CANABIAN COLEOPTEKA. 11 



convexis et minutissime punctulaiis ; antennis, palpis pedibusque 

 rufo-testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 4—4^. 



Polisticlius bnmneus, Dej., Sjjec. Gen. des Col. v. 298 (1831). 

 iinicolor, £>:, Hist. Nat. des Ins. iv. 179. pi. 6. f. 2 (1834). 



Habitat sub lapidibus in regionibus excelsis Teneriffse, usque ad 

 9000' s. m. ascendens. 



Judging from the description, there can, I think, be but little 

 doubt that the present Pohjstichus is identical with the P. hvunneus 

 of Dejean (whose habitat for it, of " Brazil," was consequently al- 

 together erroneous) : and such, I may add, is likewise the opinion 

 both of the Baron Chaudoir and Dr. Schaum. Hence the name pro- 

 posed for it, subsequently, by M. Brulle must of necessity be can- 

 celled. It is one of the most beautiful of the Canarian Coleoptera, 

 and is confined (so far as I have observed hitherto) to the higher 

 elevations of Teneriffe. Indeed the only spot in which I have cap- 

 tured it (and even there but very sparingly) is the lofty Cumbre (on 

 the ascent to the Peak) adjoining the Canadas, — from about 8000 to 

 9000 feet above the sea ; where, at the beginning of May 1859, I 

 took it from under stones (occasionally within a short distance of 

 the snow) ; in which locality it has subsequently been found by 

 Dr. Crotch, A single example, however, from an old collection at 

 S'* Cruz, has lately been forwarded to me by the Barao do CasteUo 

 de Paiva, purporting to have been taken in the " Barranco de San 

 Domingo, near Laguna." 



(Subfam. VI. LEBIADES.) 



Genus 10. DROMIUS. 



Bonelli, Observat. Entom. i. tab. syn. (1813). 



16. Dromius agilis. 



Carabus agilis, Fab., But. Si/st. i. 139 (1792). 

 Labia agilis, Gi/IL, Ins. Suec. ii. 186 (1810). 

 Dromius agilis, Dej., Spec. Gen. des Col. i. 240 (1825). 

 , Schmmi, Nat. der Lis. Deutsch. i. 268 (1860). 



Habitat in ins. Fuerteventura, Aprili ineunte a.d. 1859 semel captus. 



A single specimen (somewhat immature) of what appears voa.- 

 doubtedly to be the common European D. agilis was captured by 

 myself, beneath a stone, in a small, dry, rocky ravine immediately 

 outside the little town of S'" Maria Betancuria, of Fuerteventura, 

 during my sojourn there, with the Eev. R. T. Lowe, at the begin- 

 ning of April 1859. 



