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CANAEIAN COLEOPTEKA. 



Genus 70- PTINELLA. 



(Motsclmlsky) Matthews, Zool. xvi. GlOG (1858). 



174. Ptinella angustula. 



Ptiliimi ano-ustulum, Gillm., in Sturm, Deutsch. Fim, xvii. 60. pi. 324. 

 f. 6 (1845). 



Habitat Palmam, rarissime ; sub cortice laxo Pini mnaricnsis Juuio 

 ineunte a.d. 1858 deprehensa. 



Apparently of the greatest rai-ity in these islands. The only three 

 Canarian specimens which I have seen were captured hj myself in 

 Palma, at the beginning of June 1858. They were found beneath 

 the bark of old pine-trees, — one of them high up in the Barranco 

 above S*'' Cruz, and the other two in the Pinal of the Banda, near the 

 edges of the great Caldeira. They have been examined carefully by 

 the Rev. A. Matthews, who believes them to be identical with the 

 European P. angustula of Gillmeister. 



Fam. 12. PHALACRIDiE. 



Genus 71. PHALACRUS. 



PaykiOl, Fna Suec. iii. 438 (1800). 



175. Phalacrus coruscus. 



Phalacrus coruscus, Pai/k., Fna Sncc. iii. 438 (1800). 



, Steph., III. Brit. Ent. ii. 161 (1829). 



corruscus, Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 110 (1848). 



Habitat insulas omnes Canarienses, passim. 



The common European P. coruscus is universal at the Canaries. 

 Palma is the only island out of the seven in which I have not taken 

 it ; but it was captiu'ed there (as also in Lanzarote) by Mr. Gray. In 

 Teneriffe it was found likewise by Dr. Crotch. 



Genus 72. OLIBRUS. 



Erichson, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 113 (1848). 



176. Olibrus florum, n. sp. 



0. obovatus, ante medium latiusculus, nitidissimus, tcstaceus ; capite, 

 prothoracis disco elytrorumque sutura plus minus fuscescentibus ; 

 elytris levissime punctulato-striatis. — Long. corp. lin. 1-1-g-. 



Habitat in Canaria, Teneriffa, Palma et Hierro, super flores (prae- 

 sertim Cineraria') hinc inde vulgaris : in Hierro prsedominat. 



Closely allied to the common European 0. corticalis ; from which 



