558 . CANARIAN COLEOPXKRA, 



Habrocerus capillaricornis, JVoll., Ins. Mad. 570 (1854). 

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



Habitat in Hierro, in regione sylvatica " El Golfo " dicta mense 

 Februario a.d. 1858 exemplar unum ccpi. 



The H. (■apillarlcornis, so widely spread (though by no means com- 

 mon) throughout Europe, and which abounds in the sylvan districts 

 of Madeira, is apparently of the utmost rarity in these islands. In- 

 deed hitherto I have seen but a single Canarian examjjlc of it, which 

 was taken by myself (during February 1858) in the wooded region 

 of El Golfo on the western slopes of Hierro. 



Genus 312. THICHOPHYA. 



Mannerheim, Brachcl. 73 (1831). 



847. Trichophya pilicornis. 

 Aleochara pilicoruis, Oi/U., Ins. Siicc. ii. 417 (1810). 

 Tricliopliya pilicornis, Mann., Brachel. 73 (1831). 

 Tricbophyus pilicoruis, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 208 (1839). 

 Trichopbya pilicornis, Kraatz, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. ii. 390 (1850). 



Hahitat in Teneriffa, Palma et Hierro, in sylvaticis, rarissima. 



The European T.pHieoniis is of the greatest rarity at the Canaries, 

 and confined apparently to the sylvan districts of intermediate and 

 rather lofty elevations. The few specimens which I have seen were 

 taken by myself at the Agua Garcia and above Ycod el Alto in Tene- 

 riffe, in Palma, and in the wooded region of El Golfo on the western 

 side of Hierro. It is just possible that the Madeiran T. Huttoni may 

 be but a large state of \h.Q pilicornis. 



Genus 313. MYCETOPOEUS. 



Mannerheim, Brachel. 02 (1831). 



848. Mycetoporus rufus, n. sp. 

 M. elongato-eUipticus ; capite, prothorace elytrisque clare testaceo- 

 rutis, abdomine (valde profunde punctate) nigro, apice rufescentiore ; 

 antennis fnscis, basi, apice ipso pedibusque rufo-testaceis ; protho- 

 racis punctis 4 anticis a margine parum remotis ; elytrorum seriebus 

 tribus parce sed distincte punctatis. — Long. corp. lin. -g-vix 3. 



Hahitat in Teneriffa et Gomera, rarissimus. 



The clear rufous (or testaceo-rufous) hue of the head, prothorax, 

 and elytra of this large and beautiful Mycetoporus, the abdomen of 

 which is dark and very coarsely punctured, with the apex more or 

 less rufescent, combined with its four anterior prothoracic punctules 

 being situated at some little distance behind the front margin, will 

 sufficiently distinguish it. It seems to be extremely rare and to 



