TENTYRIAD^E. 399 



the lofty regions of Teneriffe, which are characterized by the pre- 

 sence of the Spartium nubigena (or Retama). It will perhaps be 

 found to ascend even still higher than the tenuipunctatus. 



1098. Hegeter latebricola. 



Hegeter latebricola, Wott., Ins. Mad. 510 (note) (1854). 

 , Id., Journ. of Ent i. 91 (1860). 



Habitat Salvages (ins. majorem, borealem, et minorem, australem), 

 sub lapidibus vulgatissimus. 



An abundant Hegeter on the rocks of the Salvages, being found 

 equally on the northern island (or Great Salvage) and the southern 

 one (or Great Piton). From the former it has been obtained in 

 profusion, during the last few years, by the Barao do Castello de 

 Paiva; whilst on the latter it was captured (in 1851) by Mr. T. S. 

 Leacock, of Madeira, by whom the species was then for the first 

 time detected. 



Genus 331. THALPOPHILA. 



Solier, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, iv. 370 (1835). 



1099. ThalpopMla plicifrons. 



Hegeter brevicollis, Hart, [nee Br,~\, Geolog. Verhdltn. Lanz. und 



Fuert. 140, 141. 

 Thalpophila plicifrons, Wott., Cat. Can. Col. 461 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Fuert.), sub lapidibus scoriisque in aridis. 



Found hitherto only in Fuerteventura of the Canarian Group, 

 where it was captured by Mr. Gray and myself near Puerto de 

 Cabras, and subsequently by myself at Oliva. 



1100. Thalpophila Deyrollii. 



Hegeter politus, Hart. [nec2?r.], Geolog. Verhdltn. Lanz. und Fuert. 141. 

 Thalpophila DeyroUii, Wott., Cat. Can. Col. 462 (1864). 



Habitat Canarienses (Lanz., Fuert.), sub lapidibus ubique vulga- 

 tissima. 



A universal and most abundant insect throughout Lanzarote and 

 Fuerteventura, the two eastern islands of the Canarian Group, oc- 

 curring likewise on the small adjacent islets of Graciosa and Lobos 

 (off the extreme north of the former and latter, respectively) ; but I 

 have no evidence as yet of its having been captured further west- 

 ward in the archipelago*. 



* In accordance with the sad want of accuracy (as regards precise habitat), in 

 certain collections, on which I have already felt it necessary to comment, this 



