164 BYRRHID^E. 



deeply punctured ; but I can see nothing about it to warrant the 

 suspicion that it is specifically distinct from the Hierro one*. 



467. Syncalypta granulosa. 

 Syncalypta granulosa, Wbtt., Append, httf. op. 28. 

 Habitat Canarienses (Gom.), a DD. Crotch in elevatis parcissime capta. 



Likewise a Canarian species, and found hitherto only in Gomera 

 where it was taken sparingly, from under dead leaves at a high 

 elevation, by the Messrs. Crotch. It may be known from the S. in- 

 tegra by its more obovate (posteriorly acuter) outline, by its elytra 

 when denuded of their scales appearing more granulated and less 

 shining, and by the last joint of its antennae being smaller and 

 rounder. 



468. Syncalypta capitata. 



Syncalypta capitata, Woll, Ins. Mad. 207 (1854). 

 , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 73 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), sub lapidibus in editioribus usque ad 

 summos montes ascendens. 



Apparently peculiar to the loftiest elevations of Madeira proper, 

 occurring beneath stones on the exposed grassy -mountain-slopes 

 (above the upper limits of the wooded districts), and ascending 

 thence to the summits of the peaks. It differs from the granulosa 

 in being rather larger, with its elytra free from granules ; from 

 the integra in being more obovate (or less rounded), with the last 

 joint of its antennae smaller; whilst from them both it recedes in its 

 very much more deeply, and regularly, striate-punctate elytra. 



469. Syncalypta ovuliformis. 



Syncalypta ovuliformis, Woll, Ins. Mad. 207 (1854). 



Id., Cat. Mad. Col 73 (1857). 



} Id., Cat. Can. Col 162 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Ten.), in intermediis 

 praecipue pinetis parce occurrens. 



Found in Madeira proper, and also in Teneriffe of the Canarian 

 Group. It is very closely allied to the last species, of which it may 

 possibly be a permanently smaller state peculiar to somewhat lower 



* The S. integra may be known by its rather large size, regularly oval, or 

 rounded-oval (instead of obovate) outline, by its elytra having their subsutural 

 striae almost evanescent but the others distinctly and remotely punctured, and 

 by the terminal joint of its antennal club being largely developed. 



