142 INSECTA MADERENSIA. 



profunde et rugose seriato-punctatis, interstitiis alternis elevatis iutcrruptis, nodos magnos for- 

 maiitibus, tarsis in utroque sexu simplicibus. 

 Long, coi'p. lin. 2-2j. 



Habitat in Madera sylvatica excclsa, sestate rarior. 



T. very large and robust, squarish-oblong, light piceous and a little shining (and sometimes with a 

 slightly transparent appearance, which gives the insect rather the aspect of tortoiseshell), not 

 much covered with scales, but more or less clothed with short and distinct golden-brown setae. 

 Head and prothorax beset with close and obtuse granules : the lattei- channeled, large and wide, 

 dilated before the middle, and the sides much flattened and somewhat diluted in colouring, or 

 subtransparent. Elytra concolorous, much acuminated at the apex, very uneven, deeply and 

 rugosely seriate-punctate, and wi'inkled (the punctures being exceedingly large and distinct) ; the 

 alternate interstices much raised and interrupted, forming large nodules in the usual positions, 

 which are more densely beset with the golden-brown setae than the remainder of the surface. 

 AntenruB and leys as in the last species : the latter with the tarsi simple in both sexes. 



Well distmguishcd from its congeners by its robust, though proportionably 

 elongated form, by its pale rusty-piceous (or almost tortoiseshell-coloui-ed) hue, by 

 the widely flattened edges of its prothorax, and by the large regularly-disposed 

 punctures and fully-developed nodules of its exceedingly xmeren and apically- 

 aeuminated elji:ra. Although one of the rarest of the Madeu-an Tarphli, it is 

 nevertheless widely distributed over the sylvan districts of the island, occurring 

 during the summer months, in company with its allies, in the damp woods of lofty 

 altitudes. My specimens are principally from the Cruzinhas, the Lombo dos 

 Pecegueiros, and the Fanal. 



117. Tarphiiis tnmcatus, WoU. 



T. parallelo-oblongus valde setosus piceus, prothorace rugoso, ante medium leviter dilatato, granulis 

 crebris obtusis obsito, canaliculato, elytris submaculatis postice truncatis, profunde et rugose 

 seriato-punctatis, interstitiis alternis leviter elevatis interruptis, nodos formantibus, tarsis in 

 utroque sexu simplicibus. 



Long. Corp. lin. 1*. 



Habitat in echtioribus sylvaticis Maderae, una cum aliis degens, sestate rarissimus. 



T. parallel-oblong, being very much smaller and (comparatively) narrower than the last species, 

 bright rusty-piceous, not nmch covered with scales, but densely clothed with somewhat short 

 and rigid set«. Head and prothorax rough, and closely beset with obtuse granules and set» : 

 the latter channeled, not much dilated, — but widest a httle before the middle, where it is about 

 the breadth of the elytra; the posterior portion a little attenuated, and the sides not much 

 curved. Elytra submaculated, parallel, a little narrowed and rather more shortened behind 

 than in the other species, very rugosely seriate-punctate ; the alternate interstices raised and in- 

 terrupted, forming nodules and ridges in the usual positions, which are somewhat more lightly 



