162 CAXAKIAN COLEOPTERA. 



271. Syncalypta Integra, n. sp. 



S. breviter ovalis, valde convexa, nigra, setis rigidis parce obsita ; 

 prothorace punctato ; elytris leviter striatis (striis obsolete et valde 

 remote punctatis) ; an tennis pedibusque rufo-ferrugineis ; tibiis 

 anticis bievibus, latis, extus integris. — Long. corp. lin. 1^. 



Habitat inHierro, in regione sylvatica "El Golfo" dicta semel capta. 



The present Syncalypta is about the size of the Madeiran S. eaj^i- 

 tata ; nevertheless it is a little rounder (or more reyularly oval) than 

 that insect, its prothorax is less deeply punctured, its elytra are more 

 convex, with their strips (which, except under the microscope, seem 

 to be quite impunctate) very much finer, its front tibiae are broader, 

 shorter, and apparently entire along their outer edge, and the ter- 

 minal joint of its elava is larger. The only example which I have 

 seen was captured by myself, during February 1858, in the sylvan 

 district of El Golfo, on the western slopes of Hierro. 



272. Syncalypta ovuliformis. 



S. breviter obovata, convexa, nigra, setis rigidis obsita ; prothorace 

 profunde punctato ; elytris profunde striato-punetatis ; antennis 

 pedibusque rufo-ferrugineis ; tibiis anticis extus parce spinulosis. 

 —Long. Corp. lin. 1. 



Syncah-pta ovuliformis, JVoIl, Ins. Mad. 207 (18ri4). 

 — '■ — , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 73 (1857). 



Habitat Teneriffam sylvaticam, ad Agua Garcia semel reperta. 



Although I have at present no type in my possession for com- 

 parison, I believe nevertheless that this Syncalypta is identical with 

 the Madeiran^. ovuliformis. It may be known from the last species 

 by its rather smaller size and more obovate outline, by its prothorax 

 being more coarsely punctured, by its elytra being less convex and 

 regularly and deeply striate-punctate, and by its fore tibise being 

 relativel}'^ less dilated, and minutely (though sparingly) spinulose 

 along their outer edge. As in the case of that insect, I have hitherto 

 seen but a single example — which was taken by mj'self at the Agua 

 Garcia, in Teneriffe. 



Fam. 23. HISTERID^. 



Genus 117. HOLOLEPTA. 

 Paykull, Man. Hist. 101 (1811). 



273. Hololepta Perraudieri. 



H. parallclo-ovalis postiee subangustior, depressa, atra, nitidissima ; 

 li'onte lata, hand striata ; mandil)ulis elongatis, porrectis, iu medio 



