OGO CANARIAN COLKOPTEEA. 



erectis dense obsitus ; oculis etiam subminoribus ; prothorace vix 

 densiiis profundiusque punctulato ; elytris per basin vix minus con- 

 jimctim emarginatis, interstitiis paulo minus rugulosis (quare minus 

 opacis); tarsis sensim angiistioribus, brevioribus ; funiculi art'* 1"'° 

 et 2"^" (subsequalibus) distincte brevioribus et (prajsertim illo) magis 

 obovatioribus (i.e. minus el ongato-obconicis). — Long.corp.lin.l|-2. 



Habitat Canariam Grandem, in iisdem locis ac pra;cedens. 



I believe that the four specimens from which the above diagnosis 

 has been compiled cannot be referred to the L. sakirostris, though 

 (as already stated) they have much in common, both in outline and 

 general aspect, with that insect. They are, however, considerably 

 smaller and more densely clothed — both with dull fulvescent scales 

 and short suberect setae (the latter being very e'sddcntly longer than 

 is the case in that species) ; their eyes are, if anything, even stiU 

 more minute ; their prothorax is a trifle more thicldy and coarsely 

 punctulated; their elytra are perhaps somewhat less conjointly scooped 

 out (or more straightly truncated) at the extreme base, and with the 

 interstices less perceptibly rugulose (and therefore rather less opake) ; 

 their tarsi are narrower and more abbreviated ; and the first and 

 second joints of their funiculus (although subequal) are manifestly 

 shorter — the former being relativehj a little thicker and less obco- 

 nical (or more obovate). 



Like the L, sulcirostris, the present siJecies was captured, during 

 the spring of 1858, on the mountains of Grand Canary. 



550. Laparocerus tessellatus. 



L. ovatus, piceo- vel fusco-niger, subnitidus, interdum obsolete sub- 

 senescens, cinerco -fulvescenti - submetallico - sqiiamoso - tessellatus 

 sed pilis superadditis fere carens ; rostro planiusculo, Icviter cana- 

 liculate, minute et parce punctulato ; prothorace profunde et plus 

 minus dense pimctato ; elytris convexis, punctato-striatis ; antennis 

 pedibusque vel rufo- vel piceo-ferrugineis. 



In titroque scant tibiis inter se fere similibus.- — Long. corp. lin. 

 2-2|. 



Omias tessellatus ?, Bndle, in Webb et Berth. ( Col.) 72. pi. 1. f. 15 (1838). 



Habitat in Tenerifl^a, Palma et Hierro, in intermcdiis editioribus- 

 que hinc inde vulgaris. 



This appears to be rather a common insect in certain districts of 

 intermediate and lofty elevations in Teneriffe ; and it was taken by 

 Mr. Gray in Palma also, and by myself in Hierro. In Teneriffe 

 (where it was likewise captured by Dr. Crotch) it seems to be widely 

 spread over the island ; thus, I have met with it in the laurel-woods 

 above Taganana, at Las Mercedes, La Esperanza, Souzal, the Agua 



