute et conepicue exstantibus, ad latera antice
distincte sed postice (necnon per marginem posticiim) vix margi-
nato ; elytris ovalibus, minute subpunctulato-rugulosis ; antonnis
femoribusque postieis fusco-j)iceis, illis versus basin pedibusqiie
anterioribus infuscato-testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 1|.

Habitat Palmam, mihi non obvia, aW. D. Crotch semel tantum lecta.
The single individual from which the above description has been
compiled was taken by Dr. Crotch, during the spring of 1862, in the
island of Palma. In its bright-cyaneous hue it is very similar to the
majority of the examples of the H. Paivana ; nevertheless it is larger
and broader than that species, not quite so shining, and very much
less coarsely punctured. Indeed its head and prothorax (particularly
the former, which is rounded and convex) are almost unsculptured,
and its elytra (although rather rugulose) are but very minutely punc-
tulated. Its prothorax is relatively shorter and more transverse than
in the //. Paivana, with its lateral edges distinctly margined ante-
riorly, but (like the basal one) scarcely at all so behind, and has its
extreme posterior angles more conspicuously, though minutely, pro-
minent ; and the apices of its tarsi are less evidently darkened.

025. Haltica crassipes.

Ilaltica crassipes, WulL, Jount. of Ent. i. 3 (1860).

Aphthona crassipes, Allard, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 331 (1862).

Habitat Teneriffam et Palmam, prsesertim in foliis plantarum
{Sempervivi, et ca>t.) ad rupes locorum editiorum crescentium.

The present insect and the Longitarsus Meiniiperda are prima facie
somewhat ahke ; nevertheless, apart from the generic characters (of
the longer logs and hind feet, &c.) of the latter, the H. crassipes may
be recognized by its more quadrate prothorax, stouter antennae (which
have foiu' of their basal joints, instead of only three, more or less tes-
taceous), and by its more finely punctured elytra. Its four anterior
male tarsi have their basal joint greatly dilated, so as far to exceed
the second — a structure which is more or less expressed in most of
the Halticiche, but which in the H. crassipes is peculiarly conspicuous.
M. Allard says, " Cette espece a beaucoup d'analogie avec VA.Jlavi-
ceps, milii, cependant cette derniere est plus etroite, son prothorax et
ses antennes sont plus courts et les tarses du <S sont moins dilates."
It is a])parcntly rare ; nevertheless I have taken it at the Agua Mansa

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in TeneriiFe ; and from plants (I believe Semperviva) growing on the
damp rocks in the deep sylvan ravines of Palma — especially the Bar-
ranco da Agua, towards the north-east of that island.

Genns 242. LONGITAESUS.

Latreille, Fam. Nat, des Ins. 405 [script. Longitarse] (1825),

626. Longitarsus kleiniiperda.

Longitarsus Kleiniiperda, WoIL, Journ. of Ent. i. 4 (1860).
Teinodact\la Kleiniiperda, Allurd, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 325
(1862)."

Habitat in Teneriifa, Gomera, Palma et Hierro, folia Kleinim nerii-
folloi destniens.

This large and pallid Longitarsus appears to be peculiar (or nearly
so) to the foliage of the Kleinia neriifolia, DeCand., whole plants of
which I have frequently observed to be destroyed by it entirely. I
have taken it abundantly in the waste cindery district above the
Puerto Orotava, as well as near S*'' Cruz and in the sylvan regions of
Taganana and the Agua Garcia, in Teneriffe ; in the Barranco above
!S''' Cruz in Palma ; and in the lower part of El Golfo on the western
side of Hierro. In Teneriffe and Gomera it was found also by Dr.
Crotch. At first sight it somewhat resembles the L. tabidus of more
northern latitudes ; it is, however, less convex and more strongly
punctured than that species, its prothorax is less abbreviated and
rather more narrowed in front, its limbs are longer, and the basal
joint of its four front male feet is altogether larger and broader.

627. Longitarsus persimilis.

Longitarsus persimilis, WoH., Journ. of Ent. i. 4 (1860).
Teinodactyla persimilis, Allard, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France^ 319

(1862).

Habitat in Teneriffa ot Hierro, foliis Ecliiorum (prsesertim E. sim-
plicis) in subeditioribixs crescentium gaudens.

This beautifvd Lomjitarsus is at once remarkable for its testaceous
prothorax and elytra, the latter of which have a large patch on the
disc of each, a smaller dash at either shoulder, and their suture (ex-
cept at the extreme apex) more or less black. Its head, together
with the apical half of its two hinder femora, and its antennae (ex-
cept the two or three basal joints) are either piceous or piceous-
black ; and its elytra are densely and coarsely punctured, and longi-
tudinally striated — especially towards either side. It appears to be
peculiar to the foliage of the various Echia — particularly to a gigantic
species allied to the Madeirun E. camlicans, and which the llev. R.

410 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

T. Lowo informs me is probably the E. simplex ; on which plant I
have taken it, rather abundantly, at the base of the Organo Rocks in
the sylvan region of the Ag-ua Mansa in Teneriffe. Whilst in the
island of Hierro, however, during February 1858, I captured it spa-
ringly from a smaller Echium (I believe the common E. violaceum)
on the hills to the westward of Valverde. In Teneriffe it was met
with also by Dr. Crotch*.

628. Longitarsus messerschmidtisB.
Longitarsus mcsserschmidtijB, JVoIL, Journ. of Ent. i. 6 (1860).
Teinodactyla messerschmidtise, Allanl, Ann. ae la Soc. Ent. de France,
319 (1862).

Habitat in TenerifTa, Palma et Hierro, ad folia Messersclimidtioe
fruticosce hinc inde frequens.

In my Paper " on the Canarian Ilalticidce," above referred to, I
said, concerning this species, " It is not without some little hesita-
tion I regard the present Lonr/itarsus as distinct from the preceding
one ; nevertheless, since its normal fades is very dissimilar, and its
habits different, I tliinli it is scarcely safe to amalgamate the two.
Indeed in its general aspect it is so unlike the L. persimilis that no
one could ever suppose them to be identical, did not an occasional
(though very rare) variety of the present insect make such a curious
approach, in the arrangement of its colouring, to its ally, as to lead
one to suspect that it may be but a phasis of the latter, gradually
assumed through the adoption of a totally different plant for its sub-
sistence. Still this is but conjecture, and I therefore prefer treating
the two as separate. In its typical state, the L. messerschmidtice isj
on the average, a trifle smaller and narrower than its ally, its sculp-
ture is less deep, and it is of a uniformly pale, brownish -testaceous
hue. Its elytra, however (in which case the apices of its posterior

* The L. pcrsimilis very closely resembles at first sight the Macleiran L. Maso7ii
[=iso2}lcxidis olim); "nevertheless, on a nearer inspection," as I stated in my
Paper on the Canarian Halticklce, " it possesses such a number of minor cha-
racters peculiarly its own that I cannot feel justified, despite tlie many points of
resemblance in the two insects, in regarding them as otherwise than truly distinct,
though clearly members of the same geographical province. The Canarian spe-
cies may be readily known from the Madeiran one by its uniformly smaller size,
rather shorter and more lunulate prothorax (which is a little more truncated in
front, and has the hinder angles more rounded off, and the sides somewhat more
angulated in the middle), and by its entire sculpture, which is denser and very
much more coarse, especially on the elytra (which are also more evidently striated
than is the case in the L. Masoni). Its elytra, likewise, are slightly more trun-
cated at their apex, its whole surface is much less opake, and fts coloration is
altogether a little different — its head being less black, or more piceous, its pro-
thorax more evidently r??/b-testaceous, its legs and elytra not quite so pale, and
the dark portions of the latter smaller in size ; /. e. the humeral and discal iJatches
are reduced in dimensions, and the sutural line is equal tlu'oughout."

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femora are also dark), have an occasional tendency to become clouded
about tbeir disc, suture, and shoulders ; and in one or two highly
coloured specimens (out of many hundreds which I possess) the discal
cloud assumes the form of a well-defined patch (and even the hu-
meral one is somewhat concentrated) — thus causing them to re-
semble very much the paler examples of the L. persimilis. Such
individuals, however, are extremely scarce ; and even in them the
lighter sculpture prevails (as in the ordinary ones); and therefore,
in spite of their prima facie approach to the last species, I must re-
gard their connectiveness as more apparent than real. So far as I
have observed hitherto, the present Longitarstis is exclusively at-
tached to the fragrant Messersclimidtia fruticosa — on which shrub,
when carefully examined, I have scarcely ever failed to detect it.
Its range is consequently somewhat lower than that of the L. per-
similis, which feeds on the Ecliia of more lofty elevations. I have
taken it abundantly in the waste grounds above the Puerto Orotava,
as well as between Ycod de los Vinhos and Garachico, of Teneriffe ;
on the rocks between the plains of Los Llanos and the Pinal, in the
Banda of Palma ; and a little above the sea-coast, in the district of
El Golfo, on the west of Hierro."

G29. Longitarsus ochroleucus.

Chrysomela ochroleuca, Mshm, Eid. Brit. 202 (1802).

Thjamis ochroleuca, Steph., III. Brit. Ent. iv. 311 (1831).

Altica ochroleuca, Lucas, Col. de VAlgerie, 547 (1849).

Teiuodactyla ochroleuca, Allarcl, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 131

(1860).
Longitarsus ochroleucus et cognatus, Well., Joiirn. of Ent. i. 7 (1860).

Habitat in Fuerteventura, Canaria et Teneriffa, minus frequens.

The common European L. ochroleucus, so well distinguished by its
small, laterally rounded, almost unsculptured pro thorax, its very finely
punctulated elytra, and its excessively pallid, whitish-testaceous
upper surface (the antennaj alone, except the basal joints, and the
apical half of the two hinder femora being dark), appears to be both
local and rather scarce in these islands — into which it may very
likely have been introduced from more northern latitudes. I have
taken it in Grand Canary (on the mountain-slopes above San Mateo,
on the ascent to the Roca del Soucilho), and also around Orotava
and S'" Cruz, as well as at the Agua Garcia, in Tcneriff'e — in the
latter of which islands it was found also by Dr. Crotch.

After a more careful comparison of the specimen (captured by Mr.
Gray in Fuerteventura) which I described, in 1860, under the spe-

412 CANzVKIAN COLEOPTERA.

cific name of cognatns, I believe that it cannot be regarded as more
than a slightly infiiscated individual of the ocliroJeucus, in which the
elytral punctures are even less conspicuous than usual ; and I have
therefore treated it accordingly.

630. Longitarsiis brevipennis.

Longitarsus brevipennis, IVoU., Jvurn. of Ent. i. 8 (18G0).
Teiuodactyla brevipennis, Allard, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 320
(18G2).

Habitat in Lanzarota, ad plantam Heliophyti erosl Lem., per litus
arenosum crescentem prope oppidum Arrecife, Aprili A.D.1859,captus.
Of the present Longitarsus I have seen but three or four examples
— which were taken by myself, near Arrecife, in the island of Lan-
zarote, during April 1859. They were found on a plant of Helio-
plujtum erosum, Lemann, growing on the loose sand behind the sea-
beach ; but I unfoi'tunately lost all of them except one. The spe-
cies (judging from the single ty^ie now before me) maybe known by
its n^fo-piceous head, convex, riifo-testaceous prothorax, and short,
testaceous elytra (the suture of which, particularly in the middle, is
blackened). Its prothorax and elytra are finely but sharply punc-
tulated ; and its antennas (which, like the two hinder femora, are
darker towards their apex) are rather abbreviated. M. Allard, of
Paris, to whom I formerly submitted it for inspection, returned it
with the observation, "■ affinis Teinodactgla' atricajnlke Dufts., sed
alitor colorata, capite et prothorace latioribus, antennis brevioribus,
et cset."

G31. Longitarsus strigicollis, n. sp.
L. oblongo-ovalis, nitidus, alutaeeus, infuscato-testaceus, capite pro-
thoraceque paulo rufescentioribus, parvis ; hoc punctato, punctis
postice subconfluentibus, fere strigas obliquas eiRcientibus, ad latera
rotundato et grosse margin ato, angulis posticis rotuudatis ; elytris
subovalibus, sat distincte punctulatis, singulis stria suturali im-
j)ressis ; antennis brevibus, versus apicem infuscatis ; pedibus tes-
taceis, femoribus posticis nigro-piceis. — Long. corp. lin. 1^.

Habitat Teneriffam, a cl. W. D. Crotch detectus.

The single specimen from which the above diagnosis has been com-
piled was captured by Dr. Crotch in TeneriiFe, during the spring of
1862. It may be known by its oblong-oval oiitline, brownish-tes-
taceous hue (the apex of the antennae, and the two posterior femora,
being alone darker), by its small head and prothorax, somewhat
coarsely punctured surface, and short antenna?. Its j)unctures have
a tendency to be subconfluent on the hinder region of its prothorax —
an arrangement which causes them almost to form oblique (though

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very obscure) strigse. Its liead is a Kttle darker (or more rufescent)
than the prothorax, and the prothorax (which is coarsely bordered
at the sides) than the elytra — which last are impressed (particularly
behind) with a rather evident sutural stria.

632. Longitarsus nubigena.

Longitarsus nubigena, TFolL, Ins. Mad. 447 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 133 (1857).

, Id., he. cit. 8 (18G0).

Teinodactyla nubigena, AUard, Ann. de la Soc. Eid. de France, 329
(1862).

Habitat in Teneriffa et Gomera, in ilia a Dom. Crotch sed in hac a
Dom. Gray et meipso semel captus.

The brownish -testaceous hue and coarsely sculptured surface of
this rather insignificant Lonc/itarsus, which has its prothorax trans-
verse-quadrate (the sides being nearly straight), and its elytral punc-
tures somewhat large and closely packed together and with a slight
tendency to be arranged in longitudinal rows, will sufficiently distin-
guish it from its aUies. M. Allard states concerning it, " il a beau-
coup d' analogic avec la T. brunniceps, mihi, dont il differe principale-
ment en ce qu'il est ferrugineux en dessous et non pas noir." A
single specimen of it was taken by Mr. Gray, near San Sebastian, in
Gomera, at the beginning of February 1858 ; a second (which differs,
however, in being rather paler, and in having its prothorax perhaps
a trifle less abbreviated and with the lateral margin less thickened,
but which I believe to be an immature example of the nubigena) was
found by Dr. Crotch in Teneriffe, during the spring of 1862 ; and I
myself met with a third, in Teneriffe, during May of 1859*. It
occurs likewise, though sparingly, in Madeira.

633. Longitarsus dorsalis.

Clirysomela dorsalis^ Fab., Maid. Ins. i. 77 (1787).
Thyamis dorsalis, Stcph., III. Brit. Fut. iv. 315 (1831).
Teinodactyla dorsalis, Allard, Aim. de la Soc. Ent. deFrance, 104 (1860).
Longitarsus dorsalis, Wall., loc. cit. 8 (1860).

Habitat Lanzarotam borealem, in graminosis herbidis circa oppi-
dum Haria, tempore vernali hand infrequens.

The only region in these islands in which the European L. dorsalis
has (so far as I am aware) been observed is the north of Lanzarote
— where it was captured, during January 1858, by Mr. Gray and
myself (and subsequently, by myself, in March of 1859), around
Haria. The dark colour of its head, broad sutural stripe, and two

* The last of these is of a rather darker hue, and lias the hinder disc of each
elytron, as well as its two posterior femora, piceous.

414 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

hinder femora, whilst the prothorax and the remainder of the elytra
and limbs are pale testaceous, will, apart from minor features, suffi-
ciently distinguish it. It is recorded also from the north of Africa.

634. Longitarsus pusillus.

L. oblongo-ovalis, nitidiis, capite prothoraceque rufo-piccis (hoc pal-
lidiore), elytris pallide infuscato-tcstaceis ; prothorace brevi, trans-
verso, ad latera marginato, angulis posticis subi-otundato-obtusis,
obsoletissime et parce punctulato, tenuiter canaliculato nccnon jios-
tice subiuDequali ; elytris distinctius et parum dense punctulatis ;
antennis pedibusque testaceis, illis versus apicem femoribusque pos-
ticis paulo obscurioribus. — Long, coi'p. hn. vix 1.

Haltica pusilla, Oyll., Im. Stiec. iii. 549 (1813).

Thyamis pusilla, Steph., El. Brit. JEnt. iv. 313 (1831).

Teinodactyla pusilla, Allard,Ann. dela Soc.Ent. (feJF'/'a«c<', 125(1860).

Habitat Teneriffam, a W. D. Crotch semel deprehensus.

I cannot detect any differences of sufficient importance in the sin-
gle (and rather immature) example from which the above diagnosis
has been compiled (and which was captured by Dr. Crotch in Tene-
riffiB) to warrant the supposition that it is specifically distinct from
the common European L. pusillus ; for although the punctation of
its elytra is just perceptibly stronger, and that of its prothorax
perhaps even somewhat still finer, than is the case in the ordinary
northern type, yet such characters ai'c so trifling in a group so essen-
tially variable as Longitarsus that I cannot attach any weight to
them at all. Moreover its prothorax is a little less convex (or more
uneven), and has its central canal better expressed; but this like-
wise is very unimportant, and may possibly (as the specimen is ill-
developed) be merely accidental ; so that I have but little hesitation
in identifying it as above.

635. Longitarsus inconspicuiis.

Variat vel omnino vel fere infuscato-testaceus, vel dilute piceus ely-
tris vix magis testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. |-vix 1.

Longitarsus inconspiciuis, Woll., he. cit. 9 (1860).
Teiuodactyla incouspicua, Allarcl, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 317
(1802).

Habitat Teneriifam, in elevatis parce degens.

Four specimens only, caj)tured by myself in Teneriife, of this in-
significant little Longitarsus have as yet come beneath my notice.
Two of them were taken at the Agua Mansa, a third on the ascent
to the Cumbre above it, and the remaining one on the mountains
above Taganana. It would seem therefore to be an insect of inter-

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mediate and lofty elevations. According to M. AUard, it is a good
deal allied to the European L. tliorackus, Steph. ; from which it ap-
pears, mainly, to recede in its smaller size, more elliptic outline, dif-
ferent colour, and coarser punctation.

636, Longitarsus vilis, n. sp,

L. fusco-piceus, nitidus, subdepressus ; prothorace parvo, subconico-
transverso, postice recte truncato, minute et levissime j)unctulato ;
elytris subovalibus, autico facile angustioribus, distinctius (sed mi-
nute) et parum dense punctatis ; antennis (breviusculis) pedibus-
que plus minus piceo-testaceis, illis versiis apicem et prajsertim fe-
moribus posticis picescentioribus. — Long, corp, lin, vix 1.

Habitat in Canaria et Teneriffa, parum rarus.

This ordinary-looldng little species has much the (brownish-
piceous) colour of the common European L. luridm ; nevertheless it
is considerably smaller and less convex than that insect ; its jiro-
thorax is rather smaller, and a little more laterally-compressed in
front (giving it a more conical appearance from above) ; its elytra
are less dilated in the middle and more regularly narrowed towards
the shoulders ; and its entire punctation is both finer and denser.
I took a single example of it in Grand Canary, during the spring of
1858 ; and four more were captured by Dr, Crotch in Teneiiffe in
1862.

637. Longitarsus fuscoseneus.

Longitarsus fuscopeneus, Medt., Fna Austr. 535 (1849).
Teinodactyla fuscofenea, Allard, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 92

(1860),
Longitarsus fuscofeneus, Woll., he. cit. 9 (1862),

Habitat Fuerteventuram et TenerifFflm, in foliis EcMorum degens.

The European and North- African L. fuscoasneus occurs sparingly
at the Canaries — on the leaves of the Echium violaceum, L. It was
taken by Mr. Gray in Fuerteventura ; and by myself on the moun-
tains above S''' Cruz, as well as at the Agua Garcia, in TenerifFe —
in which latter island it was found subsequently by Dr. Crotch.

638. Longitarsus ecliii.

Haltica Echii, Illig., Mag. fur Ins. vi, 171 (1807).
Longitarsus excurvus, Woll, Cat. Mad. Col. 133 (1857),
Teinodactyla Echii, Allard, Ann. de la Soc. Fnt. de France, 90 (1860).
Longitarsus Echii, Woll., loc. cit. 9 (1860).

Habitat in Canaria, Teneritfa, Gomera et Palma, in locis similibus
ac prajcedens.

This Longitarsus, which is widely spread over central and southern

416 CANAKIAN COLEOPTERA.

Europe, and which occurs also in the north of Africa and at the Ma-
deiras, is found sparingly in these islands, chiefly in company with
the last species. I have taken it from the Ecliimn violaceum, near
San Mateo, in Grand Canary, as well as at the Agua Garcia in
Teneriffe ; and it was found by Mr. Gray in Gomera and Palma. In
Teneriffe it was mot with likewise by Dr. Crotch. It has much the
general aspect and colouring of the L. fuscoameus, but is considerably
larger and more coarsely pimctured ; it has often (in addition to the
noi-mal brassy one) a greenish or bluish tinge ; and the extreme
apices of its elytra arc less obtuse (or separately rounded off).

Genus 243. PSYLLIODES.

Latreille, Fain. Nat. des Ins. 405 [script. PsijlUode] (1825).

639. Psylliodes hospes.

Psylliodes hospes, Woll, Ins. 3Iad. 449 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 134 (1857).

, AUard, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 340 (18G0).

, Woll, loc. cit. 10 (18G0).

Habitat insulas omnes Canarienses, in herbidis vulgaris.

The present Psylliodes, which is universal throughout the Madeiran
archipelago, is equally universal at the Canaries — in the whole seven
islands of which I have myself captured it, more or less abimdantly.
In Lanzarote, Gomera, and Hierro it was found also by Mr. Gray.
Its brassy-green, densely punctured surface, less convex body, small
pro thorax, and testaceous legs (and base of antennae), the two hinder
femora being alone infuscated, will sufiiciently distinguish it. It
is particularly partial to the foliage of plants of the Sinaiyis-gvoM^ ;
and would seem to be the representative of the P. cuprea of more
northern latitudes. Indeed M. Allard observed concerning it, "Psyll.
cuprece 111. affinis, et ut ilia in elytris punctato-striata, sed differt
interstitiis punctulatis, prothorace ad latera minus recto, et cset."

640. Psylliodes vehemens.

Psylliodes vehemens, Woll, Ins. Mad. 451 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 134 (1857).

, Allard, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 341 (18G0).

, Woll, loc. cit. 10 (1800).

Hahitat insulas omnes Canarienses, passim.

The P. veliemens, which, like the last sj^ecies, is universal in the
Madeiran Group, is likewise universal at the Canaries, — Gomera
(where however it was taken by Dr. Crotch, during the spring of
1862) being the only island of the seven in which I have not myself

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captured it. In Fuerteventura, Teneriffe, and Palma it was found
also by Mr. Gray. As in the neighbouring archipelago, it is ex-
tremely variable in hue — being sometimes entirely testaceous, at
others with the prothoracic disc and the suture dark, whilst in
highly-coloured individuals nearly the whole of the prothorax and a
large portion of the elytra are blackened. The generaliti/ of the Cana-
rian specimens, however, are altogether pale, like the Porto-Santan
ones, — the darker states, which are the rule rather than the excep-
tion in Madeira proper, being comparatively rare in these islands.
M. Allard writes, of the P. vehemens, " Cette belle espece ressemble
beaucoup au P. crassicollis, Fairm., mais son corselet est un peu plus
court et plus etroit, la ponctuation des elytres est plus forte, et la co-
loration est differente."

041. Psylliodes stolida.

Psylliodes stolida, JFoll, he. cit. 11 (18G0).

, Allard, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 340 (1860).

Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventuram, foliis Mercurkdis anmice
gaudens.

This small Psijlliodes, which is of a brownish-pieeous hue with
more or less of an obscure brassy or even greenish tinge, and the
prothorax of which is convex, delicately alutaceous, and studded with
very minute and shallow punctules, is peculiar, 8o far as observed
hitherto, to Lanzarote and Fuerteventura — in the former of which
it was captured by Mr. Gray and myself, on the common Mercurialis
annua, during January 1858, around Haria (in which locality I
again met with it in the spring of the following year) ; whilst, in
the latter, I took it sparingly, at the end of March 1859, at Oliva.

Genus 244. DIBOLIA.
Latreillo, Regne Anim. v. 139 (1829).

642. Dibolia obtusa, n. sp.

D. oblonga, nitida, ubique parce punctulata, nigra, capite prothorace-
que(subconico) distincte sed elytris vix aenescentibus,pLinctis in ely-
tris subseriatim dispositis ; antennis ad basin, pedibus anterioribus
et tibiis tarsisque posticis rufo-testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. vix 1|.

Habitat Fuerteventuram ; tempore vernali a.d. 1859 exemplar uni-
cum collegi.

Of the present Dibolia a single example was captured by myself
in Fuerteventura (I believe, in the llio Palmas), during the spring of
1859. It is unquestionably distinct from five of the European spe-
cies of which M. Allard has kindly communicated types, though per-

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CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

haps nearer in size and sculpture to the D. occultans than to any of
the remainder. It is, however, a little larger and more oblong than
that insect, its colour (instead of being cyaneous) is of an obscm-e
brassy-black, and its four anterior legs and two hinder tibi?e and
feet are bright rufo-testaceous.

Genus 245. CH.ffi:TOCNEMA.

Stephens, III. Brit. E)d. iv. 325 (1831).

643. Chaetocnema tarsalis.

Chastocnema tarsalis, Woll., loc. cit. 11 (18G0).

Plectroscelis tarsalis, AUard, Ann. de la Sac. Ent. de France, 337 (1860).

Habitat Canariam Grandem, in graminosis ad Argiiiniguin, per niar-
ginem paludis ejus juxta mare sitae, Aprili a.d. 1858, reperta.

The prima facie aspect of this ClKxtocnema is almost identical with
that of the common European C. aridella, except that it is a little
more aeneous and shining, with its prothorax somewhat more trun-
cated (or less produced) behind, and with the intermediate joints of
its antennaj rather slenderer ; and it was not until I had closely over-
hauled it that I detected a structural character which will at once
separate it from its more northern ally. This consists in the forma-
tion of its tarsi, which are very much narrower and more elongated
than those of the aridella, ■\\dth their apical joint particularly (as com-
pared with the corresponding one in that species) long and slender.
The penultimate one, also, is less dilated than is there the case, and
the whole foot has a different appearance. It was detected by my-
self, on the 14th of April 1858, at Arguiniguin, in the south of Grand
Canary, where I obtained several specimens by brushing the short
grass at the edges of the small freshwater lake immediately behind
the sea-beach.

Fam. 66. HISPID.ffi,

Genus 246. HISPA.
Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. (1766).

644. Hispa occator.

H. species H. tesfacea? simillima, sed paulo major, elytris ad apiccm
minus truncato-decurvis, et alitor colorata. Supra pallidior, tes-
tacea (nee rufo-ferruginea) pilisque longioribus demissis magis au-
reis vestita, prothorace postice, scutello, sutura tarsisque, necnon
infra (in mcso- et meta-sternis abdomineque) plus minus nigres-
centibus (nee concoloribus) ; elytrorum spinis e nodulis submajori-
bus ac latins nigris singulatim surgentibus. — Long. corp. lin. 2-3.

Hispa occator, BrulU, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 73. pi. i. f. 17(1838).

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419

Habitat in montibus excelsis Teneriffae et Palmae, prsesertim acl folia
Cistormn in pinetis crescentium, hinc inde viilgatissima.

Whether this insect should be regarded as a geographical modifi-
cation of the IT. testacea of southern Europe, I will not undertake to
pronounce for certain ; but as it has already been erected into a spe-
cies by M, Brulle, and it does undoubtedly possess certain differential
characters (though perhaps not very important ones) which essen-
tially separate it therefrom, I do not think it desirable to treat it as a
mere variety. It is, on the average, a little larger than the H. tes-
tacea ; its elytra are less suddenly drawn in, or truncated, behind ;
and it is clothed with a rather coarser decumbent golden pile ; the
colour also of its upper surface is paler, or more testaceous (instead
of being rufo-ferruginous) , but nevertheless the posterior region of
its prothorax, as well as its scutellum and suture, are more or less
darkened. The tubercles, likemse, of its elytra, from which the
spines arise, are blacker and (if anything) somewhat larger ; and the
under segments of its body — at least the meso- and meta-sterna and
abdomen — are, together with the feet, also blackish.

The H. occator abounds in certain districts of a rather high eleva-
tion in Teneriffe and Palma, occurring more particularly in the va-
rious Finals (which are frequently difficult of access), and attaching
itself to the foliage of the shrubby Cisti (the C. vagaus and monspe-
liensis) which characterize those altitudes. In such situations I have
taken it at the Agua Mansa, and above Ycod el Alto, in Teneriffe ;
as well as throughout the immense Pinal, of Palma, extending down
the western slopes of the mountain-range above S'" Cruz and Buena-
vista, and occupying the extensive tract of country between the Banda
and the edges of the Great Caldeira. Teneriffan specimens have also
been communicated by the Barao do Castello de Paiva.

Fam. 57. CASSIDID^.

Genus 247. CASSIDA.
Linnfeus, Si/st. Nat. i. (1735).

645. Cassida hemisphaerica.

Cassida hemisphserica, Hbst, Kiif. viii. 226 (1799).

, Lucas, Col. de VAlgerie, 514 (1849).

, Woll, Ins. Mad. 440 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 130 (1857).

Habitat in Can aria, Teneriffa, Palma et Hierro, passim.

The European C. hemisphcerica, which occurs sparingly at Madeira,

is widely spread over these islands, where very probably it is universal.

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420 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

Hitherto, however, I have observed it only in Grand Canary (through-
out the region of El Monte), TenerifFe (at Souzal and about Oro-
tava), Palma (at the Banda), and Hierro. In TenerifFe it vras found
also by the late Rev. \Y. J. Armitage, the Barao do CasteUo de Paiva^
and Dr. Crotch ; and in Palma by Dr. Crotch and Mr. Gray. I have
once or tvrice met with it rather abundantly amongst the mulberry-
leaves, in houses, on which silkworms are fed.

Fam. 58. EROTYLID^.

Genus 248. XESTUS (nov. gen.).
Corpus sat parvum, elli])ticum, calvum, Throsci formam prima facie
simulans: capite exserto: protliorace subconico, apice truncato, basi
trisinuato, angulis posticis productis, prostcrno apice truncato, pos-
tice inter coxas anticas parallelo et levitcr j^roducto nccnon ad basin
paulo emarginato : scutdJo sat magno, transverso-sciitiformi : ah-
domine e segmentibus 5 composito. Antennce ll-arf*, robustoe,
pariun clavatfe, mox ante oculos sub margine capitis insertae et inter
otium sub margine prothoracis (sed hand in foveis) repositse, art'*
2mo g^ 2^" brevibus, 3"° longiusculo, 4'° ad 8'"'" latitudine \-ix eres-
centibus, reliquis clavam laxam pcrfoliatam baud abruptam 3-arti-
culatam efEicientibus (9"" poculiformi, 10'"° magis transverso, ult""'
subgloboso). Lahrvm submembranaceum, transversum, apice vix
emarginatum, angulis anticis rotundatis ciliatis. Mandibulo' ajjiee
valde incurvoe, uncinatae, acutse, infra uncum denticulo armatse, et
mox infra hunc valde pubeseentes membranaceae. MaxUlce bilobje,
lobis brevibus, pubescentibus : inferno apice ineiirvo, uncinate.
Palpi maxiUarcs art" 1"'° olongato subcylindrico, 2'*'' et 3"° bre-
vioribus crassioribus subpoculiformibus, ult""" maximo securiformi :
labiales art° 1""° flexuoso, 2^" miilto latiore sed vix longiore, ult""*
magno subseciiriformi. Mentmn elongato-quadi'atum, apice late
sed leviter emarginatum et (nisi fallor) dente medio brevi instruc-
tum. Ligula membranacea, subquadrata, apice paulo emarginata,
angulis anticis rotundatis ciliatis. Pedes erassi, ad basin leviter
distantes : tihiis ad apicem externum oblique truncatis ciliatis, ad
internum calcaribus minutis \ix observandis terminatis : tarsis
5-art*% subtus longc ciliatis, art'" 1°'°, 2"° et 3"° longitudine sub-
fequalibus, 3''° supra, excavato 4""" minutum recipiente, ult'"" lon-
giiisculo unguicvlis simjilicibus munito.
A Searoi, ealvus.

The affinities of the curious insect from which the above generic
details have been compiled are by no means clear ; nevertheless, after
a careful consideration of its several parts, T am induced to think that
it has perhaps more in common with the European Avhicoehilus than
with any other form with which I am acquainted — its oral organs
and feet beinor not verv dissimilar from those which obtain in that

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group. Nevertheless, in its external fades, elliptic outline, and the
produced hinder angles of its prothorax, it is so curiously suggestive
of a gigantic Throsciis, that at first I could scarcely resist the con-
viction that it must at least belong to the same /((mil >/ as the latter;
though, in rcalit}', its exposed head (consequent on the fact of its
pronotuni and prosternum being, both of them, truncated anteriorly),
its freedom from under-grooves for the reception of its antennae when
laid back in a state of repose, not to mention innumerable differences,
of primary signification, in its various structural minutia', will at once
remove it, on a closer inspection, from the Throscuhe.

646. Xestus throscoides, n. sp.

X. ellipticus, nitidus, calvus, piceo-niger ; capite prothoraceque pavdo
obscurioribus (evidentius subtiKssime alutaceis) et argute punctu-
latis, illo paulo rufescentiore, hoc (saltern in disco) convexo, ad
latera et distinctius per marginem trisinuatum posticum (praesertim
in lobo medio) marginato ; elytris in disco convexis, mox pone
basin obsolete subangulatim latioribus, inde ad apicem (rufo-ferru-
gineum) regulariter acuminatis, leviter striato-punctatis, intersti-
tiis vage miuutissirae punctulatis ; antennis pedibusque rufo-tes-
taceis. — Long. corp. lin. 2-2^.

Habitat in lauretis humidis Teneriffae, in montibus supra Taga-
uanam ad fungos necnon etiam sub cortice arborum laxo putrido par-
cissime captus.

Not to mention its Throscoideous contour already alluded to, the
piceous-black surface of this singular insect, which has its limbs and
the apex of its elytra alone more or less rufo-ferruginous, in con-
junction with its sharply punctulated head and prothorax (the latter
of which is margined along its obliquely-straight sides and trisinuated
basal edge — particularly in the centre), and its lightly striate-punc-
tate, apically-acuminated elytra, will prevent its being confounded
with anything else with which we have here to do. It appears to
be of the greatest rarity and of fungivorous habits — the few spe-
cimens which I have seen (eleven in number) having been captured
by myself, in Teneriffe, during May of 1859, from ^vithinflm(Jfi, in
the damp and elevated laurel -woods which clothe the mountains above
Taganana and Point Anaga ; as well as from beneath the loosened
putrid bark of trees, under which minute Ciyptogams were more or
less evident.

Fam. 59. COCCINELLIDiE.

Genus 249. COCCINELLA.

Linnseus, S>/st. Nat. edit. i. [script. Coccionella] (1735).

422 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

647. Coccinella 7-punctata.

Coccinella 7-punctata, Linn., Fna Suec. 477 (1761).

, Brum, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 74 (1838).

, Woll, Ins. Mad. 462 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 1.36 (1857).

, Hartumi, Geoloy. Verhciltn. Lanz. und Fuert. 141, 142.

Habitat insulas omnes Canarienses, vulgaris.

This common and widely spread insect, which is universal in the
Madeiran Group, is universal also at the Canaries — in the whole
seven islands of which I have myself captured it. In Lanzarote and
Fuerte Ventura it was taken likewise by M. Hartung ; in TenerifFe
by the late Eev. W. J. Armitage, the Barao do Castello de Paiva, and
Dr. Crotch ; in Gomera by Dr. Crotch ; and in Palma by Mr. Gray.
It is called by the inhabitants " San Antonio."

648. Coccinella Miranda, n. sp.

C. rotundato-ovalis ; capite prothoraccque nigris, illo maculis duabus
frontalibus pallido-flavis ornato, hoe brevi lato transverse, antice
et ad latera (grosse marginata) anguste sed ad angulos anticos pro-
funde et quadrate pallido-flavo ; elytris vel flavis, vel pallido-flavis,
grosse marginatis, ad humeros obtuse rotundatis, linca suturali
hastiformi (a scutello nigro fere ad apicem ducta, sed gradatim
angustiore) et singulis plagis duabus elongatis arcuatis [una sc. in
disco antico, longitudinali, et altera bre"vaore subtransversa pone
discum posticum] nigris ; antennis pallido-testaceis ; pedibus ni-
gris, tarsis dilutioribus.

Variat elytrorum plagis plus minus latioribus, plaga antica elongata
vel antice vel postice in lineam suturalem continuata necnon in-
terdum macula parva media sublaterali aucta,

Var. ft [an species distincta ?]. Elytra magis rufescentia, linea su-
turali ad scutellum vix sed in medio sensim latiore necnon usque
ad apicem ipsissimum ducta, plaga longitudinali antica in maculas
parvas late fi'acta et altera laterali subrotundata (nee sublaterali
elongata) aucta, plaga transversa postica fere evanescente, i. e. in
maculas minutas 3 vel 4 fracta. — Long. corp. lin. lf-2^.

Coccinella hieroglyphica, Brullc [uec Oliv.~\, in Webb et Berth, (Cul.) 74
(1838).

Habitat Canariam, TenerifFam, Gomeram et Palmam, in intermediis
et elevatis degens, usque ad 9000' s. m. ascendens.

The present Coccinella has much the j^'imd facie appearance of the
European C. Iiieroglyphica ; nevertheless, when closely inspected, it
will be found to be abundantly distinct. Thus, in addition to its
markings (both dark and light ones), which are differently shaped,
it is rounder and broader in outline and its edges are more coarsely
margined ; its prothorax particularly is wider and more transverse ;
its humeral angles arc rounder, or more obtuse ; and its legs are

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rather slenderer. In its markings it is, like most of the CoccineJUdce,
extremely variable ; but normally it may be described as having its
prothorax (which is more constant than the elytra) nan-owly edged
along its front and lateral margins with pale straw-yellow, of which
colour there is a larger subquadrate spot (confluent with the border)
at each anterior angle. The elytra are yellow, with a long hastate
strij)e doAvn the suture (reaching from the scutellum, where it is broad,
and gradually narrowing to almost the extreme apex) and two arcu-
ated ones on each elytron (one of which is longitudinal and down
the fore disc, whilst the other is transverse and placed between the
hinder disc and the apex) black. And there is frequently a small,
additional, sublateral dash about the middle of the outer edge of the
anterior curved band.

The C. Miranda is widely spread over the archipelago, where
(though we did not happen to observe it in Hierro) it is almost cer-
tainly universal throughout at any rate the central and western
islands. ' It occurs at intermediate and lofty elevations, and is. per-
haps more abundant in the latter than in the former — ascending to
an altitude of at least 9000 feet above the sea. I have taken it on
the hills above San Mateo, on the ascent to the Roca del Soucilho,
in Grand Canary ; from the blossoms of the Retama on the lofty
Cumbre, of Teneriffe, above Ycod el Alto and adjoining the Caiiadas,
as well as on the opposite Cumbre above the Agua Mansa and at the
Agua Mansa itself; and in the Barranco above S*'"" Cruz in Palma.
It was first detected by Mr. Gray, who met with three specimens of
it in the valley above San Sebastian, in Gomera, during our short
visit to that island in his yacht " the Miranda " early in February of
1858; and I am glad to commemorate our pleasant sojourn in that
admirable little vessel by the adoption of the above specific name.
Mr. Gray likewise captured it, a short time afterwards, in Palma ;
and it has subsequently been found in that island, Gomera, and Tene-
riffe by Dr. Crotch.

649. Coccinella Doublieri.

Harmonia Doublieri, Muls., Securi]). de France, 118 (1846).

Habitat Fuerteventuram, in foliis Tamaricis galUcoi deprehensa.

Although I have no type for comparison, I have little doubt,
judging from the description, that the present small Coccinella is
conspecific with Mulsant's C. Doublieri, which is said to occur on
Tamarisks in the south of France. The only Canarian examples
(thirteen in number) which I have seen were captured by myself

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from the bushes of Tamo.rix gallica, a short distance below the
town of Betancuria, in the Rio Palmas of Fuertoventnra, at the
beginning of April 1859. The species may be known by its small
size and pale yellow surface, which has ofteii a slightly roseate hue,
and which is ornamented with numerous black patches and spots,
arranged as follows — two on the forehead, seven on the prothorax,
and nine on each elytron. These last are placed somewhat thus :
(1) subhumeral, and comparatively elongate, being prodiiced ob-
liquely in the direction of the suture ; (2) rounded and subbasal,
midway between the humeral one and the suture ; (3) rounded, sub-
medial, and sublateral ; (4) close to, and a little larger than, the
last, and likewise submedial, but further removed from the lateral
margin ; (5 and 6) a little further behind than the last two, but
nearer the suture, and united so as to form a semicircle with its
convexity turned towards the apex, and in highly coloured examples
having a brownish line arising from the inner extremity of the curve
and produced backwards for a considerable distance, almost parallel
to the suture and towards the scutellum ; (7, 8, and 9) subapical,
and equidistant from each other, the central one being the longest of
the three, and the inner one the roundest*.

Genus 250. CHILOCORUS.

Leach, Edinb. Encycl. xv. 116 (1815).

650. Chilocorus renipustulatus.

Coccinella reuipustulata, Scriba, Journ. 276 (1790).

Cacti, 3Iskm, Ent. Brit. 163 (1802).

Chilocorus renipustulatus, Steph., III. lirit. Ent. iv. 374 (1831).
, 3Ms.j Semrip. ile Frfmce, 168 (1846).

Habitat insulas omnes Canarienses, jirjesertim in apricis inferi-
oribus, hinc inde vulgaris.

This common European insect is universal throughout the Canarian
archipelago, where it occurs principally in low and hot situations, and
is particularly partial to the Opimiia tuna (or Prickly Pear), as also
to the Plocama pendula. T have taken it in Grand Canarj', Teneriife,
Gomera, and Hierro ; in which last island, as well as in Lanzarote
and Palma, it was foimd by Mr. Gray. In Teneriffe it was likewise
captured by the late Eev. W. J. Armitage and Dr. Crotch ; and in
Gomera by Dr. Crotch ; whilst from Fuerteventura it has been com-

* There is a CoeiuueUu included by M. Brulle in liis short and inaccurate
catalogue, in MM. Webb and Berthelot's gigantic work, under the title of " C.
scmi-pusfidafa, Oliv." ; but to what it can possibly refer I have no means of
ascertaining, inasinuich as he giAcs (as usual) no single observation concerning it
— except indeed ' Eepi-cc dii niidi dc I'Europe."

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municated by the Barao do Castello de Paiva. My own Toneriffun
specimens are principally from the vicinity of S*'^ Cruz and the hills
above it, Taganana, and Orotava.

Genus 251. EPILACHNA.

Chevrolat, Diet. Univ. (VHist. Nat. iv. 43 (1844).

651. Epilaclina 4-plagiata, n. sp.

E. nitida, oculo fortissimo armato minutissime et parce punctulata
necnon (saltem in prothorace elytrorumque limbo) siibtilissime
pubescens, nifo-testacea, capite, prothoraeis disco (linea media
interdum excepta) elytrorumque marginibus angustissimis et ma-
culis parvis duabus in singulis positis plus minus nigrescentioribus ;
elytris tenuiter margiiiatis, ad humeros rotundatos latis, prothorace
multo latioribus.— Long. corp. lin. 1-|— 1^.

Habitat in aridis arenosis Fuerteventurse, rarissima.

The almost imperceptibly punctulated, rufo-testaceous surface of
this species, which has its head and prothoracic disc more or less
blackened, or infuscated, as well as two small spots, or dashes (one
anterior, and the other posterior), on each of its elytra darker, will
sufficiently disting-uish it. The latter (which are considerably broader
at their base than the prothorax) have their humeral angles porrect
and very obtusely rounded, and their suture and outer margins are
most narrowly black. The only three specimens which I have seen
were captured by myself in the arid, sandy district at Corralejo, in
the extreme north of Fuerteventui'a, during the spring of 1859.

652. Epilachna bella, n. sp.

E. nitidissima, paulo distinctius (sed tamen minutissime) punctulata
necnon (saltem in prothorace elytrorumque limbo) subtilissime
pubescens, nigra, prothoraeis lateribus elytrorumc^ue margine la-
teraU ab humeris usque ad medium et maculis duabus magnis sub-
confiuentibus in singulis positis, rufo-testaceis ; elytris sat grosse
marginatis, rotundatioribus, ad humeros rotundatos prothorace
parum latioribus. — Long. corp. lin. vix l^-.

Habitat Canariam Grandem, in arenosis ad Maspalomas capta.

The black and very shining upper surface of this Epilachna, which
has the edges of its prothorax, and half of the lateral margins of its
elytra (i. e. from either shoulder to about the middle), as well as two
large subconfluent patches on the disc of each of the latter, rufo-tes-
taceous, will serve to characterize it. Although very minutely so, it
is rather more evidently punctulated than the E. A-plagiata ; and its
elytra are more rounded at the sides (and therefore not so immensely
wider at their extreme base than the prothorax), and arc also more

426 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

coarsely margined. The unique example from which the above dia-
gnosis has been compiled I captured in the sandy region at Maspa-
lomas, in the extreme south of Grand Canary, during April 1858.

653. Epilaclma 10-plagiata.

Scymnus 10-plagiatus, TFolL, Cat. Mad. Col. 137 (1857).

Habitat in Teneriffa et Palma, rarissima.

The present little Epilaclma may at once be known from both of
the preceding species by the comparatively long and coarse silvery
pile with which it is clothed, by the more porrect anterior angles
of its prothorax, and by its surface being more deeply punctiired,
and black, — the elytra alone having five rufo-testaceous spots on each
of them. It appears to be rare, occurring sparingly at low and inter-
mediate elevations. I have taken it near S*" Cruz and at Las Mer-
cedes in Teneriffe, as also in the Barranco above S*'* Cruz in the
island of Palma. It occurs likewise in Madeira, where, however, it
is extremely scarce.

Genus 252. SCYMNUS.

Kugelann, in Schneid. 3Iuy. 515 (1794).

654. Sc3rmnus canariensis, n. sp.

/S'. rotundato-ovalis, nitidus, minutissime punctulatus, cinereo-pubes-
cens, niger ; elytris vel rufis vel rufo-testaceis, sod in parte magna
triangulari basali, sutuni, macula centrali in disco postico singu-
lorum posita necnon in niargine laterali ab humeris etiam ultra
medium ducta et dein in curva obscurji (interdum obsoleta) nebulosa
usque ad suturam, sed mox ante apicem ejus, oblique continuatii,
nigris ; pedibus testaceis, plus minus infuscatis.

Jirts capite et prothoracis lateribus i)lus minus testaceis.

Var. /3. Elytris singidis in disco immacidatis.

Var. y. rujipennis [an species ?]. Sensim distinctius punctulata, ely-
tris in parte basali triangulari, sutura et in medio marginis late-
ralis solum nigris. — Long. corp. hn. 1-1^.

Habitat insulas omnes Canarienses, vulgaris.

This most inconstant Scymnus is abundant throughout the Canarian
archipelago, in the whole seven islands of which I have myself cap-
txu-ed it. In Lanzarote, Gomera, Palma, and Hierro it was found
also by Mr. Gray ; and in Teneriffe, Gomera, and Palma by Dr. Crotch,
It varies a great deal in bulk, and is usually smaller in exposed arid
districts than elsewhere. In its normal state it may be described as
black with rufous elytra — the latter, however, being ornamented
with a lai-ge triangular region at the base, their suture (to almost its
extreme apex), a central spot on the hinder disc of each, and about

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two-thirds of the lateral margin (namely, from either shoulder to
bei/ond the middle — at which latter point the line curves inwards,
nearly parallel to the elytral margin itself, and joins the sutural stripe
at its extremity, i. e. immediately before the apex), all of which are
black. One of its principal aberrations is that indicated above (var./3),
in which merely the discal spot of each elytron is entirely absent
(the apical fascia remaining, at the same time, strongly expressed).
All the examples which I have as yet observed in Hierro belong to this
particular state ; and I may add that hitherto I have not detected it
in any of the other islands of the Group. In Palma, on the contrary,
the greater number of the specimens are highly decorated, the discal
patch being frequently enlarged so as to coalesce with either the
sutural or lateral stripe (or even with both of them). In the phasis
var. y its elytral markings are stiU further reduced — not merely the
discal patch being absent but also the subapical cloud-like fascia, and
the whole of the mai-ginal line except a smaU portion of it about the
middle. This variety is usually a trifle more coarsely punctulated,
and may perhaps be universal throughout the archipelago — though
the examples before me are merely from Fuerteventura, Grand Canary,
TeneriiFe, Gomera, and Palma.

The S. canariensls is most closely allied to the Madeiran S. Du-
rantce; nevertheless it descends to a very much smaller bulk, and
the head, which in that species is pale in both sexes, is in the Cana-
rian one testaceous in the males only. The 8. Durantce, also, is a
trifle more densely and coarsely punctulated ; and the dark patch on
the posterior disc of each elytron is usually composed of two, con-
fluent ones— thus assuming the form of a fascia, and breaking up the
rufous space so as to cause the latter to have somewhat the prima
facie appearance of two detached reddish spots.

655. Scymiius oblongior, n. sp.

/S'. prsecedenti similis, sed paulo minor, oblongior, scnsim minus con-
vexus minusque crebre punctulatus, elytris paUidioribus (testaceis),
singulis macula parva obseura secunda (in disco antico posita) or-
natis. — Long. corp. lin. 1.

Habitat in montibus excelsis TenerifFaj, usque ad 9000' s. m. as-
cendens.

Considering the excessive variability of the 8. canariensis, I feel
a little doubtful whether I ought to regard the pi-esent Scymnus (of
which I have but two examples to judge from) as a state of that
insect peculiar to the loftiest elevations of Tencriffe, or as specifically
distinct. I believe, however, that the latter wiU be the safer course ;

428 CANAETAN COLEOPTERA.

for although in mere colouring it scarcely differs from certain pale
(though spotted) individuals of the canariensis (such as are often met
with in barren districts, in Fnerteventxira and elsewhere), still its
more oblong outline and rather less convex upper surface do not
seem to be paralleled in any of the numerous phases of its ally which
I possess from so many remote parts of the archipelago. So that
when I consider the immense altitude at which the two examples
now before me were taken (they having been captured by myself on
the Cumbre, overlooking the Canadas, above Ycod el Alto — upwards
of 9000 feet above the sea), I am inclined to suspect that they may
prove to be the exponents of a separate species having a very elevated
range.

656. Scymnus cercyonides, n. sp.
S. species S. ccinariensi affinis, sed multo minor, paulo oblongior, paulo
minus convexus, sensim brevius pubescens densiusque punctulatus ;
prothorace antice subangustiore ; elytris rufis, in parte basali tri-
angulari (per suturam, uscjue ad medium, obscure suffiisis), et in-
terdum obsoletissime mox ante apicem, nigrescontibiis.
Mas i)rothorace ad latera paulo dilutiore ; capite (nisi fallor), ut in
sexu foemineo, nigro. — Long. corp. Hn. -J.

Habitat in Teneriffa, Gomera et Palma, passim.

It is scarcely possible, I think, that this small Scymnus (which is
curiously suggestive, at first sight, of a minute Cercyon with rufous
elytra) can be any modification (even the most extreme one) of the
S. canarieiisis ; nevertheless it occurs often in company with that
insect, though very much the rarer of the two. It differs from it in
being considerably smaller and a little more oblong, somewhat less
convex and more closely punctulated, and in its elytra being rufous,
with only a triangular basal patch (which is generally prolonged a
little, though in a diffused manner, along the suture) black. There
is sometimes, however, a slight trace of an obsolete infuscated jiortion
immediately before their extreme apex ; and I believe that its head is
black in both sexes, — merely the prothoracic edges being rather di-
luted in the males. I have taken it sparingly in Tencriffe and Palma,
and it was found in Gomera by Dr. Crotch. My Teneriffan specimens
are principally from S*'' Cruz and the mountains above it, and from
the vicinity of the Puerto Orotava.

657. Scymnus maculosus, n. sp.

S. rotundato-ovalis, minute pimctulatus, cinereo -pubescens, nitidus,
piceo-niger ; prothorace ad latera paulo dilutiore ; elytris singulis
ad apicem necnon in maculis sex (tribus sc. confluentibus in disco
postico sitis, fasciam dentatam transversam efficientibus, una sub-

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longitudinal! intra discum anticum posita, una subhumerali, et
sexta pone banc sublaterali) rufo-testaceis omatis ; pedibus piceo-
testaceis.
Variat elytrorum maculis plus minus confluentibus. — Long. corp. lin.
|-vix 1.

Habitat in Lanzarota, Fuerteventura, Canaria, Teneriffa et Palma,
parum rarus.

This beautiful little Scymnus, so well distinguished by its dark pi-
ceous-black hue, laterally-diluted prothorax, and macidated elytra,
each of which is ornamented with six more or less confluent testaceous
patches (the three postmedial ones being apparently always united,
so as to form a transverse zigzag fascia), is widely spread over the
archipelago, though nowhere common. I have taken it in Lanzarote
and Fuerteventura; at Maspalomas in Grand Canary ; at the Agua
Garcia, the Agua Mansa, and near Orotava in TenerifFe ; ahd likewise
in Palma. In Lanzarote it was foimd also by Mr. Gray, and in Tene-
riife by Dr. Crotch. It is closely allied to the Madeiran S.jlavopictus,
but is a trifle larger, and more obtuse anteriorly (its head and pro-
thorax being perceptibly wider), and the colour both of its pale and
dark portions is, in both instances, conspicuously darker.

658. Scymnus arcuatus.

Coccinella arcuata, Rossi, Mant. Ins. ii. 88 (1794).
Scymuus arcuatus, Mills., Securii). de France, 245 (1846).

, Woll., Ins. Mad. 468 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 138 (1857).

Habitat in Teneriffa et Palma, rarissimus.

The S. arcuatus of Mediterranean latitudes, which is so excessively
abundant around Fmichal in Madeira, would appear to be extremely
rare at the Canaries. Indeed the only three specimens which I have
seen of it hitherto were taken by myself — one between the Puerto
Orotava and Realejo in Teneriffa, and the other two in the Barranco
da Agua of Palma. It may, however, be expected to occur (as in
Madeira) about gardens and cultivated grounds.

659. Scymnus minimus.

Coccinella minima, Rossi, Mant. Ins. ii. 89 (1794).
Scynuius minimus, Mtds., Securi]}. de France, 260 (1846).

, Woll, Ins. Mad. 470 (1854).

-^, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 188 (1857).

Habitat insulas Canarienses. in Palma sola hactenus hand obser-

vatus.

The minute size, rounded outline, and uniformly black, distinctly

430 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

punctulated surface of this European Scymnus, in conjunction with its
pallid limbs, will sufficiently characterize it- It occurs in the Ma-
deiran Group, and there can be little doubt that it is universal at
the Canaries, though hitherto it does not happen to have been noticed
in Palma. I have, however, myself taken it in Lanzarote ; at Agua
Bueyes and in the Rio Palmas of Fuerteventura ; in Grand Canary ;
near the Puerto Orotava in Teneriffe ; and close to Valverde in Hierro.
In Gomera it was captured both by Mr. Gray and Dr. Crotch, the
former of whom found it in the valley above San Sebastian.

Genus 253. RHIZOBIUS.
Stephens, III. Brit. Ent. iv. 396 [script. Rhyzohius] (1831).

660. Rhizobius litura.

Nitidiila litura, Fah., Mard. Lis. i. -52 (1787).
Rhyzobius litura, Sfcph., III. Brit. Ent. iv. 396 (1831).
Cacidula litura, BritUe, in Wvhb et Berth. (Col.) 74 (1838).
Rhyzobius litura, Woll, Ins. Mad. 472 (1854).
, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 139 (1857).

Habitat insulas Canarienses, in Gomera sola adhuc hand detectus.

There can be little doubt that this common European insect, which
is universal throughout the Madeiran Group, and which has been
recorded from the Azores, is imiversal also at the Canaries — though
hitherto it does not happen to have been observed in Gomera. But
in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Grand Canary, Teneriffe, and Hierro I
have myself captured it ; and it was found in Palma and Hierro by
Mr. Gray. In Teneriffe it was met with likewise by Dr. Crotch.

Genus 254. LITHOPHILUS.

Frolilich, Naturforsch. xxviii. 11 (1799).

Corpiis fere ut in Cocciduld sed multo major ; prothorace antice pro-
finidius excavato, postice magis contracto, ad latera late subre-
curvo-explanato. Antenna} 10- (ncc ll-)articulat8e, art"' 1™° sat
magno robusto, 2'''' minore, 3"" ad 7"""" gracOioribus (3*'° elon-
gate), reliquis clavam triarticulatam baud abruptam efficientibus
(ult"'" intus oblique truncate). Lahrum transversum, submem-
branaceum, apice integrum. Mandihidce ad apicem acute bifida^,
intus membrana breviter ciliata auctae. MaxiUoi bilobse, breves,
lobis pubescentibus, apice subito incurvis. Palpi niaxiUares elon-
gati, art" 1™° parvo, 2'''' longissimo, 3"" bre\dore, ult™" maximo se-
curiformi : lahiahs art** 1""" parvo, 2*^° et 3"° longioribus, longitu-
dine suba;qualibus (3"'* fusiformi). Mentum parvum, corneum,
subobtriangulare basi truncatum, apicem versus regulariter latins,
apice uitegrum. Ligtda elongata, apice mcmbranacca integra.
Pedes longiores et validiores quam in Cocciduld : tarsis fere simili-

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bus, seel longioribus ; unguiculis multo majoribus, intus (ut in ilia)
denticulo minuto armatis.

The general aspect of the unique insect from which the above cha-
racters have been drawn, combined with its posteriorly narrowed pro-
thorax, its bifid (or internally dentate) claws, and the tendency of its
larger elytral punctures to arrange themselves in longitudinal rows,
will at once, apart from the minutice. of its oral organs, affiliate it with
the European LithophUus (a near ally of Coccidula) ; and as I have
no access to any published details of that genus, I have thought it
desirable to enunciate it formally. In its i^Ji-jointed antennte (with
their elongated third articidation), its very much larger size, and its
totally different pro thorax (which is deeply excavated in front, greatly
rounded, and flattened out, at the sides, and much more contracted
behind), as weU as in its longer and robuster legs and claws, it is at
once separated from Coccidula proper.

661. LithophUus deserticola, n. sp.

L. oblongus, latiusculus, grosse fulvo-pubescens, subopacus, rufo-
ferrugineus ; prothorace minute punctato, ad latera rotundato-ex-
planato, postice angustato ; elytris in disco late nigrescentioribus,
minutissime punctulatis punctisque magnis (subseriatim dispositis)
parce irroratis, interstitiis obsoletissime subelevatis. — Long. corp.
Hn. 2.

Habitat Fuerteventuram ; sub lapide in arenosis aridis ad Corralejo,
Martio exeunte a.d, 1859, exemj)lar unum coUegi.

The single siiecimen described above was captured by myself, from
beneath a stone, in the dry sandy region at Corralejo, in the extreme
north of Euerteventura, at the end of March 1859.

Fam. 60. CORYLOPHID^.

Genus 255. SERICODERUS.

Stephens, III. Brit. Ent. ii. 188 (1828).

662. Sericodems lateralis.

Cossyphus lateralis (Mer/.), Gi/ll., Ins. Suec. iv. 516 (1827).
Sericodems thoracicus, Steph., III. Brit. Ent. ii. 188 (1828).

lateralis, Woll, Ins. Mad. 478 (1854).

, Id, Cat. Mad. Col. 142 (1857).

ira6?'toiEuerteventuram,Canariam,TeneriffametGomeram, passim.

This common European insect, which abounds beneath vegetable
refuse in Madeira, and which was captured by Mr. Bewicke at even
the Cape of Good Hope, appears to be scarce in these islands ; though

432 CANAPJAN COLEOPTERA.

from its minute size it may perhaps merely have escaped, hitherto,
more extensive observation. I have taken it in the Rio Palmas of
Fuerteventiira ; in Grand Canary ; and at Souzal, the Agua Garcia,
and near the Puerto Orotava in TenerifFe ; and six specimens are now
before me which were found by Dr. Crotch, during the spring of 1862,
in Gomera, In all probability it is universal thi'oughout the archi-
pelago.

Fam. 61. ENDOMYCHID^.

Genus 256. LYCOPERDINA.

Latreille, Gen. Crust, et Ins. iii. 73 (1807).

663. Lycoperdina humeralis, n. sp.

L. elliptica, latiuscula, depi'essa, fere impunctata, fere calva, subnitida
(minutissime alutacea), piceo-nigra ; prothorace versus latera in-
sequaliter nifescentiore, transverso-quadrato, angulis posticis rectis,
utrinque ad basin profunde longitudinaliter impresso ; elytris pone
basin rotundato-ampliatis, ad humeros laete rutis necnon ad apicem
ipsum paulo rufescentibus, singulis stria suturali tenui notatis ;
antennis tarsisque fusco-ferrugineis. — Long. corp. lin. 2.

Habitat Teneriffam, rarissima ; in lauretis excelsis humidis supra
Tagananam, mense Maio a.d. 1859, specimen unicum cepi.

This beautiful Lycoperdina is a little larger, broader, more ellip-
tical and more flattened than the European L. bovistce ; it is also less
shining (being minutely alutaeeous), and almost free from pubescence ;
its colour (at least of the pro thorax) is of a more rufescent black, with
the shoulders brightly rufous, and the extreme apex of its elytra di-
luted in hue ; and its sutural stria is very much finer and less im-
pressed. It would a^jpear to be one of the rarest of the Canarian
Coleoptera, the only specimen which I have seen having been cap-
tured by myself in TeneriflPe, during May 1859, in the damp laui*el-
woods which clothe the mountain-range above Taganana.

Genus 257. DAPSA.
(Ziegler) Latreille, Hef/ne A7iim. (edit. 2) v. 159 (1829).

664. Dapsa edentata, n. sp.
D. rufo-ferruginea, fulvo-pubescens ; capite prothoraceque sat pro-
funde punctatis, hoc ad latera edentato, antice rotundato-ampliato,
angulis anticis obtusis, posticis subrectis, in disco canaliculato, pos-
tice utrinque profunde longitudinaliter impresso ; elytris eUipticis
basi truncatis, postice acutiusculis, serrato-punctulatis, macula ob-
liqua postmedia in singulis posita (obscura, interdum obsoleta) ni-

CANARIAN COLEOPTEEA. 433

grescente ; antennis pedibusque vix clarioribus ; femoribus ad basin
ipsam nigrescentibus. — Long. corp. lin. 1|— vix 2.

Habitat in sylvaticis subsylvaticisque Canariao, TenerifFse et Palmaj,
hinc inde parum vulgaris.

It is just possible that the present Dapsa may be identical with the
D. harhara of northern Africa ; nevertheless, judging from the dia-
gnoses of the latter given both by Lucas and Gerstacker, and from
the figure published by the former, I hardly think that such is the
case — for the D. harhara is described as having its prothoracic disc,
as well as a mere postmedial " punctum " of its elytra, black. The
D. eclentata is remarkable for its very elliptic elytra (which are sud-
denly rounded-outwards at a short distance behind theii' base, and
thence regularly narrowed, or acute, to their apex), and for the ob-
scure (occasionally obsolete) darker dash which is placed so obliquely
on the hinder disc of either elytron as to unite at the suture (in highly
coloured examples) in somewhat the form of the letter V. It is rather
a common insect in certain localities in these islands — occurring gene-
rally beneath dry fallen leaves in sylvan and subsylvan spots, under
moss and rubbish at the base of old walls, and amongst dense herbage
in semicultivated grounds. I have taken it in Grand Canary, Tene-
riffe, and Palma. My Tenerifi'an examples are principally from above
Taganana, from Las Mercedes, Souzal, La Esperanza, the Agua Mansa,
and the vicinity of the Puerto Orotava.

Fam. 62. ZOPHOSID^.

Genus 258. ZOPHOSIS.
Latreille, Gen. Crust, et Lis. ii. 146 (1807).

6G5. Zophosis 4-cariiiata.

Z. oblongo-ovalis, subopaca, alutacea ; capite prothoraceque distincte
(epistomate dense et profunde) punctatis ; elytris ante apicem trun-
cate-desilientibus, parcius minutissime asperato-punctulatis (aut
fere granulatis),leviter malleato-ina^quaUbus, singulis costis duabus
elevatis (antice et praesertim postice evanescentibus), necnon tertia
versus suturam minus distincta et multo magis abbreviata, longi-
tudinaliter iustructis. — Long. corp. Hn. 2g.

Zophosis 4-carinata, Deyrolle (in hoc opusculo citato),
Haliitat Teneriffam, a Barone " Castello de Paiva " communicata.
The present Zopliosis, which has been observed hitherto only in
Teneriffe, may readily be known by each of its elytra being furnished
with two very elevated longitudinal costae, and a third one (nearer to

2p

434

CANARTAN COLEOPTERA.

the suture) whicli is considerably shorter and less distinct ; from
which it would appear that one of the three lateral ones is entirely
absent. It is more oblong, rather less convex, much less shining,
and a little more coarsely punctured than the Z. plicata ; it is also of
a somewhat less intense black (being often just perceptibly subtencs-
cent) ; and its elytra, although without any tendency to be obscurely
widened behind, are nevertheless rather more decidedly subtruncated,
or lent downwards, before the apex. The few specimens of the Z.
4-carinata which I have seen were communicated from Teneriffe by
the Barao do Castello de Paiva.

66G. Zophosis plicata.

Z. subovalis, (prsesertim postice) latiuscula, convexa, nitida, aterrima ;
capite iDrothoraceque minute (epistomate densius et distinctius)
punctatis ; elytris ante apicem subtruncato-desilientibus, parcius
minute subasperato-punctulatis, grosse maUcato-ina?quaHbus, sin-
gulis costis tribus latiusculis elevatis (antice et jira^sertim postice
evanescentibus), necnon quarta versus suturam minus distincta sed
hand obsoleta, longitudinaHter instructis. — Long. corp. lin. 2-3.

Zophosis plicata, BruUe, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 64 pi. i. f. 8 (18,38).

vagans, Hartung* [nee Br.\ Geolog. Verhdltn. Lanz. und Fuert.

140, 141.

Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventuram, necnon etiam in insulis
parvis adjacentibus (sc. Graciosa et Lobos), ubique vulgaris.

This is the common Zophosis of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, where
it abounds at nearly all elevations, occurring likewise in the small
adjacent islands of Graciosa and Lobos (off the extreme north of the
former, and latter, respectively). It was taken also by Mr. Gray and
M. Hartung, and has been communicated by the Barao do Castello de
Paiva. I think there can bo no doubt that it does not extend further
westward in the archipelago, unless indeed the Z. vagans, from Grand
Canary, should be regarded (which, however, is scarcely possible) as
an insular modification of it.

The Z. plicata differs in being rather more shining than the other
species here enumerated, and in having its elytra very uneven (or mal-
leated) and furnished with broader and more elevated longitudinal
plicae — the three outer ones (on each elytron) being considerably
raised, whilst even the more anteriorly-abbreviated one, nearer to
the suture, is sufficiently consiDicuous on the hinder disc. It is also,

* Dr. Heer having sent me a type of what he regarded (though erroneously) as
the Z. vagans, in the list whicli he ]3repared for M. Hartung's volume, I can state
for certain that his species there alluded to is in reality tlie Z. j^Hcafa. Indeed,
that being apparently the only Zophms found in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura,
such a conclusion would in any case have been inevitable.

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 435

relatively, a little more convex and ovate than its allies, having a
somewhat more evident tendency to be faintly widened beliind the
middle of the elytra ; at which point it is also a trifle more snddenly
curved downwards, or truncated — at any rate more so than is the
case in any of the following species, though scarcely so much so as in
the preceding one.

667. Zophosis vagans.

Z. praecedenti sirailis, sed plerumque paulo minor angustior oblongior
(versus apicem nullo modo latior et ibidem panlo minus evidentius
desilienti-subtruncata), sensim minus nitida (evidentius alutacea),
minus convexa et minus atorrima (interdum obsoletissime subasnes-
cens); capite prothorace(|ue profundius punctatis ; elytris densius,
profundius ac magis asperato-punctatis, sat minus malleato-in-
aeqxialibus, singulis brcvius ac minus alte 3-costatis, costa quarta
(versus suturam) obsoleta. — Long. corp. lin. 2^-2^.

Zophosis vagans, BndU, in Wehb et Berth. (Col.) 64 (1838).

Habitat Canariam Grandem, proesertim in montibus interioris de-
gens.

Whilst the last species is peculiar to Lanzarote and Fuerteventura,
the present one seems to be found only in Grand Canary — occurring
more particularly, I believe, in the central districts (as Tarajana, tfec.)
of that island. It differs from the plicata in being, on the average,
a little smaller, narrower, and more oblong (it having apparently no
tendency to be slightly widened behind the middle, where also it is
just perceptibly less truncated, or ^vith the apical region somewhat
more drawn out); in its surface being less shining (or more coarsely
alutaceous), a little more strongly punctured, and not quite so in-
tensely black (there being often a barely traceable senescent tinge);
and in its elytra being less uneven, and with their costse veri/ much
less raised — the three outer ones being also somewhat shorter, and
the fourth one (towards the suture) obsolete. It agreed sufficiently
well with the tyijes of M. Brullo's Z. vagans, which I examined in
Paris, to leave little doubt on my mind that it was conspecific with it.

668. Zophosis Clarkii.

Z. prsecedenti (sc. Z. var/anti) valde affinis, sed paulo magis regularitcr
ovalis (antice vix sublatior) et obsoletissime subcyanescenti- (potius
(juam subtenescenti-) atra ; elytris vix minus malleato-ina^quali-
bus, costis sensim angustioribus, costa secunda in singulis antice
magis abbreviata, tertia in disco sensim argutius et rectius deter-
minatji (sed hand magis elevata).- — Long, coi'p. lin. 2-2^.

Zophosis Clarkii, Deyrolle {in hoc opusculo citatci).
Habitat in iutei-mediis Canariae Grandis, passim.

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436 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

This Zophosis (which is likewise from Grand Canary) is excessively
near to the last one, and is in some respects intermediate between it
and the bicannata ; nevertheless it is certainly more closely related
to the vagans than to the latter. It differs, however, from that species
in being a little more regularly oval, or just perceptibly wider in front ;
in its colour being of a deeper black, with a slight tendency to a sub-
cyaneous (rather than a subsenescent) tinge ; and in its elytra being
a little more even, or less maUeated, and with their costse a trifle
narrower — the second one of which is more abbreviated anteriorhj,
whilst the third is somewhat more straightly and sharply defined. Its
less rounded outline and very much more developed plicce will at once
separate it from even the most costate phasis of the biearinata. I have
observed it hitherto only in the region of El Monte in Grand Canary ;
but it is probably elsewhere diffused.

669. Zophosis biearinata.

Z. subrotundato-ovalis, subnitida, vel aterrima vel obsoletissime sub-
metaUico-tincta ; capite prothoraccque minutissimc et leviter (epi-
stomate densius et distinctius) punctatis ; clytris parcius minutis-
sime granulatis, subnsqualibus (rarius maUeatis), singiilis vol costis
duabus valde indistinctis instructis vol simplicibus (costis obsoletis).

a. Soepius obsoletissime subcyaneo-tiiicta, elytris singulis costis dua-
bus (sc. laterali et discali) valde indistinctis instructis (eosta secunda
et quarta obsoletis). [Ins. Canaria Greindis (borealis).]

ft. Obsoletissime subcyaneo-tincta, elytris singulis costa una (sc. dis-
cali) instructis (reliquis obsoletis). [Ins. Gomera.^

y, [=Z. vilmita?, Br. J Sa^pius obsoletissime subajnescenti-tincta,
elytris simplicibus (costis omnibus obsoletis). [Ins. Teneriffa.']

I. Obsoletissime subcyaneo-tincta, vix nitidior, capite prothoraccque
paulo evidentius punctatis, elytris plus minus malleato-ina^quali-
bus, vel simplicibus vel costa laterali parum distincta instructis.
[Ins. Canaria Grandis (australis).] — Long. corp. lin. 2- vix 3.

Erodius minutus?, Fah., Eni. Si/st. i. 93 (1792).

Zophosis biearinata, Sol, Ann.de la Soc. Ent. de France, iii. 617(1834).

et minuta?, BndU, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 64 (1838).

Habitat in Canaria, Teneriffa et Gomera, hinc inde vulgaris.

If it be admitted that the four states which I have indicated above
are but insular modifications of a single species (and I think it will
scarcely be possible to regard them as otherwise), the present Z-ophosis,
although extremely local, would appear to be more widely distributed
over the archipelago than any of the others here enumerated. Its
clytral costal, even when traceable, are excessively indistinct ; and it
would seem as if their greater or less development was dependent in
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CANARIAN COLEOPIEEA, 437

to establish races which are permanent, although included within ex-
ceedingly narrow limits. Thus, on the low sandy isthmus of Grand
Canary, between Las Palmas and the Isleta, where the insect abounds,
the specimens have usually their discal and lateral keels more or less
traceable (though often very obscurely so), whilst occasionally there
are faint indications of even the second one. The Gomeran examples,
judging from a type now before me which was captured by Dr. Crotch,
have the discal carina pretty evident, but the others hardly percep-
tible ; whilst a large array of individuals from Teneriflfe, which were
met with by Mr. Gray and myself near S'" Cruz, have all the ridges
entirely effaced. This last state has Likewise been communicated,
from Teneriife, by the Barao do Castello de Paiva.

Apart from this peculiarity of the elytral costae, which are either
very indistinct or else totally obsolete, the Z. hicarinata may be known
by its rather rounded outline and light sculpture. In Grand Canary
its surface is generally of an intenser black than in Teneriffe — having
in the former case, more frequently, a just perceptible subcyaneous,
and in the latter a subaenescent tinge.

It is barely possible that what I have treated as the state " o "
may be specifically distinct, but I think that its few diiferential cha-
racters are not constant enough to render such probable. I captured
it near to Maspalomas, in the south of Grand Canary ; and it recedes
from the state " a " (found in the north of that island) in having its
head and prothorax a trifle less alutaceous and rather more evidently
punctured, and in its elytra being more or less uneven, or malleated.
This inequality of the surface makes it difficult to decide whether the
obscure keels are developed, or not ; but the lateral one in some ex-
amples appears to be weU expressed, whilst in others it is scarcely
traceable.

Fam. 63. ERODIAD^.

Genus 259. ARTHRODES.
Solier, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, iii. 513 [script. Arthrodeis] (1834).
Although M. Brulle consigns aU the Canarian members of this
famUy to Erod'ms, citing only one of them (his E. sid>costatus) as refer-
able to (what he would seem to regard as the suftgenus) "ArtJirodeis,'"
nevertheless, after a most careful inspection of them, I am satisfied
that they are aU* exponents of a single group — differing mainly from

* Whilst asserting, however, that they are " all " exponents of a single group,
I do not mean to include that particular species (whatsoever it may be) wliich M.
Brulle cited (p. 63) as the "Eroditis europeus, Fab.," and which (whether rightly

438 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

Erodius proper in its narrower and transversely -elongate eyes (a
character, however, which varies slightly according/ to the species), in
its epistome (which has a tendency to be more or less tridentate an-
teriorly) being separated from the forehead by a l-cel (for the most
part exceedingly conspicnons, but occasionally subobsolete *), in its
antennal club being a little broader or more transverse, and in its
elytra having their longitiidinal costse either altogether or very nearly
absent, and the angiilated edge, or lateral p)lica, of their epipleiu-ge
(which is uninterrupted in Erodius) either entirely or only posteriorly
rounded and effaced. The admission, however, of so large a number
of additional representatives into Arthrodes may possibly necessitate
a slight readjustment of its generic formula. Indeed Lacordaire
(simply follo%vang M. Brulle) quotes the E. suhcostatus only (of all
the Canarian species) as an Arthrodes ; but had he inspected them
himself he would have seen that they are all referable to the same
(/roup, and consequently that the " yeux mediocres, non trans-
versaux" could not be maintained as a structural peculiarity of
Arthrodes, — any more than the allusion to its members as "petits
inseetes," while some of them exceed in biilk the largest Erodius with
which I am acquainted.

The species oi Arthrodes are both numerous and local throughout
the Canarian archipelago, almost every island having apparently some
representative essentially its own. They reside principally beneath
stones, burrowing into either the volcanic soil of the intermediate
elevations, or else into the loose sand adjoining the sea-shore — a mode
of life which their powerful and strongly palmated anterior tibias
would clearly indicate. If it be thought that I have erected too many
species amongst forms thus obscure, I can only say that the structural
characters of their epii^leural plica and epistome apjjear so little sub-
ject to variation that I cannot conscientiously reduce the number.

identified or not) seemed to me, when I examined it hastily in Paris, to be at any
i-ate an Erodius. Nevertheless, since I feel far from satisfied tliat the examples
of MM. Webb and Berthelot may not have been accidentally imported into the
islands (a possibility which is not diminished by the consideration that a true
Erodius is now before me which was taken by Dr. Crotch on the Mole at S'" Cruz
in TenerifTe — escaped from the actual vessel in which he had himself arrived from
Mogadore !), I cannot admit the genus Erodius into this Catalogue witliout at all
events further evidence. Indeed, Arthrodes being so essentially the reiirtscnfufive
of Erodius at the Canaries, where moreover it is so universal, it might involve a
serious geogi-aphical blunder to include the latter (wliich may perhaj^s have been
a mere chance-introduction from the African coast).

* May not Solier's genus Auodcxis have been erected on one of the larger sjdo-
cies of Arthrodes, in which the frontal carina is subobsolete and the eyes much
elongated ?

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§ I. Epistoma aiiice plus minus evidenter tridentatum.
a. Ejiiphurce pJka humercdis ohsoleta.

