y Mr. T. V. Wollaston on the Halticidte of the Canary Islands. 



9. Longitarsus brevipennis, n. sp. 



L. oblougo-ovatus nitidus, capite rufo-piceo; prothorace rufo-testaceo 

 angidis posticis obtusis, sat distincte punctvdato; elytris brevibus 

 testaceis, sutura prsesertim in medio nigrescente, vix densius punctu- 

 latis ; antennis breidbus, ad basin, pedibus anterioribus tarsisque posticis 

 testaceis, versus apicem femoribusque posticis piceis; tibiis posticis 

 piceo-testaceis. 



Long. Corp. lin. 1^. 



Mas adhuc latet (foemineum tantum possedi). 



Habitat in ins. Lanzarota, ad plantam HeKophyti efosi, Leniann, per litus 

 arenosum crescentem prope oppidum AiTscife, mense Aprili a.d. 1859, 

 a meipso captus. 



Like the last species, the present one has been also described from 

 a unique example. It was captured, by myself, from off a plant of 

 the Heliophytum erosum, Lemann, on the sands behind the sea-beach 

 to the south of Arrecife, in the island of Lanzarote, during April 

 1859. There were three more specimens in company with it, but I 

 unfortunately failed in securing them. It is apparently akin to the 

 L. atrkapilJus, Dufts., of more northern latitudes ; and M. Allard, of 

 Paris, to whom I lately submitted it for inspection, returned it with 

 the observation : " affinis TeinodactyJce atnca-pillce, Dirfts., sed aHter 

 colorata, capite et prothorace latioribus, antennis brevioribus, et caet." 



10. Longitarsus nubigena, Woll. 



Longitarsus nubigena, WoU., Ins. Mad. 447 (1854). 

 , WoU., Cat. Mad. Col. 133 (1857). 



Habitat in ins. Gomera : specimen unicimi prope oppidum San Sebastian, 

 Februario ineunte a.d. 1858 deprehensit Dom. Gray. 



A single specimen of the Madeiran L. nubigena was captured by 

 John Gray, Esq., near San Sebastian, in Gomera, during our visit to 

 that island at the begiuning of February 1858. It is a trifle larger 

 than any of the few examples which I have hitherto taken in 

 Madeii'a ; but in all other particulars (such as colour, outline, sculp - 

 tiire, tfec.) it agrees with them precisely. 



11. Longitarsus dorsalis, Fab. 



Chn/somela dorsalis, Fab., Mant. Ins. i. 77 (1787). 

 TJigamis dorsalis, Steph., El. Brit. Ent. iv. 315 (1831). 

 Attica dorsalis, Lucas, Col. de I'Algc^rie, 548 (1849). 

 Habitat Lanzarotam borealem, in graminosis circa oppidum Haria, tempore 

 vemali haud infrequens. 



The European L. dorsalis is tolerably common in the north of 

 Lanzarote, where it was taken by Mr. Gray and myself, in grassy 



