616 INSECTA MADERENSIA. 



seen hitherto but a single specimen, — which was captured by myself in the vicinity 

 of Funchal (though I have no recollection, or note, of the exact position) during 

 the spring of 1848. 



Genus 213. METOPSIA, TTW. (Tab. XIII. fig. 7.) 



Corpus parvum, latum, subdepressum, rugosum sed vix pubescens : capite porrecto sub-semicirculari, 

 intra angulos anticos utrinque fisso, postice ocello singulo elevato medio instructo ; oculis parvis 

 rotundatis, valde prominentibus : prothorace transverse, antice emarginato (caput recipiente), in 

 medio profunde canaliculato, ad latcra latissime subrecun-o-explanato, necnon intra angulos 

 posticos late traiisversim exsecto, basi in medio sinuato : scutello distincto, triangulari : elytris 

 pectore longioribus, angulo apicis exteriore vix rotundato : alls obsoletis : abdomine late margi- 

 nato, apicem versus attenuato, segmento sexto in maribus subtus in medio triangulariter incise. 

 Antenna et mandihula fere ut in Megartbro. Labrum (XIII. 7 a) sub frontis margine recondi- 

 tum, breve transversum, antice rotundatum et membrana, iutegra auctum. Maailla (XIII. 7 b) 

 bilobse : lobo externa menibranaceo latissimo, ad apicem truncate, intus, apice et apicem versus 

 exteriorem dense barbate : intemo breviere, extus subcorneo, intus vix ciliate. Palpi (XIII. 7 b 

 et 7 c) fere ut in genere prrecedenti, sed maxiUarium articulus secundus longior. Mentum (XIII. 7 c) 

 corneum, antice angiistatum rotundatum, in medio carinatum. Ligula submembranacea lata 

 biloba, lobis valde divergentibus acuminatis; paraglossis ligulam baud superantibus. Pedes 

 breviusculi subtenues {intermedii approximati) : tibiis pubescentibus ; intermediis (praesei+im in 

 maribus) leriter incurvis : tarsis 5-articulatis brevibus, subtus dense pubescentibus, articulis 

 quatuor baseos (pra;sertim in anterioribus et in sexu masculo) leviter dilatatis et paulatim decres- 

 centibus (quarto subemarginato), ultimo bis conjunctis multo breviere. 



A ftera post, et cn^ia vesper. 



The remarkable insect (apparently of noctm-nal habits) from which the above 

 characters have been drawn out is closely allied to Fhoeobiinn, — from which, how- 

 ever, it recedes in the singular form of its ligula and outer maxillary lobe, in its 

 keeled and apically rounded mentum, in the slightly different structure of its 

 antennae and feet, as well as in its freedom from wings, in its comparatively large 

 size and extremely broad outline, in its very deeply channeled prothorax, and in its 

 more ample elytra. In the single ocellus with which it is furnished, and in the 

 incised margins of its forehead, it agrees with that genus, — peculiarities moreover 

 which, in conjunction with its ■«-idely flattened (or dUated) edges, and the somewhat 

 curved intermediate tibiye of its male sex, Avill at once cUstinguish it from every 

 other Madeiran member of the Bntchelytra hitherto discovered. 



482. Metopsia ampliata, WoU. (Tab. XIII. fig. 7.) 

 M. lata ferruginea rugosa opaca, pretborace in medio canalicula profunda glaberrima pelita impresso, 



ad latera valde explanato, antennis apicem versus obscurioribus. 

 Long. cerp. lin. 1|. 



Habitat per regionem Maderx sylvaticam rarissime: ad Ribeiro Frio tempore hiberno a.d. 1849 

 necnon ad Feijaa de Corte Julio ineunte a.d. 1850 cellegi. 



