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662. Cis puncticollis. 



Cis puncticollis, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 360 (1860). 

 , Id., Append, huj. op. 4.0. 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Ten.), vel in castanetis 

 vel in pinetis parcissime degens. 



First detected by the late Mr. Bewicke in Madeira proper, beneath 

 the bark of Spanish chestnut-trees at " the Mount " above Funchal. 

 And three examples are now before me which were taken by the 

 Messrs. Crotch, during their late Canarian campaign, in the Final 

 above Ycod el Alto in Teneriffe. It would therefore seem to be 

 attached equally to various kinds of trees. Some of the Madeiran 

 specimens are a trifle larger and browner than the remainder ; but, 

 after a very careful examination of them, I can detect nothing 

 whatever about them to warrant the suspicion that they are speci- 

 fically distinct. 



663. Cis lauri. 



Cis Lauri, Woll., Ins. Mad. 282, tab. v. f. 7 (1854). 

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



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Ten., Gom.), in lauretis 

 editioribus hinc inde vulgatissimus. 



A most variable little species (both in size and in the development 

 of its thoracic segments), which abounds in the sylvan districts of 

 Madeira proper, occurring principally beneath the moist bark and 

 within the rotten wood of the old laurels (which are often devoured 

 by it). And it occurs in similar situations at the Canaries, though 

 not quite so universally. I have taken it in the woods at Las 

 Mercedes and the Agua Garcia, in Teneriffe ; and it was found by 

 the Messrs. Crotch at Ycod el Alto, as well as (above Hermigua) in 

 Gomera. 



Genus 210. OCTOTEMNUS. 

 Mellie, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, vi. 384 (1848). 



664. Octotemnus opacus. 



Octotemnus opacus, Mellie, loc. cit. 386 (1848). 

 , Woll., Ins. Mad, 283 (1854). 

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

 , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 254 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) et Canarienses (Ten., Gom., Palma), in 

 lauretis humidis editioribus hinc inde vulgaris. 



Found under much the same circumstances as the Cis lauri, and 



