380 CANAEIAN COLEOPTEEA, 



— where it is found in similar spots at a high altitude. On the lofty 

 mountains of the former, above San Bartolomd, in the district of Tara- 

 jana, I brushed it, not uncommonly, during April 1858, from off the 

 foliage of the gigantic pine-trees which clothe those elevated slopes ; 

 and a month later I met with it in the great Pinal above Ycod de los 

 Vinhos of Teneriffe. It differs from the B. rugaius in being perhaps 

 a trifle smaller ; in the pubescence with which it is beset being more 

 sparing, but nevertheless a little robuster and more erect, as well as 

 (at any rate posteriorly and along the suture) of a more decidedly 

 metallic tinge ; and in its elytra (which are just perceptibly less acute 

 at their extreme apex) being much more deeply punctate-striated, 

 though with their interstices a little less closely rugulose. 



Fam. 46. BRUCHIDiE. 



Genus 220. BRUCEUS. 

 Geoffi-oy, Ins. dc Park, i. 103 (1762). 



580. Bruchus pisi. 



Bruchus pisi, Linn., Syst. Nat. i. ii. G04 (1767). 



, Schon., Qen. et Spec. Cure. i. 57 (1833). 



Fabfe?, Bridle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 71 (1838). 



pisi, Lticas, Col. de VAlycrie, 401 (1849). 



Habitat insulas omnes Canarienses, in cultis et granariis vulgaris. 



The European B. pisi (which occurs sparingly in Madeira) is uni- 

 versal at the Canaries, in the whole seven islands of which, except 

 Gomcra, I have myself captured it ; and in Gomera it was taken, 

 during the spring of 1S02, by Dr. Crotch. In Palma and Hierro it 

 was found likewise by Mr. Gray ; and from Teneriffe it has been 

 communicated by the Barao do Castello de Paiva. It is closely alKed, 

 at first sight, to the B. rufimanns ; though, when carefullj" inspected, 

 it •will be seen to be abundantly distinct. Thus, apart from minor 

 characters, it is not only, on the average, a trifle larger and more ob- 

 long (seldom, if ever, descending to so small a size as certain examples 

 of that insect), but its antennaB are a little shorter and thicker, its pro- 

 thorax is somewhat broader, with the lateral angle more prominent 

 and spiniform, its elytral interstices are rather more coarsely punc- 

 tured, its pygidium (and indeed its entire surface) is more brightly 

 variegated with black and white scales (the two black patches at the 

 apex being larger and more conspicuous), its anterior pair of legs have 

 their femora always darker than the (rufescent) tibiee and feet, whilst 

 the intermechatc tibial are more or less rufo-ferruginous at their apex. 



