134 INSECTA MADERENSIA. 



106. Tarphius parallelus, Tf'oU. 



T. parallelo-oblongus opacus ferrugineus, prothorace amplo ante medium dilatato, rugoso, granulis 

 obtusis obsito, vix canaliculate, elytris concoloribus rugosissime (sed vix seriato-) punctatis, 

 interstitiis alternis leviter elcvatis, tarsis in utroque sexu simplicibus. 



Long, coi-p. lin. l|-2. 



Habitat in Madera sylvatica excelsa, sub stipitibus truncisque arborum projectis, sestate, rarior ; — per 

 regionem Fanalensem necnon ad Lombo dos Pecegueiros mense Julio a.d. 1850 a meipso lectus. 



T. large, oblong, and parallel, dull rusty ferruginous, more or less covered with scales, and opake. 

 Head and protlwrax rough, and beset with obtuse granules : the latter sometimes distinctly, but 

 generally very obscurely, channeled, broader in front than behind, though most dilated a little 

 before the middle ; the sides much flattened, and the front edge a little raised along the central 

 emargination. Elytra concolorous, very rugosely punctured and transversely wrinkled, — the 

 punctures however having scarcely any tendency to be disposed in striae ; the suture and alter- 

 nate interstices most obscurely raised. Antennce and leys a little paler : the latter with their 

 tarsi simple in both sexes. 



A large and most distinct species, its parallel outline and anteriorly T^idened 

 prothorax, in conjunction \d\h its pale rusty colour, and the sculptiu-e of its upper 

 surface, — which is extremely rugose, and yet without the slightest indication of 

 nodules, — being at once sufficient to separate it from the remainder of the genus 

 here described. It is apparently exceedingly rare, and confined to moist shady 

 spots of a lofty altitude. During July of 1850 I captured it sparingly both at the 

 Lombo dos Pecegueiros and in the uj)land region of the Fanal. 



107. Tarpliius Lowei, WoU. (Tab. III. fig. 5.) 



T, subparallelo-oblongus intcrdum vix opacus subinfuscato-niger, prothorace sublunulato (angulis 

 posticis rotundatis), granulis dispersis obtusis obsito, elytris rufo-maculatis rugose seriato-punc- 

 tatis, tarsis in utroque sexu simplicibus. 



Long. Corp. lin. 1^-1^. 



Habitat lichenes in truncis ramisquc arborum emortuis crescentes per partem lladerre syhaticam, 

 rarissimus : in Portu Sancto abundat, qua Decembri mense a.d. 1848, prsesertim in ascensu 

 montis Pico d'Anna Ferreira dicti, e rupium fissuris copiosissime coUegi. 



In honorem Rev"^ Dom. Lowe, A.M., qui in insulis ^laderensibiis, per tot aunos longe lateque 

 Celebris, scientire naturalis solus investigator eluccbat, hanc Tarphii speciem e.ximiam valde di- 

 stinctam nuncupa\'i. 



T. small aud rather parallel, black or brownish-black, gi'ncraliy much iucrusted with dirty scales, and 

 not quite so opake as the last species, — being often perceptibly shining. Head and prothorax 

 rough, and beset with somewhat distant, small, dark, and obtuse granules : the latter not 

 channeled, but sometimes most obscurely transvcr.sely-impresscd behind, sublunulate (being 

 widened a little before the middle and with the hinder angles nmch rounded-off, — as well as 

 indistinctly excavated towards the posterior margin). Elytra linear, rugosely punctured, and 



