CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 269 



Geuus 180. HYLASTES. 

 Erichson, in Wiegm. Archiv, ii. 47 (1836). 



433. Hylastes Lowei. 



Hylastes Lowei, Paiva, Ann. Nat. Hist. (3rd series) viii. 211 (1861). 

 Habitat TenerifFam et Palmam, in iisdem locis ac prsecedens, hinc 

 inde vulgaris. 



This insect appears to have exactly the same range as the preceding 

 one, and will probably be found to be equally universal throughout 

 the scattered remains of the ancient Finals, wherever such still exist. 

 Nevertheless, up to the present time, I have observed it only in pre- 

 cisely the same spots as that insect,— namely, at the Agua Mansa, 

 and in the fir- woods above Ycod el Alto, of Teneriffe ; and in the 

 Barranco above S''' Cruz in Palma. In Teneriffe it was captured 

 also by Dr. Crotch. It is closely allied to the European H. ater ; but 

 is smaller, with its punctation much finer and denser, and with the 

 unsculptured line down the middle of its pronotum more distinct. 



Fam. 45. CURCULIONID^. 



(Subfam. COSSONIDES*.) 



Genus 181. EREMOTES. 

 WoUaston, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (new series) v. 864 (1861). 



434. Eremotes crassicomis. 



Hylurgus crassicomis?, Bridle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 71 (1838). 

 Eremotes crassicomis, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond, v. 365. pi. 18. f. 1 

 (1861). 



Habitat in pinetis Canariae, Teneriffae et Palmse, rarissimus, truncos 

 Pini canariensis antiquos emortuos perforans. 



This curious insect, so remarkable for its exceedingly round and 

 prominent eyes, enormously thickened antennae, with their reduced 

 capitulum and the greatly abbreviated second joint of their fimiculus, 

 which is almost buried within the enlarged basal one, as well as for 

 the small spine with which the inner apex of its tibiae is armed, seems 

 to be confined to the rotten trunks of the Pinus canariensis, at inter- 

 mediate and lofty elevations. It will probably be found wherever 



* For the exact details (stractural and diagnostic) of the various members here 

 enumerated of this Subfamily of the Rhynchophora. I must refer to my Paper "on 

 the Atlantic Coiy^onidcs." published in the fifth volume (new series) of the " Trans- 

 actions of the Entom. Soc. of London.' 



