198 MALACHIADJE. 



the Fountain known .locally as the "Fonte de Tivataje," on the 

 descent from the Cumbre. It is the only Attalus which has yet 

 been met with in Hierro*. 



561. Attalus bisculpturatus. 



Attains bisculpturatus, WolL, Journ. of Ent. i. 430 (1862). 

 , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 221 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Faert.), rarissimus. Specimina duo Aprili in- 

 eunte A. D. 1859 deprehendi. 



A remarkable species, two examples only of which have as yet 

 come beneath my notice. They were taken by myself in Fuerte- 

 ventura, of the Canarian Group near the little town of S ta Maria 

 Betancuria, in the Rio Palmas. 



562. Attalus chrysanthemi. 



Anthocomus analis, Hart, [nee Pnz.~], Geol. Verh. Lanz. u. Fuert. 140. 

 Attalus chrysanthemi, WolL, Journ. of Ent. i. 432, pi. xx. f. 3 (1862). 

 , "Id., Cat. Can. Col. 222 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert.), adflores praesertim Chrysanthemi 

 ochroleuci, W. et B., in intermediis hinc inde vulgaris. 



A most beautiful (and constant) Attalus, which has been observed 

 hitherto only in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura the two eastern islands 

 of the Canarian Group. It is locally abundant, at intermediate ele- 

 vations, on flowers particularly those of a large Chrysanthemum (the 

 G. ochroleucus, W. et B.) ; but it is less common in Fuerteventura 

 than in Lanzarote. 



563. Attalus commixtus. 



Attalus commixtus, Woll., Journ. of Ent. i. 433 (1862). 

 , Id., Cat. Can. Col 223 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Lanz.), ad flores Euphorbiarum in saxosis in- 

 termediis parce captus. 



The few examples which I have seen of this Attalus (which is a 

 good deal allied to the preceding species, though I believe perfectly 

 distinct from it) were taken by myself in Lanzarote, of the Canarian 

 Group from Euphorbia-blossoms, in the north of that island. 



* I have no reason to suppose that there is any deficiency of the Malacoderms 

 in Hierro ; but as our short sojourn in that island was too early in the season, 

 and that of the Messrs. Crotch too late, for the generality of the flower-infesting 

 Coleoptera, we did not fall in with many of them. 