670. Arthrodes inflatus, n. sp.

A. ater, convexissimus, subopacus ; capite prothoraeeque subtiliter
et parce punctulatis, illius carina frontali areuata distinctri, hoc ad

. latera subrotundato et vix marginato ; elytris subtilissime et parce
granulatis, leviter subreticulato-malleatis, epiplouris valdc rotun-
dato-obtusis ; pedibus brevibus, tarsis brevibus et una cum antennis
nigro-piceis. — Long. corp. lin. 5-5|.

Habitat in insuM parva " Graciosa," juxta Lanzarotam borealeni
sita, d. 11. Mart. a.d. 1859 deprehensus.

The excessively convex and inflated body of this Arthrodes, which
has its head and prothorax minutely and rather sparingly puuctulated,
whilst its elytra (which are slightly malleated) are beset with ex-
tremely diminutive, almost imperceptible granides, combined with its
somewhat laterally rounded and very obscurely margined prothorax
and its shortish limbs and feet, will sufiiciently distinguish it. Its
epipleuroD are greatly rounded and obtuse, and the humeral plica at
their base is obsolete — a structure which causes the shoulders to ap-
pear a little drawn or nipped in, so that the base of the prothorax
rather exceeds in width the base of the elytra. The only specimens
which I have taken (five in number) were captured in the little island
of Graciosa, off the extreme north of Lanzarote, on the 11th of March

1859.

671. Arthrodes curtus.

A. antice subangustior, subnitidus (interdum subopacus), subtUissime
et parcissime punctulatus ; carina frontali areuata, distincta ; pro-
thorace ad latera et antice sat grosse marginato ; elytris ina^qua-
libus, i. e. plus minus mallcatis necnon plus minus distincte longi-
tudinaliter interrupte sulcatis ; pedibus elongatis. — Long. corp. lin.
5-6.

Erodius cm-tiis, BrulU, in Webb et Berth. {Col.) 63. pi. i. f. 7 (1838).
Habitat in montibus Canaria) Grandis, hinc inde vulgaris.
A most distinct species, which I have observed hitherto only in
Grand Canary. It may readily be known by its large size and elon-
gate legs, and by its elytra being usually extremely xineven and more
or less evidently (though irregidarly and interruptedly) longitudinally
sulcate. This last character, however, is subject to considerable
variation, according to the district in which the insect is foimd. And
it is further remarkable for its outline being comparatively (though
but slightly) narrowed anteriorly, for its surface being usually more
shining than is the case in the other species here eniimcrated, and

440 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

likewise most minutely, remotely, and evenly punctiilated all over,
and for its pro thorax being rather coarsely margined at the sides and
(though less evidently so) in front. That it is correctly identified
with M. Brulle's E. curtus I am enabled to vouch for certain, having
examined his original tj^ies in Paris.

The A. curtus is locally abundant on the mountains of Grand Canary.
I have taken it on the slopes above San Mateo, towards the Eoca del
Soucilho ; and during April 1858 it occurred in profusion, crawling
sluggishly across the pathway on the ascent to the Pinal of Tarajana,
above San Bartolome.

b. Epipleuroi plica Jmmeralis brevissima.

672. Arthrodes obesus.

A. praecedenti paulo minor, subrotundatior ; carina frontali sensim
minus arcuatii ; prothorace ad latera et antice paulo minus grosse
marginato, anguhs anticis minus productis ; elytris evidentius (sed
minute) densiusque punctulatis et multo magis aequalibus (nee sul-
catis), plus minus leviter malleatis ; antoiniis picescentioribus.

Var. fi. simiUhna [an species distincta?]. Elytris magis a^qualibus,
parcius et sensim etiam levins punctulatis ; fronte interdum minute
bifoveolata ; pedibus picescentioribus. [Ins. Palma et Hierro.] —
Long. Corp. lin. 3-5.

Erodius obesus, Brulle, in Webb et Berth. {Col.) 63 (1838).

Habitat in Teneriffa, varietate /3 ad Palmam et Hierro pertinentc.

The six examples now before me agree sufficiently well, I think,
with M. Brulle's types, which I examined, and also with his " de-
scription," to leave little doubt that they are (at any rate the Tene-
riffan form, if not the " var. /3 " also) conspceific with his Erodius
ohesus. Apart from their possessing (at the humeral angles of the
elytra) a very short epipleural plica, which does not exist in the A.
curtus, the A. ohesus may be known from that insect by its rather
smaller size and perhaps somewhat rounder outline, by its frontal
keel being perceptibly less curved, by its prothorax being a little
more finely margined along the lateral and anterior edges, by its ely-
tra being more coarsely and closely (though, at the same time, very
minutely) punctulated, as well as much more even (being free from
longitudinal sulci, and apparently only a little malleated), and by its
antennae being rather more picescent. These remarks apply more
particularly to what I have regarded as the normal state of the species
(represented by the Teneriff'an indi\idual described from, and which
was communicated from S'^'^ Cruz by the Barao do Castello de Paiva) :
and I should perhaps add that the types which I inspected in Paris

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had the surface of their elytra altogether a Httle more uneven ; but
the more or less maUeated sculpture is so variable that I attach but
slight importance to its development.

The " var. /3," however, from Palma and Hierro may possibly be
the exponent of a nearly allied species (in which the elytra are still
more even, and a trifle more sparingly and finely punctulated) ; but
I believe that it is a mere insular state of the ohesus.

673. Arthrodes byrrhoides, n. sp.
A. convexus, subopacus, A. inJJnto prima facie propinquans, sed patdo
minus convexus, prothorace ad latera minus rotundato et etiam evi-
dentius immarginato, elytris densius et multo subtilius granidatis
(granulis minutissimis, nisi oculo fortissimo armato observandis) et
plica humeraU distincta (nee obsoleta), parum incrassata. — Long,
corp. lin. 4|.

Habitat Fuerteventuram, a meipso parce repertus.

The two specimens from which the above diagnosis has been com-
piled were taken by myself in Fuerteventura, but I am not quite cer-
tain as to the precise locaUty. In their very convex body and com-
paratively uusculptured surface (the head and prothorax being most
minutely punctured, and the elytra, wliich are slightly malleated,
beset with infinitesimal, scarcely distinguishable, granules), they have
much the prima facie appearance of the A. injlattis ; nevertheless,
judging from the examples before me, the species would appear to be
rather smaller and less convex, and to have a conspicuous (though
short) humeral plica — which causes the extreme base of the elytra
to be a little wider than the extreme base of the prothorax. The
latter, also, is even stiU more decidedly immarginate ; and its elytral
granules are denser and (if possible) smaller stUl, being barely trace-
able even beneath a high magnifying power. Its humeral costa is
rather longer than in the obesiis, but not so long as in the members
of the following Section.

674, Arthrodes laticoUis.

A. praecedenti similis, sed nitidus, vix minus convexus, carina fron-
tal! magis elevata ; capite prothoraceque parcius minutissime punc-
tvdatis, hoc latiusculo, convexo, immarginato, ad angulos ipsissimos
posticos elytrorum basin sensim superante et ibidem sutura (inter
prothoracem et elytra) quasi in fissuram desiliente ; elytris multo
parcius minutissime granulatis (granulis aegerrime observandis),
paulo grossius sed parcius maUeatis, plica humerali crassiore (sc.
valde incrassata) sed, ut in iUo, brevissima. — Long. corp. Un, 4-4^.

Erodius laticollis, BruUe, in Webb et Berth. {Col.) 63 (1838).

Habitat Fuerteventuram, parum rarus.

442 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

I have little hesitation in identifying three 8])ecimens now before
me (and which were captured by myself, either in Fuerteventura or
else in the little adjacent island of Lobos) with M. Brnlle's Erodius
hiticoUis ; for the notes which I took whilst in Paris, after an ac-
curate inspection of his ty^^es, are in almost precise accordance with
the Arthrodes now under consideration ; whilst the fact of his ex-
amples being labelled as coming from " Fuerteventura " would tend
still further to corroborate my conclusion. In the excessive short-
ness of its humeral plica the A. laticoUis (as here defined) agrees
with the hyrrlioides, but although thus abbreviated the plait is very
much thicker than in that species ; and yet, in spite of this, the ex-
treme base of the elytra does not surpass in width the base of the
prothorax — but rather the reverse, inasmuch as the hinder protho-
racic angles project perceptibly beyond the humeral ones. There is
also a peculiarity in that particular region, from the surfaces of the
elytra and prothorax not being, there, in a continuous curve,— both
of them somewhat /a ZZ«i(/ away, so as to produce a slight fissure, or
lacuna, at either end of the sutural line which separates the two seg-
ments. In other respects, the A. Jaticollis is remarkable for being-
shining, and for having its head and prothorax (the latter of which
is transverse and immarginate) most minutely and rather distantly
punctulated ; whilst the elytral granules are, in hke manner, exces-
sively diminutive and remote — indeed but just distinguishable even
beneath a high magnifying power. Its frontal carina is considerably
raised, and rather angulated in the centre.

c. Epipleurce plica liumeralis longior {sed vioc ad mediu^n ducta).

675. Arthrodes Hartungii, n. sp.

A. fere ut A. punctatidus, sed forsan major, punctura omnino multo
subtiliore, miilto leviore et multo remotiore (punctis in capite pro-
thoraceciue vix nisi oculo armato observandis) , carina frontali paulo
distinctiore ac minus curvata, prothorace ad latera minus grossc
marginato.— Long. corp. lin. 6.

Erodius obesus ?, //a/'<. [nee Br.\Geolog. VerhaUn.Lanz.imilFuert. 141.

Habitat Fuerteventuram, a Dom. Hartung repertus.

Although very unwilling to erect a species, in a genus like the
present one, from the evddence afforded by a single example, yet a
large Arthrodes now before me (which was taken by M. Hartung in
Fuerteventura) differs so widely in its sculpture from the A. puncta-
talus that 1 cannot believe it to be referable to any state of that in-
sect. It (Ufters mainlj- in the punctules of its entire surface being

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very much smaller, lighter, and more remote (indeed those on the
head and prothorax are but just perceptible even under a lens), and
in its frontal keel being rather more e\ddent and somewhat less curved.

67G. Arthrodes punctatulus, n. sp.

A. speciebus prajcedentibus affinis, sed ubique distincte, argute et sat
dense punctulatus (punctis iu clytris asperatis), carina frontali cur-
vata indistincta (sajpe etiam subobsoleta) , prothorace ad latera (pra3-
sertim postice) parum grosse marginato et plicfi humerali (ut in
speciebus sequentibus) longiuscula.

Var. /3. Punctunt omnino paulo leviore, prothorace ad latera vix
minus distincte marginato, [Jns. Fuerteventura.] — Long. corp. lin.
4-5|.

Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventuram, hand infrequens.

The present species seems to be universal throughout Lanzarote,
where, however, it is by no means abundant — occurring principally,
beneath stones, at intermediate elevations. It may easily be recog-
nized by its surface being distinctly and sharply punctured tdl over
(the punctxires on the elytra being rather obliquely impinged, and
having therefore the appearance of granules when viewed in a parti-
ciilar direction), by the lateral edges of its prothorax being some-
what coarsely margined posteriorly but more hghtly so in front, and
by its frontal keel being indistinct and often obsolete. Its epiplcural
costa is well defined, and reaches (from the humeral angles) almost
halfway to the apex — as in the other species of this Section. It was
likewise taken in Lanzarote by Mr. Gray and M. Hartimg.

I took two examples in Fuerteventura which differ only from the
Lanzarotan ones in being altogether a little more lightly punctured,
and in having the lateral edges of their prothorax rather less dis-
tinctly margined. They retain, however, the essential characters of
the species, and I have therefore treated them as the exponents of
a slight insular variety.

677. Arthrodes parcepunctatus, n. sp,

A. subnitidus, ubique distincte sed parce punctatus (punctis in elj-
tris paulo majoribus) ; carina frontali distinctti sed minus curvata ;
prothorace ad latera oblique subreeto et ibidem (necnon etiam an-
tice, sed minus evidenter) sat gi'osse marginato ; el}i;ris parum mal-
leatis, plica humerali postice subabrupte terminate. — Long. corp. lin.
.3-3|.

Habitat Gomeram, a DD. Gray et Crotch lectus.
This and the following three species are considerably smaller than
the other members of the genus here enumerated ; and of the pre-

444 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

sent one I have seen as yet but two exami^les, both of which were
captured in Gomera — one of them by Mr. Gray during February
1858, near San Sebastian, and the other during the spring of 1862
by Dr. Crotch. The A. ixirce])unctatiis may be known by its surface
being less opake than is the case in its allies, and sparingly but dis-
tinctly punctured all over — the elytral punctures, however, being a
trifle larger than the remainder. Its frontal carina is conspicuous,
but not greatly arcuated ; its prothorax is somewhat obliquely-
straight at the sides (or, if anything, even a little incurved behind
the middle), and rather coarsely margined ; its elytra are slightly
malleated ; and its epipleural costa is subabruptly terminated beliind.

§ II. Epistoma apice vd fere vel omnino simpliciter emarginatum.
a. Epipleurce pAica Jmmeralis ohsoleta.

678. Arthrodes subciliatus, n. sp.

A. globoso-ovatus, subnitidus, in limbo (prasscrtim antice) parce fulvo-
pilosus ; capite prothoraceque dense et profunde punctatis, illius ca-
rina frontali recta valde elevata,epistomate antice obsoletissime sub-
tridentato (interdum quasi simphciter emarginato), hoc ad latera
fere baud (sed antice scnsim) marginato ; clytris convexis, subtilius
asperato-punctulatis, paulo mallcatis ; antennis pedibusque longi-
usculis, graciliusculis, ilHs una cum tarsis rufo-piceis, tibiarum an-
ticarum spinis duabus elongatis. — Long. corp. Hn. 25-vix 3.

Hahitat Fuerteventuram, ad radices plantarum in aridis arenosis
submaritimis fodiens.

Apart from its small size and subglobose body, which has the edges
(and the underside immediately beneath them) sparingly studded, as
in many other sand-insects, with a few fulvcscent hairs, and its epi-
plcurae greatly rounded and obtuse, with their lateral costa entii-ely
obsolete, this remarkable little species may immediately be known by
its rather shining surface, by its head and prothorax being densely
and very coarsely punctured, whilst the elytral punctules are smaller
and asperate, by its frontal keel being straight and much elevated,
and by its antennae and legs being comparatively rather long and
slender. The two spines of its anterior tibiae are acute and consi-
derably developed, and its epistome is so obsoletely tridentate in front
that even the rudiments of a central tooth (although sometimes ap-
parent) seem often to be totally inappreciable — when, of course,
there is merely an emargination.

The A. subciliatus is eminently a sand-burrowing insect, occurring
at the roots of plants on the small hillocks of drifted sand adjoining
the sea-coast in Fuerteventura. In such situations it was taken by

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 445

Mr. Gray and myself about a mile to the south of Puerto de Cabras,
in January 1858 ; and by myself, during the spring of the following
year, in the arid district of Corralejo, at the extreme north of that
island.

679. Arthrodes subcostatus.

A. praecedenti similis, sed plerumque paulo minor et scnsim minus
convexus, punctura omnino densioro et snbfortiore sed elytris sin-
gulis in lineis duabus vel tribus valde irrcgularibus indistinctis lon-
gitudinalibus lajvioribns sensim minus punctatis ; capite vix angus-
tiore ; prothorace immarginato, angulis anticis paulo magis por-
rcctis. — Long. corp. lin. 2-2|.

Erodius (Arthrodeis) subcostatus, BrulU, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 04
(1838).

Habitat Canariam Grandem, in locis similibus ac prascedens, in ari-
dis arenosis juxta urbem Las Palmas deprehensus.

The present Arthrodes is very closely allied to the preceding one,
and is apparently peculiar to Grand Canary, residing in much the
same sort of localities — at the roots of sand -plants, where it burrows
into the loose drifting sand. In such situations I took it, between
Las Palmas and the Puerto da Luz, during the spring of 1 858. It
agrees with the A. suhciliatus in its general outline and structure, as
well as in its laterally-pilose body, rather slender, elongate limbs,
and the greatly produced spines of its anterior tibiae ; but differs from
it in being, on the average, a trifle smaller and less convex, in its
punctation being altogether a little denser and perhaps somewhat
coarser, but with two or three obscure ill-dejined lines (or spaces)
down each of its elytra, which are comparatively glabrous (or free
from sculpture), by its head being perceptibly narrower, and by its
prothorax being destitute of even an obscure margin along its ante-
rior edge, and with its front angles a little more porrect. Having ex-
amined M. Brulle's types, I am enabled to state for certain that the
species is correctly identified.

b. Epijpleuroe plica humeralis distincta (sed vix ad medium ducta).
680. Arthrodes costifrons, n. sp.

A. afRnis A. subciliato, sed paulo major, oblongior, minus convexus,
minus nitidus et in limbo calvus (nee ciliatus) ; carina frontali ut
in hoc valde elevata sed curvata (nee recta) ; epistomate antice fere
simpliciter emarginato sed sub lente fortissima minutissime trisi-
nuato (quasi dentes 4, internos obsoletissimos, efficiente) ; protho-
race ad latera sensim (sed antice baud) marginato, una cum capite
densius (sc. dcnsissime) et subtilius punctato ; elytris subgrossius
maUeatis sed multo subtilius parciusque punctulatis (punctulis baud

446 CANAKTAN COLEOPTERA.

asperatis ct irrcgulariter dispcrsis) ; antennis tarsisqiie sensim ob-
scurioribus. — Long. corp. lin. i^g-3.

Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventuram ; in hac hand infrequens,
una cum A. subcUiato in arenosis fodiens ; sed ab ilia exemplar unum
(a meipso captum) adhuc vidi.

The A. costiffons is a Fuerteventuran species, and appears, like
the A. subciliatus (with which it is found in company), to be of sand-
burrowing propensities ; nevertheless it is not pilose at the edges of
its body. Although small, it is a little larger, as well as more oblong
and less convex, than that insect ; its surface is more opake ; its
frontal keel (which is equally elevated) is considerably curved, instead
of being straight ; its head and prothorax (the latter of which is
narrowly margined at the sides, but immarginatc in front) are much
more densely and finely punctured, wdiilst the punctules of its elytra
are excessively diminutive and distant (being, also, irregularly dis-
persed) ; and its epipleiu-al costa (instead of being obsolete) is de-
veloped, though not much incrassated. Its epistome appears at first
sight to be simply emarginated at the apex ; but when viewed
beneath a very powerful glass it will be seen to be most minutely
trisinuated, so as to shape out four points, the two inner ones of which
are barely traceable and sometimes quite obsolete. The A. eostifrons
seems to occur also in Lanzarote, a single example now before me
having been taken by myself in that island.

681. Arthrodes malleatus, n. sp.

Yl.pra3cedenti (A.costifronti) similis, sed pavilo major, oblongior; capite
prothoraceque \'ix profundius punctatis, hoc ad latera vix evdden-
tius marginato ; elytris multo magis malleatis punctidis(pie (irrc-
gulariter dispositis, i. e. in lacunis solis sitis) sensim majoribus ;
pedibus paulo minus graciUbus, tibiarum anticarum spinis duabus
magis obtusis, apicali minus curvata. — Long. corp. lin. 2-3^.

Habitat Lanzarotam, sub lapidibus in intcrmediis degens.

Although closely allied to the eostifrons, this Arthrodes is certainly
distinct from it ; occurring, apparently, in the intermediate districts
of Lanzarote, where it was taken by Mr. Gray and myself, during
the winter of 1858, in the extreme north of that island ; and by my-
self, during the spring of the following year, in the little adjacent
island of Graciosa. It difters from the eostifrons, mainly, in being a
little larger and more oblong ; in its elytra being considerably more
uneven, or much malleated, and in having their punctures (which are
collected into merely the depressions, leaving the more elevated parts
of the surface almost free from sculpture) a good deal lai'ger ; and

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in its legs being rather less slender, -with the two spines of their an-
terior tibiae, the apical one of which is considerably less curved, both
shorter and more obtuse.

682. Arthrodes emarginatus, n. sp.

A. species A. costifronti similis, et cum hoc structura tibiarum anti-
carum congruens, sed forsan paulo major obtusior ; capite protho-
raceque multo parcius punctulatis, illius carina frontali multo mi-
nus elevata ae paulo minus curvata, epistomate apice omnijio sim-
pliciter emarginato, hoc sensim latiore et omnino immarginato ; ely-
tris densius,fequaliter et minute asperato -punctulatis ; tibiarum an-
ticarum spinis elongatis, acutis, apicali cxirvata. — Long, corp, lin. 3.

Habitat Fuerteventuram, semel tantum repertus.

I have but a single example of this Arthrodes, caj)tured by myself
in Fuerteventura, to judge from ; but it appears to be exceedingly
distinct from both the subciUatics and costifrons, with which I believe
that it was taken in company. Indeed the structure of the teeth of
its anterior tibiae is precisely the same as in those sand-burrowing
species ; and its general aspect is very much that of the A. suhciliatus.
It is, however, a little larger and more obtuse ; its head and protho-
rax (the latter of which is not only perceptibly wider, but also en-
tirely immarginate) are much more sparingly punctulated ; its frontal
keel is considerably less elevated, and not quite so curved ; the emar-
gination of its epistome is unmistakeably simple ; and its elytra are
more closely and equaUy punctulated, the punctures moreover being
conspicuously asperate.

683. Arthrodes geotrupoides, n. sp.

A. prascedenti similis, sed multo major ; carina frontali minus elevatsx,
subobsoleta ; plica humcrali magis incrassata, subcurvata ; et spi-
nis tibiarum anticarum obtusioribus, minus productis, apicali mi-
nus curvata. — Long. corp. lin. 3|-5.

Habitat Fuerteventuram, parum rarus.

In its form, sculpture, and subopake surface, as well as in the
perfecfli/ simple emargination of its epistome, the present Arthrodes
is coincident with the last one ; and, like it, it was taken by myself,
though more abundantly, in Fuerteventura. It is, however, con-
siderabl}' larger ; its frontal keel is still less elevated, indeed almost
obsolete ; its humeral plica is thicker, and slightly arcuate ; and the
two teeth of its anterior tibiae are blunter and less produced, the
apical one moreover being less outwardly curved. This last character
indeed is perhaps the most significant of them all — implying, I think,
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448 CANARIAN COLEOPTEEA.

being comparatively elongated and acute, and the apical one of them
somewhat curved, is a structure which appears to be more particularly
indicative of the sand-burrowinrj species, which reside near the coast.

Fam. 64. TENTYRIAD^.

Genus 260. TENTYRIA.
Latreille, Hist. Nat. dcs Crust, d L>s. x. 270 (1804),

684. Tentyria interrupta.
Tentpia interrupta [Latr. ?], Bndle,in Webb ct Bcrth.{Col.) GG (1838).

Habitat ?

I know nothing of this insect, except that I examined it hastily
whilst in Paris, and that it is unquestionably distinct both from the
T. elongata and the Pa'ivcea hispida. As M. Brulle vouchsafes neither
a description of it nor its habitat, I am of course perfectly unable to
say even in what island it was found. Indeed his short notice of it
is about as vague and unsatisfactory as it is well possible to be in a
published Fauna ; for he did not seem to have made up his mind
whether it should be referred to the hiternipta of Latreille, or the
maroccana, or whether it is distinct from both of them ; and, more-
over, his tijpe is likewise labelled with the name of " marginicoUis " !
Instead of inserting a diagnosis, by which at all events the species
might be recognized, the following is his elaborate account of it : —
" Tentyria inteerupta, Latr,, ou Maroccana. Du midi do la France
et du nord de I'Afi'ique. Les individus que nous avons sous les yeux
ne se rapportent exactement ni a I'une ni a I'autre de ces especes, et
ne scmblent cepcndant pas devoir constituer une cspece nouvelle.
Peut-etre sont-ils le lien qui doit rcimir les deux autres? " Consi-
dering the great liability of certain Coleoptera to become accidentally
imported in trading vessels from the African coast, I feel a slight hesi-
tation in admitting this Tentyria into the Catalogue at all.

(Subgenus Eulipus, WoU.)
Corpus angustum, gracile, sat profunde punctatum ; ocidis magnis,
prominentibus, regulariter reniformibus (infra vix angustatis); an-
tennis pedibusc^Q longissimis, gracilibus, wn^mcwZis valde elongatis.

685, Tentyria elongata.
T. gracilis, angusta, atra, nitida ; capite prothoraceque (illo sat den-
sius) punctatis, iUius epistomate obtuse rotundato producto, hoc
convexo postice gradatim angustiore, angulis posticis acutis sed
argute determinatis necnon ad latera et basin grosse marginato ;
elytris cllipticis postice acuminatis, profunde et sat parce pimctatis.

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 449

ad lateraet basin grossemarginatis; anteniiis pedibusque (praeser-
tim tarsis) picescentioribus. — Long. corp. lin. 4-7.

Tentyria (3fcsoste»a) elougata*, Bridle, in Wehh et Berth. (Col.) 66
(1838).

Habitat in arenosis submaritimis Fuerteventurae et Canariae, ad
radices plantarum juxta mare ci'escentium latens.

This large and slender insect, with its greatly elongated limbs,
would appear to reside amongst the loose sand which collects into
small hillocks by drifting around the roots of shrubby plants, within
a short distance of the sea-shore (though not upon the actual beach).
In such situations it was taken by Mr. Gray and myself about a mile
to the south of Puerto de Cabras in Fuerteventxira during January
1858 (in which locality I again met with it in April of the following
year) ; and by myself, and subsequently by Dr. Crotch, on the low
sand-hills of Grand Canary between Las Palmas and the Isleta. The
Grand-Canarian specimens are, on the average, larger than the
Fuerteventuran ones.

Genus 261. PAIV^A (nov. gen.).

Instrumenta cibaria fere ut in Tentyria, sed corpus alitor constructj,im
pilisque elongatis erectis obsitum ; ejyistomate ad apicem acute an-
gulato-producto ; antennarxmi articulo ultimo penultimo minore,
oblique truncato ; prothorace antice latiore, basi bisinuato, angulis
posticis vix subrectis, argute determinatis ; scutello multo breviore,
sc. brcvissimo, transverso, costiformi ; elytris ad basin grossius
marginatis, ad humeros magis angalatis ; antenuis pedibusqae ro-
bustis, pilosis.

Ohs. — In honorem amici mei periti, Baronis " Castello de Paiva "
Lusitanici, qui scientiae naturali deditus, solertissimus cultor ac
observator acutus, per tot annos nomen Lusitanicum ornavit.

Although the oral organs of nearly the whole of these immediate
groups are almost similar, there can be little doubt, I think, that

* M. BruUe cites this species as a membei' of (what he would appear to regard
as, thougli very erroneously, the st(bgeniis) Mcsosfena. It has, however (judging
from the diagnosis), nothing whatever to do with that group — though, superfici-
ally, it certainly possesses the comparatively slender body of the Mesosfencs. But
the form of the eyes and the greatly elongated tliird joint of its antennae (even
inore. so, perhaps, than in the true TentyricE) entirely remove it from Mcsostena ;
whilst from Axumia it is as readily separated by its last antennal joint being as
broad as the penultimate one, as well as by its perfectly distinct scutellum and
its convex body. Nevertheless it is by no means a very normal Tentyria, and
may perhaps constitute the type of a closely allied genus — its much narrower
and slenderer outline and more deeply punctui'ed surface, in combination with
its larger and more prominent eyes (which are regularly reniform, and therefore
but slightly contracted in their lower half), the more defined posterior angles of
its prothorax, and its very much longer and thinner limbs and claws, all tending
to remove it from the ordinary representatives of that group.

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450 CANARIAN COIEOPTERA.

the insect from which the above characters have been drawn is truly
distinct from Tentyria — its external peculiarities being more than
sufficient to render its isolation therefr'om not only desirable, but
necessary. Its two main differential features consist in its scuteUum
being excessively short and transverse (constituting in fact, as in He-
geter, a mere portion of the marginal rim at the base of the elytra),
and in its surface being sparingly studded with long and erect hairs.
In other respects, its epistome is much produced, and acute, in the
centre ; the terminal joint of its antennae is considerably smaller than
the preceding one, and obliquely truncated at the apex ; its prothorax
(which is wide anteriorly and narrowed behind) is somewhat bisinu-
ated along the basal edge, and has the posterior angles well defined
ami rather acute ; the humeral angles also of its elytra are sharply
defined by the greatly thickened marginal rim ; its entire surface is
irregularly punctured (the punctui'es, which are very variable in size,
being composed of a double series — large and small) ; and its limbs
are thickened and pilose.

686. Paivaea hispida.

P. atra, nitida, pUis elongatis erectis fulvescentibus (prsesertim in
elytris, sed vix in capite) parce obsita ; capite sat profunde sed
parce insequaliter punctate ; prothorace cordato-subquadrato, in
disco convexo, ad latera et basin grosse marginato, angulis posticis
acutiusculis, parcius leviusque inaequalitcr punctate ; elytris vix
rugulosis, leviter, parce et insequaliter pimctatis (punctis majoribus
obsolete subseriatim dispositis) ; antennis pedibusque robustis, pi-
losis, plus minus picescentioribus.

Variat pimctis plus minus distinctis et incequalibus, punctis majori-
bus in prothorace elytrisque interdum sat magnis ; clji;ris seepe ob-
soletissime subsulcatis. — Long. corp. lin. 4-5.

Tentyria hispida, Bridle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 66 (1838).
, Hartung, Geolotj. Verhdltn. Lanz. unci Fuert. 140, 141.

Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventuram, necnon in insulis parvis
adjacentibus (sc. Graciosa et Lobos), sub lapidibus vulgaris.

A universal insect throughout Lanzarote and Fuerteventura (and
the adjacent islands of Graciosa and Lobos), occurring beneath stones.
I do not believe that it exists further westward in the archipelago ;
for although I have received it from Paris as Teneriifan, it was pro-
bably regarded as such through the mere fact of its having been sent
from Teneriffe (even whilst obtained elsewhere in the Group). It
was captured likewise by Mr. Gray and M. Hartung; and from
Fuerteventura it has been communicated by the Barao do CasteUo de
Paiva, to whom I have had much pleasure in dedicating the genus.

CANAEIAN COLEOPTEEA. 451

Gemis262. HEGETER.
Latreille, Hist Nat. des Crust, et Ins. iii. 172 (1802).

Although it is possible that some few of the Hegeters enumerated
below may be, in reality, but permanent varieties, rather than un-
doubted species, nevertheless, since I have been enabled to catch their
true distinctions through the fact of my having worked them out from
an enormous mass of material collected in the several islands of the
Group, and since many of them have already been published by
Messrs. "Webb and Berthelot, I think it wUl be more convenient to
acknowledge the whole of them as of specific importance — seeing
that they are for the most part sufficiently weU defined, and since
the admission that any of them are mere phases peculiar to certain
districts would involve considerable difficulty in dealing with the
remainder. Nevertheless I am far from satisfied that the genus is
not essentially a variable one, and consequently suspect that certain
of these forms may be but races, gradually matured by the local in-
fluences to which, in their own particular regions, they may happen
to have been long exposed : but as we have no actual proof to that
effect, I do not think that it would be prudent to acknowledge them
as of a lower rank than true, though at the same time nearly allied,
species. Having taken some pains, whilst in Paris, to examine M.
Brulle's types, I believe I may venture to say that his species (as re-
enuneiated below) are correctly identified*.

§ I. Elytra eUiptlca (i. e. antice et postice paulo magis angustata,
quare in medio sensim magis rotundata).
687. Hegeter tristis. .

Blaps tristis, Fah., Ent. Si/sf. i. 108 (1792) [sec. Dom. Schaum'].

elongata, Oliv., Unt.nl 60. pi. i. f. 7 (1795).

Hegeter striatus, Lat., Hist. Nut. des Crust, et Ins. x. 276 (1804).

, Bndlc, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 64 (1838).

elongatus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 510. tab. xi, f. 7 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mud. Col. 157 (1857).

Habitat insulas omnes Canarienses, sub lapidibus in aridis, necnon
in cavemis tufae, vulgaris.

* In my ' Ins. Mad.' I stated tlie inner maxillary lobe of Hegeter to be unarmed
at the apex — an opinion wliich has been reiterated by Lacordaire, who reports
that he also dissected the H. elongatus (i. e. tristis) and found that my observation
was correct. It certainly was from that species that my generic formida was
compiled ; but I can only say that I have just now taken out the maxillae of no
less than three members of the group (namely, the tristis, amaroides, and im-
pressiis), besides those of the T/ialpojjhila plicifrons and polita, and I fmd that
in all instances the inner lobe is powerfully uncinated at its tip, as in the allied
genera. Both lobes, however, are very densely clothed with long pile, and it is
probable therefore that I failed originally, no less than Lacordaire, to perceive
the small but acute claw which terminates the inner one of the H. tristis, on
account of its having been concealed in the mass of hairs.

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452 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

This is not only the largest of aU the known Hegeters, but by far
the most Avidcly spread. Indeed it is a remarkable fact that whilst
nearly aU the others are extremely local, partaking more (as it were)
of the character of races, the present one occurs in the whole of these
Atlantic Groups — having been detected in the Azores, Madeiras,
Canaries, and the Cape de Verdes, as weU as, also, on the northern
and western coasts of Africa. Throughout the Canarian archipelago
it is universal, in the whole seven islands of which I have myself
captiu'ed it, except Fuerteventura and Gomera ; but from the former
it has been communicated, in profusion, by the Barao do Castello de
Paiva, who obtained it sparingly from the latter also (where it was
likewise met with, during the spring of 1862, by Dr. Crotch).

Apart from its much larger bulk, the H. tristis may be recognized
by its comparatively sulcated, elliptic elytra, and by the hinder angles
of its subquadrate prothorax being almost right angles. Its surface,
particularly of the head and prothorax, is more or less ojiake, and so
minutely punctulated that the punctules are often scarcely traceable
even beneath a high magnifying power. In a living state it is fre-
quently clothed with a didl bluish-white, or lead-coloured, bloom
(which however is soon destroyed) — a peculiarity to which, although
I had often noticed it, my attention has lately been directed by Mr.
Bewicke, of Madeira.

688, Hegeter Webbianus.

H. praecedenti simUis et ab iUo (nisi fallor) vix distinctus, sed minor,
punctulis etiam magis indistinctis (oculo etiam fortissimo armato
aegre discernendis), ergo quasi impunctatus ; prothorace per basin
paulo magis bisinuato, angulis posticis sensim acutioribus (ncc
subrectis); antennis pedib usque (praesertim tarsis) subgracihoribus,
tibiis anticis minus evidenter serratulis. — Long. corp. lin. 4-5.

Hegeter Webbianus, Heinehcn, Zool. Jmirn. v. 40 (1835).

Habitat montes Canaritc Grandis, in regione " Tarajana " captus :
etiam TenerifFam apud cl. Heineken colore dicitur.

I scarcely think that this Hegeter is more than a race, or state, of
the tristis ; and certainly, had it been unpublished, I should not my-
self have treated it as anything more important ; nevertheless, as I
have little doubt that it is the particular form which Dr. Heineken
described as the H Webbianus, I am unwiUing to cancel the name
which he imposed upon it. It differs from the tristis, merely, in
being smaller and (if anything) even more indistinctly punctulated
still (the punctules being so barely traceable, even beneath a high
magnifying power, that the surface might well be defined as " im-

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

453

punctate ") ; in its prothorax being a little more decidedly bisinuated
along the basal edge, and consequently mth the posterior angles
somewhat acuter (or less evidently right angles) ; in its limbs (par-
ticularly the tarsi) being just perceptibly slenderer ; and in its ante-
rior tibiae being a little less roughened, or serrated. The only region
in. which I have myself observed it is the mountains of Grand Canary,
where, during April 1858, I took it, not imcommonly, on the ascent
to the Pinal above San Bartolome.

689. Hegeter glaber.
H. affinis H. Wehbiano, quasi (etiam oculo fortissimo armato) im-
punctatus, prothorace apice paulo minus profunde emarginato, per
basin sensim grossius mai-ginato ; scutello etiam magis transverse ;
elytris subconvexioribus et minus evidenter subsidcatis (ssepe om-
nino simplicibus) ; antennis pedibusque vix rninus gracilibus.
Variat interdum subnitidus. — Long. corp. lin. 4-6.

Hegeter glaber, Brulle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 65. pi. 1. f. 9 (1838).
Habitat Palmam, hinc inde sub lapidibus.

This Hegeter, which I have observed hitherto only in Palma, agrees
with the two preceding ones in its comparatively elliptic elytra (which
are rather more narrowed before and behind, and therefore somewhat
more rounded in the middle), and it is of about the same size as the
H. Webhianus ; nevertheless its prothorax is a little less scooped-out
at the apex and somewhat more broadly margined along the basal
edge, its scutellum is just perceptibly more transverse, its elytra are
less sulcated (indeed often quite simple) and if anything more convex,
and its limbs (especially the anterior tibiae) are perhaps a trifle less
slender. Of M. Brulle's types, one pertained to this species, and the
other was the large variety of the H. amaroides ; I have therefore
regarded the present one as the insect he intended to describe.

690. Hegeter amaroides.

H. parum similis H. tristi, sed minor (plerumque multo minor), punc-
tm-a paulo distinctiore (sed tamen minutissima) ; prothorace sub-
breviore, antice vix angustiore ; elytris sensim oblongioribus (vix
eUipticis) et plerumque minus evidenter sulcatis ; antennis pedi-
busque minus elongatis.

Variat elytris interdum (praesertim in speciminibus majoribus) paulo
magis eUipticis et fere hand sulcatis [=ir. polito, Br.], necnon in
ins. Hierro punctura subdistinctiore : in Oomera prothorax ad basin
est paulo magis bisinuatus, angulis anticis vix magis porrectis.

Var. ft. subglabra [an species?]. Multo minor, elytris simplicibus
(sulcis ouinino obsoletis). — Long. corp. lin. 3-5|.

Hegeter amaroides, Sol., Ann. dela Soc. Ent. de France, iv. 378 (1835).

464 CANAEIAN COLEOPTERA.

Hegeter amaroides, Bmlle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) G4 (1838).
politus, Id., loc. cit. 65 (1838).

Habitat in Teneriflfa, Gomera et Hierro, sub lapidibus vulgaris.

This appears to be a very variable species, both in size and in its
more or less evidently sulcated elytra. The larger form, -which is
abundant around the Puerto Orotava in Teneriife, has the elytra
sometimes a little more elliptic and shining than in the ordinary
examples, and almost free from longitudinal furrows, thus manifestly
approaching the H. gJaher; but after comparing accurately an immense
series of specimens, I am quite unable to separate it from the smaller
and more typical state, into which it merges by imperceptible grada-
tions. Nevertheless that particular race is clearly identical with
M. Brulle's H. politus — as is evident both from his description and
from one of his two types (for the other seemed to me to be specifi-
cally different). The examples from Hierro are a little more sharply
punctulated than those from TenerifFe ; and the Gomeran ones have
their prothorax usually a trifle more bisinuated along the basal edge
and with the anterior angles perhaps somewhat more porrect.

The H. amaroides may generally be known by its being consider-
ably smaller than the tristis, by its punctation (although very
minute) being a little more distinct, by its prothorax being a trifle
shorter and less quadrate (being for the most part rather narrower
in front than behind), by its elytra being perceptibly more oblong
(or less elliptic) and somewhat less coarsely sulcated, and by its Umbs
being relatively shorter. I have taken it, in profusion, in TenerifFe,
Gomera, and Hierro, in all three of which it was likewise found by
Mr. Gray ; whilst from the first it has also been communicated by
the Rev. R. T. Lowe, the Barao do Castello de Paiva, M. Hartung,
Dr. Crotch, and my late friend the Rev. "W". J. Armitage. I believe
that M. Solier's type is coincident with the smaller and more sul-
cated form, which is common about S^'' Cruz (and elsewhere) in
TenerifFe. The smallest state of all, however, which I have regarded
as the " var. (i,'" is somewhat peculiar, and possibly should have
been treated as a separate species. It is verT/ much smaller than
the ordinary phasis of the insect, and has its elytra quite simjile
(the sulci being obsolete). It has more the pnmd facie aspect of
the H. brevicollis ; but is more elliptic in outline, and when closely
inspected its prothorax will be seen to be differently shaped, and
the third joint of its antennae to be perceptibly longer. It was sent
from TenerifFe by the Barao do CasteUo de Paiva, and was caj)tured,
I believe, either at Arona or at Las Mercedes (probably the former).

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 455

§ II. Elytra plus minus oblongiora.
691. Hegeter transversus.

//, oblongus, vel latus vel latiusculus, plus minus depressus, opacus ;
eapite prothoraceque plus minus minute (seel semper evidenter)
pimctulatis, hujus angidis posticis subacutis ; elytris basin versus
plus minus latis parallelis, minutius (quasi hand) punctulatis sed
plus minus irregulariter transversim subrimosis, ssepius simplicibus
(rarissime obsolete subsulcatis) ; antennis pedibusque breviusculis,
crassiusculis.

a. Major, latior, depressior, distinctius punctulatus ; elytris antice
sensim latioribus, rectioribus, ubique evidentius irregulariter ri-
mulosis. \_Regionibubs suhelevatis propiius.']

j8. Minor, angustior, paulo minus depressus, minus evidenter punctu-
latus ; elytris antice ssepius minus latis et omnino minus sculptu-
ratis. [_In regionUms mintts elevatis, et etiam inferioribus, occur-
rens.'] — Long. corp. lin. 3|-5.

Hegeter transversus, Brtdle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 65 (1838).
Habitat Teneriffam* (prgesertim borealem), ab ora maritima usque
ad 3000' vel 4000' s. m. ascendens. a et j3, quamvis prima facie dis-
similes, nisi' faUor baud distincti sunt, inter se gradatim facUe mer-
gentes.

This Hegeter, which seems to be peculiar to TenerifFe, is quite as
variable as the last one ; nevertheless its two extremes of form are
very easily connected. In the higher regions it is large, broad, de-
pressed, and evidently punctulated, and its elytra are wide and par-
allel in front and more or less coarsely (though irregularly) trans-
versely -sc7'atcJied (or -rimose) ; but as we descend in elevation all

* Dr. Heer, in the list which he prepared for M. Hartung's vohmie, has cited
the H. transversus as found in Fuertevcntura ; but I am satisfied that it does not
exist in either of the two eastern islands of the Group (probably indeed not be-
yond Teneriffe), and that the error has arisen (as in other instances already
commented upon) from M. Hartung's having unintentionally transposed certain
of his specimens from the dilFerent islands. Nevertheless tlie species was rightly
identified by Dr. Heer ; for he has himself sent me an example referred correctly
to the H. transversus. It is, however, comtmmicated as coming from "Lanza-
rote," even whilst he publishes the insect as a Fuerteventuran (and not as a
Lanzarotan) one ! — another instance of the excessive inaccuracy, displayed alike
by himself and M. Hartung, as regards their meagre Catalogue. The different
forms of Hegeter (whether species or not) are so unmistakeable, when accurately
inspected, and so topographically restricted, that I am convinced that the spe-
cimen which he forwarded to me is strictly a Teneriffan one, and that it was
probably taken in some part of the Vale of Orotava. In like manner he registers
the H. brevicollis as found in both Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, whilst I will
undertake to say that it never occurred in either of them. As in the other case,
it is a Teneriffan species, with a slightly aberrant state peculiar to Gomera.
But as he has not communicated a type identified with the brevicollis, it is cer-
tainly possible (in tliis instance) tliat he may have fallen into a mere mistake of
names, and that he in reality alludes to a totally different Hegeter— or, more likely,
to the Thalpophila plicifrons (wliich at any rate is found in Fuerteventura).

456 CANAllIAN COLEOPTERA.

these characters are gradiudhj diminished, until, in the lower dis-
tricts, it is, on the average, comparatively small, and relatively not
quite so broad, its sculpture is altogether finer (though never obso-
lete), and its elytra are not quite so parallel (or so widened) ante-
riorly : nevertheless, after inspecting carefully an immense series
of specimens, I am satisfied that the two forms merge into each other
by imperceptible gradations, and therefore cannot be retained as spe-
cifically distinct. The larger state (a) is common in the wooded re-
gion of the Agiia Mansa and above Ycod el Alto ; and the smaller one
(/t3) is universal in the lower portions of the Vale of Orotava, around
the Villa and Puerto, where it was also taken by Mr. Gray and the
Rev. R. T. Lowe. From the H. amaroides its difterent outline and
more transverse prothorax, in conjunction with its shorter and thicker
limbs (the second joint of its antcnnse beuig, par excellence, less elon-
gated), will readily separate it.

692. Hegeter brevicollis.
H. affinis H. transverso fi, sed paulo minor angustior subconvexior,
vix minus opacus, punctura etiam subtiliore (quasi omnino obso-
leta) ; prothorace ad basin minus bisinuato, angulis posticis sensim
obtusioribus, ad latera asqualiter subrotundato.
Var. /3. gonierensis [an species ?]. Subovatior, paulo nitidior, punc-
tura (subtilissima sed) forsan subdistinctiore ; prothoraeis angulis
posticis rectis, paulo magis argute determinatis ; elytris apice vix
minus acute productis ; antennis pedibusque sensim crassioribus.
\_Ins. Gomera.] — Long. corp. lin. 3-4.

Hegeter brevicollis, BndU, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 65 (1838).
Habitat Tenerrffam et Gomeram, varietate /3 huic propria.
The larger examples of this Hegeter approach very closely, at first
sight, to the smaller ones of the " ft "-state of the transversus ; and
whilst the latter appears to occur in the intermediate regions of the
Vale of Orotava in Teneriffe, not often descending to the lowest
elevations, the present species I have detected hitherto only around
the Puerto, at but a slight distance above the sea-level. On a
careful inspection it will be observed, always, to differ from even
the smallest and most aberrant varieties of the H. transversus in
being relatively a trifle narrower and more convex, in its punctation
being so excessively fine as to be barely traceable (and, therefore,
strictly obsolete), and in its prothorax being less bisinuated along the
basal edge, with the posterior angles more obtuse, and with the sides
a little more equally rounded. It is also, on the average, smaller
than even the " ft "-state of the transversus, and if anything a trifle
less opake.

CANAEIAN COLEOPXEHA. 457

Whether the Gomeran "insect, which I have treated as a " var. /3 "
of the present one, and which was taken by Mr. Gray and myself
(near San Sebastian), during February 1858, and subsequently by
the Rev. R. T. Lowe (at Hermigua), should not rather be regarded
as a distinct species, I am somewhat doubtful ; but I believe that its
differential characters are scarcely of sufficient importance to warrant
the conclusion that it is more than a mere insular phasis of the H.
brevicoUis. It is, however, a little more convex and ovate in outline
(occasioned by the elytra being a trifle more drawn downwards, or
less acuminated, at their apex), very perceptibly more shining, and
with the punctation perhaps not quite so " obsolete " ; the basal angles
of its prothorax, also, are better defined, and more strictly right angles ;
and its antennse and legs are sensibly thicker.

693. Hegeter abbreviatus.

//. latus, curtus, breviter oblongo-ovalis ; capite prothoraceque sub-
opacis, dense et (praesertim illo) distincte punctatis, hoc transverse
'angulis posticis vix obtusis ; elytris ad basin truncatis (vix bisi-
nuatis), subnitidioribus, paulo subtilius punctulatis ; antennis pe-
dibusque subgracilibus, nigro-piceis. — Long. corp. lin. 2^-3.

Hegeter abbreviatus, Bridle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) QG (1838).

Habitat in lauretis excelsioribus Canariae Grandis, rarissimus.

This is one of the best-defined of all the Hegeters hitherto detected,
its short and broad, oblong- oval outline, combined vrith its distinctly
and densely punctulated surface (the head and prothorax being sub-
opake, whilst the elytra, which are straightly truncated at their base,
are rather more shining), being abundantly sufficient to characterize
it. It would appear to be exceedingly scarce, or at any rate local,
the only spot in which I have observed it being the laurel-district
(which forms a portion of the ancient forest of El Dorames) between
Guia and Osorio in Grand Canary — where, on the 21st of April 1858,
I captured eight specimens, from beneath damp stones, at the edges
of the mountain-road below the house of General Morales.

694. Hegeter costipennis, n. sp.

//. oblongo-ovatus, crassus, opacus ; capite prothoraceque (ijrsesertim
hoc) impunctatis, hujus anguHs posticis rectis ; elytris granulatis,
singulis longitudinaliter 3-costatis, costa interna minus elevata.

Variat (an potius distinctio sexualis ?) subnitidus, elytrorum granulis
minus distinctis. — Long. corp. lin. 4-5.

Habitat in montibus Canariae Grandis, rarissimus, sub lapidibus.
A most remarkable Hegeter, readily known by its large and thick
body, opake surface, and granulated elytra, which have thi"ce elevated

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costso (the inner one of which is less raised than the others) down
each. One of my specimens, however, is comparatively shining, and
has its elytral granules less distinct ; but whether this is due to va-
riation, or is merely a sexual peculiarity, I am unable to state. It
would appear to be the rarest of all the species hitherto detected,
the only examples which I have seen (five in number) having been
captured by myself on the ascent to the Roca del Soucilho, above San
Mateo, in Grand Canary, during the spring of 1858.

695. Hegeter impressus.

H. praecedenti similis, sed minus opacus, capitis prothoracisque punc-
tulis sensim evidcntioribus (sed tamen subtilissimis, ajgre obser-
vandis); elytris singulis obsolete 3-costatis, minutius grauulatis,
et transversim irregulariter, sed valde, rimoso-corrugatis (vel -im-
pressis).

Variat (praecipue in regionibus australibus) paulo convexior angus-
tior nitidior, elytris minus evidenter granulatis et costis magis nu-
merosis (i. e. alternis minus certe obsoletis) sed omnibus valde in-
distinctis (interdum vix discernendis) longitudinaliter instructis. —
Long. corp. lin. 3|-vix 5.

Hegeter impressus, Brulle, in Webh et Berth. {Col.) 64 (1838).

Habitat Canariam Grandem, sub lapidibus vulgaris.

The present Hegeter, which seems to be almost universal in Grand
Canary, and which abounds throughout the region of El Monte, is
evidently nearly allied to the preceding one, whose elyti'al pecu-
liarities, of minute granules and thi'ce longitudinal costse, it possesses,
but to a less extent — the diminution in degree being, as it were,
compensated for by the addition of a transversely crumpled (or cor-
rugated) sui'face. This last feature, which varies somewhat in in-
tensity, is generally very conspicuous, being of itself sufficient to dis-
tinguish the species. The H. impressus is a little less opake than
the costipennis ; and the punctules of its head and prothorax, although
excessively minute, are traceable — which is scarcely the case in its
ally, except when viewed beneath the microscope. In certain dis-
tricts, particularly towards the south and centre of the island (as at
Arguiniguin and above San Bartolome), it is a httle narrower, con-
vexer, and more shining ; and its elytra are less evidently granuled,
and have their obscure costae (although perhaps stUl less apparent)
rather more numerous, — the intermediate ones, which are obsolete in
the normal specimens (and in the H. costipennis), being (however
faint) as distinct as the remainder. But the two forms pass into
each other by imperceptible gradations.

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696. Hegeter subrotundatus, n. sp.

H. affinis //. impresso, sed brevior, paiilo rotundatior (sc, subovalis)
et sensim minus opacus ; capite prothoraceque distinetius punctu-
latis, hoc subbreviore, magis transverso, ante medium sensim la-
tiore, angulis omnibus paulo obtusioribus ; elytris distincte granu-
latis, regulariter sed obsolete longitudinaliter sulcatis et paulo mi-
nus grosse transversim corrugatis ; antennis breviusculis, robus-
tioribus.
Variat [an distinctio sexualis ?] prothorace antice ad latera subex-
planato-marginato, aut potius juxta marginem longitudinaliter im-
presso (impressione ad angulos anticos oblique incurvci). — Long.
Corp. lin. 3|.

Habitat Canariam Grandem, ad Arguiniguin deprehensus.
Out of a large series of the H. impressus captured by myself at
Arguinigaiin, in the south of Grand Canary, I find three examples
which recede so much from the remainder that I can scarcely regard
them as a mere variety of that species — at all events not a local one,
inasmuch as they were found in the same locality as the others.
Judging from the types now before me, the H. suhrotimdatus would
seem to differ from its ally in being of a shorter and rounder outline,
and rather less opake ; in its head and prothorax being very much
more distinctly, and rather more remotely, punctured — the latter,
also, being somewhat shorter and more transverse, more evidently
widened before the middle, with the angles less acute, and not so
deeply bisinuated along the basal edge ; and in its antennae being
thicker, with their third joint perhaps a trifle less elongated. Its
elytra are perceptibly granulate, and obsoletely sulcated — causing
the interstices generally (and not merely the alternate ones), as in
the variety indicated above of the -impressus, to appear slightly ele-
vated. If anything, however, they are perhaps a little less corru-
gated transversely than is the case in that insect.

697. Hegeter tenuipunctatus.

H. subopacus, subdepressus, ubique dense ct minute, sed tamen di-
stincte, punctulatus (punctuhs in elytris minutissimis) ; prothorace
transverso -subquadrato, ad latera a^qualiter subrotundato, angulis
posticis vix obtusis ; elytris planiusculis, fere simplicibus. — Long,
corp. lin. 3-4.

Hegeter tenuipunctatus?, Bridle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 65 (18.38).

Habitat in montibus valde excelsis Teneriffse, usque ad 9000' vel
10,000' s. m. ascendens : Maio ineunte a.d. 1859 sub lapidibus prope
Caiiadas abundabat.

M. Brulle's tyjjes of his H. tenuipimctatus, which I examined in
Paris, do not perfectlij accord with this Heyeter, but I thought them

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sufRciently near to render it probable that the two arc specifically
identical ; nevertheless, if they should prove hereafter to be distinct,
I would then propose for the present one the title of ascendens. His
examples are a trifle brighter, and have their prothorax rather nar-
rower in front and more obliquely-straightened at the sides.

The H. tenuipimctatus (as here defined) is, like the lateralis, essen-
tially an alpine insect — occurring on the mountains of Teneriffe,
from about 7000 to at least 9000 (or perhaps 10,000) feet above the
sea. On the lofty Cumbre above Ycod el Alto, and overlooking the
Cafiadas, I captured it in profusion, from beneath stones and scoriae,
at the beginning of May 1859 ; where it was taken afterwards,
though more sparingly, by Dr. Crotch. The species may be known
by its rather depressed body and opake surface, which is densely and
minutely (but nevertheless very evidently) punctulated all over, the
punctures of the elytra, however, being exceedingly minute ; by its
prothorax being transversely quadrate, equalli/ (though not greatly)
roimded at the sides, and with the posterior angles rather more ob-
tuse than right angles ; and by its elytra being almost simple, or with
scarcely any traces whatsoever of longitudinal stria?.

698. Hegeter lateralis.

H. praeeedenti similis, sed paulo convexior angustior nitidior, sensim
magis subcylindrico-ovatus, punctui'tl omnino fortiore et vix par-
ciore ; prothorace ad latera minus asqualiter rotundato (i. e. mox
ante medium sensim latiore), ad basin minus evidentcr bisinuato,
angulis posticis subobtusioribus ; elytris obsoletissime substriatis,
ad latera paido magis rotundatis, quare versus humeros minus par-
aUelis.

Variat (forsan secundum sexum) plus minus nitidiusculus, jiunctura
plus minus grossa et elytris plus minus evidentcr substriatis. —
Long. corj). lin. 2|-4.

Hegeter lateralis, Brulle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 65 (1838).

Habitat in montibus excelsis Teneriffae, una cum specie prsecedente
degens.

This species occurs in company with the preceding one, in almost
the loftiest elevations of Teneriffe, ascending, I believe, to about
10,000 feet above the sea. Indeed I at first thought that it might
perhajis be the other sex of that insect, but on a closer inspection I
perceive that its differences are too numerous to warrant that suspi-
cion. It may be known from it by being, on the average, a little
convexer, narrower, and more shining, having more of a subcylindric-
ovate outline than an oblong one; by its jjunctation being altogether
stronger, and perhaps a trifle less dense ; by its prothorax being

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rather less equally rounded at the sides (or somewhat wider before
the middle than behind it), less bisinuated along the basal edge, and
with the hinder angles therefore perceptibly more obtuse ; and by
its elytra being very obsoletely substriated (a character, however,
which varies a httle in intensity), and more evidently rounded at the
sides, or less parallel towards their base.

Genus 263. THALPOPHILA.

Solier, Ann. tie la Soc. Ent. de France, iv. 370 (1835).
Although I should not myself have regarded the four insects enu-
merated below as more than aberrant Hegeters, for the acconmiodation
of which a separate Section might perhaps be desirable, nevertheless,
since they all have their epistome armed in the centre with a minute
tooth, and the &st of them is Ukewise remarkable for the greatly de-
veloped longitudinal plait on either side of its forehead (adjoining the
eye), I think that they may safely be referred to Seller's genus Thal-
pophUa, of which these two characters appear, from the diagnosis, to
constitute the essential features ; and moreover as the only described
member of that group (namely, the AMs abbreviata of Fabrieius) is
found in Senegal, it seems still further probable, even geographically,
that these five natives of the eastern portion of the Canarian archi-
pelago may be truly congeneric with the one from the African coast.
If such, however, should be the case, the structural formula of Thal-
popliUa wiU require a slight readjustment ; for the lateral carinse of
the forehead, the " depressed " body, the " rounded " angles of the
prothorax, the " cylindrical " antennal joints, and the " triangular "
scutellum are not more expressed (except perhaps the fii'st of them),
or more generic, than they are in Hegeter. But the mucronated epi-
stome is a character which seems to hold good in them all.

§ I. Corpus sat magnum ; oculis transversis, reniformibus.

699. Thalpophila plicifrons, n. sp.

T. oblongo-ovata, crassa, subopaca, minute et sat dense punctulata ;
capite antice grosse subangulatim mucronato, utrinque juxta oculos
alte longitudinaliter plicato ; pro tho race ad latera parum rotundato,
angulis posticis subrectis, anticis acutis ; antennis pedibusque ro-
bustis. — Long. corp. lin. 41-5.

Hegeter bre vicollis ?, Hart, [nee Br. ], Geolog. Verhaltn. Lanz. und Fuert.
140, 141.

Habitat FuerteventiU'am, sub lapidibus parum vulgaris.

This species has been observed hitherto only in Fuerteventura,

where it was taken by Mr. Gray and myself near Puerto de Cabras

462 CANARIAN COLEOrTERA.

during January 1858, and subsequently by myself at Oliva in March
of the following year ; and I possess a specimen which was captured
in the same island by M, Hartung. It may readily be known by
its rather large size and thick, oblong-ovate body, by its subopake,
densely punctulated surface, and by its head having the longitudinal
plait on either side (adjoining the eye) greatly raised or developed.
Its epistome is produced in front into a robust subangulated point ;
and its prothorax has the sides slightly rounded, the basal angles
scarcely more than right angles, and the anterior ones acute.

700. Thalpophila Deyrollii, n. sp.

T. oblonga, crassa, aterrima, polita ; capitc prothoraceque dense et
(prcesertim illo) sat profunde punctatis, epistomate antice minute
sed acute mucronato ; prothorace brevi, transverso, ad latera leviter
rotixndato, angulis posticis subrotundate subrectis ; elytris minute
punctulatis et postice plus minus e^ddenter sed i)arco tuberculatis,
angidis humerahbus hand porrectis ; antennis pedibusque brevius-
culis.

Variat in insula parva "Lobos" dicta (juxta Fuerteventuram bo-
realem) elytris grossius asperato-tuberculatis ; necnon in insuhi
" Graciosa " (juxta Lanzarotam borealcm) punctura omnino sub-
tiliore et subparciore. — Long. corp. lin. 3-4.

Hegeter politus, Hart. \jiiQcBr.'],Geolo(f. Verhaltn. Lcmz.und FuerLUl.

Halntat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventuram, sub lapidibus ubique vul-
garis. Species in honorem Dom. A. DeyroUe, Parisii, Coleopterorum
scrutatoris oculatissimi acuti, denominata.

Although one of M. Brulle's (two) types of his Hegeter politus ap-
peared to me, when I examined them in Paris, to ho perhaps refer-
able to this insect, nevertheless, as the other was manifestly nothing
but the large and subglabrous state of the //. mnaroides (found in
the Vale of Orotava), and since his description (if such indeed it may
be called) applies most evidenthj to the latter, I cannot possibly iden-
tify the present species with his Hegeter politus. Moreover even that
" one " example (and which has nothing in common with his " dia-
gnosis") is labelled " Teneriffe"; which renders it more than probable
that even it is in reality distinct from the Thalpophila now under
consideration : but, be this as it may, M. Brulle's few words which
take the place of a description are so decidedly applicable to the Tene-
riifan Hegeter which I have recorded as a larger and somewhat more
shining form of the common amaroides, that no number of (so-called)
" types," afterwards assigned to them, could make them tally with
this well-marked Thalpophila, which is apparently quite peculiar to
the eastern portion of the archipelago.

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The T. Deyrollii is universal throughout Lanzarote and Fuerte-
ventura, where it abounds, beneath stones, independently of elevation ;
and it occurs likewise in the small adjacent islands of Graciosa (off
the extreme north of the former) and Lobos (off the extreme north of
the latter). It was taken also by Mr. Gray and M. Hartung, and has
been communicated by the Barao do Castello de Paiva. It will easily
be recognized by its thick, oblong body and shining, intensely black
surface, which is closely punctured all over and has the hinder elytral
region sparingly studded with small tubercles or granules. Its epi-
stome is sharply, but minutely, mucronated in the centre ; its pro-
thorax is short and transverse, and slightly rounded at the sides ;
its humeral angles (as in the two following species) are less porrect
than is the case in the various allied forms above enumerated ; and
its limbs are short*.

§ II. Corpus parvum; ocidis minoribus, magis lateralibus (i. e. vix sub
margine frontis laterali continvxitis),postice oblique subcarinato-ter-
minatis.

701. Thalpophila fuscipes.

T. oblonga, subopaca, nigra vel subfusco-nigTa ; eapite prothoraceque
dense et profunde punctatis, punctis versus latera oblongis et plus
minus longitudinaliter confliientibus, illius epistomate antice mi-
nutissime serrate et in medio mucronato, hoc subtransversim qua-
drate angulis posticis subobtusis ; elytris subtUius (sod distincte)
punctulatis ; antennis pedibusque piceis. — Long. corp. lin. 2-2|^,

Hegeter fuscipes, BruUe, in Wehb et Berth. {Col.) 66 (1838).
, Hart, Geolog. Verhiiltti. Lanz. unci Ftiert. 140.

Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventuram, sub lapidibus in inter-
mediis vulgaris.

This and the following species are considerably smaller than the
two preceding ones, and have their eyes comparatively minute, as well
as less reniform and more lateral — being less transverse, or more con-
fined to the upper portion of the forehead, and terminated posteriorly
by an oblique angulated rim (or a kind of obscure keel). In all of
these respects, no less than in their coarsely sculptured head and pro-
thorax, the lateral punctures of which have an evident tendency (par-
ticularly in the T. submetaUica) to become oblong and longitudinally
confluent, they make a most decided approach to the Gnophota; from
Grand Canary, enumerated below ; nevertheless the peculiarity of

* In its polished surface and general sculpture, tlie T. BeyroUii is a good deal
allied, at first sight, to my Hegeter latebricola, from the Salvages ; but that insect,
which is considerably larger, is a true Hegeter (its epistome not being mucronated),
and has its elytra free from tubercles, with the humeral angles, as in the Hegeters
generally, much more porrect.

464 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

sculpture just referred to is very much less expressed, whilst at the
same time their more mucronated epistome and the fact of their
prosternal lobe being Jiorizontal (or not curved downwards between
the anterior coxce) wUl certainly remove them from OnopJiota.

The T. fuscipes is common in Lanzarote and Fucrteventura, where
it occurs beneath stones at intermediate elevations. Around Haria,
in the north of the former, it was taken abundantly by Mr. Gray and
myself diiring January 1858 ; and it was likewise captured in the
same island by M. Hartung. It may be known by its small size,
oblong outline, and but very slightly shining (often nearly opake)
surface, which is densely punctulated all over and of a less intense
black than in the allied forms — having sometimes a just perceptibly
brownish, or subpicescent, tinge : its prothorax has the hinder angles
slightly obtuse ; and its limbs are piceous. The Fuerteventuran
examples have their head and prothorax a trifle more coarsely and
densely punctured than the Lanzarotan ones ; and, judging from M.
BruUe's type, which I examined accurately when in Paris, the species
was founded on a very small individual from Fucrteventura.

702. ThalpopMla submetallica, n. sp.

T. pra3cedenti similis, sed minor, brevier, sensim nitidior, punctura
fortiore, elytris obsolete submetallicis ; capite prothoraceque parum
densius rvigosiusque punctatis, punctis versus latera longitudina-
liter magis confluentibus, hoe ad latera et ad angulos posticos paulo
magis rotundato ; elytris vix parcius punctulatis, per basin sub-
rectius truncatis ; antennis pedibusque paulo clarius rufo-piceis.

Variat in Fucrteventura sensim minus nitida. — Long. corp. lin. I2-2.

Habitat LanzarotametFuerteventuram.unacum praecedente degens.

This is the smallest of the Thalpophllce, and one which occurs in
company with the T. fuscipes, both in Lanzarote and Fucrteventura
(where it was likewise taken by Mr. Gray, and in the latter by M.
Hartung). At first sight it might almost be confounded with its ally ;
but, apart from its smaller size, it will be seen, when carefully inspected,
to be more shining, and to have its elytra obscurely submetallic. Its
head and prothorax are more densely and roughly sculptured, the
punctures towards either side having a more evident tendency to be-
come oblong and longitiidinally confluent ; the sides and hinder angles
of the latter are more decidedly rounded ; its elytra are somewhat
more straighthj truncate (or less bisinuated) at their base, and, if any -
thinri, more sparingly and sharply pimctured ; and its limbs are gene-
rally of a clearer hue. The Fuerteventuran examples are usually a
trifle less shining than the Lanzarotan ones.

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 465

Genus 264. GNOPHOTA.
Erichsou, in Wieg. Archiv, ix. 237 (1843).
The very remarkable sculpture of the head and prothorax of the
three insects described below led me to suspect, even before I had
accurately examined them, that they might perhaps be genericaUy
distinct from the allied forms ; and I now perceive that the construc-
tion of their prosternal lobe, which is suddenly curved downwards
between the anterior coxae, and their somewhat smaller eyes, which
are more or less bounded posteriorly by an oblique carina, or slightly
elevated rim, will clearly refer them to Gnojphota of Erichson — a
group which I believe to be confined, so far as the hitherto acknow-
ledged members of it are concerned, to the Cape de Yerdes*. Indeed
the two above-mentioned peculiarities seem to be almost the only
ones, sanctioned by Erichson and Lacordaire, to separate it from
Hegeter ; but I think that the anteriorly serrated epistome (which is
'submueronated in the centre) should be added ; and I also imagine
that considerable stress ought to be laid upon the very singular sculp-
ture of the head and prothorax — which are coarsely and closely punc-
tured, the punctures having a greater or less tendency to become
completely confluent longitudinally (especially on either side) so as
to produce somewhat curved strigae. In the O. curta, a type of which
has been communicated to me by Schaum, this sculpture is carried
to an absurd excess ; but even in the Canarian representatives of the
group it is conspicuously indicated.

§ I. Oculi transversi, suhreniformes, postice indistincte carinato-
terminati.

703. Gnophota cribricollis.

G. oblonga, subdepressa, subopaca ; capite prothoraceque dense et
valde profunde punctatis, punctis (in disco hujus exceptis) oblongis
confluentibus strigas longitudinales plus minus efficientibus, hoc ad
latera leviter rotundato, ad basin bisinuato, angulis posticis subob-
tusis ; elytris minutissime et parce pimctulatis ; antennis pedibus-
que subgracilibus, piceis, illarum articulo 3*'° quarto multo longiore.

Variat elytris vel simplicibus vel obsoletissime substriatis, rarius sub-
impresso-inaequalibus. — Long. corp. lin. 2-2^.

Hegeter cribricollis, Bridle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 66 (1838).
Habitat Canariam Grandem, prsesertim in regionibus australibus

degens.

* I say the Cape de Verdes, because it is now a known fact that the collector who
was sent to Angola (and who died there) stopped at those islands en passant, and
that his material from the two countries was amalgamated, and afterwards trans-
mitted to Europe as Angolan — thus occasioning an amount of confusion which
a furtlier and more accurate knowledge of the respective faunas can alone dispel.

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466 CANAEIAN COLEOPTERA.

This Gfnopliota I have observed hitherto only in the central and
southern districts of Grand Canary — from the region of Tarajana to
Maspalomas and Arguinigiiin ; and although it possesses the generic
peculiarity of sculpture, of its head and prothorax, which is perhaps
even still more strongly expressed in the two following species, it may
nevertheless be known from them by being, on the average, larger
and less shining ; by its prothorax being a little less transverse, not
quite so rounded at the sides and hinder angles, and more bisinuated
along its basal edge ; by its elytra, which are either simple or very
obsoletely substriate, being much more minutely punctulated ; and
by its limbs being longer — its antennal joints, particularly the third
one, being conspicuously more elongated. Its eyes are a little larger
and more transverse (or reniform) than those of the 0.])unetipennis,
being less evidently terminated behind by a slightly elevated rim, or
keel.

704. Gnophota insequalis, n. sp.

G. inter cribricoJleni et 2}i'''i('^>2^('nnein aliquo modo sita, sed in oculis
hand conspicue carinato-terminatis cum ilia melius congruens ;
capite j)rothoraceque (ut in punctipcnni) densissime et valde pro-
fimde strigoso-punctatis, sed hoc ad latera paulo magis rotundato,
angulis posticis rotundatioribus ; elytris subovatis (versus humeros
sensim angustatis), subdeprcssis, grosse impresso-insequalibus, ar-
gute sed parce punctulatis necnon obsoletissime (valde inconspicue)
submetaUico-tinctis ; antennarum articulo 3"° quarto parum lon-
giore. — Long. corp. hn. 2-1-.

Habitat Canariam Grandem, tempore vernali a.d. 1858 detecta.

Three examples only of this Onopliota, which were captured by
myself in Grand Canary (I have no note as to the precise spot), are,
unfortunately, all that I possess to judge from ; nevertheless, though
to a certain extent intermediate between the crihicollis and puncti-
pemiis, I do not think that they can be regarded as a phasis of either
of them. In the structure of their eyes, which are but very obscui'ely
bounded behind by an oblique rim, as well as in their comparatively
distinct scuteUum, they have more in common with the former of
those insects ; whilst in their very densely and roughly sculptured
head and prothorax, rather bright siu'face, and apparently smallish
size they agree better with the latter— though the sides and hinder
angles of their prothorax are still more rounded than is the case in
that species. In their sharply punctured elytra, as well as in the
length of their limbs, they are intermediate between the two ; but
in the outline of their elytra, which are perceptibly narrowed, or
di'awn in, at the shoulders, and which have a barely traceable sub-

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metallic tinge, and which (as in the Hegeter impressus) are uneven,
or pitted transversely with a few irregular depressions, they recede
alike from both of them.
§ II. Omli laterales, minores, postice distmcte carmato-terminati.
705. Gnophota punctipennis, n. sp.
6r. minor et brevior quam O. crihricolli, nccnon subconvexior, nitidior,
punctura omnino fortiore ac paulo densiore; prothorace magis trans-
verso, ad latera sensim magis rotundato, per basin miaius bisinuato,
angulis posticis paulo obtusioribus ; scutello vix minore ; elytris
per basin rectius truncatis, interdum leviter submalleato-in^qua-
libus ; antennis pedibusque brevioribus, vix robustioribus, illarum
articulis (praesertim 3"°) conspicue minus elongatis. — Long. corp.
lin. l|-2.

Habitat Canariam Grandem, in regione El Monte vulgaris.
This little Gnopliota appears to be universal throughout the region
of El Monte, and around Las Palmas, in Grand Canary ; and it may
be known from the cribricoUis by being, on the average, smaller, pro-
portionally shorter and more convex, more shining, and more deeply
and closely punctured (this last distinction being a very conspicuous
one as regards the elytra) ; by its prothorax being relatively a little
wider and more transverse, straighter (or less bisinuated) along the
posterior edge, and with the hinder angles rather roimder, or more
obtuse ; by its scutellum being perceptibly smaller, its elytra more
straightly truncated at their base, and its limbs shorter and some-
what more robust. The last of these characters is exceedingly evident
so far as the antennal joints are concerned, the third one of which
is much less decidedly elongated than in the cribricoUis. M. Brulle
manifestly alludes to this species as a mere state of his Hegeter cri-
bricoUis ; but such could only have arisen from a most superficial in-
spection, and from his not having perceived its real distinctive features
at aU.

Genus 265. MELANOCHRUS (nov. gen.).

Corpus ovatum, curtum, convexum : eiyistomate minute serrato et in
medio sensim mucronato ; oculis parvis, subrotundatis, lateralibus :
prothorace angustulo, transverso-subconico apice truncate ; pro-
sterni lobo inter coxas anticas terminate (nee producto), aut potius
ibidem subito decurvo : mesosterno antice etiam convexo (nullo
modo emarginato) ; scutello distincto, triangulari-transverso : ehj-
tris ovalibus basi trimcatis, apice acurainatis, per basin marginatis ;
epipleuris subrotundatis, plica tenui, Integra. Antennce et instru-
ment(( cibaria fere ut in Onophotd etHegeteri, sed illse longius den-
siusque pilosae, arfult""" parvo, ovali (nee oblique truncato). La-
brum exsertum, valde pilosum, apice leviter emarginatum, angulis
anticis rotundatis. Maoeillarum loho inferno acute uncinato. Pal-

2u2

468 CANABIAN COLEOPTEBA.

2?orum art ulV"" in maocillarihus Becuriformi-ovali, in lahialibus
elongato-ovali apice paulo acuminato. Mentum transversum, ad
latera valde rotundatum, apice in medio emarginatum, angiilis an-
ticis obtusis. lAgxda curta, pone mentum recondita, antice biloba
et longe ciliata. Pedes antici fossorii, valde robusti, tihiis latis,
compressis sed extus simplicibus,subinciir\ds, ad angnilum internum
fortiter bicalcaratis (calcari majore elongato, curvato) ; jjosUi-iores
elongati, gracUes, tihiis subexcurvis, tarsis elongatis, art" 1™° lon-
giusculo,

A ^e\m'(i-)Q)ii)s (^eXas et yjioos), atratus.

The curious insect from which the above structural characters have
been compiled is at once remarkable amongst the allied fonns for its
fossorial habits, in which respect it makes an approach to the Ero-
diadce, though its broad and much compressed anterior tibiae are
not palmate externally. Its body is short, convex, and elliptical-ovate,
the prothorax being subconical and narrower than the elytra, and its
epipleurae are rather rounded and obtuse ; and although their edges
are not ciliated as is frequently the case in sand-burrowing species,
its antennce are nevertheless exceedingly pilose, being clothed with
elongate hairs. Its epistome is minutely serrated in front and slightly
mucronated in the centre ; and its eyes are small, subrotundate, and
lateral, — in both of which respects it agrees with Gnoplwta. Its
prosternal lobe also is more in accordance with the Onophotce than
with the members of the neighbouring genera — since it is not pro-
duced horizontally beyond the commencement of the anterior coxae,
but may be regarded either as there suddenly terminated, or else as
so completely bent downwards as to appear so ; but its mesosternum
has not even a tendency to be scooped-out in front, being, on the con-
trary, convex. Its scutelhun is distinct, its elytra are margined along
their basal edge, and its four hinder legs are slender and elongated —
all of which particulars, no less than the smallness of its eyes, its
general outline, and its fossorial front tibiae, will separate it likewise
from Oxycara, to which in some respects it is akin. The last joint
of its antennae, although smallish, is not obliquely truncated (as in
Hegeter and the allied groups) ; neither are the under segments of
its prothorax longitudinally strigose*.

706. Melanochrus Lacordairii, n. sp.
M. breviter elliptico-ovatus, convexus, niger, ssepius obsoletissime
(vix perspicue) submetallico-tinctus, nitidus, argute sed hand dense

* Concerning the affinities of this insect, Prof. Lacordaire, immediately after
the completion of his admirable volume on the genera of the Heferomera, wrote
to me as follows : — " Cest bien une Tentyriide, et im genre nouveau voisin des
Gnophofa et des O.ri/cara."

CANARIAN COLEOPTEKA. 469

punctatus (punctis in elytris sensim minoribus et vix subasperatis) ;
prothorace subconico, tenuiter marginato, angulis posticis rotun-
datis ; antennis fulvo-pilosis pedibusque rufo-piceis. — Long. corp.
lin. l|-24-.

Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventuram, ad radices plantarum in
arenosis maritimis et submaritimis fodiens. Species in honorem Prof.
Th. Lacordaire, per tot annos Historise Naturalis et prsesertim Ento-
mologiae magistri, dicata.

Apparently not uncommon in certain spots, adjoining the sea-beach,
in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura — where it burrows into the sand at
the roots of plants, in company with the Arthrodes subcUiatus and
costlfrons, the Onydiolips bifurcatus, Pentatemnus arenarius, Saprinus
lobatus, and other insects of similar habits. Under such circumstances
it was taken by Mr. Gray and myself, at the end of January 1858,
to the south of Puerto de Cabras, in Fuerteventura ; and during the
spring of the following year I met with it more abundantly in the
sandy region at Corralejo, at the extreme north of that island, as
weU as to the south of Arrecife in Lanzarote. I captured an insect
on the sand-hills to the south of Mogadore, on the opposite coast of
Africa (close to the Emperor of Morocco's unfinished palace), which
may perhaps be a second species of Melanochrus* .

Fam. 65. BLAPID^.

Genus 266. BLAPS.
Fabricius, Syst. Ent. 254 (1775).

707. Blaps gages.

Tenebrio gages, Linn., St/st. Nat. ii. 676 [script., per err., giyas] (1767 ).
Blaps gages, Brtdle, in Webb et Berth. {Col.) 68 (1838).

