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some error may have occurred in the citation as ‘ Tene- 
riffan” of the exponent of a group of which I have seen 
no single representative throughout the numerous islands 
of these scattered archipelagos. Is it possible that M. 
Péron may have touched at some Mediterranean country, 
or island, en route, and afterwards mixed-up unintention- 
ally a portion of his collectanea from two distinct regions ? 
Be this as it may, I will at any rate, without holding 
myself responsible for the accuracy of the supposed 
habitat, just cite the short diagnosis of M. Blanchard, in 
order to call attention to the fact that a Hoplia (although 
totally undetected during any of our recent campaigns) 
may possibly be found to exist in the Canarian Group. 
Hoplia Peronit. 
“ F. aulica affinis, sed distincta, prothorace angustiore ; 
: 5 a i eee —— : 
elytris oblongioribus, leete viridi- squamosis, pedibus 
tenuioribus, tibiarumque dente primo minore.” 
Blanchard, loc. cit. 72 (1850). 
Hab.—Canarienses ? (en. ?) ; mihi non obvia, sed a 
Dom. Blanchard citata. 
Fam. CETONIADAi. 
The observations which I have just made with respect 
to the Hoplia Peronit might be repeated here, for it 
appears to be on precisely the same authority that M. 
Blanchard has admitted into his Catalogue a T'richius 
(under the title of 7’. Fortunatarum) which purports to 
have come from Teneriffe. It is of course possible that 
the genus may have a representative in the Canarian 
archipelago, but I have certainly no other evidence of 
its existence in any of the various islands of these widely- 
scattered Atlantic Groups; and it is at least remarkable 
that two such conspicuous forms as J'richius and Hoplia 
should have escaped our combined researches during so 
many campaigns, and that yet both of them should be 
supplied by a single naturalist who appears to have 
made a passing visit to Teneriffe. I must be excused 
therefore, under the circumstances, if a slight suspicion 
should involuntarily arise that there may perhaps have 
been some unintentional mistake in M. Péron’s habitats ; 
