564 INSECTA MADERENSIA. 



sectional characters above enumerated, together with its larger Inilk, totally dif- 

 ferent contom-, and the much greater length of its limbs, ^vill, of themselves, at 

 once remove it ; whilst from the second (with wliich, in addition to its antennae 

 and tarsi, it agrees in its anteriorly-tapering ligula), it is equally separated by its 

 comparatively developed abdomen, by the straight external lobe of its maxillae, 

 the produced ultimate joint of its palpi, and by the distinctness of its scutellum. 



436. Somatium anale, WoU. (Tab. XIII. fig. 5.) 

 S. flliptico-ovatum nigro-piccuni pubesceus subuitidum, ore, antennis, pedibus anoque vel paUido- 



furrugineis vel rufo-testaceis. 

 Ijoug. Corp. lin. j. 



Habitat in Madera- sylvaticis, inter fungos plantasve humidas (inde a 2000' s. m.), rarissime : ad 

 Ribeiro Frio necuon ad Lombo dos Pecegueiros (in JIadera boreali) sestate collegi. 



S. elliptical-ovate, piceous-black, pubescent, and slightly shining. Head and prothoraoc very minutely 

 and obscurely punctulated ; the latter short, convex, as wide behind as the base of the chtra, and 

 without any api)carancc of a dorsal channel. Elytra ample (being longer than the breast), more 

 distinctly punctulated, and \ery pubescent. Anteniue (especially at their base), legs, and the last 

 two segments of the abdumen, either pale ferruginous or rufo-testaceous. 



Exceedingly rare ; inhabiting the moist sylvan districts above the elevation of 

 2000 feet. I have taken it from out of fungi at the Ribeiro Frio ; and l)y brush- 

 ing the rank wet fern at the Lombo dos Pecegueu-os (on the edges of the cliff- 

 road leading from Sao Vincente to Seisal), in July. 



Genus 191. CONURUS. 



Stephens, III Brit. Ent. v. 188 (1832). 



Corpus parvum, convexum, obconicum (antice obtuse rotundatum, postice valde atteuuatuni), pubes- 

 ceus : capite detlexo : pruthorace postice lato, elytris arete applicato : mesusternu carinato : alis 

 amplis : aMomwie immarginato, apicem versus fortiter attenuato (vivis sat elongate). Antenna svh 

 frontis margine inserta:, capite ])rothoraccque sitpius paulo longiores, apicem vei'sus plus minusve 

 leviter iucrassatse, articulo ultimo plerumque sub-oblique truncato. Labrum brcvissimum, in- 

 tegrum. Mandibul<e breves, intus membraua angusta auctJE. Maxilhe bilobie : lobo externa 

 apice pubescente : interuu huic jiaulo breviore, pubescente. Palpi maxillares articulo primo 

 miuuto, sccundo et tertio clongatis subsqiuilibus (hoc leviter incrassato), ultimo minuto subulato : 

 labiates articulis primo et ultimo longitudine aiqualibus (illo robusto, hoc tenuiorc acuminato), 

 sccundo brevi. Mentuin transversum. Ligula lata, antice pilis paucis instructa biloba, incisione 

 iterum profundius biloba ; paraglossia ligulse connatis eique sequalibus. Pedes longiusculi : tibiis 

 plus minusve spinulosis; anticis per raarginem externum spinulis minutissimis ciliatis: tarsis 

 omnibus 5-articulatis, articulo quarto reliquis minore ; anticis articulis primo, secundo et tertio 

 subcordatis, in maribus leviter dilatatis ; posterioribus elongatis, articulo primo longiusculo. 