* The present position being the proper one for the Akindce, I should mention
that the Akls acuminata of Fabricius is I'ecorded by M. BruUe as Canarian, on
the evidence of specimens supposed to have been captured by Messrs. Webb and
Berthelot. I examined them, when in Paris ; but as I feel considerable doubt
whether they are truly Canarian, I cannot admit tiie species into this Catalogue.
It is far from impossible that it may occur in these islands ; but, at the same
time, I think it much ■more likely that the examples were obtained (perhaps alive)
at S'* Cruz, having been brought over accidentally in some of the trading vessels
from the coast of Africa. Such importations are both natural and by no means
unfrequent ; and, indeed, I have now before me specimens of a large Scaurus, a
Timelia, an Erodius, and of the Scarites yigas which were picked up by Dr. Crotch
on the Mole at S'* Cruz — escaped from the actual steamer in which he had himself
arrived from Moyadore (the insects having been captured by liimself and the
sailors on the little island off that port, and afterwards allowed to run loose on
board the vessel) ! I conceive it very probable, therefore, that the Akis may have
made its appearance in much the same way ; or that, at all events, further evidence
is necessary before it can be conscientiously cited as Canarian.

470 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

Blaps gages, WulL, Ins. Mad. 506 (1854).
, M, Cat. Mad. Col. 157 (1857).

Habitat in Lanzarota, Canaria, Teneriffa et Goniera, in tenebris
la tens.

The European B. gages, which occurs likewise in the Madeiran
Group, as well as at the Azores and on the rocks of the Salvages,
will iu all probability be found universal throughout these islands ;
nevertheless hitherto I have myself detected it only in Lanzarote,
Grand Canary, and Teneriffe ; but it has been communicated by the
Barao do CasteUo de Paiva from Gomera, In Teneriffe it was taken
also by M. Hartung.

708. Blaps alternans.
Blaps alternans, Bridle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 68 (1838).
, Hartuny, Gedoy. Verhaltn. Lanz. und Fuert. 140.

Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventiu-am, sub lapidibus magnis nec-
non in cavernis tufae, in montibus, congregans.

This large Blaps, at once remarkable for its elytra being densely
roughened, or asperated, and closely beset with longitudinal ridges,
the alternate ones of which have a tendency to be more developed
than the remainder (a peculiarity which is more expressed in some
examples than in others), seems to be confined, so far at least as has
been observed hitherto, to Lanzarote and Fuerteventura — where it
congregates beneath slabs of stone, and in small basaltic caverns, on
the mountain-slopes of intermediate elevations. Under such circum-
stances I have captured it in profusion on the hills above Haria, in
the north of the former, in which island it was likewise found by

M. Hartung.

709. Blaps similis.
Blaps similis, Lat, Hist. Nat. Crust, et Ins. x. 279 (1803).

fatidica, Sturm, Deutsch. Fnu, ii. 205 (1807).

, Bridle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 68 (1838).

fatadica, Woll, Ins. Mad. 508 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 157 (1857).

Habitat Fuerteventuram et Teneriffam (circa domos), forsan ex
alienis introducta.

This common European insect, which occurs likewise in the Ma-
deiran Group and at the Azores, seems to be scarce in these islands ;
though, being, in all probability, a mere introduction from more north-
ern latitudes, it would very likely bo found abundantly in the houses
and warehouses, if carefully searched for. The only examples, how-
ever, which I happen to possess are from Fuerteventura and Teneriffe
(in the latter of which it was found by M. Hartung).

CANARIAX COLEOPTERA. 471

Fam. 66. PIMELIAD^.

Genus 267. PIMELIA.
Fabricius, Si/st. Ent. 251 (1775).

§ I. Scutellum (lit in Pimeliadis typicis) conspicuum, postice
dilatafo-transversuni.

710. Pimelia lutaria.

P. subopaca (subtilissime alutacea), pilis plus minus elongatis erectis
praesertim versus latera parce obsita et pube parva cinerea demissa
hinc inde (sed praecipue in limbo et postice) vestita ; capite pro-
thoraceque parce punctatis (punctis in illo parvis, in hoc minutis-
simis), hoc lato, postice truncato, ad latera subsequaliter rotundato,
utrinque tubercuHs magnis asperato ; elytris ovalibus vel oblongo-
ovalibus basi subemarginatis (vix bisinuatis), leviter transversim
rugulosis, parce sed argute asijerato-tuberculatis, in limbo grosse
serratis, costis tribus (praeter lateralem) indistinctis, antice eva-
nescentibus, sing-ulis instructis ; tibiis in facie superiore breviter
cinereo-pubescentibus. — Long. corp. lin. 6-11.

Pimelia lusaria*, Brnlle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 68. pi. i. f. 11 (18.38).

eaiiariensis, Hart, [nee -B/-.], Geoloq. VerMltn. Lanz. und Fuert.

140, 141.

Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventiu'am, necnon in insula parva
adjacente " Graciosa" dicta, sub lapidibus vulgaris.

This Pimelia is universal (and, I think I may add, the onlt/ one)
in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, where it abounds, independently of
elevation — occurring likewise in the little island of Graciosa, off the
north of the former. It was captured also both, by Mr. Gray and M.
Hartung ; and was wrongly referred by Dr. Heer (who prepared the
list for M. Hartung's volume) to Brulle's P. canariensis — which is a
totally different insect, found by Messrs. "Webb and Berthelot on the
extreme summit of the Peak of Teneriffe.

Apart from its numerous secondary characters, the P. lutaria may

* The inaccuracy of M. BrulM's catalogue seems to extend even to the very
correcting of the prgss. In the text tliis Pimelia is called " lusaria" ; but it is
evident that lutaria is the title which was intended, not merely because if is so
spelt upon the plate, but likewise from the fact that that term is peculiarly appli-
cable to the present species — the short wliitish, deciunbent pubescence with which
it is partially clothed having the prima facie appearance of mud, or a kind of
earthy deposit (such as the insect might have accumulated from the dry volcanic
soil into which it often half-buries itself, beneath the stones, so as to remain con-
cealed). But it is curious to observe how a blunder of this sort is apt to beget
others ; for Lacordaire, having aj)parently omitted to glance at the plate, and
perceiving the absurdity of such a name as '■'■ lusaria," corrects it into lusoria;
and thus the original title, which was a tolerably distinctive one. is entirely lost
sight of !

472 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

readily be known b}^ its broad, very lightly punctured prothorax ; and
by its entire surface (particularly towards the sides) being sparingly
studded with more or less elongate, erect hairs, and clothed in parts
with a short, decumbent, cinereous under-pile, which at first sight
has more the appearance of a muddy or earthy deposit than of any-
thing else. Its elytra are slightly wrinkled transversely, and sharply
asperated with small, remote tubercles ; and have their three costse
sufficiently distinct behind, but evanescent in front.

711. Pimelia canariensis.

Pimelia canariensis, Bridle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 67 (1838).

Habitat in montibus excelsis TenerifFise, in summo ijiso monte " Pico
de Teyde" (12,100' s.m.) a DD. Webb et Berthelot deprehensa.

I have not myself captured this Pimelia — perhaps owing to the fact
that considerations of health did not permit me to ascend higher than
about 9000 or 10,000 feet on the mountains of Teneriffe ; for it would
appear, from a note attached to the types, that it was taken by Messrs.
Webb and Berthelot on the summit of the ""Peak " itself*. It is the
only insect, throughout the entire collection, in which I could detect
any appended observation bearing upon its habits ; nevertheless even
that one, although of such extreme topographical interest, is of course
totally ignored by M. Brulle. I examined the specimens with great
care, whilst in Paris, and came to the conclusion that the species is
exceedingly distinct from aU the others hitherto detected in these
islands. It appeared roundish in outline, and clothed with a fine,
short, yellowish pubescence : its prothorax is impunctate ; and each
of its elytra is furnished with two beautifully defined outer rows of
equal tubercles and a large raised costa nearer to the suture — the
intermediate tubercles being rather distant, rounded, and distinct.

712. Pimelia fomicata.

Pimelia fomicata, Hbst, Natwsyst. viii. 79. tab. 122. f. 8 (1799).

obesa, Sol., Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, v. 191 (1836).

, Brulle, in Webb et Berth. (CuL) 67 (1838).

Habitat?

I have not observed this Mediterranean species at the Canaries ;
nevertheless I examined carefully the types of Messrs. Webb and
Berthelot, when in Paiis, and they seemed to me to be correctly
identified with the fomicata. M. Brulle, who compiled the list for
Messrs. Webb and Berthelot's work, of course gives no information

* The note to which I allude is as follows : '■ Sous les pierres ou dans des ea-
rites souterraines dopuis des cotes j usque sur le pie, a 1600 toises d'elevation."

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 473

concerning the specimens ; so that I am unable to state in which of
the seven islands they were obtained.

713. Pimelia ascendens, n. sp.

P. subnitida ; capite antice transversim subelevato et ibidem profundc
punetato ; prothorace apice subsinuato, miiiutissime et parcissime
punctulato, ntrinque tuberculis magnis obsito ; elytris oblongo-
ovalibus apice subacuminatis, grosse et dense subasperato-tuber-
culatis, in limbo leviter serratis, singulis eostis tribus (praeter late-
ralem) latis obtusis sed valde distinctis (sublaterah tuberculato-
subserrata, sed discali et subsuturali simplicibus, postice subito ab-
breviatis), instnictis ; antennis tarsisque piccis. — Long. corp. lin.
81-11.

Pimelia barbara, Br. [nee Sol.'], in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 67 (18.38).
Habitat in montibus excelsis Teneriffae, usque ad 10,000' s. m.
ascendens.

This is essentially an alpine Pimelia, being confined (so far as I
have observed hitherto) to almost the loftiest elevations of TenerifFe —
ascending to at least 10,000 feet above the sea. Under such circum-
stances I took it in profusion, at the beginning of May 1859, on the
Cumbre adjoining the Cafiadas, above Ycod el Alto ; where it was
also captured, during the spring of 1862, by Dr. Crotch, and whence
it has been communicated by the Barao do Castello de Paiva and
M. Hartung. It may easily be known by its narrowish, oblong outline
(the elytra being but little rounded at the sides, and not much di'awn
downwards at their apex); by its prothorax being subsinuated along
the anterior edge ; and by its elytra being very densely beset with
large, round, coarse tubercles (which become less raised towards the
suture, and smaller towards the sides), and with the three costse, on
each, considerably developed, broad, and obtuse — the sublateral one
being more or less evidently composed of elongated tubercles, whilst
the discal and subsutural ones are simple, and suddenly abbreviated
behind.

An examination of M. Brulle's types, in Paris, convinced me that
this is the Pimelia which he referred, in his very inaccurate catalogue,
to the P. barbara of Solier. It is, however, totally distinct, even
superficially, from that species — being not only smaller, narrower,
and very much less roughly sculptured, but likewise with its pro-
thorax conspicuously less widened, muc7i less coarsely margined both
before and behind, simply sinuated (or subemarginate) in front,
instead of being somewhat bisinuated, and with only a few tubercles
on either side ; with its scutelliun shorter, and differently shaped ;

474 CANAEIAN COLEOPTERA.

with its elytra less rounded at the edges, less raised along the suture,
and with their costse relatively broader and more obtuse ; and with
its limbs less robust — the antennae and tarsi being also rufo-piceous
instead of black.

714. Pimelia radula.

P. proecedenti similis, sed minus oblonga (elytris rotundatioribus et
postice mag-is desilienti-truncatis) ; prothorace apice baud sinuato ;
elytris tuberculis paulo minoribus sed sensim magis asperatis ob-
sitis, in limbo paulo minus grosse serratis, singulis costis tribus
angustioribus minus elevatis (sed sublaterali et discali magis tuber-
culato-serratis, subsuturali antice laevi subevanescente sed postice
in tuberculam parvam gradatim mergente) instructis.

a. Elytrorum tuberculis, praesertim versus sutui-am, minus distinctis.
[Circa Orotavam vulgaris.]

ft {granidata'l , Lat., ined.). Elytrorum tuberculis grossius asj^eratis.
[Circa et supra Sanctum Crucem prsecipue degens.] — Long. corp.
lin. 7|-10.

Pimelia radiila, DeJ., ined.

, Sol, Ann. de la Soc. E)d. de Franci; v. 136 (183G).

Habitat Tenerifiam, prsecipue in inferioribus occurrens.

Whilst the last Pimelia is peculiar to the higher elevations of Tene-
riffe, this one occurs principally in the lowest (even on the level of
the sea-shore), though occasionally ascending into the intermediate
districts. I have taken the state " a " (which has its elytral tuber-
cles less strongly defined) around the Puerto Orotava, and the " ft "
in the vicinity of S'" Cruz ; the latter has also been communicated by
the Barao do Castello de Paiva. That it is truly conspecific with the
P. radula of Solier I can vouch for certain — having, through the
kindness of M. Deyrolle, received the loan of two specimens which
have been compared with Solier's tj'pes in the collection of the Conat
Breme at Turin. Curiously enough, one of these, which he regards
as " tout-a-fait tyinque," is identical with my state "a," as enun-
ciated above ; whilst the other, which was labelled in the original
collection of Dejean as " radida, var." (though with the erroneous
habitat of the Cape of Good Hope), is a small example of my state
" ft." And this is the more satisfactory, inasmuch as I had drawn
out the above diagnosis before I had even glanced at M. Deyrolle's
individucils.

The P. radula is less oblong than the ascendens, its elytra being
more rounded at the sides and more bent downwards (or truncated)
towards their apex ; its prothorax is straighter along the anterior
edge ; and its elytra have their tubercles rather smaller, but a little
more obliqtiehj-im/tin</ed (or asperate), and their three costa) less clc-

CANARIAN COLEOPXERA. 475

vated, and not so broad and obtuse — the sublateral one being more
serrated with denser, or closely set, tubercles, whilst even the discal
one (instead of being simple) is similarly, though less coarsely, con-
structed : the subsutural one (instead of being simple and well defined
throughout, and terminated suddenly behind) is simple, and indis-
tinct, in front, merging posteriorly into a series of small tubercles.

715. Pimelia sparsa.

Pimelia sparsa, Brulle, in Webb et Berth ( Col.) 67 (1838).
Habitat ?

I did not meet with this insect during my Canarian researches ;
but I examined it, when in Paris, and do not feel altogether siu'e
that it is more than a variety of the radula in which the elytral tu-
bercles are very much less numerous. Still, as I could not compare
it with sufficient accuracy, and since I have no example amongst my
extensive series of the radula which at all approaches it in this pe-
culiarity of the elytral sculpture, I do not think it would be safe, at
any rate without further evidence, to treat it as a mere phasis of
that species. M. Bridle, of course, gives us no information as to
the island in which it was obtained.

716. Pimelia ambigua, n. sp.

P. subopaca ; capite antice transversim subelevato et ibidem profunde
punctato; prothorace subinaequali, apice subsinuato, minutissime
et parcissime punctulato, utrinque (praesertim postice) tuberculis
obsito ; elytris oblongo-ovalibus, basi bisinuatis, antice subde-
pressis, sutura baud elevata, dense transversim undulato-insequa-
Hbus et tuberculis minutissimis granuliformibus (versus suturam
evanescentibus) parce obsitis, in limbo subinyequaliter serratis, sin-
guHs costis tribus (praeter lateralem) acutiusculis subuiidulato-
angulatis (sublaterali paulo evidentius serrata) instructis. — Long.
corp. lin. 8.

Habitat TenerifFam ? (certe ab ilia ad Dom"'" Deyrolle, Parisium,
missa).

A single example of this Pimelia has been communicated by M.
Deyrolle, of Paris, as having been sent to him from Teneriffe. In-
deed it would appear from his statement that there can be no ques-
tion that it is Canarian, though I will not commit myself to re-
garding it as undoubtedly Teneriffan. Its subopake and rather
oblong elytra, which are bisinuated at their base, a good deal flattened
anteriorly, with the suture hardly at all raised (even behind), and
which are densely, though minutely, subrugulosc (or crumpled) trans-

476 CANAUIAN COLEOPTEUA.

versely, so as to cause the ridges (which are narrowish and aiigiilar)
to seem as though delicately subimdulated, will serve to separate it
from its allies. As in the P. costipenms, its elytral tubercles are
so far reduced in dimensions as to take the form of smaU and remote
granules (Avhich are nearly evanescent on the sutiiral interval) ; and
its subsutural ridge is rather suddenly curved outwards at the base.
It appears, to a certain extent, to be intermediate between that
insect and the ascend ens, having rather the outline of the latter,
with somewhat the sculpture of the former ; nevertheless, of the
two, it is certainly jnore akin to the costipennis, and might possibly
be a Teneriffan phasis of that species,

717. Pimelia costipeimis, n. sp.

P. subnitida ; capite antice profunde, postice minute et parce punc-
tate ; j)i"othorace minutissime ct parcissime punctulato, utrinque
tuberculis magnis obsito ; elytris ovalibus, tuberculis parvis sub-
asperatis granuliformibus (versus suturam minus distinctis) ob-
sitis, in limbo leviter serratis, singulis costis tribus (praeter latera-
lem) valde elevatis (sublaterali incHstincte tuberculato-subserrata)
instructis, interstitiis subconcavis ; antennis rufo-piceis.
a. Paulo minor, pedibus graciUoribus, rufo-piceis. \^Ins. Hierro.]
j(3 (yalidipes). Paulo major, pedibus robustioribus, piceis. \_Ins. Go-
mera.] — Long. corp. lin. 7-11.

Habitat in Gomera et Hierro, hinc inde vulgaris : insectum vile,
valde spernendum ; in stercore humane arido sese occultare delectat.

I can detect no difference between the states a and /3, above enun-
ciated, except that the former (which abounds in Hierro) is a little
the smaller of the two, and has its limbs slenderer ; whilst the latter
(which is apparently general throughout Gomera) is perceptibly
larger, and with the legs thicker. I therefore conclude that they
are but insular phases of a single species. The " /3 " was taken by
Mr. Gray and myself near San Sebastian, and was subsequently com-
municated by the Barao do Castello de Paiva from Hermigua (on the
opposite side of the island).

The P. costipennis may be known by its prothorax being very
sparingly and most minutely punctulated, and by its elytra being
sprinkled all over with small, but remote, granuliform tubercles
(which, however, are less evident towards the suture), and with their
costse much raised — the sublateral one being indistinctly serrated
(sometimes quite plain in the middle), whilst the discal and sub-
sutural ones (the latter of which is faint, and a good deal bent out-
wards at the base) are simple, except quite behind. The great eleva-

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tion of the ridges causes the spaces between them to appear some-
what concave.

718. Pimelia laevigata.

P. praecedenti simiKs, sed nitidior (saepius laete nitida), elytrorum
tuberculis obsoletis (versus apicem necnon in spatio lateral! solum
observandis, et etiam ibidem minutissimis, granuliformibus) nec-
non costis antice subevanescentibus et etiam postice paulo minus
elevatis, antennis pedibusque Isetius rutb-piceis.

Variat elytris leviter transversim malleatis. — Long. corp. lin. 7-10.

Pimelia levigata, Brulle, in Webb ct Berth. (Col.) 67 (1838).

Habitat TenerifFam et Palmam ; in ilia mihi baud obvia, sed in
hac vulgaris.

I have not myself observed this Pimelia except in Palma — where
I captured it abundantly, during May and June of 1858, in the
Barranco above S'" Cruz ; nevertheless, as Messrs. Webb and Berthe-
lot's examples are labelled as coming from Teneriffe, and since I
have others before me, both from M. Hartung and Dr. Crotch, which
were professedly taken in that island, I can scarcely disallow it, in
my Topographical Catalogue, as a Teneriffan insect likewise. It is
a well-defined species, and one which may easily be recognized by its
shining and comparatively unsculptured surface and by the more
rufescent hue of its limbs. Its elytral tubercles are quite obsolete,
except towards the apex and along the lateral interval — where they
are excessively minute, distant, and granuliform ; and its costae, al-
though considerably raised behind, are indistinct (or subevanescent)
anteriorly.

719. Pimelia serrimargo.

P. nitida vel subnitida ; capite parcissime (apice distincte, postice mi-
nutissime) punctate ; prothorace apice saepius subsinuato, utrinque
tuberculis magnis remotis obsito necnon minoribus etiam antice et
postice (vix in disco ipso) irrorato ; elytris ovalibus, in limbo valde
et acute serratis, singulis costis tribus (praeter lateralem) plus
minus distinctis (sed saepius sublateraU acute serrata, discali multo
minus elevata postice parce serrata, et subsuturali simplici, vel
omnino vel antice solum obsoleta) instructis, interstitiis valde re-
mote subseriatim tubereulatis, tuberculis in spatio laterali parvis,
sed versus suturam gradatim majoribus (nunc maximis verrucifor-
mibus, nunc obsoletis) ; tibiis in facie superiore baud concavis. —
Long. Corp. Hn. 4|-8.

Pimelia verrucosa, Br. [nee Fisch. de Waldh., 1821], in Webb et Berth.
(Col.) 67 (1838).

Habitat Canariam Grandem, late diffusa : species in statura, necnon
in elytrorum tuberculis, valde instabilis.

478 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

So excessively variable is this Pimelia, both in stature and in the
greater or less development of its elytral tubercles, that, were only a
few examples of it present, representing the extremes, they might
well be regarded as specifically distinct; nevertheless, after a most
careful inspection of a large series, collected in the different districts
of Grand Canary (to which island it seems to be peculiar), I am
quite satisfied that they merge gradually into each other, and must
all of them be referred to a single species. Apart, however, from
this instability of the elytral tubercles, which are either immensely
developed, and wart-like, or else obsolete (but which, when present,
are always exceedingly /(?w in number, somewhat longitudinally dis-
posed between the costse, and in every instance minute on the lateral
interval), the insect may be known by its usually rather shining
surface ; by the tubercles of its prothorax being large and compara-
tively remote at the sides, and with a tendency/ to spread themselves
over the rest of the surface (except the actual disc), where, however,
they are smaller ; and by its elytra being most roughly and sharply
serrated along their margin, or lateral ridge, and with the sublateral
one also similarly (though less coarsely) constructed, whilst the discal
one is sparingly serrated behind but simple and indistinct in front,
and the sixtural one is simple, and more or less obsolete, throughout.
The P. serrimartjQ is, on the average, a smaller species than any of the
others here enumerated, descending to a comparatively diminutive
size for a Pimelia ; and the upper face of its tibiae is less concave.

M. Bi-ullo's name of verrucosa cannot be retained for the species,
it having been preoccupied for a Pimelia by Fischer de Waldheim
in 1821.

§ II. Scutellum hrevissimum, pronoto tectum (nee pone basin ely-
trorum ipsissimam extendens), ergo superne vix ohservanehmi.
[Subg. Aphanaspis, Woll.]

720. Pimelia granulicollis, n. sp.

P. subopaca ; capite parcissime et leviter punctate ; prothorace an-
gustulo, minus convexo, basi in medio obsoletissime (vix perspicuc)
angulatim subproducto, dense et minute granulato et granulis
majoribus versus latera (praesertim postice) parce adsperso ; elytris
rotundato-ovalibus, dense, sed minute et leviter, malleato-rugu-
losis, versus latera parcissime et leviter tuberculatis (tuberculis
postice in granula mergentibus), in limbo leviter serratis, sin-
gulis costis tribus (sublaterali panim distincta, tuberculato-ser-
rata, sed discali et subsuturali minus elcvatis, antice simijlicibus)
instructis ; tibiis in facie superiore brevatcr cinereo-pubescentibus.
— Long. corp. lin. 9-12.

OANAKTAN COLEOPTEEA. 479

Habitat Canariam Grandcm, in arenosis subinaritimis jiixta Las
Palmas capta.

The present species and the following one may at once be known
from the others here enumerated by the somewhat anomalous fact
(for the Pimeliadai) of their scutellum being so completely covered
by the pronotum as to be perfectly in\-isible from above, except
when the prothorax is unnaturally bent downwards so as to leave the
mesonotum exposed. It is consequently so extremely short that it
does not extend in the slightest degree beyond the basal line of the
elytra. I cannot, however, detect any other structural pecuKarities
to warrant their generic separation from the remainder.

The P. (jranulkolUs is remarkable for its subopake surface, and
rather narrow, and densely and minutely granulated, prothorax.
Its elytra are roundish in oiitline (being a good deal subtruncated
posteriorly), closely and minutely, but lif/hth/, uneven (or malleated),
and have the lateral of theii' three costse pretty distinct, and made up
(particularly behind) of closely-set tubercles which form a serrated
line, whilst the two inner ones (though well defined) are but faintly
raised — the subsutural one being quite simple anteriorly, and the
discal one nearly so. As in the following species and the P. lutaria,
the upper, or concave, face of its tibiae is densely clothed with a
minute decumbent cinereous pubescence. It appears to be exceed-
ingly rare, the only specimens which I have seen (six in number)
having been captured by myself in Grand Canary — on the sand-hills
between Las Palmas and the Isleta — during March 1858.

721. Pimelia auriculata.

P. oblongior quam prrecedens, ac multo nitidior; prothorace paulo
latiore convexiore, basi sensim rectius truncate, esculpturato (tu-
berculis lateralibus exceptis) ; elytris minus ruguloso-ina3qTialibus,
sed juxta suturam grosse sod levissime transversim malleatis, gra-
nules perpaucis minutis (versus suturam minutissimis) parcissime
asperatis, singulis costa sublaterali tubercula majora ac multo
pauciora efflciente, discali vel indistincta (sensim serrata) vel obso-
leta, et subsuturali obsoleta ; spatio parvo ante oculos (mox intra
genas auriculatas) tibiisque in facie superiore breviter cinereo-
pubescentibus. — Long. corp. lin. 8-12.

Pimelia bajula, Br. [nee Kltig, 1830], in Wehbet Berth. ( Col.) 57 (1838).
Habitat Canariam Grandem, hinc inde vulgaris.
That this is the Pimelia referred by M. Brulle to the Egyptian P.
bajula I can state for certain, having examined his specimens care-
fully, whilst in Paris. I have not been able to procure an example

480 CANAEIAN COLEOPTERA.

of the hajida for inspection ; nevertheless I am informed by Schaum,
who compared accurately the Canarian insect with King's type in
the Royal Museum at Berlin, that it is certainly distinct from the
latter*. "Whether the same peculiarity of the scutellum exists in its
Egyptian ally I cannot say, as I omitted to draw the attention of
Schaixm to that particular feature.

The P. auriculata is more oblong and shining than the gmnuUcollis,
its surface being comparativeli/ unsciilptured ; its prothorax is a little
wider and more convex, and, although with tubercles on either side,
perfectly free from the minute granules which so densely crowd the
pronotum of that insect ; and its elytra are less malleated (or mi-
nutely roughened), though there are indications of a few large, but
faint, transverse impressions towards the suture, most sparingly
studded with a few very diminutive asperated granides (which become
rather coarser towards the sides), and have their sublateral costa well
developed, and composed of large but usiially very remote tubercles,
whilst the discal one is either very indistinct and subserrated, or else,
lihe the subsutm'al one, obsolete. It appears, like the P. granuHcollis,
to be peculiar to Grand Canary, though very much more common
and widely distributed over the island. Indeed it would seem to be
nearly universal, since I have taken it around Las Palmas (in the
extreme north), in the central disti'ict of Tarajana, and near Mas-
palomas (in the south). It varies a little, according to the region in
which it is found.

Fam. 67. CONIONTID^.

Genus 268. CRYPTICUS.
Latreille, Begn. An. (t^dit. i.) iii. 298 (1817).

722. Crypticus punctatissimus, n. sp.

C. obovato-ellipticus, subnitidus, densissime et distincte punctidatus,
minute fulvo-pubescens ; prothorace subconvexo, postice utrinque
necnon intra angulos posticos obsolete impresso, angulis posticis
acutiusculis, productis ; elytris postice acutiusculis, parum di-
stincte striato-punctatis ; antennis, palpis pedibusque rafo-ferru-
gineis. — Long. corp. lin. 3-3|.

Habitat Palmam, in lauretis parum elevatis sub foUis prolapsis

degens.

This large Criipticus I have observed hitherto only in Palma, where

* "Your P/mel/a" says Schaum, "is quite distinct from (though allied to)
the bajida, Oliv., Klug. The external part of the elytra is much more scabrous
in the true hajulo, though without that conspicuous row of tubercles so remark-
able in your insect."

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

481

it seems to be universal in the laurel-districts of intermediate and
lofty elevations. In such situations I have taken it, from beneath
stones and fallen leaves, on the ascent to the Cumbre above Buena-
vista, as well as high up in the Barrancos of Agua and Galga ;
and it was also met with in Palma by Dr. Crotch. Two specimens
have indeed been communicated by Prof. Heer as coming from Tene-
riffe; but as M. Hartung, who obtained them, visited Palma, and
since I have already had occasion to notice the excessive inaccuracy
of many of his habitats, I have no doubt whatsoever that these
examples are in reality Palman ones. The C. punctatissimus may
be known by its large size and distinctly punctulated surface, and by
its elytra being very evidently striate-punctate. Like the following
species, it is minutely pubescent and navicular in outline; never-
theless it is, relatively, not qtiite so much widened at the junction of
its prothorax and elytra as that insect.

723, Crypticus navicularis.

C. eUipticus (antice et postice magis aequaliter aeutus), subopacus,
dcnsissime sed minus distincte punctulatus, minute fulvo-pubes-
cens ; prothorace postice utrinque necnon intra angulos posticos
obsolete impresso, angulis posticis acutis, productis ; elytris postice
acutis, obsolete substriato-subpunctatis ; antennis, palpis pedibus-
que rufo-ferrugineis. — Long. Corp. lin. Sg.

Crypticus? navicularis, Brulle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 69 (1838).
Habitat Teneriffam, in locis simiUbus ac praecedens, supra Taga-
nanam captus.

This Crypticus is closely allied to the preceding one, of which it
may be regarded as the TenerifPan representative. It differs from it
in being a little more regularly elliptic (or a trifle more equally attenu-
ated before and behind) ; in its surface being rather more opake, and
its punctation finer ; in its prothorax (which is less convex) having
the basal angles (although as much produced) perceptibly acuter, or
at all events more sharply defined ; and in its elytral striae being
both fainter and less decidedly punctured. Its posterior tibiae are
perhaps, if anjrthing, somewhat more inwardly-curved. It inhabits
precisely similar districts as the last species, only in Teneriffe instead
of Palma. It would appear, however, to be scarce, the only specimens
which I have captured being from the laurel- woods above Taganana.
I compared them accurately, when in Paris, with M. Brulle's types,
with which they seemed to agree entirely.

724. Crypticus canariensis, n. sp.

C. praecedenti similis, sed minor, oblongior (i. e, sensim angustior ac

2i

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CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

minus navicularis), multo minus pubescens (sc. fere calvus), vix
magis depressus et punctura sensim fortiore ; prothorace minus
conico, angulis posticis minus jDroductis ; elytris distinctius sub-
striato-punctatis ; tarsis minus elongatis.
Variat, in locis Teneriffaj valde elevatis, subangustior et opacior,
punctura elytrorumque striisvix levioribus. — Long, corp.lin. 2|-3^.

Cn-pticus glaber, Br. [nee Fah.\ in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 69 (1838).
Habitat in TeneriiFa et Hierro, sub lapidibus foliisque dejectis
degens ; per regiones sylvaticas usque ad 9000' vel etiam 10,000' s. m.
ascendit.

This is the common Crupticus of the intermediate and lofty ele-
vations of Teneriffe, occurring beneath stones and fallen leaves. It
is found likewise in Hierro ; though the only example which I met
with in that island (namely, in the forest- district of El GoKo) is a
trifle more shining, and has its punctation just perceptibly stronger.
In Teneriife it is tolerably abundant at Las Mercedes, and more so
at the Agua Garcia, the Agua Mansa, above Ycod el Alto, on the
lofty Cumbre adjoining the Caiiadas (where it ascends to about 9000 or
perhaps even 10,000 feet above the sea), and on the opposite Cumbre,
above the Agua Mansa. The specimens from these very elevated
regions are, on the average, a trifle narrower and more opake, and
have their sculpture just perceptibly finer ; but they shade off" gra-
dually into the others, and I have searched in vain for anything ap-
proaching to a constant difference which might serve to separate them.
The species has also been communicated by the Barao do Castello de
Paiva.

The C. canariensis is smaller and more oblong than the navicularis,
being narrower (or less widened at the junction of its prothorax and
elytra) ; it is a trifle less convex, and much less jDubescent (being
usually almost bald, except when viewed beneath a high magnifying
power) ; its punctation and elytral striae are a little coarser ; its
prothorax is less conical, and with the hinder angles less produced ;
and its feet are less elongated. An examination of M. BruUe's type
has convinced me that it is the species which he referred (in doubt)
to the European C. glaber. It has, however, in reality, nothing
whatever in common with that insect — scarcely even its generic cha-
racters.

725. Crypticus oblongus, n. sp.

C. minor quam C. canariensis et sensim angustior, oblongior (i. e.
minus ellipticus), fere omnino calvus (vix, oculo fortissimo armatb,
etiam minute pubescens), punctura subtihore necnon prsesertim in
elytris parciore ; prothorace ad latera magis rotundato, angulis

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483

posticis subrotundatis, obtusis (nuUo modo prodiictis), et intra aii-
gulos subintegro (I'arius irapresso) ; elytris paulo argutius striato-
punctatis ; pedibus sensim brevioribus, tibiis aiiticis vix robusti-
oribus ac magis cnrvatis.
Tar. /3. Elytris levius striato-punctatis. [Im. Hierro.] — Long. corp.
lin. 2|-2i.

Habitat in Teneriffa et Hierro, in locis similibus ac prajcedens.

This species has much the same range as the C. canariensis —
occurring, like it, in the intermediate and lofty altitudes of TenerifFe
and Hierro. In the former (where it was found also by M. Hartung,
and whence it has been communicated by the Barao do Castello de
Paiva) I have taken it abundantly at the Agua Mansa and above
Ycod el Alto, and more sparingly on the elevated Cumbre overlooking
the Caiiadas ; whilst in the latter it was captured by Mr. Gray and
myself near Valverde, and by myself on the grassy summit of the
island above the sylvan region of El Golfo. It may at once be known
from the C. canariensis by its smaller size and strictly oblong outline ;
by its surface being nearly free from any traces of pubescence, even
when viewed under the highest magnifying power ; by its punctation
being finer, and (especially on the elytra) more remote ; by its pro-
thorax (which is visually unimpressed within the basal angles) being
rounder at the sides, with the hinder angles more obtuse and totally
unproduced ; by its elytra being rather more sharply stiiate-punctate ;
and by its legs being a little shorter, with their anterior tibiae just
perceptibly robuster and more curved. The examples from Hierro
differ from the Teneriffan ones, merely, in having their elytra less
coarsely striate-punctate.

726. Crypticus minutus.

C affinis C. oblongo, sed minor, angustior, sensim (prajsertim in pro-
thorace) nitidior ; prothoraee convexiore, ad latera magis rotundato,
angulis posticis rotundatioribus, profundius densiusque punetato
(punctis versus latera plus minus longitudinaliter subconfluen-
tibus) ; elytris vix densius distinctiusque punctulatis, sed multo
levius (sc. obsolete) subpunctato-striatis ; pedibus vix brevioribus
et subgracilioribus. — Long. corp. lin. If.

Crypticus minutus, Bntlle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 69 (1838).
Habitat in intermediis et elevatis Canarise Grandis, rarissimus.
Two specimens only of this minute Crypticus (with the exception of
M. Brulle's type, which I examined when in Paris) have as yet come
beneath my notice. They were captured by myself, during the spring
of 1858, in Grand Canary — one of them in the district of El Monte ;
and the other, at a high elevation on the mountains, about a mile to

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484 CANARTAN COLEOPTERA.

the soiith of the Roca del Soucilho. Apart from its small bulk, the
species may be recognized by its prothorax being convex, compa-
ratively rounded both laterally and at the basal angles, and very
closely punctured (the punctures being somewhat coarse towards
either side, and with a tendency there to become longitudinally sub-
confluent — as in the Qnophoto') ; by its elytral stria? being very faint,
or nearly obsolete ; and by its legs being rather short and slender.
It is also a little more shining than the C. ohlongus, especially the
prothorax.

Fam. 68. PEDINID^.

Genus 2G9. MELASMA (nov. gen.).

Genus Heliopatlies affinitate proximum, sed structuia pedum charac-
teribusque sexualibus certe distinctum. Corims et instrumenta
cibariaiere ut in iUo, ^ed protlioraee ad apicem vix emarginato, ad
basin recte truncato, angulis posticis obtusiusculis (nullo modo pro-
ductis) ; elytris ad humeros rotundatis, deficientibus, plica hume-
rali tenui, superne vix observanda : pedihus gracilioribus, mlcarihus
tihialihus multo minoribus ; tihiis anticis baud dilatatis, omnibus (in
utroque sexu) intus fere calvis. In maribus, tihiis intus (oculo for-
tissime armato) minutissime serratis, anticis ante mediimi spinula
minutissima (tegerrime observanda) subtus armatis, tarsis anticis
late dilatatis, supra pilosis, subtus densissime spongiosis.
A neXcKT/ja, color niger.

Apart from other features, the greatly dilated fore feet of its males
will at once assign this genus to the Pedinidce ; whilst its completely
divided eyes, together with the fact of its mentum not being trilobed
in front, and the hinder angles of its prothorax not being applied
against the base of the elytra (within either shoulder), would aU
tend to identify it with Heliopathes. The construction, however, of
its legs, in both sexes (though particularly in the males), removes it
entirely from that group ; and even the external configuration of its
prothorax and elytra — of primary importance in the Pedinidce — gives
it a character essentially its own. The former of these is transverse-
quadrate, being almost straightly truncated both before and behind
—the posterior angles being rather obtuse and without even a ten-
dency to be produced, so as to rest against the base of the elytra ;
whilst the latter are completely rounded-off at the shoulders, with
their humeral plait thin and not at all prominent. It is, however,
in the legs that its main peculiarity resides, which are much slenderer
than in Heliopathes, and with their fore tibiae not at cdl dilated : the
tibial spurs, also, are comparatively minute. This applies equally to

CANAR1A.N COLEOrTERA. 485

both sexes ; but the males are further remarkable for having the inner
edge of their tibiae most delicately serrated, the anterior pair being
additionally armed (at a considerable distance behind the apex) with
an infinitesimal spinule (both it and the serrations being so small as
to be barely traceable except beneath a high magnifying power) . The
anterior male feet are broadly dilated, sparingly pilose above, and
most densely spongiose below.

727. Melasma lineatum.
M. pieeo-nigrum, subnitidum, ubique densissime punctatum, punctis
in capite prothoraceque majoribus et ibidem plus minus longitu-
dinaliter subcoiifluentibus ; prothorace transverso-quadrato, teniiis-
sime marginato, anguHs posticis obtusiusculis(nullo modo productis)
sed argute determinatis, ad latera sequaliter subrotundato ; elytris
oblongo-ovalibus (antice et postice subaequaHter angustioribus), le-
viter costatis; antennis pedibusque piceis. — Long, corp.lin. 2^-21.

Phylax ? lineatus, Brulle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) G9 (1838).
, Hartimg, Geolog. Verhdltn. Lanz. und Fuert. 140.

Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventuram, necnon etiam in insula
parva adjacente Graciosa, sub lapidibus vulgaris.

A common insect throughout Lanzarote and Fuerteventura — occur-
ring beneath stones at most elevations, though particularly at inter-
mediate ones ; and I have taken it also in the little island of Graciosa,
ofi^ the extreme north of the former. In Lanzarote it was captured
likewise by Mr. Gray and M. Hartung ; and from Fuerteventura it
has been communicated by the Barao do Castello de Paiva.

Fam. 69. OPATRID^.

Genus 270. CNEMEPLATIA.
Costa, Ann. Aspir. Nat. Nap. (ser. 2) i. 146 (1847). .

728. Cnemeplatia laticeps.

Autocera laticeps, Woll, Cat. Mad. Col. 155. fig. 2 (1857).

Habitat TenerifiFam, a cl. W. D. Crotch semel tantum lecta.

A single example of this curious and minute insect was found by
Dr. Crotch in Teneriffe, during the spring of 1862, and it is the only
one which I have as yet seen from these islands. It occurs sparingly
in Madeira, and was described by myself from a specimen which I
captured, in June of 18-55, on the ascent from S*" Cruz to S. Antonio
da Serra (in the latter of which localities it has subsequently been re-
discovered by Mr. Bewicke) . It is very closely allied to the Italian

486 CANAEIAN COIjEOPTEKA.

C. Atropos, but differs from it in its head and prothorax being jier-
ceptibly wider — the former having the eyes more prominent and coni-
cal ; whilst the latter is altogether a little larger, or more developed,
considerably less attenuated behind, where it is of precisely the same
breadth as (instead of conspicuously narrower than) the base of the
elytra, merely rounded, instead of bisinuated, along the posterior edge
(and therefore less lobed in the centre, in front of the scutellum), with
the extreme hinder angles much less prominent, and A^dth the two
discal impressions transverse (instead of being rounded)*.

Genus 271. SCLERUM.
(Dej.) Hope, Col. Man. iii. Ill [script. Sderon] (1840).

729. Sclerum aspernlum, n. sp.

S. parallelo-oblongum, squamis pallido-fuscis lutosis densissimc tec-
tum ; prothorace antice lato rotundato, per basin profunde bisinu-
ato, grossc asperato-granulato, j)ostice utrinque longitudinaliter
impresso ; elytris parallehs, striato-punetatis (punctis magnis sed
haud profundis), interstitiis alternis valde costato-elevatis (costis
minute crenulatis); antennis pedibusque brevibus, piceis, tibiis
anticis extus in medio valde angulatim dilatatis. — Long. corp. lin.
2-vix 3.

Habitat Canariam Grandem australem,prope Maspalomas repertum.

The mere generic characters of this insect, such as the greatly di-
lated fore tibiic and the costate alternate interstices of its elytra,
added to its asperated, anteriorly-widened prothorax and densely
squamose surface (the scales of which are of pale muddy-brown), will
prevent its being confomided with any of the Opatridce enumerated
below. It appears to be both rare and extremely local — the only sjjot
in which I have hitherto observed it being at the edges of a small
water-course close to Maspalomas, in the south of Grand Canary,
Avhere, during the spring of 1858, I captured it, not uncommonly,
from beneath stones.

Genus 272. OPATRUM.

Fabricius, Syst. Ent. 76 (177-3^.

§ I. Alis magnis.

730. Opatrum lutosum, n. sp.

0. paraUelo-oblongum, dense fusco-pubescens et -squamosum ; genis
ante oculos valde exstantibus, angulatis ; prothorace granulato,

* Although these distinctions are small, and necessarily, therefore, somewhat
difficult of observation, they are not the less real — being very distinct when the
two species are viewed, side by side, under the microscope.

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 487

utrinque explanato, ad latera rotundato sed antiee stepius paulo
latiore, angulis anticis obtusiiisculis ; elytris punctato-striatis ;
antennis tarsisque breviiisculis. — Long. corp. lin. 3^-4^.

Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventuram, sub lapidibus in aridis
degens.

This is the common Opatrum of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura,
where it occurs beneath stones in arid spots at low and intermediate
elevations ; but I have not observed it in any of the other islands of
the Group. It is closely allied to the 0. fuscum, but is on the ave-
rage a trifle larger and more obtuse anteriorly, and usually more
densely covered with reddish-brown mud-like scales. Its prothorax
is just perceptibly wider in front, with the anterior angles less acute,
and more broadly flattened at the sides ; and its antennae and tarsi
are, if anything, a little shorter. Its main difference, however, con-
sists in the development of its gence, which are both more prominent
and more anguliform, in front of either eye. This character is not
only a constant one but likewise conspicuous, the distance from the
eye to the apex of the gena being appreciably greater than it is in
the 0. fuscum.

731. Opatrum fuscum.

0. subparallelo-oblongum, griseo-pubescens et -squamosum ; genis
ante oculos minus exstantibus, rotundato-anguJatis ; prothorace
granulato et subtilissime ruguloso, utrinque minus explanato, ad
latera sequaliter rotundato, angulis anticis acutiusculis ; elytris
punctato-striatis ; antennis tai'sisque sensim longioribus, — Long.
Corp. lin. 3-4.

Opatrum fuscum, Hbst, Kiif. v. 225. tab. 52. f. 1 (1793).

fuscum, BrulU, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 68 (1838).

rusticum, 3Iuk., Col. de France (Latig.) 171 (1854).

errans, WolL, Ins. Mad. 501. tab. xi. f. 3 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 156 (1857).

fuscum, Hartung, Oeolog. Verhdltn. Lanz. und Fuert. 140.

Habitat in Lanzarota, Fuerteventura, Canaria et Teneriffa, praeser-
tim in aridis sed longe lateque diffusum.

The 0. fuscum of Mediterranean latitudes is widely spread at the
Canaries, where in all probability it is universal — though hitherto it
has been observed only in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Grand Canary,
and Teneriff'e. It is, on the average, a trifle smaller than the last
species, and has its antennae and feet just perceptibly longer ; and it
is also, for the most part, less densely clothed with mud-like scales.
Its gena; (or lateral edges of the clypeus) are neither so prominent
nor so angular — the distance being perceptibly less from either eye
to their tip (which is itself a little more obtuse); and its prothorax

488

CANAKIAN COLEOPTERA.

is, if anything, shorter, and more equally rounded at the sides (where
it is somewhat less broadlj- flattened), and has the anterior angles
aciiter. It appears to be rather scarce in Lanzarote and Fuerteven-
tura (in the former of which it was found likewise by Mr. Gray and
M. Hartung), but more abundant in Grand Canary (particularly in the
sandy districts near Las Palmas and Maspalomas — in the north and
south, respectively), and locally common in Teneriffe (whence it
has also been communicated by the Barao do CasteUo de Paiva and
Dr. Crotch). It is found in the Madeiran Group, — a recent, and more
accurate, comparison of my 0. errans with types of the /ifscwm having
convinced me that the two are conspecific*.

732. Opatmm hispidum.

0. elongato-oblongum, dense et grosse griseo- vel fulvescenti-pubes-
cens (sed baud squamosum) ; genis ante oculos (magnos) rotundatis,
multo minus exstantibus ; prothorace brevi, transverse, profunde
punctato, ad latera aequaliter vix rotundato, angiiHs omnibus acutis;
elytris punctato-striatis.

Mas paulo minus, tarsis intermediis artieulo basilari subtus retrorsum
pectinato-setoso. — Long. corp. lin. 2^-3.

Opatrum tomentosum, Dcj., Cat. (edit. 3) 214 (1837).

hispidum, Brnlle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 68 (1838).

prolixum, Erich., in Wiegm. Archiv, 248 (1843).

fuscum, WoU. [nee Hbst], Ins. Mad. 500. tab. xi. f. 1 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 156 (1857).

septentrionale, Falderni., ined.

Habitat insulas omnes Canarienses, sub lapidibus, passim.

I have already stated that I erroneously regarded this Opatrum, in
my ' Ins. Mad.,' as the fuscimi (or rusticum) of southern Europe ;
which led me into the additional mistake of describing the latter as
a new species (under the name of errans). It is, really, the hispidum
of Brulle, and (according to M. Deyrolle) may perhaps be identical
with the affine of Billberg ; in which case the latter title would have
the priority. That it is Erichson's pro^t.i'M«i (cited as Angolan, but
in reality from the Cape de Verdes f) I can state for certain, having
received two original types (a S and $ ) of that species from Schaum.
It is a common insect throughout the whole of these Atlantic Groups,
aboimding at the Madeiras and the Cape de Verdes. At the Canaries
it is universal, I having myself captured it in the whole seven islands,
more or less profusely. In Gomera it was found also by Mr. Gray

* In my ' Ins. Mad.' I applied the name of fuscum to the wrong insect —
namely, to the hispidum, Brulle ; and so fell into the error of regarding the true
fuscum as a new species.

t Vide supra (p. 465, note).

CANARIAN COLEOPTEEA.

489

and Dr. Crotch, iii Palma by Mr. Gray, and in Teneriffe by Dr. Crotch
and the Barao do Castcllo de Paiva. It occurs principally in hot and
dry spots of a rather low elevation.

Its somewhat less parallel outline and short, deeply punctured,
anteriorly narrower prothorax, in conjunction with its larger eyes,
rounder and less prominent genae, and more pubescent (though tm-
scaly) surface, will, apart from the curious, backwardly-directed
bristles with which the underside of the basal joint of its interme-
diate male feet are pectinated (a structure which I have not seen
noticed, except in my ' Ins. Mad.'), at once separate the 0. hisjiidum
from the other Ojpatra here enumerated.

§ II. Alls parvis, fere obsoletis.
733. Opatrum oblitum, n. sp.

0. oblongum, subcalvum (subtilissime, brevissime et parcissime pu-
bescens), sed plus minus lutoso- squamosum ; genis ante oculos
valde exstantibus, rotundato-angulatis ; prothorace parcc ct raiimto
granulato (vix punctato) et subtilissime ruguloso, ante medium
lato, ad latera valde rotundato, angulis anticis acutis, postieis acute
subrecurvo-prominuHs ; elytris punctato-striatis, subtilissime ru-
gulosis ; antennis pedibusque clare rufo-ferrugineis. — Long. corp.
Un. 2i-2|.

Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventuram, in aridis arenosis et cal-
cariis, praesertim submaritimis, degens ; necnon in insula parvil Gra-
ciosa observavi.

This Opatrum, which has been observed hitherto only in Lanzarote
and Fuerteventura, is smaller than any of the preceding ones, and
much less pubescent — being merely besprinkled sparimjly with ex-
cessively diminutive decumbent setae, though often densely covered
with mud-hke scales ; its prothorax is of a totally different shape — ■
being wide in front, greatly rounded at the sides, and with the ex-
treme hinder angles acutely prominent ; its genae project considerably,
in front of either eye ; and its legs are of a more or less clear rufo-
ferruginous hue. It closely resembles a species which I have received,
from Nice, as the " O.pygmceum, Dejean " : but its genae are a little
less obtuse at the apex ; its prothorax has the anterior angles some-
what more porrect and acute, and the posterior ones conspicuously
less prominent ; its elytra are more coarsely punctate-striated, with
their humeral angles much rounder (or less of right angles) ; and its
wings, instead of being powerfxilly developed, are very small and
rudimentary. I have taken it in dry, calcareous, and sandy spots,
of a low elevation, in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, particularly at a

490 CANAHIAN COLEOPXERA.

short distauee behind the sea-beach. In such situations it is not un-
common to the south of Arreeife in the former, and of Puerto de
Cabras in the latter (where it was likewise found by Mr. Gray) ; and
1 also met with it on the little island of Graciosa, off the extreme
north of Lanzarote.

Genus 273. HALONOMUS.

WoUaston, Ann. Nat. Hist. vii. 201 (1801).

734. Halonomus salinicola.

H. fusco-piceus (fere niger), subopaeus, setulis brevibus demissis ciae-
reis irroratus ; capite prothoraceque in limbo, antennis pedibusque
rufescentioribus ; geiiis ante oculos rotundatis, vix exstantibus ;
prothorace punctate, ad latera explanato et parum rotundato ; ely-
tris profunde et argute crenato-striatis, interstitiis minutissime et
parce pimctulatis.

Var. /3. Subopacior, prothorace vix angustiore et vix densius punc-
tate. l^Ins. Canaria Grandis.] — Long. corp. lin. 2^vix 3.

Halonomus .salinicola, WolL, loc. cit. 203 (1861).

Habitat sub lapidibus in salinis Lanzarotaj et Canariae (praesertim
illius), valde grcgarius. Species H. ovato (Dej.), Erich., nimis affinis
et forsan ejus varietas geographica ; sed genis mox ante oculos paulo
minus exstantibus et minus subreciirvis necnon per marginem latera-
lem obliquum rcetioribus (sensim minus sinuatis), prothorace ad la-
tera vix magis rotundato, elytris sensim minus rugulosis ae multo
profundius argutiusque crenato-striatis.

This insect is very closely allied to the Heterophaga ovata * of De-
jean's Catalogue (^ = Opatrum ovatum, Erich., and Halonomus Orayii,
Woll.), of which perhaps it may be only a geographical state. It
appears to differ merely in having its gente a little less prominent
(or more obtuse), and also a little less recurved, in front of either eye,
as well as a trifle straighter (or less sinuated) along their oblique
lateral edge; in its pro thorax being, perhaps, just perceptibly more
rounded at the sides ; and in its elytra being less evidently rugulose,
and much more deeply, and sharply, crenate-striated. It was taken
abundantly by Mr. Gray and myself, during January 1858, from be-
neath stones at the edges of the Salinas, and around the salt-works,

* This insect, which is recorded by Dejean from Senegal, occurs also in the
south of Europe — a Sicilian example having been communicated to me by M.
Deyrolle. It is found likewise at the Cape de Verdes, and was first descriljed by
Erichson, evidently from examples obtained from those islands \_vide supra, p. 465,
nofe^ in his paper on (supposed) " Angolan " C'oleoptera. I was unaware of
this circumstance, in my enumeration of the Coleoptera of St. Vincent (in the
' Ann. of Nat. Hist.' in 1861), and so re-enunciated the species under the trivial
name of Grayii.

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 491

in the north of Lanzarote — a locality in which I again met with it
in March of the following year ; and I also captured a single speci-
men at Maspalomas, the extreme southern point of Grand Canary.

Genus 274. MELANSIS (nov. gen.).
Genus Phylad proximum, sed tlhiis onmihus mascuUs (praesertim pos-
terioribus) per marginem internum versus apicem minutissime sed
argute serratis, tibiis anticis in utroque sexu angustioribus (nee
dUatatis) et snhS.ex\iosis, j^osteriorlhus in maribus subflexuosis sed
in foeminis rectis ; sculpturd omnino fortiore, rugosiore ; elijtris
alte et argute costatis, nullo modo (nee longitudinaliter nee etiam
in interstitiis) punctatis.
A fxeXavcris (fxeXaivu), denigro).

In their general j^rimd facie aspect and structure the two insects
described below might be referred to Phylax; nevertheless the curious
formation of their male tibiae, which are minutely serrated along the
apical half of their inner edge (as in Xenoscelis, of the Cucujidxe),
combined with other features of secondary importance — such as the
narrower (or undilated) front tibioB of both sexes, their more roughly
and coarsely sculptured surface, and their longitudinally costate elytra
(which are totally free from any appearance of panctation) — give
them a character essentially their own. But in the shape of their
prothorax, and the dentiform humeral angles of their elytra, they
agree with Phi/lax.

§ I. Antemiw lorujiores, artf 3*'° valde elongato.

735, Melansis costata.

M. oblonga, atra, opaca ; capite prothoraceque densissime et profundc
rugoso-punctatis (punctis subconfluentibus), hoc transverso, ad la-
tera explanato rotundato, angidis anticis acutiuscidis porrectis,
posticis minute subprominuhs ; elytris subparallelis, angulis hu-
meralibus minute exstantibus, singulis costis 7 valde elevatis ar-
gute instructis, interstitiis subtilissime densissimeque granulatis
et granulis paulo majoribus obscuris obsolete et parce irroratis ; an-
tennis pedibusque picescentioribus. — Long. corp. lin. 2|-3|-.

Phylax costatus, BrulU, in Webb et Berth. (Col) 69 (1838).

Habitat in montibus Canariae Grandis, in regione " Tarajana " capta.

The parallel, oblong outline, deep-black hue, and opake surface of
this insect, combined with its coarsely and densely sculp tiu-ed head,
and prothorax, and the seven sharp and greatly raised costae with
which each of its elytra is furnished (the interstices being most closely
and minutely granulated), will sufficiently distinguish it. It appears
to be extremely local, and confined (so far as I have observed hitherto)

492 CANAEIAN COLEOPTERA.

to the mountains of Grand Canary, where it occurs, beneath stones
and under refuse, at a rather high elevation. In such spots I took it,
not uncommonly, during April 1858, on the ascent to the Pinal above
San Bartolome, in the central regiqn of Tarajana. I compared it
carefully, when in Paris, with M. Brulle's Phylax costatus, with which
it agreed precisely.

§ II. Antennce paulo hrevlores, art" 3''° longiusculo.

736. Melansis angulata, n. sp.

M. praecedenti simihs, sed minor, angustior, subovatior, colore plus
minus evidenter piceseentiore ; capite jirothoraceque paulo minus
opacis et vix minus dense rugoseque sculp turatis, hoc sensim lon-
giore, angulis anticis acutioribus, ad latcra minus explanato necnon
ante angulos posticos (sensim exstantioribus) magis excavato ; ely-
tris vix convexioribus ; tarsis brevioribus. — Long. corp. lin. 2\-2^.

Habitat Palmam, sub lapidibus in intermediis, rarissima.

Distinguished from the preceding species by, inter alia, its smaller
size, narrower and rather less parallel outline, and less intensely black
hue (the limbs being considerably more rufescent) ; by its head and
prothorax being less opake, and rather less densely and coarsely sculp-
tured ; by the latter being relatively longer (or less transverse) , less
flattened-out at the sides, with the anterior angles more porrect and
acute, and the posterior ones more prominent (occasioned by the sides
being more excavated immediately in front of them) ; by its elytra
being somewhat less depressed ; and by its antennae and feet being a
little shorter. It seems to be excessively rare, and confined to Palma
— where, during June 1858, I captured about twenty examples of
it, from beneath stones, high up in the Barranco above S'" Cruz.

Fam. 70. TRACHYSCELIDiE.

Genus 275. PSEUDANEMIA (nov. gen.).

Corpus et instrumenta cibaria fere ut in Anemia, sed illud minus, in
limbo calvum (nee ciliatum) ; capite minore ; prothorace brevissimo,
transverso, angulis posticis nullis, omnino rotundatis ; oculorum
parte siiperiore minore, valde demissa ; palpis etiam labialihis (ut
maxillaribus) longissimis ; necnon antennis certe 10- (nee 11-) ar-
ticulatis — art" 1'"° parum elongato, ad basin gracili subflexuoso,
apicem versus clavato, 2*^" breviore sed vix graciUore, 3"", 4'°, 5'"
et 6*° minutis brevibus suba3qualibus, reliquis clavam elongatam
abruptam 4-articulatam efiicientibus.
A iljev^os, mendacium, et Anemia.
Until examining recently, with great care, the unique beetle from

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 493

which the above structural diagnosis has been compiled, I had regarded
it as merely a small and short Anemia {Cheirodes, Dej.), with which
in most respects it is identical. But an accurate inspection of its
antennae shows them to be, without doubt, only fen- articulate — the
third joint being apparently absent*. The few differential characters,
of secondary signification, which accompany this primary feature,
consist in the shape of the prothorax, which is much more abbreviated,
with the hinder angles obsolete (or almost completely rounded off),
in its head being narrower and less developed, with the upper divi-
sion of the eyes smaller, in its labial palpi being relatively as much
elongated as the maxillary pair, and in the fact of the edges of its
body being bald (as in 7nost of the Phalerke) instead of ciliated — a
character of no shght importance in a sand-burrowing insect. Of
the antennal joints, the first one is rather long, slender and subflex-
uose at the base, and clavated at the apex, the second shorter but
scarcely slenderer, the following four are minute and subequal, and
the remainder constitute an abrupt, elongated, quadiiarticulate club
— more abrupt at the base than in Anemia. Its wings are largely
developed ; and its legs, as in that genus, are eminently fossorial —
its tibiae, especially the anterior pair, being powerfully bidentate (and
crenulated at theii" base) externally.

737. Pseudanemia brevicollis, n. sp.

P. breviter oblonga, rufo-ferruginea, subnitida, supra necnon in limbo
fere calva ; capite prothoraceque transversim subscabroso-granu-
latis, hoc brevissimo, tenuiter marginato, ad latera necnon ad an-
gulos posticos rotundato ; elytris profunde subasperato-2)unctatis
(punetis versus suturam obsoletissime subseriatim dispositis), panic
transversim rugosis ; pedibus robustissimis, fossoriis, tibiis (prae-
sertim anticis) extus fortiter bidentatis. — Long. corp. lin. 1^.

Habitat Lanzarotam ; in arenosis maritimis juxta Arrecife, Aprili
A.D. 1859, exemplar unicum deprehendi.

A single example of this curious insect was captured by myself in
Lanzarote, during April 1859 — on the low sand-hills (or, more pro-
perly, on a low sandy ridge) immediately behind the sea-beach, about
a mile to the south of Arrecife.

Genus 276. TRACHYSCELIS.
Latreille, Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 379 (1809).

* I find that I am corroborated in this statfiment by a most admirable drawing
which has been made for me by Professor Westwood, in which he has exliibited
the antenna (with liis usual accuracy) as composed of merely ten articulations.

494 CANARIAX COLEOPTERA.

738. Trachyscelis aphodioides.

Trachyscelis aphodioides, Lat., he. cit. (1809).
, Guerin-Men., Icon., Ins. pi. .31. f. 3.

Hahitat Lanzarotam, Fuerteventuram et Canariam, sub fucis nec-
non ad radices plantarum in arenosis maritimis crescentium fodiens.

This little insect of Mediterranean latitudes is locally abundant in
the more eastern islands of the archipelago — burrowing beneath
marine rejectamenta on the sea-beach, as well as at the roots of plants
in the loose sand immediately behind it. In such situations I have
taken it to the south of Arrecife in Lanzarote, at Corralejo and near
Puerto de Cabras (where it was found also by Mr. Gray) in Fuerte-
ventura, and between Las Palmas and the Isleta in Grand Canary.

Fam. 71. PHALERIAD^E.

Genus 277. PHALERIA.
Latreille, Hist, des Crust, et Ins. iii. 103 (1802).

739. Phaleria cadaverina.

P. ovata, subopaca, infuscato-testacea, minute punctulata (punctis in
capite fortioribus), in limbo subcalva (nee ciliata); prothorace sub-
convexo, tenuiter marginato, ad latera subasqualiter leviter rotim-
dato, angulis posticis subrotundato-obtusis, basi utrinque foveola
bi'evissima punctiformi impresso ; elytris convexis, profunde sub-
crenato-striatis, aut concoloribus aut singulis plaga discali irre-
gular! obscurii nigrescente ornatis.- — Long. corp. lin. 21-2^.

Tenebrio cadaverinus, Fah., Ent. Sijst. i. 113 (1792).

, Sturm, Deutseli. Fna, ii. 230. pi. 47. f. A (1807).

Phaleria cadaverina, Steplt., 111. Brit. Ent. v. 15 (1832),

Hahitat Gomeram, juxta oram maritimam ad Sanctum Sebastianum,
tempore vernali a.d. 18B2, a cl. W. D. Crotch reperta.

Four specimens of the common European P. cadaverina were taken
by Dr. Crotch, during the spring of 1862, in Gomera, " close to the
sea-shore at San Sebastian," — the only ones which I have as yet seen
from these islands.

740. Phaleria ornata.
P. prsecedenti similis, sed paulo minor, nitidior, subtilius punctulata,
sensim minus convexa, in limbo ciliata, clarius testacea, elytris con-
spicue et laetius nigro-maculatis (maculis plerumque maximis con-
fluentibus, interdum elytra fei'e tegentibus) ; prothorace vix minore,
ad latera minus sequaliter rotundato (basin versus sensim rectiore),
angulis posticis argutius determinatis, paulo angustius marginato ;
elytrorum striis evidentius crenulatis.

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 495

Variat prothorace vel immaculato, vel in disco nigrescente. — Long.
Corp. lin. 2-2^.

Phaleria cadaverina,^/-?///e [necFab.], in WebbetBe7-t/i.{Col.)70{183S).
picta, Woll, Ann. Nat. Hist. vii. 246 (1861).

Habitat in arenosis maritimis Lanzarotte, Fuerteventurae et Canariae,
hinc inde vulgaris.

I have found it necessary to alter the trivial name of this Phaleria,
that of picta having been preoccupied by Mannerheim (in 1843) for
a species from Sitka. It is common on, and near, the sea-shore in
Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, and Grand Canary (in the first of which
it was also found by Mr. Gray) — where it burrows in the sand
beneath marine, and other, rejectamenta. It is abundantly distinct
from the P. cadaverina — not merely in colouring, but likewise in its
brighter and more finely punctulated surface, in the edges of its body
being conspicuously ciliated, and in its prothorax and elytra being,
both of them, a Httle less convex — the latter having also their striae
more evidently crenulated, whilst the former is a trifle smaller and
more narrowly margined, as well as less equally rounded at the sides
(which are straighter posteriorly, causing the hinder angles to be
somewhat more sharply defined). The black discal patch of each
elytron is nearly always so immensely developed that the two are
confluent ; and in highly coloured examples they cover (when thus
united) almost the whole surface except the margins. The P. ornata
is, on the average, a trifle smaller than the cmlavenna ; its paUid
portions are usually of a clearer testaceous-yellow ; and its protho-
racic disc is frequently much darkened. In M. BruUe's inaccurate
Catalogue it is referred (without even a comment) to the cadaverina
— as I ascertained for certain, when in Paris, by an examination of
Messrs. Webb and Berthelot's specimens (which are normal ones of
the ornata, and were found, according to a label appended to them,
in " Grand Canary ") *.

Fam. 72. ULOMIDiE.

Genus 278. GNATHOCEEUS.
Thunberg, Act. Holmiens. 47 (1814).

* In general colouring the P. ornata has a good deal in common with tlie P.
Clarkii, from the Cape de Verdes ; but that insect is more oblong and much less
convex, less shining (or more coarsely alutaceous), and, like the P. cadaverina,
almost entirely free from any appearance of cilia at its edges : its prothorax is
considerably smaller, quite equally rounded laterally, and with the basal fovejB
deeper and more elongate ; its elytra are straighter at the sides, more rectangular
at the shoulders, with the dark portions differently shaped, with their stria; very
much finer, and with their interstices flatter ; and its tibife and feet are slenderer.

496 CANARIAN COLKOPTEEA.

741. Gnathocerus comutus.

Trogosita cornuta, Fab., Ent. Si/st. Suppl 51 (1798),
Uloma coruuta, BruUe, in Webb et Berth. {Col.) 70 (1838).
Cerandria cornuta, Wall., Ins. Mad. 490 (1854).
, Id, Cat. Mad. Col. 151 (1857).

Habitat in Fuerteventura, Canaria, Teneriffa, Gomera et Hierro, in
domibus offieinisque pistoriis, ex alienis introductus.

This insect will probably be found to occur pretty generally in gra-
naries and about bouses, being (like the TriboUum ferrugineuni) sub-
ject to constant introduction amongst fai'inaceous substances and
other articles of commerce. I have taken it in Fuerteventui'a, Grand
Canary, and Hierro ; and it was found in Teneriffe and Gomera by
Dr. Crotch. Being (as in Madeira) a mere importation from more
northern latitudes, it has but little significance in our present fauna.

Genus 279. TRIBOLIUM.
MacLeay, Ann. Jainm. 47 (1825).

742. TriboUum ferrugineum.

Teiiobrio ferrugineus. Fab., ^ec. Ins. i. 324 (1781).
Triboliuin castaneum, MacLeay, Ami. Javan. 47 (1825).

ferrugineum, Woll, Ins. Mad. 491 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 151 (1857).

Habitat in Fuerteventura, Teneriffa et Gomera, certe introductura.

Like the Gnatliocerus comutus, this insect is almost cosmopolitan,
being liable to introduction, in civilized coxuitries, amongst various
articles of food and commerce. Although occasionally abundant at
Madeira, it appears to be scarce at the Canaries, — Fuerteventura and
Teneriffe (in the latter of which it was likewise taken by the Barao
do Castello de Paiva) being the only islands in which I have myself
observed it. It was, however, captured by Dr. Crotch in Gomera ;
and in all probability it will be found to be universal, if searched for
in the warehouses and towns*.

Genus 280. PSEUDOSTENE.
WoUaston, Ann. Nat. Hist. vii. 247 ( 1861).

* In every diagnosis to wliich I have had access (including my own, in the
'Ins. Mad.') the sexes of Triholmm. arc regarded as jserfectly similar (externally)
infer se. But an accurate inspection has lately convinced me that such is not, in
reality, the case,- — one of them (which I presume to be the male) being not only
less opake and with its prothorax appreciably narrower behind, but having like-
wise its genffi just perceptibly more prominent and angular in front of either eye,
and its antennal club much less abrupt, or more gradually iovvneA (occasioned by
the subclaval joint, or joints, being wider).

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 497

743. Pseudostene fossoria.

P. lineari-angusta, picea vel iiigro-picea, nitida ; capite dense rugu-
loso, antice ferrugineo, genis rotundatis (uec ante oculos exstanti-
bus) ; prothorace magno, convexo, antice latiore, ad latera oblique
subrotundato, sat profunde punctato ; eljiiris angustioribus, subcy-
lindricis, leviter transversim rugulosis, tenuiter sed distincte punc-
tulato-striatis, interstitiis minute punctulatis ; antennis pedibusque
pallida rufo-ferrugineis, tibiis anticis valde dilatatis. — Long. corp.
lin. 1|— vix 1^.

Pseudostene fossoria, Wall., loc. cit. 250 (1861).

Habitat Lanzarotam, in salinis necnon sub confervis per oram ma-
ritimam arenosam fodiens.

In my Paper (above referred to) in the * Ann. of Nat. Hist.' for
1861, I described three nearly allied species of this genus — the P.
angusta (from the Cape de Yerdes) , the present one, and the P. sub-
clavata (from Egypt). And, alluding to their habits, I there stated
that they " would seem to be more or less fossorial, living under sea-
weed on sandy shores, or in other salt places — a mode of Kfe which
their largely dilated anterior tibife, accompanied by a considerable
development of the prothorax, would prima facie indicate." In such
situations I detected the P. fossoria, during the spring of 1859, in
Lanzarote — both to the south of Arrecife (beneath marine rejecta-
menta) and at the Salinas (or salt-works) in the extreme north of the
island. It would appear, howevei", to be excessively rare*.

Genus 281. ALPHITOBIUS.

Stephens, HI. Brit. Ent. v. 11 (1832).

744. Alphitobius diaperinus.

Tenebrio diaperinus, Kugel., in Panz. Fna Ins. Germ. 37. 16 (1797).

■ ovatus, Hbst, Natursyst. viii. (1799).

Heterophaga opatroides, Dej., Cat. (edit. 3) 220 (1837).
Uloma opatroides, Bridle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 70 (1838).
Alphitobius diaperinus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 498 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 154 (1857).

, Crypticus opatroides ?, Hartung, Geolog. Verhdltn. Lanz. und Puert.142.

Habitat Canariam et Teneriffam, in domibus mercatorumque repo-
sitoriis, ex alienis introductus.

This widely spread insect has been introduced into these islands,
as at Madeira, occurring sparingly about houses, and amongst fari-

* The P. angusta, from the Cape de Verdes, is just perceptibly narrower than
its Canarian ally ; its prothorax is a trifle less convex, and rather straigkter both
along its lateral and basal edges (causing the posterior angles to be somewhat less
obtuse) ; and its elytra are more lightly striated : but I am exceedingly doubtful
whether it is more than a mere state of the fos.so)ia.

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498 CANAKIAN COLEOPTEEA.

naceous substances, in the villages and towns. Not having thought
it worth while to search in such localities, I do not happen to have
observed it except in Grand Canary and TeneriiFe ; but in all proba-
bility it will be found generally distributed. Teneriffan specimens
have been communicated by the Barao do Castello de Paiva and Dr.
Crotch. I have little doubt that it is the insect referred to in M.
Hartung's volume under the title of " Cryptims opatrokles " [inserted
without any cmtlwr-ity to the specific name !] ; but how, in a work
so recently published, it could possibly be assigned to Crypt'ums, with
which it has really nothing whatever in common, it is difficult to con-
jecture. Nevertheless I am the more satisfied that such is the case,
inasmuch as no Crypticus has ever been described under the name
of "ojjatroides"; nor, so far as I am aware, Juts any viember of that
genus been as yet detected in either Lanzarote or Fuerteventura.

Genus 282. HYPOPHL(EUS.
Fabricius, Skrivt. af Natur. Schk. (1790).

§ I. Oculi magm, superne valde eonspieui : clypeus a f route distincte
et rede separatus: elytra pygidio multo hi'eviora.

745. Hypophlceus pini.

H. cyhndrico-linearis, rufo-ferrugineus, subnitidus ; capite protho-
raceque sat dense punctulatis, ilHus clypeo ad latera vix elevate,
hoc convexo, clongato-subquadrato ; scutello parum magno ; ely-
tris punctulatis (nee striatis) ; antennis brevibixs, valde (prtesertim
in medio) incrassatis, fusiformibus, subperfoliatis ; pedibus robustis,
rufo-testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 1|.

Hypophlceus pini, Panz., Fnn Ins. Germ. 67. 19.

, Dufts., Fna Austr. ii. 310 (1812).

, Re'dt, Fna Austr. 592 (1849).

nocivus, WoIL, Ann. Nat. Hist. ix. 442 (1862).

Habitat in pinetis Teneriffae et Palmae, arbores antiquas perforans.

This large species, so well defined by its cylindi'ic outline, its
greatly developed eyes, its scarcely at all expanded, almost un-
recurved gense, its posteriorly-shortened, uniformly punctured, un-
striated elytra, and its immensely thickened, fusiform antennae, the
joiiits of which {for an HypopTdoeus) are rather loosely connected
together, or subpcrfoliated, docs not appear to be distinct from the
European H. pini ; though I inadvertently treated it as such in the
Paper above referred to. It seems, in these islands, to be confined
to the pine-trees of intermediate elevations, beneath the loose rotten
bark of which I have taken it at the Agua Mansa in Teneriffe, and
in the Barranco above 8'" Cruz of Palma.

CANARIAN COLEOPTEBA. 499

§ II, Oculi minores : clypeus a fronte minus evidenter et minus recte
separatus : elytra pygidio vix hreviora.

746. Hypophlceus euphorbiae.

H. subfusiformi-linearis, angustus, riifo-ferrugineus, subnitidus ; ca-
pite prothoraceque sat dense punctulatis, illiiis clypeo ad latera vix
elevato, hoc elongato-siibquadrato ; scutello parvo ; elytris levis-
sime substriato-punctiilatis, interstitiis miniitissime uniseriatim
punctulatis ; antennis longioribus, articulis inter se parum arete
adpressis ; pedibus rufo-testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. -j— vix 1.

Hypophlceus euphorbiae, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud. i. 183 (1862).

Habitat in Lanzarota, Canaria, TenerifFa et Hierro, sub cortice Eu-
'phorhiarum emortuo, rarissimus.

This very minute and narrow Hypopldceus seems to be peculiar to
the rotten stems of the various Euphorbias — beneath the loose bark
of which I have taken it in the north of Lanzarote, as also in Grand
Canary, on the mountains above S''' Cruz in TenerifFe, and in the
district of El Golfo on the west of Hierro. It is alHed to the Ma-
deiran H. amhigims, but has the edges of its clypeus somewhat less
reflected, its antennae and prothorax considerably longer (with the
punctation of the latter a little finer and more dense), its elytral
striae fainter and composed of smaller punctures, and its elytra and
legs less abbreviated.

747. Hypophlceus subdepressus, n. sp.
H. subfusiformi-linearis, subdepressus, rufo-ferrugineus, subnitidus ;
capite prothoraceque sat dense punctulatis, illius clypeo ad latera
(usque ad basin) elevato, oculos fere occultante, hoc transverso-
subquadrato, antice sensim latiore ; scutello brevi, valde transverso ;
elytris leviter striato-punctatis, interstitiis minutissime uniseriatim
punctulatis ; antennis brevissimis, articulis inter so arctissime ad-
pressis; pedibus rufo-testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 1.

Ohs. — Species H. depresso Fab. valde afiinis, sed vix depressior,
omnino levins sculptiu'ata, punctis in prothorace elytrorumque
striis sensim densioribus ; clypeo etiam postice (i. e. supra et pone
oculos) utrinque distincte elevato, oculos superne fere occultante ;
epistomate a clypeo minus evidenter separate ; antennis etiam sub-
brevioribus.

Habitat Fuerteventuram, in Rio Palmas sub stercore camelino(!)
captus.

I have unfortunately but a single individual to judge from of this
small Hypopldoeus, which was taken by myself, at the beginning of
April 1859, from beneath camels' dung(!), in the Rio Palmas of
Fuerte Ventura. It so nearly resembles, at first sight, the European
H. depressus, that until I had examined it closely I imagined it to be

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500 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

conspeeific with that insect. A more accurate comparison, however,
has satisfied me that, although nearly allied to the depressus, it is
truly distinct from it — being not only a little Hatter and more lightly
sculptured (the punctures of its prothorax and elytral stria3 being
likewise denser), but having its clypeus very perceptibly elevated not
merely in front of the eyes (as in that species) but also above and
behind them, on either side (so as more nearly to conceal them when
viewed from above). The line of separation between the clypeus and
opistome, which is pretty evident in its ally, is less traceable in the
suhdepressus ; and the latter has its antennae, perhaps, if anything,
even still shorter.

Fam. 73. COSSYPHID^.

Genus 283. COSSYPHUS.
Olivier, Md. iii. 44 bis (1795).

748. Cossjrphus insularis.

Cossyphus siculus, De/., Cot. 220 (1837).

iusularis, Luporte, Hist, des Col. ii. 228 (1840?).

, Brhne, Ess. sur les Cossyph. ii. 16. pi. 2. f. 2 (1846).

Habitat Teneriffam, mihi non obvius.

It is somewhat remarkable that I have not myself observed this
insect at the Canaries, and yet that I should have received Teneriffan
examples of it from no less than foiw different quarters, — namely,
the Barao do Castello de Paiva (out of an old, and accurate, collec-
tion which was formed in the island many years ago), Dr. Heer of
Ziu'ich (the specimens having been obtained by M. Hartmig), M,
DeyroUe of Paris, and Mr. A. Fry of London. They all agree per-
fectly, in every respect, and I have no doubt were captui'ed in the
same region (wheresoever it may have been), though, apparently, it
did not fall to my lot to visit it. The species does not seem to differ,
so far as I can detect, from the C. siculus of Dejean's Catalogue — a
type of which (captured by himself in Sicily) was given to me by the
late Mr. Melly of Liverpool.

