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CANAEIAN COLEOPTEEA. 



longissimis serratis, his in iitroqiie sexu elongatis gracilibus ; fe- 

 moribus posticis vix edeuticiilatis. — Long. corp. lin. Ig-lf • 



Hahltat in montibus Canarise, TenerifFo) et Palmse, in pinetis parce 

 degens. 



This most interesting Bruclms, so remarkable for its deep-black 

 hue (the surface, however, being more or less clothed with a very 

 minute, short, decumbent, yellowish- or whitish-brown pubescence), 

 its excessively conical prothorax, slender legs, and the enormous length 

 of its male antennaj, would seem to be extremely rare, though widely 

 spread over the archipelago, and confined (so far at least as I have 

 observed hitherto) to those regions of a high elevation occupied by 

 the ancient Pinals ; though, at the same time, I am not absolutely 

 certain that it is in any way actually dependent upon the fir-trees. 

 I have taken it in Grand Canary, TeneriiFe, and Palma ; in the first 

 of these in the Pinal of Tarajana (above San Bartolome), in the second 

 at the Agua Mansa (close to a Piniis cananensis), and in the third 

 in the great Pinal of the Banda (above the plains of Los Llanos) to- 

 wards the Caldeira. It will probably be found in all the islands of 

 the Group except Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. 



Fam. 47. AGLYCYDERID^. 



Genus 221. AGLYCYDERES. 



Westwood, in Proc. Ent. Soc. Loncl. (1803). 



Corpus oblongum, subdepressum, rugosum, valde subsquamoso-seto- 

 sum ; capite deplaiiato, ocidis minutis rotundatis alte prominenti- 

 bus, in foemineis triaugulari apice truncate, in maribua latissimo 

 necnon ante oculos in cornu utrinque producto et mox pone oculos 

 rigide setoso-penicillato. Antennce rectte, graciles, filiformes, 11- 

 artieulatfe ; art° 1""° longiusculo crassiusculo, ultimo elongato-ovali. 

 Mandibulce validte, breves, crassaj, subtriangulares, obtuse triden- 

 tatse. MaxiUce lobis singiilis subtriangularibus, intus spinis rigidis 

 curvatis ciliatis, instructaj. Palpi maxiUares brevissimi, crassi, 

 conici, articuKs 1'"°, 2''° 3'"'que brevissimis ; lahiales minuti, conici. 

 Pedes breves, crassi, ad basin (praesertim postici) parum distantes ; 

 tarsis brevissimis, 4-articulatis, articuHs 1"'" et 2'*" subbilobatis, 3"° 

 minuto, ultimo longiore late clavato unguiculis simplicibus munito. 



The affinities of this most anomalous genus, -^hich Prof. Westwood 

 has not discussed, are extremely difficult ; and whilst placing it in 

 the present position, I do so with the utmost hesitation ; for although 

 in many respects it certainly approaches the Anthrihidce, yet the 

 structure of its oral organs (as evinced by its triangular mandibles 

 and maxilla), and its short, thick, conical palpi) is unmistakcably that 



