of the Canary Islands. 17 



the dried dung of the larger animals) — are altogether different 

 from those of the Xyletini, and indeed from those of any of the 

 members of the Anobiadce with which I am acquainted. 



§ I. Elytra crenato-striata, apice pygidium hand tegentia. 

 7. Notiomimus fimicola, n. sp. 



N. cylindrico-oblongus, rufo-brunneus, breviter sericeus ; capite ob- 

 solete carinato ; elytris ad latera rectis, interstitiis subdepressis ; 

 antennis pedibusque gracilibus fragilibus, illis brunneo-nigris ad 

 basin rufescentibus, his dilute testaceis. 



Long. Corp. lin. \^~2. 



Habitat aridos insularum Lanzarota et Fuerteventura, in stercore 

 desiccate bovino, equino, camelino, tempore vernali ubique vulgaris. 



The slender and fragile limbs of this insect, in combination 

 with its rufo-brunneous hue, cylindric outline, and minutely 

 sericeous surface, will, apart from many other characters, at once 

 distinguish it. It abounds, during the spring and early summer 

 months, in the most sterile spots of the barren islands of Lanza- 

 rote and Fuerteventura, occurring in the dried dung of horses, 

 oxen, and camels, — such being, moreover, the only situations in 

 which I have ever observed it. 



8. Notiomimus holosericeus, n. sp. 



N. oblongus, brunneus, dense et grosse sericeo-subvariegatus ; capite 

 distincte carinato, oculis magnis prominulis ; elytris ad latera sub- 

 rectis, interstitiis alternis obsolete elevatis ; antennis pedibusque 

 elongatis robustis, illis brunneo-nigris ad basin rufescentibus, his 

 fusco- testaceis. 



Long. corp. lin. vix 1|^. 



Habitat in ins. Palma, a Dom. Gray mense Februario 1858 repertus. 



A single specimen of this very distinct species was taken by 

 John Gray, Esq., in the island of Palma, during February 1858. 

 It may be known from the preceding one by its less rufescent 

 hue and more densely and coarsely sericeous surface (which is 

 more glossy, or variegated, with the short silken pubescence), by 

 its rather larger and more prominent eyes, its obscurely raised 

 alternate elytral interstices, its more decidedly carinated fore- 

 head, and by its longer and robuster limbs. 



§ II. Elytra hand striata, apice pygidium tegentia. 

 9. Notiomi7mis punctulatissimus, n. sp. 



N. rufo-brunneus, subopacus, creberrime punctulatus et pube brevi 

 depressa flavo-cinerea densissime tectus ; elytris obsolete sub- 



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