Fam. 74. TENEBRIONID^.

Genus 284. TENEBRIO.
Linnaeus, Si/st. Nat. edit. 6 (1748).

749. Tenebrio obscurus.

Tenebrio obscurus, Fab., Ent. Si/st. i. Ill (1792).
_^ Steph., III. Brit. Erit. v. 8 (1832).

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA, 501

Tenebrio molitor* ?, Bridle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 68 (1838).

obscurus, Woll, Itis. Mad. 497 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad Col. 153 (1857).

Habitat Fuerteventiiram, Canariam, Teneriffam, Gomeram et Pal-
mam, in domibus, granariis, et praecipue sub recremento farris circa
basin acervorum tritici sparso, certe introductus.

This common European Tenebrio (which is found also in Madeira
and at the Azores) abounds at the Canaries, where it has doubtless
been introduced from more northern latitudes, and where it occurs
not only about houses and granaries but (more particularly) beneath
the rubbish around the base of corn-stacks. In such situations I have
taken it in Fuerteventura, Grand Canary, Teneriife, and Palma ; and
it has been communicated from Teneriffe and Gomera by the Barao
do CasteUo de Paiva. There can be no doubt that it must exist
equally in Lanzarote and Hierro, and that it is, consequently, uni-
versal.

750. Tenebrio olivensis, n. sp.
T. praecedente minor ac nitidior, scutello multo minore, triangulari
(nee transversim pentagono), elytris valde profunde crenato-striatis,
tibiis sensim gracilioribus ; capite prothoraceque dense, sat pro-
funde et argute punctatis, hoc convexo, ad latera grosse sed ad
basin tenuiter marginato, angulis anticis acutis porrectis, posticis
acutissimis productis ; elytris basi profunde bisinuatis, iuterstitiis
convexis, minutissime et parce sed argute punctulatis. — Long. corp.
lin. 4.

Habitat Fuerteventuram ; Martio exeunte a.d. 1859 exemplar unum
sub lapide prope Olivam coUegi.

A single example of this well-marked Tenebrio was captured by
myself, on the 3J st of March 1859, in Fuerteventura — from beneath
a stone, in the flat ground about half a mile to the south of Oliva.
Its comparatively smaU size and triangular scuteUum would, even of
themselves, distinguish it from the obscurus and molitor, in which
that organ is large and transversely pentagonalf; but it is further
remarkable for the acute angles of its prothorax (which is convex,
and broadly margined at the sides), and for its elytra being greatly
bisinuated at their base and very deeply crenate-striate, with their

* Although it is very possible that the common European T. molitor may like-
wise have been introduced at the Canaries, nevertheless, as neither I nor any of the
collectors with whom I have been associated have detected any traces of it, wliilst
the obscurus absolutely abounds (and could scarcely, therefore, have escaped the
observation of even Messrs. Webb and Berthelot), 1 have little doubt that the " T.
7nolifor " of M. Brulle's most inaccurate list was inserted, in reahty, from ex-
amples of the obscurus.

t Lacordaire calls it Acragonal ; but if the basal line be straight (as I take it to
be), the scutelluni of the molitor and obscurus cannot be more than a pentagon.

502 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

interstices convex and minutely (though sharply and rather spa-
ringly) punctulated. Its head and prothorax are likewise sharply,
but more closely and coarsely, punctured.

Genus 285. BOROMORPHUS.
Wollaston, Ins. Mad 492. tab. xi. f. 9 (1854).

751. Boromorphus parvus, n. sp.

B. angusto-subcyHndricus, subopacus, parce sed grosse fulvescenti-
cinereo-ijubeseens, fusco-piceus ; capite prothoraceque saepius paulo
rufescentioribus, densissime rugoso-punctatis (punctis longitudina-
liter subconfluentibus), hoc elongato-quadrato (postice vix ang-us-
tiore); elytris subparallelis, minute et levissime pimctulatis (punctis
indistinctis et vix longitudinaliter dispositis) ; antennis pedibusque
rufo-testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 1-lj.

Obs. — Species quam B. tagenioides Lucas (=B. madene Woll.)
minor ac magis eylindrica, elytris antice et prothorace postice mi-
nus angustatis, oculis minoribus, puncturji in capite prothoraceque
densiore ac magis rugosa, sed in elytris subtiliore ac le\aore (sc. le-
vissima), antennis gracilioribus, pedibus brevioribus sed femoribus
forsan sublatioribus.

Habitat in montibus Lanzarotse, Fuerteventurae et TenerifFae, raris-
simus.

This little Boromorphus seems to occiu' at rather lofty altitudes in
the eastern and central portions of the archipelago, and is evidently
very scarce. I have taken it from beneath small stones in the cre-
vices of the rocks on the top of one of the highest hills about a mile
to the south of Haria, in the north of Lanzarote ; as well as on the
summit of the Atalaya, above the Eio Palmas, in Fuerteventura —
the most elevated mountain in that island : and a single specimen
was captured by Dr. Crotch, during the spring of 1862, in TenerifFe
— I believe at, or near, Ycod el Alto. It is exceedingly distinct from
the B. tagenioides, of Mediterranean latitudes and Madeira, being
smaller and more parallel, or cylindric (the bases of the prothorax
and elytra being, each of them, less narrowed, or drawn in), with the
punctation of its head and prothorax denser and more rugose, whilst
that of the elytra is both finer and lighter (the punctules being very
obscure even under a lens), with its eyes smaller, its antennae slen-
derer, and its legs shorter.

Fam. 75. HELOPID^.

Genus 286. HELOPS.
Fabricius, Sj/st. Ent. 257(1775).

CANAEIAN COLEOPTERA. 503

752. Helops altivagans, n. sp.

H. niger, nitidus, in elytris subopacus et obsoletissime subaenesccns ;
cajjite prothoraceque sat profunde et dense iDunctatis, illius clypeo
antice late et recte truncate, utrinque ante oeulos elevate et sub-
angulatim exstante, hoc convexo, ad latera rotundato subexplanato,
ante angiilos posticos obtusos vix sinuate ; elytris subellipticis (an-
tice paulo angustatis), leviter et tenuiter subcrenulato-striatis, in-
terstitiis minute et levissime punctulatis sed hand transversim ru-
gulosis nee tuberculatis ; antennis pedibusque riifo-piceis. — ^Long.
Corp. lin, 4-vix 5,

Habitat in montibus valde excelsis Tenerifffe, usque ad 9000' s. m.
ascendens.

This Helops appears to be peculiar to almost the loftiest altitudes
of TenerifFe, the only four specimens which I have seen having been
captured by myself on the elevated Cumbre (overlooking the Caiiadas)
above Ycod el Alto, and on the opposite Cumbre above the Agua
Mansa. It may be known by its elytra being elliptical (or a good
deal drawn -in at the shoulders), in their having an exceedingly faint,
just perceptible, metallic tinge, and in being very lightly and finely
subcrenate-striated, with the interstices most minutely punctulated
and scarcely at all wrinkled transversely ; by its prothorax being
convex, considerably rounded at the sides, and but very slightly si-
nuated in front of the hinder angles (which are obtuse) ; and by its
clypeus being straightly and broadly truncated anteriorly, and rather
conspicuously raised and prominent (or subangulated) before either
eye.

753, Helops elliptipennis, n. sp.

H. prajcedenti nimis affinis, sed sensim aenescentior, punctura in ca-
pite prothoraceque paulo grossiore sed in elytris etiam subtiliore
(ajgre observanda) ; clj'peo antice minus recte truncate necnon ante
oeulos minus elevate et minus exstante ; prothoracis angulis pos-
ticis obtusioribus (sc. valde obtusis); elytris antice vix magis an-
gustatis, vix levins subcrenulato-striatis, interstitiis postice obsole-
tissime et remote seriatim tuberculatis ; antennis pedibusque ru-
fescentioribus ac paulo brevioribus. — Long. corp. lin. 4.

Habitat Teneriffam, in sylvaticis parum elevatis degens.

In its elliptic, lightly sculptured elytra and just perceptibly senes-
cent hue this species much resembles the preceding one, of which
it is barely possible that it may be but a permanent state peculiar to
the sylvan districts of a rather lower elevation. Unfortimately I
have but a single example, taken by myself at the Agua Mansa in
Teneriffe, to judge from ; but if it be normal of its kind, the H. elUp-
tipemiis differs from the altivagans in the above-mentioned pecu-

504 CANARIAN COLEOPTEEA.

liarities being more expressed ; in its clypeus being less straightly,
and less widely, truncated at the apex, as well as more rounded-off
(or less prominent) in front of either eye ; in the hinder angles of
its prothorax being still more obtuse (the sides not being at all si-
nuated immediately before them); and in its limbs being both shorter
and more rufescent.

754. Helops congener, n. sp.

H, ater (interdum obsoletissime subasnescens), parum nitidus ; capite
prothoraceque dense punctatis, hoc ad latera ante angnlos posticos
(vel subrectos vel obtusiusculos) plus minus evidenter sinuato; ely-
tris plus minus profunde crenulato-striatis, interstitiis vel convexis
vel planiusculis, plus minus distincte punctulatis et plus minus
transversim rugulosis, versiis apicem interdum obsolete seriatim
tuberculatis ; antennis tarsisque rufescentioribus.

a. turgidicollls. Major; clypeo ante oculos paulo magis rotunda to
(minus exstante); prothoraee densissime et rugose punctato, ad
latera et postice subexplanato-impresso, ante angulos posticos di-
stincte sinuato ; elytrorum interstitiis convexis et sat grosse trans-
versim rugulosis. [/h elevatis sj/lvaticis Palmse.]

ft. Minor, paulo minus dense rugoseque sculpturatus ; prothoraee sae-
pius aequali (rarius ad latera et postice subexplanato-impresso),
ante angulos posticos vel distincte vel in distincte sinuato ; elytro-
rum interstitiis vel convexiusculis vel depressiusculis. [Teneriffa.]

y, Punctnlis in elytrorum interstitiis fere obsoletis. [Hierro.]

3. Prothoraee densissime sed vix minus profunde punctato ; elytro-
rum interstitiis versus apicem evidentius seriatim tuberculatis.
[/« regione El Monte Canarise Grandis.] — Long. corp. Hn. 3|-6.

Habitat in Canaria, Teneriffa, Palma et Hierro, hinc inde sub la -
pidibus congregans.

This appears to be the most widely spread of the Canarian mem-
bers of the genus, and by far the most variable — ^having a slightly
different phasis for nearly every district in which it occurs. It will
probably be found to be nniversal throughout the central and western
portions of the archipelago, though hitherto I have observed it only
in Grand Canary, Teneiiffe, Palma, and Hierro, — namely, in the re-
gion of El Monte, of the first ; around Orotava, the Agua Mansa,
Ycod el Alto, the Agua Garcia, Taganana, and Las Mercedes, of the
second ; just below the Cumbre above Buenavista, of the third ; and
near Yalverde, of the fourth. In Teneriffe it was taken likewise by
Dr. Crotch and the Barao do Castello de Paiva.

The larger state (a), which may possibly be distinct specifically,
of the H. congener has a certain aifinity with the Madeiran H. Vul-
canus, whilst the smaller ones are still more evidently allied to the

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505

Madeiran confertus — of which indeed the species might ahnost be re-
garded as a geographical modification. Apart, however, from obscurer
characters, the rather narrower prothorax of the H. congener, which
is also a little less rounded, and less coarsely margined, at the sides,
combined with its just perceptibly broader eyes (longitudinally) and
its almost entire freedom from tubercles on the hinder portion of its
elytral interstices (which even in the state "2," from Grand Canary,
are coniparativeh/ but ill expressed), wiU serve to separate it from the
(equally variable) H. confertus.

755. Helops carbunculus.

H. preecedenti similis, sed paulo minor et minus ater (interdum etiam
subpicescens) ; prothorace vix longiore, antice convexiore, ad latera
minus rotundato, ante angulos posticos paulo minus evidenter si-
nuate sed ibidem plus minus lateraliter compresso, angulis anticis
acutioribus et sensim magis porrectis, in disco plerumque paulo
levins punctato ; elytris vix opacioribus, levins ac magis tenuiter
crenato-striatis, interstitiis soepius subdepressis, paulo minus ru-
gulosis ac subtilius (sc. subtilissime) punctulatis.

Var. j3. congesta. Prothorace ad latera ante angulos posticos etiam
minus evidenter sinuato, elytris plerumque parum profundius sculp-
turatis. [/hs. Palma ct Hicrro.] — Long. corp. lin. 3-4|.

Helops transversus ?, BrtdU*, in Webb et Beiih. (Col.) 70 (1838).
carbunculus, Woll, Ins. Mad. 519 (note) (1854).

Habitat in TenerilFa, Palma et Hierro, prsecipue in subinferioribus
degens.

This Heh]ps has been observed in TenerifFe, Palma, and Hierro, and
was described by myself (in a foot-note of the ' Ins. Mad.') in 1854,
from a specimen which was received from the first of those islands
by M. Rousset, of Funchal. In Teneriife it is the common species
around ^^^ Cruz, and occurs likewise about the Puerto Orotava ; in
both of which localities (though particularly the former) I have met
with it rather abundantly, and from the latter of which (where it was
found by Mr. Gray) it has also been communicated by the Rev. R.
T. Lowe and the Barao do Castello de Paiva. In Palma I captured
it in the Barranco above S''' Cruz ; and in Hierro, in the district of
El Golfo. Although extremely variable, it is on the average a little
smaller than the H. congener ; and the larger examples of it are not

* I examined, when in Paris, M. Brulle's types of his H. transversus (the " de-
scription" of which gives no chie whatsoever to the characters of any single spe-
cies), and thought it barely possible that they might be conspecific with my H.
carbunculus. Nevertheless, as I was far from satisfied about this, I do not consi-
der it safe to identify them accordingly without further evidence. I need scarcely
add, however, that if a future and more accurate inspection of them should prove
the two to be coincident, M. Brulle's name will of course have the priority.

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always readily separable, at first sight, from the smaller ones of that
insect. Nevertheless I believe it to be truly distinct — differing from
it in its less intensely black hue (which is occasionally even subpi-
cescent), and in its less shining and less coarsely sculptured elytra,
the strioe of which are hoiYi. Jinet' and more lightly impressed, whilst
the interstices (which are generally rather flattened, and but sHghtly
rugose) are so minutely punctulated that the punctules are often
barely traceable. Its prothorax is a trifle longer, and convexer an-
teriorly, though somewhat more lateraUy -compressed on either side
before the posterior angles, its front angles are appreciably acuter and
more porrect, and the punctures on its disc are usually smaller and less
deep. The specimens from Palm a and Hierro have their prothorax
almost ^insinuated at the sides (in front of the basal angles), and their
elytra usually a little more coarsely sculptured.

756. Helops aterrimus, n. sp.

//. affinis H. carhunculo, sed aterrimus, nitidissimus ; prothorace ad
apicem quasi profundius bisinuato (angulis anticis valde et acute
porrectis), in disco levius subtiliusque sed versus latera densius
punctato ; pedibus masculis sensim crassioribus. — Long. corp. hn.
4-5^.

Habitat Gomeram, sub lapidibus prope Sanctum Sebastianum vul-
garis.

This is the common HeJops around, and above, San Sebastian in
Gomcra — where it was taken by Mr. Gray and myself, from beneath
stones, during February 1858. It may be known by its intensely
black hue and highly polished siu'face ; by its prothorax being lightly
and finely punctured on the disc, but densely and coarsely so at the
sides, with the anterior angles very porrect and acute (which causes
the apical edge, when viewed from above, to appear as though deeply
bisinuated) ; and by the thickness of its male legs.

757. Helops nitens, n. sp.

H. breviusculus, obsoletissime submetallico-ater, nitidissimus ; capite
prothoraeeque dense et profundc punctatis, hoc ad latera ante an-
gulos posticos argute obtusiusculos vix sinuato ; elytris leviter cre-
nato-striatis, interstitiis depressis, minutissime punctulatis ac paulo
transversim rugulosis, versus apicem obsolete seriatim tuberculatis ;
antennis pedibusque la^te rufo-piceis. — Long. corp. lin. vix 4.

Habitat Teneriff'am, a W. D. Crotch semel repertus.

A single example of this Helops was taken by Dr. Crotch in Tene-
riff"e (I believe, above Ycod el Alto), during the spring of 1862. It
has somewhat the shajie of (though a Uttle broader and shorter than)

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the //. congener, with the highly polished surface of the aterrimus :
but it may be known by its deep-black hue having a faint cyaneous,
or greenish-cyaneous, tinge ; by its prothorax being closely and coarsely
punctured, almost unsinuated on either side before the posterior an-
gles, and with the anterior ones (as in the H. congener) not porrect ;
and by its elytra having their striae most lightly impressed, with the
interstices flattened and very minutely punctulate.

758. Helops quadratus.

H. piceo-niger, subaenescens, nitidissimus, ubique dense punctatus,
punctis in capite prothoraceque majoribus ; clypeo ante oculos ro-
tundato (nullo modo exstante) ; prothorace subquadrato, angulis
anticis acute porrectis, quare ad apicem quasi profuude bisinuato,
ad latera minus rotundato, ante angulos posticos (vel subrectos vel
obtusiusculos) sat conspicue sinuate necnon utrinque pone medium
lateraliter compresso ; elytris leviter punctato-striatis, striis rarius
evanescentibus et plerumque conspicue punctatis ; antennis pedi-
busque pallide rufo-ferrugineis. — Long, corp. lin. 3^4^,

Helops quadratus?, BrulU, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 70 (1838).

Ilahitnt in montibus Canarise Grandis, rarior.

Although the types of M. BruUe's H. quadratus, which I examined
in Paris, do not perfectly agree with my examples of this species
(their elytral striae being finer, and less evidently punctured), never-
theless they appeared to me to be sufficiently near to render it pro-
bable that they are conspecific with them ; and such seems the more
likely from the fact of one of my individuals having the striae of its
elytra almost evanescent. In the event, however, of the two proving
hereafter to be distinct, I would then propose for the present one the
trivial name of montanus.

In its subaeneo-piceous hue and shining, densely punctured surface,
the H. quadratus (as here defined) has somewhat the prima facie
appearance of the common European H. caraboides ; but the resem-
blance is merely a superficial one, for when more closely inspected
it will be seen to have abundant characters of its own. Thus, it is
more shining, and more coarsely, though rather less densely, punc-
tured ; its prothorax is a good deal longer and more quadrate, with
the anterior angles mucJi more porrect and acute, and the posterior
ones less obtuse, as also straighter (and more laterally-compressed)
at the sides, but more sinuated in front of the basal angles ; its ely-
tral striae are considei-ably lighter (in rare instances subobsolete),
though much more evidently punctured ; and its eyes are differently
shaped. The only locality in which I have observed it is at a high ele-

508 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

vation on the mountains of Grand Canary — namely in the Pinal above
San Bartolome, in the central region of Tarajana ; where, dm-ing
April 1858, I captured it not uncommonly, from beneath stones,
under the fir-trees.

759. Helops rimosus, n. sp.

H. angustulus, niger, parum nitidus ; capite prothoraceque dense
punctatis, hoc ad latera subsequaliter rotundato, ante angulos pos-
ticos argute obtusos vix sinuato ; elytris cylindrico-ovalibus antice
angustatis, profunde crenulato-striatis, interstitiis grosse trans-
versim rimosis sed quasi impunctatis (/. e. punctuhs subtilissimis,
nisi oculo fortissime armato baud discernendis) ; antenuis pedi-
busque piceis, tarsis dilutioribus. — Long. corp. lin. 4|.

Ohs. — H. congeneri ali(|uo modo similis, sed angustior, el}i;ris
magis cylindrieis, tamen antice angustioribus, in interstitiis multo
magis transversim rugosis (so. valde ac profunde rimosis) necnon
multo subtilius punctulatis (punctulis aegerrime observandis), pro-
thorace ad latera magis a^qualiter rotundato, genis vix minus ex-
stantibus, tibiis sensim gracilioribus antennarumque articulo 3"°
minus elongato.

Habitat Puerteventuram, a Dom. Gray Januario exeunte a.d. 1858
scmel tantum repertus.

A single example of this distinct Helops was taken by Mr. Gray
in Fuerteventura, at the end of January 1858. Although with some-
what the prhnd facie aspect of the //. conge^ier, it may easily be
known by its narrowish outline and convex, though anteriorly-con-
tracted elytra, the interstices of wliich are very coarsely wrinkled
(or, rather, craclced, or rimose) transversely, but with their punc-
tules so excessively diminutive that they are quite invisible except
beneath a high magnifying power. Its prothorax is a good deal
(and subequally) rounded at the sides; its tibige are rather slender,
and its third antenna! joint is less elongated than is usual in the

allied species.

760. Helops porrectus, n. sp.

//. aterrimus, nitidus ; capite prothoraceque densissime sed vix pro-
funde punctatis, hoc transverso-quadrato, ad latera minus rotun-
dato, angulis anticis acutis porrectis (ergo ad apicem quasi pro-
funde bisinuato), posticis subrectis (rarius obtusiusculis), per basin
subarcuato-truncato ; elytris profunde striato-punctatis, interstitiis
minute punctulatis. — Long. corp. Un. 5-6.

Habitat Lanzarotam borealem, rarior.

The large size and shining, intensely black surface of this species,
combined with its subquadrate and thickly (though not very coarsely)
punctured prothorax, which has its front angles rather acute and

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 509

very porrect (causing the anterior margin, when viewed from above,
to appear as though deeply bisinuated), the basal ones more or less
right angles, and the sides not much rounded, will serve to distinguish
it. It was taken sparingly by Mr. Gray and myself, during January
1858, near Haria, in the north of Lanzarote ; and again, by myself,
in the spring of 1859, in the same district.

761. Helops aethiops, n. sp.

H. praecedenti similis sed ad staturam minorem descendens, saepius
obsoletissime (vix perspicue) subajneo-tinctus ; oculis vix majo-
ribus ; prothorace subconvexiore, ad latera magis rotundato, an-
gulis anticis minus porrectis, posticis obtusioribus, vix parcius pro-
fundiusque punctato, per basin minus arcuato-truncato ; elytrorum
iuterstitiis plerumque etiam subminutius punctulatis. — Long. corp.
Hn. 3i-6.

Habitat Lauzarotam et Fuerteventuram, sub lapidibus, passim.

In the large size of at any rate the larger examples, deep-black
hue, and shining surface, this species is at first sight scarcely separable
from the preceding one; nevertheless it appears to descend to a
smaller stature than that insect, and the shape of its prothorax is ex-
ceedingly different — being somewhat convexer and less quadrate,
with the sides rounder, the anterior angles less porrect, the posterior
ones more obtuse, and its basal edge rather less arcuated. Its eyes
are a trifle more developed (or longitudinally broader); its prothorax
is, if anything, a little less closely and more coarsely punctured ; the
punctules of its interstices are, if possible, even still more minute ;
and its surface has very often a just perceptible senescent tinge. It
seems to be confined to Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, in both of which
I have taken it, though especially the latter (where it was likewise
found by Mr. Gray and M. Hartung). My Fuerteventui'an specimens
are chiefly from the vicinity of Puerto de Cabras and Oliva ; and I met
with it even on the little island of Lobos, in the Bocayna Strait.

762. Helops picescens, n. sp.

£r. fusco-piceus, minus nitidus ; capite prothoraceque densissime
punctatis, hoc ad latera suba;qualiter rotundato (ante angulos
posticos obtusiusculos hand sinuato) ; elytris tenuiter punctato-
striatis, iuterstitiis minutissime punctulatis ; antennis pedibusque
plus minus clare rufo-ferrugineis.

Variat in Fuerteventura prothorace vix levins parciusque punctato.
— Long. corp. lin. 2|-4.

Ql)S, — Species exemplaribus minoribus fere in pnecedentem
prima facie raergens, sed tamen nisi fallor vere distincta : in sta-

510 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

tura haud ultra lin. 4 ascendit, necnon in colore plus minus fuseo-
picescente (nee aterrimo) differt ; corpore ssepius minus nitido,
punctura in capite prothoraceque subdensiore et vix subtiliore,
elytris plerumque vix magis tcnuiter striatis atque in interstitiis
forsan subdensius distinctiusque (tamen subtilissime) punctulatis.

Helops caraboides ?, Bridle [nee Linn.'], in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 69

(1838).

Habitat in Lanzarota et Fuerteventura (proesertim illtx) hinc inde
vulgaris.

The larger examples of this Helops would seem, at first sight, al-
most to merge into the smaller ones of the H. cethiojjs ; yet I be-
lieve that the species are positively distinct from each other, even
though extreme individuals of the two (in opposite directions) are
not alwaj^s readily separable — at any rate without a very accurate
comparison of them. The largest specimens which I have been able
to detect of the ff. picescens are so veri/ much smaller than those of
the aitliiops that in their ordinary states no species could be better
defined ; but, apart from this, the much less blackened hue of the
former (which is more or less of a dark reddish-brown, with the
limbs pale rufo-ferruginous), combined with its somewhat more
densely and finely punctured head and prothorax, and (however mi-
nutely) rather more evidently punctulated elytral interstices, will
additionally separate it from that insect.

The size, coloiir, and general appearance of this Helops give it
slightly the |»'????« facie aspect of the European H. caraboides, and
I have little doubt that it is the species referred to that insect in M.
Brulle's most inaccurate and loosely-compiled list*. The most super-
ficial inspection of it, however, will suffice to prove that it belongs
in reality to a totally different type — in which the body is always
apterous, the eyes rather less developed, and the prothorax totally
unflattened at the sides ; whilst it is fiu'ther distinguished from the
caraboides by its longer genae, its somewhat less closely and more
coarsely punctured prothorax (which is convexer and less evidently
margined), and by its elytra having their strife considerably lighter but
more decidedly punctured, with the punctules of their interstices com-
parativehj imperceptible. In the development of its male tarsi it is
a little variable.

* From Prof. Heer, of Zuricli, I have received it (and so lias Dr. Sehaiim)
actually identified with the earahoidcs, and labelled as coming from " Teneriffe " ;
whereas, in reality, it has nothinn; whatever to do with the caraboides, and most
unquestionably is not Teneriffan ! His examples were received from M. Har-
tung ; and I mi/^rlf took others of them out of M. Hartung's own boxes (by his
permission), lehere they luerc (fhev) righfly cissociated with liis material fi-om Lan-
zarote.

CANAKIAN COLEOPTERA. 511

The H. picescens seems to be peculiar to Lanzarote and Fuerte-
ventura. but is more common in the former than the latter. It was
taken abundantly by Mr. Gray and myself, during Januaiy 1858,
around Haria and Magui, in the north of the former — where I again
met with it in the spring of the following year ; and it was likewise
found (in Lanzarote), as already stated, by M. Hartung. My Fuerte-
venturan examples are principally from the intermediate district
between La Antigua and the Agua Bueyes*.

763. Helops fusculus, n. sp.
H. fusco-piceus, subopacus ; capite prothoraceque densissime punc-
tatis, illius oculis (longitudinaliter) angustulis, hoc convexo, ad
latera subsequaliter rotundato, mox ante angulos ipsos posticos
(argute obtusos et obsoletissime subrecurvos) vix sinuato ; elytris
fere simpliciter striatis (striis externis obsolete crenulatis), inter-
stitiis minutissime punctulatis ; antennis pedibusque longiusculis,
clare rufo-feiTugincis. — Long. corp. lin. 4.

Habitat Teneriffam, a W. D. Crotch semel repertus.

The single example from which the above diagTiosis has been drawn
out was taken by Dr. Crotch in Teneriffe (I believe, near Ycod el Alto),
during the spring of 1862. In its fusco-piceous hue, very densely
punctured head and prothorax, and most minutely punctulated inter-
stices it agrees with the H.jyicescens ; nevertheless it is very different
in most other respects. It is well distinguished by its subopake sur-
face, by its (longitudinally) narrowish eyes, by the convexity of its
prothorax (which is almost equally rounded at the sides, and has its
extreme hinder angles obtuse and with a faint tendency to be sub-
reflected), and by its elytra having their inner striae nearly simple —
even the outer ones being but faintly crenulated.

Fam. 76. (EDEMERID^.

Genus 287. DITYLUS.
Schmidt, in Linn. Ent. i. 87 (1846).

* Prof. Heer, in the list which he prepared for M. Hartung's volume, cites two
species of Helops (namely, " transversalis, Br." and " qitadrahts, Br. ? ") for Lan-
zarote, and one {" quadrahis, Br. ?") for Fuerteventura. Being mere catalogue-
insertiotis, it is scarcely necessary to notice them, or to conjecture what they were
intended to refer to; but by '' quadratus, Br.?" he probably meant the H.
(ethio'ps (which, however, has nothing in common with M. Bridle's quadratus) :
whilst his " transvermlis, Br." may perhaps have been applied to one of the sexes
of the picescens. But I mvist remark that M. Brulle has no Helops called " trans^-
■versalis."' He has an H. transversns ; but tliat insect comes nearer to the carhun-
culus than to anything else here enumerated, and is totally distinct from all the
three species found in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura.

512 CANABIAN COLEOPTERA.

764. Ditylus concolor.
Z). elongato-cylindricus, laetissime aurantiaco-testaceus, pube grossa
demissa aurautiaco-testacea densissime tectus ; prothorace cordato,
inaequali (postice canaliculato, in disco utrinque longitudinalitei-
bi-impresso). — Long. corp. lin. 4-7.

Ditvlus concolor, Bridle, in Wehh et Berth. (Col.) 70. pi. i. f. 13 (1838).
^ fulvus, IFolL, Lis. Mad. 523 (1854).

Habitat in Canaria, Teneriffa, Gomera et Palma, sub lapidibus
necnon juxta radices plantarum (praesertim Euphorhiarum) latens.

This elegant Ditylus, so remarkable for its pale, orange-yellow
surface, which is densely clothed with decumbent pubescence of a
similar colour, is (although decidedly scarce) widely spread over the
Canarian archipelago, where in all probability it is universal. It was
taken rather commonly by the Rev. R. T. Lowe at Arguiniguin, in
the south of Grand Canary, on the 15th of April 1858 ; and I have
myself obtained it from the vicinity of the Puerto Orotava, as well
as below Taganana, in Teneriffe, and from the Barranco de Nogales
in Palma. In Gomei'a it was found by Dr. Crotch ; and Teneriffan
examples have likewise been communicated by the Barao do Castello
de Paiva. It seems to be conspecific with the Diti/lus which I de-
scribed, in a foot-note of my ' Ins. Mad.,' from the rocks of the Salvages
(where it was captured, in 1851, by Mr. Leacock, of Funchal) ; and
is also very nearly alhed to a species which occurs at the Cape de
Verdes, and which, although with small and constant distinctions of
its own, may possibly be but a geographical modification of it*.

Genus 288. ISCHNOMERAt.
Stephens, HI. Brit. Ent. v. 53 (1832).

705. Ischnomera melanura.

C'antharis melanura, Linn., Syst. Nat. ii. 651 (1767).
Ischnomera melanura, Steph., III. Brit. Ent. v. 54 (1832).

* This Ditylus I described, in the 'Ann. of Nat. Hist.' in 1861, under the
trivia] name of fallidus ; and I there stated that " it is not only of a much more
pallid hue than the concolor (being of a pale testaceous, and entirely free frt^m
the beautiful orange tint which is always so conspicuous in that insect), but its
pubescence is distinctly longer and coarser (particularly behind), its eyes are more
prominent, its pronotum is somewhat Jess uneven, and the first joint of its an-
tenna; is perceptibly tliicker — a structm-e which is very apparent at the base."

t Although Stephens's genus Ischnomera is composed of several insects which
have since been erected into separate genera, nevertheless, since he takes the Can-
tharis melanura as his type, and even expresses his conviction that the yroiip re-
quires in reality further subdivision, it seems most iinfair to give the preference
to Nacerdes of Schmidt, which was established (to receive that, and one other,
insect) fourteen years afterwards. On this principle almost any of the old genera
might be summarily disposed of by subsequent, and more accurate, analyzers.

CANARIAN COLKOPTEKA.

513

Dityliis nifus, Brulle, in Webh et Berth. (Col.) 70 (1888).
Nacerdes melanura, Schmidt, in Linn. Ent. i. 29 (1846).

Habitat'>

I have not myself observed this insect at the Canaries, and therefore
I should not have admitted it into the present Catalogue had I not
examined carefuUy the specimens of MM. Webb and Berthelot, which
are certainly conspecific with the Ischnomera melanura of central
and southern Europe. M, Brulle, of course, gives us no information
as to the island in which they were found ; but it is not unlikely they
may have been taken at S''' Cruz in Teneriffe, imported accidentally
from more northern latitudes.

Fam. 77. MELOIDiE.

Genus 289. MELOE.
Linnaeus, Si/st. Nat. edit. 1 (1735).

766. Meloe tuccius.

Meloe tuccia, Eossi, Fna Etrusc. i. 238 (1792).

, Brandt et Erich., Man. 3Iel. Nov. Act. Acad. xvi. 121 (1832).

, Brum, in Webb et Berth. {Col.) 70 (1838).

, Lucas, Col. de FAlgerie, 396 (1849).

, Hartung, Geolog. Verhdltn. Lanz. und Ftiert. 141, 142.

Habitat in Lanzarota, Fuerteventura, Canaria, Teneriifa et Gomera,
passim.

The M. tuccius of Mediterranean latitudes, so well distinguished
by its usually immense size and deeply pitted (or variolose) surface,
wiU almost certainly be found to be universal throughout the Canarian
archipelago. At present, however, I have observed it only in Lanza-
rote, Grand Canary, and Teneriffe ; but examples from Gomera have
been communicated by the Barao do CasteUo de Paiva, and in Fuerte-
ventura (as well as in Lanzarote) it was taken by M. Hartung.

767. Meloe rugosus.

Meloe rugosus, Mshm, Ent. Brit. 483 (1802).

rugulosa, Brulle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 70 (1838).

rugosus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 527 (1854).

, Id., Cat. 3Iad. Col. 162 (1857).

Habitat in Teneriffa, Gomera et Hierro, hinc inde, minus frequens.

The European M. rugosus, which occurs also in the Madeiran Group,
is found sparingly in these islands. I have taken it in Teneriffe, Go-
mera, and Hierro ; from the first of which it has likewise been com-
municated by the Barao do Castello de Paiva.

2i

514 CANAKIAN COLEOPTERA.

768. Meloe murinus.

Meloe murina, Brandt et Erich., Man. Mel. Nov. Act. Acad. xvi. 127
(1832).

— , Lucas, Col. de rAlgerie, 398 (1849).

flavicomus, Woll, Ins. Mad. 528. tab. xiii. f. 1 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 162 (1857).

Habitat in Canaria, Teneriffa et Gomera, passim.

This Meloe, whicli is also found in Mediterranean latitudes and
which, is abundant in the Madeiran Group, is, like the rugosus,
sparingly distributed over the Canarian archij^elago, where I suspect,
however, that it will be found to be universal. At present I have taken
it only in Grand Canary and Teneriffe, but it was obtained (at Her-
migua) in Gomera by Dr. Crotch. At first sight it closely resembles
the last species, but is, 07i the average, a little smaller and with its
limbs slenderer, and it is more or less clothed with a fine golden pu-
bescence : its head and prothorax (the former of which is more deeply
channeled behind) are more finely punctured, and its eyes are a trifle
less reniform — being rather broader (longitudinally), or more semi-
circular.

769. Meloe nudus, n. sp.

M. (vix subplumbeo-) niger, subopacus, alutaceo-coriaceus ; capite
prothoraceque parcissimc sed argute punctatis, hoc parvo, basi
profunde arcuato-emarginato, inoequah (sc. tenuiter canaliculato,
ad basin ipsam profunde transversim impresso, in disco antico
utrinque foveolato) ; ocuhs magnis, reniformibus. — Long. corp. lin.
7-8.

Habitat in Fuerteventura, rarissimus.

Readily known from the murinus by its freedom from pubescence ;
by its very much more sparingly punctured head and prothorax — the
former of which is less deeply channeled behind, whilst the latter is
less transverse (or more quadrate), as well as less uneven and rather
more emarginated along its basal edge ; and by its eyes being larger.
It would appear to have more in common with the south-European
M. majalis, Linn., than with any other species with which I am ac-
quainted ; but is smaller, with its head and prothorax (the latter of
which is less flattened, and less quadrate) more sparingly punctate,
with its elytra dififerently sculptured, and with its eyes (longitudi-
nally) broader. I have seen hitherto but thi-ee examjjles of it, all
of which were taken in Fuerteventura — two by myself, and one by
M. Hartung.

770. Meloe subcyaneus, n. sp.

M. subcyanescenti -niger, subnitidus ; capite prothoraceque parce sed
profunde punctatis, illo postice hand canaliculato, hoc subquadrato

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postice paulo angustiore, subsequali, basi vix emarginato ; oculis
elongato-reniformibus, (longitudinaliter) angustis. — Long. corp.
lin. 10.

Habitat in intermediis Lanzarotae, semel tantum repertus.

The obscurely subcyaneous and slightly shining surface of this
MeJoe, combined with the lightness of its under sculpture (which on
the head and prothorax is almost obsolete), and its narrow and
rather elongate (-reniform) eyes, will sufficiently distinguish it from
the whole of the preceding species. Its head and prothorax (the
former of which is imchanneled except quite in front, whilst the latter
is subquadrate and comparatively even) are sparingly but deeply
punctured. The only example of it which I have seen was taken by
myself in Lanzarote — I believe, on the hills immediately to the north
of Los Valles de S'"" Catali'na, on the road to Haria. In general aspect
it seems a good deal allied to a European species which I have in my
collection under the name of gaUicus, but is smaller and much less
brightly cyaneous, its head and prothorax are less deeply punctured,
and its eyes are longer and narrower.

Fam. 78. MORDELLID^.

Genus 290. MORDELLISTENA.

Costa, Faun, del Regn. Napol, Mordcll 16 (1849?).

771. Mordellistena pumila.

Mordella pumila, Giill, Fna Suec. ii. 605 (1810).
, Steiih., ill. Brit. Ent. v. 48 (1832).

Habitat in Canaria, Teneriffa, Gomera et Palma, ad flores havid in-
frequens.

The European M. purnila is widely spread over the Canarian archi-
pelago, where (although I did not happen to meet with it in Hierro)
I believe it wiU be found to be universal in all the islands except
Lanzarote and Fuerteventura (in which its place is supplied by the
following species). Throughout the region of El Monte in Grand
Canary I have taken it commonly ; as also at Souzal, the Agua Garcia,
and around the Puerto Orotava in Teneriffe, and in the Barranco da
Agua of Palma — in the last two of which islands, as well as in Go-
mera, it was captured (during the spring of 1862) by Dr. Crotch.

772. Mordellistena sericata, n. sp.
M. pumiloe similis et forsan ejus varietas insularis ; vix minor, pube
pallidiore subam-eo-cinerea sericea hinc inde, sed prsesertim per ely-

2 L 2

516 CANAKIAN COLEOPTEEA.

trorum suturam, (rarius omnino) vestita, quasi serieata. — Long.
Corp. lin. lf-25.

Hahitat in Lanzarota et Fuerteventura, hinc inde ad flores.

Although on the average a trifle smaller, the only real character,
that I can detect, which separates this Mordellistena from the pre-
ceding one is the fact of its pubescence being of a paler (or some-
what golden- cinereous) hue — particularly down the sutural region of
the elytra ; which imparts to the surface, when viewed in one direc-
tion, a peculiarly silken appearance. It is possible, therefore, that
it may be but an insular modification of the pumila ; nevertheless, as
it seems to obtain universally throughout Lanzarote and Fuerteven-
tura, whilst the ordinary form of that insect is equally constant in
the other islands of the Group, I am not satisfied that there is suffi-
cient evidence for treating it as such. In rare instances the paler
silken pubescence covers its entii'e surface, but it is more often con-
centrated merely down the suture. My examples are principally from
the little island of Graciosa (off the extreme north of Lanzarote), and
from the vicinity of OHva in Fuerteventura.

Genus 291. ANASPIS.
Geofiroy, Hist. Abr. cles Ins. 315 (1762).

773. Anaspis Proteus.

Anaspis Proteus, Woll, Ins. Mad. 532 (1854).
, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 163 (1857).

Habitat insulas omnes Canarienses, ab ora maritima usque ad 9000'
9. m. ascendens.

This most variable little Anasjyis, which abounds throughout the
Madeiran Group, is equally universal (and almost equally abundant)
at the Canaries — in the whole seven islands of which I have myself
captured it. It was found likewise by Mr. Gray in Lanzarote, Tene-
riffe, Palma, and Hierro ; by M. Hartung in Lanzarote ; by Dr. Crotch
in Teneriife, Gomera, and Palma ; and by the Barao do Castello de
Paiva and the late Rev. W. J. Armitage in Teneriff'e. It occurs in-
dependently of elevation ; for in Teneriffe I have taken it from the
sea-level to an altitude (on the Cumbre overlooking the Canadas) of
about 9000 feet, and it was met with by Dr. Crotch in the same
upland region.

Its variations of colour seem, as in Madeira, endless — some ex-
amples being almost black, whilst others are well nigh testaceous ;
but, on the average, the darJcer specimens prevail more at the Canaries

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than in Madeira. Nevertheless the following observations, from my
' Ins. Mad.,' are nearly as a^iplicable here as in the neighbouring
Group. '' So great are the changes of hue through which it passes,
that at first sight it would seem to vary from a uniform testaceous
into a deep black. Such, however, is not in reality the ease (as a
closer examination will prove), seeing that in the palest specimens an
obscurer portion along the suture, an ill-defined cloud at the base,
and a sublateral dash towards either side (representing the transverse
medial band) are usually more or less present on the elytra, and there
are often the rudiments of a patch on the prothoracic disc ; whilst even
in those extreme varieties where these darker portions are so increased
in size as to occupy nearly the entire surface there are generally faint
indications of four subrufescent elytral blotches, which at once enable
us to identify them with the rest."

Fam. 79. ANTHICIDiE.

Genus 292. FORMICOMUS.

(Motschidsky) La Fert^, Mon. des Anth. 70 (1848).

774. Formicomus cseruleipennis.

Authicus cferuleipenuis (Dufoiir), D(J-, Cat. 249 (1836).
Formicomus cajruleipennis, La Ferte, Mon. des Anth. 73 (1848).
Anthicus cseruleipennis, Lucas, Col. de VAlgerie, 369 (1849).

Habitat Canariam Grandem ; ad Arguiniguin d. 14. Apr. a.d. 1858
duo exemplaria deprehendi.

This elegant insect, so remarkable for its clear rufo-ferruginous
prothorax and limbs, black head, viridi-cyaneous elytra, and shining,
pilose surface, appears to be of the greatest rarity in these islands —
the only two examples which I have seen having been captured by
myself, on the 14th of April 1858, by brushing the short grass at the
edges of one of the freshwater pools (close to the sea) at Arguiniguin,
in the south of Grand Canary. It is recorded by La Ferte from Algeria
and the south of Spain ; and indeed I possess a specimen which was
taken by the Eev. Hamlet Clark at Malaga.

Genus 293. ANTHICUS.
Paykull, Fna Suec. i. 253 (1798).

775. Anthicus floralis.

Anthicus floralis, Fah., Srjst. Eleu. i. 29 (1801).
, Schmidt, Stett. Ent. Zeit. iii. 131 (1842).

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Anthicus floralis, La FerU, Mem. ties Anth. 150 (1848).
, Woll, Cat. Mad. Col. 164 (1857).

Habitat in Lanzarota, Fuerteventura, TeneriiFa et Gomera, sub
quisquiliis et in ciiltis, hinc inde frequens.

This common European insect, which has been naturalized in the
most distant parts of the world and which is abundant around Funchal
in Madeira, wiU almost certainly be found to be universal in these
islands. Hitherto, however, I have taken it only in Lanzarote,
Fuerteventura, and Teneriffe ; but it was found by Dr. Crotch in
Gomera. In Lanzarote it was captured likewise by Mr. Gray.

776. Anthicus hispidus.

A. niger, nitidus, parce cinereo-pilosus pilisque nigris longissimis
erectis obsitus, ubique profunde sed parce punctatus ; clytris pone
basin fascia transversa dentata testacea ornatis ; antennis, tibiis
tarsisque piceo-testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 1|.

Notoxus hispidus, Rossi, Mant. i. 46 (1792).

Anthicus hispidus, La Ferte, Mon. des Anth. 209 (1848).

, Woll, Ins. Mad. 535 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 166 (1857).

Habitat Lanzarotam borealem, semel tantum captus.

Of the A. hispidus of Mediterranean latitudes, and which abounds
at rather low elevations in Madeira, I have taken but a single ex-
ample, hitherto, in these islands — namely, near Haria, in the north
of Lanzarote : we may, however, expect it to occur more generally.
It may be known by its black surface having a transverse, dentate,
testaceous fascia behind the base of the elytra, and being deeply but
somewhat sparingly punctured, as well as beset (in addition to its de-
cumbent cinereous under-pile) with exceedingly long and erect darker
hairs. In the specimen before me the prothorax is concolorous with
the rest of the surface ; but this is probably accidental, as that portion
of the body is nearly always more or less obscurely rufescent behind.

777. Anthicus crinitus.

A. gracilis, piceo-niger, nitidus, parce sed grosse cinereo-pilosus ;
capite prothoraceque parcissime et minute pimctulatis, illo subro-
tundato-quadrato, hoc angusto, Isete rufo-ferrugineo ; elytris pro-
fundius punctatis, fascia magna transversa obliqua mox pone basin
et macula parva communi postica centrali (rarius obsoleta) rufo-
testacea ornatis ; antennis pedibusque testaceis, femoribus apicem
versus ph;s minus picescentibus. — Long. corp. lin. 11-1^.

Anthicus crinitus. La Ferte, Mon. des Anth. 204 (1848).
, Woll, Cat. Mad. Col. 165 (1857).

Habitat in Canaria, Teneriffa et Gomera, parum rarus.

This Anthtctis is slenderer and more rufescent than the hispidus ;

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its head and prothorax (the latter of which is rufo-ferruginous and
less widened anteriorly) are much less coarsely and less closely punc-
tured ; its elytra have their basal fascia larger and differently shaped,
and increased by an additional patch (rarely obsolete), common to
them both, on the suture behind ; and its surface is free from the
elongate, erect, darker hairs which are so conspicuous in that insect.
As at Madeira, it appears to be rare in these islands, though widely
distributed over the archipelago. I have taken it sparingly at San
Mateo in Grand Canary, and near the Puerto Orotava in Teneriffe ;
and it was found by Dr. Crotch in Gomera. It is recorded by La
Ferte from Egypt and Senegal.

778. AntMcus humilis.

A. colore facieque generali A. crinito prima facie fere similis, sed pube
breviore minutiore ac magis demissa irroratus ; capite prothoraceque
sensim minoribus, minus nitidis ac multo densius punctatis, illo
ovali (ergo postice rotundatiore, angulis posticis omnino rotundatis
obsoletis) rufescentiore oculis minoribus, hoc postice magis con-
stricto ; elytris subconvexioribus (ad latera vix magis rotundatis)
subleviusque punctatis, pone basin minus evidenter impressis, plaga
postica communi submajore necnon in medio per sutm-am evidentius
bipartita (i. e. in maculas duas divisa). — Long. corp. lin. 1^1^.

Anthicus humilis, Genu., Fna Ins. Eur. 10. 6 (1817).

constrictus (Eudd), Stcph., Man. 342 (18.39).

humilis, La Ferte, Man. des Anth. 125 (1848).

Habitat Lanzarotam, rarissimus.

The A. humilis of central and southern Europe may easily be known
from the crinitus (to which in its general colouring the brighter ex-
amples of it approach very closely) by having its pubescence shorter,
minuter, and completely decumbent ; both its head and prothorax
smaller, rather less shining, and much more densely punctured — the
former being likewise more oval (or rounded behind the eyes — which
are themselves less developed) and more rufescent, whilst the latter
is more constricted posteriorly ; and by its elytra being just percep-
tibly convexer and more rounded at the sides, less evidently impressed
behind the base, rather more lightly punctured, and with their post-
medial patch (or abbreviated fascia) both larger and more decidedly
interrupted (or divided into two spots) along the suture, I have seen
hitherto but six examples of it, all of which were captured (five of
them by myself, and one by Mr. Gray) in Lanzarote — I believe, at the
Salinas, in the extreme north of that island.

779. Anthicus opaculus, n. sp.
A, subopacus, pube minuta fulvo-cinerea demissa vestitus ; capite pro-

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thoraceque rufo-ferrugineis, densissime et (praesertim illo) parum
profunde punctatis, illo siibquadrato convexo, hoc antice lato ; ely-
tris subconvexis, paulo subtilius punctatis, piceo-nigris, antice nec-
non in macula magna communi postica plus minus sufiusa (et in-
terdum etiam per suturam) rufo-ferrugineis ; antennis rufo-ferru-
gineis ; pedibus pallide rufo-testaeeis. — Long. corp. lin. 1-^1-|-

Habitat in aridis arenosis Lanzarotse, Fuerteventurte et Canariae,
hinc inde (prtesertim in locis inferioribus) vidgaris.

This Antliicus seems to be rather common in dry sandy spots, prin-
cipally (though by no means always) of a low elevation, in Lanzarote
and Fuerteventura (in the latter of which it was taken likewise by
Mr. Gray), and less so in Grand Canary. It may easily be known
by its rufo-ferruginous hue and rather opake surface, which is clothed
with a very minute and entirely decumbent fulvo-cinereous pubes-
cence ; by its head and prothorax (the former of which is squarish
and convex, whilst the latter is much widened anteriorly) being veiy
densely and somewhat deeply punctured ; by its elytra (which are a
little convex, and not at all impressed in front) being piceous-black
but broadly rufo-ferniginous at their base, and with the postmedial
patch (of the same colour) which obtains equally in the last two species
larger and more suffused, and frequently united along the suture to
the basal portion ; and by its legs being altogether pale.

780, Anthicus notoxoides, n. sp.

A. praecedenti valdc similis sed paulo major, laetius coloratus, minus
opacus et pube sensim palhdiore (magis argentea) longioreque
vestitus, punctis ubique submajoribus ; oculis multo magis promi-
nentibus ; jn-othorace antice latiore ; antennarumque articulis inter-
mediis vix longioribus. — Long. corp. lin. 1|.

Habitat in Lanzarota et Fuerteventura, rarissimus.

Of this Anthicus I have but two examples (one of which is imma-
ture) to judge from ; nevertheless it is certainly distinct from the
last species, which in general hue and markings it much resembles —
being larger, more brightly coloured, and less opake, with its pubes-
cence a trifle longer, paler (or more silvery), and less depressed, and
its punctation a little coarser. Its eyes are very much more pro-
minent ; its prothorax is still broader in front ; and its antennae have
their intermediate joints just perceptibly more elongated. One of
my specimens I captured on the hills above Haria, in the north of
Lanzarote, and the other in Fuerteventura*.

■* I had at first imagined it possible that the immature example (from Fuerte-
Tentura) above referred to might be a pale and ill-developed femote of the Euro-
pean (and Madeiran) A. instabilis; but. baring identified it satisfactorily with

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521

781. Anthicus dimidiatus, n. sp.

A. gracilis, parum nitidus, piceo-niger, pube minuta fulvo-cinerea
demissa vestitus, ubique miniitissime et levissime punctxilatus ;
capite parvo, ovali (pone oculos rotundato) ; prothorace postice
constricto ; elytris angustis, subparallelis, ad (aiit potius mox pone)
basin fascia maxima testacea obliqua (fere ad medium ducta) or-
natis ; antennis pedibusque longiusculis, graciliusciilis, pallido-tes-
taceis, femoribus plus minus picescentibus. — Long, coi-p. lin. i-1^.

Habitat in salinis Lanzarotse et Canariae, sed parum rarus ; necnon
etiam in Gomera, infra oppidum Hermig-ua, cepit W. D. Crotch.

The narrow outline and dark surface of this little Anthicus, which
has an immense fascia at the base of its subparallel elytra (occupying
almost their anterior half), together with its antennae, tibiae, and
tarsi, testaceous, and the punctules of its entire surface most minute
and lightly impressed, will sufficiently distinguish it. In its small,
oval head, basaUy-constricted prothorax, and rather slender and
elongated limbs it agrees with the A. htmiilis ; nevertheless all its
other characters (of colour, markings, sculpture, and outline) are
entirely different from those of that insect ; whilst its total free-
dom from a postmedial elytral patch will tend rather to bring it into
juxtaposition with the lapidosus.

The A. dimidiatus I have myself observed only in salt places in
Lanzarote and Grand Canary — in the former of which I met with
it both at the Salinas in the extreme north of the island, and along
the edges of the salt lake of " Januvio " adjoining the south-western
coast ; whilst, in the latter, I took a few examples, on the 12th of
April 1858, in a precisely similar spot, at Juan Grande. Five speci-
mens of it were, however, captured by Dr. Crotch, during the spring
of 1862, " below Hermigua " in Gomera.

782. Anthicus lapidosus, n. sp.

A. subnitidus, niger, pube grossa argenteo-cinerea sat dense vestitus,
ubique profunde et (praesertim in elytris) dense pxmctatus ; capite
quadrato ; prothorace antice minus dilatato, postice vix constricto ;
elytris ad humeros subrectis, pone basin fascia parva valde obliqua
indistincta (interdum aegre observanda sufFusix) subtestacea ornatis ;

the other, and perfect one (from Lanzarote), I now perceive that (even assuming
them both to be females) they could not be identical with'that species ; for (not
to mention the colour, which is paler and quite different) its punctation is"al-
together a little coarser, its head is longer behind the eyes, its prothorax is wider
in front, its pubescence is not quite so minute, its antenna; are relatively some-
what slenderer, with their intermediate joints less abbreviated, and its legs are
entirely pale. I need scarcely add that if either of these two examples be males,
it is still further separated from the instahilis by the simple posterior tibiai of
that sex.

522 CANAfilAN COLEOPTERA.

antennis pedibusque infiiscato-testaceis, illarum artieiilo ultimo
horumque femoribus plus minus picescentibus. — Long. corp. lin.

Habitat Teneriffam, inter lapillos per marginem paludis cujusdam
parvse in " Barranco Santo " props Sanctam Criicem lectus.

Readily known by its small size, dark hue, thickly and (especially
on the elytra) deeply punctured surface (which is rather densely
clothed with a robust, decumbent, silvery pile), by its square head,
and by its elytra (which are rectangular at the shoulders) being
each of them ornamented immediately behind the base with an ex-
ceedingly oblique and very obscure (occasionally but just traceable)
paler fascia. Its hmbs are brownish-testaceous, with the apical
joint of the antennae, and the femora, more or less picescent. The
only spot in Avhich I have observed it is at the extreme head of the
Barranco Santo (close to S*'' Cruz) in Teneriife — where, in June
1858, I captured it in profusion amongst wet shingle at the edges
of a small stagnant pool, in company with the Perilejjtus 7iigritulus
and several minute members of the StaphyUnidce.

783. Anthicus angustatus.

A. praecedenti prima facie similis, scd opacior, punctura multo le-
\T.ore ; capite prothoracoque (sensim longiore) rufescentioribus (sc.
rufo-piceis) ; elytris multo magis ovalibus (ad humeros rotun-
datis, nee rectis), nigris, immaculatis ; antennis pedibusque om-
nino piceo-testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 1^.

Anthicus angustatus, Curt., Brit. Ent. fo. 714.
^ Stej^h., Man. 342 (1839).

Habitat Fuerteventiu'am, a Dom. Gray semel tantum repertus.

Of this little Anthicus I have seen but a single Canarian individual,
which was taken by Mr. Gray in Fuerteventura, and which does not
appear to differ appreciably (so far as I can detect) from the British
A. angustatus. In its small size, general colouring, robust, silvery
pubescence, and squarish head it has somewhat the prima facie
aspect of the lapidosus ; nevertheless, when viewed more closelj'', it
will be seen to be totally distinct. Thus, it is more opake and with
its pmictation much lighter ; its head and prothorax (the latter of
which is a little longer) are rufo-piceous instead of black ; its elytra
are much more oval (or considerably rounder at the shoulders),
black, and immaculate ; and its limbs are uniformly piceo-testa-
ceous.

784. Anthicus guttifer, n. sp.

A. subnitidus, nigcr, pube fiJvo-cinerea demissa parce vestitus,

CANARIAN COLEOPTEKA. 523

iibique dense punetatus ; capite subquadrato, oculis minutis ; pro-
thorace breviusciilo, basi marginato ; elytris ad hiuneros macula
obliqua et in disco postico altera submajore transversa, testaceis,
iitrinque ornatis ; antennis pedibusque fusco-testaceis, femoribus
picescentioribus.
Vmiat (immatnrus) capite prothoraceque rufescentioribus. — Long,
cori). lin. 1-1-^.

Ohs. — A. tristi Schmidtii valde affinis et forsan ejus varietas
geographica. DifFert solum oeiilis etiam subminoribus, prothorace
panlo minore, breviore, elytris sublatioribus, punctura omnino
sensim fortiore et pube vix minus fulvescente.

Habitat insulas omnes Canarienses, praesertim in inferioribus
degens.

It is with some hesitation that I regard this Anthkus as more than
a geographical modification of the A. tristis of Mediterranean latitudes
— with which, in its dark hue, squarish head, and the two more or
less brightly testaceous spots (humeral and postmedial) with which
each of its elytra is ornamented, it agrees ; nevertheless, since the
few minute differences which it presents are partly structm-al ones,
I feel doubtful whether it would be safe to unite it actually with
that species. Thus, when closely inspected, it will be seen that its
eyes are invariably even more minute still than those of the tristis ;
its prothorax is altogether a little smaller and shorter ; its elytra
are a trifle wider ; its punctation is appreciably coarser ; its sur-
face is rather less pubescent, and the pubescence itself is (if any-
thing) less fulvous. It is a universal insect, principally at low ele-
vations, throughout the Group — I having myself taken it in all the
islands except Gomera (whence, however, there are seven examples
now before me which were captured by Dr. Crotch). In Lanzarote
it was met with likewise by Mr. Gray.

785. Anthicus canariensis, n. sp.

A. subnitidus, pube cinerea demissa tenui vestitiis, ubique levissime
et minutissime punctulatvis (nisi oeulo armato quasi impunctatus) ;
capite prothoraceque vel nigris vel piceis (interdum submetaUico-
tinctis), illo subquadrato-rotimdato, hoc brevi, postice (rarius om-
nino) paUidiore ac profunde subconstricto-impresso ; elytris testa-
ceis, per suturam plus minus infuscatis (rarius concoloribus); an-
tennis ad basin subgracilibus testaceis, versus ai:)icem obscurioribus
sensim crassioribus (articulo ultimo subincrassato) ; pedibus testa-
ceis, femoribus picescentioribus. — Long. corj). lin. 1-lg.

Habitat insulas Canarienses, in Hierro sola adhuc haud detectus.
In my notice of the Attains anthicoides [vide p. 224] I called at-
tention to the curious analogy, both of aspect and habits, which exists

524 CAXARIAN COLEOPTERA.

between the present insect and that one, despite their being so
widely removed from each other in affinity. Indeed, as there stated,
when found in company (as is frequently the case), it is not always
easy at first sight to define between them — as I have often expe-
rienced when collecting them (in Lanzarote) from beneath the refuse
lying upon the ground around the base of corn-stacks (a habitat
which is quite normal for an AntJiicus, though a very anomalous one
for a member of the Malaohiidce). Its more or less lurid-testaceous
hue (the head, the anterior portion of the prothorax, and the elytral
suture being alone, usually, more or less blackened) will at once
separate it from the other Anthici here enumerated ; nevertheless it
is extremely variable in colour, inasmuch as the entire prothorax and
elytra are sometimes pale, whilst at others, on the contrary, the whole
surface is a good deal infuscated. Its antennae are rather slenderer
at the base, and more incrassated towards the apex, than is the case
■\\dth the Anthici generally (the terminal joint itself being often ap-
preciably enlarged) ; its elytra are of a softer, or less consistent,
texture ; and its punctation is so light and minute as to be almost
obsolete.

The A. canariensis is doubtless universal throughout the Group :
indeed I have myself captured it in all the islands except Gomera
and Hierro, in the former of which it was taken by Dr. Crotch. In
Lanzarote, Fuerteventiu-a, and Teneriff'e it was found likewise by
Mr. Gray ; and it has been communicated from the last by the Barao
do Castello de Paiva. I even met with it on the Little island of Gra-
ciosa, ofi" the extreme north of Lanzarote.

786. AntMcus scydmaBnoides, n. sp.

A. fusco-piceus, subnitidus, pube subcinerea demissa tenui vestitus ;
capite magno, subrotundato, convexo ; prothorace brevi, postice
valde angustato et subconstricto-impresso ; elytris ellipticis postice
acutiusculis, conspicue punctatis, concoloribus ; antennis pedibus-
que gracihbus, illis fusco-, his pallido-testaecis. — Long. corp. lin. |.

Habitat Teneriff'am, a W. D. Crotch semel re])ertus.

The elliptical (or somewhat obovate, posteriorly acute) elytra and
brownish-piceous hue of this excessively minute Anthicus give it so
much the jyimu fucie appearance of a Scyclmcenus, that, before an
accurate examination, I had inadvertently referred it to that group.
Nevertheless the outline of its head and prothorax, as well as the
structure of its antennae, palpi, and feet, of course immediately re-
move it, on a closer inspection, from the Scifdmtenidce. Its head and

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525

prothorax (the former of which is large and round, whilst the latter
is considerably abbreviated and much narrowed behind) are almost
free 'from sculpture, but its elytra are rather distinctly punctured.
The only specimen which I have seen is due to the researches of Dr.
Crotch in Teneriffe, during the spring of 1862.

Genus 294. OCHTHENOMUS.

(Dejean) Schmidt, Stett. Ent. Zeit. iii. 19G (1842).

787. Ochthenomus senilis, n. sp.
0. angustus, fusco-piccus, opacus, pilis brevissimis cinereis argute ir-
roratus et ubique dense punctulatus ; capita elongato-subquadrato,
inter oculos parvos prominentes depresso ; prothorace parvo, tenui,
basi magis testaceo ; elytris subparaUelis, mox pone basin fascia
magna transversa necnon ad apicem ipsum macula distinctiore has-
tata,testaceis, ornatis ; an tennis elongatis, apicem versus incrassatis,
ferrugineis ; pedibus gracilibus, testaceis. — Long. corp. Kn. vix 1-|.

Habitat Palmam, ad rupes excelsas aquosas semel repertus.

A single example of this beautiful Oclitlienomus was captured by
myself, during June 1858, at a high elevation in the island of Palma
— at the base of some damp, trickling rocks above the Pinal of the
Banda, close to the edge of the great Caldeira.

Genus 295. XYLOPHILUS.

(BonelH) Latr., Fam. Nat. 383 (1825).

§ I. Corjotis gracile, suhcylindricum. Antennce in niaribus longissimce,
intus serratce, art" 2^° (in utroque sexti) brevi. Oculi magni, in ma-
ribus maximi supra fere contigui. Pedes longiusculi. (Euglenes,
Westiv.) •

788. XylopMlus oculatissimus, n. sp.

X. testaceus, dense et (prtesertim in elytris) profunda punctatus, pube
grossa subdemissa fulvescente dense vestitus ; capite transverse -
rotundato, paulo fuscescentiore ; prothorace parvo, subconico-qua-
drato, basi transversim impresso, angulis posticis subrectis ; ely-
tris parallelis, in medio fascia indistineta suffiisa (antice per sutu-
ram et ad latera per marginem ducta) fuscescente nebulosis, basi
conjunctim subemarginatis. — Long. corp. lin. 11.

Habitat Palmam, cum OchtJienomo senili deprehensus.

This beautiful XylopMlus, the elongated antenniB of which (with
their abbreviated second joint) and enlarged subconfluent eyes, in the
male sex, would refer it to the subgenus Euglenes, is remarkable, inter
alia, for its testaceous surface — which has merely a suffused, indis-
tinct, cloudy fascia across the central region of its elytra (and more
or less produced along the lateral margins and the anterior portion

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of the suture) slightly darkened. Its head, however, would appear
to be sometimes a little infuscated. I have seen hitherto but three
examples of it, which were taken by myself at a high elevation in
the island of Palma — in the same locality as (and indeed in com-
pany with) the Ochthenomus senilis, described above.

§ II. Corpus ovatum. Antennce {in utroque sexu) hreviores, haud ser-
ratce, articulis intertnediis hrevihus, inter se subcequalibus. Ocidi mi-
nores, in utroque se.vu distantes. Pedes hreviores. (Phytobtenus,
Sahlh.)

789. Xylophilus pallescens.

X. testaceus, dense sed minutissime punctulatus (capite fere impunc-
tato), pube subtilissima brevissima valde demissa cinereo-fulves-
cente densissime vestitus (quasi sericatus) ; capite subtriangulari ;
prothorace transverso-quadrato, antiee vix latiore, ad latera versus
angulos posticos argute obtusiusculos oblique subtruncato, basi in-
tra angulos minute foveolato ; elytris ovalibus, subconvexis, conco-
loribus, basi conjunctim trisinuatis. — Long. cori>. lin. vix 1.

Xylophilus pallescens, Wall, Ins. 3Ind. 538. tab. xiii. f. 3 (1854).
, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 167 (1857).

Habitat TenerifFam, in collibus mox suj^ra Sanctam Crucem lectus.

A single example of this insect, which occurs, not uncommonly,
beneath vegetable refiise around Funehal in Madeira, was taken by
myself on the ascent of the mountains immediately behind S'" Cruz
of Teneriffe — in the direction of El Campo and the Las Mercedes
range.

Fam. 80. SCYDM.ffiNID^.

Genus 296. SCYDM^NUS.
Latreille, Gen. Crust, ct Ins. i. 232 (1806).

790. Scydmsenus tarsatus.

S. piceo-niger, nitidissimus, fere impunctatus, parce sed grosse ful-
vescenti-cinereo-pubescens ; prothorace ad basin foveolis quatuor
punetiformibus notato ; elytris ovalibus, apice pygidio brevioribus,
basi hneolis duabus impressis ; antennis pedibusque crassis, paUide
rufo-ferrugineis, tarsis anticis dilatatis.— Long. corp. lin. 1^.

Scydmjfinus tarsatus, Kimze, 3Ion. Snjd. 11. f. 3 (1823).

— , Benny, Mon. Pselaph. et Sa/d. 57 (1825).

, Steph., Ill Brit. Ent. v. 80 (1832).

Habitat TenerifFam, a W. D. Crotch nuper repertus.

Six examples of the European S. tarsatus were taken by Dr. Crotch
in Teneriffe, during the spring of 1862. They seem to accord pre-
cisely with the ordinary type — the species being well distinguished

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527

by its bright and coarsely pubescent but almost impunctate surface,
by the four rounded, punctiform foveae at the base of its prothorax,
and by the robustness of its antennae and legs, the latter of which
have their front tarsi perceptibly dilated.

Fam. 81. PSELAPHID^.

Genus 297. EUPLECTUS.
(Kirby) Leach, Zool. Miscell. (1817).

791. Euplectus Karstenii.
E. rufo-testaceus ; capite dense punctulato, antice transversim im-
presso et utrinque sulcato ; prothorace in disco foveola impresso,
basi profundius trifoveolato ; elytris depressiuseulis. — Long. corp.
lin. vix |.

Pselaphus Karstenii, Reichcnh., Moii. Pselaph. 71. tab. ii. f. 21 (181G).
Euplectus Karstenii, Denny, 3fon. Pselaph. et Sci/d. 12 (1825).
, Aube, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 14G (1844).

Habitat Teneriifam et Palmam, sub cortice laxo putrido in sylva-
ticis intermediis degens.

The riifo-testaceous hue and distinctly punctured head of this Eu-
plectus, combined with its rather depressed elytra and other details,
seem to refer it to the European E. Karstenii. It is rare at the Ca-
naries, or at any rate local, and confined apparently to the sylvan
districts of intermediate elevations. Under such circumstances I
have taken it sparingly (from beneath the loose, rotting bark of trees)
at Las Mercedes in Tenerifte, and more abundantly high up in the
Barraneo da Agua of Palma.

792. Euplectus monticola, n. sp.
E. praecedenti similis, sed paulo major, foveis in capite prothoraceque
levius impressis; oculis sensim majoribus; antennis pedibusque sub-
longioribus, illarum clava longiore, laxiore (magis perfoliata), arti-
cuhs penultimo et antepenultimo distincte majoribus. — Long. corp.
lin. 1.

Habitat in montibus valde excelsis Tenerifiiae, usque ad 9000' s. m.
ascendens.

Although in general aspect and hue this Euplectus agrees with the
Karstenii, nevertheless it is certainly distinct from it, ascending more-
over (apparently) to a much higher elevation, — the only two exam-
ples which I have seen having been captured by myself on the lofty
Cumbre of TenerifFe, overlooking the Cafiadas, about 9000 feet above
the sea. It differs from the Karstenii in being a little larger, with

528 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

the foveee of its head and prothorax more lightly impressed, in its
eyes. being less minute, and in its limbs being perceptibly longer,
with the antennal club more elongated and perfoliate (the penulti-
mate and antepenultimate joints being more loosely connected, and
very appreciably larger).

793. Euplectus sanguineus.

E. piceiis vel piceo-castaneus ; capite utrin(|ue punctulato, antice

transversim impresso et utrinque profunde sulcato ; prothorace in

" disco foveola impresso, basi profundius trifoveolato ; elytris con-

vexiusculis, postice sensim latioribus ; antennis pedibusque piceo-

testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. |.

Euplectus sanguineus, Denny, Mon. Pselaph. et Scyd. 10 (1825).

, Heer, Fna Col. Helv. 362 (1841 ).

, Aube, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 146 (1844).

Habitat Teneriffam, a W. D. Crotch semel captus.

A single specimen of this insect was taken by Dr. Crotch in Tene-
riife, during the spring of 1862. I can detect no character to sepa-
rate it from the European E. sanguineus — a species which may be
known by its, piceous, or dark-chestnut, hue (the limbs, however, being
paler or more testaceous), by its head being punctured on either
side (though less densely and less coarsely so than in the Karstenii),
and by its elytra being rather convex, and rounded laterally (or gra-
dually somewhat widened behind).

Genus 298. ENOPTOSTOMUS (nov. gen.).
Schaum* (in hoc opuscule citatus).

^^Antennoi approximatse, tubercuH frontalis lateribus insertae, maris
quatuor, fceminae duobus articulis ultimis incrassatis, ultimo ma-
jore. Palpi maxiUares 4-articulati (?), articulo secundo valde ar-
cuate, apice parum incrassato, tertio utrinque valde dilatato, semi-
lunari, quarto in conum transversum dilatato (ultimis duobus ap-
pendice laterali setiformi instructis). Tarsi unguiculis duobus
fequalibus.

" This new genus is allied to Ctenistes and Centrotoma, especially
to the former ; the maxillary palpi have lateral setiform appendages
as in those genera, but only on the last two joints.

* The little Pselaphid which forms the type of tlie above genus I consigned
recently for description to Dr. Scfiaum, feeling assm-ed that liis long and close
attention to the P^cIaphidcB would enable him to point out its distinctive pecu-
liarities with greater precision than I should myself be in a ]30sition to do. I
would wish therefore to state that the generic and specific diagnoses given above
have been communicated by him, for insertion in this Catalogue ; and that I
consequently cite them verbatim, without any additional observations of my own
(beyond those relating to the hahitaf).

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 529

''Body covered with squamiform hairs. Head not broader than the
prothorax and a little longer than broad, ronnded behind and nar-
rowed in front (the front being produced into a sliort process), lon-
gitudinally divided by a feeble channel ; the forehead rather flat,
and impressed with two fovese. Eyes very prominent. Antennoi
implanted at the sides of the frontal process, and 11-jointed; the
first tAvo joints thicker than the following one (the 1st being sub-
cylindrical, and the 2nd somewhat rounded), the 3rd to the 7th
equal and subglobular, the last four different according to the sex,
— in the male aU of them being thickened (the 8th considerably
larger than the 7th, the 9th also larger than the 7th but smaller
than the 8th, the 10th a little larger than the 8th, the 11th much
incrassated, twice as long as the 10th, and rounded, with a some-
what oblique apex); whilst in ih.e female the last two joints only
are thickened (the 8th being even a trifle smaller than the 7th and
9th, which are of equal size), but a little smaller than in the male.
Maxillary paljii 4 (?)-jointed, — the basal joint (if existing) mi-
nute and not visible without dissection, the second strongly bent
(being almost elbowed behind the middle) and slightly thickened
at the apex, the third greatly dilated (more so on its inner than
its outer side) and almost semilunar (being rounded at the base
and nearly straight along its anterior edge — the outer horn being
produced into a long setiform appendage, whilst on the inner horn
the last joint is implanted), and the fourth of the same size as the
preceding one but forming a transverse cone, and equally fur-
nished with a lateral setiform appendage. Prothorax not longer
than broad, with a round and large fovea in the middle behind,
and a deep longitudinal impression on either side. Elytra longer
than the prothorax, rounded at the shoulders and dilated towards
their apex, transversely impressed along their hinder edge, and
more thickly covered in this impression (or groove) with squami-
form hairs ; with an entire stria (on each) alongside the suture,
and another in the middle which is more deeply impressed at the
base. Ahdomen with four segments uncovered; the first three
have a thick margin, and the second is densely clothed with squa-
miform hairs at its base. Legs slender ; tihue a little bent ; tarsi
narrow and short (the four hinder ones being four times shorter
than the tibiae), and all of them terminated by two equal and mi-
nute claws."

794. " Enoptostomus Wollastoni, n. sp.

"E. rufo-testaceus, nitidus, subdepressus. — Long. corp. lin. |."
Habitat in Teneriffa et Gomera, sub lapidibus rarissimus.
Apparently both rare and local. The only examples (about twenty
in number) which I have seen (except one which was found by Dr.
Crotch in Gomera) were captured by myself close to S'^'' Cruz, in Tcne-
riffe — from beneath small stones, under some fig-trees, at a low ele-
vation in (and on the southern side of) the Barranco do Passo Alto.

2 M

.630 " CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

Fam. 82. STAPHYLINID^.

(Subfam. I. ALE0CHARIDE8.)

Genus 299. FALAGRIA.
(Leach) Mannerheim, Brachel 86 (1831).

795. Falagria obscura.

Aleocbara obscura, Gruv., Col. Micrcqjt. 74 (1802),
Falagria obscm-a, Mann., Brachel. 87 (1831).

, Woll, Lis. Mad. 541 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 169 (1857).

Habitat insulas Canarienses, in Lanzarota et Hierro hactenus baud
deteeta.

This common European insect (which abounds in Madeira and
Porto Santo) is widely spread over the Canarian Group, where it is
doubtless universal — though hitherto it does not happen to have been
observed in either Lanzarote or Hierro. But in Fuerteventui'a, Grand
Canary, TenerifFe, and Palma I have myself taken it ; and in Gomera
it was found by Dr. Crotch. In Pahna it was likewise met with by
Mr. Gray. It occurs piincipaUy at rather low elevations, but does
not appear to be anywhere abundant.

Genus 300. ECHIDNOGLOSSA (nov. gen.).

Corpus angustum ; capite rotundato, per coUum angustum prothoraci
connexo ; eh/iris brevissimis ; abdomine basi valde constricto. Ayi-
tennce articulis l*"", 2^^" et 3''** reHquis longioribus. Lahrnm trans-
versum, aritice rotundatum subintegrum (obsolete trilobatum).
Mandibulce elongatae, basi subrectae, apice incurva^ acutissime, in-
tus pone apicem usque ad basin membrana angustissima tenuissima
(aegerrime observanda) minute ciliata auctae necnon in una denti-
culo minutissimo pone medium armatse. Maxillce lobo extenio basi
apiceque membranaceo, apice pubescente ; intenio vix breviore, in-
tus membranaceo spinulisque elongatis omnino ciliato. Palpi lon-
gissimi ; maxilla re.'i articulis 2^° et 3"" elongatis clavatis (hoc cras-
siore), 4'° tenui aciculari ; lahiales 3-articulati, articulis inter se
longitudine subaequaUbus, latitudine decrescentibus (3'"* tenui cy-
lindrico). Mentum transversum, apice late sed leviter emargina-
tum. Ligula antice in medio longissima, angustissima, parallela,
membranacea, summo apice minutissime bifida ; j)('^'(f9^ossis nuUis.
Tarsis omnibus certe 5-articulatis, posticis articulis quatuor basa-
libus gradatim paulo decrescentibus.
Ab e'xtSva, vipera, et yXuirTaa, ligula.

In its round but excessively pedunculated head (which is joined to
the thorax by an extremely narrow neck), as well as in its peculiar
outline, greatly abbreviated, subconvex elytra, and basaUy-constricted

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531

abdomen, the unique insect from which the above structural cha-
racters have been drawn has much the appearance of a large Autalia
or Falagria (especially the former) ; nevertheless all its tarsi are
most unquestionably 5-articulate, and it has no visible paraglossae.
In both of these latter respects, and in the narrow, parallel, greatly
produced anterior portion of its Hgula, it agrees with Ocalea ; but
the majority of its external features are so completely on the Autalia-
type that I cannot but think that it would be unnatiu'al to remove it
far from that group. "With the exception of its extremely elongated
and straightened ligula, its oi-al organs are nearly similar to those of
Homalota ; but its front feet are (like the remainder) pentamerous,
and in its general fades it is totally different from the members of
that genus.

796. Echidnoglossa constricta, n. sp.
E. rufo-ferruginea, subnitida, alutacea (vix punctulata), parce pu-
bescens ; capite paulo obscuriore ; prothorace angusto, ante me-
dium angulatim sublatiore, canaliculate (canalicula in disco obso-
leta, sed postice in foveam latiorem mergente) ; elytris brevissimis,
subconvexis, ad latera vix obscurioribus ; abdomine postice obscu-
riore ; antennis pedibusque infuscato-testaceis, illis versus apicem
nigrescentibus. — Long. corp. lin. 1|.

Habitat TenerifFajn, prope oppidulum Guia a W. D. Crotch reperta.

