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768. Meloe murinus. 



Meloe murina, Brandt et Erich., Man. Mel. Nov. Act. Acad. xvi. 127 

 (1832). 



— , Lucas, Col. de rAlgerie, 398 (1849). 



flavicomus, Woll, Ins. Mad. 528. tab. xiii. f. 1 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 162 (1857). 



Habitat in Canaria, Teneriffa et Gomera, passim. 



This Meloe, whicli is also found in Mediterranean latitudes and 

 which, is abundant in the Madeiran Group, is, like the rugosus, 

 sparingly distributed over the Canarian archij^elago, where I suspect, 

 however, that it will be found to be universal. At present I have taken 

 it only in Grand Canary and Teneriffe, but it was obtained (at Her- 

 migua) in Gomera by Dr. Crotch. At first sight it closely resembles 

 the last species, but is, 07i the average, a little smaller and with its 

 limbs slenderer, and it is more or less clothed with a fine golden pu- 

 bescence : its head and prothorax (the former of which is more deeply 

 channeled behind) are more finely punctured, and its eyes are a trifle 

 less reniform — being rather broader (longitudinally), or more semi- 

 circular. 



769. Meloe nudus, n. sp. 



M. (vix subplumbeo-) niger, subopacus, alutaceo-coriaceus ; capite 

 prothoraceque parcissimc sed argute punctatis, hoc parvo, basi 

 profunde arcuato-emarginato, inoequah (sc. tenuiter canaliculato, 

 ad basin ipsam profunde transversim impresso, in disco antico 

 utrinque foveolato) ; ocuhs magnis, reniformibus. — Long. corp. lin. 

 7-8. 



Habitat in Fuerteventura, rarissimus. 



Readily known from the murinus by its freedom from pubescence ; 

 by its very much more sparingly punctured head and prothorax — the 

 former of which is less deeply channeled behind, whilst the latter is 

 less transverse (or more quadrate), as well as less uneven and rather 

 more emarginated along its basal edge ; and by its eyes being larger. 

 It would appear to have more in common with the south-European 

 M. majalis, Linn., than with any other species with which I am ac- 

 quainted ; but is smaller, with its head and prothorax (the latter of 

 which is less flattened, and less quadrate) more sparingly punctate, 

 with its elytra dififerently sculptured, and with its eyes (longitudi- 

 nally) broader. I have seen hitherto but thi-ee examjjles of it, all 

 of which were taken in Fuerteventura — two by myself, and one by 

 M. Hartung. 



770. Meloe subcyaneus, n. sp. 



M. subcyanescenti -niger, subnitidus ; capite prothoraceque parce sed 

 profunde punctatis, illo postice hand canaliculato, hoc subquadrato 



