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The L. anguinus of Mediterranean latitudes appears to occur, 

 though very rarely, in these Atlantic islands ; for although the ex- 

 tremely few specimens which I have yet seen are not very typical 

 ones for the species, I nevertheless can scarcely believe that they 

 represent more than slight geographical modifications of it. Through- 

 out the Madeiran Group indeed only a single individual, found by 

 the late Dr. C. Wolff (near Funchal) in Madeira proper, has hitherto 

 been brought to light ; whilst even from the Canaries I have as yet 

 seen but two, both of which were captured by myself one in the 

 south of Grand Canary, and the other near S ta Cruz in Teneriffe. 



825. Lixus anguiculus. 



Lixus angiiiculus et lineatus, Schon., Gen. etSpec. Curc.iu. 11, 12 (1836). 

 , Woll, Cat. Can. Col 319 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Fuert.), rarissimus ; a Barone " Castello de 

 Paiva" communicatus. 



Two examples of a Lixus which were communicated by the Barao 

 do Castello de Paiva from Euerteventura appeared to me, when 

 compiling my Canarian Catalogue, to accord better with the published 

 description of the anguiculus (from Greece, Egypt, &c.) than with 

 the ordinary anguinus ; and I consequently referred them to the 

 former species. At the same time I cannot regard their identi- 

 fication as quite satisfactorily established, though it seemed pretty 

 evident to me at the time that they could not represent any state of 

 the anguinus ; so that further material is much required in order to 

 expose their diagnostic features more completely. 



It is barely possible that the Lixus from Madeira, which (on the 

 evidence afforded by a single example) I have identified above with 

 the anguinus, may prove ultimately, when more satisfactory material 

 has been obtained, to be referable to the present species. 



826. Lixus cheiranthi. 



Lixus Cheiranthi, WolL, Ins. Mad. 349 (1854). 

 , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 112 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), folia plantarum praesertim Genistce sco- 

 parice et Cheiranthi cheiri, L., in subinferioribus destruens. 



This fine Lixus is found at rather low elevations in Madeira 

 proper, or at any rate principally within the cultivated districts, 

 attaching itself to various plants, such as the common Broom 



