208 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 



tieo utrinque sputio polito iiistructo ; elytris profunde siibcrenato- 

 striatis, interstitiis minute et parce punctulatis, singulis ad apicem 

 excavatis bispinosis ; tibiis anticis (in maribus saltern) robustis, le- 

 viter incurvis, intus paulo excavatis. — Long. corp. lin. 11. 



Bupi-estis Bertheloti, Bridle, inWehh etBerth. (Col.) pi. 2. f. 12 (1838). 

 Hahitat Teneriffam, mihi non obvia ; exemplar unicum a Barone 

 Castello de Paiva communicatum solum vidi. 



Judging from the figure of the Buprestis Bertheloti given by M. 

 Bridle in Webb and Berthelot's volume (for it is unaccompanied by 

 a description — in at all events the portion of the work which I pos- 

 sess), there can be no doubt that the specimen from which I have 

 compiled the above diagnosis is the insect there referred to. This 

 example has lately been communicated by the Barao do Castello de 

 Paiva, who obtained it from TenerifFe in a small (but very old) col- 

 lection which was formed there by a friend ; and I may add that I 

 have found the various localities assigned to the species so exceed- 

 ingly correct, in every instance, that I have no hesitation in regard- 

 ing the present Buprestis as having been undoubtedly captured in 

 the island. Unfortunately, however, no special hahitat was assigned 

 to it; though, fi-om subsequent inquiries instituted by the Baron 

 Paiva, the species (if not indeed this actual specimen) appears to have 

 been taken in the vicinity of the Agua Garcia*, and also (on one 

 occasion at any rate) even in the Plaza de San Francisco, of S'" Cruz, 

 where it was found, on the wing, by a Spaniard. Since, however, it 

 entirely escaped my own observation, I conclude that it is at all 

 events, considering its large size and conspicuous ajtpearance, of the 

 greatest rarity. 



Genus 137. ANTHRAXIA. 



Eschscholtz, Zool. Atlas, i. 9 (182:3). 



327. Anthraxia senilis, n. sp. 



A. paraUela, sat nitida, subdepressa, aenescenti- necnon subcupres- 



centi-nigra, ubique (scutello polito excepto) dense transversim 



rugosa (baud punctata) et piUs tenuibus longiusculis (praesertim 



in capite) suberectis cinereis vestita ; prothorace latiusculo, trans- 



* With respect to the exact hahitaf of this fine Buprestis, the Baron Paiva 

 writes to me as follows : " M. S. Berthelot m'a repondu tcxtueUemcnf a ee siijet 

 les ligiies siiivantes : ' Le Buprestis Bertheloti, clont vous me demander Vhafjiiat, 

 est un beau Coleoptere que j'ai trouve la premiere fois a Tenerife, en 1824 ou 

 1825, aux environs de la Foret d'Agua Garcia. II a ete rencontre ensuite, dans 

 la raeme localitii, par mon ami Dumont d'Urville, toujours pres de I'auge debois 

 oil Ton abreuvait les chevaux, a quelques pas de I'entree de la Foret. C'ette auge 

 ou abreuYoir se trouve situte sur Ic bord de I'ancienne route qui conduisait alors 

 de Lagune a TOrotave.' " 



