LATRIDIAD.E. 153 



Fuerteventura being the only islands of the seven in which it does 

 not happen as yet to have been detected. 



435. Latridius opacipennis. 



Latridius opacipennis, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 151 (1864). 

 Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), in sylvaticis semel tan turn repertus. 



A single specimen, captured at the Agua Garcia in Teneriffe, 

 embodies all that I yet know concerning this Latridius ; and peculiar 

 as its characters most unquestionably are, I nevertheless cannot feel 

 perfectly satisfied that it may not be some very anomalous, accidental 

 (or even abortive) form of the minutus. At any rate further evidence 

 is much needed in order to ascertain for certain that its features are 

 constant, and not the result of any lusus Naturae. 



436. Latridius transversus. 



Ips transversa, Oliv., Ent. ii. 18. 20 (1790). 



Lathridius transversus, Mann., in Germ. Zeit.fiir die Ent. v. 94 (1844). 



, Woll, Ins. Mad. 191 (1854). 



, Id.. Cat. Mad. Col. 66 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), prsecipue in cultis rarior. 



A most abundant European insect, but one which has been ob- 

 served hitherto only in Madeira proper of all the Atlantic islands. 

 There, however, it is widely spread, though somewhat scarce, and has 

 probably been naturalized from more northern latitudes. 



437. Latridius delectus. 



Lathridius delectus, Wall., Ann. Nat. Hist. ii. 409 (1858). 

 Latridius delectus, Id., Append, huj. op. 25. 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), pnecipue in subinferioribus sat rarus. 



Occurs sparingly around Funchal, in Madeira proper ; but it has 

 not yet been detected in any of the other islands. In Mr. Leacock's 

 garden at the Quinia de Sao Joao it was taken abundantly by the 

 late Mr. Bewicke, beneath the dead leaves (and refuse) of Sugar- 

 canes. 



438. Latridius ruficollis. 



Corticaria ruficollis, Mshm, Ent. Brit. Ill (1802). 



Lathridius liliputanus, Mann., in Germ. Zeit.fiir die Ent. v. 85 (1844). 



- ruticollis, Woll., Cat. Mad. Col. 66 (1857). 

 Latridius ruficollis, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 152 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Lanz.), sub quisquiliis 

 rccremciitoque frcni hinc hide occurrens. 



