of Coleoptera from the Canary Islands, 211 



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

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

 in pinetis locorum editiorum prsecipue vivit. 

 In honorem peritissimi Entomologici T. Vernon WoUaston necnon 

 viri praestantissimi banc speciem certe novam, ob quamplurimas 

 gratias mihi amicissime oblatas, grata mente Ubenter nuncupavi. 



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

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

 nino carens, pallide flavo-testaceus, capite (praesertim postice) paulo 

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

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

 Prothorax bre^-is, transversus, antice truncatus, postice leyiter ro- 

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

 in medio transversim impressus, impressione in disco plus minus 

 distincte interrupta vel divisa. Elytra dense sed leviter punctulata, 

 concoloria. AlcB amplissimse. Antennce ad basin testacese, apicem 

 versus paulo magis infuscatse, ad apicem articuli ultimi ipsissimum 

 saepius nigrae. Pedes pallido-testacei, tarsis vix obscurioribus. 



This large and distinct Calomicrus (^hich 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 Cisii, 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. Hylesinidae. 



Genus Hylastes. 



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



Hylastes Lowei, 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. If-lf • 



Habitat locos editiores ins. TeneriiFae et Palmae, in pinetis, sub cor- 

 tice laxo, lignum emortuum Pini canariensis, una cum Tomico 

 quodam magno inedito, destruens : in arboribus antiquis ad Agua 

 Mansa TeneriflFae crescentibus tempore aestivo abundat. 



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

 tatoris laboriosissimi et etiam virtutibus ornati, banc novam spe- 



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