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spicuous towards either side, to be disposed in double rows, whilst 

 the interstices are very obsoletely raised), and by its antennae being 

 appreciably thicker or more robust. 



Fam. 49. 



Genus 209. CIS. 

 Latreille, Precis des Car act. gen. des Ins. 50 (1796). 



659. Cis Wollastonii. 



Cis Wollastonii, MeUti, in Guer. Rev. i. 586 (1849). 



, Wott., Ins. Mad. 280, tab. v. f. 8 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 94 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), sub cortice laxo in lauretis humidis 

 editioribus latens. 



A large and beautiful (though somewhat variable) Cis, which 

 seems to be peculiar to the damp sylvan regions of Madeira proper, 

 where it occurs sparingly beneath the bark of trees (especially the 

 native laurels) at intermediate and lofty elevations. 



660. Cis cucullatus. 

 Cis cucullatus, Wott., Append, huj. op. 39. 



Habitat Canarienses (Gom.), a DD. Crotch parce deprehensus. 



Three specimens of this very distinct Cis were taken by the 

 Messrs. Crotch in Gomera, during their late expedition to the Cana- 

 ries ; but they are all that I have yet seen. 



661. Cis fuscipes. 



Cis fuscipes (Chev.), Mellie, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de Fr. vi. 271 (1848). 



, WoU., Ins. Mad. 281 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 94 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), praecipue inter lichenes et fungos in 

 locis subinferioribus parce occurrens. 



Occurs (for the most part at rather low elevations) around Fun- 

 chal in Madeira proper principally amongst lichen and small 

 fungi on the trunks of trees, in cultivated spots. As it is stated by 

 Mellie to be an American species, I think it far from unlikely that 

 it may have originally been imported into the island by accident ; 

 though, if this be indeed the case, it has at any rate completely 

 established itself. 



