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with a single example at a high altitude in Grand Canary, whic 

 believe is referable to the lepidopterus ; nevertheless as I cannot decide 

 positively until further material has been obtained, I have though 

 it safer to query its existence in that island. 



892. Laparocerus rasus. 



Laparocerus rasus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 354 (1864). 

 Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert.), in montibus parce degens. 



Apparently peculiar to Lanzarote and Puerteventura, the two 

 eastern islands of the Canarian Group, where it occurs sparingly at 

 intermediate and lofty elevations. 



893. Laparocerus seniculus. 



Laparocerus seniculus, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 353 (1864). 

 Habitat Canarienses (Can.), in inferioribus parcissime lectus. 



Two examples, which I captured near Las Palmas in Gran 

 Canary, embody all that I yet know about this Laparocerus; and 

 further material, therefore, is much required in order to complete 

 our knowledge of the species. I believe however that it is truly 

 distinct from everything else here enumerated, though probably be- 

 longing to much the same type of form as the subopacus, mendicus, 

 and obscurus. 



894. Laparocerus subopacus. 



Laparocerus subopacus, Wott., Append. Tvuj. op. 52. 



Habitat Canarienses (Gom.), in locis valde elevatis a DD. Crotch par 

 repertus. 



Taken sparingly by the Messrs. Crotch (during their late expe- 

 dition to the Canaries) at a very high altitude in Gomera, " by beating 

 plants of Sedum, above Hermigua, on Monte Fuerte." As stated in 

 the Appendix to this volume, it may be regarded as the Gomeran 

 representative of the obscurus (from Teneriffe), of the mendicus 

 (from Hierro), and perhaps also of the seniculus (from Grand Ca- 

 nary), although abundantly distinct from those species. 



895. Laparocerus obscurus, 



Laparocerus obscurus, WolL, Cat. Can. Col, 355 (1864). 

 Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), semel tantum lectus. 



