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angle of its intermediate tibiae. Unless, therefore, this latter example 

 be the representative of a distinct species, in all probability it will 

 prove to be a female of the B. terminatus the pair from which my 

 diagnosis was drawn up having been males. 



943. Bruchus subellipticus. 



Bruchus subellipticus, WolL, Ins. Mad. 420 (1854). 

 , Id., Cat, Mad. Col. 123 (1857). 



Habitat Maderenses {Mad.}, in domibus granariisque interdum vul- 

 garis. 



Found about houses and granaries in Madeira proper, sometimes 

 in profusion, being more particularly attached to dried beans. In 

 all probability, therefore, it is an introduced species ; nevertheless I 

 have not been able to satisfy myself that it is known elsewhere. 



944. Bruchus Teneriffae. 



Bruchus Teneriffre (Steven), Schon., Gen. et Spec. Curc.v. 105 (1839). 

 , WoU., Cat. Can. Col. 382 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Can., Ten., Palma), floribus Spartii ac Cytisi 

 in intermediis et prresertim editioribus gaudens. 



A common (and truly indigenous) Bruchus in the higher altitudes 

 of the Canarian Group, where it occurs principally on the blossoms 

 of the Cytisus proliferus and the Spartium nubigena. It is found 

 likewise in the intermediate districts, though it is far more abun- 

 dant from about 7000 to 9000 feet above the sea in the regions of 

 the " Ketama." It has been taken in Grand Canary, Teneriffe, and 

 Palma. 



945. Bruchus lichenicola. 



Bruchus lichenicola, Wott., Ins. Mad. 421, tab. viii. f. 9 (1854). 



- Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 123 (1857). 

 floricola, Id., Cat. Can. Col 383 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (P to S to , Ilheo Chao, Des.) et Canarienses (in 

 Palma sola haud observatus),vel ad flores varios vel inter lichenes 

 in rupium fissuris crescentes late diifusus. 



This very minute Bruchus is widely spread over these Atlantic 

 Groups, where I have little doubt that it will be found ultimately to 

 be quite universal. It is a truly indigenous species either occurring 

 on flowers, or else secreting itself (particularly during the winter 

 season) amongst the masses of lichen which fill up the crevices of 

 the exposed weather-beaten rocks at intermediate altitudes. Under 