Apparently extremely rare, the only specimen which I have seen

having been captured by Dr. Crotch (during the spring of 1862) near

the little town of Guia (opposite to Gomera) o]i the western side of

Teneriffe.

Genus 301. PHYTOSUS*.
(Rudd) Curtis, Brit. Ent. xv. 718 (1838).

797. Phytosus minyops, n. sp.

P. angustissimus, testaceus, opaeus, dense cinereo-pubescens ; capite
vix rufescentiore ; elytris brevissimis ; abdomine in medio nigri-
cante. — Long. corp. hn. vix Ig.

Ohs. — Species nigriventri Chev. affinis, sed angustior, capite pal-
lidiore oculisque minoribus magis rotundatis. A haltico Kraatzii
differt corpore majore pallidiore, abdomine densius subtiliusque
punctulato et basi pallido (nee nigrescente).

Phytosus nigriventris, WoU. [nee Chev.], Cat. 3fad. Col. 169 (1857).
Habitat Fuerteventuram, sub fucis per oram maritimam semel
captus.

* Lacordaire and Kraatz, following Erichson, have defined Phytosus as having
merely its front feet 4-articiilate ; but, after mounting in balsam the whole six
legs both of the nigriventris and spinosus. I am quite satisfied that the four ante-
rior tarsi are tetramerous (as indeed was originally, and correctly, stated by Curtis).

532 CANAKIAN COLEOPTEEA.

The only Canarian example of this FJu/tosvs- v^hich I have hitherto
seen was taken by myself in Fuerteventura — from beneath sea-weed
on the sandy beach about a mile to the south of Puerto de Cabras.
Although I do not possess at present a Porto-Santan specimen for
comparison, I have no hesitation in regarding it as conspecific with
the Phytosvs which I identified (I now believe, wrongly), in my Ma-
deiran Catalogue, with the nii/rivetitris of more northern latitudes.
There can be no doubt that it is very closely allied to that insect ;
but it is rather narrower, its head is scarcely (if at all) darker than
the prothorax and elytra, and its eyes are very appreciably smaller
and rounder. In some respects it approaches nearer to the halticus
of Kraatz ; but is larger and altogether paler, and its abdomen (which
is more densely and finely pimctulated) has the basal half of a rufo-
testaceous instead of a piceous hue.

798. Phytosiis spinifer.
P. praecedente vix latior magisquc parallelus, niger, opacias, densis-
sime cinereo-pubescens ; elytris prothorace sensim longioribus, de-
pressis, postice gradatim plus minus testaceis ; antennis (articulo
ultimo obscuriore excepto) pedibusque infuscato -testaceis. — Long.
Corp. Im. vix 1^.

Phytosus spinifer?, Cmiis, Brit. Ent. xv. 718 (1838).
, Kraatz, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. ii. 44 (1858).

Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuertevcnturam in locis similibus ac proe-
cedcns.

Although I have no actual type of the P. spinifer for comparison,
I believe this to be the Phytosus which is referred by Kraatz to that
species, and which corresponds with one of the (supposed) sexes de-
scribed by Curtis (the other being probably either the nigriventris or
the halticus). It is darker and more parallel than the other Phytosi
hitherto detected, merely the hinder portion of its elytra (in addition
to the limbs) being gradually more or less testaceous. Its elytra,
likewise, are more flattened and less abbreviated ; and its whole sur-
face is very densely clothed with cinereous pubescence, — the entire
insect being somewhat suggestive at first sight of a PhJoeopora, or of
an excessively diminutive Aleochara of the ohsntreUa-tYpe. I have
taken it rather commonly from beneath sea-weed on the sandy shores
of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, — namely, to the south of Arrecife
of the former and of Puerto de Cabras of the latter (in which second
locality it was found likewise by Mr. Gray). It will probably occur
generally throughout those latitudes, if searched for in the proper
places, for I observed it in precisely similar spots atMogadore on the
opposite coast of Morocco.

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 533

Genus 302. PHLCEOPORA.
Erichson, Kiif. der Mark Brand, i. 311 (1837).

799. Phlceopora corticina, n. sp.
P. nigro-picea, subopaca ; prothorace quadi-ato, fuscesceiitiore ; ely-
tris rufo-testaceis, versus basin et latera plus minus infuscatis ; an-
tennis brevibus, incrassatis, ad basin pedibusque testaceis. — Long.
Corp. lin. 1:^1 1.

Habitat in sylvaticis Teneriffae et Palmse, sub cortice arborura la tens.

Somewhat intermediate between the European P. reptans and cor-
ticalis — agreeing more with the former in its size and colour, but
with the latter in its less transverse, subquadrate prothorax. When
viewed, however, beneath the microscope, it will be seen to be rather
more strongly and sparingly punctured than either of them, and to
have its antennae (if anything) even thicker still. As in the reptans,
its elytra are almost entii'ely rufo-testaceous (though perhaps a little
more infuscated towards the base and sides) ; but its prothorax is
generally of a paler tint, being for the most part only a shade darker
than the elytra. The P. corticina I have observed hitherto merely in
Teneriffe and Palma — where it is extremely local, occurring imder
the bark of trees within the sylvan districts of intermediate elevations.
In the former I have taken it in the laurel- woods above Taganana
and at the Agua Garcia, as well as from beneath the bark of a felled
Pinus canariensis at the Agua Mansa ; and in the latter in the Bar-

ranco de Galga.

Genus 303. TACHYUSA.

Erichson, Kdf. der Mark Brand i. 307 (1837).

800. Tachyusa raptoria.

T. atra, nitida, minutissime et densissime punctulata, subtilissime pu-
bescens ; capite ovali, oculis magnis ; prothorace subquadrato, in-
tegro ; elytris apicem versiis paulo fuscescentioribus ; abdominc pos-
tice attenuate ; pedibus elongatis, femoribus tibiisque piccseentibus,
tarsis paUide testaceis, posticis longissimis. — Long. corp. lin. 11.

Tachyusa raptoria, Wall., Lis. Mad. 542 (1854).
, Id, Cat. Mad. Col. 170 (1857).

Habitat Palmam, Maio exeunte a.d, 1858 exemplar unum in Bar-
ranco de Galga coUegi.

A single example of this insect, captured by myself in Palma (by
the edge of a small stream in the Barranco de Galga), is the only one
which I have as yet seen from the Canaries ; and it may therefore,
as in Madeira, be regarded as exceedingly rare. Its intensely black
hiie, elongated legs, and palKd feet (the hinder pair of which arc ex-

534 CANAEIAN COLEOPTERA.

tremely long), combined with its posteriorly attenuated abdomen, its
oval head and large eyes, its subquadrate prothorax, and its most
minutely (though densely) punctulated surface, will sufficiently dis-
tinguish it. Like the Chiloporce, it is of subaqiiatic habits — as indeed
its general structure and rapid movements would seem to indicate.

801. Tachyusa simillima, n. sp.

T. depressa, fuseo-nigra, subnitida, densissime punctulata, dense ci-
nereo-pubescens ; capite quadrate, in fronte longitudinaliter im-
presso, oculis parvis ; prothorace late canalieulato ; elytris vix fus-
cescentioribus ; abdominc nigro ; antennis j)edibusque infuscato-
testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 1.

Ohs. — Species T. sulcake Kiesenw. nimis affinis, et forsan ejus
varietas geographica. Differt solum corpore subminore, subangus-
tiore, elytris subminoribus, punctiu'a (praesertim in capite) sensun
fortiore necnon colore dilutiore (sc. magis fuscescente, antennis pe-
dibusque pallidioribus).

Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventuram, sub fucis per eras arenosas
maritimas degens.

I am doubtful whether this Tacliijusa should be regarded as more
than a geographical modification of the European T. sulcata ; never-
theless, since it unquestionably has a few differential features of its
own, and as the acknowledged distinctions between the species of this
immediate type are very minute, I do not think it should be absolutely
identified with that insect*. It seems to be altogether a trifle smaller
and narrower than the sulcata, with its elytra somewhat less deve-
loped ; its punctation (particularly on the head) is a little stronger,
and its colour is less black — the head, prothorax, and elytra being
appreciably browner and the Hmbs more testaceous. From the Ma-
deiran T. maritima it is abundantly distinct — not merely in its much
smaller size and narrower outline, but likewise in its browner hue, its
flatter and more sulcated head, and its thicker antennae (the joints of
which are less elongated, or more moniliform). The only two speci-
mens which I have seen were taken by myself (from under sea-weed)
on the sandy shores of Lanzarote and Fuerieventura respectively, —
namely, to the south of Arrecife of the former and of Puerto de Ca-
bras of the latter.

Genus 304. XENOMMAt.
Wollaston, Ins. Mad. 54:3 (1854).

* Dr. Kraatz, to whom I sent one of my specimens for examination, returned
it with tlie remark " Tachyusce sidcatce Kiesenw. affinis, sed minor, capite fortius
punctato."

t Whether Xenomma can be retained as a distinct genus, I will not venture to

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 535

802. Xenomma muscicola, n. sp.

X angusto-lineare, infuscato-testaceum, nitidiim, fere impunctatum ;
capite subrotundato, convexo, oeulis minutissimis ; prothoraee sub-
quadrato, postice paulo rotundato sed vix angustiore ; elytris bre-
vissimis ; abdomiiie subparallelo, apicem versus obscuriore ; anten-
nis brevibus, fiiscescentibus ; pedibus testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 1.

Habitat Canariam Grandem, in regione El Monte captum.

It is not impossible that this somewhat insignificant little insect
may be identical with the Madeiran X. Jiliforme ; nevertheless, as I
have no type of that species at present for comparison, I do not think
it would be safe to treat it as such. The few examples which I have
seen were taken by myself, from beneath moss and fallen leaves, in
the region of El Monte in Grand Canary, during the spring of 1858.

Genus 305. HOMALOTA.
Mannerlieim, Brachel. 73 (1831).

803. Homalota rufofusca, n. sp.

H. rufo-fusca, subopaca, flavescenti-cinereo-pubescens, minutissime
(in capite parcissime) punctulata ; capite rotundato, oeulis parvis ;
prothoraee transverso-siibquadrato, postice paulo angustiore et ob-
soletissime sed latissime canaliculato ; elytris brevissimis ; antennis
ad basin pedibusque testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 1|.

Habitat elevates humidos sylvaticos Teneriffge, in lauretis supra
Tagananam Maio a.d. 1859 parcissime capta.

The subopake, reddish-brown surface of this Homalota (to which its
somewhat yellowish pubescence imparts a slightly flavescent tinge),
combined with its pallid legs, small eyes, and excessively abbreviated
elytra, wUl serve to distinguish it. I have observed it only in the
sylvan districts of a high elevation in Teneriife — my few specimens
having been obtained from the damp laurel-clad mountains above

Taganana.

804. Homalota mfobadia, n. sp.

H. prajcedenti similis, sed minor, paulo nitidior minusque pubeseens,
colore omnino rufescentiore ; capite vix magis ovali, oeulis etiam

pronounce positively ; but, apart from its secondary characters — of most diminu-
tive eyes, greatly abbreviated elytra, apterous body, &c. — it seems impossible to
amalgamate it either with Mi/rmedonia or Homalota on account of its 5-jointed
anterior tarsi ; whilst from Oxypoda the structure of its hinder feet (which have
their articulations of subequal length) will alike remove it. At the same time I
must express my conviction that there are few details less satisfactory for estab-
lishing genera upon than the tarsi of these minute members of the Staphylinidce,
which are often so difficult of observation that the highest powers of the micro-
scope are apt to leave us in doubt as to the precise number of the joints wliich
compose them.

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subminoribus ; prothorace in disco magis depresso ; abdomine levins
pimctulato ; antennis pallidioribiis ac midto brevioribus, articiilis
magis transversis (ultimo minus acuto). — Long. corp. lin. 1-1^.

Habitat in locis similibus ac praecedens, sed in Palma (nee Teneriffa).

This species seems to have exactly the same habits as the last one,
occiirring, however, in Palma instead of Teneriffe. It differs from it
in being smaller, more shining, and less pubescent ; in its head being
a little more oval (or less rounded), and with the eyes perhaps even
smaller still ; and in its coloiu- being a shade darker, or more rufes-
cent, — the antenna?, however (which arc much shorter, with their
joints more transverse), being paler.

805. Homalota trogopMceoides, n. sp.

H. subdepressa, nigra, subopaca, densissime et grosse fulvescenti-ci-
nereo-pubescens et coriaceo-alutacea ; capite ovali, oculis magnis ;
prothorace transverso-quadrato, angulis posticis argiite determina-
tis, postice in medio levissime sed latissime impresso ; elytris qua-
dratis ; antennis brunneis, ad basin pedibusque testaceis. — Long.
Corp. lin. Ij-l^.

Habitat Fuerteventuram, sub fucis in arenosis maritimis latens.

This most distinct Homalota (which was examined by Kraatz, and
regarded by him as new) seems to be a littoral species, residing be-
neath marine rejectamenta on the sandy shores. In such situations
it was taken by Mr. Gray and myself, at the end of January 1858,
about a mile to the south of Puerto de Cabras in Fuerteventura. Its
very square elytra and general contour, combined with its subopake
surface and dark hue (the legs alone being pale), give it somewhat
the primd facie appearance of a large Trogopliloius ; and it is further
remarkable for its rather coarse fulvo-cinereous pubescence, and for its
(transverse-quadrate) prothorax having the posterior angles sharply
defined.

806. Homalota amnicola, n. sp.

H. subdepressa, nigra, subopaca, dense pubescens, alutacea ; capite
subrotundato, oculis magnis ; prothorace angustulo, subquadi-ato,
basi foveola media impresso; elytris latiuscuhs, quadratis; antennis
pedibusque longiusciilis, iUis ad basin vix dilutioribus, his infus-
cato-testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. If- 2.

Habitat Canariam, Teneriffam, Gomeram et Palmam, ad margines
rivulorum in intermediis (prassertim sjdvaticis) degens.

This rather large Homalota (which was examined by Dr. Kraatz,
and considered to be new) appears, like the H. gregaria, the Madeiran
//. obliquepuHctata, &:c., to be of subaquatie habits — residing beneath

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stones and shingle at the edges of the small streams at intermediate
elevations, particularly within the sylvan districts. In such situations
I have taken it in Grand Canary, Teneriffe, and Palma ; and in Go-
mera it was found by Dr. Crotch. My Teneriffan examples are from
the AgTia Garcia (where it aboimds), Las Mercedes, La Esperanza,
and Ycod el Alto. It is slightly blacker than the ohUquepunctata,
and relatively a little broader (both its head and elytra being appre-
ciably more developed) ; its antennae also are distinctly darker ; and
its elytra are not quite so flattened, and (although sometimes very
obscurely impressed) free from the few rounded punctiform foveae
which are placed obliquely across either disc in that species. Its
pubescence likewise is a shade darker, or less fulvescent.

807. Homalota gregaria.

H^.subparallela, depressa, nigra, subopaca, minute fulvescenti-cinereo-
pubescens ; capite rotundato ; prothorace subquadrato, basi rotun-
dato et fovea media impresso ; elytris postice gradatim lurido-tes-
taceis ; antennis brunneis ; pedibus infuscato-testaceis, femoribus
picescentibus.

Variat (rarius) elytris omnino concoloribus. — Long. corp. Hn. li-
vix If.

Homalota gTegaria, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Stapli. 87 (1839).
Tacliyusa immuuita, Id., Gen, et Spec. Stap>h. 916 (1839).
Homalota gregaria, Woll, Ins. Mad. 550 (1854).
, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 174 (1857).

Habitat in inferioribus intennediisque Lanzarotse, Fuerteventurae,
Canaries, Teneriffae et Gomerge, inter lapillos per margines rivulorum
hinc inde abundans.

The H. gregaria, so widely spread over Europe, and which occurs
in the Madeiran Group, is probably universal at the Canaries — though
hitherto I have myself detected it only in Lanzarote, Euertcventura,
Grand Canary, and Teneriffe (in the first of which it was taken like-
wise by Mr. Gray). It was, however, captured by Dr. Crotch in
Gomera. It is more particularly abundant at low and intermediate
elevations, residing at the edges of the smaU streams. It may be
known by its rather parallel outline and depressed, subopake surface,
by the small fovea at the base of its posteriorly-rounded prothorax,
by its elytra being gradually of a more or less lurid-testaceous hue
behind, by its brown and somewhat robust antennsD, and by the
femora of its pallid legs being more or less infuscated.

808. Homalota amnigena, n. sp.

H. depressa, fusco-nigra, subopaca, dense pubescens ; capite rotun-
dato-ovali ; prothorace subquadrato, leviter canaliculate, canalicida

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in f oveara parvam mcdiam basalem mergente ; antennis ad basin
infuscato-, pedibus pallido-testaceis, — Long. corp. lin. l^vix 1^.

Habitat in Teneriffa, Palma et Hierro, per margines rivulorum
necnon in humidis intermediis (proesertim sylvaticis), rarior.

In babits and general contour this little HomaJota has much in
common with the last two species. It is, however, much smaller
than either of them, of a browner or more pieescent hue, and its ely-
tra are scarcely a shade paler than the head and prothorax. Its head,
also, is, if anything, a trifle more oval (or less rotundate), its pro-
thorax is lightly channeled, and its legs are extremely pale *. Like
the H. ohliquejnmctafa, it seems to reside at the edges of the small
streams, and on the damp ledges of rocks, at intermediate elevations,
particularly within the sylvan districts. In such situations I have
taken it sparingly at the Agua Garcia, Souzal, La Esperanza, and at
Las Mercedes, in TeneriiFe, as well as in similar localities both in
Palma and Hierro. TeneriiFan specimens have also been communi-
cated by Dr. Crotch.

809. Homalota persimilis, n. sp.
H. praecedenti valde afRnis, scd paulo minor angustior et densius sed
etiam subtilius pubescens, sculptura (oculo fortissime armato) multo
densiore (sc. densissima) et paulo fortiore ; capite sensim minore,
rotundatiore ; prothorace subbreviore, basi sublatiore ; elytris vix
minoribus ; antennis i)edibus(]ue paulo brevioribus gracilioribus,
his vix magis infuscatis. — Long. corp. lin. 1^.

Habitat in inferioribus TencriiFa3, prope Portum Orotavoe (per aerem
volitantem) deprehensa.

Judging from the single individual now before me, the prima facie
aspect of this insignificant Homalota is very much that of the amni-
gemt ; nevertheless I am quite satisfied that it is altogether distinct
specifically, as indeed its habits would seem to imply — it having been
captured by myself immediately outside the Puerto Orotava in Tene-
riffe (scarcely above the sea-level), whilst that insect is essentially
one of intermediate elevations. It is a little smaller and narrower
than the H. amnigena, as also still more densely and minutely pubes-
cent ; its head is perceptibly smaller and rounder ; its prothorax is
shorter, and a trifle broader behind ; its elytra are somewhat less
developed ; its Hmbs are appreciably shorter and slenderer, with the
legs more infuscated ; and its entire sculptui'e, when viewed beneath
the microscope, will be seen (particularly on the abdomen) to be very
much closer and rather more coarse.

* It was examined by Ki'aatz, wlio i'etui"ned it as "Homalota, n. sp."

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539

810. Homalota longula.

H. angusto-linearis, depressa, nigra, siibnitida, pubescens, confertis-
sime subtilissimeque coriaceo-alutacea ; capite punctiilis levissimis
obscuris superadditis dense obsito, in fronte foveolato ; prothorace
subquadrato, canaliculato ; elytris vix fuscescentioribus ; abdomine
confertissime subtilissimeque punctulato ; antennis gracilibus, ni-
gro-fuscis; pedibus brevibus, saturate testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 1.

Homalota longula (C'hevrier), Heer, Fna Col. Helv. 334 (1841).

tbinobioides, Kraatz, in Stett. Ent. Zeit. xv. 125 (1854).

, Id., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. ii. 228 (1856).

, WolL, Cat. Mad. Col. 175 (1857).

Habitat Lanzarotam et Teneriffam, inter lapillos ad margines aqua-
rum degens.

The exceedingly dense and fine sculpture of this small and narrow
Homalota (the bead, pro thorax, and elytra of which are most minutely
and closely coriaceo-alutaceous, whilst the abdomen is almost as
minutely and closely punctulated), combined with its depressed sur-
face, parallel outline, slender antennae, and rather short legs, will
sei-ve to distinguish it. When viewed beneath the microscope, its
head will be seen (in addition to the dense alutaceous sculpture) to
be somewhat thickly but very lightly subpunctulated. Like the
allied species, it is of subaquatic habits, residing amongst wet stones
and shingle at the edges of streams and pools. It is probably com-
mon throughout the Group, though, being so small and insignificant,
I do not happen to have observed it very generally. I have, however,
taken it sparingly in Lanzarote, as well as near S^'^Cruz in Teneriflfe.
It occurs also in Madeira.

811. Homalota fragilis.

H. pr^ecedenti valde similis, sed punctulis superadditis in capite (oculo
fortissime armato) miuoribus remotioribus (sc. minutissimis, leger-
rime observandis), abdomine paulo nitidiore et multo parcius scd
parum profundius punctulato ; pedibus pallidioribus (minus infus-
catis). — Long. corp. lin. 1.

Homalota fragilis?, Kraatz, in Stett. Ent. Zeit. xv. 125 (1854).
?, Id., Nut. der Ins. Deutsch. ii. 223 (1856).

Habitat Teneriffam, Gomeram et Palmam, in locis similibus ac
prsecedens.

Without the aid of the microscope this species is scarcely separable
from the preceding one, with which in its general fades it is almost
coincident. Nevertheless, when placed under a high magnifying
power, its abdomen will be seen to be very much less closely and
rather more coarsely punctulated, and with the additional punctules

540 C.4.NAEIAN COLEOPTERA.

wMcli stud its (densely alutaceous) head considerably smaller and
more remote — indeed hut just traceable. Its abdomen (througli being
more sparingly punctured) is a little less opake ; and its legs are
usually less infuscated, or of a slightly clearer testaceous hue. I
believe it to be identical with the European H.fragilis ; nevertheless,
as it is very possible to be mistaken in species thus small and obscure,
I have cited it as such with a mark of doubt. It occurs in precisely
the same kind of places as the H. longula. I have taken it in the
Barranco Santo (near S'" Cruz) in TenerifFe, near San Sebastian of
Gomera (in which island it was found Likewise by Dr. Crotch), and

in Palma.

812. Homalota cursitans, n. sp.

H. angustulo-linearis, nigra elytris fuscescentibus, nitida, parce pu-
bescens, densissime subtilissimeque alutacea punctuhsque minutis
irrorata ; capite subrotundato ; prothorace transverso-subquadrato,
anguhs posticis sat argute determinatis ; abdomine grosse sed parce
asperato-punctato ; antennis pcdibusque brevibiis, crassis, illis ad
basin vix dilutioribus, his infuscato-testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 1^.

Habitat Lanzarotam, ultra oppidum Haria parce capta.

This little species I have observed hitherto only in the north of
Lanzarote — chiefly beneath the refuse around the roots of the old
Euphorbias on the rocky declivities of the " Eisco." Its narrow,
linear outline and densely alutaceous (though, at the same time,
rather shining) surface, which is studded with smaU additional punc-
tules, combined with the tolerably well-defined hinder angles of its
prothorax, its brownish elytra, very thick antennae, and infuscated-
testaceous legs, are some of its principal features.

813. Homalota subsericea, n. sp.

H. prsecedenti simiKs, sed minor, subangustior, punctulis superadditis
(oculo fortLssime armato) etiam minoribus,valde indistinctis ; capite
vix magis quadrato ; prothorace vix breviore, angulis posticis rotun-
datis, fere obsoletis ; elytris singulis in disco obsolete impressis ;
antennis vix brevioribus minusque incrassatis. — Long. corp. lin. 1.

Habitat Lanzarotam, in iisdem locis ac pra3cedens.

This Homalota is very closely aUied to the last one, and is found
(so far as I have observed hitherto) in the same district — namely, the
north of Lanzarote. It diff'ers from it in being smaller and rather
narrower, and in the punctulcs of its (densely alutaceous) surface
being still more obscure and minute, in its elytra being obsoletely
impressed on either disc, in its antenna3 being appreciably shorter and
less incrassated, and (above all) in the hinder angles of its prothorax
being more rounded off (or less defined) . I am far from satisfied that

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it is more than a geographical phasis of the European //. sericea,
Mulsant ; from which it seems merely to differ in its rather more
fuscescent hue, in its forehead being marked with a central fovea, in
its elytra being obscurely impressed on either disc, in the asperated
punctules of its abdomen being somewhat coarser, and in its antennae
being (if anything) just perceptibly shorter,

814. Homalota angustissima, n. sp.

H. minuta, angustissime linearis, fusco-nigra elytris fuscis, nitida,
parce pubescens, densissimc subtilissimeque alutacea (punctulis
superadditis vix, etiam oculo fortissimo armato, observandis) ; ca-
pite mag-no, brenter oblongo ; prothorace subquadrato, angulis pos-
ticis subrotundatis ; abdomine parcissime sed distincte pimctulato ;
pedibus testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. |.

Habitat Lanzarotam, semel tantum reperta.

The excessively narrow and parallel outhne of this diminutive
Homalota, which (on account of its large and ohlong head being as
broad as the prothorax, and the latter scarcely narrower than the
elytra) is of almost equal breadth throughout, in conjunction with its
fuscescent elytra, pale legs, and (except on the abdomen) nearly ob-
solete punctules, will suiRce to separate it from its allies. The speci-
men from which the diagnosis has been compiled was taken by myself
in the north of Lanzarote.

815. Homalota misella, n. sp.

H. minuta, angusto-linearis, nigra prothorace elytrisque fuscis, parce
pubescens, densissime subtilissimeque alutacea punctulisque mi-
nutissimis parce (in elytris parum profunde) irrorata ; eapite magno,
rotundato, oculis parvis ; prothorace brevi, subsemicirculari ; ely-
tris brevissimis ; antennis pedibusque brevibus, saturate testaceis.
— Long. Corp. lin. |^.

Habitat ins. Hierro, sub cortice Euphorhice cujusdam laxo emortuo
putrido in regione El Golfo semel reperta.

Having but a single example of this minute insect to judge from, I
am unwilling to run the risk of dissecting it in order to examine the
details of its structure ; but its very narrow outline, much abbreviated
elytra, and small eyes render it possible that it may be in reality a
Xenomma. It was taken by myself, from beneath the dead bark of
an old Euphorbia, in the region of El Golfo, on the western side of
Hierro, during February 1858.

816. Homalota nigra.
H. angustulo-sublinearis, depressa, nigra, subopaca, minute pubes-

542 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

cens, densissime subtilissimeque (vix perspicue) alutacea punc-
tiilisque minutis levibus erebre irrorata ; prothorace tenuissime
canaliculato ; pedibus paiilo dihitioribus (sc. nigro-testaceis), tarsis
fere testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 1.

Homalota nigra, Kraatz, Nat. tier Ins. Deidscli. ii. 287 (1858).

Habitat insulas Canarienses, in Fuerteventura sola adhue baud
detecta.

The small size, ratber flattened, minutely pubescent, very sligbtly
shining surface, and deep-black hue of this little Homalota (the legs
alone, which are blackish testaceous, being slightly paler) will suffi-
ciently distinguish it. It is doubtless universal throughout the archi-
pelago, in all the islands of which, except Fuerteventura and Gomera,
I have myself eaptiu'ed it ; and an extensive series of Gomeran speci-
mens are now before me which were taken by Dr. Crotch. It remains,
therefore, to be detected only in Fuerteventura. It is more common
within the sylvan districts of intermediate altitudes than elsewhere
(and therefore rarer in the two eastern islands of the Group) — occur-
ring beneath fallen leaves and other vegetable refuse. My Grand-
Canarian examples are principally from the region of El Monte ; the
Teneriffan ones from the hills towards Laguna, Taganana, Las Mer-
cedes, the Agua Garcia, La Esperanza, the Agua Mansa, Tcod el
Alto, and even from so low an elevation as the vicinity of S''^ Crnz
and the Puerto Orotava ; and the Palman ones from the Barranco de
Galga. I cannot see that it differs appreciably from the European
H. nigra, to which I have accordingly referred it.

817. Homalota aleocharoides, n. sp.

H. subconvexa, fusca capite nigreseentiore, subnitida, dense pubes-
cens, parce minuteque punctulata ; prothorace transverse, versus
latera interdum obsolete subpellucido-pallidiore ; antennis nigres-
centibus, ad basin pedibusque saturate testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 1 .

HaBitat Teneriffam, a W. D. Crotch sat copiose lecta.

At once known from the preceding species by its broader (and some-
what shorter) outline, convexer, unalutaceous, sparingly punctured
surface, and browner hue (the head alone being quite black) ; by its
prothorax having a very obscure tendency to become a little paler (or
subpeDucid) towards either side ; and by its legs being testaceous. It
is an insect which I did not myself observe at the Canaries, but of
which a rather extensive series is now before me which was taken
by Dr. Crotch (during the spring of 1862) in Teneriffe. Prima facie
it is somewhat suggestive of a very minute Aleochara, as indeed I
have implied in its trivial name.

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. . 543

818. Homalota atramentaria.

Aleocliara atramentaria {Kby), Gyll., Ins. Stiec. ii. 408 (1810).
Homalota atramentaria, Erich., Gen. et Spec. StcqiJi. Ill (1839).

, Woll, Ins. Mad. 555 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 178 (1857).

Hahitat insulas omnes Canarienses, in stercore bovino vulgaris.

The deep-black hue of the European H. atramentaria (the legs of
which are dark piceous, with the tarsi pale), in conjunction with its
somewhat slender limbs and its rather flattened, densely pubescent,
thickly punctulated (and alutaceous) head, prothorax, and elytra,
which have usually a just perceptible senescent tinge, will readily
distir.guish it. It abounds throughout the Madeiran Group, and is
equally universal at the Canaries — in the whole seven islands of which
except Gomera (where it was found both by Mr. Gray and Dr. Crotch)
I have myself captured it. My Teneritfan specimens are principally
from the neighbourhood of S*^ Cruz and the Puerto Orotava, Ycod el
Alto, the Agua Mansa, and Taganana. It occurs principally in the
dung of cattle.

819. Homalota laeta, n. sp.

H. subnitida, parce pubescens, densissime alutacea piinctuKsque sat
crebre (in capite nigro parce) subasperata ; prothorace rufo-ferru-
gineo, postice in medio impresso ; elytris rufo-ferrugineis, hinc
inde (prajsertim versus latera) obscure infuscato-suffusis ; abdo-
mine nigi-o, basi et praesertim ad apicem rufo-ferrugineo ; antennis
nigrescentibus, ad basin pedibusque testaceis. — Long, coi-p. lin. li.

Hahitat Gomeram ; tria specimina cepit W. D. Crotch.

The black head and rufo-ferruginous prothorax and elytra (the
latter of which, however, are much infuscated in parts — especially
towards the sides and scutellum) of this beautiful Homalota, combined
with the rufo-ferruginous apex of its abdomen and its pale-testaceous
legs, will at once characterize it. Its general aspect and colouring-
are more in accordance with the fungivorous species ; but as I have
not captui-ed it myself, I am unable to vouch for its habits. The only
three examples which I have seen were taken by Dr. Crotch in Go-
mera, during the spring of 1862. It is most nearly aUied to the Ma-
deiran H. insignis, with which in colouring it is almost coincident,
and of which it is barely possible that it may be but a geographical
state. It differs from that insect, merely, in being a little smaller
and narrower, in its head being more oval (or less transverse), and in
its prothorax being much more deeply (and rather more sparingly)
punctured, whilst the sculpture of its abdomen is, if anything, some-
what denser and coarser.

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820. Homalota canariensis.

H. angusto-linearis, alutacoa, subopaca, minute et parce punctulata,
pubescens ; eapite nigro, fronte depressa, oculis magnis promi-
nentibus ; prothorace subquadrato, rufo-fusco, canalicidato ; ely-
tris fusco-testaceis, ad latera (prajsertim versus angulos posticos)
suffuse nigrescentibus ; abdominc fusco-testaceo, pone medium
nigrcscente, antice subconstricto ; antennis brevibus, crassis, arti-
culo prime magno, idtimo breviusculo, nigro-fuscis, ad basin pedi-
busque testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. l:j— 1 j.

Homalota canariensis, Wall., Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud. 184. pi. 7. f. 8 (1862).

Habitat Teneriffam et Gomeram, in caulibus putridis Etiphorbice
canariensis bine inde parum vulgaris.

The narrow outline, subopake alutaceous surface, basally-narrowed
abdomen, depressed forehead, and prominent eyes of this curious Ho-
malota, combined with its thick and abbreviated antennee (the first
joint of which is much enlarged, whilst the terminal one is compara-
tively short and oval), will at once distinguish it. Its colour, too,
is somewhat peculiar — the head and subapical abdominal segments
being black, whilst the prothorax is reddish brown, the elytra (which
are more or less darkened towards the outer posterior angles) and the
base of the abdomen are brownish testaceous, and the legs are ex-
tremely pale. I have observed it hitherto only in the putrid stalks
of the Eupliorhia canariensis — under which circumstances I took it
plentifully in Gomera, dui-ing February 1858, on a hiU-top to the
north-west of San Sebastian ; and subsequently, in similar situa-
tions, on the mountains above S'-' Cruz of Teneriffe, in the direction
of El Campo and Laguna. In Teneriffe it was captured likewise by

Dr. Crotch.

821. Homalota vagepunctata.

//. nitidissima, parce sed grosse pubescens, parcissime punctata (nuUo
mode alutacea) , nigra prothorace ely trisque castaneo-fuscescentibus
(his interdum etiam subtestaceo-tinctis) ; eapite parvo, rotundato ;
prothorace transverse, convexo, postice rotundato, obsoletissime
canaliculate ; antennis gracihbus, ad basin pedibusque saturate
testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 1-1^.

Homalota vagepimctata, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Loncl. 187 (1862).

Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventuram, praesertim iUam, inter
Euphorbias praecipue degens.

The exceedingly shining and very sparingly punctured surface of
this Homalota, in conjunction with its small, rounded head and slender
antennae, its coarse but distant pubescence, its convex, dark-brown,
basally-rounded prothorax, and its more or less castaneous elytra, will

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545

sufficiently distinguish it. I have observed it hitherto only in Lan-
zarote and Fuerteventura, especially the former — where it is not un-
common amongst the old Euphorbias (frequenting even their flowers)
on the Risco, in the extreme north of the island.

822. Homalota clientula.

IT. prsecedenti similis, sed paulo minus nitida (taincu vix alutacca),
densius pubeseens et multo crebrius punctata (punctis minoribus ac
levioribus) ; prothorace sensim latiore, angulis posticis vix omnino
obsoletis ; elytris deusissime subasperato-punctulatis ; autennis vix
longioribus et crassioribus.

Varlat prothorace elytrisque aut fere nigris, aut fuscescentibus, aut
etiam clare rufo-ferrugineis. — Long. corp. lin. 1-1^.

Homalota clientula, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 133 (1839).

plebeia, Woll, Ins. Mad. 553 (1854).

, Id, Cat. Mad. Col. 176 (1857).

clientula, Kraatz, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. ii. 322 (1858).

Habitat insulas Canarienses, sub quisquiliis, in Gomcra sola adhuc
baud observata.

Although extremely variable in the colour of their elytra and pro-
thorax (which, although sometimes ncai'ly black, are usually more or
less diluted in hue, and oecasionally of a cleaf rufo-ferruginous*), an
extensive series of specimens now before me seem all referable to a
single species, and that one (so far as I can judge) not differing from
the European H. clientula. Nevertheless there are many shades of
colouring, and some diversity of outline t, amongst the mass of indi-
viduals from which the above diagnosis has been compiled ; though,
in the details of their sculpture, and the shape and size of their ulti-
mate antennal joint (two of the main characters of the species), they
show but little tendency to variation. Assuming them therefore to
be all referable to the H. clientaJa, which I believe to be the case, I
may add that I have no doubt the insect is universal throughout
the archipelago — Gomera being the only island in which it does not
happen to have been observed. In the remaining six islands of the
Group I have myself captured it, more or less abundantlj^ ; and in

* Erichson mentions a variety, found by Prof. Ehrenberg in Egypt, in whieii
the prot borax and elytra are rufo-testaeeoiis.

t The difference of outline is perbaps more apparent than real, for tbe general
fades of these minute members of tbe StaphyUnidcB is marvellously dependent
upon the exact manner in which they liappen to be mounted for tbe cabinet. Thus,
in the species of tliis immediate type, in which tbe protborax is much rounded
behind, if the head is at all deflexcd tlie whole of the elytra are exposed, and ap-
pear consequently to be "well developed"; but if, on tbe contrary, tlie head is
by chance raised, the posterior edge of tbe pronotum slips over the base of the
elytra, and occasions tbe latter to seem (primii facie) as tho\igb unusually abbre-
viated.

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Teneriffe it was also found by Dr. Crotch. It occurs principally
beneath fallen leaves, and other vegetable refuse, at intermediate
elevations. My Fuerteventuran examples are chiefly fi-om the Rio
Palmas, the Grand-Canarian ones from the region of El Monte, and
the TenerifFan ones from the Agua Garcia, the Agua Mansa, and
Taganana.

823. Homalota coriaria.

Homalota sodalis, m>ll. [nee IJru'Ii., 1837], I»s. Mad. 554 (1854).

coriaria (Miller), Kraatz, Nat. der Lis. Denfsch. ii. 282 (1856).

, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 177 (1857).

Hahitat insulas Canarienses, in Fuerteventura et Hierro solis hac-
tenus baud detecta.

The somewhat broad outline and finely punctulated surface of the
H. coriaria, combined with its rather large head, its short and trans-
verse prothorax (which is very widely, though lightly, impressed in
the centre behind), its brownish elytra (M'hich are more or less ob-
scured, or blackened, towards either side and in the region of the
scutellum), its dusky-testaceous legs, and its extremely thickened an-
tennae, will readily distinguish it. It is common throughout Europe,
and abounds in Madeira ; and I have Uttle doubt that it is uni-
versal at the Canaries — Fuerteventxira and Hierro being the only
islands in which, hitherto, it does not happen to have been observed.
I have, however, myself taken it in Lanzarote, Grand Canary, Tene-
riffe, Gomera, and Palma ; and it was found in Teneriffe by Dr. Crotch.
It occurs beneath vegetable refuse generally — often within the putrid
stems of the dead Eujjhorbias (in which situations I have captured it
on the mountains above S'" Cruz in Teneriffe, as well as above San
Sebastian in Gomera). My Teneriffan examples are principally from
the Agua Mansa and Tcod el Alto.

824. Homalota subcoriaria, n. sp.
H. coriaria; valde affinis, sed vix ejus varietas ; sensim minor et sub-
densius punctulata ; antennis paulo brevioribus, magis comi:»actis
(articulis inter se magis arete adj^ressis); prothorace vix angiistiore,
postice paulo magis rotundato (angulis posticis minus determinatis),
in disco postico canaliculato sed baud late impresso ; elytris vix
minoribus. — Long. corp. lin. 1.

Habitat Gomeram, in Euphorhid canariensi quadam jjutrida supra
Sanctum Sebastianum semel tantum lecta.

A single specimen of a Ho7nalota taken by myself in Gomera
(in company with the H. coriaria, putrescens, and canariensis), out
of some rotten EiqyJiorbia-stcms on the hills above San Sebastian,
seems to differ so decidedly from the coriaria (which nevertheless it

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closely resembles) that I cannot but regard it as an additional, though
nearly allied, species. It recedes from that insect in being a trifle
smaller and more densely punctulated ; in its antennaj being shorter
and more compact (the joints being more intimately connected inter
se) ; in its prothorax being a little narrower, and more rounded be-
hind, with the posterior angles less defined, and witli the disc lightly
channeled but not widely impressed ; and in its elytra being, if any-
thing, somewhat less developed.

825. Homalota putrescens.
H. subnitida, densissime alutacea punctisque (in capite abdomineque
parcius) sat dense irrorata, nigra, elytris testaceis, versus angulos
posticos externos necnon in regione scuteUari nigreseentibus ; pro-
thorace vix picescente, transverso, lato, postice rotimdato ; antennis
erassis, articulo ultimo longiusculo, nigro-fuscis, ad basin pedibus-
que testaceis, — Long. corp. lin. 1;^.

Homalota putrescens, WolL, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. i. 185 (18G2).
Habitat Lanzarotam, Canariam et Gomeram, in truncis Euphorln^
arum eraortuis putridis degens.

The short and very wide prothorax of this species, which has the
hinder angles abnost completely rounded oif, in conjunction with its
thick antennoe and its testaceous elytra and legs (the former of which
are more or less conspicuously darkened towards the outer posterior
angles and in the region of the scutellum and suture), will serve to
distinguish it. I have taken it sparingly, out of the damp rot-
ting Euphorbia-stems, in Lanzarote, Grand Canary, and Goraera;
and it will probably occur, like the H. corinria, beneath decajdng
vegetable refuse generally.

826. Homalota cacti.

H. prsecedenti similis, sed punctura leviore et parciore ; prothorace

angustiore, minus transverso, ad angulos posticos minus rotundato ;

antennarum articulo ultimo sensim minus elongato et paulo magis

obtuso. — Long. corp. lin. l\.
Homalota cacti, Woll, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. i. 186 (1862).

Habitat Teneriffam et Palmam, in ilia in trunco EupJiorbice canari-
msis putrido in montibus supra Sanctam Cruccm, sed in hac in foliis
marcidis Cacti opuntice. lecta.

In size and general colouring this Homalota is almost coincident
with the putrescens ; but its prothorax is very much narrower (or less
transverse), with the posterior angles less rounded off, its punetation
is both finer and more distant, and the terminal joint of its antennae
is a trifle shorter nnd more obtuse. It is closely allied to the Euro-

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548 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

pean H. suhllnearis, Kraatz, but is smaller and less coarsely aluta-
ceous, its pubescence is less elongated and not so pale, its head and
prothorax are appreciably smaller, and its antennae are darker and
shorter. I have taken it out of a putrid stalk of the Euphorbia
canariensis on the mountains above S'" Cruz in Teneriffe ; and more
abundantly in the sodden leaves of the prickly pear in the Banda of
Palma.

827. Homalota terricola, n. sp.
H. affinis H. mctl, sed major, profundius densiusque punctata ; pro-
thorace paulo majore, sublatiore, convexiore, ad angulos posticos
sensim minus rotundato ; elytris magis suffuse coloratis ; antennis
lougioribus et paulo crassioribus, articiilo ultimo vix longiore.
Var. /3. Paulo minor, prothoraee vix minore, antennis subbrevioribus.
• — Long. Corp. lin. 1^-1|^.

Habitat Lanzarotam et Palmam, sub quisquiliis, rarior.

This Homalota is much on the same type as the preceding two
species, but is certainly distinct from both of them — being larger, with
its antennae longer and more robust, its hinder prothoracic angles
somewhat less rounded oif, and its elytra more suffused in colouring
(or less maculated). Its punctation is rather dense and strong, like
that of the H. putrescens; but its prothorax is less abbreviated and
not so wide, though a little broader than in the H. cacti. It appears
to be scarce, the few examjiles which I have seen hai-ing been taken
by myself, from beneath vegetable refuse, in Lanzarote and Palma.
The only specimen, however, from the latter island, together with one
(of the four) from Lanzarote, are a trifle smaller than the rest, with
their prothorax and antennae a little less developed ; but I do not be-
lieve that the)' are specifically distinct, and have consequently treated
them as a " var. /3."

828. Homalota Waterhousii, n. sp.

H. subnitida, donsissime alutacea punctisque (in capite abdomineque
parcius) sat dense irrorata, grosse pubescens, subfusco-nigra elytris
in disco vix dihitioribus ; prothoi'ace transverso-subquadrato, pos-
tice paulo rotundato et in medio foveolato ; antennis elongatis, ad
basin paulo dilutioribus ; pedibus testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 1|-
vix2.
Habitat in editioribus Teneriffae, usque ad 8000' s. m. ascendens.

Species in honorem el. G.,R. Waterhouse, Londiui, Staphylinorum

Britanniae scrutatoris oculatissimi indefessi, citata.

This rather large Homalota has been observed hitherto only in the

higher elevations of Teneriffe, where moreover it would seem to be

scarce. I have taken it sparingly near Ycod el Alto, as well as at

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the Agua Mansa and on the Cumbre above it (upwards of 8000 feet
above the sea) ; and a single Teneriffan specimen is now before me
which was captui'ed by Dr. Crotch. It appears to be, on the average,
slightly larger and narrower than the H. terricola, rather more
coarsely pubescent, and more concolorous (its general surface being
of a somewhat browner black, whilst its elytra, on the contrary, are
darker or less diluted in hue); its head and prothorax are relatively
a little smaller ; its punctation, particularly on the elytra, is a trifle
denser ; and its antennae are appreciably slenderer and darker.

829. Homalota melanaria.

Aleochara melanaria, Sahib., Ins. Fcnn. i. 398 (1834).
Jlonialota lividipeunis, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 129 (1839).

, Woll, Ins. 3Iad. 557 (1854).

, Id, Cat. Mad. Col. 179 (1857).

Habitat insulas omncs Canarienses, in stercorc bovino et equine
vulgaris.

This common European insect, which abounds in the Madeiran
Group, and which is so well distinguished by its posteriorly acute
outline, its large and wide prothorax, its testaceous elytra (which are
more or less infuscated in the region of the scutellum and at the sides),
and its long, robust, brownish antennae, is universal throughout the
archipelago, in all the islands of which except Gomera (where it was
found by Dr. Crotch) I have myself captured it. In Fuerteventiira,
Teneriife, and Palma it was met with likewise by Mr. Gray. It
occurs principally in the dung of cattle, and is independent of eleva-
tion ; for in Teneriffe I have taken it from the level of the shore, at
S'" Cruz and the Puerto Orotava, to the Cumbre adjoining the Caiiadaa
(upwards of 8000 feet above the sea).

Genus 306. OXYPODA.
Mannerheira, Brachel. 69 (1831).

830. Oxypoda exoleta.

O.rufo-forruginea,subopaca, dense sericeo-pubescens, dense et minute
punctulata ; capite abdominisque segmentis intermediis, necnon
elytris'(sed obscurius ac magis suffuse) versus angulos externos et
in regione scuteliari, plus minus nigrescentioribus ; an tennis fuscis
(articulo ultimo crassiusculo), ad basin pedibusque testaceis. — Long.
Corp. lin. l-lj.

Oxypoda exoleta, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 149 (1839).

, Kraatz, Nat. der Ins. Deidsch. ii. 179 (1856).

luiida, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 179 (1857).

Habitat in Lanzarota, Canaria, Teneriffa, Palma et Hierro, rarior.

550 CAKAUIAN COLEOFIERA.

After a careful inspection of many examples of this Oxypoda, found
in five different islands of the Group, it seems to me that it ought
not to be kept distinct from the European 0. exoleta; though, as it
is clearly conspecific with my 0. lurida, which occurs sparingly in
Madeira, this will necessitate the suppression of the latter name. In
the majority of the specimens now before me, the head, prothorax,
and elytra WlQ just perceptibly larger, or more developed, than is the
case in the ordinary English ones ; and as this was hkewise traceable
in the few Madeiran individuals which I possessed for examination
in 1857, 1 thought it safer to record them as the exponents of a closely
allied species. But further material has convinced me that these
differences are scarcely more than casual ones — or, even if permanent,
much too insignificant to indicate more than a shght geogi'aphical
modification of the insect. Indeed the species woidd appear to be
eminently variable in stature, so that a certain amount of instability
would naturally be anticipated in the development of its external parts.

The narrow outline and rufo-ferruginous hue of the 0. exoleta (its
head and the intermediate segments of its abdomen being alone con-
spicuously darkened — though the elytra are always more or less ob-
scurely infuscated) will sufficiently distingiush it. I have taken it,
from beneath stones, between Haria and Mixgiii, in the north of
Lanzarote ; in the region of El Monte in Grand Canary ; above the
Puerto Orotava in Tenerifffe ; as well as in Palma and Hierro : and
several Teneriffan examples are now before me which were found
by Dr. Crotch.

831. Oxypoda brevipennis, n. sp.
0. rufo-testacca, subopaca, dense sericco-pubescens, dense et minute

punctulata ; capite angusto, ovato, oeulis minutis ; elytris brevissi-

mis ; antennis pedibusque testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 1.

Hahitat in sylvaticis parum excelsis Teneriffae et Gomerse, sub foliis
dejectis necnon inter muscos, rarissima.

The uniformly pale, rufo-testaccous hue of this singular Oxypoda,
combined with its narrow, ovate head, very minute eyes, and exces-
sively abbreviated elytra, will at once characterize it. It is a good
deal allied to the 0. formiceticola of more northern latitudes, but is
rather smaller, narrower, and paler, with its eyes still more diminu-
tive, its head much narrower, its prothorax relatively longer, its
punctation finer and denser, and its antennre somewhat less incrassated
towards their apex. It seems to be confined to the sylvan districts
of rather lofty elevations, where, however, it is decidedly rare. I have
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above Taganana and on the summit of the Las Mercedes range in
Teneriffe ; and a single example is now before me which was captured
by Dr. Crotch in Gomera — I believe, above Hermigua.

832. Oxypoda sethiops, n. sp.

0. atra, nitida, parce pubescens, minus dense ac profundius subas-
perato-punctata ; capite subrotundato, convexo ; elytris convexis ;
antennis pedibusque concoloribus.— Long. corp. lin. 1.

Habitat Palmam, in " Barranco da Agua " semel reperta.

The intensely black hue of this small Ox>jpoda, combined with its
shining, less pubescent, rather deeply and less densely punctured
surface, will readily separate it from the two preceding species.
Hitherto I have seen but a single example of it, which was taken by
myself in the Barranco da Agua of Palma.

Genus 307. ALEOCHARA.

Gravenhorst, Col. Micropt. 67 (1802).

833. Aleochara puberula.

Aleocliara puberula, Klufi, Col. Madagasc. 51 (1838).

, Erich.^ Gen. et Spec. Staph. 165 (1839).

Armitagei, Woll, Ins. 3fad. 559 (1854).

puberula, Id., Cat. 3Iad. Col. 180 (1857).

Habitat Lanzarotam, Fuerteventuram, Canariam, Teneriffam et
Gomeram, sub quisquiliis necnon in stercore bovine, equine, camelino
degens.

The fusiform outline and closely punctured, densely fulvo-pubescent
surface of this beautiful Aleochara, combined with the suffused, red,
oblique dash on each of its elytra, and the paleness of its legs, as well
as of the base and apex of its antennae, will at once distinguish it.
It is probably universal throughout the archipelago, though I have
myself observed it only in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Grand Canary,
and Teneriffe ; but it was captured in Gomera both by Mr. Gray and
Dr. Crotch (the former of whom found it likewise in Fuerteventura,
and the latter in Teneriffe). My Fuerteventuran specimens were
taken from beneath camels' dung in the Eio Palmas, and the Tene-
riffan ones from the mountains above S''' Cruz. It occurs in the south
of Europe, and is not uncommon in the Madeiran Group.

834. Aleochara crassinscula.

Aleochara crassiiiscida, Sahib., Ins. Fenn. i. 396 (1834).

fiiscipes ?, ^n///f' [nee Grav.^inWebb et Berth. {Col.) 60 (1838).

■ tristis, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 162 (1839).

, Woll, Ins. Mad 560 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 181 (1857).

552 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

Habitat insiilas omnes Canarienscs, in stercore bo\dno et equino
vulgaris.

The more parallel outline and blacker, less pubescent, and more
shining surface of this common European AleocJiara, in conjimction
with its darker limbs and more testaceous elytral dash, will readily
separate it from the puhenda. It is also more variable in stature —
ascending to a somewhat larger, and descending to a very much smaller
size. It occurs in the dung of cattle (independently of elevation),
and is universal throughout the archipelago — in the whole seven
islands of which I have myself captured it. In Lanzarote, Gomera,
and Palma it was found likewise by Mr. Gray, and in Teneriffe and
Gomera by Dr. Crotch. It abounds at the Madeiras. I have little
doubt that the species referred to by M. Brulle under the name of
•' A. fuscipcs, Grav." was entered in his most inaccurate list on the
strength of a large example of this Aleocliara ; for I have no evidence
of the fnscipes being found in ani/ of these Atlantic Islands, whereas
so universal and abundant an insect as the A. a-assiKscula could
scarcely have escaped the observation of even MM. Webb and Ber-
thelot. If such, however, be the case (which, I think, is pretty
evident), it is surj)rising how two species which differ so essentially
from each other could possibly have been confounded by M. Brulle.

835. Aleochara littoralis, n. sp.

A. nigra, subopaca, grossc sed vix dense griseo-pubescens, elytris
postice suffuse (plus minus evidenter) rufescentibus ; capite utriu-
que grosse piinctato ; prothorace multo minutius olytrisque niinu-
tius et densius punctatis ; abdomine nitido, parcissime punctato ;
antcnnis pcdibusque rufo-testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. f i^-^.

Obs. — Species A. r/risea' Kraatzii valde afRnis, sed minus atra,
elytris etiam suffuse rufescentibus ; antennis (vix longioribus) pc-
dibusque rufo-testaceis (nee piceis), illarum articulo ultimo ob-
tusiore, nee acuto ; capite vix angustiore.

Habitat Lanzarotam, in arenosis maritimis sub putridis degens.

In its general contour and sculpture, as well as in the coarse gri-
seous pubescence with which its subopake surface is clothed, this
Aleochara is intimately related to the European A. grisea, of which
indeed it is barely possible that it may be but a geographical state.
It diffei's in having its head just perceptibly narrower (or more
oval), in its elytra being more suffused with a reddish tint, and in
its limbs being paler or more testaceous, — the antennte being, also,
a trifle longer, with their apical joint obtuser, or less pointed. It
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hen, on the sandy becach close to Arrecife in Lanzarotc ; and sub-
sequently, by myself, in a similai' situation, at Eerrugo, in the ex-
treme south of that island.

836. Aleochara funebris, n. sp.

A. atra, nitida, grosse et longe subfulvescenti-pubescens ; capite pro-
thoraceque sat grosse sed baud profunde punctatis ; elj^tris densius
punctatis ; antennis nigrescentibus, ad basin i^edibusque rufo-fer-
rugineis. — Long. corp. lin. 2-2^.

Ohs. — Affinis A. moeshv. Grav., sed paulo major, fortius (prse-
sertim in capite prothoraceque) punctata, prothorace angustiore
(minus transverso), antennis ad basin pedibusque sensim palli-
dioribus.

Habitat in Teneriffa, Gomera et Palma, rarior.

In its pubescent, shining, intensely black surface and ferruginous
legs the present AJeochara very closely resembles the European A,
ma'sta ; and, although I have not my original specimen now for com-
parison, I suspect that it is probably conspecific with the insect
which I actually referred to the moesta in my Madeiran Catalogue.
At any rate the four Canarian examples now before me (one of
which I captured at Taganana in Teneriffe, and another in the Bar-
ranco de Galga of Palma, whilst the remaining two were found by
Dr. Crotch in Gomera) differ from the moesta in being (particularly
on the head and prothorax) rather more strongly punctured, in their
prothorax being perceptibly narrower or less transverse, and in their
legs and the base of their antennae being a little paler. The species
would seem, also, to ascend to a somewhat larger stature.

837. Aleochara nitida.

Aleochava nitida, Grav., Col. Micropt. 97 (1802).

, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 1G8 (1839).

, Woll, Ins. Mad. 5G0 (1854).

, Id:, Cat. Mad. CJ. 182 (1857).

Habitat insulas omnes Cauarieuses, in stercore necnon in humidis,
ab ora maritima usque ad 9000' s. m. ascendens.

The common European A. nitida, which is universal in the Ma-
deiran Group, is equally universal at the Canaries — I having myself
captured it in the whole seven islands. In Lanzarote, Fuerteventura,
Palma, and Hierro it was found likewise by Mr. Gray ; and in Tene-
riife and Gomera by Dr. Crotch. It occurs not merely in dung but
in- moist places generally — from the sea-level to an altitude of at
least 9000 feet (at which elevation I have taken it in Teneriffe, on
the Cumbre overlooking the Canadas).

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838. Aleochara binotata.

Aleocliara binotata, Kraatz, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. ii. lOG (1850).
, Woll, Cat. Mad. Col. 182 (1857).

Habitat in Lanzarota, Fuerteventura, Canaria ct Gomera, una cum
specie praecedente degens.

I am not at all satisfied that the A. binotata of Kraatz is truly
distinct from the nitida ; for although it is not difficult to identify
extreme specimens of each, it is occasionally next to impossible to
assign the intermediate ones, with any certainty, to their supposed
types ; and, indeed, I am far from convinced that some of my examples
are not completely osculant between the two. Nevertheless, since
some of their characters may perhaps have escaped me, and there
can be no question that normal individuals are easily separable, I
will not venture to amalgamate the species. Typically the A. bi-
notata may be defined as, on the average, smaller than the nitida
(though both do occasionally descend to a very minute stature),
with its punctation just appreciably stronger, its rufescent elytral
spot larger and more suffused, and its antennae shorter (though the
last feature is a somewhat deceptive one on account of the slight
difference in length exhibited by the sexes of both insects). The
fact, too, of their being nearly always found in company would not
militate against the supposition that they are but states assumed by
a single species. I have taken the A. binotata in Lanzarote, Fuerte-
ventura, Grand Canary, and Gomera (in the last of which it was
found likewise by Dr. Crotch) ; but the specimens from Lanzarote
and Fuerteventiira are, I think, the most typical ones. It occurs
in Porto Santo of the Madeiran Group.

839. Aleochara morion.

Aleochara morion, 6rai:, Col. Ilicropt. 07 (1802).

, Urich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 175 (18:39).

, JVolL, Ins. Mad. 501 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 183 (1857).

Habitat Teueriff'am, Gomeram et Palmam, minus frequens.

The minute size, fusiform outline, and dark, concolorous, very
slightly shining surface of this common European Aleochara wiU
sufficiently distinguish it. As at Madeira, it occurs sparingly in
these islands — where most probably it is universal. Hitherto, how-
ever, I have observed it only at the Agua Mansa and Las Mercedes
of Teneriffe, and in Palma ; but three examples are now before me
which were captured in Gomera by Dr. Crotch (who likewise met
with it in Tenerift'e).

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Genus 308. OLIGOTA.

Mcannerlieim, Brachcl. 72 (1831).

840. Oligota castanea, n. sp.

0. linearis, rufo- vel fusco-castanea, elytris abdominisque apice fere
rufo-testaceis, abdomine ad basin nigrescentiore ; antennis ad basin
pedibusque rufo-testaceis, illarum articulis 4 vel 5 ultimis sensim
crassioribus.— Long. corp. lin. vix |.

Habitat in sylvaticis Teneriffoe, Gomerte et Palmae, sub foliis dejec-
tis, rarior.

The rather large size, for an Oligota, of this (nevertheless minute)
insect, combined -wdth its reddish-castaneous hue (the elytra and
apex of the abdomen being, however, generally of a more or less
clear rufo-testaccous), its pale limbs, and the four or five apical
joints of its antennae being perceptibly incrassated, will sufficiently
distinguish it. It appears to occur at intermediate elevations, prin-
cipally within the sylvan districts, where, however, it is rare. I have
taken it, from beneath fallen leaves, at the Agua Garcia, Taganana,
Las Mercedes, and on the mountains above S*" Cruz, in Teneriffe, as
well as in the Barranco de Galga of Palma ; and a single specimen
is now before me which was captured by Dr. Crotch m Gomera (I
believe, above Hermigua).

841. Oligota inflata.

0. minor, linearis, fusco- vel nigro-picea, abdomine nigro ad apicem
^-ix chlutiore ; antennis brevioribus, ad basin pedibusque testaceo-
pieeis, illarum articulis 4 ultimis sensim crassioribus. — Long. corp.
lin. vix -|.

Microcera inflata, Mann., Brachcl. 72 (1831).

Oligota subtilis, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 180 (1839).

inflata, Woll, Ins. Mad. 562 (1854).

, Id, Cat. Mad. Col. 184 (1857).

Habitat Lanzarotam, Teneriffam et Gomeram, sub quisquiliis fo-
liisque dejectis hinc inde hand infrcquens.

I think that the brownish-piceous hue and the distinctly quadri-
articulate antennal club of this diminutive Oligota, combined with
the shape of its prothorax (which is appreciably narrower before
than behind, with the posterior angles tolerably expressed), will
assign it to the Em-opean 0. inflata, rather than to the pusillinia.
It occurs beneath vegetable detritus at low and intermediate eleva-
tions. I have captured it abundantly, from under the refuse around
the base of corn -stacks, at Haria in the north of Lanzarote, and
more sparingly above the Puerto Orotava in Teneriffe ; and a single

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example, taken b;y himself in Gomcra, has been communicated by
Dr. Crotch. It is found likewise in Madeira.

(Bubfam. II. TACHYPORIDES.)

Genus 309. CONOSOMA.
Kraatz, Nat. der 7«.s. Dctdsch. ii. 431 (1856).

842. Conosoma pubescens.

Stapliylinus pubescens, Payh., Mon. Carab. App. 138 (1790).
Couurus pubescens, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 221 (1839).

, Woll., Im. Mad. 565 (1854).

Conosoma pubescens, Kraatz, Nat. der Lis. Deutsch. ii. 435 (1856).
Conurus pubescens, Woll, Cat. Had. Col 184 (1857).

Hahitat Palmam; Junio ineunte a.d. 1858 specimina sex sub cor-
tice arboris cujusdara laxo in montibus supra Sanctam Crucem cepi.

The only Cananan specimens which I have seen of this common
European insect (which occurs sparingly at jNIadeira) arc six which
were captured by myself, at the beginning of June 1858, in the island
of Palma — from beneath the loosened bark of an old tree high up in
the Barranco above 8^" Cruz.

843. Conosoma lividum.

Conurus lividus, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 229 (1839).
Conosoma lividum, Kraatz, Nat. der Ins. Dentsch. ii. 4.36 (1856).

Hahitat insulas Canarienses, in Hierro sola adhuc baud observatum.

In a long array of specimens of this variable insect, now before me,
I can detect no character to warrant the suspicion that they are dis-
tinct from the European C lividum, — though, if anything, their an-
.tenna^ are perhaps a trifle longer. One or two darker examples
might almost pass for the fusndum of Erichson ; but I cannot per-
ceive in them any difference except that of colour (which is essen-
tially variable in the C. lividum), and I therefore think it would be
imsafe to admit an additional species into the fauna on such evi-
dence. Indeed the paler and darker individuals were taken in com-
pany, and I am quite satisfied that they are all of them conspecific.
It occurs principallj', beneath vegetable refuse, in sylvan and sub-
sylvan spots of intermediate elevations ; and there can be little doubt
that it is universal throughout the archipelago — Hierro being the only
island of the seven in which hitherto it does not happen to have been
observed. I have myself captured it in Lanzarote, in the Rio Palmas
of Fuerteventura, in the region of El Monte in Grand Canaiy, at the
Agua Mansa and on the mountains above 8'''' Cruz in Teneriffc, as

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well as in Palma ; and a specimen has been communicated by Dr.
Crotch, taken in Gomera.

Genus 310. TACHYPORUS.

Graveuhorsti Col. Micropt. 124 (1802).

844. Tachyporus pusHlus.

Tachyporus pusillus, Grav., Mon. 9 (180G).

' , Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 239 (1839).

celer, Woll., Ins. Mad. 567 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 185 (1857).

marginatus, Hart. [necFab.'], Geolog. VerhaUn.Lanz. wndFuert. 140.

Hahltat insulas omnes Canarienses, passim.

The larger size, broader outline, and darker hue are almost the
only characters which appear to distinguish the European T. jiusllhis
from the hrunneus ; and yet the two species are easily separated
when seen. The T. pusillus occurs at low and intermediate eleva-
tions, and is universal throughout the Group — in all the islands of
which, except Palma, where it was found by Mr. Gray, I have my-
self captured it. In Lanzarote and Hierro it was likewise taken by
Mr. Gray, and in Teneriffe by Dr. Crotch. It abounds in the north
of Lanzarote, and is unquestionably the species referred to (by Dr.
Heer) in M. Hartung's list under the name of " Tachyporus marr/i-
nahis, F." It occurs sparingly at Madeira, — my T. celer appearing
to me, on a closer examination, not to differ from the pusillus.

845. Tachyporus brunneus.

Oxyporus bruuneus, Fab., Ent. Syst. i. ii. 535 (1792).
Tachyporus bminneus, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 241 (1839).

, Woll, Ins. Mad. 568 (1854).

, Id., Cut. Mad. Col. 185 (1857).

Habitat insulas Canarienses, in Fuerteventura sola hactenus hand
detectus.

This common European insect, which abounds in the Madeiran
Group, is doubtless universal at the Canaries, though hitherto it does
not happen to have been observed in Fuerteventura. • I have myself
captured it in Lanzarote, Grand Canary, Teneriffe, Palma, and Hierro ;
and it was taken by Dr. Crotch in Gomera, and by Mr. Gray in Palma.

Genus 311. HABROCERUS.

Erichson, Kaf. der Mark Brand, i. 400 (1839).

846. Hahrocerus capillaricornis.

Tachyporus capillaricornis, Grav., Mon. 10 (1806).

Habrocerus capillaricornis, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 245 (1839).

558 . CANARIAN COLEOPXKRA,

Habrocerus capillaricornis, JVoll., Ins. Mad. 570 (1854).
, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 185 (1857).

Habitat in Hierro, in regione sylvatica " El Golfo " dicta mense
Februario a.d. 1858 exemplar unum ccpi.

The H. (■apillarlcornis, so widely spread (though by no means com-
mon) throughout Europe, and which abounds in the sylvan districts
of Madeira, is apparently of the utmost rarity in these islands. In-
deed hitherto I have seen but a single Canarian examjjlc of it, which
was taken by myself (during February 1858) in the wooded region
of El Golfo on the western slopes of Hierro.

Genus 312. THICHOPHYA.

Mannerheim, Brachcl. 73 (1831).

847. Trichophya pilicornis.
Aleochara pilicoruis, Oi/U., Ins. Siicc. ii. 417 (1810).
Tricliopliya pilicornis, Mann., Brachel. 73 (1831).
Tricbophyus pilicoruis, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 208 (1839).
Trichopbya pilicornis, Kraatz, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. ii. 390 (1850).

Hahitat in Teneriffa, Palma et Hierro, in sylvaticis, rarissima.

The European T.pHieoniis is of the greatest rarity at the Canaries,
and confined apparently to the sylvan districts of intermediate and
rather lofty elevations. The few specimens which I have seen were
taken by myself at the Agua Garcia and above Ycod el Alto in Tene-
riffe, in Palma, and in the wooded region of El Golfo on the western
side of Hierro. It is just possible that the Madeiran T. Huttoni may
be but a large state of \h.Q pilicornis.

Genus 313. MYCETOPOEUS.

Mannerheim, Brachel. 02 (1831).

848. Mycetoporus rufus, n. sp.
M. elongato-eUipticus ; capite, prothorace elytrisque clare testaceo-
rutis, abdomine (valde profunde punctate) nigro, apice rufescentiore ;
antennis fnscis, basi, apice ipso pedibusque rufo-testaceis ; protho-
racis punctis 4 anticis a margine parum remotis ; elytrorum seriebus
tribus parce sed distincte punctatis. — Long. corp. lin. -g-vix 3.

Hahitat in Teneriffa et Gomera, rarissimus.

The clear rufous (or testaceo-rufous) hue of the head, prothorax,
and elytra of this large and beautiful Mycetoporus, the abdomen of
which is dark and very coarsely punctured, with the apex more or
less rufescent, combined with its four anterior prothoracic punctules
being situated at some little distance behind the front margin, will
sufficiently distinguish it. It seems to be extremely rare and to

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occur at low and intermediate elevations, the few specimens which T
have seen ha^ing• been captured bj myself in Teneriffe and Gomera,
— namely, near S'" Cruz, at the Agua Mansa, and between Orotava
and Realejo, of the former, and close to San Sebastian of the latter.

849. Mycetoporus momlicornis, n. sp.

M. angustus, parallelo-elongatus ; capite (angusto, triangular!, oculis
parvis) prothoraceque tcstaceis, elytris (brevibus) rufo-testacois,
abdomine (sat profunde punctate) rufo-piceo, basi apiceque vix
pallidiore ; antennis (elongatis, submoniliformibus) pedibusque tes-
taceis ; prothoracis punctis 4 anticis fere ad marginem ipsum sitis ;
elytrorum seriebus tribus parce et obsolete punctatis. — -Long. corp.
lin. 2.

Habitat in montibus excelsis Teneriifae, a W. D. Crotch semel captus.

At once known from the preceding species by its smaller size and
very much narrower and more parallel outline, by the paler or more
testaceous hue of its head and prothorax (the former of which is nar-
rower and with the eyes more minute), by its shorter elytra (the
three lines on each of which are more obsoletely punctured), by its
more piceous and less coarsely punctured abdomen, and by its rela-
tively longer, paler, and more moniliform antennae. Its four ante-
rior prothoracic punctides, moreover, are placed nearer to the front
margin. The only example which I have seen was captured by Dr.
Crotch, during the spring of 1862, in Teneriffe — apparently (from
the mark appended to it) on the elevated Cumbre adjoining the Ca-
fiadas.

850. Mycetoporus solidicornis, n. sp.

M. elongato-ellipticus ; capite nigro, prothorace elytrisque rufo-tes-
taceis, his circa scutellum necnon in disco suffuse infuscatis, abdo-
mine (sat profunde punctato) piceo-nigro, apice paulo dihitiore ;
antennis brevibus, nigro-fuscis, basi pedibusque testaceis (tibiis tar-
sisque plus minus infuscatis); prothoracis punctis 4 anticis a mar-
gine parum remotis ; elytrorum seriebus tribus valde distincte punc-
tatis.— Long. Corp. lin. 1|.

Habitat Canariam Grandem, in regione El Monte rei^ertus.

The very much shorter antennae of this Mycetoporus, combined with
its black head and rufo-testaceous prothorax and elytra (the latter of
which, however, are more or less infuscated, or suffused, about the
scutellary region and across theii* disc), will readily separate it from
the two preceding species. Its general appearance is much that of a
BoUtohius ; but the minute aciculatcd last joint of its maxillary palpi
at once assigns it to the present genus. My only two examples
I captured in the region of El Monte, in Grand Canarj*.

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Genus 314. BOLITOBIUS.

(Leacli) Stephens, ///. Brit. Ent. v. 171 (1832).

851. Bolitobius luridus, n. sp.

B. ellipticus, lurido-testaceus, ctipite utrinque, i^rothorace in disco,
elytris hinc inde (prtesertim in djsco utrocjue postico) abdominis(ine
segmentis ad basin plus minus obscure et suffuse infuscato-nebu-
losis ; antennis apicem versus nigrescentibus paulo incrassatis, basi
pedibusque testaceis ; prothoracis punctis 4 postieis ad marginem
sitis, minutis (cxternis a^gre observandis, ad angulum utrunuiue
ipsum positis) ; elytris amplis, postice substriatis, seriebus tribus
parcissime (sc. circa 4— G) punctatis, — Long. Corp. lin. 1|— 2.

Habitat in intermediis sylvaticis Teneriifoe, rarissimus.

The elliptic outline and compai-ativeh/ large head and elytra of this
Bolitobius, in conjunction with its hn-id-testaceous hue (the head on
either side, the disc of the pronotum, a considerable portion of the
elytra, and the hinder half of each of the abdominal segments being
more or less obscurely clouded, or infuscate), will serve to charac-
terize it. The four punctules at the base of its prothorax are ex-
tremely minute, and situated quite on the margin itself (the outer
pair being very difficult to detect, from being placed exactly at either
posterior angle) ; and its elytra, which are substriated behind, have
their three longitudinal lines most remotely punctured (the punctures
being usually not more than from about four to six in number). It
appears to be extremely rare, and confined to the sylvan districts of
Teneriffe — the few specimens which I have seen having been taken
by myself at the Agua Garcia and in the laurel- woods above Taga-

nana.

852. Bolitobius filicornis, n. sp.

B. elongato-ellipticus, angustus, capite parvo, nigro, prothorace clare
sed elytris infuscate rufo -testaceis, abdomine piceo (segmentis basi
singulatim rufescentioribus ) ; antennis subfiliformibus, nigro-fuscis,
basi pedibusque testaceis ; prothoracis pmictis 4 postieis vix ad mar-
ginem ipsissimum sitis, distinctis ; elj'tris breviusculis, seriebus tri-
bus distincte punctatis.

Variat (immaturus?) capite, elytris antennisque pallidioribus. —
Long. Corp. Kn. l|-vix 1^.

Habitat in Canaria, Teneriffa et Hierro, rarissimus.

The smaller size, very much narrower and less elliptic outline, and
less developed elytra of this species, added to its smaller and blacker
head, its rufo-testaceous prothorax and elytra (the former of which
is clear and immaculate, whilst the latter are more or less infuscated) ,
its slenderer and more filiform antennpe, the larger size of the four

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punctulcs at the base of its pronotum (which are not situated quite
upon the edge itself), and its more numerously punctiu'ed three ely-
tral lines, will at once separate it from the B. luridus. In general
colouring, size, and aspect it is scarcely distinguishable, prima facie,
from the Mi/cetoporus soUdicornis ; nevertheless, on a closer inspec-
tion, the last joint of its maxillary palpi will show it to be a true
Bolitohins ; and its antenna? are very much longer, more filiform,
and less compact. When accurately examined it will be further seen
to be altogether a trifle narrower and less elliptic, with its abdomen
more piceous (or less black), its limbs a Httle paler, and its four an-
terior prothoracic punctules placed considerably nearer to the front
margin.

Like the B. luridus, the present species seems to be very rare, and
to be confined to intermediate elevations — occurring, however, in sub-
sylvan as well as sylvan spots. I have taken it in the region of El
Monte in Grand Canary, as well as in Hierro ; and a single example
is now before me which was found by Dr. Crotch in Teneriffe.

(Subfam. III. QUEDIIDES.)

Genus 315. EURYPORUS.
Erichson, Kdf. der Mark Brand, i. 496 (1839).

853. Euryporus princeps, n. sp.

E. elongato-ellipticus, nitidus ; capite prothoraceque nitidissimis, le-
viter (sed baud minute) punctatis, illo ovali nigro, hoc (utrinque in
disco biseriatim tripunctato) una cum elytris (brevibus, grosse
rugoso-punctatis) fusco-piceis ; abdomine piceo-fusco, metallico-
tincto, postice dilutiore, utrinque valde profunde oblongo-punctato ;
antennis nigrescentibus, ad basin pedibusque piceo-ferrugineis. —
Long. Corp. lin. 7.

Habitat in intermediis Canariae Grandis : sub lapide ad marginem
rivuli cujusdam prope oppidum Teror, Aprili exeunte a.d. 1858, ex-
emplar unicum collegi.

Although the large size and excessively abbreviated, roughly sculp-
tured elytra of this fine StaphyUnid might be supposed at first sight
to assign it to a genus distinct from (however nearly aUied to) Eury-
porus, nevertheless the various details of its structure do not appear
to me (when carefully inspected) to present sufficient peculiarities to
warrant its isolation. Indeed in most of its essential features — such
as the approximation of its intermediate coxae, its deeply incised
upper lip, its filiform maxillary palpi and the securiform last joint of
its labial ones, the shape and proportions of its mcntuni, ligula, and

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562 CATfARIAN COLEOPTERA.

paraglossae, and its simple anterior feet* — it is quite normal for Eu-
ryporus. Its head is the only part of its body which seems to be
quite black, — the prothorax and elytra being of a dark rufo-piceous
brown, and the abdomen (which is most deeply punctured on either
side and has a rather conspicuous metallic lustre) being still more
diluted or ferruginous. The example described from was taken by
myself, during April 1858, from beneath a wet stone at the edge of
the little stream at Teror in Grand Canary.

Genus 316. HETEROTHOPS.
(Kirby) Staph., ///. Brit. Ent. v. 256 (1832).

854. Heterothops minutus.

H. niger elytris abdominisque apice plus minus dilutioribus ; capite
prothoraceque angustulis, nitidissimis ; elytris abdomineque pubes-
centibus, illis vel nigro-jiiceis apice et ad humeros dilutioribus, vel
testaceo-piceis, vel etiam fere fusco-testaceis ; antennis gracihbus,
ad basin pedibusque picco-testaceis.

Variat etiam prothorace dilutiore, antennis pedibusque omnino pal-
lidis. — Long. corp. lin. 1|— 21.

Heterothops minutus, WoU., Ann. Nat. Hist. vi. 53 (1860).

Habitat insulas omnes Canarienses, sub quisquiliis hand infrequcns.

This insect, which occui's beneath vegetable refuse around Funchal
in Madeira, is universal at the Canaries — in all the islands of which
except Gomera and Palma, where it was found by Dr. Crotch, I have
myself captured it. My Lanzarotan specimens are principally from
under the refuse around the base of corn-stacks at Haria, the Fuerte-
venturan ones from the Rio Palmas, the Grand-Canarian ones from
the region of El Monte, the Teneriffan ones from the mountains
above S"* Cruz, as well as from Las Mercedes, La Esperanza, Souzal,
and the Agua Garcia, and the Hierro ones from near Valverde. It
is somewhat allied, at first sight, to the European H. dissimiUs ; but,
apart from colour (which in both species is essentially variable), its
head and prothorax are relatively a httle narrower than is the case
in that insect (the former being more oblong, and the latter more
laterally compressed in front, and with the discal punctures more
evident) ; its elytra are a trifle longer ; and its antennae are some-
what longer, slenderer, more filiform, and more fragile— the joints
being more loosely attached, and the apical one less abbreviated.

* The specimen before me is a female one ; nevertheless, since the dilatation of
the front tarsi in the immediately allied groups is not usually a sexual character
(though frequently a little more expressed in the males), it is probable that the
anterior feet of both sexes will be found to be simple.

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Genus 317. aUEDIUS.

(Leach) Steph., ///. Brit. Ent. v. 215 (1832).

