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A species of southern Europe which occurs sparingly in the Ma- 

 deiran Group having been captured in Madeira proper, Porto 

 Santo, and the Deserta Grande. It is found for the most part at 

 rather low elevations and in cultivated spots, and may perhaps have 

 become established from more northern latitudes. 



996. Haltica variipennis. 



Haltica variipennis, Boield.,Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France 477 (1859). 

 Phyllotreta varians, Foudr., Altisides, 248 (1860). 



variipennis, All., Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 385 (1860). 



Haltica variipennis, WolL, Cat. Can. Col. 407 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Ten.), a W. D. Crotch semel lecta. 



The only specimen of this Haltica which I have yet seen from 

 these Atlantic islands was captured by Dr. Crotch in Teneriffe, 

 during his first expedition to the Canaries (in 1862). It is a species 

 of Mediterranean latitudes. 



(Subgenus Aphthona, CJiev.) 



997. Haltica Paivana. 



Haltica Paivana, WolL, Journ. of Ent. i. 2 ((I860). 

 Aphthona Paivana, All., Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 333 (1861). 

 Haltica Paivana, WolL, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. i. 182 (1862). 

 , Id., Cat. Can. Col. 407 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Can., Ten., Gom., Hierro), folia EupJior- 

 biarum destruens. 



Attached to the foliage of the various Euphorbias in the Cana- 

 rian Group, where we may be pretty sure that it is universal 

 Fuerteventura and Palma being the only islands of the seven in 

 which it does not happen to have been detected. Its occurrence in 

 Gomera is on the authority of the Messrs. Crotch. Although local, 

 it is found at nearly all elevations in most of the districts which 

 are occupied by the Euphorbias. The species was named after the 

 Barao do Castello de Paiva, to whose researches I have on several 

 occasions been much indebted for additions to the Atlantic fauna. 



998. Haltica plenifrons. 



Haltica plenifrons, WolL, Cat. Can. Col. 408 (1864). 

 Habitat Canarienses (Palma), a W. D. Crotch semel capta. 



Hitherto I have seen but a single example of this fine Canarian 



