152 



LATRIDIAD^. 



A rather insignificant little Corticaria which is widely spread over 

 the Canarian Group, in all the islands of which it has been detected 

 except the two eastern ones Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. 



432. Corticaria fagi. 



Corticaria Fagi, Woll., Ins. Mad. 188 (1854). 

 } Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 65 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in sylvaticis intermediis praesertim cas- 

 tanetis hinc inde vulgaris. 



A little species much allied to (though perfectly distinct from) the 

 European C. elongata, and one which has been observed hitherto 

 only in the wooded regions of Madeira proper particularly in the 

 north of the island. It seems to be attached principally to the 

 Spanish chestnut-trees. 



Genus 132. LATEIDIUS. 

 Herbst, Natursyst. v. 8 (1793). 



433. Latridius assimilis. 



Lathridms assimilis, Mann., in Germ. Zeit.filr die Ent. v. 98 (1844). 



, Woll, Ins. Mad. 189 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col 65 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), prsecipue in cultis parce degens. 



The European L. assimilis occurs sparingly in Madeira proper, 

 principally within the cultivated districts. 



434. Latridius minutus. 



Tenebrio minutus, Linn., Nat. Syst. ii. 675 (1767). 

 Lathridius minutus, Woll, Ins. Mad. 190 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 65 (1857). 



Latridius minutus, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 151 (1864). 



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

 Hierro) vulgaris. 



The L. minutus, so general throughout Europe, and so widely 

 spread in distant parts of the world, is doubtless all but universal in 

 these Atlantic islands (where, most likely, it has been established 

 from more northern latitudes). Nevertheless at the Madeiran 

 Group it has been observed hitherto only in Madeira proper, where 

 it abounds at low and intermediate altitudes. At the Canaries it is 

 somewhat less common, yet probably universal Lanzarote and 



