HALTICID^l. 



1009. Longitarsus atricapillus. 



Haltica atricapilla, Dufts., Fna Austr. iii. 257. 



Longitarsus liitescens,'lFo& [nee Gyll.'], Ins. Mad. 446 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 132 (1857). 



Teinodactyla atricapilla, All., Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de Fr., 117 (1860). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P to S to ., nheo Chao), in graminosis inter- 

 mediis hand infrequens. 



A European Longitarsus which, is rather common, in grassy spots 

 of intermediate elevations, in the Madeiran Group. It has been taken 

 in Madeira proper, Porto Santo, and on the northern Deserta (or 



Ilheo Chao). 



1010. Longitarsus nervosus. 



Longitarsus nervosus, WolL, Ins. Mad. 447 (1854), 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 133 (1857). 



Teinodactyla nervosa, All., Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 326 (1861). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P to S to ., Des.), in locis similibus ac prae- 

 cedens. 



Found at the Madeiran Group, in much the same situations as the 

 last species ; and, according to M. Allard, it is distinct from every- 

 thing European. I have taken it in Madeira proper, Porto Santo, 

 and the Deserta Grande. It has a good deal in common with the 

 L. ochroleucus, from which it seems to differ principally in its rather 

 convexer, shorter, and more ovate body, darker hue, coarser puncta- 

 tion, and somewhat less elongated limbs. 



1011. Longitarsus ochroleucus. 



Chrysomela ochroleuca, Mshm, Ent. Brit. 202 (1802). 

 Longitarsus ochroleucus et cognatus, WoU. y Journ. of Ent. i. 7 (1860). 

 Teinodactyla ochroleuca, All., Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de Fr. 131 (I860). 

 Longitarsus ochroleucus, WolL, Cat. Can. Col. 411 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Fuert., Can., Ten., Gfom.), hinc inde in inferi- 

 oribus intermediisque ; forsan ex Europa introductus. 



This European Longitarsus is widely spread over the Canarian 

 Group, where it is somewhat scarce and may perhaps have been in- 

 troduced from higher latitudes. In all probability it will be found 

 to be universal ; nevertheless hitherto it has been observed only in 

 Fuerteventura, Grand Canary, Teneriffe, and Gornera. Its occurrence 

 in the last-mentioned island is on the authority of the Messrs. 

 Crotch. The " L. cognatus " (which I described in the ' Journ. of 

 Ent.,' and suppressed in my recent Canarian Catalogue) was founded 

 upon a rather infuscated specimen of the ochroleucus, captured by 

 Mr. Gray in Fuerteventura. 



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