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in the neighbourhood of 8'" Cruz — where I have frequently taken 

 it, and whence it has also been communicated by the Barao do Cas- 

 tello de Paiva. 



554. Laparocerus sulcirostris, n. sp. 

 L. uiger, subopaeus, compactus, parce et obscure subfulvescenti- 

 squamoso-nebulosus sed pilis carens (sc. setulis brevissimis pubi- 

 formibus subdemissis a^gre observandis obsitus) ; rostro brevi, sub- 

 triangulari, crasso, minutissime punctulato, profunde et argute 

 sulcato, oculis parvis, subdemissis ; prothorace subconico, minute 

 et parce punctato punctulisque minutissimis intermediis levibus 

 densissime obsito ; elytris parallelo-oblongis, per basin conjunctim 

 subemarginato-truncatis, ad humeros subporrectis, punctato-stri- 

 atis, interstitiis subtilissime et densissime subalutaceo-rugulosis ; 

 antennis pedibusquo piceo-ferrugineis ; funiculi art'* 1"'° et 2*^" elon- 

 gato-obconicis, subaequalibus. 



In utroqm sexii (nisi fallor) tibiis fere simplicibus. — Long. corp. 

 Un. 21. 



Habitat in montibus Canarite Grandis, semel tantum Icctus. 

 The present Laparocerus and the following one, in their curiously 

 compact and rather parallel outline and basally subemarginated 

 elytra (causing the shoulders to be comparatively, though slightly, 

 porrect), in conjunction with theii- thick, sub triangular, sharply chan- 

 neled rostra, and their small aiid less prominent eyes, would seem, 

 at first sight, almost to merit generic isolation from the species with 

 which I have associated them ; nevertheless I cannot detect any 

 structural characters of sufficient importance to warrant their re- 

 moval from the remainder, — particularly since, in external contour, 

 they (especially, howe\'er, the L. sulcirostris) are singularly sugges- 

 tive, albeit on an absurdly diminutive scale, even of the L. morio, 

 which is the actual type of the group — indeed far more so than is 

 the case with most of the Laparoceri here described. And yet, in 

 spite of this, their minute size, and most of their other features, 

 would certainly tend rather to affiliate them with the L. tesseUatas 

 and its allies than with the comparatively gigantic insects with 

 which I have commenced the genus. 



Unluckily I have but a single individual of the L. sulcirostris to 

 judge from ; nevertheless I believe it to be truly distinct from the 

 folio-wing species. It was taken by myself on the mountains above 

 San Mateo, in Grand Canary, during the spring of 1858. 



555. Laparocerus compactus, n. sp. 

 L. prsecedenti similis, sed minor, subpicescentior, paulo densius squa- 

 mosus setulisque sensim longioribus (sed brevibus)piliformibus sub- 



