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CRIOCERID^E. 



Genus 297. AGAPANTHIA. 

 Serville, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, iv. 35 (1835). 



968. Agapanthia cardui. 



Cerambyx cardui, Linn., Syst. Nat. (edit. 12) i. 632 (1767). 

 Saperda suturalis, Fab., St/st. JEleu. ii. 326 (1801). 

 Leptura suturalis, Brulle, in Webb et Berth. (Col} 63 (1838). 

 Agapanthia cardui, Woll, Cat. Can. Col 393 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Can., Ten., Palmd), praecipue ad flores cardu- 

 orum tempore vernali in intermediis occurrens. 



The A. cardui, of southern Europe and northern Africa, occurs 

 in the Canarian Group where it is widely diffused, although no- 

 where very abundant. It is found at intermediate elevations, prin- 

 cipally on the flowers of Thistles ; and it has been captured in Grand 

 Canary, Teneriffe, and Palma. 



Fam. 58. CEIOCERID^E. 



Genus 298. LEMA. 

 Fabricius, Ent. Syst. v. Suppl. 90 (1798). 



969. Lema melanopa. 



Chrysomela melanopa, Linn., Fna Suec. 573 (1761). 

 Lema melanopa, Brulle, in Webb et Berth. (Col) 74 (1838). 



, Woll, Ins. Mad. 436 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col 129 (1857). 



, Id,, Cat. Can. Col 393 (1864). 



, Hartung, Geolog. VerJidltn. Lanz. und Fuert. 141. 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P to S to , Des.~), Salvages (ins. majorem, 

 borealem), et Canarienses (ins. omnes), prsecipue in cultis vulga- 

 tissima ; forsan ex Europa introducta. 



This common European insect abounds throughout these Atlantic 

 Groups, where we may feel tolerably sure that it is universal. It 

 has been found in all the Madeiran islands except the northern and 

 southern Desertas, and in the whole seven of the Canarian archi- 

 pelago ; and a specimen has been obtained, by the Barao do Castello 

 de Paiva, even from the Great Salvage. Yet, although thus general, 

 I have little doubt that it has become established from more northern 

 countries ; for it is a remarkable fact that many of the species which 

 are met with in the greatest profusion, and at nearly every altitude, 

 are the most unmistakeably naturalized. It occurs chiefly in cultivated 

 spots, particularly corn-fields, at low and intermediate elevations. 



