192 



CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 



(which is tolerably common around Funchal, in Madeira) were cap- 

 tured in Gomera by Dr. Crotch (near the sea-shore below Hermigua), 

 and in Palma by Mr. Gray — who took a single specimen in that 

 island, during February 1858. 



Genus 129. PSAMMODIUS. 



Gyllenhal, Ins. Suec. i. 6 (1808). 



308. Psammodius csesus. 



Scarabaeus cresus, P/iz., Fna Ins. Genu. 35. 2 (1796). 

 Psammodius c.'esus, Erich., Nat. cler Ins. Deidsch. iii. 913 (1848). 



, Woll., Ins. 3Iad. 231 (1854). 



, Id, Cat. Mad. Col. 79 (1857). 



Habitat in Lanzarota et Canaria, sub quisquiliis, minus frequens. 



The European P. ccesits (which occurs also in the north of Africa 

 and in Madeira) is apparently scarce, or at any rate very local, in 

 these islands. I have taken it in the north of Lanzarote, and about 

 Las Palmas in Grand Canary. 



309. Psammodius sabulosus. 



Oxyomus sabidosus, DeJ. Cat. (edit. 3) 163 (1837). 

 Platytomus sabulosus, Muls., Lamell. de France, 310 (1842). 

 Psammodius sabulosus, Woll., Ins. 3Iad. 230 (1854). 

 , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 79 (1857). 



Habitat insulas Canaricnses, in Palma sola adhuc baud detectus ; 

 sub quisquiliis (praesertim in arenosis) hinc inde occurrit. 



The P. sabulosus is eminently an insect of Mediterranean lati- 

 tudes, being found in the south of Europe, the north of Africa, and 

 in the Madeiran Group. Like the last species it is very local in this 

 archijDelago, though not rare in the districts where it occurs ; and 

 we may be quite certain that it is universal, Palma being the only 

 island where it has not hitherto been observed. I have taken it in 

 Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, in the sandy region between I/as Palmas 

 and the Isleta of Grand Canary, near S"' Cruz and Orotava in Tene- 

 riffe, and also in Hierro ; and it was captured by Dr. Crotch near 

 Hermigua in Gomera. 



310. Psammodius porcicollis. 



Aphodius porcicollis, Illir/., Mag.filr Ins. ii. 195 (1803). 

 Psammodius porcicollis, Muls., Lamell. de France, 322 (1842). 



, Lucas, Col. de TAlgerie, 267 (1849). 



, Woll, Cat. Mad. Col. 80 (1857). 



Habitat in arenosis (prsesertira maritimis) Lanzarota^ et Fuerte- 

 venturae, sub quisquiliis necnon ad radices plantarum fodiens. 



