CANARIAN COLEOPTERA. 



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well as in Palma ; and a specimen has been communicated by Dr. 

 Crotch, taken in Gomera. 



Genus 310. TACHYPORUS. 



Graveuhorsti Col. Micropt. 124 (1802). 



844. Tachyporus pusHlus. 



Tachyporus pusillus, Grav., Mon. 9 (180G). 



' , Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 239 (1839). 



celer, Woll., Ins. Mad. 567 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 185 (1857). 



marginatus, Hart. [necFab.'], Geolog. VerhaUn.Lanz. wndFuert. 140. 



Hahltat insulas omnes Canarienses, passim. 



The larger size, broader outline, and darker hue are almost the 

 only characters which appear to distinguish the European T. jiusllhis 

 from the hrunneus ; and yet the two species are easily separated 

 when seen. The T. pusillus occurs at low and intermediate eleva- 

 tions, and is universal throughout the Group — in all the islands of 

 which, except Palma, where it was found by Mr. Gray, I have my- 

 self captured it. In Lanzarote and Hierro it was likewise taken by 

 Mr. Gray, and in Teneriffe by Dr. Crotch. It abounds in the north 

 of Lanzarote, and is unquestionably the species referred to (by Dr. 

 Heer) in M. Hartung's list under the name of " Tachyporus marr/i- 

 nahis, F." It occurs sparingly at Madeira, — my T. celer appearing 

 to me, on a closer examination, not to differ from the pusillus. 



845. Tachyporus brunneus. 



Oxyporus bruuneus, Fab., Ent. Syst. i. ii. 535 (1792). 

 Tachyporus bminneus, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 241 (1839). 



, Woll, Ins. Mad. 568 (1854). 



, Id., Cut. Mad. Col. 185 (1857). 



Habitat insulas Canarienses, in Fuerteventura sola hactenus hand 

 detectus. 



This common European insect, which abounds in the Madeiran 

 Group, is doubtless universal at the Canaries, though hitherto it does 

 not happen to have been observed in Fuerteventura. • I have myself 

 captured it in Lanzarote, Grand Canary, Teneriffe, Palma, and Hierro ; 

 and it was taken by Dr. Crotch in Gomera, and by Mr. Gray in Palma. 



Genus 311. HABROCERUS. 



Erichson, Kaf. der Mark Brand, i. 400 (1839). 



846. Hahrocerus capillaricornis. 



Tachyporus capillaricornis, Grav., Mon. 10 (1806). 



Habrocerus capillaricornis, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 245 (1839). 



