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grass in exposed sunny spots towards the sea. At the Praya Formoza, and on the 

 small rou.nded hills of the Pico da Cruz and Pico do Cardo, it is at times abundant ; 

 nevertheless it is on the high cliffs to the eastward of the town, especially on the 

 lofty one immediately before reaching the Cabo Gerajao, or Brazen Head, that I 

 have observed it in the greatest profusion. It is widely distributed thi"oughout 

 Europe, though occurring more freqviently in Mediterranean latitudes than else- 

 where, — its principal recorded districts being France, Spain, Sardinia, Sicily and 

 Greece : and it has been taken in Algeria and Syria. It is reported also from the 

 Critnea ; and it exists even in our own country, — which however would appear to 

 be one of its most northern stations, since it only just makes its appearance in 

 sheltered positions along the southern coast. 



405. Anthicus UtoraUs. 

 A. rufo-ferrugineus subnitidus minus profunde sed confertim punctulatus, elytris versus latera plus 



minusve obscurioribus, antennis pedibusque gracilibus pallido-ferrugineis. 

 Long. Corp. lin. 1^. 



Anthicus UtoraUs, Heer, in Utt. 



Habitat in locis similibus ac A. instabilis (una cum Ulo degens), sed rarissime : tria specimina (duo sc. 

 a meipso prope Cabo Gerajao autumno exeunte a.d. 1847, et unum a cl. Dom. Heer ad oram 

 Funchalensem maritimam a.d. 1850, detecta) sola vidi. 



A. similar to the A. instabilis, but smaller, less deeply punctulated, and usually of a rather clearer 

 hue ; the eyes not quite so prominent ; the elytra with only an abbreviated dash towards eithei' 

 side fuscescent ; and the antenna and legs somewhat slenderer, and (if anything) a little paler ; 

 — the latter being apparently simple in both sexes. 



Exceedingly rare, three examples only having hitherto come beneath my notice, 

 — ^two of which were captured by myself, dui'ing the autumn of 1847, in company 

 with the A. instabilis, on the lofty maritime hiU to the right of the Caniso road, 

 before arriving at the Cabo Gerajao ; and the other by Professor Heer (whose 

 manuscript name, lately proposed for the species, I have retaiaed) on the sea-shore 

 near Eunchal, in 1850. Unless the whole of these specimens be females, it would 

 seem to recede from the A. instabilis (apart from its much smaller size and less 

 deeply punctulated, and somewhat differently coloured, sui'face) in not having its 

 hinder tibiae dilated in the male sex. 



406. Anthicus hispidus. 



A. niger nitidus profunde sed minus confertim punctatus et longe villosus, prothorace subrufescente 



convexo, elytrorum fascia sub-basali transversa, antennis, tibiis tarsisque testaceis. 

 Long. corp. lin. 1^. 



