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and more or less brightly ferruginous at the base. Limbs piceo- 
ferruginous, the femora being generally a little darkened. 
A single specimen of the common A. floralis, which occurs (pro- 
bably by introduction, through human agency) in nearly all parts of 
the civilized world, was detected by myself in Mr. Leacock’s garden 
at the Quinta dos Padres, near Funchal, during September 1855 ; 
and fout more (likewise found near Funchal) have been lately com- 
municated to me,—namely, three by Mr. Bewicke, and one by Mr. 
Mason. It abounds throughout the whole of Europe; and is re- 
corded from Algeria, Egypt, North and South America, the West 
Indies, and the Cape of Good Hope. 
473. Anthicus instabilis. 
Anthicus instabilis (Zoffm.), Dej., Cat. 217 (1836). 
tibialis, Curt. ee Wailtl, 1835), Brit. Ent. 714 (1888). 
mauritanicus, Lucas, Rev. Zool. 146 (1841). 
instabilis, Schmidt, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 11, 184 (1842). 
—— tibialis, La Ferté [sed vid. p. 305], Mon. des Anth. 165 (1848). 
instabilis, Woll., Ins. Mad. 534 (1854). 




Inhabits Madeira and Porto Santo; occurring beneath stones in 
dry, sunny spots of low and intermediate elevations. 
474, Anthicus litoralis. 
Anthicus litoralis (Heer), Woll., Ins. Mad. 535 (1854). 
Inhabits Madeira proper ; occurring sparingly, at low elevations, 
with the last species. 
475. Anthicus crinitus. 
A. gracilis niger nitidus cinereo-pilosus, prothorace angusto rufo- 
ferrugineo, elytris profunde punctatis antice ferrugineis et macula 
posticé communi ferrugined ornatis, antennis pedibusque testaceis, 
femoribus ad apicem plus minus picescentibus. 
Long. corp. lin. 14-1}. 
Anthicus crinitus, Za Ferté, Mon. des Anth. 204 (1848). 
A. slender, black, shining, and clothed with a coarse, decumbent, 
pale-cinereous pile. Head slightly piceous, and almost impunc- 
tate. Prothorax narrow, more or less brightly rufo-ferruginous, 
and a little more evidently punctured than the head,—the punc- 
tures however being small and distant. /ytra much more deeply 
punctured; broadly ferruginous anteriorly, and with a somewhat 
rounded ferruginous patch, common to both, behind the middle. 
Limbs slender, and testaceous; the femora being more or less 
piceous at the apex. 
The present species somewhat approaches at first sight the 4. 
