CANARIAN COLEOl'XEKA. 281 



Ceutorhynchiis quadridens, WoU., Im. Mad. 326 (1854). 

 , Id., Cat. 3Iad. Col. 105 (1857). 



Habitat in Fuerteventui-a, Teneriifa, Gomera, Palma -et Hicrro, 

 super folia plantarum prsecipue in cultis occurrens. 



There can be little doubt, I tliink, that the present insect, which 

 abounds in most parts of Europe and which occurs also at Madeira, 

 has been imported into these islands. I have taken it, in culti- 

 vated spots, in the Rio Pahnas of Fuerteventura ; at S''' Cruz and 

 on the mountains above it, as well as about Souzal, in Tencriffe, and 

 near Valverde in Hierro ; and it was captured by Mr. Gray in Go- 

 mera and Palma, and by Dr. Crotch in Teneriffe and Gomera. We 

 may be pretty sure, therefore, that it is universal throughout the 

 archipelago ; for it can scarcely be absent from either Lanzarote or 

 Grand Canary. 



453. Ceuthorhynchus nigroterminatus. 



Ceutorhynclius nigroterminatus, Wall., Ins. Mad. 327 (1854). 

 , Id., Cut. Mad. Col. 106 (1857). 



Habitat in Teneriffa et Hierro, passim. 



This insect, which occurs sparingly in Madeira, is in all proba- 

 bility pretty generally distributed over the Canarian Group, though 

 hitherto I have observed it only in TeneriiFe and Hierro, — namely, 

 at Souzal, the Agua Garcia, the Agua Mansa, and near Orotava, of 

 the former, and close to Valverde of the latter. A Teneriffan ex- 

 ample has also been communicated by Dr. Crotch. It occui's prin- 

 cipally in, or in the vicinity of, cultivated spots. 



454. Ceuthorhynchus pyrrhorhjmchus. 



Curculio pvrrhorhynohus, Mshm, Ent. Brit. 257 (1802). 

 Nedyus suturalis, Iteph., III. Brit. Ent. v. 419 (1832). 

 Ceuthorhynchus pulviuatus, Sclion., Gen. et Sijec. Cure. iv. 494 (1837) 



Habitat Fuerteventuram, in cultis parce deprehensus. 



The common European C. pyrrhorhipichus may perhaps have been 

 accidentally introduced from more northern latitudes into these 

 islands, where, however, it is extremely rare. Hitherto I have met 

 with it only in Fuerteventura, namely at Agua Bucyes and at Ohva. 



455. Ceuthorhynchus phytobioides, n. sp. 



C. niger, capite prothoracequo dense rugoso-punctatis, hoc pone api- 

 cem (dilutiorem subrecurvum) profuude constricto, postice canali- 

 cula media lata necnon utrinque tuberculo instructo ; elytris pi- 

 cescentioribus, rotundato-obovatis basi truncatis, profunde striatis 

 (striis vix punctatis), interstitio tcrtio (necnon extra hoc etiam al- 



