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SILPHID.E. 



The common European 0. velox occurs sparingly in moist 

 a high elevation in Madeira proper, particularly within the sylvan 

 districts ; but it has not yet been observed in any of the other islands. 



250. Catops pinicola. 



Catops pinicola, Watt., Append, hiy. op. 12. 



Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), a DD. Crotch sub foliis aridis dejectis i 

 pinetis editioribus deprehensus. 



A Canarian species (closely allied to, but, I believe, nevertheless 

 truly distinct from, the C. velox) which was taken by the Messrs. 

 Crotch, rather abundantly, at a high elevation in Teneriffe by 

 sifting fallen leaves, in the pine-woods above Ycod el Alto. 



Genus 73. SILPHA. 

 Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. ii. 569 (1767). 



(Subgenus Heterotemna, Woll.) 



251. Silpha simplicicornis. 



Silpha simplicicornis, Brulle, in Webb, et Berth. (Col.) 59, pi. ii. f. 10 

 [script, tenuicornis*^ (1838). 



, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 97 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), in humidis sylvaticis hinc inde non'in- 

 frequens. 



This noble Canarian Silpha has been observed hitherto only in 

 Teneriife, where it occurs (though by no means plentifully) in the 

 wooded districts of intermediate and lofty elevations. 



252. Silpha figurata. 





Silpha figurata, Brulle, in Webb et Berth. (Col.) 59, pi. ii. f. 11 [script. 



costata*](1838). 

 , Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 97 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), mini non obvia. 



Likewise a Canarian species ; but, not having myself taken it, I 

 can give no information as to either its proper island or its habitat. 

 Still, I have every reason to conclude that the former is Teneriffe, 

 inasmuch as an example (the only one that I have seen) has been 

 given to me by Mr. A. Fry, of London, who received it from a friend 

 by whom it was professedly captured in that island. It is of course 

 needless to add that M. Brulle supplies no information on the subject, 

 so as to enable us to solve the doubt. . 



* Cf. ' Cat. Can. Col.' p. 97 (note). 