§ I. Oculi niinoi-es. Antennce, pedesque rohusti, tarsis anticis
latissime dilatatis.

855. Guedius angustifrons, n. sp.
Q. cajjite (angusto) prothorace(|ue nigris, subnitidis ; elytris abdomi-
neque piibescentibus, illis brevibus subruguloso-puuctatis rufo-
piceis, hoc iiigro-piceo postice paulo dilutiore, profuude sed parce
punctato ; antennis (articulo ultimo oblique subtruncato) fuscis, ad
basin pedibusque piceo-testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 5.

Habitat in intermediis Canarise et Gomerse, rarissimus.

The less highly polished head and prothorax (the former of which
is narrow and oval, with the eyes not at aU prominent), in conjunc-
tion with its relatively shorter and more rufescent elytra, will at once
distinguish this Quedius fr. m the two following ones. It is appa-
rently extremely rare, and confined to damp spots (particularly sylvan
and subsylvan ones) of intermediate elevations. I have captured it,
beneath wet moss, near Teror in Grand Canary ; and a single example
was taken by Dr. Crotch (I believe, above Hermigua) in Gomera.

856. Quedius fulgidus.
Q. ater, interdum elytris abdominisque apice picescentioribus ; capite
(crasso) prothoraceque pernitidis ; elytris subconvexis, sat parce
subruguloso-punctatis ; abdomine dense subasperato-punctulato ;
antennis (articulo ultimo acuminato-ovato) pedibusque valde in-
crassatis, nigro-piceis, illis basi nigro-variegatis. — Long. corp. lin.
4-5i

Staphylinus fulgidus, Fab., Mant. Ins. i. 220 (1787).

variabilis, Gt/IL, Ins. Snoc. ii. 303 (1810).

Quedius fulgidus, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 52.5 (1839).
, Kraatz, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. ii. 492 (185G).

Habitat in intermediis Teneriffae et Gomerae, rarissimus.

I can see nothing in the Canarian examples of this insect to war-
rant the suspicion that they are distinct from the common European
Q. fulgidus. The species may immediately be known from the other
Quedii here enumerated by its larger size, more robust form, and
blacker hue, by its more sparingly punctured elytra (which vary from
intense black to rufo-piceous), and by its very much thicker limbs.
Like the Q. angustifrons, it is decidedly rare in these islands. I
have taken it at Las Mercedes in Teneriffe, and it was captured in
both Teneriffe and Gomera by Dr. Crotch.

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564 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

§ II. Oculi maximi, promineyites. Antennce pedesque graciliores,
tarsis anticis multo minus dUaiatis. (Raphii'us, Steph.)

857. Cluedius megalops, n. sp.
Q. capite (siibrotundato) prothoraceqiie nigris, perniticlis ; elytris ab-
domineque pubescentibus, illis dense subreticulato-punctulatis
fusco- vel etiam subtestaceo-piceis, hoc piceo-nigro postice paulo
dilutiore, dense subasperato-punctato ; antennis (articulo ultimo ad
apicem oblique truncate) nigro-fuscis, ad basin pedibusque piceo-
testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 4.

Habitat in Canaria, TenerifFa, Palma et Hierro, parum rarus.

The smaller bulk of this species, combined with its enormous and
rather prominent eyes (which cause the head to appear considerably
rounded), its slenderer limbs, browner and more minutely sculptured
elytra, and its very much less expanded anterior feet, wiU readily
characterize it. It is widely, but sjiaringly, distributed over the
archipelago, occurring beneath vegetable refuse in sylvan and sub-
sylvan spots at intermediate altitudes. I have taken it in the region
of El Monte in Grand Canary, in Palma, and in the wooded district
of El Golfo on the western flanks of Hierro ; and a Teneriffan and
Palman specimen are now before me which were captured by Dr.
Crotch.

(Subfam. IV. STAPH YLINIDES.)

Genus 318. CREOPHILUS.
(Kirby) Staph., III. Brit. Ent. v. 202 (1832).

858. Creophilus maxillosus.
Staphvlinus maxillosus, Lin))., Si/st. Kat. 421 (1758).
Creophilus maxillosus, Stqjh., IJl. Brit. Ent. v. 202 (1832).
Staphvlinus maxillosus, Brulle, in Wchh et Berth. {Col.) GO (1838).

~ , W 11, Ins. Mad. 579 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad Col. 188 (1857).

Habitat in Fuerteventura, Teneriffa et Gomera, passim.
This common European insect, which occurs also in Madeira and
Porto Santo, is found occasionally in these islands (principally at low
elevations and near the towns), where it has very likely been natura-
lized from more northern latitudes. I have taken it in Fuerteven-
tura, Teneriffe, and Gomera; and in Teneriife it was likewise found
by Dr. Crotch.

Genus 319. OCYPUS.
(Kirby) Steph., III. Brit. Ent. v. 211 (1832).

859. Ocypus olens.

Staphvlinus olens, Midi, Farni. Fridr. 23 (1767).
, Brum, in Wehh et Berth. (Col.) 59 (1838).

CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 5G5

Ocypus olens, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 405 (1839).
, Kmatz, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. ii. 553 (1856).

Habitat in insulis omnibus Canariensibus, sat vulgaris.

Although absent from the Madeiran Group, it is somewhat remark-
able that the common European 0. olens should be universal at the
Canaries — in all the islands of which except Gomera, where it was
found by Dr. Crotch, I have myself taken it. From Fuerteventura it
has been communicated, likewise, by the Barao do Castello de Paiva ;
and in TenerifFe it was captured by M. Hartung. I have a single
Teneriffan example which I met with in the wood at Las Mercedes,
wliich has its entire pubescence of a yellowish (or golden) tint ; but
I can detect no other difference to warrant the supposition that it is
more than an accidental variety.

860. Ocypus brachypterus.

0. piceo- vel fusco-niger (interdum in elytris et versus abdominis
apicem paulo dilutior) , subopacus, dense pubescens, ubique creber-
rime punctatis ; eapite (pnesertim in maribus) magno, rotundato,
linea media laevi ; prothorace subquadrato (nee transverso), di-
stinctius lineato-subcarinato ; elytris brevissimis, ad angulos ex-
ternos posticos late obli(iue truncatis ; antennis pedibusque rufo-
piceis et (proesertim his) fulvo-pubescentibus. — Long. corp. lin.
10-14.

Staph ylinus brachypterus, Brulle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 59 (1838).
Habitat in sylvaticis editioribus Teneriffae, rarior.
The less black (or more piceous) hue and usually rather larger and
less convex head of this Ocypus, combined with its less decidedly
opake and not quite so closely punctured siu-face, its longer and more
keeled prothorax, its very much shorter elytra (which have their
outer posterior angle more broadly truncated obliquely), and its paler
or more rufescent limbs, which are densely clothed with a bright
fulvous pubescence, will readily separate it from the 0. olens. It is
totally distinct from the European species which has been referred to
the brachypterus of Brulle ; but the mistake probably arose from M.
BruUd having himself (erroneously) stated that the Teneriffan insect
was also found in Europe — "Cet insecte, qui ne nous parait pas encore
avoir ete distingue de V olens, se trouve aussi dans quelques parties de
I'Europe."

The 0. hracliypterus is extremely rare, or at any rate local, and
confined to the damp sylvan districts of TenerifFe, at intermediate and
lofty elevations. I have taken it at the Agna Garcia, as well as in
the laurel-woods above Taganana, and elsewhere ; and it was also
met with by M. Hartimg.

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861. Ocypus affinis, n. sj).

0. praecedenti affinis sed (nisi fallor) vere distinctus ; paulo minor,
angustior, pnnctura omnino fortiore ac (prajscrtim in abdomine)
parciore ; capite subminore, sensim convexiore ; prothoracis linea
media obscuriore ; elytris paulo minus abbreviatis ; antennis pedi-
busque clarioribus, illarura articulis apicalibus subbrevioribus. —
Long. eorp. lin. 9-12.

Habitat Teneriffam (Dom. Hartung) et Palmara, in loeis similibus
ac prsecedens.

Although closely allied to the hrachripterus, I do not think it possi-
ble that this Oci/jms can be any modification of that species. So far
as I have myself observed, it is confined to the sylvan districts of
Palma, as the hrachyptenis is to those of TenerilFe ; nevertheless, of
two examples which were communicated by Dr. Heer as Tener\ffan,
and which were taken by M. Hartung, one pertains to the hracliy-
pteriis and the other to the affinis. As it is certain, however, that
many of M. Hartung's specimens from the various islands became
afterwards accidentally mixed up, its Teneriffan habitat requires fur-
ther corroboration. It is altogether a little smaller and narrower
than the hrachyptenis, and its punctation is both stronger and (par-
ticularly on the abdomen) less dense ; its head is a trifle less developed
and more convex, its central prothoracic line is less conspicuous, its
elytra are not quite so abbreviated, and its limbs are of a clearer hue,
with the apical and subapical joints of the antennae perhaps a little
shorter. My specimens (from the intermediate districts of Pahna)
were captured high up in the Barranco de Galga and in the Barranco
above S''* Cruz.

862. Ocypus umbricola, n. sp.

0. colore et sculptura 0. brachypfero fere similis, sed multo minor
angustior ; capite prothoraccque obsoletissime submetallico-tinctis,
illo minore subovali (nee rotundato); elytris paulo minus abbre-
viatis necnon ad angulos cxternos posticos minus oblique truncatis ;
antennis pedibusque parcius fulvo -pilosis. — Long. corp. lin. 6-8.

Habitat in humidis sylvaticis Teneriffae, rarissimus.

In its dense and fine pimctation and general hue, this Ocypus is
nearly similar to the hrachypterus ; but it is very much smaller and
narrower, and its head and prothorax have often a slight metallic
tinge ; its head is also relatively smaller and less rounded, its elj-tra
are not quite so shortened, nor so much truncated obliquely at their
hinder external angles, and its limbs are more sparingly jnlose. I
have detected it hitherto only in the damp sylvan regions of Teneriffe,
where, moreover, it is extremely scarce. I have taken it sparingly

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on the densely- clad mountains towards Taganana, as well as at the
Agua Garcia, the Agua Mansa, and above Ycod el Alto ; and an ex-
ample (also Teneriffan) has been communicated by the Barao do
Castello de Paiva.

863. Ocypus curtipennis, n. sp.

0. niger vel piceo-niger (s^epius in elytris et versus abdominis apicem
paulo dilutior), nitidus ; capite prothoraceque plus minus aeneo-
tinctis, sat profunde punctatis, parce pubescentibus, illo parum
magno subrotimdato convexo, hoc obsolete lincato-subcarinato ;
elytris brevibus, densius pubescentibus ac densissime levius punc-
tulatis ; antennis pedibusque piceo-ferrugineis et (praesertim his)
fulvo-pubescentibus. — Long. corp. lin. 6^-9.

Habitat in sylvaticis subsylvaticisque Canariae Grandis, passim.

The short and usually picescent elytra of this Ocypus, added to its
shining, somewhat coarsely punctured, subaenescent, and very sparingly
pilose head and prothorax (the former of which is rather large, round,
and convex), will distinguish it from the other species here enume-
rated. Hitherto I have observed it only in Grand Canary, where it
is widely spread bver the sylvan and subsylvan districts of interme-
diate altitudes. My specimens are principally from the region of El
Monte, and from the remains of the old laurel-forest of El Dorames
on the mountains between Osorio and Guia.

864. Ocypus atratus, ii. sp.

0. ater, nitidus ; capite prothoraceque parce sed dense punctatis punc-
tuHsque minutis interjectis parce irroratis, subcalvis, illo curtulo,
mox pone oculos recte truncato, hoc (postice jJaulo angustato) ob-
soletissime lineato-subcarinato ; elytris minutius densissime punc-
tatis ; antennis versus apicem tarsisque dilutioribus ; mandibulis
intus simplicibus.^-Lo]ig. corp. lin. 6|-8,

Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventuram, hinc inde sub lapidibus.

In its rather large size, somewhat deeply but sparingly punctured
shining head and prothorax, and intensely black hue, this Oci/jnis has
much the prima facie appearance of the European 0. ater ; neverthe-
less its mandibles are simple internally, and its head is shorter (or
more straightly, and suddenly, truncated behind the eyes). Its pro-
thorax, also, is a trifle longer, with the posterior angles less com-
pletely rounded oif. It has been observed hitherto only in Lanzarote
and Fuerteventura — in the former of which it was taken by Mr. Gray,
and in the latter by M. Hartung and (near Oliva) by myself.

865. Ocjrpus subasnescens, n. sp.
0. sequenti simiMs, sed plerumque vix major, obscurior (minus aeneus)

5G8 CANARIAN COLEOPTEEA.

■ et pube sjepiiis minus fulvesccnte vestitus ; capite (submajore) pro-
thoraceque parcius ac profundius punctatis ; abdomine minus di-
stincte lineato-pubescente ; antennis vix robustioribus. — Long.
Corp. lin. 7-81.

Staphylinus fuscatus ?, Bridle [nee Gniv.], in Webb et Berth. (Col.) GO
(1838).

Habitat in Canaria, Teneriffa et Hicrro, ab ora maritima versus
6000' s. m. ascendens.

Whilst the following species is found in Lanzarote and Fuerteven-
tura, the present one would seem to represent it in the other islands
of the archipelago — where it will doubtless be found to be universal.
Hitherto, however, I have detected it only in Grand Canary, Tene-
riffe, and Hierro ; in the first of which it was found Kkewise by Mr.
Gray. It is very closely allied to the 0. punctatissimus, but (I believe)
no local phasis of it ; and, indeed, the fact of its occui-ring in at any
rate three distinct islands without any appreciable change would tend
to imply this. It was examined by Dr. Kraatz, and returned by him
as " Ocypus, n. sp." It seems to differ from the Lanzarotan and
Fuerteventuran species, principally, in being on the average a trifle
larger and less brassy, and in having the punctation of its head and
prothorax both coarser and less dense. Its entire pubescence, Hke-
wise, is a little less fulvous, and less condensed on the abdomen into
broken-up lines ; and its head and antenna; are just perceptibly more
robust. It seems to be almost independent of elevation ; for in Tene-
riffe I have captured it from nearly the sea-level, at S"" Cruz and
around the Puerto Orotava, to an altitude of about 6000 feet above
the sea (on the ascent to the Cumbre above the Agua Mansa).

I have little doubt that it is the species referred in M. Brulle's list
to i)xQ fuscatus, Grav., which in size and general contour it much re-
sembles ; nevertheless, in its ecnesccnt and much more densely punc-
tured head, prothorax, and elytra, as well as in its differently sculp-
tured abdomen and paler limbs, it is altogether distinct from that

insect.

866. Ocjrpus punctatissimus, n. sp.

0. fulvo-pubescens ; capite prothoraccque nitidulis, densissime et
minute punctulatis punctisque pcrpaucis magnis irroratis, aeneis ;
elytris fusco-piceis, obscurius ajneo-tinctis ; abdomine nigro, lineis
fulvis fractis (plus minus ubsoletis) ornato punctisque permagnis
paucis irrorato ; antennis pedibusque rufo-piceis, hinc inde nigres-
centioribus, tarsis anticis rufo-testaceis.- — Long. corp. hn. 6-8.

Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventuram, sub lapidibus, passim.

In its aeneous head and prothorax, a?neo-fuscous elytra, and general

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contour this Ocifpus very closely resembles the common European 0.
nipreus ; and it is not impossible that it may be but a geographical
phasis of that species*. Indeed I cannot detect any appreciable dif-
ference between the two, except that the head and prothorax of the
Canarian insect are more densely and minutely punctulated and its
elytra a trifle more developed. It is imiversal (though not very abun-
dant) throughout Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, in the former of which
islands it was found likewise by Mr. Gray.

Genus 320. PHILONTHUS.
(Leach) Staph., III. Brit. Ent. v. 226 (1832).

§ I. ProtJioracis seriebus dorsalibus e punctis 4 composiiis.
867. Philonthus umbratilis.

P. niger, elytris seneo-tinctis, crebre subtiliter punctatis, dense fulvo-
cinereo-pubescentibus ; capite lato, subrotundato ; antennis elon-
gatis, fusco-nigris, ad basin piceis ; pedibus picescenti-testaceis. —
Long. Corp. lin. 3|.

Staphylinus umbratilis, Grav., Col. Ilicropt. 170 (1802).
Philonthus umbratilis, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 445 (1839).

, Woll., Ins. Mad. 581 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 189 (1857).

Habitat TeneriiFam, rarissime : in " Barranco Santo" juxta Sanctam

Crucem exemplar unum sub lapide aquoso coUegi.

A single Canarian specimen of this European Philontliixs (which
occurs sparingly at Madeira) has hitherto come beneath my notice —
taken by myself in the Barranco Santo, near S''* Cruz, of Tencriffe.
Its rather large, rounded head and elongate antennaj, combined with
the /oitr punctures of its pro thoracic dorsal series, its slightly ajneous,
closely punctured, densely pubescent elytra, and piceo-testaceous legs,
will sufficiently distinguish the species.

868. Philonthus sordidus.
P. niger, obsolete subfeneo-tinctus, elytris la^tius senescentibus, par-
cissime profunde punctatis, jjarce sed grosse fulvo-pubescentibus ;
capite rotundato-ovali, punctis 4 frontalibus inter se subaequaliter
distantibus ; antennis piceo-nigris ; pedibus piceis. — Long. corp.
lin. 2|-3.

Staphylinus sordidus, Grav., Col. Mtcropt. 176 (1802).
Philonthus sordidus, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 456 (1839).

— , Woll., Ins. Mad. 582 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 189 (1857).

Habitat Lanzarotam, Fuerteventuram, Teneriffam et Palmam, sub

quisquihis, passim.

* Dr. Ki'aatz, who exammed it for me, retui'ued it as " Ocypus, ciiprco afEnis."

570 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

This Philonthus is certainly identical with the P. sordidus of the
* Ins. Mad.,' and also with the European species of that name. In
addition to the four punctures of its prothoracic series (in which it
agrees with the umhratilis), it may he known by its rather distinctly
senescent and very deeply and remotely punctui'ed elytra (on which
the fulvous pile is coarse and distant), by its (suboval) head having
the four frontal punctures almost equidistant from each other, and by
its dark antennae and piceous legs. It is widely, but sparingly, dis-
tributed over the archipelago, where it will probably be found to be
universal. I have taken it in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, TenerifFe,
and Palma ; in the last of which islands it was found also by Mr. Gray,
and in Teneriffe by Dr. Crotch.

869. Philonthus xantholoma.

Staphylinus xantholoma, Grav., Mon. 41 (1806).
Cafius xantholoma, Steph., III. Brit. Ent. v. 246 (1832).
Philonthus xantholoma, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 452 (1839).
, Kraatz, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. ii. 594 (1856).

Habitat Lanzarotam, Fuerteventuram et Canariam, per oras are-
nosas maritimas sub fucis et rejectamentis degens.

The common European P. xantholoma, which I have captiu-ed spa-
ringly (from beneath sea-weed) on the sandy shores of Lanzarote,
Fuerteventura, and Grand Canary, may be known by its rather large,
subquadrate head (which is very deeply punctured on either side be-
hind, and has the eyes somewhat prominent) ; by its opake, flattened,
most densely and minutely punctulated, thickly pubescent elytra
(which are often of a more or less brownish-piceous hue, and have
their inflected margin testaceous yellow); by its piceo-testaceous legs ;
aud by its prothorax (which is slightly narrowed posteriorly, and
obliquely straightened at the sides) having three of its four dorsal
punctures extremely large and subapproximated, whilst the fourth
one is remote and placed close to the anterior margin.

§ II. Prothoracis seriebus dorsalibus e punctis 5 connpositis.

870. Philonthus bipustulatus.
Staphylinus bipustulatus, Pnz., Fna Ins. Germ. 27. 10 (1795).
Philonthus bipustulatus, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 408 (1839).

, Woll, Ins. Mad. 583 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 189 (1857).

Habitat insulas omnes Canarienses, in stercore vulgaris.

The rather larger size of this common European Philoiifhus (which
abounds in the Madeiran Group), combined with its slightly more de-
veloped, less convex, more finely and closely punctured, and blacker

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elytra (wliich have a reddish patch, seldom altogether obsolete, towards
the inner hinder angle of each), will at once distingnish it from the
P. marcidus. It is universal throughout the archipelago, occurring
in the dung of cattle at most elevations. I have taken it in all the
islands except Fuerteventura and Gomera — in the former of which,
however, it was found by Mr. Gray (who likewise met with it in
Palma), and in the latter by Dr. Crotch.

87 J. Philonthus scybalarius.

Philonthus scybalarius, Nordm., Sijmhol. 94 (1838).

varians, var. h, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 470 (1839).

, Woll, Ins. Mad. 583 (1854).

scybalarius, Kraatz, Nat. der Ins. Detitsch. ii. 601 (1856).

, Woll, Cat. Mud. Col. 189 (1857).

Habitat insulas Canarienses, in Fuerteventura et Canaria solis hac-

tenus baud observatus.

It is extremely difficult to regard this PhilontJius as more than a
state of the hipustulatus in which the elytral spot is altogether absent ;
nevertheless, as Dr. Kraatz has upheld it as a distinct species, I will
not do otherwise than treat it as such. Apart from its elytra being
entirely black (which is sometimes the case, also, in undoubted ex-
amples of the hipustulatus), it may be defined as being, on the average,
a trifle smaller, with its head just perceptibly less developed, and with
its anterior coxae and the inner surfaces of all its femora more or less
obsciu'ely diluted in hue, or sub testaceous*. But whether truly dis-
tinct or not from the hipustulatus, there can be little doubt that it
is equally universal throughout the Canarian archipelago — though as
yet it does not happen to have been observed in either Fuerteventura
or Grand Canary. In Lanzarote, Palma, and Hierro, however, I have
myself captured it ; whilst in Teneriffe and Gomera it was found by
Dr. Crotch. Like the hipustulatus, it is tolerably common in the
Madeiran Group.

872. Philonthus marcidus, n. sp.

P. niger, elytris obscure seneo- vel viridiajneo-tinctis, parce et sat
profundo punctatis, parce sed grosse griseo-pubescentibus, brevibus,
subconvexis ; capite rotundato-ovali ; antennis pedibusque nigro-
piceis, interdum paulo dilutioribus.

Variat (rarius) elytris, prtesertim postice, suifuse rufescentioribus. —
Long. Corp. lin. 2|-3g,

Ohs. — P. scyhalario affinis, sed paulo nitidior, elytris subconvexi-

* I consider it is a mere tendency of the anterior coxae and femora to become a
little diluted in hue ; for such, as a character, does not obtain universally. And
I may further add that even the less development of the head seems to me to
be by no means constant.

572 CANARIAN COLEOPTEKA,

oribiis, sensim seneo- vel viridiajneo-tinctis ac profuiidius parciusque
pimctatis, paulo minus dense sed subgrossiiis pubescentihus ; capita
vix majoi'e, rotundatiore ; anteunis paiilo brevioribus subrobusti-
oribus (articulis intermediis sensim brevioribus, magis transversis,
ajiicali \'ix crassiore, subquadrato apice oblique acuminate); pedibus
piceis (coxis concoloribus).

Staphylinus politus?, Bridle fnec Grav.X in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 60
(1838).

Habitat insulas omnes Canarienses, sub quisquiliis (pra)sertim sub
foliis Opuiitke Tinue putridis) vulgaris, — ab era maritima usque ad
9000' s. m. ascendens.

This PhUonthus is universal throughout the archipelago, in the
whole seven islands of which I have myself captured it. It occurs
beneath vegetable detritus generally, and is very partial to the rotten,
putrid leaves of the fleshy Opuntia Tuna (or " Prickly Pear ")— in
places where they have been thrown away as refuse, and allowed to
rot ; under which circumstances I have taken it around Haria in the
north of Lanzaroto, near S*'' Cruz of Teneriffe, in the Banda of Palma,
and elsewhere. It seems to be independent of elevation ; for in Tene-
riffe I have met with it from almost the sea-level (near S'^ Cruz and
the Puerto Orotava), through the sylvan and subsylvan districts (above
Taganana, at La Esperanza, Souzal, and the Agvia Mansa), to an alti-
tude of at least 9000 feet (on the Cumbre overlooking the Caiiadas).
In Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Teneriff'e, and Hierro it was found like-
wise by Mr. Gray, in Teneriffe and Gomera by Dr. Crotch, and in
Teneriffe by M. Hartung*. As so abundant an insect could scarcely
have escaped the observations of even MM. Webb and Berthelot, and
since so large a proportion of the very few species which they collected
were afterwards wrongly identified by M. BruUe, I have little doubt
that the " StaphijVinus politus, Grav." of his list was inserted from a
large example (or examples) of this PJiilontlms. Nevertheless from
the true P. politiis it is altogether distinct — not merely in the five
punctures of its prothoracic series, but likewise in colour, bulk, sculj)-
ture, and entire contour.

Prom its dark hue and general size, the P. marcklus might at first
sight be mistaken for the scyhalarius ; bnt when closely inspected it
Avill be seen to be a little more shining, particularly on the elytra —
which have a slightly brassy or greenish-brassy tinge, and are some-
what more convex and less densely (though very coarsely) pubescent,

* I have received some Teneriffan specimens of M. Hartung's, from Dr. Heer,
■under the name of "P. varians, Payk." — from wliich species, however, it is totally
distinct.

CANARIAN COLEOPTEKA. bto

as well as more deeply and remotely punctured ; its head is a trifle
larger and rounder, with the antennae just perceptibly shorter and
more robust (the intermediate joints being ai:)preciably more abbre-
viated, and the terminal one, which is squarish but obliquely acumi-
nated at the tip, perhaps a little thicker) ; and its coxa? do not appear
to be diluted in hue.

873. Philontlius proximus.

P. niger, prothorace elytrisque (pra^sertim his) paulo picescentioribus,
his subconvexis, sat profunde parceque punctatis et grosse griseo-
pubescentibus ; capite subrotundato-ovali ; antcnnis fuscis, ad ba-
sin pedibusque piceo-testaeeis.
Variat (rarius) antennis pedibusque paulo obscurioribus. — Long.corp.
lin. 2^-3.

Philonthus proximus, Woll, Cat. Mad. Col. 189 (1857).
Hahitat in Teneriffa et Gomera, rarior.

Readily known from the marcidus by its rather smaller size and
more piceous hue — even the prothorax being obscurely pitchy, whilst
the elytra (which are deeply punctured and convex, and almost, or
entirely, free from any metallic tinge) are often very appreciably
so — and by its paler hmbs (the apical joint of the antennae being
moreover less incrassated). It occurs sparingly at Madeira, and
appears to be about equally rare at the Canaries. Indeed I have
myself taken it only in Teneriife ; but it was found by Dr. Crotch
both in that island and Gomera*.

874. PMlonthus discoideus.

Staphyliniis discoideus, Grav., Col. 3Iicropt. 38 (1802).
Philonthus discoideus, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 474 (1839).

, Kraatz, Nat. der Ins. Detdsch. ii. 605 (1856).

, Woll, Cat. Mad. Col. 190 (1857).

Hahitat in Lanzarota, Fuerteventura et Teneriffa, passim.

The common European P. discoideus, which occurs sparingly in
Madeira, is probably universal in these islands. It was taken by
Mr. Gray in Lanzarote, by myself (from beneath camels' dung) in
the Eio Palmas of Fuerteventura, and by Dr. Crotch in Teneriflfe.
It may be easily recognized by its rather small size, but somewhat
large, roundish-quadrate head and thick neck, by its picescent, dis-
tinctly punctured elytra (which are clothed with a fulvous pile, and
have their margins, particularly down the suture, more or less con-
spicuously rufo-ferruginous), and by its piceo-testaceous limbs f.

* I may add that I transmitted the P. proximus to Berlin, in 1857, for the
inspection of Dr. Kraatz (who had then just completed his Monograph of the
German titaphylinidie) ; and it was regarded by him as new.

t The antenn;c (wliich are rather short and moniliform) are a little clearer, or

574 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

§ III. Protlioracis seriehus dorsaUbus e punctis 6 compositis.

875. Philonthus nigritulus.

Staphylinus nigritulus et aterrimus, Grav., Col. Micropt. 41 (180:2).
Philoutlius aterrinuis, Erich.. Gen. et Spec. Staph. 492 (1839).

, WolL, Ins. Mad. 584 (18,54).

nigritulus, Kraatz, Nat. der Ins. Detdsch. ii. 616 (1856).

— , WolL, Cat. 3Iad. Col. 191 (1857).

Habitat insulas Canarienses, in Fuerteventura et Hierro solis adhuc
baud detectus.

There can be little doubt that this common European Philonthus
(which abounds in the Madeiran Group) is universal at the Canaries,
though hitherto it does not happen to have been observed in either
Fuerteventura or Hierro. In all the other islands I have myself
captured it ; whilst in Lanzarote and Gomera it was found likewise
by Mr. Gray, and in Teneriffe, Gomera, and Palma by Dr. Crotch.
It occurs in damp jilaces generally, both at the edges of the streams
and beneath decaying vegetable refuse, ascending from nearly the
sea-level to an altitude of at least 8000 feet ; nevertheless it is more
abimdant in the lower and drier districts than in the wooded ones
(unless indeed the P. simulans is but a phasis assumed by it in the
latter).

876. Philonthus simulans.

P. proecedenti valde affinis (fortasse ejus varietas in regionibus syl-
vaticis prsdominans) ; plcrumque vix major et obsoletissime sub-
seneo-tinctus, capite prothoraceque (oculo fortiter armato) evi-
dentius transversim undulate- substrigulosis, illo sensim majore,
hujus punctis saepius subma,joribus, antennis vix robustioribus et
saepius (prsesertim ad apicem) subnigrescentioribus. — Long. corp.
lin. 2-21.

Philonthus sunulans, Wall., Cat. Mad. Col. 190 (1857).

Habitat in Canaria, TenerifFa, Palma et Hierro, praesertim in inter-
mediis humidis sylvaticis, late diffusus.

Although I felt tolerably satisfied, when compiling my Madeiran
Catalogue, that the P. simulans of that Group is distinct from (how-
ever closely allied to) the nigritulus, 1 must nevertheless acknowledge
that an immense array of Canarian examples which I have since
inspected leaves me in some doubt on the subject. Indeed it appears
to me to be far from impossible that the simulans may in reality be
but a state which the nigritulus is apt to assume (more or less de-
more rufo-te&ta.ceoi\s, than the legs, and their third and terminal joints have a
slight tendency to be faintly obscured — a character which I do not see alluded to
either in Erichson's Monograph or elsewhere.

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cidedly) when occurring within the sylvan districts ; for at times it
certainly is not easy (unless perchance any of the differential features
have escaped me) to di'aw a line of positive demarcation between the
two. Still, in a general way, they are easily separated ; and since
also their habits are not quite the same, I prefer thinking it probable
that I have overlooked some few of their characters to treating them
as absolutely conspecific.

The P. simidans (as above defined) differs from the nigritulus,
merely, in being on the average just perceptibly larger, with its head
a little more developed ; in its having a more or less traceable (though
always obscure) subaenescent tinge ; in its head and prothox'ax (when
viewed beneath a high magnifying power) being more distinctly,
though very minutely, transversely-?';«f ec? or -substrigulose ; and in
its antennae being usuaUi/ a triHe thicker and darker (especially towards
their apex). The Canarian examples have their elytra somewhat
less deeply punctured than the Madeiran ones. It occurs pretty
generally throughout the sylvan and subsylvan districts of inter-
mediate elevations — predominating in those regions, just as the nigri-
tulus does in the lower and more exposed ones. I have taken it in
Grand Canary, Teneriffe (where it was found also by Dr. Crotch),
Palma, and Hierro. My Grand-Canarian specimens are principally
from the region of El Monte, and the Teneriffan ones from the laurel-
woods above Taganana, Las Mercedes, La Esperanza, the Agua Garcia,
and the Agua Mansa.

§ IV. Prothoracis seriebus dorsaJibus e punctis 7 vel 8 compositis.
877. PMlonthus punctipennis.

P. piceo-niger, nitidus ; elytris profunde, densissime et argute punc-
tatis, parce pubescentibus, sutura paulo dilutiore ; abdomine sub-
tilius sed distincte punctate, plus minus metalHco-tincto ; antennis
brunneis, ad basin piceo-testaceis ; pedibus rufo-testaceis, hiuc
inde picescentioribus. — Long. corp. lin. 4-5.

Philonthus punctipennis, Woll, Cat. Mad. Col. 192 (1857).

Habitat in montibus Canariae Grandis, rarissimus.

This noble PMlonthus, which occurs sparingly at Madeira, may at
once be recognized by its large size and piccous-black hue (the ab-
domen, however, having a slight metallic lustre), by its prothoracic
series being composed of seven or eight punctures on either side of
the disc, by its elytra being deeply, closely, regularly, and sharply
punctured, by its piceous-brown antennae, and by its rufo -testaceous
(though a little infuscated) legs. The only two examples which I have
as yet seen from these islands were captured by myself, during the

576 CANARTAN COLKOPTKRA.

spring of 1858, in Grand Canary — on the mountains above San Mateo,
in the direction of the Roca del Soucilho.

§ V. Proiliorax {et caput) plus minus crehre punctatus, lined media
lonf)itudinali la'vi.

878. Philonthus sericeus.
P. plumbeo-niger, alutaceus, subopacus ; capite (subtriangnlari-qua-
drato) prothoraceque utrinqne dense punctatis ; elj^tris depressis,
densissime et breviter fiilvo-cinereo-scriceis ; antennis pedibusque
ferrugineis, illis ad basin tibiisque saepius paulo picescentioribus. —
Long. Corp. lin. 1|-2|.

Remus sericeus, Holme, Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud. ii. 64 (1837).

, Stepli., Man. Brit. Col. 401 (1839).

Philonthus sericeus, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 509 (1839).

Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventnram, per oras arenosas mari-
timas sub confervis et rejectamentis degens.

The P. sericeus may be distinguished by its alutaceous, subopake,
leaden-hlack surface (the head and prothorax of which are coarsely
and regularly punctured on either side, whilst the elytra and abdomen
are very densely and minutely so, as well as closely beset with a short
fulvo-cinereous pnbcscence) and by its ferruginous or piceo-ferru-
ginous limbs. Its head is somewhat triangular-quadrate (being very
straightly truncated behind) and its elytra are much flattened. It
is strictly a littoral species, occurring (as in more northern latitudes)
under sea-weed on the sandy shores. In such situations it was taken
by Mr. Gray and myself, during January 1858, both to the south of
Arrecife in Lanzarote and of Puerto de Cabras in Fuerteventura —
where I again met with it in the spring of the following year.

879. Philonthus tenellus, n. sp.

P. angustus, niger elytris paulo picescentioribus, nitidus ; capite
(convexo, subquadrato, apice siibtriangulariter impresso) protho-
raceque utrinque parce punctatis ; elytris densius subtihusque
punctatis, parce cinereo-pubescentibus ; abdominis segmentis sin-
gulis (praesertim basalibus) convexis et postice grosse denseque
j)unctatis ; antennis pedibusque piceo-ferrugineis, illis ad basin
tarsisque clarioribus ; palporum articulo ultimo acutissime eonico. —
Long. Corp. lin. l|-2.

Ohs. — Species P.filifonni (insularum Maderensium) valde affinis,
sed difFert capite paulo convexiore oculis majoribus, elytris sensim
profundius punctatis abdominisque segmentis singulis convexi-
oribus et (praesertim basalibus) postice grosse ac dense punctatis.

Habitat TenerifFam, inter lapillos ad marginem paludis cTijusdam
prope Sanctam Crucem copiose deprehensus.

In its small size, extremely narrow outline, subquadrate head.

CANARTAN COLEOPTKRA.

slightly picescent elytra, and the very acutely conical last joint of its
palpi, this minute PhiJonthus is at first sight almost identical with
the Madeiran P. Jiliformis. When closely inspected, however, it will
be seen to differ in many respects from that species. Thus, its eyes
(although not more prominent) are considerably larger ; its head is,
if anything, somewhat convexer, and more free from punctures in the
centre ; its elytra are a little more coarsely punctured ; and its ab-
dominal segments are, each of them, more imj^ressed behind (and
therefore convexer in front), and also (particularly the basal ones)
very rugosely and densely punctured posteiiorly . Hitherto I have
observed it only in Teneriffe, where, however, I captured it in con-
siderable abundance — from amongst wet shingle at the edges of a
little stagnant pool at the extreme head of the Barranco Santo, close
to S*''' Cruz. And a single specimen (likewise TcnerifFan) is now
before me which was taken by Dr. Crotch.

880. Philonthus xantholinoides, n. sp.
P. tenello similis, sed (si ex unico specimine immature adjudicare licet)
ahter coloratus (sc. minus niger, prothorace' fortassc etiam rufo-
ferrugineo) ; capite majore, quadratiore, basi rectius truncato, antice
distinctius canahculato (nee subtriangulai-iter impresso) et una cum
prothorace profundius utrinque punctato, oculis minoribus ; elytris
sensim majoribus ; abdominis segmentis singulis ad basin minus
grosse punctatis; an tennis paulo longioribus. — Long. corp. lin. vix 2.

Habitat Teneriffam, juxta Sanctam Crucem cum prsecedente captus.

Although I have but a single specimen, and that an immature one,
to judge from, nevertheless the present PhilontJius is so unmistakeably
distinct (even in some few of its structural details) from the P. tenellus
that I cannot omit it from this Catalogue. In its small size, narrow
outline, and the acute terminal joint of its palpi it is very similar to
that species ; but its head is larger and squarer (being more straightly
truncated behind), and, together with the prothorax, more deeply
punctured, its eyes are smaller, its elytra are a trifle more developed,
its abdominal segments are both less convex and less coarsely punc-
tured at theii- respective bases, and its antennae are longer. Its fore-
head, also, is more decidedly marked with a central channel in front,
but less triangularly impressed. The example described from (which
was taken by myself, in company with the last species, near S'"* Cruz
of Tenerifte) being immature, I cannot say much as to the differences
of colour ; bat I believe that the P. xantholinoides will be found to be
of a much paler hue, and perhaps to have its prothorax rufo-ferru-
ginous.

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578 CANARIAN COLEOPTEKA.

(Subfam.V. XANTHOLINIDES.)

Genus 321. XANTHOLINUS.

Dahl, Emydop. Method, x. 475 (1825).

881. Xantholinus marginalis.

X. niger, elytris (vix subseriatim punctatis) Isete riifo-testaceis ; ca-
pite magno, basi subrecte truncato, sat dense et profunde punctato
punctulisque minutissimis intermediisirrorato; pro thoracis margin e
postico late et laterali angustissime rufescentiore, scriebns doi-sali-
bus 8-11-pimctatis; abdomine, prsesertim postice, rufescentiore ;
antennis rufo-fuscis ; pedibus testaceo-rufis. — Long. corp. lin.3-3|.-

Xantholinus marginalis, Wall., Trans. E)it. Soc. Loncl. i. 187 (1862).
Habitat in Lanzarota et Fuerteventura (aut saltern in ins. parva

adjaeente " Lobos " dicta), caules Eupliorhiarum putridos destruens.

In its brightly rufo-testaceous elytra, this beautiful Xantholinus
" has [as I stated in my Paper, above alluded to, " on the Eupliorhia-
infesting Coleoptera of the Canary Islands "] much the colouring and
general aspect of the common European X. glahratxis ; but it is
smaller than that insect, with its head and prothoracie series much
more densely punctured, with the margin (particularly the hinder
one) of its pronotum diluted in hue, and with its elytra, abdomen,
and legs respectively paler. It is very rare, and (so far as observed
hitherto) quite peculiar to the damp, rotting EttpJiorbi a -stems —
among which it was taken by Mr. Gray and myself, on the Risco, in
the north of Lanzarote, during January 1858 ; as well as by myself,
on the 28th of March of the following year, in the little island
of Lobos, off the extreme north of Fuerteventura."

882. Xantholinus hesperius.

Xantholinus Hesperius, Erich., Ocn. et Spec. Staph. 329 (1839).
, Woll, Ann. Nat. Hist. vi. 100 (1860).

Habitat Canariam, Teneriifam et Palmam, baud infrequens.

The X. hesi'ierius of south-western Europe (and which occurs
sparingly at Madeira) is probably universal in these islands— though
hitherto I have observed it only in Grand Canary, TenerifFe, and
Palma (in the second of which it was found likewise by Dr. Crotch
and the Barao do Castello de Paiva, and in the third by Mr. Gray).
My Grand-Canarian specimens are from the region of El Monte, and
the Teneriffan ones from the Agua Garcia and the vicinity of Orotava.
Prima facie it is a good deal allied to the European X. linearis
(which, although common in the Madeiran Group, has not yet been
detected at the Canaries) ; but its head is a little larger and less ob-

CANARfAN COLEOPTERA. 579

long (or more straightly truncated behind), more sparingly punctured,
and with the frontal sulci longer, wider, and deeper ; its prothorax
has the punctures of its doi'sal series rather diminished in number
(there being usually from about nine to eleven of them), and those
of the lateral ones fewer and less confused (or with an evident ten-
dency to arrange themselves in a curve) ; and its elytra are some-
what more remotely and coarsely punctured, and have their apical
edge (and frequently the suture also) more or less translucid, or tes-
taceous.

883. Xantholinus punctulatus.

Staphylinus pimctulatus, Pai/k, Mon. Staph. Suec. 30 (1789).
Xantholinus punctulatus, Erich., Gen. et Spec Staph. .328 (1839).

, WolL, Ins. Mad. 577 (18.54).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 188 (1857).

Habitat in Lanzarota, TenerifFa et Gomera, passim.

The common European X. punctulatus (which is tolerably abun-
dant at Madeira) may be known by its black hue (the elytra, how-
ever, having usually a just perceptible aenescent tinge) ; by its head
being very coarsely and rugosely punctured on either side, and very
straightly truncated along its basal edge ; by its prothorax having
the dorsal series composed of comparatively few punctures, and the
lateral ones very evidently curved ; by the punctures of its elytra
having a decided tendency to arrange themselves in longitudinal rows ;
and by its antennae being rather short. It appears to be somewhat
scarce at the Canaries. I have taken it at La Esperanza in Tene-
riffe ; and it was found by Mr. Gray in Lanzarote, and by Dr. Crotch
in both Teneriffe and Gomera.

The Canarian examples of the X. punctidatus seem to belong to
the slightly larger state referred to by Erichson — in which the
colour is deep black with (at any rate on the elytra) an appreciable
aenescent tinge, the limbs a little darkened, and the punctures of the
prothoracic dorsal series rather reduced in number. The eyes, also,
appear to be less minute than in the ordinary type, and the forehead
somewhat freer from punctures. But I imagine they can scarcely
be indicative of an additional (closely allied) species.

Genus 322. LEPTACINUS.
Erichson, Kiif. der Mark Brand, i. 429 (1837).

884. Leptacinus parumpunctatus.

L. nitidissimus, niger, elytris (extus seriatim punctatis) paulo dilu-
tioribus necnon ad angulos singulos externos pellucido-testaceis ;

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580 CANABIAN COLEOPTEEA.

caj^ite triangulari, utrinque valde profunde sed parce punctato ;
prothoracis seriebiis dorsalibiis circa 5-6-pimctatis (punctis mag-
nis) ; antennis testaceo-piceis ; pedibus piceo-testaceis. — Long.
Corp. lin. 2|-3|.

Staphylinus parumpimctatus, Gyll., Ins. Suec. iv. 481 (1827).
Gyrohypnus parumpimctatus, Mann., Brachel. 33 (1831).
Leptacinus parumpunctatus, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 853 (1839).
, Kraatz, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. ii. 048 (1857).

Hahitat insulas Canarienses, in Hierro sola adhuc baud observatus.

The European L. pay^mininctatus (whicb occurs sparingly at Ma-
deira) is widely diffused over the Canarian Group, where there can
be no doubt that it is universal : indeed Hierro is the only island of
the seven in which it does not happen to have been observed. In
Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Grand Canary, Teneriffe, and Palma I
have myself captured it ; whilst in Teneriffe and Gomera it was
found by Dr. Crotch, and in Lanzarote and Palma by Mr. Gray.

885. Leptacinus linearis.

L. angustus, nitidus, niger, elytris (extns le^dter subseriatim pune-
tatis) vel concoloribus vel paulo dilutioribus ; capite protlioraeeque
(oculo fortissime arniato) subtilissime transversim undiilato-sub-
strigulosis, illo subtriangulari utrinque profunde sed jDarce punc-
tato, hujus seriebus dorsalibus cii'ca 8-9-punctatis ; antennis tes-
taceo-piceis; pedibus piceo-testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 1|.

Staphylinus linearis, Grav., Col. 3Iicropt. 43 (1802).
Gyrohypnus sulcifrons {Kby), Steph., HI. Brit. Ent. v. 260 (1832).
Leptacinus linearis, Kraatz, Nat. der Ins. Eentsch. ii. 649 (1857).

Hahitat Lanzarotam et Teneriffam, minus frequens.

Like the last species, this European Leptacinus (which also occurs
sparingly in Madeira) is widely spi-ead at the Canaries — though
hitherto it has been detected only in Lanzarote and Teneriffe (in the
former by myself, and in the latter by Dr. Crotch). In all proba-
bility, however, it will be found to be equally universal ; though its
smaller size renders it more likely to escape observation.

Genus 323. OTHIUS.

(Leach) Stephens, III Brit. Ent. v. 253 (1832).

886. Othius brachypterus, n. sp.
0. niger, elytris (brevibus, parce leviter punctatis) piceis ; capite
crasso, suboblongo, utrinque parce sed parum profunde punctato,
oculis minutissimis ; prothorace utrinque punctis 3 vel 4 notato
aliisque pcrpaucis versus latera irrorato ; abdomine dense sed le-
viter subasperato-punctulato, obsolete submetallico-tincto, ad api-

CANAKIAN COLEOPXERA.

581

cem dilutiore ; anteunis rufo-, ad basin pedibusque piceo-testaceis.
— Long, corp. lin. 3.

Habitat Gomeram, a W. D. Crotch semel captus.

The only specimen which I have seen of this Oihius was captured
by Dr. Crotch, during the spring of 1862, in Gomera. It is well
distinguished by its black hue, extremely short, piceous, finely and
sparingly punctulated elytra, rather thick oblong head, faintly sub-
metallic abdomen, and piceo-testaceous limbs. In its minute eyes
and general fades it has a good deal in common with the Madeiran
0. Jansoni ; but it is a smaller insect, with the limbs shorter, and
the elytra much more finely sculptured and less developed.

887. Othius pMlonthoides, n. sp.
0. prsecedente minor, angustior, subnitidior ; elytris pallidioribus (sc.
infuscato-testaceis), minus abbreviatis et profuudius punctatis ;
capite subminore, utrinque \'ix parcius punctato, oculis paulo ma-
joribus ; abdomine etiam levins subasperato-punctulato, hand me-
tallico-tincto ; antennis pedibusque sensim brevioribus, pallidiori-
bus.— Long. Corp. lin. 2^.

Habitat Canariam Grandem, in regione El Monte semel repertus.

This little Othius is of about the size and general outline of the
larger examples of the Philonthus nigritulus ; and it may be known
from the preceding species by being smaller and narrower, with its
limbs rather shorter and paler, and with its elytra liliewise paler,
somewhat less abbreviated, and much more coarsely punctured. Its
head, also, is relativehj a trifle smaller, its eyes are not quite so di-
minutive, and its abdomen is even more finely punctured still and
apparently free from the slightest metallic lustre. The unique ex-
ample described from I captured, during the spring of 1858, in the
region of El Monte in Grand Canary.

(Subfam. VI. P^DEEIDES.)

Genus 324. ACHENIUM.
(Leach) Curtis, Brit.Ent. iii. 115 (1826).

888. Achenium subcaecum, n. sp.

A. pallidum, valde depressum, apterum ; capite prothoraceque niti-
cUssimis, rufo-testaceis, illo late obcordato profunde sed parce
punctato oculis minutissimis (superne hand observandis) , hoc tra-
peziformi (antice lato) et utrinque parcissime punctato ; elytris
brevissimis, parcissime ac leviter punctatis et (una cum abdomine)
testaceo; antennis (gracilibus) tibiisque infuscato-,femoribus (latis)
tarsisque pallido-testaceis.— Long. corp. lin. 2|.

582 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

Habitat Lanzarotam ; in montibus supra Hariam exemplar unum
sub lapide collegi.

In its extremely depressed surface, broadly obcordatehead, trapezi-
form prothorax, wide femora, very deeply sinuated anterior tibiae, and
slender posterior feet, this singular Staphylinid is a normal Achenium ;
nevertheless its totally apterous body, greatly abbreviated elytra, and
almost obsolete eyes (which are so diminutive and punctiform as to
be quite imperceptible from above) give it a character pecidiarly its
own. The excessive paleness of its entire coloiir (the head, pro-
thorax, and tibiae being rufo-testaceous, whilst the elytra, abdomen,
femora, and tarsi are more pallid still) will further distinguish it
from anything else with which we have here to do. The only spe-
cimen which I have seen was captured by myself, from beneath a
stone, on the hills above Haria, in the north of Lanzarote.

889. Achenium salinum, n. sp.

A. angustum, convexiusculum, alatum ; capite prothoi-aceque nitidis,
rufo-ferrugincis,regulariter sat profunde punctatis, illo triangulari-
ovali oculis parum maguis prominulis, hoc angusto (antice paulo
latiore) in linea media tevi ; elyti'is minus nitidis, pallido-testaceis,
ad basin infuscatis, levissime parce punctulatis ; abdomine sub-
opaco, rufo-brunneo ; antennis (gracilibus) pedibusque rufo-ferru-
gineis, tarsis posterioribus pallidioribus. — Long. corp. lin. 2^,

Habitat Lanzarotam, ad marginem lacus ejus salini " Januvio "
dicti Martio exeunte a.d. 1859 specimen unicum deprehendi.

Like the last one, this species also is unique and was captured in
Lanzarote. Nevertheless in its habits it is totally dissimilar ; for
whilst the A. suhccecum was found at a comparatively high elevation
on the mountains in the north of the island, the salinmn, on the
contrary, I cajitured at the edge of the curious salt lake of Januvio
(which adjoins the south-westeni coast) — running rapidly over the
mud in a most briny spot.

In its extremely narrow and comparatively convex body, as well
as in its more oblong (or less obcordate) head and the fact of its pro-
thorax being but very slightly widened in front, the A. salinum has
much the prima facie aspect of a Lathrobium ; but its greatly de-
veloped femora, its very deeply sinuated anterior tibiie, and its
slender posterior feet (with their rather elongate terminal joint)
refer it unmistakeably to Achenium ; whilst even in the shape of its
head and prothorax it is intennediate between the two genera. In
mere specific details, it may be wcU distinguished by its rufo-fcrru-
ginous head and prothorax- — which are regularly and (for an AcJie-

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583

niimi) somewhat closely punctured, the latter alone having a central
glabrous space ; by its very slightly shining, most lightly punctm-ed,
testaceous elyti'a (which, however, are a httle infuscated at their base) ;
by its subopake, reddish-brown abdomen ; and by its rufo-ferrugi-
nous limbs.

Genus 325. LATHROBIUM.
Gravenhorst, Col. Micropt. 179 (1802).

890. Lathrobium labile.

L. angustissimum, nigrum ; capite quadrato-ovali, profunde punc-
tato ; prothorace angasto, oblongo, utrinque (necnon in dorso bi-
seriatim) profunde punctato ; elytris profunde et dense striato-
punctatis, postice Isevioribus et plus minus testaceis ; abdomine
dense leviter subasperato-punctulato ; antennis (gracilibus) pedi-
busque rufo-testaceis, his plus minus picescentioribus. — Long,
corp. lin. 2-2^.

Lathrobium labile, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 594 (1839).

Habitat Tenoriffam, inter lapillos ad marginem paludis cujusdam
parvjB in " Barranco Santo " juxta Sanctam Crucem lectum.

A Grecian example, communicated by Dr. Kraatz, of Erichsou's
A. labile (which occurs also in Sardinia) agrees precisely with the
Canarian specimens now before me. The species may be known by
its minute size and extremely narrow outline ; by its (rather elon-
gate) head being regularly and deeply punctured, and its prothorax
also (which has a double row of punctures down its disc) on either
side ; by its elytra (which are more or less rufo-testaceous along
their hinder edge, and occasionally even along the suture) being
closely and coarsely striate-punctate ; and by its rufo-testaceous
limbs — the legs, however, being usually a little clouded or picescent.
The only specimens which I have seen (sixteen in number) were
taken by myself (in company with the Philonthus tenellus and An-
thicus lapidosm) from amongst wet shingle at the edges of a little
stagnant pool at the extreme head of the Barranco Santo, close to
S*'' Cruz, in Teneriffe.

891. Lathrobium multipunctatum.

Lathrobium multipunctatum, Grew., Col. Micropt. 52 (1802).

, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 591 (18:39).

, Woll., Ins. Mad. 588 (1854).

, Id, Cat. Mad. Col. 193 (1857).

Habitat in humidis Teneriffae et Palmae, sat rarum.

Although rather abundant at Madeira, the European L. malti-

punctatum is decidedly scarce in these islands — the very few Canarian

584 CANAKIAN COLEOPTERA.

examples which I have seen having been captured by myself in Tene-
rifFe and Palma. My Teneiiffan specimens are from moist places in
the vicinity of S"* Cruz, Taganana, Las Mercedes, and Ycod el Alto,

Genus 326. DOLICAON.
Laporte, EUul Ent. i. 119 (1834).

892. Dolicaon nigricoUis.
D. apterus, subcylindi-icus, nitidus, niger, elytris (parce et leviter

punctulatis) abdominisque segmentis ultimis testaceo-rufis ; capite

prothoraceque parce sed parum profundo punctatis ; antennis pedi-

busque rufo-testaceis.
Mas abdominis segmento sexto infra profunde inciso, quinto integro.

— Long. corp. lin. 2|-3i.

Dolicaon ruficollis, WolL, Trans. Ent. Soc. Land. i. 188 (1862).

Habitat Lanzarotam et Canariam, vel sub lapidibus vel in truncis
Eupliorbiarum emortuis putridis degens.

In aPaper "on \h.Q Eupliorhia-iuieaimg Coleoptcra" of these islands,
I stated that " the present Dolicaon appears to be very closely allied
to the D. ilhjvicus — with which indeed (judging from the diagnosis)
I should have united it, had I not been informed by Dr. Kraatz that
its head and prothorax are somewhat more lightly punctured, and its
antennfe a little shorter, than is the case in that species. It is not
impossible, therefore, that it may be but a geographical phasis of the
D. illyricus ; but, as I have no type of the latter for comparison,
I ^vill not venture to record it absolutely as such." It is not uncom-
mon in Lanzarote, where it occurs both under stones and beneath the
moist rotting bark of old Euphorbias ; and I took a single specimen,
during the spring of 1858, in the region of El Monte in Grand
Canary. In Lanzarote it was found also by Mr. Gray.

893. Dolicaon ruficollis.
D. prtecedenti valdc afSnis et for.san ejus varietas insularis ; differt
solum (ut mihi videtur) corpore sa-pius paulo majore, prothorace
(ut elytris) testacco-rufo (hand nigro). — Long. corp. lin. 3|-3|.

Dolicaon ruficollis, Woll, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. i. 189 (1862).

Habitat in locis similibus ac prascedens, sed in Fuerteventura nec-
non in insula parva adjacente " Lobos " dicta, rarissimus.

Possibly this may be but an insular state of the last species — from
Avhich it merely differs (so far as I can detect) in being a trifle larger,
and in having its prothorax (like the elytra) pale rufous instead of
black. I have taken it, sparingly, both in Fuerteventura itself and
on the little island of Lobos (off the extreme north of it) — in the latter
locality from within a rotten EujjJiorb I a -stem.

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Genus 327. STILICUS.
Latreille, Regn. Anini. iv. 436.

894. Stilicus affinis.

Stilicus affinis, Erich., Kaf. der Mark Brand, i. 522 (1837).

, Redt, Fna Austr. 720 (1849).

Rugilus affinis, Woll, Ins. Mad. 592 (1854).
, Id., Cat. 3Iad. Col. 195 (1857).

Habitat TenerifFam, a W. D. Crotch repertus.

Although common at Madeira, I have not myself observed this

European Stilicus at the Canaries ; but six examples of it are now

before me which were captured by Dr. Crotch, during the spring of

1862, in Teneriife.

Genus 328. SCOP.ffiUS.

Erichson, Gen. et Spec. Stajih. 604 (1839).

895. Scopaeus trossulus, n. sp.
S. angustus, subtilissime punctulatus, nitidus, minute cinereo-seri-
ceus, piceo-ferrugineus ; capitc subquadi'ato ; prothorace subovato,
rufescentiore, basi in medio tenuiter carinato et obsolete biimpresso;
elyiris postice plus minus dilutioribus ; abdomine subopaco, den-
sissime subpunctato-ruguloso, apice dilutiore ; antennis pedibusque
testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 1^.

Ohs. — S. hevigato Gyll. valde affinis, sed subangustior, capite
vix minore et etiam paulo subtilius punctulato, elytris brevioribus,
colore omnino subpallidiore, capite prothoraceque sensim nitidi-
oribiis.

Habitat Fuerteventuram, Canariam et Teneiiffam, inter lapillos ad
margines aquarum (vel fluentium vel stagnantium) parce degens.

Apparently extremely rare, occurring amongst wet shingle at the
edges of pools and streams. In such situations I have taken it at La
Antigua in Fuerteventura, at Ai-guiniguin in Grand Canary, and in
the Barranco Santo (near S'* Cruz) of Teneriffe. It is possible that
it may be but a geographical modification of the European S. Icevi-
gatus, which at first sight it almost entirely resembles. It is, how-
ever, just perceptibly narrower, with its head not quite so much
developed and a little more finely punctulated, its elytra are appre-
ciably shorter, its entire colour is perhaps a shade paler, and its head
and prothorax are rather more shining.

896. Scopseus nigellus, n. sp.

S. angustissimus, subtilissime dense punctulatus, subopacus, minute
cinereo-sericeus, niger ; capite triangulari-subquadrato ; protho-
race subovato, basi in medio obsolctissime biimpresso ; elytris ab-

586 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

domineque (densissime subpunctato-ruguloso) postice vix diluti-
oribus ; antennis (brevibus) pedibusque piceo-testaceis, tarsis cla-
rioribus. — -Long. corp. lin. 1^.

Habitat Gomeram, a W. D. Crotch semel captiis.

A single specimen only of this little Seopams, taken by Dr. Crotch
(during the spring of 1862) in Gomera, has hitherto come beneath
my notice. It may be known by its minute size and very narrow
outline, by its subopake and nearly black surface (the elytra being
only a trifle more picescent posteriorly — though the limbs are of a
piceo-testaceous hue), by its sub triangular- quadrate head, and by its
much abbreviated antennae. It is a little narrower and darker than
the Eurojiean S. mimdus, with its head rather less developed, its
punctation finer and closer, and its antennae somewhat shorter and
less robust.

Genus 329. LITHOCHARIS.
(Dejean) Boisd. et Lacord., Faun. Etit. des Env. de Paris, i. 431 (1835).

897. Lithocharis quadriceps, n. sp.
L. subnitida, griseo-pubescens, nigra elytris rufo-ferrugineis ; capite
(lato, quadrate) prothoraceque (vix picescentiore) densissime punc-
tatis ; abdomine picescentiore, apice ferrugineo ; antennis pedibus-
que rufo-ferrugineis. — Long. corp. lin. 2J— 2|.

Ohs. — L. castanea' Grav. affinis, sed capite prothoraceque nigres-
centioribiLs et minus rugose punctatis, iUo longiore (magis quadrate)
oculis scnsim majoribus, tarsis paulo lougioribus ae multo gracili-
oribus.

Habitat in Lanzarota et Fuerteventura, aHquanto rara.

This large and beautiful Litliocliaris I have observed hitherto only
in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura — namely, near Haria of the former
(where it was taken likewise by Mr. Gray) and (from under camels'
dung) near Betan curia of the latter. In its densely punctured head
and prothorax and rufo-ferruginous elytra, it has much the pritnct
facie aspect of the European L. castanea ; but its head and prothorax
are blacker (or less piceous) and rather less rugosely punctured (the
former also being larger and more quadrate, with the eyes not quite
so minute), and its feet are a little longer and very much slenderer.
It was examined by Dr. Kraatz, and regarded by him as new.

898. Lithocharis subcoriacea, n. sp.

L. praecedente paulo angustior, magis opaca ac densius subtiliusque

cinereo-pubescens ; caj)ite (angustiore, oblongiore) prothoraceque

multo levius punctulatis (hoc minutissime obsolete pun ctulato, quasi

subcoriaceo) ; elytris obscurioribus (vel piceis in limbo fere nigres-

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eentibus, vel fusco-ferrugineis) ; antennis pedibusque ssepius paulo
obscurioribus, illarum articulis intermediis plus minus evidenter
nigro-variegatis. — Long. corp. lin. 2-2^.

Habitat in Canaria, Teneriffa, Gomera, Palma et Hierro, passim.
This LithocJiaris differs from the preceding one in being a little
narrower and more opake, and more densely clothed with a finer and
shorter cinereous pubescence ; in its head (which is much straightened
on either side) being especially narrower and less quadrate, and also,
together with the prothorax, much more lightly punctulated (indeed
the latter has more the appearance of being coriaceous than " punc-
tulated ") ; in its elytra being of an obscurer hue (either duU rufo-
piceous and still darker towards the sides, or else uniformly brownish
ferruginous) ; and in the intermediate joints of its antennas being
more or less variegated with black. I have captured it in the region
of El Monte in Grand Canary, as well as in Palma and Hierro ; and
it was found in Teneriffe and Gomera by Dr. Crotch. It would seem
to ascend to a high elevation, for Dr. Crotch's Teneritfan examples
are marked as having been taken on the Cumbre adjoining the
Caiiadas.

899. Lithocharis ochracea.

L. subopaca, densissime cinereo-sericea, minutissime punctulata ; ca-
pite nigro, subtriangulari, oculis magnis (sed baud prominentibus);
prothorace elj'trisque subquadratis, plus minus infuscate rufo-fer-
rugineis (illo saepius paulo rufescentiore) ; abdomine fusco-ferru-
gineo ; antennis pedibusque testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. l|-2.

Pfederus ocliraceus, Grai\, Col. Microjjt. 59 (1802).
Lithocharis ochracea, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 623 (1839).

, Woll, Ins. Mad. 590 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 193 (1857).

Habitat in Lanzarota, Fuerteventura, Teneriffa et Gomera, hand
infrequens.

There can be no doubt that this common European Lithocharis
(which abounds in Madeira, and which is widely spread over the
world) is universal at the Canaries, though hitherto it has been ob-
served in only four out of the seven islands of the Group. I have
taken it in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, and Gomera ; and it was found
in Teneriffe by Dr. Crotch. It occurs beneath vegetable rejectamenta
generally, independent of elevation ; and in the Rio Palmas of Fuerte-
ventura I once met with it, in profusion, amongst the refuse of a
camels' stable.

900. Lithocharis nigritula.

L. angusto-lincaris, nigra, subnitida, cinereo-pubescens, dense sed

588 CAXARIAN COLEOPTEKA.

parum profunde punctata; capite (elongato-subquadi'ato) protho-
raceque liuea media laevi (in hoc postice obsolete subelevata) in-
structis ; abdomine subopaco densiusqiie cinereo-sericeo ; antennis
(breviusculis) pedibusque piceo-testaceis,tarsis clarioribus. — Long.
Corp. lin. 1|.

Lithocharis nigi'itula ?, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 625 (1839).
Habitat Teneriffam, inter lapillos ad marginem paludis cujusdam
parvje in " Barranco Santo " juxta urbem Sanctse Crucis capta.

Judging from the diagnosis, I have little doubt that this small
Lithocharis is conspecific with Erichson's L. nigritula from Sicily ;
and it may easily be known by its narrow, linear outline, and by its
black, slightly shining, and densely but rather coarsely punctured sur-
face, by its (elongate-squarish) head and prothorax having each of
them (though particularly the latter) a central unpunctured line, and
by its antennse and legs (the former of which are rather short) being
of a piceo-testaceous hue. If, however, it should prove hereafter to
be distinct, I would then propose for it the trivial name of maura.
The only two examples which I have seen were taken by myself,
from amongst wet shingle at the edges of a small stagnant pool, at
the head of the Barranco Santo (close to S*" Cruz) in Teneriffe — in
company with the Scopceus trossulus, Fliilonthns teneUus, Anthicus
lapidosm, the Perileptus nigritulus, and other Coleoptera of similar
(subaquatic) habits.

901. Litliocharis melanocephala.

L. angusta, nitida, parce griseo-pubeseens, profundius ac minus dense
punctata ; capite elongato-subquadrato, vel piceo-nigro, vel rufo-
piceo, vel etiam rufo-ferrugineo ; prothorace testaceo-rufo, linea
media paulo laeviore ; elytris piceo-testaceis ; antennis rufo-tes-
taceis (interdum articulis intermediis infuscatis) ; pedibus testaceis.
— Long. Corp. lin. 1^2.

Pa^derus melanocephalus, Fah., Ent. Si/st. i. ii. 538 (1792).
Lithocliaris melanocephala, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 614 (1839).

, WoU., Ins. Mad. 591 (1854).

, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 194 (1857).

Habitat insulas omnes Canarienses, aliquanto vulgaris.

This common European insect, which is universal in the Madeiran
Group, is universal likewise at the Canaries — in the whole seven
islands of which I have myself captured it. In Teneriife and Go-
mera it was found also by Dr. Crotch. It is rather variable in stature,
and exceedingly so in the colour of its head — which is normally black,
but very often piceous, and occasionally bright rufo-ferruginous (or
scarcely darker than the prothorax). It occurs principally beneath

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stones, and is nearly independent of elevation — piy Teneriffan speci-
mens being from S*'' Cruz and the mountains above it, from Taganana,
Las Mercedes, La Esperanza, Souzal, and the Agua Mansa.

902. Lithocharis brevipennis, n. sp.
L. prsecedenti fere similis, fortasse ejus varietas regionibiis valde ele-
vatis TenerifFipe propria ; sed paulo minor, angustior, ocuKs sensim
minoribus elytrisque brevioribus (sc. prothorace hand longioribus) ;
capite rufo-ferrugineo, ad basin vix minus recte truncate. — Long.
Corp. lin. 1^.

Hahitat sub lapidibus in montibiis valde excelsis Teneriffae, usque
ad 10,000' s. m. ascendens.

Although in colour and outline almost similar to the L. melanoce-
phala, I am uncertain whether the present LitJwcharis can be regarded
as any modification of that insect peculiar to the loftiest altitudes of
Teneriffe. The only examples of it (four in number) which I have
myself taken were captured on the elevated Cumbre overlooking the
CaFiadas, at nearly 10,000 feet above the sea ; and two more have been
communicated by Dr. Crotch, which I have little doubt were met with
in the same region. It differs from the melanocejihala in being a little
smaller, with its eyes still more minute, and its elytra very appre-
ciably shorter (being, in fact, no longer than the prothorax). Its
head appears to be rufo -ferruginous (as in the jpaler specimens of the
melanocephalcC) , and, if anything, somewhat less straight!}' truncated
at the base.

903. Lithocharis debilicornis.
L. subopaca, pallida, subgrosse pubescens ; capite (lato, subobcordato,
oculis prominentibus) prothoraceque (breviusculo) rufo-testaceis,
alutaceis, sat grosse sed baud profunde punctatis ; elytris testaceis ;
abdomine fusco-testaceo ; antennis (brevissimis, articulis inter-
mediis brevibus) pedibusque testaceis.— Long. corp. lin. 1^-1-^.

Lithocharis debilicornis, Woll, Cat. Mad. Col. 194 (1857).
Hahitat Teneriffam et Palmam, rarissima.

I have not taken the trouble to dissect this curious insect ; but I
think it far from unlikely that a cai'eful examination of its oral organs
would disclose suificient structural peculiarities to render its isolation
from Lithocharis desirable, — its greatly abbreviated antennae (all the
joints of which, except the basal and apical ones, are much shortened),
combined with its prominent eyes and the more fusiform apex of its
maxiUary palpi, giving it a character essentially its own. In mere
specific details it may easily be recognized by its entirely pallid hue
and subopake surface, and by its head and prothorax (the former of

590 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

which is wide and obcordate, whikt the latter is somewhat short) being
alutaceous and distinctly, but not deeply, punctured. It appears to be
very rare, and indeed it entirely escaped m j own observation in these
islands. A single individual, however, was captured by Mr. Gray,
during February 1858, in Palma ; and five more are now before me
which were taken by Dr. Crotch, during the spring of 1862, in Tene-
riiFe. It is not uncommon around Funchal in Madeira, and occurs
sparingly in the south of Europe — it having been described by M.
AUard, subsequently to the publication of my Madeiran Catalogue,
under the specific name of hrevicornis.

Genus 330. SUNIUS.
(Leach) Stephens, ///. Brit. Ent. v. 274 (1832).

904. Sunius myrmecophilus, n. sp.

8. crassiuseulus,compactus, rufo-ferrugineus, subopacus, dense griseo-
pubescens ; capite prothoraceque creberrime et minutissime subre-
ticulato-punctulatis, illo crasso lato subobcordato in fronte convexo
oculis minutis prominulis, hoc subtrapeziformi antice lato ; elytris
rugosius subpunctulato-asperatis ; abdomine fuscescentiore ; an-
tennis breviusculis ; pedibus rufo-testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 2.

Habitat Canariam et TenerifFam, in Myrmicarum nidis degens.

This remai'kable Sunius (which was examined by Dr. Kraatz, and
regarded by him as new) is at once distinguished by its rather thick
and compact body, rufo-ferruginous hue, and wide, convex, somewhat
obcordate head — which (together with its subtrapeziform, anteriorly
broad prothorax) is most minutely but densely punctulated. Its eyes
are small and prominent, and its limbs are rather short. It seems to
be very rare, and confined (so far as I have observed hitherto) to the
nests of a species of Myrmica — occiu'ring, in company with the ants,
beneath stones. In such situations I have taken it sparingly in Grand
Canary and Teneriffe. My Tenerifi'an examples are principally from
the Agua Mansa ; but I captured a single individual at no great dis-
tance above the Puerto Orotava.

905. Sunius megacephalus, n. sp.

S. gracilis, rufo-ferrugineus, opacus, breviter griseo-pubescens ; ca-
l^ite prothoraceque valde profunde et rugose subreticulato-i^unc-
tatis, illo magno suboblongo oculis parvis, hoc angusto subovato ;
elytris rugose sedpaulo minus dense asperato-punetatis, rarius an-
tice vix fuscescentioribus ; abdomine rugose punctato, obscuriore
(apice rufo-ferrugineo excepto), segmento quinto antice nigro ;
antennis pedibusque elongatis, gracilibus, pallide testaceis. — Long.
corp. lin. 2-2^.

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Hahitat in intermediis editioribusque Teneriffae et Palmoe, usque
ad 9000' s. m. ascendens.

In their narrower and more fragile bodies, more oblong and peduncu-
lated heads, smaller prothoraces, and longer limbs the present and two
following Simii are quite on a different type from the preceding one
— having more in common with the Madeiran Mecognatlius chinurnf,
which perhaps may be but an extreme modification of Sunius. The
S. megacephalus is, on the average, rather the largest of the three,
and is generally of an obscure rufo-ferruginous hue — the elytra being
immaculate (or sometimes very faintly clouded anteriorly); and its
head is always greatly developed. I have observed it hitherto only
in Teneriffe and Palma (in the former of which it was found also by
Dr. Crotch), where it occurs at intermediate and lofty elevations —
ascending to at least 9000 feet above the sea. My Teneriifan speci-
mens are from the laurel-woods above Taganana, Souzal, the Agua
Mansa, and the Cumbre above it, and from the opposite Cumbre ad-
joining the Canadas.

906. Sunius dimidiatus, n. sp.

S. praecedenti similis, sed plerumque vix minor angustior, elytris in
parte basali Isete et abrupte nigris. — Long. corp. lin. 2-vix 2|.

Hahitat in Canaria, Teneriffa, Gomera et Hierro, sub lapidibus in
inferioribus intermediisque praecipue degens.

It is barely possible that this Sunius may be but a well-marked
variety, or state, of the megacej)lialus ; but I think that it is truly dis-
tinct, though immature examples of both (in which the colour is not
fully developed) are not always readily separable. On the average,
the S. dimidiatus is just perceptibly smaller and narrower than its
aUy ; and its elytra have their basal half conspicuously and abruptly
black. It appears to have a rather lower range than the mega-
cephalus ; for, although it occurs equally at intermediate altitudes, it
descends to almost the sea-level. I have taken it in the region of
El Monte in Grand Canary, as well as in Teneriffe, Gomera, and
Hierro. My Teneriffan examples are from S*" Cruz and the moun-
tains above it, the vicinity of the Puerto Orotava, the Agua Mansa,
and from the hills between Laguna and Tacaronte.

907. Sunius pallidulus, n. sp.

S. prsecedentibus duobus affinis, sed paulo minor, omnino pallidior
(elytris pallidis immaculatis, abdominis segmento quinto solum
nigro), sensim minus opacus ac minus rugose sculp turatus ; capite

592 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

miiiore, pone oculos (submajore) paulo magis rotundato ; anten-
nis pedibusque minus elong-atis. — Long, corp. lin. vix 2,

Habitat Teneriffam et Gomeram, a W. D. Crotch repertus.

The only three examples which I have seen of this species were
taken by Dr. Crotch — two of them in Teneriife, and the remaining one
in Gomera. It seems to be quite distinct both from the megacejthalus
and dimidiatus, being a little smaller than even the latter, and alto-
gether paler than both of them — the fifth abdominal segment being
the only portion of its sm^face which is black. It is also a trifle less
opake, and not quite so roughly sculptured ; its head is less developed,
and more suddenly rounded behind the eyes (which are themselves a
trifle larger), and its limbs are appreciably shorter.

(Subfam. VII. STEMDES.)

Genus 331. STENUS.

Latreille, Precis cles Caract. Gen. des Lis. 77 (1796).

§ I. Corpus alatum : abdomen marginatum : tarsi articulo
quarto simplici.

90S. Stenus guttula.

Steuus guttula, Midi., in Germ. Maq. iv. 225 (1821).

, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 691 (1839).

, Wall, Ins. Mad. 597 (1854).

, Id., Cat. 3Iad. Col. 196 (1857).

Habitat in aquosis Canariae, Teneriflae et Palmoe, rarissimus.

The European S. guttula, which abounds in the Madeiran Group,
is apparently rare in these islands — the very few examples which I
have seen having been taken by myself in Grand Canary, Teneriffe,
and Palma. My Grand-Canarian specimen was captured on the
ascent to the Pinal above San Bartolome (in the central district of
Tarajana), and the Palman ones are from the Barranco de Galga.

§11. Corpus apterum : abdomen marginatum : tarsi articulo
quarto biJobo (sed tamen angusto).

909. Stenus aeneotinctus, n. sp.
/S'. niger vel piceo-niger, conspicue ceneo-tinctus, subnitidus, parce
griseo-pubescens ; capite, prothorace elytrisque (bre\'issimis) paulo
infequalibus, valde profunde, dense et rugose punctatis ; abdomine
minus profunde (sed tamen grosse) punctato ; an tennis longiusculis,
graciliusculis, apice nigrescentibus, versus basin, palpis pedibusque
saturate palHdo-testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. If-l!.

Habitat in Canaria, Teneriffa, Gomera, Palma et Hierro, in inter-
raediis humidis sylvaticis, rarissimus.

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Although extremely rare, this Sieims is widely spread over the
archipelago — occurring in moist, sylvan (and subsylvan) spots of
intermediate and rather lofty elevations, and having been detected
in all the islands except Lanzarote and Fuerteventura (where it pro-
bably does not exist). I have taken it in Grand Canary, TcneriiFe,
Palma, and Hierro ; and four specimens were captured in Gomera
(" in the laurel-woods above Hermigua") by Dr. Crotch. My Tene-
riffim examples are from the sylvan mountains above Taganana, Las
Mercedes, the Agua Garcia, the Agua Mansa, and Ycod el Alto. It
may at once be known by its slightly shining, (vneons and most
coarsely sculjitured surface — the head, prothorax, and elytra (the last
of which are much abbreviated) being very deeply and roughly punc-
tured. Its antennae are rather long and slender ; and their basal
portion, together with the palpi and legs, are pale diluted- testaceous.

(Subfam. VIII. OXYTELIDES.)

Genus 332. BLEDIUS.
(Leach) Steplions, III. Brit. Eat. v. 307 (1832).

910. Bledius januvianus, n. sp.
B. capite prothoraceque grosse alutaceis, subopacis, illo nigro utrin-
que cornu sublauielliformi (pnxj.sertim in maribus) instructo, hoc
piceo lato transverso-subquadrato canaliculato parce profundeque
punctate ; elytris densius sed minus profunde punctatis, testaceis
sed versus suturam latissime ac suffuse nebulosis ; abdomine nigro,
apice paulo dilutiore ; antennis rufo-ferrugineis, basi clarioribus ;
pedibus testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 3-3^.

Habitat Lanzarotam, rarissime : ad marginem lacus ejus salini
" Januvio " dicti, Martio a.d. 1859, exemplaria quinque coUegi.

I am exceedingly doubtful whether this Bledius should be regarded
as more than a greatly developed state of the Euroj)ean B. hicornis
— with which in colour, sculpture, and general fades it is almost
coincident. It seems indeed to differ merely (so far as I can detect)
in being considerably larger, with its eyes stiU more prominent, and
its prothorax a little wider and more coarsely punctured. Its com-
paratively large size and testaceous elytra, combined with its simple
(or M/icornuted) prothorax in both sexes, and the erect, compressed,
somewhat lameUiform horn with which either side of its forehead is
furnished, will at once distinguish it from the two following species.
It appears to be exceedingly rare, and peculiar to saline spots — the
few specimens which I have seen having been captured by myself
at the edges of the salt lake of Januvio, adjoining the south-western
coast of Lanzarote, on the 2Gth of March 1859.

