560 INSECTA MADERENSIA. 



Tachi/porus iJediculariics, Grav. Col. Micropt. 133 (1802) 



, Gyll. Ins. Siiec. iii. 246 (ISIO). 



, Mann. Brackel. 60 (1831). 



Conurm pedicularius, Erich. Gen. et Spec. Staph. 230 (1839). 



Habitat Maderam et Portum Sanctum, in locis similibus ac praecedens, sed rarior. 



C. dark piccous (or piceous-black), smaller and narrower than the C. pubescens, also somewhat more 

 shining and less densely clothed with griseous pile. Prothorax and elytra^ each with their 

 extreme hinder margins more or less diluted in colouring ; the latter about the same length as, 

 or perhaps a little shorter than, the former. Abdomen with its apical segment, and the margins 

 of its basal ones, more or less feiTuginous. Antenna and leffs rather shorter and slenderer than 

 in either of the other species, and testaceous; with the tibia (especially in the Madeiran speci- 

 mens, those from Porto Santo being usually rather paler) more or less dusky. 



Its narrower outline, atlded to its comparatively shorter and slenderer limbs, 

 will at once distinguish the present insect from either of its allies here described. 

 It is exceedingly rare, and apparently coniined to low and intermediate altitudes, 

 — occurring in grassy places, principally beneath stones and leaves. I have taken 

 it sparingly in the vicinity of Funchal, and also in Porto Santo. It is found 

 throughout the greater portion of Europe ; and the Madeii'an specimens are a little 

 longer than the average of theu" more northern representatives. 



439. Conmiis monticola, TVoU. 



C. nigro-piceus (vel piceus) parce griseo-pubescens nitidus, clytris prothorace vix longioribus, antennis 

 pedibusque longiusculis robustis testaceis. 

 Far. j3. omnino pallidior, capite prothoraceque rufo-tcstaccis. 

 Long. Corp. lin. 1-1^. 



Habitat in Madera sylvatica excels;!, sub foliis arborum dejectis ad Cruzinhas (circa 5000* s. m.) Julio 

 incunte a.d. 1850 a meipso delectus. 



C. dark piceous (or piceous), more shining and less pubescent than either of the other species; also, 

 proportionably, somewhat broader. Prothorax and elytra each with their extreme hinder 

 margins sometimes (but not always) diluted in colouring; the latter a little longer than the 

 former. Abdomen with its apical segments, and the margins of its basal ones, more or less ferru- 

 ginous. Antenna and legs rather longer and much robuster than those of the C. pedicularius 

 (the former being more distinctly incrassated, likewise, at their extremities), and bright 

 testaceous. 

 Var. ^. altogether paler, with the head and prothorax entirely i-ufo-testaceous. 



By far the scarcest of the Comiri hitherto detected in these islands, and a truly 

 indigenous insect, — occurring only, so far as I have observed, at lofty elevations 

 and in remote sylvan spots. It may be known from the C. pedicularius by its 

 more piceous and shining siuface, broader outline, somewhat less abbreviated 



