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CANARIAN COLEOPTEEA. 



(yubfam. HYPEHIDES.) 



Genus 2U4. ALOPHUS. 

 SclicinheiT, Cure. Disp. 3Ieth. 106 (1826). 



513. Alophiis magnificus, n. sp. 



A. fusco-niger, sqiiamis luscis densissime tcctiis albiclioribusque pic- 

 tus, et setulis cinereis demissis parcissime irroratiis ; rostro elon- 

 gate, indistincte pnnctalato, supra nccnoii ad latera longitudinaliter 

 sulcato ; prothorace parvo, subcylindi'ico-conico, profunde sed parce 

 punctato (pimctis maximis) et densissime interpunctiilato (quasi 

 granulato), canalicula media profunda (antice et postice evanes- 

 cente) impresso, versus latera parce subalbido-squamoso ; elytris 

 inflatis, rotundato-ovalibus, prothorace multo latioribus, profunde 

 substriato-punctatis (punctis maximis), intcrstitiis, pnesertim al- 

 ternis, paulo elevatis et minutissirae punetulatis (qua«i granidosis), 

 ante apicem macula magna communi hastata, necnon in disco sin- 

 gulorum antico plaga minorc obscuriore irregulari, albidioribus, or- 

 natis; funiculi artieulo seciindo primo sensim longiore. — Long.corp. 

 lin. 5-5 1 . 



Hahitat in montibus TenerifFaj, raiissimus. 



The superb Ciu'culionid described above I believe to be a true 

 Alophus, though its gigantic size (compared with the European 3- 

 guttntus), in conjunction with its relativeh/ narrower prothorax and 

 broad inflated elytra, as well as the fact of the second joint of its 

 funiculus being perceptibly longer than the first, would give it j^nmd 

 facie a rather diiierent appearance. Still, its essential details seem 

 to be those of Alojihus, whilst the form of its elytral fascia and spots 

 (which are almost precisely those of the 3-guttatiis) would tend to 

 point out its affinities still more certainly. It is one of the rarest of 

 the Canarian Coleoptera, the only locahty in which I have observed 

 it being at the base of the Organo Rocks in the lofty region of the 

 Agua Mansa in Teneriff'e — where, during May 1859, 1 obtained two 

 specimens (and the mutilated remains of a third one) from beneath 

 stones. 



Genus 205. HYPERA. 

 Germar, Mciff. der Ent. iv. 3.35 (1821). 



514. Hyper a lunata. 



Phytonomus Dauci, BniUe, in Wvhh et Berth. (Col.) 72 (1838). 

 Ilvpera lunata, Woll, Ins. Mad. 398 (1854). 

 , Id., Cut. Mad. Col. 118 (1857). 



Hahitat insulas Canarienses, sub lapidibus, passim, — in Gomera sola 

 adhuc baud detecta. 



That this is the insect referred to by M. BruUe under the name of 



