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342. Tarphius lauri. 



Tarphius Lauri, Woll, Ins. Mad. 138, tab. iii. f. 4 (1854). 

 , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 44 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in sylvaticis praesertim lauretis vulgaris. 



Peculiar to Madeira proper, and by far the most abundant of the 

 genus in that island occurring universally within the sylvan dis- 

 tricts, though (like most of the species) more particularly in the 

 laurel-forests. 



343. Tarphius formosus. 



Tarphius formosus, Wott., Cat. Mad. Col. 44 (1857). 

 Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in lauretis humidis excelsis rarissimus. 



Detected hitherto only in the dense sylvan regions in the north of 

 Madeira proper, where it appears to be extremely rare. 



344. Tarphius angusticollis. 



Tarphius ano-usticollis, Woll, Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 252 (1860). 

 , Id., Append, huj. op. 1 7. 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in sylvaticis editioribus parcissime oc- 

 currens. 



The only specimens of this Tarphius which I haye yet seen were 

 taken by the late Mr. Bewicke in the north of Madeira proper, in 

 the upland district of the Fanal. It is certainly, therefore, ex- 

 tremely rare. 



345. Tarphius sylvicola. 



Tarphius sylvicola, Woll, Ins. Mad. 137 (1854). 

 , Id., Cat. Mad. Col 44 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in sylvaticis humidis excelsis rarissimus. 



This Tarphius I have observed hitherto only in damp sylvan dis- 

 tricts in the north of Madeira proper, particularly that known as the 

 Lombarda das Vacas (on the mountains to the east of the Kibeira 

 de Sao Vicente). 



346. Tarphius rotundatus. 



Tarphius rotundatus, Woll, Ins. Mad. 137 (1854). 

 , Id., Cat. Mad. Col 44 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses ( Mad.), in sylvaticis humidis parum vulgaris. 



Next to the T. lauri (and perhaps the inornatus), this is decidedly 

 the commonest of the Madeiran Tarphii being pretty generally 

 distributed throughout the sylvan regions of Madeira proper. 



