CUCUJID.E. 131 



in ramulis emortuis, Ewphorbiarum, una cum Europe, Aphan- 

 arfhro, et caet., parce degens. 



A Canarian insect peculiar to the rotten Euphorbias, and one which 

 will probably occur wherever the latter are to be found. Hitherto 

 however it has been detected only in Lanzarote, Teneriffe, Gomera 

 (where it was captured lately by the Messrs. Crotch), and Hierro. 

 It appears to be somewhat scarce. 



Genus 115. UEMOPHL(EUS. 



(Dejean) Erich., Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. iii. 815 (1845). 



375. Lsemophlceus donacioides. 



Laemophlosus Donacioides, Woll., Ins. Mad. 159. tab, iii. f. 8 (1854). 

 , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 52 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), sub cortice arborum pra)sertim in casta- 

 netis parce degens. 



Occurs beneath bark, though sparingly, in the intermediate alti- 

 tudes of Madeira proper particularly in the chestnut-woods of the 

 north*. 



376. Laemophlceus granulatus. 



Lsemophloeus granulatus, Woll, Ins. Mad. 160 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 52 (1857). 



, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 130 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Can., Ten., Gom., Palma), 

 sub cortice arborum praesertim in lauretis, hinc inde sat vulgaris. 



A widely spread species, which occurs beneath bark in the sylvan 

 regions both of Madeira proper and of the Canarian Group where 

 it will probably be found universally wherever the laurel-forests still 

 remain. I have taken it commonly in Grand Canary, Teneriffe, and 

 Palma ; and it was captured by the Messrs. Crotch, during the sum- 

 mer of 1864, in Gomera. Although more particularly partial to the 

 laurels, it attaches itself to other trees likewise. 



377. Laemophlceus pusillus. 



Cucujus minutus, Oliv. [nee Kugel. in Schneid. Mag. 1791-1794], Ent. 

 iv. bis, 8, 9 (1795). 

 - pusillus, Schon., Syn. Ins. iii. 55 (1817). 



The L. donacioides is a good deal allied to the granulatus, but is rather larger 

 and darker, with the antennae a little longer and the elytra somewhat more trun- 

 cated behind. Its prothorax also is sensibly wider, though relatively more nar- 



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