CLERID^E. 



example which I have seen was captured by myself on the little 

 rock known as the Ilheo de Fora, off the eastern extremity of the 

 Ponta de Sao Lourengo. 



591. Melyrosoma flavescens. 



Melyrosoma flavescens, Wall., Journ. of Ent.i. 449 (1862). 

 , Id., Cat. Can. Col 234 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Gom., Pcdma, Hierro), ah ora maritima usque 

 ad, vel ultra, 3000' s. m. ascendens. 



This very distinct little species has heen detected hitherto only 

 in the western islands of the Canarian archipelago, where it occurs 

 from the sea-level to an altitude of more than 3000 feet. I have 

 taken it in the Final of Palm a, above the Banda ; and several 

 examples are now before me which were captured by the Messrs. 

 Crotch (" on Euphorbia-blossoms, above and below Hermigua ") in 

 Gomera, and Hierro. 



592. Melyrosoma artemisiae. 



Melyrosoma Artemisise, Wott., Ins. Mad. 254, tab. v. f. 2 (1854). 

 , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 88 (1857) 



Habitat Maderenses (Ilheo, Chdo, Des.), pra3sertim ad flores Arte 

 misia argentece, Herit. 



Found in the northern and central Desertas, of the Madeiran 

 Group, where it is very partial to the flowers of the Artemisia ar- 

 gentea ; but it has not yet been detected elsewhere. Although ex- 

 ceedingly distinct from that species, it may be regarded as the 

 representative at the Madeiras of the Canarian M, . flavescens. 



Pam. 44. CLERIDJE. 



Genus 187. OPILUS. 

 Latreille, Hist. Nat. des Ins, iii. Ill [script. Opilo] (1802). 



593. Opilus mollis. 



Attelabus mollis, Linn., Fna Suec. 186 (1761). 

 Opilo mollis, Lat., Hist. Nat. des Ins. ix. 149 (1804). 

 Opilus mollis, Wott., Ins. Mad. 256 (1854). 

 , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 88 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses {Mad.), in subinferioribus circa domos 

 simus. 



The European 0. mollis occurs very sparingly about one or two 



