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49. Metabletus obseuroguttatus. 



Lebia obscuroguttata (Anders.), Dufts., Fna Austr. ii. 249 (1812). 

 Dronrius obscuroguttatus, Woll., Ins. Mad. 7 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 4 (1857). 



Metabletus obscuroguttatus, Sell., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. i. 279 (1860). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.}, in montibtis valde elevatis sub lapidibus 

 vulgaris. 



The very widely spread M. obscuroguttatus occasionally abounds 

 in Madeira proper, at a high elevation occurring beneath stones 

 on the exposed mountain-slopes, from about 3000 feet above the 

 sea to the summits of the peaks ; but it has not yet been detected in 

 any of the other islands. It is a species which is stated to exist in 

 many distant parts of the world, having been reported even from 

 the Himalayas. 



50. Metabletus insequalis. 



Metabletus insequalis, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. xi. 214 (1863). 

 , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 16 (1864). 





Habitat Canarienses (Can., Ten., Gom., Palma, Hierro}, praesertim 

 in sylvaticis intermediis vulgaris. 



Found in the sylvan districts of the Canarian islands, at inter- 

 mediate and lofty elevations, where it occasionally abounds. It is 

 universal in the central and western portions of the Group having 

 been detected in Grand Canary, Teneriffe, Gomera, Palma, and 

 Hierro (in the last of which it was met with recently by the Messrs. 

 Crotch). It is closely allied to the M. foveolatus, Dej. (cupreus, 

 Waltl), found in the south of Spain and at Tangiers, and which I 

 have taken at Mogadore on the opposite coast of Morocco ; but, apart 

 from minor differences, it entirely wants the pale humeral patch 

 which is always more or less conspicuous in that insect. 



51. Metabletus lancerotensis. 



Metabletus lancerotensis, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 17 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Lanz.}, sub lapidibus, prcesertim in intermediis, 

 passim. 



The present Metabletus would appear to represent in Lanzarote 

 (and, we may expect, in Fuerteventura also, though it does not happen 

 as yet to have been observed there) the M. incequalis, which is so 

 general throughout the central and western portions of the Canarian 

 Group. It is not uncommon (beneath stones) at intermediate ele- 

 vations, particularly in the north of the island. 



