2i8 CANAEIAN COLEOPTERA. 



refer to my Paper on the Canarian Anobiadce, already alluded to. In 

 its reddish-brown hue, minutely sericeous surface, crenate-striated 

 elytra, and general outhne, it is more on the Anohium-tj])e than the 

 Canarian Xyletini just enumerated ; whilst the strictly ftisiform last 

 joint of its palpi, and the comparatively elongated second one of its 

 feet, win still further separate it therefrom. Its head is rather largely 

 developed, and closely applied to the chest when the insect is in a 

 state of repose ; and its habits, for a member of the present family, 

 are decidedly anomalous — being, in fact, precisely similar to those 

 of Dir/nonms c/radlipes (of the Ptlnidce) and the Corynetes fimetarhts 

 (of the Cleridaf). Indeed I have never yet detected it except in the 

 dried dung of oxen, horses, and camels — in which situations it is not 

 uncommon throughout Lanzarote and Fuerteventura during the spring 

 months, particularly in the most arid and dusty spots. So far as I 

 have observed hitherto, it is peculiar to those two islands. 



Whether Notiomimus be identical with Pseudochina of M. Duval, 

 I have no means of deciding for certain ; but as the diagnosis of that 

 genus asserts the terminal joint of its palpi to be exceedingly long and 

 subcylindric, its body ovate, and its elytra merely minutely punctu- 

 lated (whilst those of Notiomimus are deeply crenate-striate), I am 

 inclined to beheve that it is probably distinct from it. 



398. Notiomimus holosericeus. 



Notiomimus holosericeus, Wvll., Ann. Nat. Mist. vii. 17 (1861), 



Habitat Tenerilfam et Palmam, mihi non obvius : mense Februario 

 A.D. 1858 exemplar unicum in hac deprehendit Dom.Gray; et alterum 

 in iUa cepit W. D. Crotch. 



As stated in my Paper on the Canarian Anobiadoi, this species may 

 be readily distinguished from the preceding one " by its less rufescent 

 hue and more densely and coarsely sericeous surface (which is more 

 glossy, or variegated, with the short silljen pubescence), by its rather 

 larger and more prominent eyes, its obscurely raised alternate elytral 

 interstices, its more decidedly carinated forehead, and by its longer • 

 and robuster limbs." A single example of it was captured by Mr. 

 Gray in Palma, during February 1858, and has by him been pre- 

 sented to the collection of the British Museum ; and a second was 

 found by Dr. Crotch in Teneriife (" from under rubbish in the ravine 

 below Ycod el Alto"), during the spring of 1862. 



399. Notiomimus punctulatissimus. 



Notiouiimiis punctulatissimus, WolL, Ann. Nat. Hint. Vii. 17 (1861). 

 Habitat Canariam Grandem, mense Aprili a.d. 1858 repertus. 



