CANAEIAN COLEOPTERA. 



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by its bright and coarsely pubescent but almost impunctate surface, 

 by the four rounded, punctiform foveae at the base of its prothorax, 

 and by the robustness of its antennae and legs, the latter of which 

 have their front tarsi perceptibly dilated. 



Fam. 81. PSELAPHID^. 



Genus 297. EUPLECTUS. 

 (Kirby) Leach, Zool. Miscell. (1817). 



791. Euplectus Karstenii. 

 E. rufo-testaceus ; capite dense punctulato, antice transversim im- 

 presso et utrinque sulcato ; prothorace in disco foveola impresso, 

 basi profundius trifoveolato ; elytris depressiuseulis. — Long. corp. 

 lin. vix |. 



Pselaphus Karstenii, Reichcnh., Moii. Pselaph. 71. tab. ii. f. 21 (181G). 

 Euplectus Karstenii, Denny, 3fon. Pselaph. et Sci/d. 12 (1825). 

 , Aube, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 14G (1844). 



Habitat Teneriifam et Palmam, sub cortice laxo putrido in sylva- 

 ticis intermediis degens. 



The riifo-testaceous hue and distinctly punctured head of this Eu- 

 plectus, combined with its rather depressed elytra and other details, 

 seem to refer it to the European E. Karstenii. It is rare at the Ca- 

 naries, or at any rate local, and confined apparently to the sylvan 

 districts of intermediate elevations. Under such circumstances I 

 have taken it sparingly (from beneath the loose, rotting bark of trees) 

 at Las Mercedes in Tenerifte, and more abundantly high up in the 

 Barraneo da Agua of Palma. 



792. Euplectus monticola, n. sp. 

 E. praecedenti similis, sed paulo major, foveis in capite prothoraceque 

 levius impressis; oculis sensim majoribus; antennis pedibusque sub- 

 longioribus, illarum clava longiore, laxiore (magis perfoliata), arti- 

 cuhs penultimo et antepenultimo distincte majoribus. — Long. corp. 

 lin. 1. 



Habitat in montibus valde excelsis Tenerifiiae, usque ad 9000' s. m. 

 ascendens. 



Although in general aspect and hue this Euplectus agrees with the 

 Karstenii, nevertheless it is certainly distinct from it, ascending more- 

 over (apparently) to a much higher elevation, — the only two exam- 

 ples which I have seen having been captured by myself on the lofty 

 Cumbre of TenerifFe, overlooking the Cafiadas, about 9000 feet above 

 the sea. It differs from the Karstenii in being a little larger, with 



