CANAllIAN COLEOPTERA. 



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201. Trogosita latens. 



Trogosita latens, WolL, Trmis.EnL Soc.Lond. (3rd series) i. 143 (1862). 



Habitat in Lanzarota, TenerifFa et Hierro, sub cortice Eupliorhi- 

 arum laxo putrido latens. 



This very distinct Trogosita (the characters of which are fully 

 pointed out in my paper alluded to under Leipas^ns lauricola) appears 

 to be both scarce and local, and confined (so far as observed hitherto) 

 to the rotten Euphorbias, beneath the damp bark of Avhich it Hes 

 concealed, — generally towards the hase of the stems, and even under- 

 ground near the roots. In such places it was found by Mr. Gray 

 and myseK on the Risco overlooking the Sahnas, in the extreme 

 north of Lanzarote, during January 1858 ; and I subsequently cap- 

 tured it, in similar spots, at Taganana of Teneriffe and in the district 

 of El Golfo, on the western side of Hierro. 



Fam. 15. COLYDIAD^. 



Genus 85. MONOTOMA. 

 Herbst, Natursyst. v. (1793). 



202. Monotonia spinicoUis. 



Monotoma spinicollis, Auhe, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, vi. 463. 



pi. 17. f. 6 (1837). 

 spinifera, Woll, Cat. Mad. Col. 67 (1857). 



Habitat Teneriflfam et Gomeram, sub quisquiliis degens. 



A single specimen of this European Monotoma (which occurs also 

 in Madeira) was taken by Mr. Gray from beneath vegetable refuse, 

 in a garden near S*'^ Cruz of Teneriffe, during the winter of 1858 ; 

 and six others have lately been communicated by Dr. Crotch, — five 

 of which he captured in Teneriffe, and the remaming one at Her- 

 migua in Gomera. 



203. Monotoma picipes. 



Monotonia picipes, Hhst, Ki'tf. v. 24 (1793). 



, Auhe, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, vi. 458. pi. 17. f. 3 (1837). 



, Hedt, Fna Austr. 203 (1849). 



congener, Woll, Cat. Mad. Col. 68 (1857). 



Habitat Teneriffam, a Dom. W. D. Crotch reperta. 



I have not myself observed this common Eiiropean insect at the 

 Canaries ; but four examples of it have been submitted to me by Dr. 

 Crotch, who captured them, during the spring of 1862, in Teneriffe. 

 In all probability it will be found to be pretty general, if searched 

 for beneath decaying vegetable refuse, — in which position it likewise 