2q

594 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA.

911. Bledius cornutissimus, n. sp.

B. capite prothoraceqiie leviter alutaceis, subnitidis, illo nigro iitrin-
que tuberculo elongato (proesertim in maiibus) instructo, hoc nigro-
piceo subquadrato canaliciilato parce et sat profimde pimctato ; ely-
tris densius sed minus profunde punctatis, rufis sed Yersns scutel-
lum obsolete nebulosis ; abdomine nigro, apice dihitiore ; antennis
pedibusque rufo-testaceis, illis paulo obscurionbus.

Mas prothorace antice in medio cornu longissimo, porrecto, angns-
tissimo, aciciilari, tereti, la)vi, etiam ultra caput ducto, armato. —
Long. Corp. lin. 2. .. - .

Habitat Lanzarotam et Fuerteventuram, per oras arenosas mariti-
mas nccnon in Salinis fodiens.

Apart from its brightly rufescent elytra and rufo-testaceous limbs,
this singular Bledius may readily be known by the immensely elon-
gated, narrow, acicular, glabrous, and porrect horn with which the
prothorax of its males is armed in the centre of the anterior margin.
In the opposite sex the prothorax is quite simple ; but in both (though
more particularly the male) the head is furnished on either side (at
the insertion of the antenna3) Avith an oblong tubercle. Like the last
species, it is extremely rare, and confined (so far as I have observed
hitherto) to the sandy shores (and salt places generally) in Lanzarote
and Fuerteventura. In the foraier I took it sparingly both at the
Salinas (or salt-works) in the north of the island and on the beach
to the south of Arrecife ; whilst in the latter I met "nith it, beneath
marine rejectamenta, about a mile to the south of Puerto do Cabras.

912. Bledius galeatus, n. sp.

B. angusto-subcylindricus ; capite prothoracequc grosse alutaceis, sub-
opacis, illo nigro utrinque tuberculo elongato (praesertim in mari-
bus) instructo oculis parvis (sed prominentibus), hoc piceo-nigro
subquadrato canaliculato parce et sat profunde punctato ; elytris
brevibus, densius sed minus profunde punctatis, piceisvel rufo-piceis
sed versus scutellum paulo obscurioribus ; abdomine nigro, apice
vix dilutiore ; antennis pedibusque brevibus, piceis, tarsis testaceis.

Mas prothorace antice in medio cornu elongato subdecurvo, versus
apicem gradatim augustissimo, baud ultra caput ducto et ad ilium
adpresso, armato. — Long. corp. Un. 2.

Habitat Lanzarotam borealem, in Salinis degens.

In the greatly-produced, narrow, and acute process with which the
anterior margin of its male pronotum is armed this Bledius belongs
to the same type as the jjreceding one ; nevertheless the prothoracic
horn of the B. galeatus is not quite so elongated (seeing that it does
not extend beyond the extreme outline of the head), and it is also
differently shaped — being graduaUy narrowed from the base to the

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apex, and also slightly bent downwards, following the curvatiu'e of
the i)ronotum (instead of being raised or porrect), and therefore more
closely applied against the head. This curious arrangement causes
the horn-like appendage of the pronotum to press against, and ^9ro-
tect, the head (as it were with a helmet) — a circumstance which has
suggested the trivial name of the species. In less important details,
the B. gcdeatus is narrower and more cylindric, and of an altogether
darker hue, than the conmtissimus, its eyes, although equally pro-
minent, are smaller, and its elytra and limbs are shorter. It is quite
as scarce as either of the preceding species — the only three examples
which I have seen having been captured by myself, during March
1859, at the Salinas, in the north of Lanzarote.

Genus 333. PLATYSTETHUS.

Mannerheim, Brachel. 4G [script. PlaUjsthetus] (1831).

913. Platystetlius cornutus.

Oxytelus cornutus, Gnu:, Col. Micropf. 109 (1802).
Platysthetus cornutus, Stcph., III. Brit. Ent. v. 311 (1832).

, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 782 (1839).

■ •, Kraatz, Nat. der Ins. Deittsch. ii. 841 (1857).

Habitat Lanzarotam, Fuerteventuram, Teneriffam et Gomeram, in
lutosis, passim.

This common European insect, which occurs rarely at Madeira, we
may be pretty sure is universal at the Canaries. Hitherto, however,
I have observed it only in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, TenerifFe, and
Gomera ; and it was taken in Fuerteventura and Gomera by Mr. Gray,
and in TenerifFe and Gomera by Dr. Crotch. It is found principally
in muddy spots at low and intermediate elevations. My Teneriffan
specimens are chiefly from the vicinity of S'" Cruz, the Puerto Oro-
tava, and Souzal.

914. Platystethus fossor.

P. cornuto minor ac nitidior (sc. nitidissimus, nee alutaceus), parcius
(tamcn argute) punctulatus, elytris minus testaceis (sc. vel nigris,
vel plus minus picescentioribus), antennai'um articulo ultimo lon-
gioro, magis oblongo pedibusque subpallidioribus (sensim minus
piceis).

Mas capite utrinque supra oculos sulculis duobus impresso necnon
apice spinula acutissimii aciculiformi porrecta armato ; abdominis
segmento septimo subtus in mcfho late impresso (impressione scuti-
formi, postice ad utrumque latus carina obliqua brevi, vel potius
dente elongate, terminata) necnon postice utrinque inter carinam
et latus quasi biinciso (denticulum alterum oliHquum efformante).

Foem. capite baud (vel obsoletissime) sulcato, necnon ai)ice inarmato:

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596 CAXAEIAN COLEOPTERA.

abdominis segmento sexto subtus in medio obsolete subtriangulari-
ter elevato, septirao prodncto rotundato. — Long. corp. lin. Ij-l^.

Platysthetus spinosus?, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 784 (1839).

fossor, Wall, Ins. Mad. 003 (1854).

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

Habitat in humidis lutosis Lanzarotae et Teneriffse, minus frequens.

Although (from description and I'ecollection) I believe this Platy-
stethus to be certainly identical with the Madeiran P. fossor*, I think
it far from imjirobable that it may also coincide with Erichson's
spinosus — in which case the latter name will have the priority.
Nevertheless, as I have no type of the sjJinosus to judge from, and
Erichson's diagnosis of it makes no allusion to several important
features (as, for instance, the tivo teeth on either side of the impres-
sion on the seventh abdominal segment of the males, and the dis-
appearance of the sulci on the head of the opposite sex) which are
conspicuous in the fossor, I do not think it would be safe, without
further evidence, to treat it as conspecific with the sjnnosiis. From
the cornutm it may be known by its smaller size, more shining and
rather more sparingly punctured surface (which is free from the
minutely alutaceous sculpture which is always present in that insect) ,
by its darker elytra (which are either entii-ely black or else pieescent
— but never with the disc actually testaceous), by its somewhat paler
legs, and by the last joint of its antennae beiiig more elongated or
oblong. Its male sex, also, recedes from the cormdus in having either
side of its head (above the eyes) branded with two irregular sulci ;
though, as in that species, it is armed at each anterior angle with an
exceedingly acute porrect spine (which, however, is smaller and less
conspicuous than is the case in the cormctus). The few examples
which I have seen from these islands were taken by mj-self — around
Haria in the north of Lanzarote, and close to the Puerto Orotava in
Teneriffe.

Genus 334. OXYTELUS.
Gravenhorst, Col Micropt. 101 (1802).

915. Ox3rtelus piceus.

Staphylinus picens, Linn.f, Si/st. Nat. i. ii. G80 (1767).
Ox^lelus piceus, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 788 (1839).

* I should state, however, that tlie few Canarian examples now before me are
on the average rather larger than the Madeiran ones, and have their mandibles
less conspicuously cleft at tlie apex ; but as the Plafysfethi generally are emi-
nently variable in stature, and the mandibles ai-e the least stable of their oral
organs, I do not lay much stress upon this twofold fact.

f Although this common Oxi/telits has always been identified with the Staphy-
linus piceus of the 'Systema Naturi¥,' I believe that Mr. M'aterhouse has lately

CANARIAN COLEOFIEEA. 597

Oxytelus piceiis, JFull., Lis. Mad. 606 (1854).
, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 199 (1857).

Habitat Canariam, Teneriffam, Gomeram et Palmam, in stercore
bovino et equino vulgaris.

The European 0. piceus, which abounds at Madeira, is probably
universal in these islands — occurring in the dung of cattle, at most
elevations. Hitherto, however, I have observed it only in Grand
Canary, TenerifFe, and Palma ; but specimens are now before me
which were taken in Gomera by Dr. Crotch.

916. Oxytelus sculptus.

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

longicomis, Mann,, Brachel. 48 (1831).

sculptus, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 788 (1839).

, Woll., Lis. Mad. 607 (1854).

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

Habitat in humidis Canarise, Teneriffae, Gomeram et Palmse, passim.

As at Madeira, this European Oxytelus is more attached to decaying
vegetable refuse, and damp places generally, than to the dung of cattle ;
and it seems to be more local than thepicetis. It is, however, widely
spread over the archipelago, where in all probability it is universal.
I have taken it in Grand Canary, Teneriife, and Palma ; and it was
captured in Teneriffe and Gomera by Dr. Crotch. My Grand-Canarian
specimens are principally from TeYor ; and the TenerifFan ones from
the vicinity of the Puerto Orotava, the Agua Garcia, and Ycod el Alto.

917. Oxytelus complanatus.

Oxytelus depressus, Gi/ll. [nee Grav. 1802], Lis. Stiec. ii. 457 (1810).

complanatus, Erich., Kdf. der Mark Brand, i. 595 (1837).

, Woll, Lis. Mad. 608 (1854).

, LI, Cat. Mad. Col. 200 (1857).

Habitat insulas omnes Canarienses, late sed parce diffusus.

The 0. complanatus (likewise European, and which abounds in
Madeira) is not very common at the Canaries, where, however, it is
universal. 1 have taken it in Lanzarote, Grand Canary, Teneriffe,
Palma, and Hierro ; and it was found in Fuerteventui'a, TenerifFe,
Gomera, Palma, and Hierro by Mr. Gray, and in TenerifFe and Gomera
by Dr. Crotch. It occurs both in the dung of cattle and beneath
vegetable refuse generally.

stated that the type in the Linnean cabinet pertains to the insect which is univer-
sally recognized under the name of scidptus. But as there is at least a possibility
of the (so-called) " type" having been subsequently tampered with, and it is most
undesirable to create confusion concerning two species the nomenclature of which
has been regarded hitherto as completely settled, I would rather avoid all con-
sideration of a question which can lead to no advantageous result, practically —
but quite the reverse.

59b

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918. Oxytelus nitidulus.
Oxytelus nitidulus, Grav., Col 3Iic>-opt. 107 (1802).

— , Urich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 795 (1839).

, JFolL, Ins. Mad. 009 (1854).

, Id, Cat. Mad. Col. 201 (1857).

Habitat insulas omnes Canarienses, in stercore bovino, equino, ca-
melino, humano, iibique vulgaris.

This abundant European Oxytel us, M^hich is common in the Madeiran
Group, is universal at the Canaries — in the whole seven islands of
which I have myself captured it. In Lanzarote, Fucrteventura, and
Gomera it was found likewise by Mr. Gray, and in Tcneriffe and Go-
mera by Dr. Crotch. It occurs principally in the dung of cattle, and
is independent of elevation.

919. Oxytelus glareosus.

0. minutus, angustulus, opacus, densissinie et grosse rugulosus ; capite
subquadrato, piceo-nigro, ocuHs parvis ; prothorace rufo-ferrugineo,
brevi, subsemicirculari (apice truncato, bisinuato), sulcis dorsaUbus
obsoletis ; elj'tris (depressis) abdomineque nigro-fuseis ; antennis
ferrugineis, articulo ultimo acuminate ; pedibus pallide testaceis. —
Long. corp. lin. 1.

Oxytelus glareosus, WoU., Ins. Mad. 610 (1854).
, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 201 (1857).

Habitat TenerifFam ; exemplar tmicum (per aerem volitans) mox
supra Portum Orotavae dcprehendi.

The small bulk, opake and densely rugulose sui'face of this Oa-yteliis,
combined ynih. its subquadrate, piceous-black head and minute eyes,
its short, somewhat semicircular, rufo-ferruginous prothorax (on
which the longitudinal sulci are almost obsolete), its dark-brown
elytra and abdomen, its ferruginous antennae (with their aj)ically-acute
terminal joint), and its pale-testaceous legs, will at once separate it
from all the preceding species. Although decidedly common around
Funchal in Madeira, it appears to be rare in these islands — though
perhaps, from its small dimensions, it may merely have escaped ob-
servation. The only Canarian example which I have seen I captui'ed
(on the wing) immediately above the Puerto Orotava in Teneriffe.

Genus 335. TROGOPHLGEUS.

Mannerheim, Brachel 49 (18ol).

920. Trogophlceus transversalis.

T. nitidus, nigcr (fere ater), elytris (amplis, depressis) postice Itete
rufo-ferrugineis ; prothorace bre\'iter subcordato, angulis posticis
sat argute determinatis, basi profuude transversim impresso, in

CANARIAN COLEOPXERA. 599

disco antico plus minus obscure trinotato ; antennis fusco-piceis ;
pedibus saturate testaceis. — Long. corp. lin, vix 1|.

Trog-ophloeus transversalis, JVoll, Cat. 3Ia(l. Col. 202 (1857).
. Habitat Lanzarotam, Fuerteventui-am et Teneriffam, in humidis,
rarissimus.

In its rather large size, considerably developed, somewhat depressed
elytra, and the deep transverse impression at the base of its pro thorax,
this Tro(joplilQius has a good deal in common with the European scro-
hlcidatus (=arcuatiis, Steph.) ; but it is more finely punctured, its
eyes are a little smaller, its antennae are somewhat longer and less
black, and the hinder portion of its elytra is gradually of a clear
rufo-ferruginous hue. The species was enunciated in my Madeiran
Catalogue from a unique example which I captured, in 1855, on the
Southern Deserta (or Bugio) ; and it appears to be nearly as rare at
the Canaries as in the neighbouring Group. The very few specimens
which I have seen were taken by myself — near Haria in the north of
Lanzarote, at La Antigaia in Fuerteventura, and at the Agua Garcia
in Teneriffe.

921. TrogopMoeus riparius.

2\ subnitidus, niger, elytris sa^pius concoloribus (rarius picescentibus);
prothorace subcordato (antice lato), in disco postico longitudinaliter
biimprcsso ; antennis fusco-piceis, articulis duobus basalibus pedi-
busque rufo-testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. li-l|.

Trogophlceus riparius, Boisd. etLacord., Faun. Ent. Paris, i. 467 (1835).

, Erich., Gm. et 8pec. Staph. 807 (1839).

, Kraatz, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. ii. 871 (1856).

Habitat Canariam, Teneriffam et Palmam, hinc inde in humidis,
late diffusus.

I believe that this TrogopMoeus is better referred to the European
T. riparius than to the biUneatus — its slightly larger size and stronger
punctation, combined with the two basal joints of its antennae (and its
entire legs) being rufo-testaceous, seeming to identify it with the
former, rather than the latter, of those species. It appears to be
scarce, or at any rate local, in these islands — occurring in moist places
at low and intermediate altitudes. I have taken it (chiefly on the
wing) in damp cultivated spots near Teror in Grand Canary, around
S'" Cruz and at the Agua Garcia in Teneriffe, as wcU as in Palma.

922. Trogophlceus bilineatus.

T. praecedenti similis, sed paulo minor, vix subtilius punctulatus ; pro-
thorace antice scnsim minus dilatato, foveis duabus dorsalibus magis
interruptis ; antennis paulo brevioribus, nigrescentioribus, fere con-

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coloribus (articulo primo obscure picescentiorc); pcdibiis paiilo mi-
nus rufescentibus. — Long-, corp. lin. l^.

Trogopliloaus biliueatus, Erich., Kiif. dcr Mark Brand, i. COO (1839).

, Id., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 80(3 (1839).

, Kraatz, Nat. dcr Ins. Beutsch. ii. 872 (1856).

, WuJl., Cat. Mad. Col 201 (18.57).

Habitat Canariam Grandem, semel tantum lectus.

If the preceding species be rightly identified (as I believe to be the
case) with the European T. riparius, I think that the present one
should decidedly be referred to the (equally common) hiJineatus — even
though, unfortunately, I have but a single example of it (taken by
myself in the region of El Monte in Grand Canary) to judge from.
The specimen now before me differs from the riparius in being a little
smaller and less coarsely punctured, in its prothorax (which is some-
what less dilated anteriorly) having the two longitudinal foveas down
its disc a trifle more interrupted (or divided into four impressions), in
its antennae being appreciably shorter and dai'ker (their extreme base
only being very slightly diluted in hue), and in its legs being a shade
less rufescent — all of which points, it will be perceived, are the very
ones which are supposed to separate the hilineatus from the riparias.
It occurs also, though sparingly, in Madeira.

923. TrogophloBus exiguus.
T. hilineato minor et angustior ; oculis minoribus ; prothorace paulo
minus cordate (ad latera sensim magis asqualiter rotundato), foveis
dorsalibus subobsoletis ; an tennis vix brevioribus.— Long. corp. lin.
vix 1.

Trogophlceus exiguus?, Erich., Kiif. der Mark Brand. G04 (1839).
?, Id., Gen. et Sjycc. Staph. 809 (1839).

Habitat Canariam Grandem, semel repertus.

It is with doubt that I refer this TrogopJilceus to the European T.
exiguus ; but as I have only a single example to judge from, which
certainly is not identical with any of the other species here enume-
rated, I think it better to assign it provisionally to some acknowledged
member of the genus to treating it as new on insufficient evidence.
It differs from all the preceding Trogophlcei in being considerably
smaller and narrower (though it is not quite so minute as either of
the following ones), in its eyes being less developed, and in its pro-
thorax (which has the dorsal foveas obscui-ely expressed) being a trifle
less cordate (or less narrowed behind) — and, therefore, somewhat
more regularly rounded at the sides. The only example which I have
seen was captured by myself at Teror, in Grand Canary, during the
spring of 1858.

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924. Trogophloeus ruficoUis, n. sp.

T. subnitidus, capite abdomineque nigris, prothorace elytrisque tes-
tacco-rufis, his (argute punctatis) antice obscurioribus ; capite pi'o-
thoraceqne deu.sissime rugoso-alutaceis (vix punctidatis), hoc ad
basin obsolete transversim impresso (fovcis dorsalibus nullis) ; an-
tennis bre\'iusculis, nigrescentibus, ad basin ipsam pedibusqne sa-
turate rufo-testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. |-1,

Habitat Fuerteventuram et TenerifFam, sub lapidibus, rarissimus.

The rufous head and elytra (the latter of which, however, are rather
obscured anteriorly) of this minute Trogopliloeus, whilst its head and
abdomen are black and its legs testaceous, will sufficiently distinguish
it. Its prothorax has the dorsal impressions obsolete, but is lightly
marked behind with a transverse (sometimes evanescent) fovea, and
(together "with the head) is very densely and coarsely alutaceous ; and
its elytra are somewhat sharply punctured. It is extremely rare, the
few specimens which I have seen having been taken by myself at La
Antigua in Fuerteventura and near the Puerto Orotava in Teneriffe.

925. Trogophloeus bledioides, n. sp,

T. subopacus, niger vel fusco-niger, subtilissime densissimeque cine-
reo-sericeus, minutissime et deusissime (in elytris vix profundius)
punctulatus ; capite parum magno ; prothorae<^ angusto, subcyhn-
drico-cordato, integro (i. e. foveis nullis impresso); antennis brevi-
bus, nigris, articulo prime (longiusculo) vix picescentiore (articulo
secundo sat aucto, sequentibus brevibus); pedibus pallide testaceis.
— Long. corp. lin. -j- vix 1.

Habitat TenerifFam et Gomeram, hinc inde baud infrequens.
In its minute size, and very densely, delicately, and evenly punc-
tulatcd head and prothorax, the latter of which is perfectly free from
all traces of impressions or foveae, this little Trogo])Jiloeus has evidently
much in common with the T. simplicicoUis of the Madeiran Group ;
nevertheless (although I have at present no type of the latter for
comparison) I am satisfied (both from recollection and the diagnosis)
that it is truly distinct from it. It is remarkable, inter alia, for its
head being rather large and wide (/or a TrogojMceus), for its pro-
thorax being narrow and elongate (instead of transverse), and for its
entire colour (except the legs, which are pale testaceous) being of a
dark brownish-black. Its wings are immensely developed ; and its
antennae are abbroviated— with their basal joint a little longer, the
second a trifle more enlarged, and the following ones shorter, than is
the case in the TroyopJdcei generally. It is extremely local, but per-
haps not uncommon if searched for in the proper situations ; though
its very diminutive size renders it liable to escajje detection. On one

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occasion I observed it in tolerable abundance (on the wing) imme-
diately outside the Puerto Orotava in TencrifFe ; and several speci-
mens are now before me which were captured by Dr. Crotch in Gomera.

(Subfam. IX. HOMALIADES.)

Genus 336. PHILORINUM.

Kraatz, Kat. der Ins. Ucuttscli. ii. 905 (185G).

926. Philorinum floricola, n. sp.

P. lineari-oblongum, subopacum, subtilissime et brevissime pubescens,
dense, sat profunde, argute et subcEqualiter punctatum, nigrum ;
capite subconvexo, aequali, simplici (nee, ut mihi videtur, ocellato,
iiec lineato); prothorace (interdum fuscescentiore) convexo, aequali,
ad latera 8uba;(]ualiter rotundato ; elytris plus minus dilutioribus
(vel testaceo-fuscis, vel fusco-testaceis, rarius fusco-nigris) ; ab-
domine multo levins parciusque punctulato ; antennis rufo-tcstaceis
(apicem versus interdum paulo obscimoribus) ; jjcdibus testaceis. —
Long. corp. lin. 1-1^.

Habitat ad flores (prsesertim Cijtisi et Bpartil) in Canaria, Teneriifa,
Palma et Hierro, a 2000' usque ad 9000' s.m. ascendens.

This Philorinum will probably be found in all the islands of the
Group except Lanzarote and Fuerteventura ; and, indeed, I have taken
it in Grand Canary, Teneriffe, Palma, and Hierro. It occurs chiefly
on floAvers (particularly those of Cytisus and Sjjartium) at intermediate
and lofty elevations, ascendmg to about 9000 feet above the sea. It
is more often, however, to be met with in the higher altitudes; for
on the two upland Cumbres of Teneriffe, above the Agua Mansa and
Ycod el Alto respectively, I have (during May of 1859) brushed it in
absolute profusion off the blossoms of the " Retama " (or Spartium
nuhigena). Nevertheless it does occasionally descend to an elevation
of scarcely more than 2000 feet, inasmuch as I have also captured
it (in Teneriffe) sparingly both at the Agua Garcia and in the laurel-
woods above Taganana*.

Genus 337. HOMALIUM.

Gravenliorst, Col. 3Iicropt. 116 [script. Omaliiim'] (1802).

927. Homalium sculpticolle, n. sp.
//. oblongo-ovatum, depressum, nitidum, profunde punctatum, piceo-
nigrum ; capite subrotundato, postice longitudinaliter bifoveolato ;

* The P. floricola was examined by Dr. Kraatz, who returned it with the ob-
servation, " Genus Philorinum mihi ; sp. nov. videtur, antennis concoloribus
excellens."

CANARIAN COLEOPTEEA. 603

prothorace transverso-quadrato antice paiilo angustiore, angulis
posticis argute subrectis, in disco postico longitudinaliter bifoveato
iiecnon utrinque versus latera (subreeurvo-explanata) profunda
impresso ; abdomine nitidissimo, subtilissime et paree punctulato ;
antennis longiusculis, versus basin rufo-ferrugiueis ; pedibus sa-
turate rufo-testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. l^l^.

Habitat in locis aliquanto elevatis TenerifFae et Palmar, rarissimum.

This Homalium has much the general aspect, colour, and sculpture
of the common European H. rivulare ; but it is considerably smaller,
and rather more closely, finely, and sharply punctured ; its head is
narrower and less transverse ; its prothoracic foveas are more deeply
impressed ; its abdomen is very much more shining, being free from
the alutaceous sculpture which is so conspicuous in that insect ; and
its antenna) are a little slenderer. It seems to be very scarce, and
confined to intermediate and rather lofty elevations. I have taken
it, from beneath small stones, in an open basaltic cavern at the base
of the Organo Rocks (in the sylvan region above the Agua Mansa)
in TeneriiFe, and (more sparingly) in the district of the Banda in
Palma.

928. Homalium pusillum.

II. angusto-lineare, valde dejiressum, opacum, alutaceum punctulisque
levissimis minutis in jirothorace elytrisque parce irroratum, nigro-
piceum ; capite brevi, triangulaii, basi (ad ocellos) breviter bifoveo-
lato ; prothorace transverso-quadrato postice paulo angustiore, an-
gulis posticis argute subobtusis, anticis rotundatis, in disco postico
longitudinaliter bifoveato necnon utrinque versus latera late im-
presso; antennis (brevibus, compactis) pedibusque rufo-testaceis. —
Long. corp. lin. 1.

Omaliuni pusillum, Grav., Hon. 205 (180G).

. Steph., m. Brit. Ent. v. 353 (1832).

, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 879 (1839).

-, Kraaiz, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. ii. 988 (1856).

Habitat Teneriffam sylvaticam ; sub cortice Pini canariensis cujus-
dam laxo ad Agua Mansa exemplar unicum collegi.

I can see nothing to separate the single specimen now before me
from the European H. pusillum, except that the prothorax has its
fovese rather deeper, and, together with the elytra, is a trifle more
distinctly punctured ; and consequently, as such differences (which
are merely in degree, and not in kind) are scarcely "\\'orth noticing,
I have referred it without hesitation to that species. The example
from which the above diagnosis has been compiled I captured at the
Agua Mansa in Teneriffe, from beneath the loosened bark of a felled
Finns canariensis.

604

CANAIUAX COLEOI'TEltA.

(Subfam. X. PllOTINIDES.)

Genus 338. MEGARTHRUS.

(Kirby) Stephens, ///. Brit. Ent. v. 330 (1832).

929. Megarthrus longicornis.

M. nigro-fuscus prothorace paulo rufesccntiore, subopacus, profunde
asperato-punctatus ; capita (intcrdum fere nigro) antice inter
oculos plus minus producto et saspe recurvo, utrinque latissime
subconcavo ; prothorace profunde canaliculate, basi in medio si-
nuate et mox intra basin leviter transversim impresso, ad angulos
posticos excise necnon ad latera in medio obsoletissime subangu-
lato ; antennis subgracilibus, longiusculis (articulis intermediis sat
elongatis, conspicue obconicis), nigrescentibus, ad basin piceis ; pe-
dibus rufo-testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 1-1 3.

Megarthrus longicornis, Wull, Im. Mad. G15. tab. xiii. f 9 (1854).
, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 236 (1857).

Habitat in Lanzarota, Canaria, TenerifFa et Hierro, sub quisqui-
liis in inferioribus intermediisque dcgens.

This Megarthrus is nearly allied to the European M. sinuaticoUis,
but has its antcnna3 rather longer and slenderer, the intermediate
joints being very conspicuously more elongated and obconical; its
head is a little more produced in front, where it is frequently some-
what recurved ; its prothorax is less rounded at the sides, and only
very ohsoletely subangulated in the middle, as also more decidedly
sinuated (and transversely impressed) in the centre of its base ; and
its entire sculpture is coarser. I do not see that it differs specifi-
cally from the Madeiran M. longicornis ; for although in Madeira
two of its main features (namely, the rather elongated antennal
joints and the slightly produced head) are usually a trifle more ex-
pressed, the examination of a very extensive series of Canarian spe-
cimens has convinced me that the clypeus, at all events, is subject
to great variation — being sometimes considerably recurved, some-
times comparatively deflected, and at others more or less transitional.
It occurs beneath vegetable refuse at low and intermediate eleva-
tions, and is doubtless universal throughout the archipelago — though
hitherto I have observed it only in Lanzarote, Grand Canary, Tene-
riffe, and Hierro. In Teneriffe and Hierro it was found likewise by
Mr. Gray, and in the former by Dr. Crotch. My Teneriffan speci-
mens are principally from the vicinity of S'" Cruz and the mountains
above it, Las Mercedes, and the Agoia Garcia. Although both common
and widely distributed in these islands, it is an extremely rare insect
at Madeira.

CANAEIAN COLEOPTERA. 605

Genus 339. METOPSIA.
Wollaston, Ins. Mad. G16 (1854).

930. Metopsia cimicoides, n. sp.

M. oblonga, depressa, utrinque explanato-coneava sed per medium
subcarinata, pallide ferruginea, subopaca, grosse aspei-ato-punc-
tulata et antice granulis superadditis obsita ; capite transverse,
apice recta truncate et utrinque incise, pestice in medio ocelle in-
structo ; protberace canalicubi polita notate, basi intra angides
utrinque late excise ; antennis nigre-fuscis, afticido ultimo ferru-
gineo, articulis prime et secunde pedibusque rufe-testaceis. — Long.
Corp. lin, 1|.

Habitat in lauretis excelsis Teneriffie, in mentibus supra Taga-
nanam Maio a.d. 1859 semel reperta.

One of the rarest of the Canarian Coleeptera — the only specimen
which I have seen having been obtained in the damp laurel-vroods
of a high elevation in Teneriffe, en the mountains above Taganana,
during May of 1859, It has consequently the same habits as the
Madeiran M. ampliata, to which indeed it is closely allied. It is,
however, unquestionably distinct from that species — being net only
smaller and more oblong, but likewise paler and more coarsely punc-
tured, with its prothorax more deeply bilebed in front (causing the
anterior angles to be more perrect), and with its legs rather shorter,
besides numerous miner differences which are better seen than de-
scribed. Its prima facie aspect and colour are so curiously sugges-
tive of the common Cimex Uetularius, that I have chosen the above
trivial name as peculiarly appropriate.

COERIGENDITM.

P. 229. Cephaloncus. — Not having seen Prof. Westwood's dia-
gnosis, when I prepared the MS. of this portion of the Catalogue, I
was not aware that he had SiQiwally puhlished the genus under the
name (originally proposed by him) of " Ogcocephalus,^'' — he ha\dng
merely informed me that the latter title (which I erroneously con-
cluded ivas still in litteris) being apparently preoccupied, the name
might be altered to Cephaloncus. And I consequently assumed that
he had himself made the change previous to pjublication.

INDEX TOPOGRAPHICUS.

Fam. 1. Carabidse.

1. Notiophilus, Dum.

1. geminatus, Dej

2. Leistus, Frohl.

2. nubi vagus, W

3. Nebria, Lat.

3. dilatata, Dej

4. currax, W

4. Calosoma, Weber

5. indagator, F

6. azoricum, Ileer

5. Carabits, L.

7. coarctatus, Br

8. faiistus, Br

9. interruptuS; Dt;j

6. Scaritcs, F.

10. gigas, F

7. Dyschirius, Bon.

11. armatus, W

12. subfieiieus, W

13. pauxillus, W

8. Pheropsophus, Sol.

14. hispanicus, Dej

9. Poli/stichus, Bon.

15. brunneus, Dej

10. Dromius, Bon.

16. agilis, F

17. amoenus, W

18. elliptipennis, W

19. sigma, Rossi

20. incertiis, W

21. pervenustus, W

11. lilechrus, Mots.

22. glabratus, Diifts

23. maurus, St

24. plagiatus, Dufts

12. 3Ietabletus, Gcibel.

25. patruelis, Chaud

26. inaequalis, W

27. lancerotensis, W

28. brevipennis, W i . .

13. Tarns, Clairv,

29. discoideus, Dej | *

o

ii

W

608

INDEX TOPOGRAPHICUS,

13. Tarns, Clairv. (continued).

30. suturalis, Dej

31. niarginellus, Br

32. ciuftus, Br

33. amictus, W

34. zargoides, W

14. Masoreus, Dej.

35. nobilis, W

36. arenicola, W

37. alticola, W

15. Clilceiiiiis, Bon.

38. spoliatus, Rossi

39. canariensis, Dtg

16. Licinus, Lat.

40. Manriqiiianus, W

17. BroscKs, Pnz.

41. glaber, Br

42. rutilans, W

18. Pof/oiuis, Dej.

43. salsipotens, W

44. Grayii, W

19. Sphodrus, Clairv.

45. leucoplithalmus, L. . ,

20. Pristonj/chus, Dej.

46. alternans, Dej ,

47. complanatus, Dej

48. picescens, W

21. Calathus, Bon.

49. sphodroides, W.

50. acuminatus, W

51. rufocastaneiis, W

52. carinatus, Br

53. advena, W

54. abacoides, Br

55. ascendens, W

56. cognatus, W

57. rectus, W

58. siniplicicoUis, W

59. ciliatus, W

60. auctus, W

61. angustulus, W

62. depressus, Br

63. appendiculatus, W. . .

64. barbatus, W

65. spretus, W

22. Atichomemis, Bon.

66. Nichollsii, W

67. debilis,W

68. albipes, F

69. marginatus, L

23. Olisthopus, Dej.

70. palmensia, W

71. glabratus, Br

72. elongatus, W

te

INDEX TOPOGRArniCUS.

Guy

24. Phtydenis, Steph.

73. alticola, W

74. temiistriatus, W. . . .

25. Pterostichiis, Bon.

75. crenatus, Dej

76. iiguratus, W

77. longulus, Reiche . . .

78. angularis, Br

79. harpaloides, W

26. Ainara, Bon.

80. versuta, W

27. Zahrits, Clairv.

81. crassus, Dej

82. laevigatas, Zimm. . . .

28. Aristiis, Lat.

88. subopacus, W

29. Cratognathus, Dej.

84. solitarius, W

85. fortunatus, W

86. niicans, W

87. asmulus, W

30. Harpalus, Lat.

88. teuebrosns, Dej

89. Schaumii, W

31. Dichirotrichus, Duv.

90. levistriatus, W

32. Stenoloplms (Meg.), Steph.

91. vaporariorum, F

92. marginatus, Dej

93. dorsalis, F

33. Bradycellus, Erich.

94. ventricosus, W

34. Trechus, Clairv.

95. detersus, W

96. flavolimbatus, W

97. felix, W

35. Thalassophilus, W.

98. Whitfei, W

36. Perileptus, Schaum

99. nigritulus, W

37. Tachys (Ziegl.), Steph.

100. bistriatus, Diifts

101. scutellaris, Gei*m. . .

102. centromaculatus, W.

103. curvimanus, W

104. hsemorrhoidalis, Dej.

38. Bembidium, Lat.

105. biguttatura, F

106. viciniim, Luc

107. atlanticum, W

108. coneolor, Br

109. subcallosLim, W

110. inconspicuum, W. ..

111. lastum, Br

610

INDEX TOPOGRAPHICUS.

38. Bemhidiuyn, Lat. (continued).

112. Crotchii, W

113. margiuicoUe, W

Fam. 2. DytiscidaB.

39. Haliplus, Lat.

111. suffiisus, W

40. Hydro2iorus, Clairv.

115. musicus, King

116. confluens, F

117. geminus, F

118. minutissimus, Germ. . .

119. delectus, W

120. xantbopus, Stepli

121. planus, F

122. Clarkii, W

123. Ceresyi, Aube

124. tessellatus, Aube

41. Lacco^jhilm, Leach

125. iufiatus,W

42. Colymhetes, Clairv.

126. coriaceus, Lap

43. Agabus, Leach

127. nebulosus, Forst

128. biguttatus, Oliv

129. consanguineus, W

44. Cyhkter, Cart.

130. afi-'cauus, Lap

45. Dytise:! ■■, L.

131. circumflexus, F

46. Ennectes, Erich

132. subdiaphanus, W

Fam. 3. Gyrinidae.

47. Gyriims, Geoifr.

133. striatus, F

134. urinator, lUig

135. Dejeanii, Br

Fam. 4. PamidaB.

48. Parmis, F.

136. prolifericornis, F

Fam. 5, Helophoridae.

49. Helophorus, F.

137. longitarsis, W

50. Ochthebius, Leach

138. 4-foveolatus, W

139. pyginjBus, F

140. lapidicola, W

,51. Hydrcena, Kugel.

141. sinuaticollis, W

142. serricoUis, W

143. quadricollis, W

INDEX TOPOGRAPHICUS.

611

Fam. 6. Hydrophilidae.

52. Limnehius, Ijeach

144. gracilipes, W

145. punctatus, W

63. Laccobius, Erich.

146. minutus, L

54. Philhi/dnis, Sol.

147. melanocephalus, Oliv. . . ,

55. Berosus, Leach

148. spinosus (Stev.), Ahr. . . .

56. Hydrobms, Leach

149. hfemorrhous, W

57. Chcptarthria (Waterh.), Steph.

150. similis, W

Fam. 7. Sphaeridiadae.

58. Cyclonottim, Erich.

151. orbiciilare, F

59. Dactylosternum, W.

152. abdominale, F

60. Cercyon, Leach

15.3. inquinitum, W

154. lepidum, W

155. nigricep-s, M.shm

156. quisquilium, L

Fam. 8. Silphidse.

61. Catops, Payk.

157. putridus, W

62. Silpha, L.

158. simplicicornis, Br

159. figurata, Br

Fam. 9. Anisotomidae.

63. Anisotoma, lUig.

160. canariensis, W. . .

161. oceanica, W

64. Agathidmm, lUig.

162. globidum, W

163. integricoUe, W. . .

Fam. 10. Clamljidae.

65. Clambus, Fisch.

164. complicans, W

66. Calyptomerus, Redt.

165. dubiiis, Mshni . . . .

Fam. 11. PtiliadaB.

67. Acrotrichis, Mots.

166. fucicola, Fairm. . .

167. Matthewsii, W. . .

168. fascicularis, Hbst

169. sericans, Erich. . .

68. Nepkanes, Thorns.

170. abbreviatella, Heer

* *
r2

612

INDEX TOPOGRAPHICUS.

69. Ptenidium, Ericb.

171. Isevigatum, Ericli. ,

172. apicale (St.), Gillm.

173. pimctatum, Gyll. . .

70. Ptinella, Mots.

174. angustiila, Gillm.

Fam. 12. PhalacridsB.

71. Phalacrus, Payk-

175. coruscus, Payk. .

72. Olibrm, Erich.

176. fiorum, W

177. congener, W. . . .

178. subfereus, W. . . .

179. consimilis, Mslim

Fam. 13. Nitidulidae.

73.
74.

75.

76.

77.

79.
80.

81.

Heterohrachiitm, W.

180. louginianum, W

Brachypterus, Kugel.

181. velatus, W

182. curtiilus, W

Carpophilus (Leach), Steph.

183. hemipterus, L

184. anropilosus, W

NitUhda, F.

185. flexuosa, Oliv

Pria (Kby), Steph.

186. dulcamarfe, Scop.
Meliyetheii (Kby), Steph.

187. varicollis, W

188. Adrescens, W

189. tristis (Schiipp.), St. .
X.i')iostron(/i/Jus, W.

190. histri'o, W

Cybocephalus, Erich.

191. sphaerula, W

192. liBvis, W

Rhizophafins, Hbst

193. pinetorum, W

194. subopacus, W

Fam. 14. Trogositidae.

82. TetmiocMln, Westw.

195. pini, 13r

83. Lipasjjis^'W.

196. lauricola, W. .

197. pinicola, W. . . .

198. caulicola, W. ,

84. Trogosita, Oliv.

199. mauritanica, L.

200. recta, W

201. latens, W

cb

INDEX T0P06RAPHICU8.

613

Fam. 15. Colydiadae.

85. 3£motoma, ITbst

202. spinicollis, Aub^ . , .

203. picipes, Hbst

204. quadricoUis, Avibe .

205. 4-foveolata, Aube .

86. Tarphvm (Germ.), Erich.

206. simplex, W

207. camelus, W

208. canariensis, W. . . .

209. erosus, W

210. quadi-atus, W

211. congestus, W

212. gigas, W

213. caudatus, W

214. deformis, W

87. Cossyph'xh's, Westw.

215. WoUastonii, Westw.

88. Aulonium, Erich.

216. sulcicolle,W

89. Affh-nus, Erich.

217. bmnneus, Gyll. . . .

90. IJurops, W.

218. impressicollis, W. .

219. duplicatus, W

Fam. 16. Cucujidae.

91. Caulonomus, W.

220. riiizophagoides, W. .

92. LcemophloiU't, Erich.

221. granulatus, W

222. clavicollis, W

223. pusillus, Schon. ...

93. Pediacus, Shuck.

224. tabellatus, W

94. Xenoscelis, W.

225. deplanata, W

95. Silvamis, Lat.

226. dentatus, Mshm , . . ,

227. surinamensis, L

228. nubigena, W

Fam. 17. Telmatophilidge.

96. Diphi/llus, Steph.

229."liinatus, F

97. Thal/esfus, W.

230. subellipticus, W. ,

231. tj-phfeoides, W.

Fam. 18. Cryptophagidse.

98. Cryptophaqiis, Hbst

2.32. dentatus, Hbst .

233. affinis, St

234. obesulua, W. . . .

614

INDEX XOPOGKAPHICrS.

98. Cryptophagus, Hbst (continued).

235. fusiformis, W

236. hesperius, W

99. Mnionomus, W.

237. empticus,W

100. LnicoMmatium, Rosenh.

238. elougatum, Erich

101. Paramecosoma, Curt.

239. simplex, W

102. Jfi/pocoprus, Mots.

240. llocluitliii, Chaud

108.' Atomaria, Steph.

241. pilosula, W

242. canariensis, W

243. ruficollis, W

104. JEpistemus (Westw.), Steph.

244. gyrinoides, Mshm

Fam. 19. Latridiadae.

105. Holaparamcciis, Curt.

245. caularum, Aube

246. niger, Aube

247. singularis, Beck

106. Corticaria, Mshm

248. fulva (Chevr.), Mann

249. macidosa, W

250. serrata, Payk

251. angulata, W

252. curta,W

253. tenella, W

107. Latridiiis, Uerbst

254. minutus, L

255. opacipenuis, W

256. ruficollis, Mshm

Fam. 20. Mycetophagidae.

108. Myrmccoxerms, Cliev.

257. sordidus, W

109. Symbiotes, Redt.

258. pvgmseus, Hampe

110. Typhcea (Kby), Steph.

259. fumata, L

111. Litargiis, Eiich.

260. trifasciatus, W

Fam. 21. Dsrmestidse.

112. Dermestes, L.

261. vulpinus, F

262. Frischii, Kugel

113. Attaqenus, Lat.

26.3. pellio, L

264. Schfefferi, Hbst

114. Telopes, Redt,

265. obtusus, Gyll

INDEX TOPOGRAPHICUS.

615

114. Telopes, Redt. (continued).

266. anthrenoides, W. . . .

267. multifasciatus, W. . . .

268. fasciatiis, W

115. Anthreniis, GeofFr.

269. varius, F

270. claviger, Erich

Fam. 22. Byrrhidae.

116. Syncalypta (Dillw.), Steph.

271. integra, W

272. ovuliformis, W

Fam. 23. Histeridse.

117. Hololepta, Payk.

273. Perraudieri, de Mars.

118. Teretrius, Erich.

274. cylindricus, W

119. Hutriptifs, W.

275. putricola, W

120. Hister, L.

276. major, L

277. canariensis, W

121. Carcinops, de Mars.

278. 14-striatus, Steph

122. Saprinus, Erich.

279. nobilis, W

280. osculans, W

281. nitidulus, F

282. subnitidus ?, de Mars.

283. chalcites, Illig.

284. fortimatus, W

285. ignobilis, W

286. minyops, W

287. angulosus, W

288. mundus, W

289. erosus, W

290. lobatus, W

123. Xe)i07ii/chus, W.

291. fossor, W

124. Eubrachium, W.

292. punctatum, W

293. ovale, W

294. politum, W

125. Acritus, Le Conte.

295. punctum, Aub6

296. minutus, Hbst

Fam. 24. Thorictidse.
126. TJiorictus, Germ.

297. gigas, W. ...

298. canariensis, W.

299. vestitus, W. .

a Le

616

INDEX XOPOGRAPHICU8.

Fam. 25. AphodiadaB.

127. ApJiodius, Illig.

300. liydroclueris, F

301. WoUastonii, Harold . ,

302. nitidulus, F

303. tteniatus, W

304. maculosLis, Harold. . . ,

305. lividus, 01

30G. gi-anarius, L

128. Oxyonms (Esch.), Castelu.

307. brevicollis, W

129. Pmnimodius, Gyll.

308. caesus, Pnz

309. sabulosus (Dej.), Muls

310. porcicollis, Illig. . . .

Fam. 26. Trogidae.

130. Trox, F.

311. confluens, W

Fam. 27. MelolonthidaB.
131. Ootoiiut, Blanch.

312. bipartita, Br. . .

313. fuscipeuuis, Br.

314. Integra, W

815. castanea, Br. . .

316. obscurella, W.

317. obscura, Br. . .

Fam. 28. Dynastidae.

132. PhyUof/mitluis, Escli.

318. Silenus, F

133. On/cfe.s, Illig.

319. prolixus, W. .

Fam. 29, Cetoniadae.

134. Epicometis, Biirni.

320. squalida, L. . .

321. feinorata, Illig.

Fam. 30. BuprestidaB.

135. Acmceodera, Esch.

322. cisti, W

323. fracta, W

324. plagiata, W. .

325. oruata, W. . . .

136. Bupre<tis, L.

326. Bertheloti, Br.

137. Anthraxia, Esch.

327. senilis, W. . . .

Fam. 31. Throscidae.

138. Throscm, Lat.

328. integer, W. . . .

O

w

INDEX TOPOGRAPHICUS.

6i:

Fam. 32. Elateridae.

139. Copfostef/ms, W.

329. brunncipennis, W.
380. gracilis, W

331. canariensis, W. . .

332. globulicollis, W.

333. obtusus, W

334. crassiusculus, W.

Fam. 33. CyphonidaB.

140. Ci/phon, Payk.

335. gracilicoruis, W.

141. Eucinetus, Schiipp.

336. ovum, W

Fam. 34. Drilidse.

142. Malacof/astcr, Rassi
337. tilloides, W. .

Fam. 35. Telephoridae.

143. Malthinus, Lat.

338. mutabilis, W. . .

339. croceicoUis, W. . .

Fam. 36. Malachiidse.

144. PectcropKs, W.

340. angustifrons, W.

341. scitulus, W

145. Attains, Erich.

342. ruficollis, W

343. pellucidus, W. . .

344. pallipes, W

345. ovatipemais, W. . .

346. bisculptm-atus, W.

347. rugifrons, W

348. ornatissimus, W.

349. chrysanthemi, W.

350. commixtus, W. . .

351. IffivicoUis, W. . . ,

352. posticus, W

353. authicoides, W

354. tuberculatus, W.

355. obscurus, W

356. svibopacus, W. . .

357. metallicus, W. . .

358. .lenescens, W

146. Micromimetes, W.

359. alutaceus, W

360. j ucundus, W

147. Cephalogoiiia, W.

361. cerasiua, W

148. Cephaloncus, Westw.

362. capito, Westw. . . .

618

INDEX TOPOGRAPHICUS.

Fam. 37. MelyridsB.

149. Dasytes, Payk.

363. subaenescens, W. . .

364. dispar, W

150. Dolichosoma, Steph.

365. Hai'tungii, W

151. Haplocnemus, Steph.

366. sciilpturatus, W. . .

367. vestitus, W

152. Melyrosoma, W.

368. costipenne, W

369. hirtum, W

370. flavescens, W

Fam, 38. Cleridae.

153. Clerus, Geoffr.

371. Paivfe, W

154. Conjnetes, Hbst

372. rufipes, Thunb

373. ruticollis, Thunb. . .

374. fimetarius, W

Fam. 39. Ptinidse.

] 55. Casopus, W.

375. Bonvouloirii, W. . .

376. dilaticoUis, W

377. alticola, W

378. radiosus, W

379. subcalvus, W

156. Difpionms, W.

380. gracilipes, W

157. Pfinus, L.

381. testaceus, Oliv

158. Mezium, Curt.

382. sulcatum, F

159. Nitpus, Duv.

383. gonospermi, Duv. .

160. Splumcus, W.

384. simplex, W

385. gibbicollis, W. ...

386. impunctipennis, W.

387. Crotchianus, W. .

161. Piarus, W.

388. basalis, W

162. Piotes, W.

389. inconstans, W. . . .

390. vestita, W

Fam. 40. Anobiadae.

163. Star/etus, W.

391. crenatus, W

392. hirtulus, W

164. Xiiletinus, Lat.

393. latitans, W *

394. desectus, W | . .

W

INDEX TOPOGRAPHICrS.

619

164. Xyletinus, Lat. (continued).

395. brevis, W

396. excavatus, W

165. Notiomimus, W.

397. fimicola, W

398. holosericeus, W. . . .

399. punctulatissimus, W.

166. Anobium, F.

400. velatum, W

401. A'illosum, Br

402. paniceiim, L

403. niolle, L

404. striatum, Oliv

405. cryptophagoides, W. .

167. Ptilimis, Geotfi'.

406. lepidus, W

Fam. 41. Bostrichidse.

168. Xiflopertha, Gu^r.

407. barbifrons, W

169. Dinoderns, Steph.

408. brunneus, W ,

Fam. 42. CioidsB.

170. Cis, Lat.

409. lauri, W

171. Octotemniis, Mellie

410. opacus, Melli(5 . . ,

Fam. 43. Tomicidae.

172. Tomicus, Lat.

411. nobilis, W

412. Saxesenii, Ratz. . . .

173. Xylotet-us, Erich.

413. longicollis, W. . . .

174. Cri/phalus, Ericli.

414. aspericollis, "W". . . .

175. Aphanarthrum, W.

415. Jubae, W

416. armatum, W

417. glabrum, W

418. bicolor, W

419. affine, W

420. piscatorium, "W. . . .

421. bicinctum, W. . . .

422. canariense, W. . . .

423. luridimi, W

424. pusillum, W

425. concolor, W

176. Triotemnus, W.

426. subretusus, W. . . .

177. Liparthrum,W.

427. bituberculatum, W.

428. curtum, W

W

620

INDEX TOPOGRAPHICUS.

177. Liparthrum, W. (continued).

429. inarniatum, W

430. Lowei, W

Fam. 44. Hylesinidae.

178. Hyksinus, F.

431. indigenus, W

179. llylurgiis, Lat.

432. ligniperda, F

180. Hylasfes, Erich.

433. Lowei, Paiva

Fam. 45. Curculionidae.

181. Eremotes, W.

434. crassicornis, Br

182. Rhyncolm (Creutz.), Germ.

435. crassirostris, W

183. Phlceophayus, SchiJu.

436. caulium, W

4^37. laurineus, W

438. affinis, W

439. simplicipes, W

440. piceus, W

184. Pentatemmis, W.

441. arenarius, W

185. OnychoUps, W.

442. bifiircatus, W

186. Mesoxemis,^ W.

443. Monizianus, W ,

187. 3Iesites, Schiin.

444. coniplauatus, W

445. persimilis, W ,

446. proximus, W

447. fusiformis, W

448. pubipennis, W

188. Sitophihis, Sclion.

449. granarius, L , .

450. oryzne, L

189. Ceiitltorhynchus, Schon.

451. poUiuarius, Forst

452. quadridens, Pnz

453. uigvoterminatus, W. . . .

454. pyrrhorhynchus, Mshm.

455. pbytobioides, W

456. besperus, W

190. Acalles, Scbiin.

457. argiilosus, Scbon

458. seouii (Cbev.), W

459. fortunatiis, W

460. xerampelinus, W

461. nubilosus, W

462. sigma, W

463. senilis, W.

464. brevitarsis, W

C6

INDEX TOPOGRAPniCUS.

621

190. Acalles, Schon. (continued).

465. acutus, W

466. instabilis, W

467. setieollis, W

468. pilula, AV

469. verrucosus, W

191. Echinodera, W.

470. hystrix, W

471. crenata, VV

472. angulipennis, W

473. orbiculata, W

474. conipacta, W

475. picta, W

192. Baridius, Schon.

476. sellatus (Chev.), Sclicin.

193. Nnnophyes, Schcin.

477. longulus, W

478. lunulatus, W

194. Sibynes, Schon.

479. sericeus, W

195. Tychius (Germ. ), Schon.

480. aridicola, W

481. decoratus, Rosenh. . . .

482. depauperatus, W

196. Auletes, Schon.

483. cylindricoUis, W

484. ancep.s, W

485. convexifrons, W

197. Apio7i, irijst

486. senex, W

487. vemale, F

488. delicatulum, W

489. sagittiferum, W

490. Germari, Walt ,

491. chalybeipenne, W ,

492. calcaratum, W ,

493. Westwoodii, W

494. tubiferum, Schcin .

495. austrinum, W

496. fallax, W

497. rotundipenne, W

498. ceuthorhynchoides, W. .

499. umbrinuui, W

500. longipes, W

198. Smicronyx, Schcin.

501. albosquamosus, AV.

502. pauperculus, W

199. Procas, Stepli.

503. Steveni, Schon

200. Liius, F.

504. anguinus, L

505. anguiculus, Schon.

506. Chawneri, W

507. guttiventris, Schon. . . .

W

622

INDEX TOPOGEAPHICUS.

201. Bothynoderes, Schon.

508. Jekelii, W

202. Cleonus, Schon.

509. Ai-niitagii, W

510. variolosus, W

511. tabidiis, Oliv

203. Rhytidoderes, Schon.

512. siculus (Dup.), Sclion.

204. Aloplms, Schcin.

513. luagniticus, W ,

205. Hypera, Germ.

514. luuata, VV ,

515. irrorata, W

516. variabilis, Hbst

206. Caniatus, Germ.

517. tamarisci, F

207. Plinthus, Germ.

518. musicus, W

519. velutimus, W

520. cucuUus, W

208. Xenomicnis, W.

521. apionides, W

209. Grojiops, Schon.

522. lunatns, F

210. Rhytidorhi)ms, Schon.

523. brevitarsis, W

211. Brachycii-us, F.

524. opacus, W

212. Atlantis, W.

525. canariensis, Schon. . .
626. subnebulosa, W

527. tibialis, W

528. tetrica, Schcin

529. angustula, W

213. Laparocenis, Schon.

530. morio, Schcin

531. sculptus, Br

532. midatus, W

5.33. excavatus, W

534. grossepimctatus, W. . .

535. sqiiamosus, Br

536. crassirostris, W

637. crassifrons, W

638. scapiilaris, W

539. ajthiops, W

540. hirtus, W

541. inieqnalis, W

642. globulipennis, W

543. occidentalis, W

544. obtriangularis, W

545. ellipticus, W

546. lepidopterns, W

647. senicidus, W.

548. rasus, W I ^

INDEX TOPOGRAPHICTJS.

623

213. Laparocerus, Schon. (continued).

549. mendicus, W

550. obscurus, W

551. gracilis, W

552. dispar, W

55.3. vestitus, W

554. sulcirostris, W

555. compactus, W

556. tessellatus, Br ,

557. obsitiis, W

658. tenellus, W

559. puncticollis, W

214. Trachyphloeus, Germ.

560. scaber, L

215. Lichenophagus, W.

561. auctus, W ,

562. tesserula, W ,

563. persimilis, W ,

564. subuodosus, W

565. sculptipennis, W

566. impressicoUis, W

216. Herpysticus, Germ.

567. eremita, Oliv

568. calvus, W

569. ocidatus, W

217. Thi/lacites, Germ.

570. obesulus, W

218. Sitones, Germ.

571. gTessorius, F

572. latipennis, ScbiJn ,

573. punctiger, W ,

574. cambriciis, Stepli

575. lineatus, L ,

576. bimieralis (Kby), Steph. .

577. setiger, W

219. Brachyderes, Schon.

678. rugatus, W

679. sculptm'atus, W -

Fam. 46. BrucMdae.

220. Bruchus, GeofFr.

580. pisi, L

581. rufimanus, Schon

582. terminatus, W

683. Teneriftfe, Schon

684. floricola, W

585. antennatus, W

Fam. 47. Aglycyderidae.

221. Aglycyderes, Westw.

586. setifer, Westw

Fam. 48. Cerambicidse,

222. Hylotrypes, Serv.

587. bajulus, L

cb

G24

INDEX TOPOGRAPH ICUS.

223. BlabinotHS, W.

588. spiuicollis, W.

224. Oxypleunis, jNIuls.

589. piuicola, W. . .

225. Criocephalus, Muls.

590. rusticus, L

591. pinetorum, W.

226. Ilesjierophanes, Muls.

592. seuex, W

593. roridus, Br

227. Ch/tus, F.

594. Webbii, Lap. . .

228. Gracilia, Serv.

595. pygnifea, F. . .

Fam. 49. Lamiadae.

229. Leprosoma (Dej.), Thorns.

596. gibbiim, Br

230. Stenuha, Muls.

597. aiiinilicornis, Br. . .

598. albida, Br

599. pilosa, W

600. llesperus, W

231. Af/apaiifhia, Serv.

601. cardui, L

Fam. 50. Crioceridse.

232. Letmi, F.

602. melauopa, L

233. Crioceris, Geoffr.

603. nigropicta, W

Fam. 51. Ellin olpidae.

234. Pseuducohispis, Lap.

604. divisa, W

605. dubia, W

606. splendidula, W

607. obscuripes, W

Fam. 52. Crjrptocephalidse.

235. Cn/ptocepJudits, GeofFr.

608. nitidicollis, W

609. puncticollis, W

236. Sti/hsomits, Suffi-.

610. biplag'iatus, W

Fam. 53. Chrysomelidae.

237. airymmeJa, L.

6li. sauguinolenta, L

612. bicolor, F. .

613. obsoleta, Br.

614. fortuuata, W

615. rutilaus, W.

616. gemina, Br.

INDEX TOPOGRAPHICUS.

238. Phmlon, Meg.

617. mentlue, W

239. Phratora (Chev.), Redt.

618. vulgatissima, L. . .

Fam. 54. Gallerucidae.

240. Ccilomicrus, Steph.

619. WoUastoni, Paiva . . .

Fam. 55. Halticidae.

241. Haltica, Geoffr.

620. Allardii, W

621. lubrica, W

622. variipenuis, Boield. .

623. Paivana, W

624. plenifrons, W

625. crassipes, W

242. Longitarsus, Lat.

626. kleiniiperda, W. . . .

627. persimilis, W

628. messerschmidtioe, W.

629. ochroleucus, Mnhm .

630. brevipennis, W

631. strigicoUis, W.

632. nubigena, W

633. dorsalis, F

634. pusillus, Gyll

635. mconspicuus, W. . . .

636. Tills, W

637. fuscoseneus, Redt. . . .

638. echii, Illig

243. Psylliodes, Lat.

639. hospes, W

640. vehemens, W

641. stolida, W

244. Dibolia, Lat.

642. obtiisa, W

245. CJicetocncma, Stepb.

643. tarsalis, W

Fam. 50. Hispidae.
246. Hispa, L.

644. occator, Br.

Fam. 57. Cassididse.

247. Cassida, L.

645. hemisphferica, IDost

Fam. 58. Erotylidae.

248. XestHs, W.

646. throscoides, W

PR

626

INDEX TOPOGRAPHICUS.

Fam. 59. Coccinellidae.

249. Coccinella, L.

647. 7-pimctata, L

648. Miranda, W

649. Doublieri, MiUs. . . .

250. Chilocorus, Leach

650. reiiipustulatus, Scriba

251. Epilachna, Cliev.

651. 4-plagiata, W

652. bella, W

65.3. 10-plagiata, W

252. Sci/mnus, Kugel.

654. canariensis, W

655. oblongior, W

656. cercyonides, W.

657. niaculosus, W

658. arcuatiis, Rossi

659. minimus, Rossi

Ithizobiiis, Stepli.

660. litiira, F.

Lithophihis, Frohl.

661. deserticola, W

253.
254.

Fam.
255.

Fam.
256.

257.

Fam.

258.

60. Corylophidae.

Sericodents, Steph.

662. lateralis (Meg. ), Gyll.

61. EndomychidsB.

Lycoperdina, Lat.

663. hunieralis, W

Dapsa (Ziegl.), Lat.

664. edentata, W

62. Zophosidae.
Zophosis, Lat.

665. 4-carinata, Deyr. . . .

666. plicata, Br

667. vagans, Br

668. Clarkii, De>T

669. bicarinata, Sol

Fam. 63. ErodiadaB.
259,

Arthr
670.
671.
672.
673.
674.
675.
676.
677.
078.
679.
680.
681.

•odes, Sol.

inflatus, W

curtus, Br ,

obesus, Br

byri'hoides, W

laticoUis, Br

Hartungii, W

punctatulus, W

parcepunctatus, W

subciliatus, W

subcostatus, Br

costifrons, W j ^

malleatus, W «,

INDEX TOPOGRAPHICUS.

627

259. AHhrodes, Sol. (continued).

682. emarginatus, W. . . .

683. geotrupoides, W. . . .

Fam. 04. Tentyriadae.

260. Tenttjria, Lat.

684. inteiTupta, ?Lat. ,

685. elongata, Br

261. Paivmi, W.

QSQ. hispida, Br

262. Hegeter, Lat.

687. tristis, F

688. Webbianus, Hein. .

689. glaber, Br

690. amaroides, Sol. . . .

691. transversus, Br. . . .

692. brevicoliis, Br. . . .

693. abbreviatus, Br. . . .

694. costipennis, W. . . .

695. impressus, Br. . . .

696. subrotundatus, W.

697. tenuipunctatus, Br.
608. lateralis, Br

263. T/ui!poj)Ia/a, Sol.

6i>9. plicifrons, W

700. Deyi-oUii, W

701. fuscipes, Br

702. submetallica, W. .

264. Gnophota, Erich.

703. cribricollis, Br. . . .

704. inaequalis, W. . . .

705. punctipennis, W. .

265. Melanochrus, W.

706. Lacordairii, W. . . .

Fam. 65. Blapidae.

266. Blaps, F.

707. gages, L

708. alternans, Br

709. similis, Lat

Fam. 66. Pimeliadae.

267. Pimelia, F.

710. lutaria, Br

711. canariensis, Br. . .

712. fomicata, Hbst . .

713. ascendens, W. . .

714. radiila (Dej.), Sol.

715. sparsa, Br

716. ambigua, W

717. costipennis, W. . .

718. laevigata, Br

719. serrimargo, W. . .

^

2 s 2

628

INDEX TOrOGRAPHICUS.

2(57. Pimelia, F. (continued).

720. gmnulicollis, W. .

721. auriculata, W. . . .

Fam. 67. Coniontidse.
268. Cryptictis, Lat.

722. punctatissiraus, W.
72.3. naviciilai'is, Br. . . .

724. canariensis, W. . . .

725. oblongus, W

726. minutus, Br

Fam. 68. PedinidaB.

269. Melcmna, \\.

727. lineatum, Br. . . .

Fam. 69. Opatridaj.

270. Cnemcphdia, Costa

728. laticeps, W. . . .

271. Sclerxm, Hope

729. asperiilum, W. .

272. Opatrum, F.

730. liitosum, ^\". . . .

731. foscum, Ilbst . . .
782. hispidum. Br

733. oblituni, W. . . .

273. HalotwDius, W.

734. salinicola, W. . . .

274. Melansis, W.

735. costata, Br

736. angidata, W. . . .

Fam. 70. Trachyscelidae.

275. Pseudanemiu, W.

737. brevicoUis, W. .

276. Trachyscelis, Lat.

738. aphodioides, Lat.

Fam. 71. Phaleriadse.

277. Phaleria, Lat.

739. cadaverina, F. . .

740. ornata, W

Fam. 72. Ulomidse.

278. Gnathocerm, Thunb.

741. cornutus, F

279. Triholium, INIacLeay

742. ferrugineum, F. . .

280. Psetulostciie, W.

743. fossoria, W

281. Alphitohius, Stepli.

744. diaperinus, Kiigel.

282. IIypo2)Mam, F.

745. pini, Pnz

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

INDEX XOPOGRAPHICUS.

629

282. HypojMceus, F. (continued).

746. euphorbiae, W

747. siibdepressus, W

Fain. 73. CossypMdaB.

283. Cossyjyhus, Oliv.

748. insiilaris, Lap.

Fam. 74. Tenebrionidae.

284. Tenebrio, L.

749. obsciirus, F. .

750. olivensis, W. .

285. Boromorjyhus, W.

751. parvus, W.

Fara. 75. HelopidaB.

286. Helops, F.

752. altivagans, W. .
75.3. elliptipennis, W.

754. congener, W. . . .

755. carbuncidus, W.

756. aterrimus, W. .

757. nitens, W

758. quadratus, Br. .
750. rimosus, W. . . .

760. porrectus, W. . . .

761. sethiops, W. . . .

762. picescens, W. . . .

763. fusculus, W. . . .

Fam. 76. (Edemeridae.

287. Dityhis, Schmidt

764. concolor, Br.

288. Isclmomera, Stepli.

765. melanura, L.

Fam. 77. Meloidae.
289. Meloe, L.

766. tuccius, Eossi

767. rugosus, Mshm

768. murinus, Brandt et Erich.

769. nudus, W

770. subcyaneus, W

Fam. 7b. Mordellidae.

290. Mordellistena, Costa

771. puniila, Gyll. .

772. sericata, W. .

291. Anaspis, Geoffi'.

773. Proteus, W. .

^

630

INDEX TOPOGKAPHICTJS.

Fam. 79. Anthicidae.

292. Formicotmcs, La F.

774. cferuleipennis, La F. . . .

293. Anthicus, Payk.

775. floralis, F

776. hispidus, Rossi

777. crinitus, La F

778. humilis, Germ. .

779. opac-ulus, W

780. notoxoides, W

78L dimidiatus, W

782. lapidosus, W

783. angustatus, Curt

784. guttifer, W

785. canariensis, W

786. scydnifenoides, W

294. Ochthenomns (Dej.), Schmidt

787. senilis, W

295. Xyhphilus (Bon.), Lat.

788. oculatissimvis, W

789. pallescens, W

Fam. 80. Scydmaenidse.

296. Safdmcenus, Lat.

790. tarsatus, Kunze

Fam. 81. Pselaphidae.

297. Eiiplectus (Kby), Leach

791. Karstenii, Reichenb. . . .

792. monticola, W

793. sanguineus, Denny

298. Enoptostomus, Schaum

794. Wollastoni, Schaum . . .

Fam. 82. Stapliyliiiidje.

299. Falagria (Leach), Mann.

795. obscura, Grav

300. Echidtioglossa, W.

796. constricta, W

301. Phyfosns (Rudd), Curt.

797. minyops, W

798. spinifer, Curt

302. Phla?opora, Erich.

799. corticina, W

303. Tachi/ma, Erich.

800." raptoria, W

801. simillima, W

304. Xenomma, W.

802. muscicola, W

305. Homalota, Mann.

803. rufofusca, W

804. rufobadia, W

805. trogophlceoides, W. . . .

800. amnicola, W

807. gregaria, Erich

d3

INDEX TOPOGRAPHICtlS.

631

305. Homalota, Mann, (continued).

808. amnigena, W

809. persiniilis, W

810. longula (Chevrier), Heer

811. fragilis ?, Kraatz-

812. cursitans, W

813. subsericea, W

814. ang-nstissima, W

815. misella, W

816. nigra, Kraatz

817. aleocharoides, W

818. atramentaria, Gyll ,

819. Igeta, W.

820. canariensis, W

821. vagepunctata, W

822. clientula, Erich

823. coriaria, Kraatz

824. subcoriaria, W

825. putrescens, W

826. cacti, W

827. terricola, W

828. Waterhousii, W

829. melanaria, Sahib

306. Oxypoda, Mann.

830. exoleta, Erich

831. brevipennis, W

832. pethiops, W

307. Aleochara, Grav.

a33. pubenila, Klug

834. crassiiiscula. Sahib

8;35. littoralis, W

836. funebris, W

837. nitida, Grav

838. binotata, Kraatz

839. morion, Grav

308. Olifiota, Mann.

840. castanea, W

841. inflata, Mann

309. ConosQ7na, Kraatz

842. pubescens, Payk

843. lividum, Erich

310. Tachyporus, Grav.

844. pusiUus, Grav

845. brimneus, F

311. Hahrocerus, Erich.

846. capillaricomis, Grav. . . .

312. Trichopluja, Mann.

847. pilicornis, Gyll

313. Mifcetoporus, Mann.

848. rufus, W

849. nionilicornis, W

850. solidicornis, W . .

314. BoUtobiiis, Steph.

851. luridus, W. , . .

Ph

W

632

INDEX TOPOGRAPHICUS.

314. Bolitohins, Steph. (continued).

852. filicorais, W

315. Euryporus, Erich.

853. princeps, W

316. Heterothops (Kby), Steph.

854. minutus, W

317. Quediiis (Leach), Steph.

855. angustifrons, W

856. fulgidus, F

857. megalops, W

318. Creophilus (Kby), Steph.

858. niaxillosus, L

319. Oci/iM^ (Kbv), Steph.

859. olens, MiUl

860. brachypteriis, Br

861. affinis, W

862. unibricola, ^^'

863. ciu-tipennis, W

864. atratus, W

865. subasneacens, W

866. punctatissimus, W

320. Philonthus (Leach), Steph.

867. umbratilis, Grav

868. sordidus, Grav

869. xantholoma, Grav

870. bipustulatus, Pnz

871. scybalarius, Nordm

872. marcidus, W

873. proximus, W

874. diseoideus, Grav

875. nigrituhis, Grav

876. simulans, W

877. punctipennis, W

878. sericeus, Hohne

879. tenellus, W

880. xantholinoides, W

321. Xantlwlmus, Dahl

881. marginalis, W

882. hesperius, Erich

883. punctulatus, Payk

322. Leptacinus. Erich.

884. parumpunctatus, Gyll. . .

885. linearis, Grav

323. Othms (Leach), Steph.

886. brachypterus, W

887. pliilonthoides, W

324. Aclienium (Leach), Curt.

888. subcaecum, W

889. salinum, W

325. Lathrohium, Grav.

890. hxbile, Erich

891. multipunctatum, Grav. . .

326. Dolicaon, Lap.

892. uigricoilis, W

INDEX TOPOGRAPnrCtrS.

633

326. Dolicaon, Lap. (continued).

89.3. nificollis, W

327. Stiliciis, Lat.

894. affinis, Erich

328. Scopatis, Erich.

895. trossulus, W

896. nigellus, W

329. Litkochari.% Erich.

897. quadriceps, W

898. subcoriacea, W

899. ochracea, Grav

900. nigritula ?, Erich. . . .

901. melauocephala, F. . . .

902. brevipennis, W

903. debilicornis, W

330. Simius (Leach), Steph.

904. myrmecophihis, W. ,

905. megaceplialus, W. . . .

906. dimidiatus, W

907. palliduliLs, W

331. Ste7im, Lat.

908. guttula, Miill

909. ieneotinctus, W

332. Bledms (Leacli), Steph.

910. januvianus, W

911. cornutissimus, W. . . ,

912. galeatus, W

333. Platystethus, Mann.

913. cornutus, Gray

914. fossor, W

334. Oxytelus, Grav.

915. piceus, Erich

916. sculptus, Grav

917. coniplanatus, Erich.

918. nitidulus, Grav

919. glareosus, W

335. Trof/ophfo'us, Manu.

920. transversali.s, W.

921. riparius, I^ac

922. biliueatus, Erich. . .

923. exiguus ?, Erich. . . ,

924. ruficollis, W

925. bledioides, W

336. Philorinum, Kraatz

926. floricola, W

337. Homalmm, Grav.

927. sculpticoUe, VV

928. pusillum, Grav

338. Mef/arthrm (Kby), Steph.

929. longicornis, W

339. Metopsia, W.

930. cimicoides, W

O PM

635

INDEX.

abacoides, Calatlius, 33.
ahaxoides, Calathus, 33.
abbreviatella, Nephanes,

104.
ahbreviafus, Carahtis, 6.
abbreviatiis, Hegeter,457.

, Scaritcs, 7.

ahdominale, C<xIosfmna,^A.
abdominale, Dactyloster-

num, 94.
Acalles acutus, 289.

aionii, 286.

argillosus, 283.

brevitarsis, 289.

fortimatus, 286.

instabilis, 290.

nubilosus, 287.

pilula, 292.

senilis, 288.

seticoUis, 291.

sigma, 288.

verrucosus, 292.

xerampelinus, 287.

Achenium saliniim, 682.

subcrecum, 581.

AcmiBodera cisti, 204.

fracta, 206.

ornata, 207.

plagiata, 206.

Acritus minutus, 183.

punctum, 1 82.

Acrotrichis fascicularis,

103.

fucicola, 102.

Matthewsii, 103.

sericans, 104.

acuminatus, Calathus, 31.
Acupaljpus dor salts, 61.
acutus, Acalles, 289.
ad vena, Calathus, 32.
semulus, Cratognathus,67.
seneotinctus, Stenus, 592.
jenescens, Attalus, 227.
ffionii, Acalles, 285.
setliiops, Helops, .509.

, Laparocerus, 347.

, Oxypoda, 561.

affine,Aphanarthrum,259.
affinis, CryiDtophagus,136.

, Ocvpus, 566.

, Phloeophagus, 271.

, Stilicus, 585.

africanus, Cybister, 83.

Agabus biguttatus, 81.

consanguineus, 81.

nebulosiis, 80.

Agapanthia cardui, 393.
Agathidium globulum,

99.

integricoUe, 100.

agilis, Droniius, 11.
Aglenus brunneus, 1 28.
Aglycyderes setifer, 385.
Akis acmninafa, 469.
alatus, Prisfonychus, 29.
albida, Stenidea, 392.
albipes, Anchomenus, 42.
albosquamosus, Smicro-

nys, 316.
Alcochara Armitagei, 551.
Aleochara binotata, 554.

crassiuscula, 551 .

funebris, 553.

ftisc/pes, 551.

nttoralis, 562.

■ morion, 564.

nitida, 553.

puberula, 651.

fristis, 561.

aleocharoides, Homalota,

642.
Allardii, Haltica, 406.
Alophus magnificus, 326.
Alphitobius diaperinus,

497.
alternans, Blaps, 470.

, Pristonychus, 29.

alternans, Sphodrvs, 29.
alticola, Casopus, 238.

, Masoreus, 24.

, Platyderus, 45.

altivagans, Helops, 503.
alutaceus, Micromimetes,

227.
Amara bifrons, 61.
Amara versuta, 51.
amaroides, Hegeter, 453.
ambigua, Pimelia, 475.
amictus. Tarns, 21.
amnicola, Homalota, 636.
amnigena, Homalota,537.
amoenus, Dromius, 12.
Anaspis Proteus, 516.
anceps, Auletes, 305.
Anchomenus albipes, 42.
debilis, 41 .

' Anchotnenvs marghiafus,

NichoUsii, 40.

j)all)pes, 42.

anguiculus, Lixus, 319.
anguinus, Lixus, 318.
angularis, CalafJms, 49.
angularis,Pterostichus,49.
angulata, Corticaria, 148.

, Melansis, 492.

anguli^Dennis, Ecliinodera,

296.
angulosus, Saprinus, 176.
angustatus, Anthicus, 622.
angustifrons, Pecteropus,

218.

, Quedius, 563.

angustissima, Homalota,

541.
angustula, Atlantis, 339.

, Ptinella, 106.

angustulus, Calathus, 37.
Anisotojna canarien8is,98.

oceanica, 99.

annulicornis,Stenidea,39 1
Anobium cryptophagoi-

des, 250.

molle, 250.

paniceimi, 250.

striatum, 250.

velatum, 249.

villosum, 249.

antennatus, Bruchus, 383.
anthicoides, Attalus, 224.
Antliicus angustatus, 622.

canariensis, 523.

crinitus, 518.

dimidiatus, 621.

floralis, 517.

guttifer, 522.

hispidus, 518.

humilis, 519.

lapidosus, 521.

notoxoides, 520.

opacuhis, 519.

8cydnia;noides, 624.

Anthoconms analis, 222.
Antlu-axia senilis, 208.
anthrenoides,Telopes, 1 59.
Anthrenus claviger, 161.

varius, 161.

Aphanarthrum affine,259.
armatum, 257.

030

INBEX.

Aphanarthriim bicinctum ,
2G0.

bieolor, 250.

canariense, 261.

concolor, 2G3.

glabrum, 258.

Jiib.r, 257.

luriduni, 2()2.

piscatoi'ium, 260.

pusillum, 263.

aphoctioides, Trauhyscelis,

494.
Aphodms ca>-ho)ia}-i)is,l9l

cojisji/ircaftis, 190.

Aphodius granarius, 191.

liydroclia'ris, 187.

lividus, 191.

ruaculosus. 189.

nitidulus, 188.

sord/dus, 188.

sficficu.s, 190.

taniatus, 189.

WoIIastonii, 188.

apicale, Ptenidium, 105.
Apion alhopilosum, 308.
Apion austrinum, 312.

calcaratum, 310.

ceuthorhynchoides,

314.

chalybeipenne, 310.

— ■_ — delicatulum, 307.

fallax, 313.

Germari, 308.

longipes, 315.

rotundipenne, 313.

sagittiferum, 308.

senex, 306.

tubiferum, 311.

umbrinum, 315.

vernale, 307.

Westwoodii. 311.

ajDionides, Xenomicrus,

331,
appendiculatus, Calathus,

38.
arcuatus, Scymnus, 429.
arenarius, Pentatemnus,

273.
arenicola, Dromhis. 16.
arenicola, Masoreus, 22.
argillo8ii8, Acalles, 283.
aridicola, Tychius, 302.
Aristus subopacu8, .53.
arniatum, Aphanarthriim,

257.
armatus, Dyschirius, 8.
Ai-mitagii, Cleonus, 321.
Arthrodes byrrhoides,441 .

costifrons, 445.

curtus, 439.

emarginatus, 447.

Ai'throdes geotrupoides,

447.

Hartungii, 442.

inflatus, 439.

laticollis, 441.

malleatiis, 446.

obesus, 440.

parcepunctatus, 443.

punctatulus, 443.

siibciliatus, 444.

subcostatus, 445.

ascendens, Calathus, 33.

