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would probably be found more plentifully if searched for in the proper 

 situations. It is quite peculiar to the stems and branches of the de- 

 cayed Euphorbias; and although it has not been observed as yet 

 in either Gomera or Palma, there can be little doubt (despite its 

 rarity) that it must exist there also, and that it is consequently uni- 

 versal throughout the archipelago. I have taken it on the Eujyhorhia- 

 clad cliffs in the extreme north of Lanzarote ; near Betancuria, in 

 the Rio Palmas, of Fuerteventura ; close to Puerto da Luz and the 

 Isleta, in Grand Canary ; and on the mountains above S'" Cruz, as 

 well as around Orotava, in Teneriffe : and it was likemse captured 

 by'Mr. Gray in Lanzarote, and near Valverde in Hierro. 



Genus 154. CORYNETES. 

 Herbst, Kiif. iv. 148 [script. Korynetes] (1791). 



§1. Cor^nis minus profunde sculpturatum ; oculis magnis ; antehna- 

 i'um clavd magna obtrianr/ulari, ad apicem lata ti-uncatd ; palpormn 

 maxillarlum articulo ultimo fusiformi. [Necrobia, Oliv.'\ 



372. Corynetes rufipes. 



Anobiiuu rufipes, Tlninh., Nov. Ins. Spec. i. 10 (1781). 

 Corynetes rutipes, Fuh., Si/st. Eleu. i. 286 (1801). 

 Necrobia rufipes, BruUe, in Webb et Berth. {Col.) 60 (1838). 

 Corvnetes rufipes, Klug^ Abhandl. der WissenscJi. Acad, zu Berl. 340 

 (1840). 



Habitat Lanzarotam, Puerteventuram, Canariam, Teneriffam et 

 Gomeram, in cadaveribus et circa domos, hinc inde sat vulgaris. 



This almost cosmopolitan insect (which is found at the Cape de 

 Vei'ds and Ascension, and which I have captured abundantly at Mo- 

 gadore, on the coast of Morocco) has established itself pretty gene- 

 rally at the Canaries, occurring principally in and around the towns. 

 We may be tolerably sure that it is universal throughout the archi- 

 pelago ; nevertheless I have myself observed it only at Arrecife in 

 Lanzarote, in Fuerteventura, about Las Palmas in Grand Canary, and 

 near S'* Cruz in Teneriffe. But I have examined specimens which 

 were taken by Dr. Crotch in Gomera ; and I have little doubt that 

 it must exist equally in Palma and Hierro. In Lanzarote it was met 

 with likewise by Mr. Gray ; and from Teneriffe it has been commu- 

 nicated by the Barao do Castello de Paiva. 



373. Corynetes ruficoUis. 



Anobium ruficoUe, TJiunb., Nov. Ins. Spec. i. 8 (1781). 

 Dermestes riiticoUis, Fab., Ent. Si/st. i. 230 (1792). 

 Necrobia ruficoUis, Woll, Ins. Mad. 258 (1854). 

 , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 88 (1857). 



Habitat Teneriffam, juxta urbem Sanctse Crucis captus. 



