21G [FcbniaiT, 1875. 



mot with Falvcra hispida, Brulle, liitliorto reputed to occur only in Lanzarote and 

 Fuerteventura, tlio two eastern islands of tJie Canarian Archipelago. On submitting 

 my specimens to Mr. Wollaston for comparison with Canarian individuals, he returned 

 them as " P. hispida, var. b, attrita" with the following diagnosis : — " Prothoracis 

 " angulis posticis paulo magis exstantihus, elytrorumque punctis vix ohsoletioribus.' 

 They can hardly, however, be regarded as more than (if so much as) a geographical 

 variety of the Canarian form, the degree of punctuation being variable in the latter. 

 Pimelia was represented by P. cordata, IcBviuscuI-a, Fairmairei, and rotundipennis, 

 Kraatz ; the last named being the most abundant. It varies excessively in size, 

 specimens captured near the town being only half the size of those taken at a little 

 distance inland. The fine Pimelia Fairmairei was locally abundant at a spot called 

 " The Sultan's garden," about three miles S. E. of Mogador, where I also met with 

 a few specimens of Blaps ecaiidata, Kiist. Halonomus salinicola, WoUast., abundant 

 in Lanzarote, occurred in some numbers under stones at the edge of the salt marsh ; 

 where also, under rejectamenta, I met with Anthicus hi.sjndus, Rossi, and two luide- 

 termined species of that genus. 



The season of the year was unfavourable for the occurrence of CurculionidcB, 

 and I have few captures to record in that family. I may, however, mention Cneo- 

 rhimis barcelunicus, Herbst, not unfrcquent on Retama monosperma, and a Mecinus 

 and Cleonns probably new. The latter is allied to C. marcidus, from which it is 

 distinguished by its larger size and differently shaped rostrum. 



Of the Ph(ftophaga, I met with Timarcha rugosa and Chrysomela diluta, both 

 found sparingly near the town. 



My list is brought to a close by the mention of the frequent occurrence of the 

 universal Coccinella T-punctata and a Scymnus. In concluding it, I may remark 

 that I shall be happy to furnish any intending explorer of the Mogador district with 

 every information in my power. 



THE COLEOPTERA obtained by Dr. Hooker's party were few in mmiber, the 

 energies of the party having been directed towards the formation of the rich her- 

 barium which they brought to this country ; but the coUectioii included sevci-al 

 species new to science. 



Those obtained in the plain of Morocco consisted only of such species as are 

 widely distributed over the country, and comprised Ainphicoma Ooudoti, Cast., 

 Morica Farieri, Luc, Agapanthia irrorata, F., Lalidostomis rKbrijieiuiis, Luc. (in 

 considerable numbers), and Chrysomela Banlcsi. 



In the lower and middle regions of the eastern range of the Atlas chain (3,000 

 to 6,000 feet), described as possessing a singularly rich and varied flora, several 

 insects of gi'eater interest occurred. These include two species of Pimelia ; one, 

 described hereunder as P. malleata, WoUast., allied to P. monticola, Eosenh., which 

 occurs in the sub-alpine regions of the Sierra Nevada ; the other, of which only one 

 specimen was obtained, somewhat resembling the Canarian P. serrimargo, Wollast., 

 from which, however, it seems distinct in several respects, and I have little doubt 

 that it will prove to be a new species. A single specimen of the Gymnetron, described 

 by Mr. Wollaston as lannginosum, was also obtained. In addition to these, Mr. 

 Bates has specimens of Calathus circumseptus, Q-crm., a common species in Mediter- 



