362 CANARIAN COLEOPXERA, 



intermediate and lofty elevations of Grand Canary — where, duiiiig 

 the spring of 1858, 1 captured it throughout the region of El Monte, 

 and also on the mountain-slopes above San Mateo (on the ascent to 

 the E,oca del Soucilho), as well as on the ascent to the old Pinal of 

 Tarajana above San Bartolome. 



558. Laparocerus tenellus, n. sp. 



L. ovatus, niger, subopacus, subtilissime fulvescenti-cinereo-squa- 

 moso-tessellatus sed pilis superadditis carens ; rostro gracili, grosse 

 punctato-rugoso, canaliculate, oculis minutis, rotundatis, promi- 

 nentibus ; prothorace densissime et argute rugoso-punctato ; ely- 

 tris leviter punctato-striatis, ad apicem subito decurvis ; antennis 

 pedibusque brevibus ; illis rufo-piceis, ad basin necnon in funiculo 

 clarioribiis ; his piceo-nigris, tarsis rufescentioribus. 



Mas tibiis (prsesertim anterioribus) spina horizontali armatis. 



Foem. adhuc latet. — Long, coi-p. lin. l^lf . 



Habitat in sylvaticis editioribus Teneriffse, rarissimus. 



Apparently of the greatest rarity, — the only two specimens which 

 I have seen having been captured by myself, from beneath small 

 stones, at the base of the Organo Rocks, above the Agua Mansa, in 

 Teneriffe. It is the smallest of the Laparoceri hitherto detected, 

 and one which may immediately be known by its ovate outline and 

 short, slender limbs (of which the legs are blackish-piceous, though 

 "with theii' tarsi, like the base and funiculus of the antennae, more 

 rufescent) ; by its rostrum, which is narrow, being closely and 

 coarsely roughened ; by its prothorax being very densely and sharply 

 punctured (the punctures being deep and exceedingly closely packed, 

 but not particularly large) ; by its eyes being mimite, rounded, and 

 prominent ; by its elytra being finely i)unctatc-striated, and rather 

 suddenly deciu'ved towards their apex ; and by its (black and sub- 

 opake) surface being obscurely tessellated with extremely minute 

 fulvo- cinereous scales, but free from additional erect hairs. 



559. Laparocerus puncticollis, n. sp. 



L. piceo-niger, subnitidus, parce sed grosse cinereo- (vix submetal- 

 lico-) squamoso-nebulo.sus pilisque elongatis suberectis mollibus 

 in clytris obsitus ; rostro prothoraceque profunde, dense et argute 

 punctatis, iUo planiusculo vix canaKculato, hoc sat magiio subovaH ; 

 oculis rotundatis, valde prominentibus ; elytris nigrescentioribus 

 (saipius nigris), suboblongis, punctato-striatis ; antennis tarsisque 

 rufo-fernigineis ; femoribus tibiisque rufo-piceis. 



Mas tibiis anticis intus versus apicem sat profunde excavatis. 



Foem. tibiis fere simplicibus. — Long. corp. lin. 2. 



Habitat in ins. Hierro, die 16. Feb. a.d. 1858 in intermediis parce 



captus. 



