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An insect of Mediterranean latitudes which occurs sparingly at 

 low elevations in the Madeiran Group, for the most part about cul- 

 tivated grounds. I have taken it around Funchal in Madeira proper, 

 and also near the Villa in Porto Santo ; and it would appear to be 

 attached normally (as indeed the name implies) to the rotton wood 

 of old fig-trees. 



Fam. 51. HYLESINIME. 



Genus 219. HYLESINUS. 

 Fabricius, Syst. Eleu. ii. 390 (1801). 



697, Hylesinus indigenus. 

 Hylesinus indigenus, WolL, Cat. Can. Col. 267 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Hierro), sub cortice lauri cujusdam antiquae in 

 regione u El Golfo " semel repertus. 



A single example of this Canarian wood-borer, taken (in a dead 

 and mutilated state) out of its burrow in an old laurel on the 

 western slopes of Hierro, embodies all that I yet know about the 

 species. From its very imperfect condition I had no opportunity of 

 examining the whole of its structural details, nevertheless I believe 

 that it will be found ultimately to be a true Hylesinus, though 

 further material would, of course, be very desirable in order to ascer- 

 tain this for certain. There can be no doubt, I think, that it is 

 common in at any rate the sylvan districts of Hierro ; for the tree 

 which produced it was nearly destroyed by its ravages ; but as our 

 short visit to that island was in midwinter, there was naturally but 

 little chance of obtaining living specimens. 



Genus 220. PHLCEOPHTHORUS. 

 Wollaston, Ins. Mad. 299 (1854). 



698. Phlceophthorus rhododactylus. 



Ips rhododactylus, Mshm, Ent. Brit. 58 (1802). 

 Hylurgus rhododactylus, Steph., III. Brit. Ent. iii. 305 (1830). 

 Phlceoplithorus perfoliatus, WolL, Ins. Mad. 301, tab. vi. f. 1 (1854). 

 , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 99 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.) in ligno ramulisque emortuis Genista 

 scoparice rarissimus. 



A European insect which occurs at rather high elevations in Ma- 

 deira proper, where however it is exceedingly rare. As in more 



