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hispidus ; but its more slender form, rather paler and less punctured 
head, and its freedom from the long, erect pile which distinguishes 
that species, will, in conjunction with the ferruginous postmedial 
patch of its elytra, at once separate it therefrom. It was detected 
by myself, on the 1st of September 1855, at the Praya Formoza, in 
the south of Madeira proper,—from whence I obtained several spe- 
cimens, running in and out of the crevices of the damp clayey soil 
behind the sea-beach ; and I subsequently captured a single example 
(on the wing) in Mr. Phelps’s garden at Funchal. It is recorded by 
La Ferté as a native of Egypt and Senegal. 
476, Anthicus hispidus. 
Notoxus hispidus, Ross?, Mant. i. 46 (1792). 
Anthicus hispidus, Schmidt, Stett. Ent. Zeit. iii, 182 (1842). 
——,, La Ferté, Mon. des Anth. 209 (1848). 
—— ——,, Woll., Ins. Mad. 535 (1854). 
Inhabits Madeira and Porto Santo; occurring beneath stones, prin- 
cipally at rather low elevations. In the latter island it is apparently 
very scarce ; but in Madeira proper it abounds in certain spots above 
Funchal. 

477. Anthicus Lubbockii. 
Anthicus tristis, Woll. [nec Schmidt, 1842], Ins. Mad. 536 (1854). 
Inhabits the mountains of Madeira proper; abounding, beneath 
stones, on the open grassy slopes of the loftiest elevations, It was 
referred, by mistake, in the Jnsecta Maderensia, to the A. tristis of 
Schmidt; nevertheless it is totally distinct therefrom,—as I am 
now enabled to state positively through the kindness of my friend 
Dr. Schaum of Berlin, who has forwarded me typical specimens of 
Schmidt’s species (collected by himself in the south of France) to 
compare with it. It approaches nearer indeed to the fenestratus of 
Schmidt ; but it is smaller, and more finely punctured, than that . 
insect ; the punctures on its head and prothorax, although exceed- 
ingly close, are more regular and defined (being less interspersed 
with granules, or raised points); its head is very much rounder 
posteriorly ; its prothorax is longer, and less constricted behind ; its 
elytra are more parallel at their sides, altogether less oval, and 
usually quite immaculate ; its pubescence is of a somewhat yellower 
or less silvery tinge ; and its antenne, tibie and tarsi are generally 
of a rather paler hue. I have dedicated it to my friend John Lubbock, 
Esq., whose microscopic researches in the higher departments of 
entomological science have thrown so much light on some of the 
obscurer questions of insect physiology. 
