CURCULIONID^:. 315 



870. Atlantis Waterhousii. 



Omias Waterhousei, Woll, Ins. Mad. 384, tab. vii. f. 8 (1854). 

 , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 116 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad., Des.), sub lapidibus in intermediis ssepius 

 latens. 



Not uncommon, beneath stones, in the intermediate altitudes of 

 Madeira proper and the Deserta Grande ; ' but it has not yet been 



detected in any of the other islands. 







Genus 269. CYPHOSCELIS. 

 Wollaston, Ins. Mad. 356 (1854). 



871. Cyphoscelis distorta. 



Cyphoscelis distorta, Woll., Ins. Mad. 556, tab. vii. f. 2 (1854). 

 , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 113 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.}, in sylvaticis humidis editioribus 

 rarissima. 



This remarkable Curculionid, so singular in the structure of the 

 tibise of its male sex, appears to be confined to the damp wooded dis- 

 tricts of a high elevation in Maderia proper where moreover it is 

 extremely rare. 



Genus 270. LAPAROCERUS. 

 Schonherr, Gen. et Spec. Cure. ii. 530 (1834). 



872. Laparocerus clavatus. 



Atlantis clavatus, Woll, Ins. Mad. 363, tab. vii. f. 3 (1854). 

 , Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 113 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), sub lapidibus in graminosis plerumque 

 valde elevatis necnon etiam in rupium fissuris parcissime latens. 



Likewise peculiar to Madeira proper, and extremely scarce, but 

 with a still higher range (on the average) than even the Cyphoscelis 

 distorta occurring beneath stones in exposed grassy places, as well 

 as within the fissures of the rocks, at a very lofty elevation, above 

 the sylvan districts. 



873. Laparocerns undulatus. 



Laparocerus undulatus, Woll., Ann. Nat. Hist. x. 332 (1862). 

 , Id., Append, huj. op. 51. 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.), in montibus valde excelsis semel captus. 

 The only example which I have yet seen of this insect was cap- 



