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iibique dense punetatus ; capite subquadrato, oculis minutis ; pro- 

 thorace breviusciilo, basi marginato ; elytris ad hiuneros macula 

 obliqua et in disco postico altera submajore transversa, testaceis, 

 iitrinque ornatis ; antennis pedibusque fusco-testaceis, femoribus 

 picescentioribus. 

 Vmiat (immatnrus) capite prothoraceque rufescentioribus. — Long, 

 cori). lin. 1-1-^. 



Ohs. — A. tristi Schmidtii valde affinis et forsan ejus varietas 

 geographica. DifFert solum oeiilis etiam subminoribus, prothorace 

 panlo minore, breviore, elytris sublatioribus, punctura omnino 

 sensim fortiore et pube vix minus fulvescente. 



Habitat insulas omnes Canarienses, praesertim in inferioribus 

 degens. 



It is with some hesitation that I regard this Anthkus as more than 

 a geographical modification of the A. tristis of Mediterranean latitudes 

 — with which, in its dark hue, squarish head, and the two more or 

 less brightly testaceous spots (humeral and postmedial) with which 

 each of its elytra is ornamented, it agrees ; nevertheless, since the 

 few minute differences which it presents are partly structm-al ones, 

 I feel doubtful whether it would be safe to unite it actually with 

 that species. Thus, when closely inspected, it will be seen that its 

 eyes are invariably even more minute still than those of the tristis ; 

 its prothorax is altogether a little smaller and shorter ; its elytra 

 are a trifle wider ; its punctation is appreciably coarser ; its sur- 

 face is rather less pubescent, and the pubescence itself is (if any- 

 thing) less fulvous. It is a universal insect, principally at low ele- 

 vations, throughout the Group — I having myself taken it in all the 

 islands except Gomera (whence, however, there are seven examples 

 now before me which were captured by Dr. Crotch). In Lanzarote 

 it was met with likewise by Mr. Gray. 



785. Anthicus canariensis, n. sp. 



A. subnitidus, pube cinerea demissa tenui vestitiis, ubique levissime 

 et minutissime punctulatvis (nisi oeulo armato quasi impunctatus) ; 

 capite prothoraceque vel nigris vel piceis (interdum submetaUico- 

 tinctis), illo subquadrato-rotimdato, hoc brevi, postice (rarius om- 

 nino) paUidiore ac profunde subconstricto-impresso ; elytris testa- 

 ceis, per suturam plus minus infuscatis (rarius concoloribus); an- 

 tennis ad basin subgracilibus testaceis, versus ai:)icem obscurioribus 

 sensim crassioribus (articulo ultimo subincrassato) ; pedibus testa- 

 ceis, femoribus picescentioribus. — Long. corj). lin. 1-lg. 



Habitat insulas Canarienses, in Hierro sola adhuc haud detectus. 

 In my notice of the Attains anthicoides [vide p. 224] I called at- 

 tention to the curious analogy, both of aspect and habits, which exists 



