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Genus 152. HISTER. 



Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. il 566 (1767). 



494. Hister major. 



Hister major, Linn., Syst. Nat. ii. 566 (1767). 



,. Bridle, m Webb, et Berth. (Col.) 59 (1838). 



-, Woll., Ins. Mad, 210 (1854). 



-, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 74 (1857). 

 -, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 165 (1864), 



Habitat Haderenses (P to S to ) et Canarienses (Can., Ten), minus 

 frequens. 



The H. major, so widely spread over southern Europe and northern 

 Africa, occurs sparingly at low elevations (for the most part near 

 the sea-shore) in these islands where perhaps it will be found 

 ultimately to be pretty general. In such situations it has been 

 taken in Porto Santo of the Madeiran Group, as well as in Grand 

 Canary and Teneriffe at the Canaries. Porto Santan examples have 

 also been communicated by the Barao do Castello de Paiva. 



495. Hister canariensis. 



Hister Canariensis, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 165 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Gom.), in intermediis prsesertim sylvaticis 

 parcissime occurrens. 



Apparently a Canarian Hister, and somewhat scarce. I have 

 taken it sparingly in the intermediate (sylvan) districts of Teneriife, 

 and an example is now before me which was captured by the 

 Messrs. Crotch in Gomera. 



Genus 153. EUTRIPTUS. 

 Wollaston, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. i. 157 (1862). 



496. Eutriptus putricola. 



Eutriptus putricola, Woll., loc. cit. 159, pi. vii. f. 7 (1862). 



, Id., Ann. Nat. Hist. x. 292 (1862). 

 , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 164 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (in Palmd sola adhuc 

 haud observatus), sub cortice Euphorbiarum laxo putrido parum 

 vulgaris. 



Widely spread over these islands, where it will probably be found 

 to exist wherever there are Euphorbias to which plants it is ex- 



