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§ II, Oculi minores : clypeus a fronte minus evidenter et minus recte 

 separatus : elytra pygidio vix hreviora. 



746. Hypophlceus euphorbiae. 



H. subfusiformi-linearis, angustus, riifo-ferrugineus, subnitidus ; ca- 

 pite prothoraceque sat dense punctulatis, illiiis clypeo ad latera vix 

 elevato, hoc elongato-siibquadrato ; scutello parvo ; elytris levis- 

 sime substriato-punctiilatis, interstitiis miniitissime uniseriatim 

 punctulatis ; antennis longioribus, articulis inter se parum arete 

 adpressis ; pedibus rufo-testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. -j— vix 1. 



Hypophlceus euphorbiae, Woll., Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud. i. 183 (1862). 



Habitat in Lanzarota, Canaria, TenerifFa et Hierro, sub cortice Eu- 

 'phorhiarum emortuo, rarissimus. 



This very minute and narrow Hypopldceus seems to be peculiar to 

 the rotten stems of the various Euphorbias — beneath the loose bark 

 of which I have taken it in the north of Lanzarote, as also in Grand 

 Canary, on the mountains above S''' Cruz in TenerifFe, and in the 

 district of El Golfo on the west of Hierro. It is alHed to the Ma- 

 deiran H. amhigims, but has the edges of its clypeus somewhat less 

 reflected, its antennae and prothorax considerably longer (with the 

 punctation of the latter a little finer and more dense), its elytral 

 striae fainter and composed of smaller punctures, and its elytra and 

 legs less abbreviated. 



747. Hypophlceus subdepressus, n. sp. 

 H. subfusiformi-linearis, subdepressus, rufo-ferrugineus, subnitidus ; 

 capite prothoraceque sat dense punctulatis, illius clypeo ad latera 

 (usque ad basin) elevato, oculos fere occultante, hoc transverso- 

 subquadrato, antice sensim latiore ; scutello brevi, valde transverso ; 

 elytris leviter striato-punctatis, interstitiis minutissime uniseriatim 

 punctulatis ; antennis brevissimis, articulis inter so arctissime ad- 

 pressis; pedibus rufo-testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 1. 



Ohs. — Species H. depresso Fab. valde afiinis, sed vix depressior, 

 omnino levins sculptiu'ata, punctis in prothorace elytrorumque 

 striis sensim densioribus ; clypeo etiam postice (i. e. supra et pone 

 oculos) utrinque distincte elevato, oculos superne fere occultante ; 

 epistomate a clypeo minus evidenter separate ; antennis etiam sub- 

 brevioribus. 



Habitat Fuerteventuram, in Rio Palmas sub stercore camelino(!) 

 captus. 



I have unfortunately but a single individual to judge from of this 

 small Hypopldoeus, which was taken by myself, at the beginning of 

 April 1859, from beneath camels' dung(!), in the Rio Palmas of 

 Fuerte Ventura. It so nearly resembles, at first sight, the European 

 H. depressus, that until I had examined it closely I imagined it to be 



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