298 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 



rather obscurer hue and with its sette less abbre\dated, and in having 

 its elytra much more deeply punctured (indeed quite as coarsely as 

 in the E. hystrix), and considerably less rounded at the sides, — the 

 basal region being relatively wider than is the case in that insect. 

 Its feet, however, are but slightly expanded, and its elytra are a 

 good deal decurved at their apex, as in the orhkaJata. 



475. Echinodera picta, n. sp. 



E. fere ut E. oriiculata, sed minor, multo laetius picta et setis fere 

 carens ; elytris paulo minus rotundatis, levius punctato-striatis, 

 interstitiis densissime rugulosis, versus basin (pra^sertim circa hu- 

 meros) latins albido-oriiatis, fascia postmedia distincta ; antennis 

 pedibusque bx-evibus, tarsis brevissimis, vix dilatatis. — Long. corp. 

 lin. li. 



Habitat Fuerteventuram, ad Rio Palmas Aprili ineunte a.d. 1859 

 lecta. 



The unique example described above was taken by myself, from 

 beneath a stone, in the Rio Palmas of Fuerteventura, at the begin- 

 ning of April 1859 ; and, apart from the peculiarity of its Jiahitat 

 (amongst species which are either essentially sylvan in their modes 

 of life or else found in spots of a very lofty elevation), it differs so 

 remarkably from all the EcJiinodene above enumerated that I have 

 no hesitation, even in the absence of further material, in treating it 

 as distinct from the whole of them. Independently of the compara- 

 tively small size of the specimen before me, which may possibli/ be 

 accidental, the E. picta may be easily recognized by its much more 

 higlily coloured (and indeed prettily variegated) surface, by its free- 

 dom from erect seta), by its elytra having the punctures of their striaj 

 rather shallow and their interstices densely rugidose, and by its limbs, 

 especially the feet, being somewhat abbreviated — the latter of which, 

 moreover, have their penultimate joint but very slightly expanded. 



(Subfam. BARIDIIDE8.) 



Genus 192. BARIDIUS. 



Schouherr, Cure. Disp. Mdh. 274 (1826). 



476. Baridius sellatus. 



B. oblongus, niger, subopacus : capite minutissime et leviter punctu- 

 lato, rostro valido profundius punctato et basi utrinque striolato ; 

 prothorace subquadi-ato, mox intra apicem subito constricto, den- 

 sissime et profunde punctato, punetis longitudinaliter confluentibus, 

 in medio carinato. ad latera squamis nonnuUis albidis obsito ; ely- 

 tris striatis, interstitiis planis, squamis albidis atrisque lajte mar- 



