274 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on 
(Sp. 869) Atlantis cenescens. 
This Madeiran Atlantis, which I had regarded hitherto 
as somewhat scarce, appears to be the common species 
throughout the mountain region of S. Antonio da Serra, 
—where, during March, April, and May of 1870 we met 
with it in profusion, by sifting fallen leaves and rubbish, 
particularly in sylvan spots. It ascends however to a 
very high altitude, being equally common towards the 
summit of the Pico Gordo and in the direction of the 
Poizo; and this indeed accords with the habitat of my 
original types, which were taken ‘on the lofty upland 
ridges between the Fonte das Mocas and the Pico do 
Areeiro,—from about 4000 to 5000 feet above the sea. 
It is very nearly allied to the A. ventrosa—which is found 
hkewise at a high elevation, though more frequently on 
the exposed mountain-slopes; but it may be known from 
that species by being, on the average, rather smaller, 
shorter, and more ovate (or ventricose), as well as just 
appreciably more shining and brassy, with its limbs 
perceptibly paler or more rufescent. Its antenna more- 
over are, if anything, a trifle shorter,—the funiculus 
joints a little more abbreviated. 
p. 327 (genus SconiocERrus). 
It would appear that this genus is, after all, identical 
with Cathormiocerus of Erichson, though, in the absence 
of a type of the latter from which to form an opinion, I 
pointed out a few characters (im my diagnosis of it in 
1854) which I thought might perhaps serve to separate 
it therefrom. Seidlitz, however, in his late revision of 
the Otiorhynchides (vide Berl. Ent. Zeitsch., 1868), seems 
to have no doubt on the matter; and Mr. Rye (Hunt. 
Month. Mag. 151; 1870) goes so far as to question 
whether “ future entomologists will consider Cathormio- 
cerus aS im reality distinct from Trachyphleus.” Be this 
however as it may (and the members of the two groups 
are certainly, as regards their structure, barely distin- 
guishable from each other), Scoliocerus it is clear must, at 
any rate, as a genus, be suppressed; and I would there- 
fore desire for the future to cite the two Madeiran 
Curculionids which I have hitherto referred to it, as 
Cathormiocert. I may also add that the (. ewrvipes does 
not appear to be peculiar (like the C. maderce) to that 
island, it having been observed during the last few years 
both in France and Algeria. 
