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469. Zonitis 4-punctata. 
Mylabris 4-punctata, Fub., Ent. Syst. i. ii. 89 (1792). 
, Fab., Syst. Eleu. ii. 84 (1801). 
Zonitis 4-punctata, Lucas, Col. de 0 Algérie, 895 (1849). 
, Woll., Ins. Mad. 530 (1854), 




Inhabits Madeira and Porto Santo; occurring, on flowers, in hot 
spots of a low elevation. 
Fam. 56. MORDELLIDA. 
Genus 198. ANASPIS. 
Geoffroy, Hist, Abr. des Ins. 315 (1762). 
470. Anaspis Proteus. 
Anaspis Proteus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 532 (1854). 
Inhabits every island of the Madeira Group ; abounding in flowers 
at nearly all altitudes, though especially at low and intermediate 
ones. 
Fam. 57. ANTHICIDA. 
Genus 199. FORMICOMUS. 
La Ferté, Mon. des Anth. 70 (1848). 
The genus Formicomus (which is a recent addition to our Cata- 
logue) is mainly distinguished from Anthicus proper by its body being 
more oval and convex (the elytra being more rounded-off at the 
shoulders, and less parallel at the sides), by its more orbicular head 
and longer prothorax, and by its femora being clavated at their apex. 
In some of the species (as in the only Madeiran representative of the 
group), the males are distinguished from the females by having their 
anterior thighs armed internally with a short but robust spine, and 
by the terminal segment of their abdomen being slightly scooped- 
out beneath. 
471. Formicomus pedestris. 
F. niger nitidus parce griseo-villosus, prothorace picescentiore, elytris 
fascia transversa abbreviata late ferrugineé pone humeros ornatis, 
antennis femoribusque ad basin ferrugineis. 
Mas, capite vix majore, elytris paulo longioribus, necnon femoribus 
anticis intus spina munitis. 
Long. corp. lin. 12-2. 
Carabus pedestris, Rossi, Fra Etruse. i. 224 (1790). 
Anthicus pedestris, Fab., Syst. Eleu. i. 291 (1801). 
, Schmidt, Stett. Ent. Zeit. ii. 193 (1842). 
Formicomus pedestris, La Ferté, Mon. des Anth. 76 (1848). 
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