CAN-AEIAN COLEOPTEBA. 



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pnnctulated surface, and by its antennoe (which are exceedingly- 

 elongate for a Phcedon) and tarsi being of a more or less pallid rufo- 

 testaceous hue. Its femora and tibiae are piccous, though the ex- 

 treme apices of the latter (and occasionally of the former also) are 

 rather paler. I have observed it hitherto only in Grand Canary — 

 whore, during the spring of 1858, I took it abundantly from the 

 foliage of a large Mentha growing in the stream at San Mateo (in the 

 region of El Monte), and subsequently (under similar circumstances) 

 at the edges of the small river at Teror. 



Genus 239. PHRATORA. 

 (Chevrolat) Redt., Fua Austr. 554 (1849). 



618. Phratora vulgatissima. 



Chrj'somela vulgatissima, Linn., St/st. Nat. i. ii. 589 (1767). 



, Biffis., Fna Amtr. iii. 210 (1825). 



Phaedon miicolor, Stcph., III. Brit. Ent. iv. 336 (1831). 



Habitat Palmam ; exemplar unum deprehendit W. D. Crotch. 



A single example only of this common European insect has hitherto 

 come beneath my notice at the Canaries. It was captured by Dr. 

 Crotch in the island of Palma, during the spring of 1862. I can 

 detect in it no appreciable difference from the ordinary type ; but it 

 is an important addition to the fauna, seeing that we have no evidence 

 of its existence in any other of the Atlantic Groups. 



Fam. 54. GALLEEUCID^. 



Genus 240. CALOMICRUS. 



Stephens, III. Brit. Ent. iv. 293 (1831). 



619. Calomicrus WoUastoni. 



Calomicrus WoUastoni, Paim, Ann. Nat. Hist. viii. 210 (1801). 



Hahitat in TenerifFa, Palma et Hierro, floribus Cistontm [sc. va~ 

 gantis et monsjpeliensis Linn.] in intermediis prsecipue gaudens. 



This large and truly indigenous Calomicrus, so remarkable for its 

 extremely pallid upper and dark under surfaces, I have captured in 

 Teneriffe, Palma, and Hierro — where it would appear to delight espe- 

 cially in the flowers of the Gistus vcujans and monspeliensis, between 

 the limits of about 1 500 and 3000 feet above the sea. In Teneriffe 

 I have observed it only at the Agua Mansa ; in Palma (where it was 

 found also by Dr. Crotch) chiefly in the regions occupied by the 

 Pinals ; and in Hierro, in the sylvan district of El Golfo, on the 

 western slopes of that island. 



