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of its elytral striae being of an enormous size a character, however, 

 which is appreciable only when the elytra are denuded of their 

 scales. 



782. Echinodera crenata. 



Echinodera crenata, Wott., Ann. Nat. Hist. xi. 219 (1863). 

 , Id, Cat. Can. Col. 295 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), sub lapidibus in montibus valde excelsis 

 ultra region es sylvaticas occurrens. Usque ad, vel etiam ultra, 

 9000' s. m. ascendit. 



Pound at a high elevation on the mountains of Teneriffe, where it 

 would appear to occur from about 6000 to 9000 feet above the sea 

 beyond the upper limits of the sylvan districts. I have taken it 

 (under stones) on the Cumbre adjoining the Caiiadas, as well as on 

 the opposite ridge above the Agua Mansa. 



783. Echinodera angulipennis. 



Echinodera angulipennis, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 296 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), in intermediis sylvaticis subsylvaticisque 

 haud infrequens. 



Widely spread over the sylvan and subsylvan regions of Teneriffe, 

 having a decidedly lower range than the last species. It occurs em- 

 phatically indeed at intermediate altitudes, being occasionally found 

 even a little below the wooded districts. In its general colouring and 

 aspect it might almost be mistaken for the E. hystrioc ; but its robust 

 setaB are not quite so long or so erect, and its elytra (which have 

 their humeral and apical halves more obliquely truncated, or lopped 

 off, in opposite directions, so as to shape-out a more evident angle 

 on either side at about a third of the distance from their base) will 

 be seen when denuded of their scales to have their striae very much 

 less coarsely punctured. Despite its primd facie resemblance, there- 

 fore, I do not think that it can be regarded as a Teneriffan modifica- 

 tion of the Tiystrix, particularly so, since the latter species appears 

 to retain its peculiarities of sculpture unaltered in Gomera, Palma, 

 and Hierro. 



784. Echinodera orbiculata. 

 Echinodera orbiculata, WolL, Cat. Can. Col. 297 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Ten., Gom.), in sylvaticis editioribus soapius 

 occurrens. 



This rather smaller, rounder, and more speckled Echinodera seems 



