TENTYRIAD^:. 395 



1086. Hegeter tristis. 



Blaps tristis, Fab., Ent. Syst. i. 108 (1792) [sec. Schauni]. 



elongata, Oliv., Ent. iii. 60, pi. i. f. 7 (1795). 

 Hegeter striatus, Lot., loc. cit. x. 276 (1804). 



, Snttte, in Webb et Berth. (Col.} 64 (1838). 



elongatus, Wott., Ins. Mad. 510, tab. xi. f. 7 (1854). 



, Id., Cat. Mad. Col. 157 (1857). 



tristis, Id., Cat. Can. Col 451 (1864). 



Habitat Maderenses (Mad., P to S to ) et Canarienses (ins. omnes), sub 

 , lapidibus in aridis necnon in cavernis tufae congregans. 



A large Hegeter which is more widely spread than any of the other 

 members of the genus, and which is doubtless universal throughout 

 these Atlantic Groups. Of the Madeiras, however, it has been ob- 

 served only in Madeira proper and Porto Santo ; but there can be 

 little question that it must exist on the Desertas likewise. In the 

 Canaries, where it is still more abundant, it has been captured on the 

 whole seven islands of the archipelago*. 



1087. Hegeter WebManus. 



Hegeter Webbianus, Heineken, in Zool. Journ. v. 40 (1835). 

 -, Wott., Cat. Can. Col. 452 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Can., Ten.?), in editioribus captus. 



I met with several examples of this Hegeter at a high elevation on 

 the mountains of Grand Canary, and I believe it to be the one which 

 was described by the late Dr. Heineken under the above title ; but 

 in that case it is probably TenerifFan also, for he expressly mentions 

 that his type was from Teneriffe. It is scarcely of much importance, 

 however, whether it is or not ; for I am extremely doubtful whether 

 the H. Weblianus can be regarded as more than a smajl state of the 

 tristis. 



1088. Hegeter glaber. 



Hegeter glaber, Srutte, in Webb et Berth. (Col) 65, pi. i. f. 9 (1838). 

 , Wott.j Cat. Can. Col 453 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Palma), sub lapidibus hinc inde vulgaris. 



* The H. tristis has been taken by Messrs. Gray, Clark, Dohrn, &c. at the 

 Cape de Verdes, and it is recorded by M. Morelet at the Azores ; so that it would 

 appear to exist throughout the whole of these Atlantic Groups. Nevertheless it 

 is not absolutely peculiar to the islands, at any rate now, though it is far from 

 improbable that it may have been so originally ; for it is found likewise on the 

 northern and western coasts of Africa. I believe however that it is not European, 

 having very properly been expunged (together with the H. amaroides) from the 

 recent Catalogues. 



