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males, being robuster than in the ordinary Lcqxiroceri, and with their 

 scape more r/radualh/ clavated, — though I think, nevertheless, from 

 its manifest affinity with the species with which I have associated it, 

 that it is better referred to Laparocerus than to Atlantis. 



553. Laparocerus vestitus, n. sp. 



L. niger vel piceus, nitidus, paree cinereo-squamoso-uebulosus pilis- 

 que elongatis erectis molHbus obsitus ; rostro leviter punctato, 

 concavo-canalicnlato ; prothorace minutissime et dense punctnlato 

 punctisque majoribus (pra^sertim versus latera) parce irrorato ; 

 elytris oblongo-ovalibus, profunde punctato-striatis, interstitiis 

 densissime sed obsolctissime et levissime subpunctulatis punctu- 

 Usque paulo majoribus (scd minutis) parcissime irroratis ; an- 

 tennis pedibusque piceo-ferrugineis ; funiculi art" 2''° primo di- 

 stincte longiore. 



In utroque scxu tibiis inter se fere similibus. 



Var. fi. affinis. Elytris vix subconvexioribus, minus profunde punc- 

 tato-striatis sed punctidis minutissimis paido distinctioribus. — 

 Long. corp. lin. 2|-3. 



Habitat Teneriffam, sub lapidibus in inferioribus, passim. 



This appears to be the common Luparocerus throughout the di'y 

 cindery region around the Puerto Orotava, in Tenerifie ; and I tliink 

 I may also add, around S''' Cruz, — for the very slight differences 

 which the examples from that district present, as contrasted with 

 those from Orotava, cannot, I imagine, be regarded, at the utmost, 

 as indicative of more than a local phasis of the species. The L. ves- 

 titus may easily be known by its surface being sparingly clouded 

 with rather robust subcinereous scales, and beset all over (though 

 particularly on the elytra) with soft, erect, elongate hairs ; by its 

 prothorax being densely covered with minute punctules, and re- 

 motely studded with larger punctm-es ; by the second joint of its 

 funiculiLS being considerably longer than the first ; and by its sexes 

 being almost similar both in outline and tibiae. 



It is possible that what I have treated as the " car. /3 '* may be 

 specifically distinct, though (as just mentioned) I do not believe such 

 to be the case. It seems to be the form which obtains around S'" 

 Cruz, and differs from that from the vicinity of Orotava in having its 

 elytra just perceptibly more inflated or convex, and less coarsely 

 punctate- striated, though with their minute and closely-set punc- 

 tules perhaps more evident. 



Around Orotava and the Puerto the state which T have assumed 

 to be the typical one of the L. vestitus is imiversal ; in which dis- 

 trict it was found also by Mr. Gray. The var. (3 is equally common 



