602 CANARIAN COLEOPTEIIA. 



occasion I observed it in tolerable abundance (on the wing) imme- 

 diately outside the Puerto Orotava in TencrifFe ; and several speci- 

 mens are now before me which were captured by Dr. Crotch in Gomera. 



(Subfam. IX. HOMALIADES.) 



Genus 336. PHILORINUM. 



Kraatz, Kat. der Ins. Ucuttscli. ii. 905 (185G). 



926. Philorinum floricola, n. sp. 



P. lineari-oblongum, subopacum, subtilissime et brevissime pubescens, 

 dense, sat profunde, argute et subcEqualiter punctatum, nigrum ; 

 capite subconvexo, aequali, simplici (nee, ut mihi videtur, ocellato, 

 iiec lineato); prothorace (interdum fuscescentiore) convexo, aequali, 

 ad latera 8uba;(]ualiter rotundato ; elytris plus minus dilutioribus 

 (vel testaceo-fuscis, vel fusco-testaceis, rarius fusco-nigris) ; ab- 

 domine multo levins parciusque punctulato ; antennis rufo-tcstaceis 

 (apicem versus interdum paulo obscimoribus) ; jjcdibus testaceis. — 

 Long. corp. lin. 1-1^. 



Habitat ad flores (prsesertim Cijtisi et Bpartil) in Canaria, Teneriifa, 

 Palma et Hierro, a 2000' usque ad 9000' s.m. ascendens. 



This Philorinum will probably be found in all the islands of the 

 Group except Lanzarote and Fuerteventura ; and, indeed, I have taken 

 it in Grand Canary, Teneriffe, Palma, and Hierro. It occurs chiefly 

 on floAvers (particularly those of Cytisus and Sjjartium) at intermediate 

 and lofty elevations, ascendmg to about 9000 feet above the sea. It 

 is more often, however, to be met with in the higher altitudes; for 

 on the two upland Cumbres of Teneriffe, above the Agua Mansa and 

 Ycod el Alto respectively, I have (during May of 1859) brushed it in 

 absolute profusion off the blossoms of the " Retama " (or Spartium 

 nuhigena). Nevertheless it does occasionally descend to an elevation 

 of scarcely more than 2000 feet, inasmuch as I have also captured 

 it (in Teneriffe) sparingly both at the Agua Garcia and in the laurel- 

 woods above Taganana*. 



Genus 337. HOMALIUM. 



Gravenliorst, Col. 3Iicropt. 116 [script. Omaliiim'] (1802). 



927. Homalium sculpticolle, n. sp. 

 //. oblongo-ovatum, depressum, nitidum, profunde punctatum, piceo- 

 nigrum ; capite subrotundato, postice longitudinaliter bifoveolato ; 



* The P. floricola was examined by Dr. Kraatz, who returned it with the ob- 

 servation, " Genus Philorinum mihi ; sp. nov. videtur, antennis concoloribus 

 excellens." 



