of Coleoptera from the Canary Islands. 211 



peliensis, Linn.) in ins. Teneriffa, Palma, et Hierro, inter 1500' et 

 3000' s. m. creseentium, una cum Hispa occatore, Br., degens ; 

 in pinetis locorum editiorum prsecipue vivit. 

 In honorem peritissimi Entomologici T. Vernon Wollaston necnon 

 viri prsestantissimi hanc speciem certe novam, ob quamplurimas 

 gratias mihi amicissime oblatas, grata mente libenter nuncupavi. 



C. sat angustulus, oblongus, subopacus et oculo valde armato 

 subtiliter sed distincte alutaceus, subtus pubescens, supra pilis om- 

 nino carens, pallide ilavo-testaceus, capite (prsesertim postice) paulo 

 rufescentiore. Corpus subtus (sc. sterna abdomenque necnon in- 

 terdum etiam mentum) nigrum. Oculi magni, prominentes, nigri. 

 Prothorax brevis, transversus, antice truncatus, postice leviter ro- 

 tundatus, lateribus fere rectis, ad latera et basin anguste marginatus, 

 in medio transversim impressus, impressione in disco plus minus 

 distincte intcrrupta vel divisa. Elytra dense sed leviter punctulata, 

 concoloria. Alee amplissimse. Antennee ad basin testacese, apicem 

 versus paulo magis infuscatee, ad apicem articuli ultimi ipsissimum 

 ssepius nigrse. Pedes pallido-testacei, tarsis vix obscurioribus. 



This large arid distinct Calomicrus (which is remarkable for 

 being pale yellow above, but black and pubescent beneath) ap- 

 pears to be principally (if not entirely) attached to the flowers 

 and foliage of the two mountain Cisti, under which circumstances 

 it is not uncommon on the red species (the C. vaginatus, Linn.), 

 in company with the Hispa occator of Brulle, at the Agua Mansa, 

 and in the Pinal above Icod de los Vinhos, of Teneriffe. It like- 

 wise occurs, in similar positions, though more rarely, in the pine- 

 regions of Palma ; as also, on the C. Monspeliensis, at the edges 

 of the Vueltas leading down from the Cumbre into the district 

 of El Golfo, on the western side of Hierro. 



Fam. Hylesinidse. 



Genus Hylastes. 



Erichson, in Wiegm. Archiv, ii. 47 (1836). 



Hylastes Loiuei, Paiva. 



H. cylindricus, niger, subnitidus ; capite sat dense punctulato ; pro- 

 thorace vix parcius punctulato (punctis in disco paulo magis re- 

 motis) ; elytris vix picescentioribus, dense transversim rugulosis 

 et longitudinaliter subpunctato-striatis ; antennis rufo-piceis, capi- 

 tulo obscuriore ; pedibus piceo-nigris, tarsis clarioribus. 



Long. corp. lin. lf-lf • 



Habitat locos editiores ins. Teneriffse et Palmse, in pinetis, sub cor- 

 tice laxo, lignum emortuum Pini canadensis, una cum Tomico 

 quodam magno inedito, destruens : in arboribus antiquis ad Agua 

 Mansa TenerifFse crescentibus tempore sestivo abundat. 



In honorem Reverendi R. Thomas Lowe, scientise naturalis perscru- 

 tatoris laboriosissimi et etiam virtutibus ornati, hanc novam spe- 



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