MELYRID^:. 207 



Genus 186. MELYROSOMA. 

 Wollaston, Ins. Mad. 253 (1854). 



587. Melyrosoma oceanicum. 



Melyrosoma oceanicum, Woll, Ins. Mad. 253, tab. v. f. 1 (1854). 

 ,Id., Cat. Mad. Col 86 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.}, ad flores in editioribus hinc inde vul- 

 gare. Usque ad summos montes ascendit. 



Peculiar apparently to Madeira proper, where it occurs on flowers 

 (occasionally in abundance) at lofty elevations, ascending to the 

 summits of the highest peaks. 



588. Melyrosoma costipenne. 



Melyrosoma costipenne, Woll,, Journ. ofEnt. i. 448 (1862). 

 , Id,, Cat. Can. Col. 233 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Can.), in locis similibus ac praecedens. 



Observed hitherto only in Grand Canary, where (although per- 

 fectly distinct from it) it may be regarded as the representative of 

 the Madeiran M. oceanicum. Like that species, it is found on flowers 

 at very lofty altitudes. 



589. Melyrosoma hirtum. 



Melyrosoma hirtum, WolL, Journ. of Ent. i. 449 (1862). 

 , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 233 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Ten.}, in montibus valde excelsis rarius ; etiam 

 ad 12,000' s. m. a cl. W. D. Crotch parce lectum. 



A Canarian species which has been detected hitherto only in the 

 higher (and highest) elevations of Teneriffe, where it ascends to the 

 actual summit of the Peak Dr. Crotch, during the spring of 1862, 

 having captured a few examples of it on the very top of the cone 

 itself (upwards of 12,000 feet above the sea). I have myself met 

 with it on the ascent to the Cumbre from the Agua Mansa. 



590. Melyrosoma abdominale, 

 Melyrosoma abdominale, WolL, Cat. Mad. Col. 87 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.}, in inferioribus rarissimum. Exemplar 

 unicum in insula parva " Ilheo de Fora " dicta deprehendi. 



Observed hitherto only in Madeira proper, where it would appear 

 to be rare and to occur at a low elevation. Indeed the only (typical) 



