164 INSECTA MADERENSIA. 



lato, hoc punctate antice dilatato et postice valde attenuato, angulis anticis obtusisj posticis sub- 

 rotundatis, elytris striatis vix pallidioribus, pedibus testaceis. 

 Mas, antennis paulo longioribus, capite postice latiore. 

 Long. Corp. lin. f-1^- 



Habitat Maderam sylvaticam, sub cortice arborum, prjesertim in castanetis ; — ad Sanctam Annam 

 necnon ad Lombo dos Pecegueiros aestate media a.d. 1850 detectus. 



L. narrow and parallel, pale ferruginous, slightly shining, and pubescent. Head and prothor ax punc- 

 tui-ed, and more convex than in any of the foregoing species : the former (especially in the male 

 sex) wide between the eyes ; with the forehead produced, and trans\ersely truncated, in front ; 

 \^^th a raised marginal stria, but usually without any indications of a central line. Prothorax 

 long, wide in front and exceedingly narrowed behind ; with the anterior angles obtuse, and the 

 posterior ones just perceptibly prominent at their extreme point. Elytra parallel, a little paler 

 than the head and prothorax ; entire, or nearly so, at their apex ; and distinctly striated. An- 

 tenna just iicrcejitibly thickened towards their extremities, — the joints being subglobose ; a little 

 longer in the males than in the females. Legs pale testaceous. 



The peculiar shape of the head and prothorax of the present Lcemophloens, — the 

 former of which (especially in the male sex) is vddc hetween the eyes, whilst the 

 latter is very much attenuated posteriorly, — will serve to distinguish it, prima 

 facie, from the remainder of the genus here described except the L. axillaris ; — 

 from which nevertheless its much smaller size and pallid hue, in conjimction with 

 its pubescent surface and different sculptiu-e, will equally remove it. From the 

 L. ferrtigineiis it differs in its narrower outline, and in the more roimded hinder 

 angles of its somewhat convexer and much more posteriorly-attenuated prothorax. 

 In its habits it is quite distinct from that insect, being a truly indigenous species, 

 and confined to the sylvan districts of intermediate altitudes. It is apparently 

 however more attached to the chestnut-woods than to the native laurels, — my 

 specimens being princijjally from the -sdneyards of Santa Anna and fi-om that 

 portion of the dense forest-region of the Lombo dos Pecegueii"os kuoflTi as the 

 Chao das Castanheiras. 



134. Laemophloeiis axillaris, Woll. (Tab. III. fig. 7.) 



li. angusto-subcylindricus piceus subopacus, capite prothoraceque convexis, illo postice latissimo pro- 

 funde longitudinaliter striguloso-punctato, hoc subtilissime granulato et subruguloso-punctato, 

 antice valde dilatato et postice attenuato, angulis rotundato-obtusis, elytris striatis subtilissime 

 granulatis ad humeros liete rufescentibus, antennis tibiisque picescenti-ferrugineis, tarsis 

 testaceis. 

 Mas (III. 7), antennis brevibus moniliformibus robustis, apicem versus subincrassatis. 



Long. Corp. lin. \\. 



Habitat in ^Madera sylvatica, rarissimus ; ad Ribeiro Frio Augusto ineuntc a.d. 1850 semel tantum 

 repertus. 



