520 CANARIAN COLEOPTERA, 



thoraceque rufo-ferrugineis, densissime et (praesertim illo) parum 

 profunde punctatis, illo siibquadrato convexo, hoc antice lato ; ely- 

 tris subconvexis, paulo subtilius punctatis, piceo-nigris, antice nec- 

 non in macula magna communi postica plus minus sufiusa (et in- 

 terdum etiam per suturam) rufo-ferrugineis ; antennis rufo-ferru- 

 gineis ; pedibus pallide rufo-testaeeis. — Long. corp. lin. 1-^1-|- 



Habitat in aridis arenosis Lanzarotse, Fuerteventurte et Canariae, 

 hinc inde (prtesertim in locis inferioribus) vidgaris. 



This Antliicus seems to be rather common in dry sandy spots, prin- 

 cipally (though by no means always) of a low elevation, in Lanzarote 

 and Fuerteventura (in the latter of which it was taken likewise by 

 Mr. Gray), and less so in Grand Canary. It may easily be known 

 by its rufo-ferruginous hue and rather opake surface, which is clothed 

 with a very minute and entirely decumbent fulvo-cinereous pubes- 

 cence ; by its head and prothorax (the former of which is squarish 

 and convex, whilst the latter is much widened anteriorly) being veiy 

 densely and somewhat deeply punctured ; by its elytra (which are a 

 little convex, and not at all impressed in front) being piceous-black 

 but broadly rufo-ferniginous at their base, and with the postmedial 

 patch (of the same colour) which obtains equally in the last two species 

 larger and more suffused, and frequently united along the suture to 

 the basal portion ; and by its legs being altogether pale. 



780, Anthicus notoxoides, n. sp. 



A. praecedenti valdc similis sed paulo major, laetius coloratus, minus 

 opacus et pube sensim palhdiore (magis argentea) longioreque 

 vestitus, punctis ubique submajoribus ; oculis multo magis promi- 

 nentibus ; jn-othorace antice latiore ; antennarumque articulis inter- 

 mediis vix longioribus. — Long. corp. lin. 1|. 



Habitat in Lanzarota et Fuerteventura, rarissimus. 



Of this Anthicus I have but two examples (one of which is imma- 

 ture) to judge from ; nevertheless it is certainly distinct from the 

 last species, which in general hue and markings it much resembles — 

 being larger, more brightly coloured, and less opake, with its pubes- 

 cence a trifle longer, paler (or more silvery), and less depressed, and 

 its punctation a little coarser. Its eyes are very much more pro- 

 minent ; its prothorax is still broader in front ; and its antennae have 

 their intermediate joints just perceptibly more elongated. One of 

 my specimens I captured on the hills above Haria, in the north of 

 Lanzarote, and the other in Fuerteventura*. 



■* I had at first imagined it possible that the immature example (from Fuerte- 

 Tentura) above referred to might be a pale and ill-developed femote of the Euro- 

 pean (and Madeiran) A. instabilis; but. baring identified it satisfactorily with 



