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The only example of this Laparocerus which has hitherto come 

 beneath my notice I captured in Teneriffe ; but unfortunately I cannot 

 recall the precise locality. I stated, however, in my Canarian Cata- 

 logue, that it was probably from the neighbourhood either of Orotava 

 or S ta Cruz. This may be so ; nevertheless, from its evident affinity 

 to the subopacus (which was taken at a very lofty elevation in 

 Gomera) and the mendicus (which is found on the Cumbre in Hierro), 

 I am now inclined to suspect that I must have met with it in some 

 higher district. 



896. Laparocerus mendicus. 



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



Habitat Canarienses (Hierro), sub lapidibus in montosis graminosis 

 non infrequens. 



Observed as yet only on the mountains in Hierro, the most western 

 of the Canarian Group, where I have captured it beneath stones in 

 open spots, both in the vicinity of Valverde and on the grassy 

 Cumbre which forms the summit of the island to the south of San 

 Andre. 



897. Laparocerus gracilis. 



Laparocerus gracilis, Woll., Cat. Can. Col. 356 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Gom.), in clivis saxosis inferioribus ad folia 

 Chrysanthemi frutescentis, L., captus. 



A slender and very distinct species which was captured by Mr. 

 Gray and myself in Gomera, during our visit to the Canaries in the 

 winter of 1858. It was taken on the rocky slopes of the low moun- 

 tain-ridge immediately outside, and to the north of, San Sebastian ; 

 and it appeared to be attached to the plants of the Chrysanthemum 

 frutescens, known locally as the " Hagarza." 



898. Laparocerus dispar. 



Laparocerus dispar, Woll. } Cat. Can. Col. 357 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Lanz.), sub lapidibus in aridis saxosis inferi- 

 oribus rarissimus. 



A rather small Canarian Laparocerus (remarkable for the great 

 dissimilarity of its sexes) which has been observed hitherto only in 

 the extreme north of Lanzarote on the rocky ground between the 

 Salinas and the Risco ; and probably, therefore, it is extremely scarce. 



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