, Pimelia, 473.

aspericoUis, Cryphalus,

250.
asperuliim, Sclerum, 486.
aterrimus, Helops, 506.
atlanticum, Bembidium,

70.
Atlantis angustula, 339.

canariensis, 335.

subnebulosa, 337.

tetrica, 338.

tibialis, 338.

Atomaria canariensis, 142.

pilosula, 142.

ruficollis, 143.

atramentaria, Homalota,

543.
atratus, Ocypus, 567.
Attaqen u& abbreviafus,

1.58.

obfusus, 158.

Attagenus pellio, 155.

Scha'fferi, 15(5.

Attains a-nescens, 227.

anthicoides, 224.

bisculpturatiis, 221.

chrysanthemi, 222.

commixtus, 223.

la3vicollis, 223.

metallicus, 226.

obscurus, 225.

ornatissimus, 221.

ovatipennis, 220.

pallipes, 220.

pellucidus, 219.

posticus, 224.

— — ruficollis, 219.

rugifrons, 221.

subopacus, 226.

tuberculatus, 225.

auctus, Calathus, 37.

, Lichenophagus,.363.

Aidetes anceps, 305.

convexifrons, 305.

cylindricollis, 304.

Aulonium sulcicolle, 127.
auriculata, Pimelia, 479.
auropilosus, Carpophilus,

111.

austrinum, Apion, 312.
Aufocera laticeps, 485.
azoricum, Calosoma, 4.

bajulus, Hylotrypes, 386.
barbara, Fcronia, 47.
barbatiis, Calathus, 39.
barbifrons, Xylopertha,

252.
Baridius sellatus, 298.
basalis, Piarus, 243.
bella, Epilachna, 425.
Bembidium atlanticum,

70.

biguttatum, 69.

concolor, 70.

Crotchii, 73.

A-gutfahmi, 71.

inconsjjicumn, 72.

h«tuni, 72.

margin icolle, 74.

subcallosiun, 71.

viciuum, 69.

Berosus spinosus, 91.
Bertheloti, Buprestis, 207.
beryte7ibis, Feronia, 47.
bicarinata, Zophosis, 436.
bicinctum, Aphanar-

tln-um, 260.
bieolor, Aphanarthrum,

259.

, Chrysomela, 400.

bifrons, Amara, 51.
bifurcatus, Onycholips,

274.
biguttatum, Bembidiiun,

69.
biguttatus, Agabiis, 81.
bigutfatus, CoJymbetcs, 81.
bilineatus, Trogophlceus,

599.
binotata, Aleochara, 554.
bipartita, Ootoma, 195.
biplagiatus, Stylosomus,

399.
bipnnctatuR, Colymhdes,

80.
bi)iustulatus, Philonthus,

570.
bisculpturatus, Attalus,

221.
bistriatus, Tachys, 66.
bituberculatum, Lipar-

thrum, 265.
Blabinotus spinicollis,386
Blaps alternans, 470.

fatidica, 470.

gages, 469.

similis, 470.

Blechrus glabratus, 15.
niaurus, 15.

037

Blecliriis plagiatus, 15.
bledioides, Trogophloeus,

601.
Blediuscornutis.simus,r>94

galeatus, 504.

januviaiius, 593.

Bolitobius filicornis, 560.

luridus, 560.

Bonvouloirii, Casopus,

237.
Boromorplms parvus,502.
Bothynoderes Jekelii,320.
Brachimis hispanicus, 10.
Brachycerus opacus, 334.
Brachyderes rugatus, 379.

scidptiiratus, 379.

Bracliypterus curtiilus,

110.

velatus, 110.

brachvpterus,Ocypus,565.

,'Othius, 580.

Bradycellus Tentricosus,

61.
brevicollis, Hegeter, 456.

, Oxyomus, 191.

, Pseudaneinia, 493.

brevipennis, Litliocharis,

589.

, Longitarsus, 412.

, Metabletus, 18.

, Oxypoda, 550.

brevis, Xyletiuus, 247.
brevitarsis, Acalles, 289.

, Rhytidorhinus, 333.

Broscus glaber, 26.

rutilans, 27.

Bruchus antennatus, 383.

Fahce, 380.

floricola, 383.

pisi, 380.

rufimanus, 381.

Tenerim^, 382.

terminatus, 381.

brunneipennis, Coptoste-

thu3, 210.
brunneus, Aglenus, 128.

■ , Dinoderus, 253.

, Polystichus, 10.

, Tacliyporus, 557.

Buprestis Bertheloti, 207.
byrrhoides, Artlirodes,
441.

Cacidvla Utura, 430.
cacti, Homalota, 547.
cadaverina, Phaleria, 494.
caeruleipennis, Formico-

mus, 517.
csesus, Psammodius, 192.
Calathus abacoides, 33.
abaxoides, 33.

Calathus aciiminatus, 31.

advena, 32.

atigularis, 49.

angustulus, 37.

appendiculatus, 38.

■ ascendens, 33.

auctus, 37.

barbatiis, 39.

carinatus, 32.

ciliatus, 36.

cognatus, 34.

depressus, 38.

fidvipes, 34.

■ rectus, 34.

rufocastaneus, 31.

simplicicollis, 35.

sphodroides, 30.

spretus, 30.

calcaratum, Apion, 310.
CaUidium Bajuhis, 386.

rorid%im, 389.

rusticum, 387.

Calomierus Wollastoni,

405.
Calosoma azoricuili, 4.

indagator, 3.

Maderce, 3.

calvus, Herpysticus, 372.
Calypfobium cmdarum,

144.
nigrum, 145.

Villa, 145.

Calyptomerus dubius,

102.
cambrieus, Sitones, 376.
camelus, Tarphiiis, 125.
canariense, Aphanar-

thrum, 261.
canariensis, Anisotoma,

98.

, Anthicus, 623.

, Atlantis, 335.

, Atomaria, 142.

, Chlaenius, 25.

, Coptostethus, 211.

, Crypticus, 481.

, Feronia, 47, 49.

, Hister, 165.

, Homalota, 544.

, Pimelia, 472.

, Scymnus, 426.

, Tarphius, 125.

, Thorictus, 185.

capillaricornis, Habro-

cerus, 557.
capito, Cephaloncus, 229.
Carahits abhreviatus, 6.
Carabus coarctatus, 5.
faustus, 6.

indagator, 3.

interrupt us, 6.

Carabus Maderce, 3.
carbunculus, Helops, 505.
Carcinops 14-striatus,166.
Carcinops pumilio, 167.
cardui, Agapanthia, 393.
carinatus, Calathus, 32.
Cai'pophilus auropilosus,
111.

hemipterus, 111.

Casopus alticola, 238.

Bonvouloirii, 237.

dilaticollis, 237.

radiosus, 238.

subcalvus, 239.

Cassida hemisphivrica,

419.
castanea, Oligota, 555.

, Ootoma, 198.

Catamonus cribrarius,

360.
Catops putridus, 96.
caudatus, Tarphius, 126.
caularum, Holoparame-

cus, 144.
caulicola, Lipaspis, 121.
caulium, Phlceophagus,

270.
Caulonomus rhizophagoi-

des, 129.
centri7naculatum,Cercyon,

95.
centromaculatus, Tachys,

67.
Cephalogonia cerasina,

228.
Cephaloncus capito, 229.
Cerambyx albidus, 392.

annulicornis, 391

Cerandria cornuta, 496.
cerasina, Cephalogonia,

228.
Cercyon cen trimacuhdu m,

95.
Cercyon inquinituni, 94.

lepidum, 94.

nigi'iceps, 95.

quisquiHum, 95.

cercyonides, Scymnus,

428.
Ceresyi, Hydroporus, 78.
Cefonia hirta, 204.
ceuthorhynchoides, Apion,

314.
Ceuthorhynchus hesperus,

282.

nigroterminatus,281

phytobioides, 281.

pollinarius, 280.

pyrrhorhynchus,

281.
quadridens, 280.

638

INDEX.

Cha^tarthria similis, 93.
ChiTstocuema tarsalis, 418.
chalcites, Saprinus, 171.
chalybeipenne,Apion,.310.
Chawneri, Lixus, 310.
Chilocorus renipustula-

tus, 424.
Chla^nius canariensis, 25.

spoliatus, 25.

clirysanthemi, Attains,

222.
Chrysomela bicolor, 400.

canariensis, 400.

fortunata, 402.

gemina, 403.

nitcns, 403.

obsoleta, 401 .

regalis, 400.

7'vjipes, 404.

rutilans, 402.

sanguinolenta, 399.

ciliatus, Calathus, 30.
cimicoides, Metopsia, 605.
citicta, Cymindis, 20.
cinctus, Tarus, 20.
circumflexus, Dytiscus, 83.
Cis lauri, 253.
cisti, Acmwodera, 204.
Clambus complicans, 101.
Clarkii, Hydroporus, 77.

, Zophosis, 435.

clavicollis, La;mophloeus,

130.
clavigei', Anthrenus, 161.
Cleonis ohliqua, 324.

• flicata, 325.

Cleonus Armitagii, 321.

Jekelii, 320.

tabidus, 324.

variolosus, 323.

Clems Paiva;, 234.
clientula, Homalota, .54.5.
clypeafus, Difomus, 53.
Clyfiis griseiis, 390.
Cfytiis "Webbii, 389.
Cnemcplatia laticeps, 485.
coarctatus, Carabus, .5.
Cocciuella Doublieri, 423.

hierogJyfhica, 422.

Miranda, 422.

semipustulata, 424.

7-punctata, 422.

Colostoma abdoniinale,^\.

orbiculare, 93.

cognatus, Calathus, 34.
Coli/mbetes higuttatus, 81.

bi'puncfatus, 80.

Colymbetes eoriaceus, 80.
Comazus enshamensis,

102.
commixtus, Attains, 223.

coni23acta, Echinodera,

297.
compactus, Laparocerus,

359.
coniplanatus, Mesites,
276.

, Oxytelus, 597.

, Pristonychus, 29.

, Sphodrus, 29.

complicans, Clambus, 101.
concolor, Aphanartlm.im,

263.

, Bembidium, 70.

, Ditylus, 512.

confluens, Hydroporus,

75.

, Trox, 193.

congener, Helops, 504.

, Olibrus, 107.

congestus, Tarphius, 126.
Coniatus tamarisci, 328.
Conosoma iividum, 556.

pubescens, 556.

consan guineas, Agabus,

81.
consenta7ie2cs, Harpalus,

54.
consimilis, Olibrus, 108.
constricta, Ecliidnoglossa,

531.
Conurus pubescens, 556.
convexifrons, Auletes,305.
Coptostethus brunneipen-

nis, 210.
— — canariensis, 211.

crassiusculus, 213.

globulicoUis, 212.

gracilis, 211.

obtusus, 213.

eoriaceus, Colymbetes, 80.
coriaria, Homalota, 546.
cornutissimus, Bledius,

594.
cornutus, Gnathocerus,

496.

, Platystethus, 595.

Corticaria angidata, 148.

curta, 149.

fulva, 146.

maculosa, 147.

serrata, 148.

tenella, 150.

corticina, Pliloeopora,533.
coruscus, Phalacrus, 106.
Corynetes fimetarius, 236.

ruficollis, 235.

rufipes, 235.

Cossyphodes WoUastonii,

127.
Cossyphus insularis, 500.
costata, Melansis. 491.

costifrons, Ai'throdes, 445.
costipenne, Melyrosoma,

233.
costipennis, Hegeter, 457.

, Pimelia, 476.

crassicornis, Eremotes,

269.
crassifrons, Laparocerus,

346.
crassipes, Haltica, 408.
crassirostris, LajDaroce-

rus, 345.

, Ehyncolus, 270.

crassiuscula, Aleochara,

551.
crassiusculus, Coptoste-
thus, 213.
crassus, Zabrus, 52.
Cratognathus a^mulus, 57.

fortunatus, 55.

micans, 56.

solitarius, 54.

crenata, Echinodera, 295.
crenata, Feronia, 46.
erenatus, Pterostichus, 46.

, Stagetus, 245.

Creophilus maxillosus,

564.
cribrarius, Geonemus,.369.
cribricoUis, Gnophota,

465.
crinitus, Antliicus, 518.
Criocephalus pinetorum,

388.

rusticus, 387.

Crioceris nigropicta, 394.
croceicollis, Malthinus,

217.
Crotchianus, Spha.'ricus,

242.
Crotchii, Bembidium, 73.
Cryphalus aspericollis,

256.
Cryptieus canariensis,481.
Crypticus glaber, 485.
Cryptieus minutus, 483.

navicularis, 481.

oblongus, 482.

punctatissimus, 480.

Cryptocephalus nitidicol-

lis,397.

puncticoUis, 398.

cryptophagoides, Ano-

bium, 250.
Cryptophagusaffinis, 136.

dentatus, 135.

fusiformis, 137.

hesperius, 137.

obesulus, 136.

cucidlus, Plinthus, 330.
cun*ax, Nebria, 3.

639

cursitans, Homalota, 540.
curta, Cortiearia, 149.
curtipennis, Ocypus, 567.
curtulus, Bracliypterus,

110.
curtum, Liparthrum, 266.
curtus, Artlirodes, 439.
curvimanum, Bembidium,

67.
curvimanus, Tachys, 67.
Cybister africanus, 83.
Cybocephalus sphterula,

116.

Ifevis, 117.

Cyclonotum orbiculare,

93.
cylindricolli9,Auletes,304.
cylindricus, Teretrius,164.
Cymindis cincta, 20.

discordea, 19.

marginella, 20.

sutiiralis, 19.

Cyplion gracilicornis, 214.

Daetylosternum abdomi-

nale, 94.

Boussetii, 94.

Dapsa edentafa, 432.
Dasysterna canadensis,

199.
Dasytes dispar, 230.

filiformis, 231.

nigricornis, 2.30.

suba?ne8cens, 230.

debilieornis, Lithocharis,

.589.
debilis, Anchomenus, 41.
decemplagiata, Epilachiia,

426.
decoratus, Tychius, 302.
deformis, Tarphius, 127.
Dejeanii, Gyrinus, 85.
delectus, Hydroporus, 76.
delicatulum, Apion, 307.
dentatus, Cryptophagus,

135.

, SilTanu8, 132.

depauperatus, Tychius,

303.
deplanata, Xenoscelis, ] 32.
depressus, Calathus, .38.
Dermestes Friscliii, 155.

Tulpinus, 1.55.

desectus, Xyletinus, 246.
deserticola, litliophilus,

431.
detersus, Trechus, 62.
DeyroUii, Thalpophila,

462.
diaperinus, Alphitobius,

497.

Dibolia obtusa, 417.
Dicliirotrichus levistri-

atus, 60.
Dignomus gracilipes,

239.
dilatata, Nebria, 2.
dilaticollis, Casopus, 237.
dimidiatus, Anthicus, 521.

, Scarites, 7.

, Sunius, 591.

Dinoderus brunneus, 253.
Diphyllus lunatus, 134.
discoideus, Philonthus,

573.

, Tarus, 19.

discordea, Cymindis, 19.
dispar, Dasytes, 230.

, Laparocerus, 358.

Difomus clypeahis, 53.
Ditylus concolor, 512.
Bifylns fulvus, 512.

rvfus, 513.

divisa, Pseudocolaspis,

394.
Dolicaon nigricolUs, 584.

ruficollis, 584.

Dolichosoma Hartungii,

231.
dorsalis, Acvpalpus, 61.
dorsalis, Longitarsus,413.

, Stenolophus, 01.

Doublieri, Coccinella, 423.
Dromius agilis, 11.

amoenus, 12.

arcnicola, 16.

elliptipennis, 12.

exclanudionis, 16.

glabratus, 15.

incertus, 13.

mmirus, 15.

obscuroguttatus, 16.

pervenustus, 14.

plagiatus, 15.

sigma, 13.

dubia, Pseudocolaspis,

395.
dubiu8,Calyptomerus, 102.
dulcamariv, Pria, 112.
duplicatus, Europs, 129.
Dyscliirius armatus, 8.

pauxillus, 9.

suba-neus, 9.

Dytiscus circumflexus, 83.

echii, Longitarsus, 41.5.
Echiduoglossa constricta,

.331.
Echinodera angulij^ennis,

296.

compacta, 297.

crenata, 295.

Echinodera hystrix, 294.

orbiculata, 297.

picta, 298.

edentata, Dapsa, 432.
ellipticus, Laparocerus,

351.

, Mnionomus, 138.

elUptipennis, Dromius, 12.

, Helops, 503.

elongata, Feronia, 47.
elongata, Tentyria, 448.
elongatum, Leucohima-

tium, 140.
elongatus, OUsthopus,44.
emarginatus, Arthrodes,

447.
Enoptostomus WoUas-

toni, 529.
E'phistemus dimidiatus,

144.
Epicometis femorata, 204.

squalida, 203.

Epilachna bella, 425.

4-plagiata, 425.

10-plagiata, 426.

Epistemus gyrinoides,144
eremita, Herpysticus, 370.
Eremotes crassicornis,269
Erodius ciirtus, 439.

etiropeus, 438.

laticollis, 441.

obesus, 440.

subcostatus, 445.

erosus, Saprinus, 177.

, Tarphius, 125.

Eubrachium ovale, 182.

politum, 182.

— • — puuctatum, 181.
Eucinetus ovum, 215.
Eunectes subdiaphauus,

84.
euphorbije, Hypophlceus,

499.
Euplectus Karstenii, 527.

■ monticola, 527.

sanguineus, 528.

Europs duplicatus, 129.

impressicollis, 128.

Euryporus princeps, 561.
Eutrijjtus putricola, 164.
excavatus, Laparocerus,
343.

, Xyletinus, 247.

exclamcitionis, Dromius,

16.
exiguus, Trogophlceus,

600.
exoleta, Oxypoda, 549.

Falagria obscura, 530.
fallax, Apion, 313.

040

IXDKX.

fasciatus, Telopes, 160.
fascicularis, Acrotricliis,

103.
fanstus, Carabus, G.
felix, Trechus, ().'3.
femorata, EpicoQietis, 204.
Feronia harhara, 47.

berj/tcnsis, 47.

canariensis, 47, 49.

crenata, 46.

elongafa, 47.

glabra, 26.

longula, 47.

pralonga, 47.

feiTugineum, Triboliuin,

496.
fignrata, Silpha, 97.
figuratus, Pterostiehus,46.
filicornis, Bolitobius, .560.
fimetarius, Corynetes,236.
flmicola,Notiomimus,247.
flaveseens, Melyrosoina,

234.
flavolimbatus, Trechus, 63.
flexuosa, Nitidula, 111.
floralis, Antliicus, 517.
floricola, Bruchus, 383.

, Philorinum, 602.

florum, Olibrus, 106.
Formicomus cajruleipen-

nis, 517.
foruicata, Pimelia, 472.
fortunata,Chrysomela,402
fortunatus, Acalles, 286.

, Cratognathus, 55.

, Saprinus, 172.

fossor, Platystethus, 595.

, Xenonychus, 181.

fossoria, P9eudosteiie,497.
fracta, Acm;^iodera, 205.
fragilis, Homalota, 539.
Frischii, Dermcstes, 155.
fucicola, Aeruti-icliis, 102.
fulgidus, Quedius, 563.
fulva, Corticaria, 146.
fumata. Typhiva, 153.
funebris, Aleochara, 5.53.
fuscipennis, Ootoma, 196.
fuscipes, Thalpophila,463.
fuscoicneus, Longitarsus,

415.
fusculus, Helops, 511.
fuscum, Opatrum, 487.
fusifoimiis, Cryptophagus,

137.
, Mesites, 278.

gages, Blaps, 469.
galeatus, Bledius, .594.
gemina, Chrysomela, 403.
geminatus, Notiophilus, 1 .

geminus, Hydroporus, 76.
geminus, Olibrus, 108.
Greonemus cribrarius, 369.
geotrupoides, Arthrodes,

447.
Geniiari, Apion, 308.
gibbici .His, Sphserieus, 241
(Jibbiion suleicolle, 240.
gibbuin, Leprosoma, 391.
gigas, Scarites, 7.

, Tarpliius, 126.

, Thorictus, 184.

glaber, Broscus, 26.

, Hegeter, 45.3.

glabra, Fvronia, 26.
glabratu8, Bleclirus, 15.

, Drornrus, 15.

, Olisthopus, 43.

glabriim, Aphanarthrum,

258.
glareosus, Oxyteliis, 598.
globulicollis, Coptoste-

thus, 212.
globiilipennis, La2:>aroce-

rus, 349.
globiilum,Agathidium,99.
Gnathocerus cornutus,

496.
Gnophota eribricollis,465.

in:rqualis, 4(i6.

punctipennis, 467.

gonospermi, Nitpus, 240.
Gracilia pygraaea, 390.
gracilicornis, Cyphon,214.
gracilipes, Digiiomus, 2.39.

, Limnebius, 89.

gracilis, Coptostethus,21 1 .

, Lajjarocerus, 356.

granarius. Aphodius, 191.

, Sitophilus, 279.

granulatiis, Ljcmophloeus,

1.30.
granuIicoUis, Pimelia,478.
Grayii, Pogonus, 28.
gregaria, Homalota, 537.
gressorius, Sitones, 374.
Gronops lunatus, 332.
grossepvmctatus, Laparo-

cerus, 344.
giittifer, Aiithicus, 522.
giittiveutris, Lixus, 320.
giittula, Stenus, 592.
gyrinoides,Epistemus. 144.
Gyrinus Dejeanii, 85.

striatus, 84.

xirinator, 84.

Habroceriis capillaricor-

nis, 557.
hamorrhoidalis, Tacliys,

68.

hffimorrhous, Hydrobius,

92.
Haliplus suffusus, 74.
Halonouuis salinicola,

490.
Haltica Allardii, 406.

crassipes, 408.

lubrica, 406.

Paivana, 407.

plenifrons, 408.

variipennis, 407.

Haplocnemus sciilptiira-

tus, 2.32.

vestitus, 232.

harpaloides, Pterostichus,

50.
Harpalus consentaneus,

54.

lifigiosus, 58.

• ruhrrpes, 55.

Harpalus Schaumii, 58.

tenebrosus, 58.

viv/dus, 56.

Hartungii, Artlu'odes,442.

, Dolichosoma, 231.

Hegeter abbreviatus, 457.
— — ■ amaroides, 453.

brevicollis, 456.

costipennis, 457.

cribricoUis, 465.

elongatus. 451.

fuscipes, 463.

glaber, 453.

impressus, 458.

lateralis, 460.

jiolifus, 454.

sfriufus, 451.

subrotundatus, 459.

teniiipunctatus, 459.

transversus, 455.

tristis, 451.

Webbiaiius, 452.

Helophorus longitarsis,

86.
Helops ffithiops, 509.

altivagans, 503.

aterrimus, 506.

carbunculus, 505.

congener, 504.

elliptipennis, 503.

fusculus, 511.

nitens, 506.

picescens, 509.

porrectus, 508.

quadratus, 507.

rimosus, 508.

transversus, 505.

hemipterus, Carpophilus,

111.
hemispli»rica,Cassida,419
Herpysticus calvus, 372.

641

Herpysticus eremita, 370.

lasicoUis, 371.

oculatus, 373.

hesperius, CiTptophagus,

137.

, Xantholinus, 578.

Hesperophanes roridus,

389.

senex, 388.

hesperus. Ceuthorhjn-

chus, 282.
Hesperus, Stenidea, 392.
Heterobracliium longima-

num, 109.
Het<irothops minutus,

562.
birtulus, Stagetus, 245.
hirtinn, Melyrosoma,

233.
liirtus, Laparocerus, 348.
Hispa occator, 418.
Iiis-panicus, Brachmus, 10.
hispanieus, Pheropsophus,

10.
hispida, Paivaea, 450.
hispidum, Opatruni, 488.
hispidus, Anthiciis, 518.
Hister cencus, 171.
Hister canariensis, 165.

major, 165.

mefallims, 176.

nitidulus, 169.

mresccns, 172.

histrio, Xenostrongylus,

114.
Hochuthii, Hypocoprus,

141,
Hololepta Perraudieri,

162.
Holoparamecus caula-

rum, 144.

niger, 145.

singiilaris, 145.

holosericeuSjNotioinimus,

248.
Homalium pusillum, 603.

sculpticoUe, 002.

Homalota aleocharoides,

542.

amnieola, 536.

amnigena, 537.

angustissima, 541.

atramentaria, 543.

■ cacti, 547.

canariensis, 544.

clientula, 545.

coriaria, 546.

cursitans, 540.

fragilis, 539.

gregaria, 537.

Iseta, 543.

Homalota lividipenirh,

549.
Homalota longula, 539.

melanaria, 549.

misella, 541.

nigra, 541..

persimilis, 538.

phheia, 545.

putrescens, 547.

rufobadia, 535.

rufofusca, 535.

sodah's, 546.

subcoriaria, 546.

— — siibsericea, 540.

terricola, 548.

thinohioides, 539.

ti-ogopliloeoides, 536.

vagepunctata, 544.

• Waterhousii, 548.

hospes, P.sylliodes, 416.
humeralis, Lycoperdina,

432.

, Sitones, 377.

humilis, Anthicus, 519.
Hydrivna quadricoUis, 89.

serricollis, 88.

sinuaticollis, 87.

Hydrobius ha;morrhoiis,

92.
hydrocliteris, Apliodius,

187.
Hydrofhihis melanoce-

phaliis, 91.
Hi/droporus Andalusi(e,

77.
Hydroporus Ceresyi, 78.

Clarkii, 77.

confluens, 75.

delectus, 76.

geminus, 76.

minutissimus, 76.

— — musicus, 75.

planus, 77.

tessellatus, 79.

xanthopus, 77.

Hylastes Lowei, 269.
Hylesinus indigenus, 267.
Hylotrypes bajulus, 386.
Hylurgus crassicornis.269
Hylurgus ligniperda, 268.
Hypera irrorata, 327.
— — lunata, 326.
— — - variabilis, 328.
Hypocoprus Hochuthii,

141.
Hypophloeus euphorbia,

499.

nocivus, 498.

pini, 498.

subdepressus, 499.

hystrix, Echinodera, 294.

ignobilis, Saprinus, 173.
impressicollis,Em'op8, 128

, Lichenophagus,368.

impressus, Hegeter, 458.
impunctipennis, Sphaeri-

cus, 241.
inirqualis, Gnophota, 466.

, Laparocerus, 348.

, Metabletus, 16.

inarmatum, Liparthrum,

206.
incertus, Dromius, 13.
inconspieuum, Bembi-

dium, 72.
inconspicuuSjLongitarsus,

414.
inconstans, Piotes, 243.
indagator, Calosoma, 3.
indagator, Carabus, 3.
indigenus, Hylesinus, 267.
inflata, Oligota, 555.
inflatus, Arthrodea, 439.

, Laccophilus, 79.

inquinitum, Cercyon, 94.
instabilis, Acalles, 290.
insularis, Cossyphus, 500.
integer, Tlu'oscus, 209.
Integra, Ootoma, 197.

, Syncalypta, 162.

integricolle, Agathidium,

100.
interrupta, Tentyria, 448.
interruptus, Carabus, 6.
irrorata, Hypera, 327.
Ischnomera melaniira,

612.

januvianus, Bledius, 593.
Jekelii,Bothynoderes,320.
Juba',Aphanarthrum,257.
jucundus, Micromimetes,
228.

Karstenii, Euplectus, 527.
kleiniiperda, Longitarsus,
409.

labile, Lathrobium, 583.
Laccobius minutus, 90.
Laccophilus inflatus, 79.
Lacordairii, Melanochrus,

468.
Lsemophlceus clavicoUis,

130.

granulatus, 130.

pusillus, 131.

vermiculatus, 130.

Ireta, Homalota, 543.
Iffitum, Bembidium, 72.
laevicollis, Attalus, 223.
Itevigata, Pimelia, 477.

642

Icevigatum, Ptenidium,

104.
Iwvdgatus, Zabrus, 52.
Iwvis, Cybocephalus, 117.
Lamia fiihho , 891.
laucerotensis, Metabletus,

17.
Laparocerus a?tlnopi?, 347.

canariejtsh, 335.

compactus, 359.

crassifrons, 340.

crassirostris, 345.

dispar, 357.

ellipticus, 351.

excavatus, 343.

globulipennis, 349.

• gracilis, 356.

grossepunctatus,344

hirtus, 348.

inicqualis, 348.

lepidopterus, 352.

meiidicus, 355.

morio, 341.

obsciirus, 355.

obsitus, 301.

obtriangularis, 351.

occidentalis, 350.

puncticollis, 302.

rasiis. 354.

scapularis, 347.

sculptus, 341.

seniculus, 353.

squamosus, 344.

suloirostris, 359.

tenellus, 3(>2.

tessellatus, 300.

undatus, 342.

vestitus, 358.

lapidicola, Ochtliebius. 87.
lapidosus, Anthicvis, .521.
latens, Trogosita, 12-3.
lateralis, Ilegeter, 4(^>0.

, Sericoderus, 431.

Lathridius minutus, 151.

opacipennis. 151.

ruficollis, 152.

Lathrobiuin labile, 58-3.
nmllipiinctatura,

583.
laticeps, Cnei'neplatia,485.
latioollis, Arthrodes, 441.
latipennis, Sitones, 375.
latitans, Xyletinus, 246.
lauri, Cis, 253.
lauricola, Lipaspis, 120.
laurineiis, Phloeopliagus,

271.
Leistus nubivagiis, 1.
Lema nielanoiia, 393.
lepidopterus, Laparocerus,

352.

lepidum, Cercyon, 94.
lepidus, Ptiliiius, 251.
Lejorosoma gibbum, 391.
Leptacinus linearis, 580.
— — parumpunctatus,.579
Lcptura siiturnlis, .393.
Leucohimatium elouga-

tum, 140.
leucophthalmus, Spbo-

drus, 29.
levistriatus, Dichirotri-

chus, 00.
Lichenophagus auctus,

303.

impi'essicollis, 368.

persimilis, 305.

sculptipennis, 307.

subnodosus. 300.

tesserula, 364.

Licinus Manriquiaiius.25.
ligniperda, nylurgus,268.
Limnebiiis gracilipes, 89.

punctatus, 90.

linearis, Leptacinus, 580.
Hneatum, Melasma, 485.
lineatus, Sitones, 376.
Liparthrum bitubercula-

tum, 205.

curtum, 206.

inarmatum, 266.

Lowei, 207.

Lipaspis caulicola, 121.

lauricola, 120.

pinicola, 120.

Litargus trifasciatus, 154.
Litliocliaris brevipennis,

589.

debilicornis, .589.

melanoeephala, 588.

nigritula, 587.

— — ochracea, 587.

quadriceps, 580.

subcoriacea, 580.

Litliophilus deserticola,

431.
lifigiosus, Harpalus, 58.
littoralis, Aleochara, 552.
— — , Trechus, 04.
litura, Rhizobius, 4.30.
lividiun, Conosoma, 550.
lividus, Apliodius, 191.
Lixus anguiculus, 319.

anguinus, 318.

Chawneri, 319.

guttiventris. 320.

lobatus, Saprinus, 178.
longicollis, Xyloterus,25G.
longicornis, Megarthrus,

004.
longimanum, Heterobra-

cliium, 109.

longipes, Apion, 315.
longitarsis, Helophorus,

80.
Longitarsus brevipennis,

412.

cognatus, 411.

dorsalis, 413.

echii, 415.

excu7-ims, 415.

fuscoa'neus, 415.

inconspicuus, 414.

kleiniiperda, 409.

• messerschmidtia',

410.

nubigena, 413.

oclu-oleucus, 411.

persimilis. 409.

pusillus. 414.

strigicollis. 412.

vilis. 415.

long2<Ja, Fcron/a, 47.
longula, Horaalota, .5.39.
longulus, Nanophyes.299.

, Pterosticbus, 47.

Lowei, Hylastes, 269.

, Lijiarthrum. 267.

lubrica, Haltica, 406.
lunata, Hypera, 326.
lunatus, Diphyllus, 134.

, Gronops, 332.

lunulatus,Nanophyes,300.
luridum, Aphanartbrum,

2(52.
luridus, Bolittbius, 500.
lutaria, Pimelia, 471.
lutosum, Opatrum, 486.
Lycoperdina humeralis,
'432.

maculosa, Corticaria, 147.
maculosus, Aphodius,189.

, Scymnus, 428.

Madcne, Calosoma, 3.

, Carahus, 3.

magnificus, Alopbus, 320.
major, Hister, 105.
Malacogaster tilloides,2 1 b
malleatus, Artln'odcs,446.
Maltbinus croceicollis,

217.

mutabilis, 210.

Manriquianus, Licinus,

25.
marcidus,Philonthus,571 .
marginalis, Xantholinus,

578.
marginatus, Anchomenus,

42.

, Stenolophus, 61.

nnarginella, Ci/mindis, 20.
marginellus. Tai'us. -20.

643

marginicolle, Bembidium,

74.
Masoreus alticola, 24.

arenic'ola, 22.

nobilis, 22.

Matthewsii, Acrotrichis,

103.
mauritanica, Trogosita,

121.
maurus, Blechnis, 15.
maurns, Dromius, 15.
maxillosus, Creophilus,

564.
megacephalu8,Siinius,.390.
megalops, Quedius, 5G4.
Megarthrus longicornis,

604.
Mcgatoma verbasci, 161.
melanaria, Homalota, 549.
melanocephala, Litlioclia-

ris, 588.
melanoccphahts, Hydro-

philus, 91.
melanoeephalus, Pliilhy-

driis, 91.
Melaiioclirus Lacoi'dairii,

468.
melanopa, Lema, 393.
Melansis angulata, 492.

costata, 491.

melan ura, Iscluiomera ,512
Melasma lineatum, 485.
Mc'ligethes cri/fhmpa, 113.
Meligethes tristis. 113.

■ varicollis, 112.

virescens, 113.

Meloc Jlavicomns, 514.
Meloe mui'inus, 514.

nudus, 514.

rugosus, 513.

ruguhsa, 513.

subcyaneus, 514.

• tiiccius, 513.

Melolonfha bvparfita, 195.

cadanea, 198.

fumi'})enni&, 197.

obscura, 200.

Melyros jma costipeune,

233.

flavescens, 234.

hirtum, 233.

meiidicus, Laparoccrus,

355.
menthfe, Phajdon, 404.
Mesites complauatus, 276.^

fusiformis, 278.

persimilis, 276.

proxinius, 277.

pubipeunis, 278.

Mesoxenus Monizianus,

275.

messersclimidtiffi, Longi-

tarsiis, 410.
Metabletus brevipennis,

18.

injcqiialis, 16.

lancerotensis, 17.

patruelis, 16.

metallicus, Attains, 226.
Metopsia ciiuicoides, 605.
Mezium suloatuni, 240.
micans, Cratognathus, 56.
Micruchondrus domuum,

153.
Micromimete.s alutaceus,

227.

jucundus, 228.

minimus, Scymnus, 429.
minutissimus, Ilydropo-

rus, 76.
raiuutus, Acritua, 183.

, Cryplicus, 483.

, Ileterothops, 562.

, Laccobius, 90.

, Lathridius, 151.

minyops, Phytcsus, 531.

, Sapriiius, 174.

misella, Homalota, 541.
Miranda, Coccinella, 422.
Mnionomus ellipticus,

138.
molle, Anobium, 250.
monilicornis, Mycetopo-

rus, 559.
Monizianus, Mesoxenus,

275. •
Monotonia congener, 123.
Monotoma 4-foveolata,

124.

picipes, 123.

quadricoUis, 124.

spinicolHs, 123.

sjxinifera, 123.

monticola, Euplectus,

527. _
Mordellistena p^miila,

515.

sericata, 515.

m 'rio, Laparocerus, 341.
morion, Aleochara, 554.
multifasciatus, Telopes,

159.
multipunotatum, Lathro-

bium, .583.
mundus, Saprinus, 176,
murinus, Meloe, 514.
muscicola,Xenomma,535.
musicus, Hydroporus, 75.

-, Plinthus, 329.

mutabilis, Malthinus, 216.
Mycetoporus monilicor-
nis, 559.

Mycetoporus rufus, 558.

solidicornis, 559.

myrmecopliilus, Suniiis,

590.
Myrmecoxenus sordidus,

152.

Nanophyes longulus, 299.

lunulatiis, 300.

naviculari8,Crypticus,481.
Nebria currax, 3.

dilatata, 2.

nebulosus, Agabus, 80.
Nevrobia rufipes, 235.
Nephanes abbreviatella,

104.
Nichollsii, Anchomenus,

40.
nigellus, Scopieus, 585.
niger, Iloloparamecus,

145.
nigra, Homalota, 541.
nigriceps, Cercyon, 95.
nigricoilis, Dolicaon, 584.
nigritula, Lithocharis, 587.
nigritulus, Perileptus, 65.

, Pliilonthus, 574.

nigropicta, Crioceris, 394.
nigroterminatvis, Ceutho-

rhynchus, 281.
nitens, Helops, .506.
nitida, Aleochara, 553.
nitidicollis, Cryptocepha-

lus, 397.
Nitidula flexuosa. 111.
nitiduius, Apbodius, 188.

, Oxytelus, 598.

, Saprinus, 169.

Nitpus gonospermi, 240.
nobilis, Masoreus, 22.

, Saprinus, 167.

, Tomicus, 254.

Notiomimus fimicola,247.

holosericeus, 248.

punctulatissimus,

248.
Notiophilus geminatus, 1.
notoxoides, Anthicus, 520.
nubigena, Longitaisus,

413.

, Silvanus, 133.

nubilosus, Acalles, 287.
nubi vagus, Leistus, 1.
nudus, Meloe, .514.

obesulus, Cryptophagus,
136.

, Thylacites, 374.

obesus, Arthrodes, 440.
oblitum, Opatrum, 489.
oblongior, Scymnus, 427.

2t2

644

oblongus, Cryptieus, 482.

obsciira, Falagria, 530.

, Ootoma, 200.

obscurella, Ootoma, 200.

obscuripes, Pseudocolas-
pis, 396.

obscuroquffafics, Bromius,
IG. '

obscurus, Attains, 225.

, Laparocerus, 355.

, Tenebrio, 500.

obsitus, Laparocerus, 361.

obsoleta, Clirysomela, 401.

obtriangularis, Laparoce-
rus, 35 1 .

obtusa, Dibolia, 417.

obtusus.C'optostethiis,213.

, Telopes, 157.

occator, Hispa, 418.

occidentalis, Laparocerua,
350.

ocean ica, Anisotoina, 99.

ochracea, Lithocharis,5S7.

ochroleueus, Longitarsus,
411.

Oclithebius 4-foveolatu8,
86.

lapidicola, 87.

pygmanis, 87.

Ochthenomus senilis, 525.
Octoteninus opacus, 254.
oculatissimus, Xyloj)liilu8,

525.
ofulatus, Herpysticus,373.
Oeypus affinis. 566.

atratus, 567.

brachypterus, 565.

curtipennis, 567.

olens, 5(54.

punctatissimus, 568.

subffnescens, 567.

umbricola, 566.

Oqcocephalns capita, 229.
olens, Ocypus, 564.
Olibrus congener. 107.

eonsimilis, 108.

florum, 106.

geminus, 108.

subtereus, 107.

Oligota castanea, 555.
— — inflata, 555.
Olisthopuselongatus, 44.

glabratus, 43.

palmensis, 42.

olivensis, Tenebrio, 501.
0»ia/ii(.m fnsiUum, 603.
Omias tesscUatus, 3()0.
Onycholips bifurcatus,

274.
Ootoma bipartite , 195.
— — castanea, 198.

Ootoma fuscipennis, 196.

Integra, 197.

obscura, 200.

obscurella, 200.

opacipennis, Latbridius,

151.
opaculus, Anthicus, 519.
opacus, Brachycerus, 334.

, Octoteninus, 254.

Opafmm err cms, 487.
Opatrum fuscum, 487.

hispidum, 488.

lutosum, 486.

oblitum, 489.

tomentoswn, 488.

orhiculare, Coelostoma, 93.
orbicidare,Cyclonotum,93
orbiculata, Echinodera,

297.
ornata, Acmaeodera, 207.

, Phaleria, 494.

ornatissimus. Attalus,221.
Oryctes prolixus, 202.

Silcmts, 201.

oryza\ Sitophilus, 280.
osculans, Saprinus, 168.
Otbius brachypterus, 580.

philontlioides, 581.

Otiorhynchus sculptus,

341.

simplex, 338.

Otiorhynchus squamosus,

345.
ovale, Eubrachium, 182.
ovatipennis, Attalus, 220.
ovuliformis, Syncalypta,

162.
ovum, Eueinetus, 215.
Oxyomus brevicoUis, 191.
Oxypleurus pinicola, 386.
Oxypoda rethiops, 551.

brevipennis, 550.

exoleta, 549.

lurida, 549.

Oxytelus complanatus,

597.

glareosus, 598.

nitidulus, 598.

piceus, 596.

sculptus, 597.

Paiv.T, Clerus, 234.
Paivii?a hispida, 450.
Paivana, Haltica, 407.
pallescens, Xylophilus,

526.
pallidulus, Sunius, 591.
paUip>es, Anchome'>ms,42.
pallipes, Attalus, 220.
palmensis, Olisthopus, 42.
paniceum, Anobiiun. 250.

Paramecosoma simplex',

141.
parcejjunctatus, Arthro-

des, 443.
Parnus prolifericornis, 85.
Paroma/iis p>i//i//io, 167.
parumpunctatus, Lepta-

einus, 579.
parvus, Boromorphus,502
patruelis, Metabletus, 16.
pauperculus, Smicronyx,

317.
pauxillus, Dyschirius, 9.
Pecteropus angustifrous,
218.

pelhtcidus, 219.

scitulus, 218.

Pediacus tabellatus, 131.
pellio, Attagenus, 155.
pellucidus. Attains, 219.
Pen tarthru ni Monizi-

anum, 275.
Pentatemnus arenarius,

273.
Perileptus nigritulus, 65.
Perraudieri, Hololepta,

162.
persimilis, Homalota,538.

, Lichenopbagus,365.

, Longitarsus, 409.

, Mesites, 276.

pervenustus, Dromius, 14.

Phwdou menth;p, 404.

Phalacrus coruscus, 106.

Phaleria cadaverina, 494.

ornata, 494.

picfa, 495.

Pherojisophus hispanicus,
10.

Philhydrus melanocepha-
lus, 91.

23hilontlioides,Othius,581 .

Philo7ithusaterrimus,Ui4.

Philonthus bipustulatiis,
570.

discoideus, 573.

marcidus, 571.

nigritulus, 574.

proximus, 573.

punctipennis, 575.

scybalarius, 571.

sericeus, 576.

simulans, 574.

sordidus, 569.

tenellus, 576.

umbratilis, 569.

varians, 571.

xanfholinoides, bll.

xantholoma, 570.

Pliilorinum floricola, 602.

Phlceopliagus atllnis, 271.

645

Phlceophagus caulium,

270.

laurineiis, 271.

piceus, 273.

simplicipes, 272.

PhlcEopora corticina, 533.
Phratora vulgatissima,405
Phylax cost (it us, 491.

lineatus, 486.

Pliyllognathus Sileuus,

201.
phytobioides, Ceutho-

I'hynchus, 281.
Phytonomus Dinici, 326.
Phytosus rainyop.s, 531.

nigriventris, 531.

spinifer, 532.

Piarus basal is, 243.
picescens, Helops, 509.

, Pristonychus, 30.

piceus. Oxytelus, 590.

, Phlceophagus, 273.

picipes, Monotonia, 123.
picta, Echinodera, 298.
pilicornis, Trichopbya,

558.
pilosa, Stenidea, 392.
piloBula, Atomaria, 142.
pilula, Acalles, 292.
Pimelia ambigua, 475.

ascendens, 473.

auriculata, 479.

hajtda, 479.

barhara, 473.

canariensis, 472.

costipennis, 470.

fornicata, 472.

granulicollis, 478.

keTigata, 477.

lutaria, 471.

ohesa, 472.

radula, 474.

serrimargo, 477.

sparsa, 475.

verrucosa, 477.

pinetormn. Crioceplialus,

388.

, Rhizophagus, 118.

pini, Hypophloeus, 498.

, Temnocbila, 119.

pinieola, Lipaspis, 120.

, Oxypleurus, 380.

Piotes inconstajis, 243.

vestita, 244.

piscatorium, Aphanar-

thrum, 260.
pi si, Bruchus, 380.
plagiata, Acm:rodera,206.
plagiatus, Blechrus, 15.

, Droirims, 15.

planus, Hydi'opoi'us, 77.

Platyderus alticola, 45.

teiiuistriatus, 45.

Platystethus cornutus,
595.

fossor, 595.

spinosus, 596.

plenifrons, Haltica, 408.
plicata, Zopliosis, 434.
plicifrons, Thalpophila,

401.
Plinthus cucullus, 330.

musicus, 329.

velutinus, 329.

Pogonus Grayii, 28.

salsipotens, 27.

politum,Eubrachium,182.
pollinarius, Ceutliorhyn-

chus, 280.
Polystichus brunneus, 10.

unicolor, 11.

porcicoUis, Psammodius,

192.
porrectus, Helops, 508.
posticus, Attains, 224.
prtelonga, Feronia, 47.
Pria dulcamarae, 112.
princeps, Euryporus, 561.
Pristonychus alatus, 29.
Pristonychus alternans,
29.

complanatus, 29.

picescens, 30.

Procas picipes, 318.
Procas Steveni, 318.
prolifericornis, Parnus,85.
prolixus, Oryctes, 202.

Proteus, Anaspis, 510.

proximus, Mesites, 277.

, Pliilonthus, 573.

Psammodius ccesus, 192.

porcicollis, 192.

sabulosus, 192.

Pseudanemia brevicoUis,
493.

Pseudoeolaspis divisa,394.

dubia, 395.

obscuripes, 396.

splendidula, 395.

Pseudostene fossoria, 497.

Psylliodes ho.spes, 416.

stolida, 417.

vehemens, 410.

Ptenidium apicale, 105.

IjEvigatum, 104.

punctatum, 105.

Pterostichus angnlaris,49.

crenatus, 40.

figuratns, 40.

harpaloides, 50.

longulus, 47.

Ptilinus lepidus, 251.

Ptinella angustula, 106.
Ptinus testaceus, 239.
puberula, Aleochara, 551.
pubescens, Conosoma,

550.
pubipennis, Mesites, 278.
pumila, MordelUstena,

51.5.
punctatissimus,Crypticus,

480.

, Ocypus, 568.

punctatulus, Artlirodes,

443.
punctatum, Eubrachium,

181.

, Ptenidium, 105.

punctatus, Limnebius. 90.
puncticollis, Cry2:)tocepha-

lus, 398.

, Laparocerus, 362.

punctiger, Sitones, 375.
punctipennis, Gnophota,

4»)7.

, Philonthus, 575.

punctulatissimus, Notio-

mimus, 248.
punctulatus, Xantholinus,

679.
punctum, Acritus, 182.
pusillum, Aphanarthrum,

263.

, Homalium, 603.

pusillus, Lffimophloeus,

131.

, Longitarsus, 414.

, Tachyporus, 667.

putrescens, Honialota,

547.
putricola, Eutriptus, 164.
putridus, C'atops, 96.
pygmtea, Gracilia, 390.
pygmasus.Ochthebius, 87.

, Symbiotes, 163.

Pyracmon, Scar it es, 7.
pyrrhorhynchus, Ceutho-

rhynchus, 281.

quadratus, Helops, 507-

, Tarpliius, 126.

quadricarinata, Zophosis,
433.

quadriceps, Lithocharis,
586.

quadricollis, Hydrrena,89.

, Monotoma, 124.

quadridens, Ceuthorhyn-
chus, 280.

quadrifoveolata, Mono-
toma, 124.

quadrifoveolatus, Oclithe-
bius, 86.

646

quadriguttutum, Benibi-

clium, 71.
quaclriplagiata,Epilacliua,

425.
quatuordecim-striatus,

Carcinops, 1G6.
Quedius angustifrons,

563.

fulgidus, 563.

megalops, 564.

qiiisquilium, Cercyon, 95.

radiosiis, Casopus, 238.
radula, Pimelia, 474.
raptoria, Tacliyusa, 533.
rasus, Laparocerus, 354.
recta, Trogosita, 122.
rectus, Calathus, 34.
reiiipustiilatus, Chiloco-

riis, 424.
Rliizobius litm*a, 430.
rhizophagoides, Caiilono-

iiius. 129.
Ehizophagiis piuetorum,

118.

subopaeus, 119.

Eliyncolus crassirostris,

270.
Rhytidoderes sicidus, 325.
Ehytidurlimus brevitarsis,

333.
rimosus, Helops, 508.
riparius, Trogopliloeus,

599.
roridus, Hesperophanes,

389.
rotundipenne, Apion, 313.
rubripes, Harjjalus, 55.
ruficoUis, Atumaria, 143.

, Attains, 219. ^

, Corynetes, 235.

, Dolicaon, .584.

, Latlii-idius, 152.

, Trogophloeus, 601.

rufimanus, Bruchus, 381.
rufipes, Corynetes, 235.
riifobadia, Ilomalota, 535.
riifocastaneus.Cala! hu8,31
rufofusca, Homalota, 535.
riifus, Mycetoporus, 558.
rugatus, Bracliyderes. 379
rugifrons, Attalus, 221.
Engilus affinis, 585.
rugosus, Meloe, 513.
rusticus, Crioeephalus,

387.
rutilans, Broscus, 27.
, Clxi'ysomela, 402.

sabulosus, Psamuiodius,
192.

sagittiferum, Apion, 308.
saliiiicula, Halonomus,

490.
salinum, Achenium, 582.
salsipoteus, Pogonus, 27.
sanguineus. Euplectiis,.528
sanguinolenta, Cliryso-

mcla, 399.
Saprinus angulosus, 175.

chalcites, 171.

erosus, 177.

fortunatus, 172.

ignobilis, 173.

lobatus, 178.

minyops, 174.

mundus, 176.

nitidulus, 169.

nobilis, 167.

osculans, 168.

subnitidus, 169.

Saxesenii, Tomicus, 255.
scaber, Trachyphloeus,

363.
scapularis, Laparocerus,

347.
Scarahrpus f^ilntiis, 201.
Scarifi's (ihhr(r/<(/us, 7.

di iniiJi<(fi(!i, 7.

gigas, 7.

Pyracmon, 7.

SehiT^iferi, Attagenus, 1 56.
Schaumii, Harpalus, 58.
scitulus, Pecteropus, 218.
Sclerum asperuliun, 486.
Scop?cus nigellus, 585.

trossidus, 585.

sculpticolle, Ilomalium,

602.
sculptipennis, Liclieno-

phagus, 367.
sculpturatus, Brachyde-

res, 379.

, Haplocnemus, 232.

scidptus, Laparocerus, 341

, Oxytelus, .597.

scutellaris, Tachys, 66.
scybalarius, Philouthus,

571.
scydmajnoides, Anthicus,

524,
Scydma;nus tarsatus, 526.
Scymnus arcuatus. 429.

canariensis, 426.

cercyonides, 428.

maculosus, 428.

minimus, 429.

oblongior, 427.

lO-pku/iafufi, 426.

sellatus, Baridius, 298.

senex, Apion, 306.

, Hesperophanes, .388

seniculus, Laparocerus,

353.
senilis, Acalles, 288.

, Anthraxia, 208.

, Ocbtlienomus, 525.

septempunctata, Coccinel-

la, 422.
sericans, Acrotrichis, 104.
sericata, Mordellistena,

515.
sericeus, Philontluis, 576.

, Sibynes, 301.

Sericoderus lateralis, 431.
serrata, Corticaria, 148.
serricollis, Hydrsena, 88.
serrimargo, Pimelia, 477.
seticolUs, Acalles, 291.
setifer, Aglycyderes, 385.
setiger, Sitones, 378.
setiiliferus, Sitones, 377.
Sibynes sericeus. 301.
siculus, Rhytidoderes,325.
sigma, Acalles, 288.

, Dromius, 13.

Silenus, Phyllognathus,

201.
Silpha figurata, 97.

simplicicornis, 97.

Silvanus dentatus, 132.

nubigena, 133.

surinamensis, 133.

similis, Blaps, 470.

, Cha?tarthria, 93.

simillima, Tachyusa, 5.34.
simplex, Paramecosoma,

141.

, Sphiericus, 241.

, Tarphius, 124.

simplicicollis,Calatlius,35
simplicicornis, Silpha, 97.
simplicipes,PhlcEophagus,

272.
simulans, Philonthus,574.
singularis, Holoparame-

cus, 145.
sinuaticollis,IIydrjena,87.
Sifona verrucosa, 375.
Sitones cambricus, 376.

gressoriu.s, 374.

humeralis, 377.

latipennis, .375.

lineatus, 376.

25U"ctiger, 375.

setiger, 378.

setuliferus, 377.

SitoiDhilus granarius, 279.

linearis, 279.

oryzre, 280.

Smicronyx albosquamo-

sus, 316.

pauperculus, 317.

647

solidicornis, Mycetoporus,

solitarius, Cratognatlius,

54.
sordidus, Myrmecoxenus,

152.

, Philonthus, 569.

sparsa, Pimelia, 475.
Spha?ricus Crotcliiauus,

242.

gibbicollis, 241.

imjjunctipennis, 241 .

simplex, 241.

spl]a2rula, Cybocephalus,

116.
sphodroides, Calatlius, 30.
Sj^kodriis fiUcriuins. 29.

com]if(niitfiii<, 2!K

Sphodrus leiicophthal-

mus, 28.
spinicoUis, Blabinotus,

386.

. Monotonia, 123.

spinifer, Phytosus, 532.
spinosus, Berosus, 91.
splendidula, Pseudoco-

laspis, 395.
spoliatus, Chlwnius, 25.
spretus, Calatlius, 39.
squalida, Epicoinetis, 203.
squamosvis, Laparocerus,

344.
Stagetus crenatus, 245.

liirtulus, 245.

StagonoJiwrpJia sphcerula,

116.

unicolor, 116.

Stafhylinusbrachypterus,

565.

fuscafus, 568.

maxillosus, 564.

0^728, 564.

Stenidea albida, 392.

annidicornis, 391.

Hesperus, 392.

pilosa, 392.

Stenolophus dorsalis, 61.

marginatus, 61.

teuionus, 60.

vaporarioi'um, 60.

Stenus a;neotinctus, 592.

guttula, 592.

Steveni, Procas, 318.
Stilicus affinis, 58.5.
stolida, Psylliodes, 417.
striatum, Anobium, 250.
striatiis, Gryrinus, 84.
strigicollis, Longitarsus,

412.
Stylosomus biplagiatus,

399.

subaanescens, Dasytes,230.

, Oeypus, 567.

subfBiieus, Dyscliirius, 9.
sub;rreus, Olibrus, 107.
subciBcura, Aclienium,581
subcallosum, Bembidium,

71.
subcalvvis, Casopus, 239.
subciliatus,Arthrodes,444.
subcoriacea, Lithocliaris,

586.
subooriaria,Homalota,546
subcostatus, Ai-tlirodes,

445.
subcyancus, Meloe, 514.
subdepressus, Hypo-

plilcEus, 499.
subdiaplianus, Eunectes,

84.
subellipticus, Thallestus,

134.
submetaUica,Thalpophila,

464.
subnebulosa, Atlantis, 337.
subnitidus, Saprinus, 169.
subnodosus, Liclienopha-

gus, 366.
subopacus, Aristus, 53.

, Attains, 226.

, Rhizopliagus, 119.

subretusu^s, Triotemnus,

265.
subrotundatus, Hegeter,

459.
sub.sericea, IIomalota,540.
suffusus, Haliplus, 74.
sulcatum, Meziuni, 240.
sulcicoUe, Anlonium, 127.
sulcirostris, Laparocerus,

359.
Sunius dimidiatus, .391.

megacephalus, 590.

- — — myrmecophilus,.590.

pallidulus, 591.

surinamensis, Silvanus,

133.
suturalis, Ci/mindis, 19.
suturalis, Tarus, 19.
Symbiotes pygm^us, 153.
Syncalypta integra, 162.
ovuliformis, 162.

tabellatus, Pediacus, 131.
tabidus, Cleonus, 324.
Tachyporus brunneus,
557.

ccler, bbl.

marginatus, 557.

pusillns, 557.

Tachys bistriatus, 66.
centromaculatus, 67.

Tachys carTimanus, 67.
hajiiiorrlioidalis, 68.

scutellaris, (16.

Tachyusa raptoria, 533.

simillima, .534.

ta'niatus, Aphodius, 189.
taniarisci, Coniatus, 328.
Tarphius camelns, 125.

canariensis, 12.5.

caudatus, 126.

congestus, 126.

deforiiiis, 127.

erosus, 125.

gigas, 126.

quadratus. 126.

simplex, 124.

tarsalis, Clisetocnema,418.
tar.satns, Scydma3nus,526.
Tarus am ictus, 21.

cinctus, 20.

discoideus, 19.

marginellus, 20.

suturalis, 19.

zargoides, 21.

Telopes anthrenoides, 1.59.

fasciatus, 160.

multifaseiatus, 159.

obtusus, 157.

Temnocliila pini, 119.
Tcnehrio tnoJitor, 501.
Teiiebrio obscurus, 500.

olivensis, 501.

tenebrosus, Harpalus, 58.
tenella, Gorticaria, 150.
tenellus, Laparocerus,

362.

, Philonthus, 576.

Teneriffie, Brnchus, 382.
Tentyria eiongata, 448.

hi»pida, 450.

interrupta, 448.

tenuipunctatus, Heget«r,

459.
tenuistriatus, Platyderus,

45. ^

Teretrius cylindricus,164.
terminatus, Bruchus, 381.
terricola, Homalota, 548.
tessellatus, Plydi'oporus,

79.

, Laparocerus, 360.

tesserula, Liclienophagus,

364.
testaceus, Ptinus, 239.
tetrica, Atlantis, 338.
tcictonus, Stenolophus, 60.
Thalassophilus Wliitici,

64.
Tliallestus subellipticus,

134.
typha-oides, 135.

648

Thalpophila Dejrollii,

402.

fuscipes, 403.

plicifrons, 401.

submetallica, 464.

Thorictus canariensis, 185
- giga.s, 184.

vestitus, 186.

throscoides, Xestus, 421.
Throscus integer, 209.
Thylacites obesulus, 374.
tibialis, Atlantis, 338.
tilloides, Malacogaster,

215.
Tomicus nobilis, 254.

Saxesenii, 255.

Trachyphloens scaber, 363,
Trachyscelis aphodioides,

494.
transversalis, Trogo-

plilceus, 598.
transversus, Hegeter, 455.
Trechiis detersus, 62.

felix, 63.

flavolimbatus, 63.

liffo7-aNs, 64.

Tribolium ferrugineum,

496.
TrichofevKs seiic.r, 388.
Trichopliya pilicornis,

558.
Trichopteryx ahbrevia-

tellus, 104.

fascicular is, 103.

fucicola, 102.

sericans, 104.

trifasciatus, Litargus, 154.
Triotemnus subretusus,

205.
tristis, Hegeter, 451.

, Meligethes, 1 13.

Trixagus integer, 209.
trogophlceoides, Homa-

lota, 536.
Trogophloeus bilineatus,

599.

bledioides, 601.

exiguus, 600.

riparius, 599.

ruficollis, 001.

transversalis, 598.

Trogosifa caraboidcs, 121.
Trogosita latens, 123.

mauritaniea, 121.

pint, 119.

recta, 122.

trossulus, Scoppeus, 585.

Trox confliiens, 193.

kisjjidus, 193.

tuberculatus, Attains, 225.
tubiferum, Apion, 311.
tuccius, Meloe, 513.
Tychius albosquamosus,

316.
Tychius aridicola, 302.

decoratus, 302.

depauperatus, 303.

TyJodes scaber, 283.
Typhfea fumata, 153.
typlia3oides, Thallestus,

135.

Uloma corvufa, 496.

opafruides, 497.

umbratilis, Philonthus,

569.
limbricola, Ocypns, 506.
unibrinum, Apion, 315.
undatns, Laparocerus,342.
unicolor, Polysfichus, 11.
lu'inator, Gyrinus, 84,

vagans, Zophosis, 435.
vagepunctata, Homalota,

544.
vaporariorum, Stenolo-

plius, 00.
variabilis, Hypera, 328.
varicollis, Meligethes, 112.
variipennis, Haltiea, 407.
variolosus, Cleonus, 323.
varius, Anthrenus, 101.
vehemens, Psylliodes, 416.
velatum, Anobinm, 249.
velatus.Erachvpterus, 110,
veliitinus, Plinthus, 329.
ventricosns, Bradycellus,

61.
vernale, Apion, 307.
verrucosus, Acalles, 292.
versuta, Amara, 51.
vestita, Piotes, 244.
vestitus, Haplocnemus,

232.

, Laparocerus, 358.

, Thorictus, 185.

vicinum, Bembidium, 09.
vilis, Longitarsus, 415.
villosum, Anobium, 249.
virescens. Meligethes, 113.
vividus, Harpalus, 50.
vulgatissima, Phratora,

405.
vulpinus, Dermestes, 155.

Waterhousii, Homalota,

548.
Webbianus, Hegeter, 452.
Webbii, Clytus, 389.
Westvpoodii, Apion, 311.
Whitsei, Thalassophilus,

04.
WoUastoni, Ca'omicrus,

405.

, Enoptostomus, 529.

Wollastonii, Aphodius,

188.
, Cossyphodes, 127.

xantholinoides, Pliilon-

thus, 577.
Xantholinus hes^jerius,

578.

marginalis, 578.

punctulatus, 579.

xantholoma, Philonthus,

570.
xanthopus, Hydroporus,

77.
Xenomicrus apionides,

331.
Xenomma muscicola,535.
Xenonychus fossor, 181.
Xenoscelis deplanata, 132.
Xenostrongylus arcuatus,

114.

canariensis, 114.

Xenostrongylus histrio,

114.
xerampeUnus, Acalles,

287.
Xestus throscoides, 421.
Xyletinus brevis, 247.
— ■ — • desectus, 246.

excavatus, 247.

latitans, 246.

Xylopertha barbifrons,

252.
Xylophilus oculatissimus,

525.

■ pallescens, 526.

Xyloterus longicollis,250.

Zabrus crassus, 52.

la'vigatus, 52.

zargoides, Tarus, 21.
Zophosis bicarinata, 436.

Clarkii, 435.

4-carinata, 433.

oninuta, 430.

plicata, 434.

vagans, 435.

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THE ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTION

THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

I. VERTEBRATA.
List of Mammalia. By Dr. J.E. Gray,F.R.S., F.L.S. &c. 1843. 2s. 64.
Catalogue of the Mammalia. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. &c.
Part 1 . Cetacea. 12mo. 1850. 45. With Plates.
Part 2. Seals. 12mo. 1850. Is, 6d. With Woodcuts.
Parts. Hoofed Quadrupeds. Section I. (Ungulata furcipeda). 12mo.
1852. With Plates of Genera, 12s.
This work contains the description of the genera and species, and figures
of the chief characters of the genera.

List of Mammalia and Birds of Nepaul, presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq.,
to the British Museum. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., and G. R. Gray,
F.L.S. 12rao. 1846. 2s.

Catalogue of Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, and Fish of Nepaul, presented by
B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 12mo. 1863. 2s. 3(^.

Catalogue of Mammalia and Birds of New Guinea. By Dr. J. E. Gray,
F.R.S., and G. R. Gray, F.L.S. 8vo. 1858. Is. 6d. With Figures.

List of the Birds of the Tropical Islands of the Pacific. By G. R. Gray,
F.L.S., F.Z.S. 8vo. 185y. Is. 6d.

Catalogue of Mammalia and Birds of New Guinea. By Dr. J. E. Gray.
F.R.S., and G.R.Gray, F.L.S. 8vo. 1859. Is. 6d.

List of Genera and Subgenera of Bii'ds. By G. R. Gray, F.L.S. 12mo.
1855. 4s.

List of Birds. By G. R. Gray, F.L.S., F.Z.S. &c.

Part 1. Raptorial. Edition 1, 1844; Edition 2, 1848.

Part 2. Passeres. Section L Fissirostres. 1848.

Part 3. Gallinae, Grallae, and Anseres. 1844. 2s,

Part 3. Section I, Ramphastidaj. 1855. 6d.

Part 3. Section n. Psittacida;, 1859. l2rao, 2s.

Part 4, Columba}. 1856. Is. 9d.

Catalogue of British Birds. By G. R. Gray, F,L.S. &c, 8vo. 1863.

List of the Eggs of British Birds. Bv G. R. Gray, F.L.S. &c. 12mo.
1852. 2s. 6d.

Catalogue of Shield Reptiles. Part 1. Testudinata. 4to. By Dr. J. E.
Gray, F.R.S. &c. 1855. ^2 : 10s. With figures of all the new
species, and of the skulls of the different genera.

Catalogue of Reptiles. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., V.P.Z.S. &c.
Part 1 . Tortoises, Crocodiles, and Amphisbsenians. 1844. Is.
Part 2. Lizards. 1845. 3s. 6d.

Part 3. Snakes (Crotalidae, Viperida;, Hydridae, and Boidae). 12mo.
1849. -Js. 6d.

Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes, and Appendix to Part 1. By Dr. Albert
GuNTHER. 12mo. 1858. 4s.

Catalogue of Amphibia. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., V.P.Z.S.

Part 1. Batrachia Gradientia. 12mo. 1860. 2s. 6d. With Plates
of the Skulls and Teeth.

Catalogue of Amphibia. By Dr. A. Gunther.

Part 2, Batrachia Sahentia. 8vo. 1858. 6s. With Plates.
List of Fish. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., F.L.S., V.P.Z.S.

Part 1 . Cartilaginous Fish. 12mo. 1851. 3s. With two Plates.

These Catalogues of Reptiles, Amphibia, and Fish contain the characters
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Catalogue of Acanthopterygian Fishes. By Dr. Albert Cvnther. 8vo.
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Vol. IV. 18C2. 8s. 6d.

Catalogue of Fish, collected and described by L, T. Gronow. 12mo.
1854. 3s. 6d.

Catalogue of Lophobranchiate Fish. By Dr. J. J. Kaup. 12mo. 1856.
2s. With Plates.

Catalogue of Apodal Fish. By Dr. J. J. Kaup. 8vo. 1856. 10s. With
many Plates.

List of British Fish ; with Synonyma. By A. White, F.L.S. &c. ]2mo.
1851. 3s.

List of Osteological Specimens. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., &c., and
G. R. Gray, F.L.S. 12mo. 1847. 2s.

Catalogue of Bones of Mammalia. By Edward Gerrard, A.L.S. 8vo.
1862. 5s.

II. ANNULOSA.

Catalogue of Lepidoptera. By G. R. Gray, F.L.S., F.Z.S.

Part 1. Papilionidse, with coloured figures of the new species. 4to.
1852. ^1 : 5s.

List of Lepidopterous Insects. 12mo.

Part 1. Papilionida^, &c. 12mo. 2nd edit. 1856. By G. R. Gray,

F.L.S.
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Part 3. Appendix to Papilionidae, Erycinidae, &c. 1848. 9d.

Catalogue of LycEcnidfe. By W. Hewitson, F.L.S. 4to. 1862. With
Coloured Plates. 21s.

List of Lepidopterous Insects, with descriptions of new species By
Francis Walker, F.L.S.

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Part 3. 1855. 3s. Part 4. 1855. 3s. Part 5. 1855. 4s.

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3s. 6£^. Part 12. 1857. 3s. 6(/. Part 13. 1858.3s. 6c?. Part 14.

1858. 4s. 6d. Part 15. 1858. 4s. 6d.
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3s. 6d.
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3s. 6d. Part 23. 1861. 3s. 6(^. Part 24. 1862. 3s.6(Z. Part 25.

1862. 3s. Part 26. 1863. 4s. 6d.
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List of British Lepidoptera; with Synonyma. By J. F. Stephens,
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Part 1. 12mo. Ed. 2. 1856. Is. 9d. Part 2. 1852. 2s. Part 3. 1853. 9d.
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List of Hymenopterous Insects. By F. Walker, F.L.S.

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Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects. By F. Smith, M.E.S.
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Catalogue of British Hymenoptera. By F. Smith, M.E.S.
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Catalogue of British Formicidae, Sphegidae, and Vespidae. By F. Smith,
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Catalogue of British Ichneumonidae. By Thomas Desvignes, M.E.S.
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List of British Aculeate Hymenoptera ; with Synonyma, and the description
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Catalogue of Dipterous Insects. By F.Walker, F.L.S. 12mo.
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Catalogue of Homopterous Insects. By F. Walker, F.L.S. 12mo.
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Part 1. 1850. 3s. Qd. Part 4. 1852. 4s.

Part 2. 1850. 5s. Supplement. 1858. 4s.

Parts. 1851. 3s. &d.

Catalogue of Neuropterous Insects. By F. Walker, F.L.S. 12mo.
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Part 2. 1853. 3s.6fi Part 4. 1853. Is.

Catalogue of Neuropterous Insects. By Dr. Hagen. 12mo.
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Catalogue of Ilispidae. By J. S. Baly, M.E.S. 8vo. 1858. 6s. With

Plates.

Catalogue of Hemipterous Insects. By W. S. Dallas, F.L.S. &c. With
Plates. 12mo. Part 1. 1851. Is. Part 2. 1852. 4s.

The Catalogues of Hymenopterous, Dipterous, Homopterous, and Hemi-
pterous Insects contain the description of the species in the Museum which
appeared to be undescribed.

Catalogue of Orthopterous Insects. By J. O. Westwood, M.A., F.L.S.
4to. Plates. Part I. Phasmidai. 1859. £3.

Catalogue of British Bruchidse, Curculionidse, &c. By John Walton,
F.L.S. 12mo. 1856. Is.

Catalogue of Cassididse. By Professor Bo hem an. 12mo. 1856. 3s.

Catalogue of Coleopterous Insects of Madeira. By T. V. Wollaston,
F.L.S. 8vo. 1857. 3s.

Catalogue of Halticidjc. By the Rev. Hamlet Clark. 8vo. Part 1.
1860. 7s. With Plates.

Nomenclature of Coleopterous Insects (with characters of new species).
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Part 6. Passalidffi. 1852. Sd. By F. Smith, M.E.S.
Part 7- Longicornia. By A. White, F.L.S. With Plates. Parti.

1853. 2s. 6d. Part 2. 1855. 3s. 6d.
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List of Myriapoda. By G. Newport, F.R.S. &c. 12mo. 1844. 4d,

Catalogue of Myriapoda. By G. Newport, F.R.S. &c.
Part 1. Chilopoda. 12mo. 1856. Is. 9d.

List of British Anoplura, or Parasitic Insects; with Synonyma. By
H. Denny, F.L.S. 12mo. Is.

List of Crustacea ; with Synonyma. By A. White, F.L.S. 1847. 2s.

Listof British Crustacea; with Synonyma. By A. White, F.L.S. 12mo.
1850. 2s. 6d.

Catalogue of Crustacea. By A. White, F.L.S. 12mo. Part I. Leuco-
siadse. 1855. 6d.

Catalogue of Amphipodous Crustacea. By C. Spence Bate, F.R.S. 8vo.
1863. 25s. With Plates.

Catalogue of Entozoa ; with Plates. By W. Baird, M.D., F.L.S. 12mo.

1853. 2s.

III. MOLLUSCA.

Guide to the Collection of MoUusca, By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. &c. 8vo.
Part 1. 1856. 5s.

Catalogue of the MoUusca. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. &c.
Part 1. Cephalopoda Antepedia. 12mo. 1849. 4s.
Part 2. Pteropoda. 1850. Is.

Catalogue of Bivalve MoUusca. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. &c.
Parti. Placuniadae and Anomiadse. 12mo. 1850. 4d.
Part 2. Brachiopoda Ancylopoda. 1853. 3s. Figures of genera.

Containing the characters of the recent and fossil genera, and the
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Catalogue of Phaueropneumona or Opei-culated Terrestrial MoUusca. By
Dr. Louis Pfeiffer and Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. 1852. 5s.

Catalogue of Conchifera. By M. Deshayes.
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List of British MoUusca and Shells; with Synonyma. By Dr. J. E.
Gray, F.R.S.

Parti. Acephala and Brachiopoda. 12mo. 1851. 3s. 6c?.

Catalogue of Pulmonata. By Dr. Louis Pfeiffer and Dr. J. E. Gray,
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Part 1. 12mo. 1855. 2s. 6d.

Catalogue of AuricuUdfe, &c. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. 12mo. 1857.
Is. 9d.

List of the Shells of the Canaries, described by M. D'Orbigny. 12mo.

1854. Is.

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1854. 2s.

List of the MoUusca and Shells collected and described by MM. Eydoux
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Catalogue of the Collection of Mazatlan Shells. By P. P. Carpenter.
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List of MoUusca. By Dr. J. E, Gray, F.R.S.

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IV. RADIATA.

Catalogue of Marine Polyzoa. By G. Busk, F.R.S., Sec. L.S.
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List of British Radiata; with Synonyma. By Dr. J, E. Gray, F.R.S.
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List of British Sponges; with Synonyma. Bv Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S.
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Catalogue of the Recent Echinida. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S.
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List of the British Animals ; with Synonj ma and references to figures.
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VI. Books illustrating or describing parts of the
Zoological Collections.

The Illustrated Natural History. By the Rev. J.G.Wood, M.A., F.L.S. &c.
New edition. 12mo. 1865.

Illustrations of Indian Zoology, from the Collection of Major-General
Thomas Hardwicke. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. Folio. 2 vols.
1830-1835.

Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. Edited by Charles Darwin,
F.R.S. 4to. 1840-1844.

Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.SS. Erebus and Terror. Edited by Sir
John Richardson, M.D., F.R.S. &c., and Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S.
4to. 1844-1845.

British Museum — Historical and Descriptive. 12mo. 1855.

Natural History of the Animal Kingdom. By W. S. Dallas, F.L.S. &c.
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Zoological Miscellany. By W. E. Leach, M.D,, F.R.S. 8vo. 3 vols.

Spicilegia Zoologica. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. 4to. 1829-1830.

Zoological Miscellany. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. 8vo. 1831.

Knowsley Menagerie. Part 2. Hoofed Animals. By Dr. J. E. Gray,
F.R.S. Folio. 1850.

A Monograph of the Macropodidae. By John Gould, F.R.S. Folio.
1841-1844.

Mammals of Australia. By John Gould, F.R.S. Folio. 1845.

Popular History of Mammalia. By A. White, F.L.S.

Popular History of Birds. By A. White, F.L.S.

Genera of Birds. By G. R. Gray, F.L.S. Illustrated by Plates by D. W.
Mitchell, Sec. Z.S. Folio. 3 vols. 1844-184.9.

The Birds of Jamaica. By P. H. Gosse, F.R.S. 8vo. 184/.

Illustrations of the Birds of Jamaica. By P. H. Gosse, F.R.S. 8vo. 1849.

Monograph of Ramphastidse. By John Gould, F.R.S. Folio.

Birds of Australia. By John Gould, F.R.S. Folio. 1848.

Report on the Ichthyology of the Seas of China and Japan. By Sir John
Richardson, M.D., F.R.S. 8vo. 1846.

Fauna Boreali- Americana. The Fish. By Sir John Richardson, M.D.,
F.R.S. &c. 4to. 1836. With Plates.

Synopsis Reptilium. Part 1. Cataphracta. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S.
8vo. 1831.

Illustrations of British Entomology. By James F. Stephens, F.L.S.
10 vols. Svo. 1827-1835.

A Systematic Catalogue of British Insects. By J. F. Stephens, F.L.S.

8vo. 1829.

The Nomenclature of British Insects. By J. F. Stephens, F.L.S. 8vo.
1829 & 1833.

A Manual of British Coleoptera. By J. F. Stephens, F.L.S. 12mo. 1839.

Insecta Britannica. Diptera. By F. Walker, F.L.S. 8vo. 1851-1856.

Monographia Chalciditum. By F.Walker, F.L.S. 8vo. 1839.

Entomology of Australia. Part 1. Phasmidae. By G. R. Gray, F.L.S. 4to.

Synopsis of Species of Phasmidae. By G. R. Gray, F.L.S. 8vo. 1835.

Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptei-a. By Edward Doubleday, F.L.S.,
and J. O. Westwood, F.L.S. Illustrated by W. C. Hewitson. 4to.
2 vols. 1846-1850.

Monographia Anoplurorum Britannire, or British species of Parasitic
Insects. By Henry Denny, A.L.S. 8vo. With Plates.

Fauna Boreali-Americana. The Insects. By W. Kirby, F.R.S. 4to. 183/.
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Insecta Maderensia. By T. Vernon Wollaston, M.A., F.L.S. 4to'
1854. With Plates.

Malacostraca Podophthalmia Britannise. By W. E. Leach, M.D., F.R.S.
4to. 1817-1821.

A Monograph of the Subclass Cirripedia. By Charles Darwin, F.R.S.
8vo. 2 vols. 1854.

Natural History of the British Entomostraea, By W, Baird, M.D., F.L.S.
&c. 8vo. 1850.

Figures of Molluscous Animals, for the use of Students. By Maria
Emma Gray. 5 vols. 8vo. 1850-1857.

A Synopsis of the MoUusca of Great Britain. By W. E. Leach, M.D.,
F.R.S. 8vo. 1852.

Catalogue of the Land Shells of Jamaica. By C. B. Adams. 8vo. 1851.

Catalogue of Testaceous Mollusca of the North-east Atlantic and neigh-
bouring Seas. By R. MacAndrew, F.R.S. Svo. 1850,

Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire. By John Phillips, F.R.S.
4to. 1836.

A Monograph of the Crag Mollusca. By Searles V. Wood, F.G.S.
4to. 1850.

A History of British Starfishes. By Edward Forbes, F.R.S. 8vo.

A History of the British Zoophytes. By George Johnston, M.D.
Svo. i838.— Ed. 2. Svo. 1847-

A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes. By George Johnston,
M.D. Svo. 1842.

Proceedings of the Zoological Society. Series 1 and 2.

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