306 Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston on 
by no means wishing to pronounce for certain that the 
O. philonthoides may not be a depauperated modification 
of the brachypterus, my own opinion is that, while belong- 
ing to undoubtedly the same geographical type, it is most 
decidedly distinct,—it being not only considerably smaller 
and with more abbreviated antenne, but likewise less 
coarsely sculptured as regards both its elytra and abdo- 
men, and with its head even relatively less developed. 
p. 504 (genus Scopus). 
(Sp. 1890) Scopceus trossulus. 
This Canarian Scopus is said by M. Fauvel (L’ Abeille, 
vi. 152) to be conspecific with the Mediterranean S. seri- 
cans, of Mulsant and Rey; but as I possess no type of 
the latter, in order to judge for myself, I have no means 
of testing the accuracy of this identification. Assuming 
it, however, to be correct (which may, or may not, be the 
case), the corrected synonymy will stand thus :— 
Scopeeus sericans. 
Scopeus sericans, Muls. et Rey, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 
165 (1854). Scopeus trossulus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 
585 (1864) ; Id., Col. Atl. 504 (1865). 
Hab.—Canarienses (Fuert., Can., Ten.) ; inter lapillos 
per margines aquarum, preecipue in inferioribus ac paulu- 
lum elevatis, sese occultans. 
p- 905 (genus Lirgocuanis). 
(Sp. 1895) Lithocharis fuscula. 
I am indebted to Dr. Sharp for correcting an error 
into which I had fallen as regards this Lithocharis—which 
appears to be the European apicalis, Kraatz, and not the 
“‘fuscula.” The mistake was partly due to the insuffi- 
ciency of the material from which I was compelled origi- 
nally to form an opinion; but during our late visit to 
Madeira I met with it abundantly by sifting garden-refuse © 
at the Quinta dos Jasmineiros, on the western outskirts 
of Funchal, and the more extensive series thus obtained 
renders the distinctive characters of the species at once 
