518 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 



Anthicus floralis, La FerU, Mem. ties Anth. 150 (1848). 

 , Woll, Cat. Mad. Col. 164 (1857). 



Habitat in Lanzarota, Fuerteventura, TeneriiFa et Gomera, sub 

 quisquiliis et in ciiltis, hinc inde frequens. 



This common European insect, which has been naturalized in the 

 most distant parts of the world and which is abundant around Funchal 

 in Madeira, wiU almost certainly be found to be universal in these 

 islands. Hitherto, however, I have taken it only in Lanzarote, 

 Fuerteventura, and Teneriffe ; but it was found by Dr. Crotch in 

 Gomera. In Lanzarote it was captured likewise by Mr. Gray. 



776. Anthicus hispidus. 



A. niger, nitidus, parce cinereo-pilosus pilisque nigris longissimis 

 erectis obsitus, ubique profunde sed parce punctatus ; clytris pone 

 basin fascia transversa dentata testacea ornatis ; antennis, tibiis 

 tarsisque piceo-testaceis. — Long. corp. lin. 1|. 



Notoxus hispidus, Rossi, Mant. i. 46 (1792). 



Anthicus hispidus, La Ferte, Mon. des Anth. 209 (1848). 



, Woll, Ins. Mad. 535 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 166 (1857). 



Habitat Lanzarotam borealem, semel tantum captus. 



Of the A. hispidus of Mediterranean latitudes, and which abounds 

 at rather low elevations in Madeira, I have taken but a single ex- 

 ample, hitherto, in these islands — namely, near Haria, in the north 

 of Lanzarote : we may, however, expect it to occur more generally. 

 It may be known by its black surface having a transverse, dentate, 

 testaceous fascia behind the base of the elytra, and being deeply but 

 somewhat sparingly punctured, as well as beset (in addition to its de- 

 cumbent cinereous under-pile) with exceedingly long and erect darker 

 hairs. In the specimen before me the prothorax is concolorous with 

 the rest of the surface ; but this is probably accidental, as that portion 

 of the body is nearly always more or less obscurely rufescent behind. 



777. Anthicus crinitus. 



A. gracilis, piceo-niger, nitidus, parce sed grosse cinereo-pilosus ; 

 capite prothoraceque parcissime et minute pimctulatis, illo subro- 

 tundato-quadrato, hoc angusto, Isete rufo-ferrugineo ; elytris pro- 

 fundius punctatis, fascia magna transversa obliqua mox pone basin 

 et macula parva communi postica centrali (rarius obsoleta) rufo- 

 testacea ornatis ; antennis pedibusque testaceis, femoribus apicem 

 versus ph;s minus picescentibus. — Long. corp. lin. 11-1^. 



Anthicus crinitus. La Ferte, Mon. des Anth. 204 (1848). 

 , Woll, Cat. Mad. Col. 165 (1857). 



Habitat in Canaria, Teneriffa et Gomera, parum rarus. 



This Anthtctis is slenderer and more rufescent than the hispidus ; 



