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to the T. multifasdatus from Grand Canary ; nevertheless, apart from 

 its structural peculiarities — of slenderer tibiae, the immensely deve- 

 loped last joint of its male-clava, and the shorter feet of its female 

 sex (which have their second joint less conspicuously elongated), — 

 it may be further known by its rather larger size, by the long and 

 suberect additional hairs with which it is studded towards either side 

 being much more numerous, and by the dark portions of its surface 

 being usually browner, whilst the fasciae are generally of a duUer and 

 obscurer white. 



§ II. Co)j)us antice ad latera pills longiusculis suherectis vix vestitmn : 

 tihice dilatatte : tarsi posteriores {in utroque sexu) elongati, articulo 

 2°'*'' (in utroque sexu) quani tertius multo longiore : antennarum 

 articidus ultimus vel in uU'oque sexu parvus, vel in maribus paido 

 elongatus. 



266. Telopes anthrenoides, n. sp. 



T. ovalis, fusco-niger, cinereo-pubescens ; jirothorace utriiique ely- 

 trisque in fasciis tribus obscuris necnon ad apicem densius pallido- 

 pUosis ; antennis nigris, ad basin picescentibus, articulo ultimo 

 (in utroque sexu) jjarvo ; pedibus rufo-piceis, tarsis pallidioribus. 



Mas antennarum clava paulo longiore, articulis penultimo et ante- 

 penultimo leviter elongatis. 



Foem. antennarum clava paulo breviore, articulis penultimo et antepe- 

 nultimo quam terminalis vix (singulatim) majoribus. — Long. corp. 

 lin. vix 11. 



Habitat Canariam australem, in arenosis aridis ad Maspalomas 

 captus. 



It is just possible that this insect may be only a depauperated state 

 of the T. multifasciatas pecidiar to the dry sandy region of Maspa- 

 lomas, in the extreme south of Grand Canary (where my few speci- 

 mens were captured) ; nevertheless I can hardly believe that such is 

 really the case. It differs in being smaller than that insect, in its 

 pubescence (as well as even the few elongate additional hairs with 

 which it is studded on either side anteriorly) being altogether whiter 

 or more cinereous and still more decumbent, in its elytral fasciae 

 being less distinct, and in its tibiae being perhaps (if anything) a trifle 

 narrower. 



267. Telopes multifasciatus. 

 T. ovalis, niger, nigrescenti-pubescens ; prothorace utrinque et in 

 maculis duabus posticis elytrisque in fasciis tribus, neenon ad api- 

 cem, pallido-pilosis ; antennis nigris, ad basin picescentibus, arti- 

 culo ultimo (in utroque sexu) parvo ; pedibus piceis, tarsis vix pal- 

 lidioribus. 

 Mas antennarum clava paulo longiore, articulis penultimo et ante- 

 penultimo leviter elongatis. 



