CANARIAN COLKOPTEKA. 



513 



Dityliis nifus, Brulle, in Webh et Berth. (Col.) 70 (1888). 

 Nacerdes melanura, Schmidt, in Linn. Ent. i. 29 (1846). 



Habitat'> 



I have not myself observed this insect at the Canaries, and therefore 

 I should not have admitted it into the present Catalogue had I not 

 examined carefuUy the specimens of MM. Webb and Berthelot, which 

 are certainly conspecific with the Ischnomera melanura of central 

 and southern Europe. M, Brulle, of course, gives us no information 

 as to the island in which they were found ; but it is not unlikely they 

 may have been taken at S''' Cruz in Teneriffe, imported accidentally 

 from more northern latitudes. 



Fam. 77. MELOIDiE. 



Genus 289. MELOE. 

 Linnaeus, Si/st. Nat. edit. 1 (1735). 



766. Meloe tuccius. 



Meloe tuccia, Eossi, Fna Etrusc. i. 238 (1792). 



, Brandt et Erich., Man. 3Iel. Nov. Act. Acad. xvi. 121 (1832). 



, Brum, in Webb et Berth. {Col.) 70 (1838). 



, Lucas, Col. de FAlgerie, 396 (1849). 



, Hartung, Geolog. Verhdltn. Lanz. und Ftiert. 141, 142. 



Habitat in Lanzarota, Fuerteventura, Canaria, Teneriifa et Gomera, 

 passim. 



The M. tuccius of Mediterranean latitudes, so well distinguished 

 by its usually immense size and deeply pitted (or variolose) surface, 

 wiU almost certainly be found to be universal throughout the Canarian 

 archipelago. At present, however, I have observed it only in Lanza- 

 rote, Grand Canary, and Teneriffe ; but examples from Gomera have 

 been communicated by the Barao do CasteUo de Paiva, and in Fuerte- 

 ventura (as well as in Lanzarote) it was taken by M. Hartung. 



767. Meloe rugosus. 



Meloe rugosus, Mshm, Ent. Brit. 483 (1802). 



rugulosa, Brulle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 70 (1838). 



rugosus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 527 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. 3Iad. Col. 162 (1857). 



Habitat in Teneriffa, Gomera et Hierro, hinc inde, minus frequens. 



The European M. rugosus, which occurs also in the Madeiran Group, 

 is found sparingly in these islands. I have taken it in Teneriffe, Go- 

 mera, and Hierro ; from the first of which it has likewise been com- 

 municated by the Barao do Castello de Paiva. 



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