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The S. gressorius of southern Europe is widely spread over these 

 Atlantic islands, where it occurs principally at intermediate eleva- 

 tions and on the foliage of Lupines (Lupinus ihermis). It has been 

 taken in Madeira proper, as well as in Teneriffe, Gomera, Palma, 

 and Hierro, of the Canarian Group. 



929. Sitona latipennis. 



Sitones latipennis, Schb'n., Gen. et Spec. Cure. ii. 99 (1834). 

 Sitona verrucosa?, Brulle, in Webb et Berth. (Col) 72 (1838). 



latipennis, Woll, Ins. Mad. 404 (1854). 



, Id., Cat Mad. Col. 119 (1857). 

 Sitones latipennis, Id., Cat. Can. Col. 375 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad.} et Canarienses (Can., Ten.}, folia 

 Genistce praesertim scoparice, L., in intermediis editioribusque 

 destruens. 



Rather abundant locally at intermediate and lofty altitudes in 

 Madeira proper, where it occurs on the foliage of the common 

 Broom (Genista scoparia, L.) ; and I have taken it under similar 

 circumstances in Grand Canary and Teneriffe, of the Canarian 

 Group. The specimens from the latter islands differ from the Ma- 

 deiran ones in having the pile with which their elytra are studded 

 usually longer and more erect ; but this is not always the case, and 

 I am satisfied that it is a mere geographical tendency of no specific 

 signification. The insect is stated by Schonherr to be found in 

 Portugal. 



930. Sitona punctiger. 



Sitones punctiger, Woll, Ann. Nat. Hist. xi. 220 (1863). 

 1 fa, Cat. Can. Col. 376 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert.}, sub lapidibus in aridis arenosis 

 et calcariis parce degens. 



This large Sitona I have observed hitherto only in Lanzarote and 

 Fuerteventura, the two eastern islands of the Canarian Group, 

 where moreover it would appear to be rare. It occurs for the most 

 part at low, but occasionally at intermediate altitudes secreting 

 itself beneath stones in sandy and calcareous spots. 



931. Sitona cambricus. 



Sitona cambrica (J%), Steph., III. Brit. Ent. iv. 140 (1831). 

 Sitones cribricollis, Schon., Gen. et Spec. Cure. ii. 101 1834). 

 Sitona cambrica, Woll., Ins, Mad. 405 (1854). 



