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EUMOLPID^E. 



Canarian Group, where it occurs (though very sparingly) on the 

 dry rocky ground at the base of the Risco, immediately behind the 

 Salinas. 



II. Scutellum subquadratum. 



973. Pseudocolaspis dubia. 



Pseudocolaspis dubia, WolL, Cat. Can. Col. 395 (1864). 

 Habitat Canarienses (Fuert.), in intermediis rarissima. 



The only three specimens which I have seen of this Canarian 

 Pseudocolaspis were taken by myself in the Eio Palmas, of JFuerte- 

 venttira. 



974. Pseudocolaspis splendidula. 



Pseudocolaspis splendidula, WolL, Ann. Nat. Hist. ix. 442 (1862). 

 , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 395 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Can., Ten., Palma, Hierro), in inferioribus in- 

 termediisque occurrens. 



Widely spread over the Canarian Group, where we may be pretty 

 sure that it occurs in all the islands except perhaps the two eastern 

 ones. It is found for the most part in hot sunny spots of low and 

 intermediate elevations (especially the former), frequenting the foliage 

 of various shrubs. I have taken it abundantly in the south of Grand 

 Canary, particularly in the sandy tract at Maspalomas (and, to a 

 certain distance, on the mountains which rise gradually to the north 

 of it), and likewise in the Barranco above S ta Cruz of Palma. In 

 Hierro it was captured by Mr. Gray almost at the sea-level, on the 

 ascent to Valverde from Port Hierro ; and in Teneriife it was beaten 

 in profusion by Mr. G. R. Crotch off a Nectarine-tree, between 

 Matanza and the Villa of Orotava. 



975. Pseudocolaspis obscuripes. 



Pseudocolaspis obscuripes, WolL, Ann. Nat. Hist. ix. 441 (1862). 

 , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 396 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Can.), ad Sores Cistorum in montibus excelsis sat 

 copiose deprehensa. 



Found at a high elevation in the mountains of Grand Canary, 

 where I captured it on Cfofots-blossoms in a lofty Pinal of the central 

 district of Tarajana. It is closely allied to the splendidula; but, 

 apart from its different habits and range, it may be known from that 

 species by its obscurer surface (even the limbs, with the exception of 



